# PolitiSUCK **URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/c/politisuck/14.md?page=6 [Latest](https://forums.speedlife.net/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forums.speedlife.net/categories.md) **Page:** 7 --- ## [Shirley Sherrod](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/shirley-sherrod/158411)
**Author:** [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2010, 12:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/shirley-sherrod/158411 "2010-07-28T12:28:50Z")
I’m surprised that nobody brought this up. Anybody else pay attention to this shameful shitstorm? One douchebag on Fox News douped the whole country. We as a country were too lazy to check the facts and ruined a good … --- ## [Paterson earmarks a $800,000 conjugal visit trailer for prisoners.](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/paterson-earmarks-a-800-000-conjugal-visit-trailer-for-prisoners/152028)
**Author:** [@PureXTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PureXTC)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2010, 7:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/paterson-earmarks-a-800-000-conjugal-visit-trailer-for-prisoners/152028 "2010-07-20T19:13:15Z")
http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2010/03/gov\_david\_paterson\_earmarks\_77.html Does it really have to be a double wide? --- ## [Someone should have slipped a letter of resignation in there](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/someone-should-have-slipped-a-letter-of-resignation-in-there/157668)
**Author:** [@tpgsr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/tpgsr)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2010, 8:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/someone-should-have-slipped-a-letter-of-resignation-in-there/157668 "2010-07-12T08:42:00Z")
\[http://media.syracuse.com/post-standard/photo/-386e84f17e037ccc.jpg\] I find this picture quite funny. --- ## [Obama has interwebz kill switch?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/obama-has-interwebz-kill-switch/157273)
**Author:** [@08GT500](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/08GT500)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2010, 10:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/obama-has-interwebz-kill-switch/157273 "2010-07-08T10:30:02Z")
http://m.smh.com.au/technology/security/obama-internet-kill-switch-bill-approved-20100625-z8sf.html Discuss --- ## [My politics question thread](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-politics-question-thread/157538)
**Author:** [@travisn](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/travisn)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2010, 9:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-politics-question-thread/157538 "2010-07-07T21:54:37Z")
I have been listening to talk radio a lot recently and agree with a lot of what I have been hearing but I dont quite understand all of it. So in my ongoing quest for more knowledge I have some questions that I’ll post h… --- ## [Obamacare Is Bad For Your Health (Ron Paul)](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/obamacare-is-bad-for-your-health-ron-paul/156475)
**Author:** [@boxxa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boxxa)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2010, 2:53pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/obamacare-is-bad-for-your-health-ron-paul/156475 "2010-07-04T14:53:45Z")
Intresting post on the Obama health care system and a different idea of national health care from Ron Paul. http://www.ronpaul.com/2010-06-13/ron-paul-obamacare-is-bad-for-your-health/ --- ## [Administration bans deep water drilling while other countries expand.](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/administration-bans-deep-water-drilling-while-other-countries-expand/156596)
**Author:** [@PureXTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PureXTC)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2010, 3:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/administration-bans-deep-water-drilling-while-other-countries-expand/156596 "2010-06-17T15:05:06Z")
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/deepwater-oil-drilling-banned-in-america-allowed-here-1996227.html This really grinds my gears. BP screws up and America bans deep water drilling while other countries exp… --- ## [Palladino for the People](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/palladino-for-the-people/153614)
**Author:** [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2010, 4:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/palladino-for-the-people/153614 "2010-05-12T16:23:53Z")
What’s his deal? Anybody know anything about him? About Carl Paladino Buffalo native Carl Paladino is a graduate of St. Bonaventure University and Syracuse University Law. After serving as an officer in the US Army… --- ## [Allegany state park? Drill baby drill!](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/allegany-state-park-drill-baby-drill/153566)
**Author:** [@glitch](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/glitch)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2010, 9:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/allegany-state-park-drill-baby-drill/153566 "2010-05-06T21:31:11Z")
Protesters target proposal to drill for oil, gas in Allegany state Park About 50 protesters on Friday afternoon targeted an Amherst-based company looking to drill in Allegany State Park. The company has proposed dril… --- ## [Really Gillibrand?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/really-gillibrand/153229)
**Author:** [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2010, 2:49pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/really-gillibrand/153229 "2010-04-13T14:49:50Z")
You want to spend $1 BILLION dollars subsidizing new grocery stores? http://news.bostonherald.com/news/us\_politics/view/20100412ny\_sen\_gillibrand\_proposes\_1\_billion\_food\_plan/srvc=home&position=recent It’ll make poor p… --- ## [Want in on the NY Democrats closed door meetings?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/want-in-on-the-ny-democrats-closed-door-meetings/152187)
**Author:** [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2010, 7:03am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/want-in-on-the-ny-democrats-closed-door-meetings/152187 "2010-04-09T07:03:31Z")
It will only cost you $50k. And they’re pretty much just advertising it. http://www.wgrz.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=75579&catid=37 I’m worried that within the next couple weeks someone will end up going on a sh… --- ## [Obama clears way for oil drilling off US coasts](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/obama-clears-way-for-oil-drilling-off-us-coasts/152502)
**Author:** [@klug](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/klug)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2010, 8:56pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/obama-clears-way-for-oil-drilling-off-us-coasts/152502 "2010-04-08T20:56:08Z")
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100331/ap\_on\_bi\_ge/us\_obama\_drilling I’m for this as long as it is done clean and right. If I’m not mistaken wasn’t there a strong democratic stance against this? Discuss --- ## [Israel lobby presses Congress to soften Obama's tough stance](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/israel-lobby-presses-congress-to-soften-obamas-tough-stance/152491)
**Author:** [@Avatar](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Avatar)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2010, 5:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/israel-lobby-presses-congress-to-soften-obamas-tough-stance/152491 "2010-03-31T05:52:14Z")
Democracy LOL America’s main pro-Israel lobby group is mobilising members of Congress to pressure the White House over its bitter public confrontation with Binyamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister. The move, by … --- ## [Joe Biden drops the f-bomb on health care signing](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/joe-biden-drops-the-f-bomb-on-health-care-signing/152049)
**Author:** [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2010, 4:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/joe-biden-drops-the-f-bomb-on-health-care-signing/152049 "2010-03-24T04:18:20Z")
http://blogs.ajc.com/political-insider-jim-galloway/2010/03/23/joe-biden-drops-the-f-word-during-health-care-signing/ :lol: --- ## [Google vs China](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/google-vs-china/152031)
**Author:** [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2010, 7:03am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/google-vs-china/152031 "2010-03-23T07:03:24Z")
I can’t find my original thread, so for a quick recap: China hacked Google so Google, with the permission of the US State Department, has been needling China. Well they just gave China a giant “FUCK YOU.” As its long… --- ## [Medicaid in NYS... some simple numbers](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/medicaid-in-nys-some-simple-numbers/151988)
**Author:** [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2010, 4:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/medicaid-in-nys-some-simple-numbers/151988 "2010-03-22T16:30:05Z")
A great web find I stumbled across and thought I’d share. http://www.statehealthfacts.org/comparemaptable.jsp?typ=4&ind=616&cat=4&sub=47&sortc=10&o=a Just look at the numbers compared to the next two highest Medicaid s… --- ## [GREAT ARTICLE](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/great-article/151965)
**Author:** [@system](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/system)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2010, 9:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/great-article/151965 "2010-03-22T09:16:11Z")
Come on now like we wouldnt see the PUN =D\> \[http://hphotos-snc3.fbcdn.net/hs410.snc3/24781\_1279015774519\_1203770176\_30649468\_3372847\_n.jpg\] --- ## [If we get healthcare reform it's good to know they didn't have to vote on it](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/if-we-get-healthcare-reform-its-good-to-know-they-didnt-have-to-vote-on-it/151609)
**Author:** [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2010, 1:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/if-we-get-healthcare-reform-its-good-to-know-they-didnt-have-to-vote-on-it/151609 "2010-03-21T13:26:20Z")
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/03/16/pelosi-plan-pass-health-care-traditional-vote-riles-critics/ And no, it’s not just Fox spin http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/03/16/house.health.care/index.html?hpt=T2 I don’t… --- ## [Democrats hate salt. And they don't want you to have it either.](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/democrats-hate-salt-and-they-dont-want-you-to-have-it-either/151407)
**Author:** [@PureXTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PureXTC)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2010, 6:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/democrats-hate-salt-and-they-dont-want-you-to-have-it-either/151407 "2010-03-13T06:24:10Z")
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/10/salt-ban-for-restaurants\_n\_493455.html This most likely wont pass but are you kidding me? “The New York State Assembly is proposing a ban on the use of salt to prepare meals in … --- ## [Where do you stand on healthcare reform?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/where-do-you-stand-on-healthcare-reform/79774)
**Author:** [@tpgsr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/tpgsr)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2010, 10:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/where-do-you-stand-on-healthcare-reform/79774 "2010-03-12T10:24:15Z")
With all of the press that this has been getting over the past few moths, I want to see where everyone stands on this issue. The poll is private so go ahead and vote Personally I have great healthcare, a really good jo… --- ## [I think they finally got Paterson](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-think-they-finally-got-paterson/79738)
**Author:** [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2010, 11:02am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-think-they-finally-got-paterson/79738 "2010-02-26T11:02:18Z")
http://www.buffalonews.com/2010/02/25/969534/paterson-embroiled-in-controversy.html Even if he doesn’t end up resigning over this I expect him to withdraw from the election. --- ## [Patterson up to his old tricks](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/patterson-up-to-his-old-tricks/79440)
**Author:** [@97Ranger](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/97Ranger)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2010, 2:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/patterson-up-to-his-old-tricks/79440 "2010-02-22T14:12:49Z")
http://www.wivb.com/dpp/living\_green/Budget-puts-park-system-in-danger … wow --- ## [2011 Budget v. Holy Hell!](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2011-budget-v-holy-hell/78817)
**Author:** [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2010, 7:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2011-budget-v-holy-hell/78817 "2010-02-06T07:25:29Z")
$3.83 trillion dollar budget! $1.56 trillion dollar deficite! Sweet Jebus! :run: I don’t know about you, but I can’t get my head around those kinds of numbers, so I put a percent to it. Here is how much we save vs h… --- ## [How to kill Financial Regulatory Reform](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-kill-financial-regulatory-reform/78849)
**Author:** [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2010, 6:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-kill-financial-regulatory-reform/78849 "2010-02-03T06:39:18Z")
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/02/01/frank-luntz-pens-memo-to\_n\_444332.html Memo has been issued by Frank Luntz, the same guy who came up with the playbook on how to turn the public against health care reform. Expe… --- ## [People's Republic of China](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/peoples-republic-of-china/78781)
**Author:** [@Penfold](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Penfold)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2010, 1:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/peoples-republic-of-china/78781 "2010-02-02T13:01:15Z")
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35167044/ns/world\_news-washington\_post// China’s indignant reaction to the announcement of U.S. plans to sell weapons to Taiwan appears to be in keeping with a new triumphalist attitude from… --- ## [Some political cartoons](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/some-political-cartoons/76542)
**Author:** [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2010, 12:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/some-political-cartoons/76542 "2010-02-02T12:24:16Z")
\[http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd75/jsears77/1.jpg\] \[http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd75/jsears77/2.jpg\] \[http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd75/jsears77/3.jpg\] \[http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd75/jsear… --- ## [You want a barometer of Obama's and the Democrat's popularity?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/you-want-a-barometer-of-obamas-and-the-democrats-popularity/78227)
**Author:** [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2010, 12:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/you-want-a-barometer-of-obamas-and-the-democrats-popularity/78227 "2010-01-24T12:47:00Z")
Ted Kennedy’s seat is a toss up between a Republican and a Democrat?!? http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/14/AR2010011404607.html?hpid=sec-politics http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/01… --- ## [The filibuster has gone from affecting 8% of big bills in the 1950s to 70%](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-filibuster-has-gone-from-affecting-8-of-big-bills-in-the-1950s-to-70/78464)
**Author:** [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2010, 10:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-filibuster-has-gone-from-affecting-8-of-big-bills-in-the-1950s-to-70/78464 "2010-01-21T22:36:56Z")
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/ezra-klein/2009/11/the\_filibuster\_has\_gone\_from\_a.html http://www.usnews.com/blogs/robert-schlesinger/2009/11/25/the-staggering-rise-of-the-filibuster.html Basically, the filibuster has… --- ## [So long campaign finance reform](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-long-campaign-finance-reform/78462)
**Author:** [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2010, 8:17am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-long-campaign-finance-reform/78462 "2010-01-21T08:17:02Z")
Ugh, this is bad news. http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/01/21/supreme-court-sides-hillary-movie-filmmakers-campaign-money-dispute/ http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/01/21/campaign.finance.ruling/index.html?hpt=T1 I… --- ## [Vote for my Vote here in Mass...](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vote-for-my-vote-here-in-mass/78387)
**Author:** [@BluBalls](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BluBalls)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2010, 4:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vote-for-my-vote-here-in-mass/78387 "2010-01-20T16:19:03Z")
I dislike Martha Coakley but would like to see the health care bill passed. If Brown were for the bill, I’d vote for him in a second. Here is the deal. I’m leaving work at 5PM to go vote, I was tempted to vote for Joe… [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/c/politisuck/14.md?page=5) [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/c/politisuck/14.md?page=7)