# PolitiSUCK **URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/c/politisuck/14.md?page=3 [Latest](https://forums.speedlife.net/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forums.speedlife.net/categories.md) **Page:** 4 --- ## [Florida Tea Party Gov. Is About to Start Drug Testing Welfare Recipients](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/florida-tea-party-gov-is-about-to-start-drug-testing-welfare-recipients/212203)
**Author:** [@JDMSIR](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JDMSIR)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2011, 10:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/florida-tea-party-gov-is-about-to-start-drug-testing-welfare-recipients/212203 "2011-07-05T22:11:45Z")
http://littlegreenfootballs.com/article/38526\_Florida\_Tea\_Party\_Gov.\_Is\_About\_to\_Start\_Drug\_Testing\_Welfare\_Recipients/comments/#ctop About time. I dont like the Tea party but this is a good idea if you ask me. --- ## [New York is so gay](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-york-is-so-gay/213859)
**Author:** [@Coldaccord](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Coldaccord)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2011, 7:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-york-is-so-gay/213859 "2011-06-27T07:59:06Z")
Looks like their call-grisanti-campaign helped. Gay marriage bill just voted a pass. --- ## [Chris Lee resigns \*now with more Weiner\*](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/chris-lee-resigns-now-with-more-weiner/209036)
**Author:** [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2011, 11:36am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/chris-lee-resigns-now-with-more-weiner/209036 "2011-06-25T11:36:08Z")
Yeah I know this belongs in politisuck but nobody fucking goes there OK? It’s a failure. Move on. Anyway, the twitterverse is going nuts. Apparently Chris Lee (the republican congressman from amherst, one of the most… --- ## [Wikileaks Rd3](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wikileaks-rd3/206480)
**Author:** [@bing](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bing)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2011, 11:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wikileaks-rd3/206480 "2011-06-13T11:15:21Z")
\["\]Exclusive: Corruption charges to feature in WikiLeaks release\](http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6AN5HL20101124?pageNumber=1\[/URL) Among the countries whose politicians feature in the reports are Russia, Afghani… --- ## [Trump for President?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/trump-for-president/206224)
**Author:** [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2011, 8:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/trump-for-president/206224 "2011-05-17T08:50:18Z")
Yeah, he’s floated the idea before but he’s bound to try sometime. Trump said he would consider running for president because “the respect for this country is just not there. I have many people from China that I do bus… --- ## [Stupid Laws Thread (Worldwide)](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/stupid-laws-thread-worldwide/206449)
**Author:** [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2011, 11:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/stupid-laws-thread-worldwide/206449 "2011-05-05T11:15:17Z")
I keep seeing laws every so often that make me lol and I’m sure you do to. So here is a thread for them! Kuwait bans DSLR cameras - http://thenextweb.com/me/2010/11/23/kuwait-dslr-camera-ban-now-in-effect/ http://www.k… --- ## [Movie About Sadam's Son Uday](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/movie-about-sadams-son-uday/211784)
**Author:** [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2011, 8:15pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/movie-about-sadams-son-uday/211784 "2011-04-27T20:15:15Z")
We all know Sadam was a nut but his son Uday was an even crazier MOFO. He was known for to raping random women, making soccer players kick concrete balls and dragged people over sharp rocks before throwing them into sewa… --- ## [Government wants to take your porn away](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/government-wants-to-take-your-porn-away/211004)
**Author:** [@Ciaran](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Ciaran)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2011, 2:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/government-wants-to-take-your-porn-away/211004 "2011-04-08T14:00:26Z")
http://www.politico.com/static/PPM153\_obsc.html mccain signed it --- ## [LOL Canada](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lol-canada/210495)
**Author:** [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2011, 3:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lol-canada/210495 "2011-03-31T15:10:26Z")
Looks like the middle east uprisings swept to the great white north! (Said in a girly voice) They voted that they have lost confidence in the government, so they are going through a process that will end in dissolving p… --- ## [Not the Status Cuomo](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/not-the-status-cuomo/208750)
**Author:** [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2011, 9:05am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/not-the-status-cuomo/208750 "2011-03-28T09:05:45Z")
So Gov. Cuomo just put out his first budget. It is the most moderate/conservative thing I have ever seen from a NYS Democrat. I agree with most of it, although it goes against my ideology this state is just too damn blo… --- ## [Detroit loses 25% of its population](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/detroit-loses-25-of-its-population/210395)
**Author:** [@bing](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bing)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2011, 6:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/detroit-loses-25-of-its-population/210395 "2011-03-28T06:42:14Z")
CNN Article Detroit has lost 25% of its population in a decade and lost 5 congressional seats as a result… I’m always intrigued by the decline of Detroit. Windsor, on the Canadian side, has the highest unemployment in … --- ## [Styrofoam Cup Battle on Capital Hill!](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/styrofoam-cup-battle-on-capital-hill/209881)
**Author:** [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2011, 6:38pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/styrofoam-cup-battle-on-capital-hill/209881 "2011-03-17T18:38:41Z")
This is just plain dumb, lol; House Democrats continued their protest of the use of Styrofoam cups at Capitol Hill cafeterias, penning a letter to Republican leadership demanding the removal of the disposable coffee cu… --- ## [Bring this fight to Ontario](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bring-this-fight-to-ontario/209278)
**Author:** [@bing](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bing)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2011, 11:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bring-this-fight-to-ontario/209278 "2011-03-16T11:16:54Z")
http://www.cnn.com/2011/POLITICS/02/17/teacher.budget.crisis/index.html?hpt=T2 i know this is pretty similar to Jay’s thread, maybe 99%, but still… this fight needs to be brought to Ontario… against the teachers union. … --- ## [Court Orders Baby To Die](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/court-orders-baby-to-die/209401)
**Author:** [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2011, 11:01am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/court-orders-baby-to-die/209401 "2011-03-16T11:01:56Z")
Holy shit. I just watched an interview with the father. He’s trying to get his son transferred to a hospital in the US: Ontario Superior Court Justice Helen Rady ordered the couple to agree to take Joseph off the venti… --- ## [Gingrich for president?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gingrich-for-president/209701)
**Author:** [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2011, 7:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gingrich-for-president/209701 "2011-03-03T19:26:20Z")
Looks like he’ll be running. Fox announced on Wednesday that it was suspending the contracts of Gingrich and a fellow contributor, Republican former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, until they make decisions about ru… --- ## [DoJ no longer defending Defense of Marriage Act](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/doj-no-longer-defending-defense-of-marriage-act/209514)
**Author:** [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2011, 6:17am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/doj-no-longer-defending-defense-of-marriage-act/209514 "2011-02-28T06:17:22Z")
The Defense of Marriage Act was passed in the 1990’s creating a federal ban of gay marriage. Yeah it’s laughable that congress thinks it has the power to regulate marriage (maybe via the interstate commerce clause since… --- ## [Good read on the Commerce Clause](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/good-read-on-the-commerce-clause/209188)
**Author:** [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2011, 7:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/good-read-on-the-commerce-clause/209188 "2011-02-26T19:08:58Z")
Pretty general article, though it’s written with respect to HCR. Worth a read. http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/11\_08/b4216050263515.htm --- ## [Columbia Students heckle and jeer Purple Heart, wounded Iraq Vet.](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/columbia-students-heckle-and-jeer-purple-heart-wounded-iraq-vet/209432)
**Author:** [@bing](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bing)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2011, 5:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/columbia-students-heckle-and-jeer-purple-heart-wounded-iraq-vet/209432 "2011-02-25T05:49:52Z")
LINK - NY POST I’m all for not allowing the military on campuses and i totally agree with the opposition’s perspective… but heckling a wounded, purple hearted vet, who is 28 and a fellow student, is more than a little t… --- ## [Rahm takes Chi-Town?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rahm-takes-chi-town/209417)
**Author:** [@bing](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bing)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2011, 6:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rahm-takes-chi-town/209417 "2011-02-22T18:03:07Z")
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/02/22/breaking-cnn-projects-emanuel-wins-in-chicago/ last i heard he wasnt allowed to even run… wha happun? --- ## [D.C. council's Kwame Brown embroiled in Lincoln Navigator scandal](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/d-c-councils-kwame-brown-embroiled-in-lincoln-navigator-scandal/209403)
**Author:** [@theblue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/theblue)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2011, 1:06pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/d-c-councils-kwame-brown-embroiled-in-lincoln-navigator-scandal/209403 "2011-02-22T13:06:28Z")
Lincoln is probably doing a :picard: in his grave Several weeks after Kwame R. Brown was elected D.C. Council chairman in November, city officials were asked to order for him a “fully loaded” Lincoln Navigator L wi… --- ## [Way to go Wisconsin](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/way-to-go-wisconsin/209262)
**Author:** [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2011, 12:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/way-to-go-wisconsin/209262 "2011-02-17T12:41:30Z")
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/02/17/teachers-march-wisconsin-capitol-senate-moves-curtail-union-rights/ Too bad it will never happen here in NY. --- ## [China shows its dong](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/china-shows-its-dong/209201)
**Author:** [@NYstanger](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/NYstanger)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2011, 10:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/china-shows-its-dong/209201 "2011-02-17T10:49:45Z")
And surprisingly, its a big one. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110215/ap\_on\_re\_as/as\_us\_china\_carrier\_killer --- ## [SC lawmaker: Blacks and whites don't work as hard as Hispanics...](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sc-lawmaker-blacks-and-whites-dont-work-as-hard-as-hispanics/209035)
**Author:** [@theblue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/theblue)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2011, 7:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sc-lawmaker-blacks-and-whites-dont-work-as-hard-as-hispanics/209035 "2011-02-09T19:47:46Z")
oh dear lord: COLUMBIA, S.C. – An African-American lawmaker in South Carolina said Tuesday that stricter illegal immigration laws would hurt the state because blacks and whites don’t work as hard as Hispanics. State… --- ## [List of republicans who don't suck.](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/list-of-republicans-who-dont-suck/205730)
**Author:** [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2011, 7:44pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/list-of-republicans-who-dont-suck/205730 "2011-02-09T19:44:37Z")
Chris Lee. Rand Paul. What I’m really getting at is I caught an interview of Rand Paul on some Sunday morning ABC talk show this morning and he actually seemed pretty legit. None of the establishment rhetoric contract… --- ## [Sudan.](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sudan/208982)
**Author:** [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2011, 10:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sudan/208982 "2011-02-08T10:20:30Z")
Or should I say South Sudan. President of Sudan just accepted the South’s secession. Come July South Sudan will be the newest country on Earth. The south is primarily Christian and the North is mostly Muslim. The Nor… --- ## [Link to State of the Union in full?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/link-to-state-of-the-union-in-full/208589)
**Author:** [@bing](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bing)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2011, 8:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/link-to-state-of-the-union-in-full/208589 "2011-01-27T08:59:30Z")
i didnt catch any of it… links to full vid? --- ## [US Rep Gabrielle Giffords shot in Arizona](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/us-rep-gabrielle-giffords-shot-in-arizona/207983)
**Author:** [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2011, 6:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/us-rep-gabrielle-giffords-shot-in-arizona/207983 "2011-01-25T18:27:48Z")
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/08/AR2011010802422.html?hpid=topnews Tucson - Arizona Democratic Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was shot and critically wounded Saturday morning while hosting an ev… --- ## [Tunisia.](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tunisia/208394)
**Author:** [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2011, 7:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tunisia/208394 "2011-01-25T07:15:51Z")
Interesting read that came across my google news feed about Tunisia, and how it’s the first oppressive dictatorship in Middle East/North Africa to get overthrown by a youth population sick of oppression. It’s a bit anno… --- ## [Keith Olbermann Out at MSNBC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/keith-olbermann-out-at-msnbc/208423)
**Author:** [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2011, 5:37am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/keith-olbermann-out-at-msnbc/208423 "2011-01-25T05:37:52Z")
Damn. Not I have to watch Maddow? :tdown: http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/01/22/olbermann.msnbc/?hpt=T1 NBC said the donations violated a policy that requires employees of the news organization to obtain permission ahead o… --- ## [The party of "no", level II.](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-party-of-no-level-ii/208323)
**Author:** [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2011, 8:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-party-of-no-level-ii/208323 "2011-01-19T20:21:25Z")
House is voting on a bill to repeal the healthcare act. It won’t pass the senate, or the presidential veto, but that’s what they’re working on. Team Boehner wants to instead form committees to study the issue and come … [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/c/politisuck/14.md?page=2) [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/c/politisuck/14.md?page=4)