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QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Feb 2, 2010 -> 09:32 AM) If you make more than $250K I can't say I feel sorry for you. I guess it depends on which brackets we're talking about here, but this article suggests it's going to include every tax bracket, including getting rid of the 10%. So, even if you make 40k, enjoy paying an extra 5% to the government to help pay for absolutely nothing.

Well this is great. Good thing we increased our spending to record heights to "save" this awesome economy. Good thing we wasted tens of billions to auto companies that still went bankrupt. Good thing we bailed out the financial industry so they could hand out record bonuses. And good thing Obama continues to ignore his campaign promises. I'm going to enjoy paying more, how about you? http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100201/bs_nm/...t_backdoortaxes

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Feb 2, 2010 -> 09:07 AM) which one? i heard one aired during Desperate House wives on Sunday, but I havent seen it. Cant find it online. Yeah I couldn't find it this morning either. It's made entirely of new season footage though. This thing had some old timey temples, a dude that looks like Gengis Khan, an old hourglass, and someone says "do you want to know why you're on the island?" I got chills.

Obama hates science.

Holy crap. Have you guys seen the trailer? Ridiculous.

Look at Sams Club or Costco. That crap comes in big ass 145 lb cans. I used to get it ALL the time in high school.

I was 12 during the '94 season, in the midst of little league (dominating as a pitcher I might add, "Wild Thing" was my nickname), and was absolutely devastated by the strike. I swore off baseball (the money grubbin' s.o.b.'s) until 1999. Then I was smacked in the face again by that awful sweep in 2000. Five years later I watched every single minute of the 2005 season (in a given year I'll probably watch 120-130 games, but for some reason I didn't miss a single game that year). So, what does this tell us? That this franchise runs in cycles of roughly 5 years. So, 2010 is our year. Book it.

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Feb 1, 2010 -> 02:35 PM) wow, the Amazon Kindle DX looks WAY over priced now. Why? I mean, they're all over priced, but you get everything an Ipad has except for email and video, and you get it for a lot cheaper. Plus there's no hassle of having a battery to deal with.

QUOTE (Soxy @ Feb 1, 2010 -> 12:36 PM) Interesting article about why people vote against issues that would, probably, benefit them (courtesy of the BBC). lol, hilarious. The answer: the right is full of stupid hillbillies that are guided by god, not reason. I forgot that the whole healthcare debate was about one single issue - whether we should all be given access to affordable healthcare. Good thing such a plan has ZERO costs/consequences associated with it. GMAB. Ironic...

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Feb 1, 2010 -> 09:15 AM) A message to tea partiers courtesy of Craigslist. Idioitic. Most people are FOR health care reform, just not the type that has been proposed so far. And really, even if that health care package did pass, you could write the exact same email as a response: "See your paystub and how much of your money goes towards your health insurance? Pretty decent right? Isn't Obama dreamy? Go get your tax returns for 2009-2012. See that gigantic increase in the taxes you pay?! Yep, that goes to cover the cost of your savings! Hoo-ray!"

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Feb 1, 2010 -> 06:46 AM) Funny thing about Stangs... up north, they are definitely men's cars. But I lived in Tennessee for a few years, and I noticed that almost everyone who drove a Mustang was a woman. That was my experience growing up in central Illinois. And not just any woman; normally larger, older, smoker-type women ("i'm independent!"). The only girls car out there is the one I was stuck with for the last 5-6 years - a 2001 Pontiac Sunfire. It was my fiances car throughout college, and I hated everything about it. It was designed for a 16 year old girl, not a 6'1" 220lb man. I'm so glad we finally bought a new car and got rid of that P.o.S.

QUOTE (WHarris1 @ Jan 30, 2010 -> 02:36 PM) I f***ing hate this team Jordan sucks so hard

about time. tax the piss out of this and BOOM, budget problem solved.

I'm a big fan of Drew Magery over at Deadspin: http://deadspin.com/5459870/dear-bill-simm...-my-pain-for-me

QUOTE (Leonard Zelig @ Jan 29, 2010 -> 03:26 PM) Sox did not get swept in 1983. that was for 2000.

QUOTE (MattZakrowski @ Jan 29, 2010 -> 03:01 PM) 2000 broke my little 11 year old heart, I can only imagine stuff like 83. Getting swept in the first round isn't comparable to losing like in the bartman game. In reality I think he meant to say "no one cares about the white sox, so they don't count."

lol, is this a joke?

QUOTE (bmags @ Jan 29, 2010 -> 12:33 PM) The left know exactly what to do, the problem is that senators with populations in total less than 1 million get to control what to do. If the party really had their s*** together those people would be squeezed out/given zero party support. But they don't. On a similiar note, is this the Do Nothing Congress Part Duex? It's been over 3 years now, what exactly have they accomplished (that wasn't reactionary)?

QUOTE (lostfan @ Jan 29, 2010 -> 11:25 AM) I think all the talk about radicals trying to impose an agenda on the country is kind of hilarious actually because if you look at "THE LEFT" (ooooo scary omg) and what "THE LEFT" wants to happen, since Obama's been elected (hell you may as well go back to 2006) they haven't gotten a god damn thing that they've wanted, at least in the form they've wanted and with the expediency they've wanted, and they aren't going to get it, even if Obama gets re-elected. They know it, too. Which is why they're so pissed off, which I think they have every right to be, but I think where the blog commenters and such who rant so much are wrong is that they think if they elect a "real" progressive (like Obama is supposed to be) that that will change everything. It's as if 2008 taught them nothing, they should've learned that lesson in patience already. This is because the liberal system has no idea what to do. They're the better party at pointing a finger and saying "oh! oh! you messed up! you're awful! I can't believe you did that!" But when it comes down to actually coming up with a solution/answer, they have no unified goal. They have differing philosophies that the inner circle can't agree on. Pelosi, Reid, Clinton, Obama - none of them want the same thing, and none agree with each other on the best solution to any problem. Hell, they can't even agree on what issue is most important at any given time. As unintelligent as everyone wants to paint the Repubs, at least they have (generally, on important issues) a unified vision of their principles. They just have a hard time communicating that message to the masses.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Jan 28, 2010 -> 04:26 PM) I know... 3 damn months away. It looks spectacular. There were rumors a month or so ago that this'll get delayed again. Apparently Rockstar isn't putting as much money/energy into it as they did when the project was announced. I'm hoping it'll be awesome. GTA in a western setting? I'm in on that.

QUOTE (CryptviLL @ Jan 28, 2010 -> 12:56 PM) None - all stink. +1

Here's a novel idea: from now on, the state of the union address cannot be interrupted by applause. Everyone must remain seated. This would knock off about 20 minutes of the speech, and end any of this crap discussion about the reactions of a bunch of stiffs being told what to do. I'm not a big Obama guy. I think he's a lot of talk and hasn't come through on nearly anything he's promised. I think he made a stupid mistake during the worst economic recession in 80 years to tackle health care when jobs were clearly the most pressing need (and as George Will pointed out, in his first speech in front of congress, it was the 2nd sentence out of his mouth). I'd give him a B on this speech. I really liked how he spoke about uncertainty, which is a feeling we all share, and how previous generations have continued on despite the difficulties. Unfortunately he quickly followed that up with lame stories (that felt forced) of Billy Bob and Sally Sue in X town (clearly reaching out to towns he's losing support in) who are struggling to find a job/having difficulties paying bills, whatever. I also liked the jabs that he took at both parties, to stop f***ing around and get some work done. This too should become law. You have 2 months to campaign for your re-election, not 11. It's ludicrous that the President actually had to remind Congress that they should do s*** instead of worrying about campaigns in January. Other things I thought were interesting: (1) The educational debt proposal of only having to pay 10% at a time, and only for 20 years. I think they should just freeze obligations on student loans for a year (or more). If I didn't have to spend 1200 bucks a month on that I guarantee I'd be spending it all on crap to get the economy going again - a house, crap to put in my house, crap to keep me entertained, etc. (this better be retroactive to include the last decade, at least some of it) (2) Can we get through one state of the union without bringing up issues we all know Congress won't even pretend to talk about? Education....wtf are we talking about education? Might as well be worried about the cart before we buy a horse. (3) The "line by line" review of the budget. I swear every president has proposed this, and it's never happened. Wow, it's so awesome that he's going to review the budget and freeze spending on the 2% that's hardly worth talking about! Defense, Security, Medicare and SS won't be touched. Shocker. (4) Tax breaks/cuts for businesses who keep people employed here, invest in green energy, etc. Excellent ideas, another that's been talked about for years, chance of passing - .000001%. (5) Promote small business growth, something the Repubs have been screaming about for the last 2 years, and he's finally listening. (6) Loved that he railed BushCo for the increase in the deficit of 8 trillion for the decade, acknowledged that he's raised the one year deficit by 1 trillion already, and that his plan is to be deficit neutral .... but only on his extra 1 trillion. So, instead of "hey i'm gonna lower our deficit" the goal now is "let's keep the deficit the same as when I started!" Admirable goal. (7) Nancy Pelosi needs to get a faceplant. She has to be the ugliest woman in the world. So incredibly fake. Obama is taking jabs at your stupidity and inability to pass healthcare and you sit there and smile like an idiot. (8) Shocking that the people on the board and in the media pounce on Alito for making a comment to Sotamayor, or that the joint chiefs applauded for the Iran comment, but no one mentioned Harry Reid yawning because he was so bored FIVE MINUTES into the speech. If he’s really that tired (at 7 oclock at night) maybe Congress shouldn’t be comprised of 80 year olds!

QUOTE (SnB @ Jan 28, 2010 -> 11:50 AM) a good win in that situation last night would have been a game that wasn't within two possessions in the final two minutes. They did nothing to make me think any better of them yesterday. Still a sloppy, dumb, two man team that is going nowhere this year. So, a 10 pt win over a team that they've won/lost by a point the last like 5 times they've played isn't progress?

QUOTE (SnB @ Jan 28, 2010 -> 11:21 AM) no. A win in a must-win situation is a good win. Dunno how you can disagree with that.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Jan 28, 2010 -> 09:18 AM) Nice to see that the one supposed apolitical institution in Washington is becoming more visibly political. That's what you get when the President calls out that he completely disagrees with a recent Supreme Court decision, on national prime time television, while the members of SCOtUS sit 10 feet in front of him. That was just stupid.