Evening Reading
A little news:
- Red Xbox 360 announced for RE5 bundle
- Over half of Xbox Live accounts were Gold in 2008
- Square Enix joins Steam
- PSP getting Rock Band, Assassin's Creed, LittleBigPlanet and MotorStorm
- Rock Band PSP details
- MotorStorm PSP trailer
- Left 4 Dead patched on Xbox 360
- 50 Cent options Saints Row movie rights
- God of War 3, MAG may not arrive this year after all
- id Working on Quake 3 iPhone port, considering Wii game
- Dante's Inferno CG trailer
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replypseudo State of the Union thread here!
Live stream available on http://www.hulu.com/ and finer news organizations everywhere.-
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Is Obama a great president, or the greatest president?
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I think in truth it might be a bit "have you been paying attention to the way people talk about the way people talk about him?"
Like, he DOES seem to be liked, but a lot of the "omg people think he's jesus" stuff comes from his opposition making it up and projecting it onto his followers IMO. Of course there are always the crazies who actually DO think that too.-
have you see the newest Harris poll? http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=19295816#itemanchor_19295816
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yes yes g0nk, every one of obama's disciples worships him because he really is jesus. this is nothing new, they/we/i have been doing this since he announced his candidacy.
this story is fucking old already. we get it. people who are skeptical of obama think that the people who like obama, see him as THE SAVIOR (tm). GOD. JESUS. ALLAH. all in one.
instead of focusing on what people think about the fucking president, how about we just judge him on the policies that he and his party enacts.
enough of this "HAVENT YOU BEEN LISTENING TO WHAT PEOPLE SAY AND HOW THEY TALK ABOUT HIM?"
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I thought I clearly said that there ARE crazies who take this shit too far. I thought it was implied that the opposition likes to latch on to said crazies and make them popular, but I probably should have spelled that out. That's a bit of what you're doing with the second link, IMO.
The first link is pretty "meh" if you actually read it. Obama shares the top 10 responses with FIVE other presidents. Obama is clearly on top because of the timing of this poll as well. You can't honestly think McCain and Chesley Sullenberger are on there for any reason other than recent media coverage. In fact if we're talking about which political wing idolizes their politicians more, is it more telling that at #1 we have Obama (who is one of the most famous people on earth right now) or that at #4 we have Reagan?
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How the hell can anyone take that poll seriously? God's on there for fuck's sake.
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Have you been awake for the last month? He's done a TON.
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From New Hampshire, eh?
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I'm actually going to watch so I know why the markets tank/recover tomorrow. Especially after that last abortion of a speech Bush gave that boned the DOW.
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Heh, yeah. It always amazes me how many of these people have shit-eating grins. The only thing that would make it better is if they had to wear uniforms detailing all of their corporate sponsors.
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Yea he knows where the first ladies box is, LOL
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Fucking SNAP!
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Bwhaha at immediate pan to McCain.
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HIJACK - Meanwhile, the GOP starts their 2012 campaign a bit early with Bobby Jindal. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090225/ap_on_go_pr_wh/obama_gop_reaction
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Don't mess with Joe!
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Why does this not show up in latest chatty
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Does for me. Check your filters maybe?
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The line under "to" in the watermark graphic keeps blinking in and out...it's a message to terrists!
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Comparative States of the Union:
State of the Soviet Union: Crumbled into naught but memories "Resurgent!" - Putin.
State of the Worker's Union: Suppressed by Heartless Capitalist Dogs
State of the Union: A single result table
State of the Credit Union: $++
State of The Union: Fighting The Corporate Ministry in the WWF
State of the HMS Union: Wrecked in Fiji
State of the Onion: Tasty in Burgers
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DAMMIT HULU.
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Aye I had to reload it. It just froze all of a sudden. Its probably due to so many people watching it via the site, as its the highest resolution stream I think.
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Not bad. I'm going there if it dies again. Its pretty on the mark with the Hulu stream too. ABC's stream is a few sentences behind for me for some reason.
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yeah, same shit he said before. not taking away video games per se, but parents shouldn't relay on video games and TV to autopilot their kids rather than spending some time with 'em
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rely, even.
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going from last time, that's probably cool.
i remember the first time he said it, it was pretty squarely aimed at parents who'd just buy their kids a 360 and leave them to that as a substitute
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Obama said put the video games down. BLASPHEMER!
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Yea, the clapping was extra annoying for that
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Of course none of these government programs are supposed to benefit the people, right?
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more or less, though it was not the king (he was off at war in the crusades) but the sheriff ... more or less the same situation
Yet, most people don't get that it was the corrupt government that was oppressing the poor with high taxes that Robin Hood was steeling from and helping the people/citizens.
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Them turrists is gonna win if they find out we're payin' fer war!!!
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Ahahaha, well said. No one want's out of work pissed off, highly trained killers being mad at them for good reason.
Stay on *that* side of the Rubicon you fuckers!
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lol at signing autographs
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really? I am dumb then move along. I don't recall seeing this but then again I never watched a whole SOTU before either.
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Him and other southern governors are taking a heavy risk when it comes to the stimulus with their pledges to reject the stimulus money that goes towards unemployment benefits. They are basically gambling that the stance in favor of fiscal responsibility will gain them more than they'll lose by screwing over the poor.
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They can reject it but pretty sure their state legislatures will override them which they expect anyways.
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yea, very annoying.
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Hahaha yea this is incredibly bad, like he's talking to a class of third graders
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And Tommy Lee Jones
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A volcano is like a hurricane with LAVA YOU DUMB BASTARD
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Cut the top marginal tax rate from 35% to 25%
Permanently set the capital gains rate at 15%
Increase the death tax exemption from $2M to $5M, and then set the rate at 25% after that.
There are tax cuts for everyone in their plan, but it is absolutely one of those "give most of it to the rich" plans, and I am one of the people who defend the republicans on the "percentage vs dollar amount" tax cut thing when Dems say "but it all goes to the rich!"-
You know who pays that rate beside the rich? Most businesses do, so your company is most likely paying about 25-30% in taxes not including all the overhead to pay the employee benefits etc... It cost so much to do business these days its almost not worth it. Cutting the cap gains would cause lots of investment, and might help increase the overall confidence. We should be arguing over how to shrink our governments bills not about lowering taxes or not. Our gov is too big has too much power and wastes too much of our precious time and money. And by gov I mean all the way from our local cities to the states to the federal (with the feds being some of the more copious offenders) government.
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obviously the DoD can't possibly increase efficiency and reduce spending in some areas that are lower priority, much like how any other entity operates when trying to cut costs in certain areas while increasing production in others
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he did mention the cost of maintaining outdated weapons, so I'm guessing there will be a plan to phase some of that out
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it can mean all sorts of things, which includes cutting individuals who underperform, who're in underperforming divisions, or whose role/division is no longer a priority due to changing times. And there are plenty of ways to cut costs beyond just people. Certainly you know this.
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Well ignoring the fact that Obama just had a meeting this morning where the issue of fixing the procurement system came up, given that we can cut 10% of our DoD budget and still spend more on defense than all other nations combined, I am pretty sure we are not going to be reduced to fighting our enemies with harsh language.
If we are going to get the budget under control, everything is going to have to get some cuts.-
sure, though how about we start with areas that are not constitutionally defined or traditionally as the role of the federal government --- as opposed to areas that are?
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constitutionally there was no armed forces, in fact it was a huge deal to form a national army and a lot of republicans were against it
how come it's always okay to beef up the military to massive size but when it comes to programs like the arts, math for kids, and childcare it's always wasteful government spending?-
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I consider spending on public spending on art to be kinda a waste, not so much them putting up art but more how the govs go about this. In denver we have 2 "famous" works of art that frankly should be dropped into the deapest depths of the ocean. The Horse at DIA, this thing has cost us taxpayers around a million bucks, and it even killed the creator, its ugly as sin and should have never been done. The bean shape penis near downtown Denver, the city spent a hundred or so thousand dollars on a ugly penis looking thing made out of "beans", i understand art being subjective but to waste this money like that is a joke. These artists were award contracts without any drawings or conceptual design. They were handed big contracts to do whatever they want, on my dime thats not going to make me happy when we get a hell horse and a penis (it doesnt even look good otherwise i wouldnt care). So again what i see as the problem here isnt the art but the government yet again. If you dont see the pattern of how the governemnt is behind most of our problems then there is no hope for us.
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what's funny about trying to cut spending in areas you deem unnecessary while increasing spending in areas you do deem necessary? that's what businesses do every day
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10% cut wouldn't even scratch the surface of wasteful spending at the DoD
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i thought you wanted less government spending?
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everyone, with few exceptions & I am just going to disregard that very small group, believes there are some roles that the US Fed Government should do, or another way of putting it -- should spend money on.
there are roles that each and every one of us can point to and say "the Fed really should not be doing this" or "the Fed really should not be involved" ... this does not mean that we want no Federal Government.
Conservatives (and I don't exactly fit here, but of the two major parties I do) fit with this, they believe that one primary role of the US Federal Government is to serve and protect, with a big emphasis on protection.
It's like purchasing stuff in my daily life. Some areas I am cool with skimping on ... there are particular things that I want to spend as little as I can on, yet when it comes to other areas (like computer parts) I don't get the top of the line, newest, and greatest, but I do not skimp on quality ... thus I spend a little more up front on electronics, but they last me a good long time.
Defense spending is that one thing for Conservatives -- they believe that a specific level of certainty of safety is a key foundation to being and living free.
Try putting yourself in one of the conflict zones you know something about ... how would your ability to pursue whatever you feel like in the areas of a career be effected if you lived there?
How much and the USA roll in the world from a military and defender of democracy/theweak/etc can and is debated. We can and might should spend less on the military too, I really don't know, but I do know that if there is one area that I personally would be the last to decrease it is our military (well, it might not be the last, but I cannot think of anything else at this moment).
There is one other element in there ... and it's a macro(ish) economical view of the world ... at least a big picture one.
The less we have war in the world the better off the world is, disarming the USA will not cause less war, but if an armed USA can cause less war with the military it will help the USA & the other countries in the long run.
Think of great people in history that have made great scientific advances, what if those individuals were born and lived in that hotzone you thought of earlier? Do you expect that we would have the same result from their work/discoveries? In some cases, yes, in some it would have probably just taken more time, in other cases no.
The US military does a lot more for causing other countries to be better off then just "fighting" ... they also build a lot of stuff like schools and infrastructure. That is just practicing for them for other building and such they might need to do at other times.
anyway, my wife is calling me to go watch some TV ...
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my guess is we'll see less future fighting systems in development. They are costly, don't benefit the current mission, and often have to invent an enemy to justify funding.
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We can definitely cut spending on more advanced fighter aircraft because what we have now is already vastly superior to any competition.
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I'm interested in a rebuttal, even if I probably wouldn't have time to reply to it!
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Must have not been that great then. How can I be wrong on many levels? I only had one statement, there's not much to it.
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Our defense budget is so insanely huge I'm sure they won't have trouble cutting weight without sacrificing our national defense.
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You mean in addition to being out of Iraq within 19 months?
http://uk.reuters.com/article/usTopNews/idUKTRE51N70Z20090225
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It was fucking terrible. Why can't this party find a fucking candidate who speaks like a normal human being?
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leave it to the Republicans to outsource their response...
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I'm not sure that Bobby is going to do well in 2012.
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He's dark. That's all they care about. All he needs is a vagina and a set of tits, and he would be their perfect candidate.
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Quietly? Send me your email so I can forward you all the bullshit my dad sends me, LOL
These nutjobs are anything but quiet.
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Yea, I despise the current Republican party but I would be tempted to vote for Romney if he was running against a guy like Kerry
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If the Romney that ran for Governor of Massachusetts was still around he'd be a tempting candidate (although I didn't vote for him and I certainly wouldn't vote for him now). If was weird watching him since he came in as fairly socially liberal (wasn't anti-abortion, helped pass a huge healthcare bill) but by the end of his term he was just another fire breathing social conservative who went around the country touting the evils of same sex marriage.
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How much of that was real and how much was an act to appease the far right?
God I hate the fringe groups, they fuck everything up for the rest of us.
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I would bet they'll upload it tomorrow morning sometime.
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I believe he's criticizing bank executives for flying in private jets after accepting bailout cash to keep their enterprises afloat.
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