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Yes indeed... Fridges are optional in this day and age.  Seriously, why do I have to watch this show on a COMEDY network in order to see shit for what it is? That bugs me a lot... |
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Last night's opening sequence about raising taxes on the poor was brilliant. I laughed a lot, but I was also filled with the urge to find any and everyone associated with Fox News and the GOP, set them on fire, and then put them out with their own blood. They are so beyond the pale evil now it has ceased to be funny.
Was that the Fridge/Microwave one? Or was that Colbert? FYI, every apartment I ever lived in -- from the nicest to the scuzziest -- came with a microwave and fridge. :) Yes that boggled me I am in a super cheap apartment. Its not a bad one and its in a decent part of town but my rent is all of 310 a month and yes it has an AC and a fridge. Did I pay for either of those appliances no my land lord did I just pay rent. Pretty much even the worst dive possible you could rent is going to have at lest a fridge even if it is a mini fridge or 40 years old. Fridges last a LONG time and have been around for a long time now so yes poor people live in places that have appliances. If said appliances ever broke that family of four making under 24k a year if they had to replace them on their own probably couldn't and would be forced to do without. But since they don't actually own them the landlord responsible is the one who has to deal with the maintenance. I think the well to do have forgotten that if somebody really has a family of four making less than 24k a year chances are they do not own where they live but are renters and will likely always be renters. The thing about the cell phones amuses me you can get pay as you go cell phones for like 16 bucks at walmart. They are no more expensive these days than landline phones. As for TVs you can pick up a tv from goodwill for 5 or 10 bucks as people who have money are ditching their old CRTs. |
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The more intersting facts with those things would be stuff like how many of those people with a microwave also have a conventional oven or those with a mobile that also have a land-line. Both of those 'luxury' items are nowadays cheaper than the older technology and someone in a scuzzy rented apartment is likely to have a fridge and microwave (with their own pay as you go mobile) but no oven or landline. Such a person would be fucking poor and not have a super sweet quality of life with all these magical modern gadgets. The problem is that people are assuming that these folks 1) Own all that stuff they've got in their house and 2) Have all the other 'basic necessities' and so these are all optional luxuries.
I would really dread to see the home of one of those people that are too poor to afford a fridge, I mean if you haven't got that or a microwave waht the fuck do you do for food?
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Beg, I suspect.
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HaemishM
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America as a nation should be proud of that fact that we are rich enough that our poor have such modern conveniences as running water, food that doesn't spoil overnight and the ability to cook a meal without a spit and a firepit. But no, that's just a sign that our poor are pampered and thus don't need any sort of benefits like health insurance, public transportation or tax breaks. What happened to "a rising tide raises all ships?" That only works if all the ships have intact hulls and aren't weighted down with concrete.
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Proper Fucked.
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Proper Fucked.
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Break's over...just caught up on the last couple days of shows. Could not stop laughing over comparing Andy Rooney to Falcor  |
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Great episode last night. One again showing the complete detachment from reality republicans have.
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Even personal computers. You can get a 2nd hand computer for a few hundred, and they're invaluable for emailing job recruiters, filing for unemployment, managing your bill paying through your bank, etc. PCs have easily reached the level of having a telephone for being a necessity.
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llleeeeeeerrrrooooyyyyy Jeeeeeeennnnkkkiinnnooooossssssss!
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Does any one know where the love of God goes...When the waves turn the minutes to hours? -G. Lightfoot
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Again with Colbert but the John Hunstman interview was really enjoyable. I know that the guy has political positions I really disagree with but he is really, really good at presenting himself as a sane and electable politician with some genuine humour and charisma. Hell Michael Steele managed to do well on the Daily Show leaving me wondering if politicians really do better on these sorts of shows when they stop giving a fuck about towing the party line and getting elected. I know for a fact that Boris Johnson's appearance on the Daily Show was one of the most cringeworthy television appearances I think he's ever had, not sure if that was down to the format or him making an extra-special effort to not embarrass London.
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I think Steele and Huntsman had a bit of butthurt over being completely shut out of the convention. If they actually asked Huntsman to play Romney surrogate in New Orleans as a hurricane was coming in instead of attending the convention that's about as big a "Fuck You" as you can get, and not even letting Steele into the convention? That's just petty.
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I liked John McCain before he ran for President. Not his issues, he was just enjoyable on TDS. And I don't know why Steele is on the outs.
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Steele was rather disliked by both pundits (Michelle Malkin, for one) and the freerepublic.com base.
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kaid
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I think Steele and Huntsman had a bit of butthurt over being completely shut out of the convention. If they actually asked Huntsman to play Romney surrogate in New Orleans as a hurricane was coming in instead of attending the convention that's about as big a "Fuck You" as you can get, and not even letting Steele into the convention? That's just petty.
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They are in full fledged rewriting the past. There was one single image of george w bush in the whole convention. Condi is the only one of the really known figure from the last two republican presidents administrations allowed to be seen at the convention this year. Its pretty much like they want to glaze over everything since regan until obama like it never happened. Given the amounts of Fuck you's they are handing around to people from those time periods its not shocking there is a level of butthurt going on. |
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I think Steele and Huntsman had a bit of butthurt over being completely shut out of the convention. If they actually asked Huntsman to play Romney surrogate in New Orleans as a hurricane was coming in instead of attending the convention that's about as big a "Fuck You" as you can get, and not even letting Steele into the convention? That's just petty.
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They are in full fledged rewriting the past. There was one single image of george w bush in the whole convention. Condi is the only one of the really known figure from the last two republican presidents administrations allowed to be seen at the convention this year. Its pretty much like they want to glaze over everything since regan until obama like it never happened. Given the amounts of Fuck you's they are handing around to people from those time periods its not shocking there is a level of butthurt going on. But Romney certainly has circled himself plentiful helpings of ex-Bush/Cheney administration staffers. Among those joining Rice at Romney’s June retreat for top donors were former top Bush administration officials such as Karl Rove, who also addressed the 800 attendees; former homeland security czar Michael Chertoff; former Florida governor Jeb Bush; and even luminaries from the George H.W. Bush administration such as former secretary of state James Baker III. Jeb Bush was also a GOP convention headliner, delivering a well-received speech on education.
Particularly striking is the degree to which Bush 43 foreign policy players have assumed leading roles in shaping policy for Romney. John Bolton, Bush’s U.N. ambassador and an especially combative member of the neoconservative contingent so closely linked with that administration, has been part of Romney’s inner circle throughout the year.
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Oh yes behind the sceens they are all over the place you just don't see them at the big events and conventions.
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It drives me nuts that Jeb Bush can talk about education at all. Florida's system while he was here was fucking awful. Crist at least stood up for the teachers (at the expense of his Republican affiliation).
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I watch very occasionally. When did they stop bleeping "shit" or was "Bullshit Mountain" the debut?
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I watch very occasionally. When did they stop bleeping "shit" or was "Bullshit Mountain" the debut?
I was questioning that myself. However, they were still bleeping the other stuff. |
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I watch very occasionally. When did they stop bleeping "shit" or was "Bullshit Mountain" the debut?
I was questioning that myself. However, they were still bleeping the other stuff. |
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It's weird - it seems like some days The Daily Show DOESN'T bleep some words, and some days the same words are bleeped. I never know when to expect it.
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I was trying to figure out why Stewart could say "shit" but they had to bleep it in the graphic. Although, writing it like Bulls#%t made it look like Bullshoot to me instead. I would have gone with an ! instead of % there.
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It's weird - it seems like some days The Daily Show DOESN'T bleep some words, and some days the same words are bleeped. I never know when to expect it.
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They probably also just bleep whatever they want, for humour. I've always thought he simply mouths some of the swearing.
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Censored graphics are funny.
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