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For the next 4-8 years?

"OBAMA PROMISED CHANGED, BUT NOTHING REALLY CHANGED! I AM LEET LOL!!!"

"You idiot, he didn't mean he'll change the sky green, just give him time!"

Because if so, I'll be stepping out of politics and avoiding political threads until Obama is out of office.

Because if so, I'll be stepping out of politics and avoiding political threads until Obama is out of office.

You mean, you haven't already? :tongue:

Surely you didn't expect NSG to change just because the U.S. president did? We have to have something to argue about. We're too scattered about to link arms and sing kumbaya.

Surely you didn't expect NSG to change just because the U.S. president did? We have to have something to argue about. We're too scattered about to link arms and sing kumbaya.

Yea, but the threads that are being created are just...soo....mind...numbingly.....stupid!

Even more stupid than when Bush was in office.

*remembers January 2005*

Meh...next four'll have to suck real hard to bow out now, don't you think?

*remembers January 2005*

Meh...next four'll have to suck real hard to bow out now, don't you think?

Oh trust me it does. At least in 2005, everyone realized that Bush sucked, and Kerry sucked too. IT was simply arguing who sucked less. However, with Obama, the Democrats don't think he actually sucks, and the Republicans are saying that he sucks without....any proof....and they'll latch onto anything that proves that Obama didn't really change.

Even more stupid than when Bush was in office.

Change you can believe in!!!

Change you can believe in!!!

I will hurt you.... >.<

For the next 4-8 years?

"OBAMA PROMISED CHANGED, BUT NOTHING REALLY CHANGED! I AM LEET LOL!!!"

"You idiot, he didn't mean he'll change the sky green, just give him time!"

Because if so, I'll be stepping out of politics and avoiding political threads until Obama is out of office.

I kind of hope the 'is-this-change' meme has a short shelf-life. Then again, it's about the strongest card in a weak deck at the moment.

Thinking about it... It's O'Reilly's main material... so, yeah, we might be stuck with it until Obama manages to actually fuck something up worth talking about.

But, what do you expect. The last 8 years was a shitbomb, so it's not like there is a record to protect - logical response, then - attack the simple fact that that clusterfuck is over, as though it were a failing.

i will hurt you.... >.<

...

:)

Bush is gone, the comics are out of work, and more importantly, the opposition is demoralized and spinning their wheels trying to get political traction on something, ANYTHING.

It's asinine, but I've seen it from the other end as well.

...

:)

*You wake up to headphones being glued to your ear and "Change you can believe in" being played on a loop, just "Change you can believe in" over and over, with the volume increasing every minute, and your arms and legs are restrained.*

Bush is gone, the comics are out of work, and more importantly, the opposition is demoralized and spinning their wheels trying to get political traction on something, ANYTHING.

It's asinine, but I've seen it from the other end as well.

Of course, half the time The Other Side usually had some basis in reality with their bickering and gripes. Unlike this "Oh noes Obama wore the same shoe again, that's not change FAILED PRESIDENT FAILED PRESIDENT FAILED PRESIDENT" fad we'll have to sit through from embittered Busheviks.

...the opposition is demoralized and spinning their wheels trying to get political traction on something, ANYTHING.

I'd like to see the Republicans push hard for energy independence. You don't even have to be "green" to want energy independence, so they can package it to their base as part of National Security™

Just look at Russia/Ukraine/E. Europe...point at that and shout about foreigners cutting off the gas.

...but they're not that smart. :(

Of course, half the time The Other Side usually had some basis in reality with their bickering and gripes. Unlike this "Oh noes Obama wore the same shoe again, that's not change FAILED PRESIDENT FAILED PRESIDENT FAILED PRESIDENT" fad we'll have to sit through from embittered Busheviks.

The idea that there is some parity between 'Bush-lied-and-raped-the-Constitiution-and-declared-illegal-wars' and 'Obama-didn't-cure-global-hunger-in-his-first-four-days'... is somewhat laughable. On some level.

*You wake up to headphones being glued to your ear and "Change you can believe in" being played on a loop, just "Change you can believe in" over and over, with the volume increasing every minute, and your arms and legs are restrained.*

That's kinda funny, Wil. But not as funny as this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbqsTjEkkMQ).

-_-

Yea, but the threads that are being created are just...soo....mind...numbingly.....stupid!
Isn't this thread kinda the prime example? You know what they say about people in glass houses...

Y'all wanted to be in charge so bad, lunatics screaming nonsensical phrases is one of the things that goes along with that. And you've only had to listen to it for five days, try listening to it for eight years.

That being said, it is getting real old. My advice is: Wait for him to fuck something up, then froth at the mouth. Or not. Whichever.

Wasn't there something in his inaugural speech about change not happening overnight, and that we should be patient?

clearly what we need to do is kill Obama!

also politics is pointless and doesn't effect real life in the slightest.

We're too scattered about to link arms and sing kumbaya.

oh no look over there its a big bag of marijuana that somebody has left on top of that bear trap!

I hope your good on guitar...

*remembers January 2005*

I actually quite enjoyed it in a sadistic way

this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbqsTjEkkMQ).

Girls.Laughing.uncontrollably *flashbacks*

Wasn't there something in his inaugural speech about change not happening overnight, and that we should be patient?

and you trust politicians?

Y'all wanted to be in charge so bad, lunatics screaming nonsensical phrases is one of the things that goes along with that. And you've only had to listen to it for five days, try listening to it for eight years.

Riiiight. Because people complaining about Bush lying about Iraq, alienating allies, tanking the budget and pissing on the Constitution amongst other things is just "screaming nonsensical phrases."

Riiiight. :rolleyes:

That being said, it is getting real old. My advice is: Wait for him to fuck something up, then froth at the mouth. Or not. Whichever.

The same people who bitched about him before he was inaugurated aren't going to stop and wait for actual evidence to scream Presidential Failure.

pissing on the Constitution

is just "screaming nonsensical phrases."

pissing on the Constitution

is just "screaming nonsensical phrases."

...

People whine he is not implementing changes at all - and yet people (sometimes even the same) are whining that he changes too much. Having the audacity to imply that the USA is not solely a Christian nation, having the nerve to support third world aid organisations that assist with performing abortions... the Pope was very upset.

So people.. make up your mind. Is there change, or isn't there ?

So people.. make up your mind. Is there change, or isn't there ?

isn't that like saying you can either have the sun never rise again or burn to death in a ball of fire?

erm...what I'm saying is some people might think some of the changes are too radical and that he is not changing in other areas enough such as changing his undies

Riiiight. Because people complaining about Bush lying about Iraq, alienating allies, tanking the budget and pissing on the Constitution amongst other things is just "screaming nonsensical phrases."

That's not what I said. Not every single critical thing that was said about GWB was a rational and well-ordered statement delivered in a reasonable manner. While I imagine that there were some, some of it, on the other hand, was lunatic screaming. My point was that every public figure gets their share of nutjobs and loons, and that that should be expected.

http://www.free-toddlers-activity-and-discipline-guide.com/images/people-baby-crying.jpg

Please. Stop. The word Obama makes me want to scream. Just stop it, for the sake of sanity, please, just stop!

erm...what I'm saying is some people might think some of the changes are too radical and that he is not changing in other areas enough such as changing his undies

Yep - that is what they mean - but not what they are saying.

Please. Stop. The word Obama makes me want to scream. Just stop it, for the sake of sanity, please, just stop!
Äs you wish. Barack.

Äs you wish. Barack.

Preferable to BO.

http://www.free-toddlers-activity-and-discipline-guide.com/images/people-baby-crying.jpg

Please. Stop. The word Obama makes me want to scream. Just stop it, for the sake of sanity, please, just stop!

*begins singing "There's no one as Irish as Barack Obama" repeatedly*

Yea, but the threads that are being created are just...soo....mind...numbingly.....stupid!

Even more stupid than when Bush was in office.

Meh. Given Obama has just entered office, I would imagine that such threads will diminish in regularity and mind-numbing stupidity as his regime ages.

For the next 4-8 years?

"OBAMA PROMISED CHANGED, BUT NOTHING REALLY CHANGED! I AM LEET LOL!!!"

"You idiot, he didn't mean he'll change the sky green, just give him time!"

Because if so, I'll be stepping out of politics and avoiding political threads until Obama is out of office.
its not ALL we have to look forward to.

there is also charges of socialism, spreading the wealth, being soft on terrorism, wasting government money,.....

For the next 4-8 years?

"OBAMA PROMISED CHANGED, BUT NOTHING REALLY CHANGED! I AM LEET LOL!!!"

"You idiot, he didn't mean he'll change the sky green, just give him time!"

Because if so, I'll be stepping out of politics and avoiding political threads until Obama is out of office.

oh, wait till the first year anniversary... when the cry is "well, we're waiting!!!"

or the replies of "HERE'S YOUR CHANGE!!!"

its not ALL we have to look forward to.

there is also charges of socialism, spreading the wealth, being soft on terrorism, wasting government money,.....

oh, wait till the first year anniversary... when the cry is "well, we're waiting!!!"

or the replies of "HERE'S YOUR CHANGE!!!"

*puts the noose around his neck, tightens it, and then kicks the chair from under him*

*puts the noose around his neck, tightens it, and then kicks the chair from under him*

Oh look, its brown licorish!

*Eats Rope*

To be honest, I'm dreading more, at least on NSG, the constant "baaaaaaaaaaaaaaawww, where's the change, I don't see change!?! THERE IS NO CHANGE, BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAW".

So if President Obama finds himself faced with, well, reality, and cannot not implement every campaign promise made, thus just making him another politician, he shouldn't be open to any sort of criticism from the opposing side?

Just trying to clarify.

http://blogplatoon.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/obama_phone.jpg

See that picture? Thats Obama on a phone.

http://mujca.com/images/Bush-phone.png

Wait...OMGEEE!!! Thats Bush on a phone too! Obama and Bush both used a phone! Why cant Obama just write letters? WHERE IS THE CHANGE OBAMA?!?

No, seriously. Can we stop with all this asinine "THATS NOT CHANGE!" shit? Come on. I expect little from the right wing, very little. But I would like them to grow up and stop acting like children.

Anyone else really sick this?

MODEDIT: Merged with an earlier thread on the same subject.

Identical thread two spots down from yours.

Shut up already people.

I'm sorry, but I and others beat you to the punch about... oh, 4 days ago.

-_-

Well if Obama hadn't hadn't based his entire campaign on a verb... It's the Democrats who started this stupidity. Now you have to live with the asinine comments from the right.

It'll be cheap currency for the more vehement of his critics for long time; it may not be intelligent, however, in basing much of his campaign on appeal to the masses, and much of that appeal on "change", Obama has laid himself open to more sophisticated attacks on this line.

You know, the people bitching are generally so outlandishly right-wing or left-wing that no sane person would embrace their ideas to begin with. I mean, seriously, Obama has to be a competent politician dedicated to doing the best for the country, not implementing every crackpot idea that falls under the label "change". He chooses qualified, competent people for his administration, makes some bold moves from day one and people still find something to complain about.

I guess the truth is, though, never set your expectations too high or else you'll just get punished for it. Do a bare-minimum, half-assed job just good enough not to draw attention to yourself and go from there. I guess it's the American way.

we all knew this from the beginning Obama is not god. My guess is he got in office and was shown where these wire taps had prevented a terrorist attack and elected to keep them in place.

I trust Obama more than I do any other politician I have ever heard of. The reason is that he has not been in politics for the last 40 years, he has his OWN ideas, he has his OWN agenda, and he hasn't had the time to be sucked into some giant corperation's pocket. We need more politicians like him.

He also has the common sense to appoint people to his administration that do have 40 years of experience as a politician and since they work for him, they can help him with his political agendas.

You know, the people bitching are generally so outlandishly right-wing or left-wing that no sane person would embrace their ideas to begin with. I mean, seriously, Obama has to be a competent politician dedicated to doing the best for the country, not implementing every crackpot idea that falls under the label "change". He chooses qualified, competent people for his administration, makes some bold moves from day one and people still find something to complain about.

I guess the truth is, though, never set your expectations too high or else you'll just get punished for it. Do a bare-minimum, half-assed job just good enough not to draw attention to yourself and go from there. I guess it's the American way.

To be honest, I dont love everything hes done. But Im not childishly screaming about it just to get attention. Im looking at you Fox News.

"Change!" was just a slogan that tested well; anyway, is not closing down a facility that employs torture a bit of change?

Meh, you reap what you sow.

If you plant a crop of 'stupid' what you get is 'stupid'.

anyway, is not closing down a facility that employs torture a bit of change?

Except he is closing it. Have you been paying attention?

I'm tired with both sides.

Can't we just go back to whatever "normal" is for the next 2 years so we can recuperate from the onslaught of politicking?!

http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/1002/1232933571063sgt8.jpg

Change? What change?

Except he is closing it. Have you been paying attention?

I think you misenterpreted that. :tongue:

I think...

http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/1002/1232933571063sgt8.jpg

Change? What change?

win

But at least it's better than:

http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/6647/1232933942113srr0.jpg

Except he is closing it. Have you been paying attention?

It seems you misunderstood me because I did not use a contraction. Here is the sentence with the contraction: "[...]isn't closing down a facility that employs torture a bit of change?"

-snip-

Why are they both holding the phone upside down?

and yes.

Why are they both holding the phone upside down?

and yes.

Because politicans are a seperate species, they eat with what would be our ears, and listen through what would be our mouth.

So if President Obama finds himself faced with, well, reality, and cannot not implement every campaign promise made, thus just making him another politician, he shouldn't be open to any sort of criticism from the opposing side?

Just trying to clarify.

I think, firstly, he should be held accountable according to things that have actually happened. A couple of days into his elected term, that's not happening.

I think, secondly, he should be criticised for failing to deliver... on things he said he'd deliver. Not some imaginary version of it.

Obama said he'd shut down Guantanamo. A few days in, the thing is in progress. Now - you can attack him for not delivering FAST enough, if you think he should be delivering faster... but that is what you should be measuring against - what he actually said.

Why are they both holding the phone upside down?


How the hell didn't I notice that?

But at least it's better than:

http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/6647/1232933942113srr0.jpg

OMG...it's my old High School English Teacher, I kid you not! :eek:

How the hell didn't I notice that?

Because you're drunk or high, or both.

OMG...it's my old High School English Teacher, I kid you not! :eek:

A bald women taught you English!?

A bald women taught you English!?

Well she was balding...

Well she was balding...

Imagine her naked!

Haha, now I've made you picture her naked, and there's nothing you can do about it!

But at least it's better than:

http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/6647/1232933942113srr0.jpg

I have a better photo than that saved on my pc, but I cbf setting up an imageshack account. It's a better morphing one.

Imagine her naked!

Haha, now I've made you picture her naked, and there's nothing you can do about it!

Picture Howard Taft naked!

Picture Howard Taft naked!

Right now I hate you Wilgrove :mad:

I have a better photo than that saved on my pc, but I cbf setting up an imageshack account. It's a better morphing one.

You can attach photos straight to posts.

Right now I hate you Wilgrove :mad:

ROFL! Epic win by me! :D

Picture Howard Taft naked!

Damn you. You win this round!

Damn you. You win this round!

I got a worse one.

Picture THIS guy naked!

http://cheeju.files.wordpress.com/2007/08/fattest-man3.jpg

It's worse because now there's a picture of the guy. :D

Picture Howard Taft naked!

I think it's harder to envision his bath than him naked.

:tongue:

Ok, as a sign of my inability to attatch photos of greater than 100kb to the post, i have decided to create the photobucket and just post the damn thing.

Voila!

http://s684.photobucket.com/albums/vv204/Backer101/?action=view&current=palicheneydl5.gif

I will hurt you.... >.<

Violence? I thought Obama said things we're supposed to change! I am LEET LOL!

Surely you didn't expect NSG to change just because the U.S. president did? We have to have something to argue about. We're too scattered about to link arms and sing kumbaya.

You know, people might just pay to see that.:D

Yea, but the threads that are being created are just...soo....mind...numbingly.....stupid!

There's a certain quality of irony to this...

You know, people might just pay to see that.:D

I'd pay just to link arms with Ryadn :p

One monkey replaced another and we are to expect a change?

I'd pay just to link arms with Ryadn :p

Could I pay to see Ryadn and Nanatsu link arms, instead?

Could I pay to see Ryadn and Nanatsu link arms, instead?

Not knowing what Ryadn looks like, I'll have to reserve judgment on this.

*Damn, Forgot the wife's back on NSG. Gotta be careful.*

:tongue:jo

Not knowing what Ryadn looks like, I'll have to reserve judgment on this.

*Damn, Forgot the wife's back on NSG. Gotta be careful.*

:tongue:jo

Actually, she was the first person to send me a check towards the fund... ;)

There's a certain quality of irony to this...

It's a very fine quality Irony... He takes the finest bits of speech, picked at the height of their ambiguity and hypocrisy, crushes them into a fine pulp, extracts the cleanest satire possible using screens and presses, and bottles them in fine, handcrafted bottles, letting them age for years until the consumer is ready to enjoy its splendor.

Actually, she was the first person to send me a check towards the fund... ;)

If you can get a few euros from Nanatsu, then I'll have a few dollars on the way.:D

You get to handle the exchange rate.

It's a very fine quality Irony... He takes the finest bits of speech, picked at the height of their ambiguity and hypocrisy, crushes them into a fine pulp, extracts the cleanest satire possible using screens and presses, and bottles them in fine, handcrafted bottles, letting them age for years until the consumer is ready to enjoy its splendor.

Would you like to see my Irony cellar?

You get to handle the exchange rate.Euro to USD? Last I checked, it was 0.774 EUR per 1.000 USD

The math is pretty simple after that. Oh, wait. Damn.

Euro to USD? Last I checked, it was 0.774 EUR per 1.000 USD

The math is pretty simple after that. Oh, wait. Damn.

My dollars only worth 77 cents?:eek2:

Edit: Now we know what Canada feels/felt like.*

*not up on current exchange rates. Got a helluva deal on my honeymoon. Three years ago.

My dollars only worth 77 cents?:eek2:Could be worse. It's only worth 28 cent KWD. :p

Could I pay to see Ryadn and Nanatsu lock lips, instead?

Fixed

Fixed

Dude, I am already broke, have no more blood to give and the bank already owns my car. Don't be so effing cruel.

Dude, I am already broke, have no more blood to give and the bank already owns my car. Don't be so effing cruel.

Hey, other than the cost of getting them to the same location (preferably somewhere equidistant to us) it might not be that costly...

Dude, I am already broke, have no more blood to give and the bank already owns my car. Don't be so effing cruel.Why not? :D

Hey, other than the cost of getting them to the same location (preferably somewhere within walking distance to us) it might not be that costly...

Corrected, and I have three sibling I might be able to sell, although they are all a bit beyond their expiration date.:D

I'd pay just to link arms with Ryadn :p

My understanding is that she is on the tiny size. Such a link is sure to be who Rover Sent Over will get through. If we're to keep that bastard Red Rover's people out we need to link arms with stouter stock.

Is this not Republican/Conservative Strategy 101?

Just replace the word "Liberals" with "Obama" and there you go, lol...

Fixed

Willing to accept this amendment. :)

Dude, I am already broke, have no more blood to give and the bank already owns my car. Don't be so effing cruel.

Cruel or no, this made me laugh. :)