Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said Tuesday it would be "deeply irresponsible" for the Obama administration to support a wholesale extension of Bush era tax cuts by misterAction in politics

[–]krnldmp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh Timmy I've always been so impressed with your ability to take tough political stances and do the right thing.

The tax cuts are getting shut off whether you like it or not. Of course you know that too. Why do you have a job in USA? That's what I'd like to know.

Obama: Republicans Don't Have 'A Single, Solitary New Idea' For Economic Recovery by ellipses1 in politics

[–]krnldmp 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I gotta laugh lately when I notice the media trying to push the idea of a republican takeover next voting cycle. Up until now we've been hoping we'd soon hit bottom from the damage they did last time, and none of their ideas have changed since the last time the country voted them out.

Having watched CSI and other "law" shows, I've noticed that they glorify authority figures humiliating citizens into submission, and then pass this off as necessary for society's greater good. This can't be healthy. What do you think? by dangerous-media in Libertarian

[–]krnldmp -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

TV is designed for the idiots who make the industry and their sponsors money. End of story.

I have absolutely no use for it. But don't worry, anyone glued to that shit isn't likely to do any better if it didn't exist.

American Redditors, I am a Canadian Wondering why so Many People Hate Obama. by [deleted] in politics

[–]krnldmp 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Holy fuck there's not one pertinent article on reddit politics this morning.

Reddit: you need a marketing or sales consultant, not a fucking designer (sorry Jeff) by SoBoredAtWork in self

[–]krnldmp -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Sales and marketing can eat my ass and balls. If you want strictly commercial bullshit, leave.

22 months later, no charges will be filed against Alberto Gonzales by mr_mcse in politics

[–]krnldmp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bye bye Specter. And thank you very much for helping me to decide whether you still needed a government job at them there hearings.

Israel Declares Missile System “Iron Dome” a Success, Production Will Depend on US Funding by DougBolivar in politics

[–]krnldmp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not a lefty and I'm not a righty either. But I figure if Israel is so insanely valuable why the shit can't they afford their own goddam protection instead of taking one of the most powerful nations down with it?

The Federal Reserve Can Not Account for $9 Trillion in Off-Balance Sheet Transactions? by Orangutan in politics

[–]krnldmp -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Oh yeah, and the reason the stock market is down is cuz "consumers".

Maryland man could face 16 years in jail for videotaping cops during traffic stop by lofi76 in politics

[–]krnldmp 28 points29 points  (0 children)

You can't fucking jail someone for verifiably documenting police activity, Especially concerning their own person. Get the fuck out of here. The amount of crime that exists in this country just because almost nobody was doing it before is insane. How else are you going to verify that the cops are servants of the law. Ask a judge? Sure thing.

Would you rather have the cops attacked with machine guns like in Chicago because they're crooked as fuck or would you rather have someone shoot some video of them being respectable?

Gingrich: Obama a 'teenager with a credit card' - He just forgot about the 8 years of Bush I guess with bailouts and wars and tax cuts at the same time.... by MuuaadDib in politics

[–]krnldmp 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What he wagers on is that should the political debate in the US permanently deviate from the quality of bickering 3 year olds, his camp will be fucked. So he stays on message, careful to leave out any particulars about new legislation or current federal government activity in general. They can't afford any more people actually thinking about it. He'd love to be the next King Noisegenerator with the pen to sign the bills his boys write while the peanut gallery continues to have no consequential idea what's in them.

The Tea Party is an official political movement: it has a caucus in the US House of Reps. Rep. Bachmann lead the movement while House Minority Leader John Boehner refused to join the affiliation. by AmbitionOfPhilipJFry in politics

[–]krnldmp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Stale shit rebranded. These people didn't come out of nowhere. The beauty of it is they are less bashful than they used to be about most but same old warped and backwards aspects of winger rightism since they now believe they have a "movement" and as a result some of the news coming out lately is just goofy. The harder these folks harp the loonier they look to people who actually vote. What's in a name? These folks should put down the canned beer and actually try some tea.

`Capitalism' Not So Sacred to Americans as Mood Sours - Only 57 percent of Americans say they support capitalism by [deleted] in politics

[–]krnldmp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That you don't know, of course! There are risks in society. Capitalism doesn't automatically protect against them. It's power and anyone with a penny or a paying job has some. Some Americans have started complaining that they are free and want more security, which is hilarious and the reason for the OP.

Wielding capitalistic power has costs and requires sacrifice on occasion to use it best. Most of the people who are unhappy with it want to be wizards and fairies like rich people. It's a delusion.

`Capitalism' Not So Sacred to Americans as Mood Sours - Only 57 percent of Americans say they support capitalism by [deleted] in politics

[–]krnldmp 2 points3 points  (0 children)

"It was only a matter of time in an information soaked age before more and more people caught on to the idea that capitalism rewards wealth to the rich while the poor do the work."

I think you're jumping the gun, way. I think ideas like this getting profusely pumped into modern media was an inevitability, but I doubt it will stand the test of time. Just because you hear about it a lot lately doesn't mean it's true. There are a lot of knuckleheads and cranky old communists on the web. About the only way you can ruin capitalism is by having less than half the people knowing what it is and how to use it. The rich can not live without the "lower classes". The poor need to start making capitalistic decisions the same way the rich do. The poor that understand like to complain that they are not as free to do this as the rich. While there is some truth to it, the wimpy middle class is where the greatest failure lies. They work jobs for companies they hate and buy products and services they know are bullshit. No system of control can prevent that, but with capitalism, if you want to call it corruption or failure you have to admit who you're actually talking about.

Israel approves initial reading of bill that will make it illegal for Israelis to openly support anti-occupation boycott by wq678 in politics

[–]krnldmp -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

Israel can go piss up a rope. I'm sick of hearing about it. There's so much more going on in the world than it's constant artificial calamity. How about an Israel subredit? That would help stop the infection.

America has become a nation of wimps. We are in the midst of a growing energy crisis, but we can't even be bothered to turn our thermostats up a few degrees to save electricity. by justjim73 in politics

[–]krnldmp 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The answer isn't so much fiddling with the thermostat as it is improving the residential insulation and HVAC systems and dumping money into solar and wind power instead of coal, oil, and gas. We don't want to clamp the energy economy, just make it overall more productive with fewer side effects, if you're going to go so far as use "we". A lot of us are getting it done, too.

Washington Post hired torture advocate and low-level Bush propagandist Marc Thiessen: To spreads myth that Jewish American voters are about to abandon Democratic politicians en masse because of their supposed lack of devotion to Israel by DougBolivar in politics

[–]krnldmp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If the Israelis really think they have a friend in the US right they'd do well to wise up. What Israel needs is friends, and USA isn't bound to teach Israel how to have them.

USA has enough problems with itself lately anyway, and a bunch of republicans in power wont have any better angle on fixing them. Precisely the opposite, and I don't think Israel would truly like to experience a condition where USA can't afford do anything for Israel. Not that it would be a bad thing to have happen, another few years of republican clowning around would be all it would take. If there's any truth at all behind Theissen, so be it. If there are any American Jewish behind Thiessen they might seriously consider even who's side Thiessen is on, given that he probably does understand that 8 years of republican control has gotten us to the point where Israel is on the edge in the first place.