# PolitiSUCK **URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/c/politisuck/14.md?page=7 [Latest](https://forums.speedlife.net/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forums.speedlife.net/categories.md) **Page:** 8 --- ## [The mouse is mightier than the sword?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-mouse-is-mightier-than-the-sword/78148)
**Author:** [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2010, 9:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-mouse-is-mightier-than-the-sword/78148 "2010-01-20T09:22:37Z")
Perhaps google is about to flex more muscle in China than our own state department can? http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f65a4ba6-ffd7-11de-ad8c-00144feabdc0.html Cliffs: China: We’re hax0ring gmails lulz! Google: Uhh, th… --- ## [Economic fail! Who's to blame?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/economic-fail-whos-to-blame/78174)
**Author:** [@blk99z28](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/blk99z28)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2010, 12:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/economic-fail-whos-to-blame/78174 "2010-01-17T12:27:42Z")
I love it when people don’t know a thing about responsibility. How to take it and where to assign it. I was reading an Op-Ed in the Buffalo Snews a few weeks ago and there was a nice letter from a reader that got my ire … --- ## [How much of a clusterf\*ck do you think Bush left Obama?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-much-of-a-clusterf-ck-do-you-think-bush-left-obama/78046)
**Author:** [@glitch](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/glitch)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2010, 5:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-much-of-a-clusterf-ck-do-you-think-bush-left-obama/78046 "2010-01-15T05:49:22Z")
Vote! :nerd: --- ## [God damnit Chris Collins...](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/god-damnit-chris-collins/78186)
**Author:** [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2010, 8:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/god-damnit-chris-collins/78186 "2010-01-14T08:54:30Z")
Dude, WTF? http://www.buffalonews.com/home/story/921896.html Really? You want to run for governor (and I want to vote for you) and you’re going to suggest to a female colleague that a lap dance would get her a seat at … --- ## [Obama voters chime in](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/obama-voters-chime-in/78018)
**Author:** [@blk99z28](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/blk99z28)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2010, 8:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/obama-voters-chime-in/78018 "2010-01-12T20:20:50Z")
I speak with many poeple who had voted for Obama and now are regretting it. I was ondering if anyone on here voted for him and is now wishing that they had not. I’m curious to see how many people that initially supported… --- ## [This is what happens when fill your cabinet with wall street bankers and lobbyists](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/this-is-what-happens-when-fill-your-cabinet-with-wall-street-bankers-and-lobbyists/78056)
**Author:** [@97\_B18b1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/97_B18b1)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2010, 7:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/this-is-what-happens-when-fill-your-cabinet-with-wall-street-bankers-and-lobbyists/78056 "2010-01-12T07:53:33Z")
It keeps gettin worse for the people Obama surrounds himself with doesn’t it… http://www.newsweek.com/id/229887 --- ## [Palin signs with fox news.](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/palin-signs-with-fox-news/78080)
**Author:** [@theblue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/theblue)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2010, 8:56pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/palin-signs-with-fox-news/78080 "2010-01-11T20:56:40Z")
this just in, Palin signs on with fox news. I can’t think of a better network for her, she can be wrong about stuff and nothing will have changed. http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/11/sarah-palin-to-contribu… --- ## [545 people](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/545-people/77876)
**Author:** [@Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_Eyed_Devil)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2010, 10:10am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/545-people/77876 "2010-01-08T10:10:14Z")
I wish I could take credit for writing this… :slight\_smile: 545 PEOPLE By Charlie Reese Charley Reese has been a journalist for 49 years. Politicians are the only people in the world who create problems and then ca… --- ## [has you opinion of patterson changed?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/has-you-opinion-of-patterson-changed/77955)
**Author:** [@theblue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/theblue)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2010, 6:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/has-you-opinion-of-patterson-changed/77955 "2010-01-08T06:52:54Z")
now that everybody hates him in the political world, it’s almost like he said F politics and has started doing a good job. Highlights Here are some of the major points made by Gov. David Paterson in his State of the… --- ## [Hugo Chavez @ the Copenhagan climate summit](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hugo-chavez-the-copenhagan-climate-summit/77361)
**Author:** [@PureXTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PureXTC)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2009, 7:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hugo-chavez-the-copenhagan-climate-summit/77361 "2009-12-20T07:24:03Z")
Not that many of you will care about this, but this kind of pissed me off. Here is a mass murderer scolding the US for our crimes against humanity. He hates capitalism and the world economy except when it’s time for hi… --- ## [Cash for Clubbers! (free golf carts)](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cash-for-clubbers-free-golf-carts/77141)
**Author:** [@theblue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/theblue)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2009, 1:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cash-for-clubbers-free-golf-carts/77141 "2009-12-17T13:14:50Z")
somebody decided that golf carts quality for electric vehicle rebates, all hell breaks lose: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704107204574473724099542430.html Cash for Clubbers We thought cash for clunke… --- ## [Bernanke & congress](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bernanke-congress/70891)
**Author:** [@Penfold](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Penfold)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2009, 7:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bernanke-congress/70891 "2009-12-17T07:16:16Z")
I find this video a little funny and thought I would share it here. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0NYBTkE1yQ&feature=player\_embedded --- ## [Obama to use paid-back TARP money for small-business tax cuts, infrastructure](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/obama-to-use-paid-back-tarp-money-for-small-business-tax-cuts-infrastructure/77022)
**Author:** [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2009, 10:27am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/obama-to-use-paid-back-tarp-money-for-small-business-tax-cuts-infrastructure/77022 "2009-12-10T10:27:25Z")
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE5B40OR20091208?type=politicsNews http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/content/dec2009/db2009127\_306389.htm Expected to announce the details in a speech tomorrow. Big :tup: … --- ## [Support for an Afghan surge: Intelligent discussion](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/support-for-an-afghan-surge-intelligent-discussion/76772)
**Author:** [@Penfold](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Penfold)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2009, 11:17am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/support-for-an-afghan-surge-intelligent-discussion/76772 "2009-12-07T11:17:49Z")
Seems like an appropriate night for this. Rage Against the Machines: Explaining Outcomes in Counterinsurgency Wars Jason Lyall and Isaiah Wilson III \[http://www.mediafire.com/file/aau32eml2qz/Lyall 2008.pdf\](http://ww… --- ## [the way politics should be](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-way-politics-should-be/76887)
**Author:** [@NYstanger](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/NYstanger)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2009, 4:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-way-politics-should-be/76887 "2009-12-04T16:12:45Z")
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYymnxoQnf8 --- ## [Jeg on the Economy](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/jeg-on-the-economy/76703)
**Author:** [@JEG](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JEG)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2009, 1:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/jeg-on-the-economy/76703 "2009-11-30T13:21:57Z")
\[quote=“glitch”"\] You can switch presidents with almost any political cartoon and they would still apply. \[/quote\] Yeah…but there is just one little detail…right now we are in the worst state that this country has bee… --- ## [The unprecedented use of the word unprecedented](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-unprecedented-use-of-the-word-unprecedented/76541)
**Author:** [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2009, 8:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-unprecedented-use-of-the-word-unprecedented/76541 "2009-11-30T08:44:39Z")
http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20091125/pl\_politico/29896 IB4 Joe’s :blah: --- ## [Upstate NY to be 51st state?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/upstate-ny-to-be-51st-state/76137)
**Author:** [@Cavi\_Mike](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Cavi_Mike)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2009, 2:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/upstate-ny-to-be-51st-state/76137 "2009-11-25T14:34:46Z")
\[http://cavimike.com/flag51.gif\] http://www.whec.com/news/stories/S1251269.shtml?cat=566 I’m down. --- ## [congress gets FIRED](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/congress-gets-fired/76272)
**Author:** [@tpgsr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/tpgsr)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2009, 6:45am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/congress-gets-fired/76272 "2009-11-19T06:45:17Z")
LOL. I wonder how much the company sending out the mailings is making on this initiative: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,575528,00.html?loomia\_ow=t0:s0:a4:g4:r1:c0.000000:b0:z5 Too long to quote. Sorry. --- ## [Too big to fail?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/too-big-to-fail/76282)
**Author:** [@travisn](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/travisn)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2009, 6:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/too-big-to-fail/76282 "2009-11-19T06:09:52Z")
“US can dismantle ‘too big to fail’ firms” Thoughts? --- ## [Capitalism at its finest.](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/capitalism-at-its-finest/72876)
**Author:** [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2009, 4:15pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/capitalism-at-its-finest/72876 "2009-11-18T16:15:56Z")
“Oh you got greedy and got burned and now you want the taxpayers to bail you out? Fine, but there sure as shit had better be something in it for us.” So far, that experiment is more than paying off. The government has… --- ## [Unemployment benefit extension](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/unemployment-benefit-extension/75859)
**Author:** [@TORQDSS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TORQDSS)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2009, 6:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/unemployment-benefit-extension/75859 "2009-11-11T06:43:21Z")
Someone please explain to me how extending the unemployment benefit to 99 weeks is going to help anyone? If people get money for 2 years to stay home then what is the incentive to find a new job… any job? --- ## [How nothing ever changes. Blast from the past.](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-nothing-ever-changes-blast-from-the-past/75929)
**Author:** [@Penfold](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Penfold)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2009, 4:38pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-nothing-ever-changes-blast-from-the-past/75929 "2009-11-09T16:38:34Z")
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=MtUOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-WUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6567,270733&dq=hoover+spends+economy&hl=en Have to love google. It is really amazing how nothing ever changes and how that article could be written … --- ## [Paid sick day legislation](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/paid-sick-day-legislation/75783)
**Author:** [@Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_Eyed_Devil)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2009, 9:33am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/paid-sick-day-legislation/75783 "2009-11-08T09:33:32Z")
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2009/11/swine\_flu\_spurs\_new\_paid\_leave.html who was it from the Obama team that said, “Never let a crisis go to waste”? (paraphrasing) Discuss. --- ## ['09 Election....](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/09-election/75602)
**Author:** [@King](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/King)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2009, 10:40am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/09-election/75602 "2009-11-04T10:40:32Z")
searched didnt see anything, election day is tomorrow… thoughts? i kinda forgot it was coming up…i usually vote…i didnt pay too much attention to anything this year and am not going to if i dont know anything… discuss --- ## [so who voted today?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-who-voted-today/75655)
**Author:** [@theblue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/theblue)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2009, 10:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-who-voted-today/75655 "2009-11-04T10:20:10Z")
I did on my way to work for all the henrietta positions. and here is a fail pic for those who didn’t. \[http://failblog.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/epic-fail-vote-no-fail.jpg\] --- ## [NYSpeed No Spin Zone](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/nyspeed-no-spin-zone/75472)
**Author:** [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2009, 4:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/nyspeed-no-spin-zone/75472 "2009-10-29T16:45:49Z")
I can’t be the only one that likes to look at hard facts, rather than squawk about someone else’s analysis. Lets do that here. Real numbers, verbiage from actual bills, etc. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX… --- ## [The House Heath Care Bill](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-house-heath-care-bill/75477)
**Author:** [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2009, 4:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-house-heath-care-bill/75477 "2009-10-29T16:41:22Z")
http://docs.house.gov/rules/health/111\_ahcaa.pdf Ok, start reading - 1,990 pages - and discuss what you like and don’t like. Post up what page and section you agree with or disagree with. Do NOT link to news / blog si… --- ## [A new word for socialism.... "Obama money"](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/a-new-word-for-socialism-obama-money/74627)
**Author:** [@PureXTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PureXTC)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2009, 8:17am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/a-new-word-for-socialism-obama-money/74627 "2009-10-29T08:17:48Z")
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32kkgQ23e0M&feature=related 35,000 people stand in line in Detroit, to get their free “Obama money”. --- ## [Pelosi Healthcare Bill.](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pelosi-healthcare-bill/75476)
**Author:** [@Penfold](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Penfold)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2009, 8:11am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pelosi-healthcare-bill/75476 "2009-10-29T08:11:34Z")
After that, insurers no longer could refuse to provide coverage to the sick, nor could they charge more because of poor health of the insured. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33531099/ns/politics-health\_care\_reform/?ns=po… [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/c/politisuck/14.md?page=6) [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/c/politisuck/14.md?page=8)