Intelligent Politics Discussion Thread

[luckyface]

As the title suggests, this thread has been created for intelligent discussion on politics. By intelligent, I mean people should try to look at things with a little more perspective. You know, not let bias overrun the facts. Let's try to keep it rational in here.

SubBass obviously need not apply.

[Blinken]

Yeah i don't see this working very well.

[anti-square]

Good luck with that.

[amyzzz]

So Obama smokes.....I see that as a negative.

[Young blood]

"Lady be Kool"

[Young blood]

Amy, your signature cuts like a knife.

I, too, wish you the best of luck with this endeavor...Luckyface.

So, last night an intoxicated Cuban revolutionary told us that we are living in the most exciting of times, and that the collapse of Bear Stearns represents the collapse of greed. He said good things are ahead. He said he'll see me on the front line. Thoughts?

I would like to discuss the collapse of bear sterns with you.....Its troubling that the fed is now allowing financial institutions to go directly to it for its borrowing...frightening.

"Perhaps the Fed's most significant move over the weekend was the creation of a new program to give emergency loans directly to the 20 largest so-called "primary dealers." These are investment banks that do business directly with the Fed and which purchase the majority of Treasury securities."

[paganman7]

Intelligent politics?

Where are the jumbo shrimp, military intelligence, quantum leap, air field, compassionate conservative, and freezer burn threads?

[denies the day]

So, last night an intoxicated Cuban revolutionary told us that we are living in the most exciting of times, and that the collapse of Bear Stearns represents the collapse of greed, the implosion of the illusion. He said good things are ahead. He said he'll see me on the front line. Thoughts?

I wasn't drunk.

[jackstraw94086]

I would like to discuss the collapse of bear sterns with you.....Its troubling that the fed is now allowing financial institutions to go directly to it for its borrowing...frightening.

"Perhaps the Fed's most significant move over the weekend was the creation of a new program to give emergency loans directly to the 20 largest so-called "primary dealers." These are investment banks that do business directly with the Fed and which purchase the majority of Treasury securities."

It could also be a decent move in the end. it remains to be seen. The fact that the fed was so willing to do this means they're more optimistic about the short term. It does however kind of bear the faint whiff of an old school mafia-style bust-out.

I vacillate between being angry that taxpayers are bearing the risk for the stupid decisions of a few, and resignation that the idiots need help in order to benefit the whole.

[thinnerair]

So Obama smokes.....I see that as a negative.

Obama smokes?!

nm. i found this :

[amyzzz]

Well, there's that pic of him with a cig in his mouth.

[blakely]

this was a close as i could get....

[thinnerair]

why should his choice to smoke '3 cigarettes per day' really matter to anyone?

[blakely]

why should his choice to smoke '3 cigarettes per day' really matter to anyone?

because people are stupid

[amyzzz]

second-hand smoke, ftw.

[Blinken]

i think the fact that he is a smoker makes me support him more, dunno why.

[amyzzz]

he's a rebel.

[paganman7]

i think the fact that he is a smoker makes me support him more, dunno why.

He promised his wife that he'd quit smoking.

[blakely]

id rather have a president that smokes than a president who says that jesus helped him quit.

[luckyface]

why should his choice to smoke '3 cigarettes per day' really matter to anyone?

I'd imagine people are worried about glorifying cigarette use and/or giving up the progress made on cigarette laws and taxes. Not that it will do either, but people can be pretty dumb sometimes.

[jonnypark]

Did you hear the govenor of California used to make movies

[betao]

Did you hear the govenor of California used to make movies

he used the blow people the fuck up in them too. I'll bet that makes him way too violent of a president.

Commando was fuckin funny though.

[arbouler]

michelle told obama that he could only run for presidency after he quit smoking.
and he already quit smoking a while ago. why do you people assume that he still smokes?

[jackstraw94086]

srsly, We've got a former cokehead in office right now and people are being retarded about a few cigarettes.

Being able to quit smoking demonstrates character anyway IMO.

[Yablonowitz]

Mr. Obama is coming to town on Saturday.

[jackstraw94086]

Braggart.

touchy.



I didn't say not quitting smoking demonstrates poor character.













... I just implied it.

[theburiedlife]

Is this thread going to be domestic material or can we discuss international news/politics? I tried to make a Russia/Nato thread but that was a miserable failure.

[luckyface]

Is this thread going to be domestic material or can we discuss international news/politics? I tried to make a Russia/Nato thread but that was a miserable failure.

Sure, we can discuss International issues. I was thinking mostly election stuff, but it would be nice to try to incorporate things outside of that area, as well.

[PassiveTheory]

Andy, you should have gone to Tokyo Police Club, damnit...

[SojuGorae]

"Lady be Kool"

The next president of the United States.

Fucking recognize, motherfucks...

RECOGNIZE