Post in here when conservatives do stuff that makes you scratch your head.

http://arstechnica.com/business/2015/03/republicans-internet-freedom-act-would-wipe-out-net-neutrality/

Quote :

"US Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) this week filed legislation she calls the "Internet Freedom Act" to overturn the Federal Communications Commission's new network neutrality rules."

Quote :

"In the latest election cycle, Blackburn received $25,000 from an AT&T political action committee (PAC), $20,000 from a Comcast PAC, $20,000 from a cable industry association PAC, and $15,000 from a Verizon PAC, according to the Center for Responsive Politics."

3/6/2015 5:45:36 AM

#post this crap in the soap box

3/6/2015 6:32:24 AM

I'm allergic to the soap box. Walls of text from idiots, no thank you.

3/6/2015 6:42:04 AM

You act like those kinds of donations don't come into Democratic coffers as well. I wonder how much money Dem senators got from insurance companies when debate about the ACA was taking place.

3/6/2015 7:42:51 AM

Quote :

"The FCC's neutrality rules prohibit Internet service providers from blocking or throttling Internet traffic, prohibit prioritization of traffic in exchange for payment, and require the ISPs to disclose network management practices."

Comparing ACA (Something that actually helped some people) to this piece of nonsense.

3/6/2015 7:53:04 AM

#politicians

3/6/2015 7:56:18 AM

I'm not talking about the legislation here, I'm talking about the sleazy "donations" that go on behind the scenes.

3/6/2015 8:05:03 AM

rjrumfel is a republican apologist, defends everything they do

3/6/2015 8:10:56 AM

yep, it is known

3/6/2015 8:34:25 AM

3/6/2015 8:44:50 AM

it is known he's the worst partisan hack on this fucking site.

[Edited on March 6, 2015 at 9:09 AM. Reason : every damn thread. ]

3/6/2015 8:55:24 AM

Quote :

"#post this crap in the soap box"

3/6/2015 9:03:27 AM

If I posted this in soap box some power hungry lame mod would lock it. So back to this discussion.

3/6/2015 9:16:54 AM

I don't defend everything they do. I think what the Republicans in NC have done thus far to this state has been pretty shitty.

I think Ted Cruz and his ilk are going to cost the Republicans another election, and the Tea Party just needs to go away.

But I'm still a partisan hack because I think Obama is a crappy president. Ok.

3/6/2015 10:05:14 AM

What exactly makes him a bad president?

http://www.nationalmemo.com/5-republican-campaign-promises-president-obama-fulfilled/

3/6/2015 10:08:47 AM

http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/06/politics/don-young-proposes-wolves-end-homlesessness/index.html

Quote :

"Alaska Republican Rep. Don Young offered an innovative proposal for addressing the problem of homelessness in America on Thursday: Release the wolves."

Quote :

""They haven't got a damn wolf in their whole district," Young added. "I'd like to introduce them in your district. If I introduced them in your district, you wouldn't have a homeless problem anymore.""

Quote :

"The 22-term Republican is known for similarly innovative solutions for many of America's most pressing problems. He once suggested that drinking with others increases the likelihood of domestic abuse, and suggested drinking alone as a solution."

Defend this.

[Edited on March 6, 2015 at 11:14 AM. Reason : .]

3/6/2015 11:08:44 AM

He's a friend of the wolf?

3/6/2015 11:12:27 AM

Quote :

"I don't defend everything they do. I think what the Republicans in NC have done thus far to this state has been pretty shitty."

Are you willing to vote them out of office?

3/6/2015 1:26:47 PM

I find it interesting that you can buy a congressman/congresswoman for so little money.

3/6/2015 1:28:36 PM

I'm not sure about the guv'na, but I plan on seeing if I can somehow get the voting record from my district, then making the decision based on that.

3/6/2015 1:51:48 PM

Partisan hack.

3/6/2015 7:34:44 PM

Quote :

"“I was cautioning folks about email, how we have had several occasions where Congress has asked for emails and there has been an electronic search for responsive emails -- so we need to be cautious about what we say in emails. Someone asked if OCS conversations were also searchable.”"

Defend this.

3/7/2015 3:11:39 AM

Why do I need to defend that? That makes perfect sense to me. Don't say anything that can be misconstrued in email, duh. I point out that one Republican rep is introducing a bill that will hurt everyone that uses the internet and your response is some nonsense about email privacy....

Also pointed out a REPUBLICAN saying that the answer to homelessness is to let wolves eat the homeless.



Defend this, stupid fucker wants to make laws based on his belief in god. How can this uppity negro sit there and say gays shouldn't be married, when just 65 years ago his black ass would of been sitting at the back of the bus, on his way to eat at the back door, and drink out of the colored fountain.



[Edited on March 7, 2015 at 7:05 AM. Reason : .]

3/7/2015 6:59:43 AM

But...Benghazi...

3/7/2015 8:42:26 AM

warm patriotic fuzzies
http://www.newsday.com/news/nation/holly-fisher-army-mom-sets-off-twitter-firestorm-with-gun-flag-and-bible-photo-1.8744536

omg so dumb and barbaric
https://www.wodumedia.com/syrias-civil-war/a-syrian-woman-holds-an-ak-47-during-an-anti-bashar-assad-protest-after-friday-prayers-on-the-outskirts-of-idlib-syria-on-june-8-2012-ap-photo/

3/7/2015 9:47:09 AM

I am just posting this for troll value.

3/9/2015 9:53:08 PM

haha those people dont really exist

...my sister in law doesnt really exist

3/9/2015 10:24:22 PM

ibtl

3/9/2015 10:28:32 PM

^^Your sister-in-law is all you got?

I got some cousins. Some aunts. How much time ya got?

3/9/2015 10:37:45 PM

http://www.wral.com/wake-redistricting-proposal-elicits-outrage-support/14502834/

3/11/2015 12:44:30 PM

No surprise there, NC Republicans have been playing with voting laws since they got in power. Its pretty damn disgusting.

3/11/2015 1:27:05 PM

Quote :

"If I posted this in soap box some power hungry lame mod would lock it."

We have a long-running "GOP credibility thread" already.

3/12/2015 12:53:23 AM

^^Thank God state Democrats never gerrymandered any districts in NC when they were in charge.

3/12/2015 6:30:31 AM

Democrats attempted to punish parents if their college aged, adult, offspring voted at college instead of at home with them? Democrats removed a polling location from campus because students are mostly democrats? Democrats cut up maps to attempt to ensure themselves easier victories? Shut up

http://www.vox.com/2015/3/11/8193751/lindsey-graham-military-coup

Quote :

"Republican senator and presidential maybe-hopeful Lindsey Graham stopped by the "politics and pies" forum in Concord, New Hampshire, today, where he announced that if he is elected president in 2016, his first act will be to deploy the military in Washington to force Congress to reverse cuts to the defense and intelligence budgets."

RETARDS, so if this one is made president his first act would be turning himself into a dictator and using the military to force congress to do what he says. Ok Hail Hitler

^^ That title implies the GOP has credibility, which it doesn't. I'm counting the days until the GOP is just a bad memory.

[Edited on March 12, 2015 at 7:09 AM. Reason : .]

3/12/2015 6:58:43 AM

Democrats have definitely been playing with districts for a long time in NC. Republicans have complained about it for years, many of the complains were justified, so now instead of fixing the problem they just decided to do the same thing.

I'm not sure how or why anyone would defend that.

3/12/2015 8:04:11 AM

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/03/13/don-t-let-the-gop-buy-your-vote-stupid.html

3/15/2015 4:58:51 AM

a prenup for government benefits.

That made me laugh...then I asked myself if that was a legitimate concern...?

3/15/2015 2:34:06 PM

No democrat has the right to talk about anyone else buying votes.

3/15/2015 3:06:02 PM

^3

that ink was tl;dr this chit chat LOL

3/15/2015 3:50:25 PM

Republican response: but the democrats do it too! rawr rawr rawr....liberals...rawr rawr

3/15/2015 5:30:40 PM

Tu quoque strategy.

3/15/2015 5:42:00 PM

Dr. Ben Carson

3/15/2015 6:17:53 PM

So a bill just passed the Oklahoma house that says only Christians and Jews are allowed to perform marriages, without government intervention. Atheists, Muslims, and everyone else have to file another form with the government.

I can't see the bill passing a court challenge, and hopefully doesn't pass the state senate.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/clay-naff/not-ok-limiting-marriage_b_6854198.html

3/16/2015 12:39:41 AM

Yeah, that's not at all what that bill says or what it does.

3/16/2015 12:50:13 AM

I support this thread being in chit-chat as long as responses are kept to like twitter length.

3/16/2015 1:46:08 AM

^^ except it's exactly what the bill says and does.

3/16/2015 10:52:09 AM

The main goal of the bill is to block same sex marriage.

3/16/2015 10:56:08 AM

The bill doesn't and can't block same sex marriage.

The bill essentially does nothing, except makes republicans look like the backwards religious idiots that their politicians are.

Jews and Muslims are both <.5% of the Oklahoma population, but only Rabbis are allowed to religiously avow a marriage between them. There are more buddhists than Jews or Muslims. It's unclear whether Mormons would be allowed to have their priests sign marriage certs.

Republicans in Oklahoma are no different than the Jihadists in ISIS that want to see laws be written based on an extremists reading of their religious texts. I don't see why anyone keeps voting for them.

Probably the worse things democrats want is more gun laws, but I would gladly trade some gun regulations to have freedom from region, and not have an apocalyptic cult running the country.

3/16/2015 11:08:03 AM

Yes it does, the church will say "We won't do a same sex marriage".

Its similar to the tactics southern republicans used to "outlaw" abortions.

3/16/2015 12:06:32 PM

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/13/world/middleeast/ayatollah-ali-khamenei-criticizes-republicans-letter-on-iran-nuclear-talks.html?_r=0

#Republicans.

3/16/2015 12:12:03 PM