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US Government Shutdown

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pow_pow~
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Personally, I hate political threads, because a good percentage of you are just retarded.

To the others, I'm Australian and with the recent fifa/gta releases I haven't watched much tv or news.


Could someone please explain what all the hype about the government shutdown is?


thanks
Oct 1 2013 12:03AM
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airjake
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obamacare is suicide for the country
Oct 1 2013 12:08AM
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ILLinoisance
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Obama is shutting down the whole federal government for days to show everyone what happens in a world with minimal government like the republicans want.
Oct 1 2013 12:10AM
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shibby
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just american politicians throwing their toys out of the pram again
Oct 1 2013 12:10AM
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sowstochd
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Our government is LITERALLY too stupid to function
Oct 1 2013 12:12AM
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1337
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Time to play the blame game!
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Oct 1 2013 12:13AM
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PsychedelicMoose
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Endless bickering doesn't get shit done.
Oct 1 2013 12:18AM
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ILLinoisance
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my post wasn't to be taken seriously. just another one of those, "thanks, obama" moments.
Oct 1 2013 12:18AM
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NinetyFour
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@1337. Don't you make me extend the index finger...

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Oct 1 2013 12:19AM
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remove
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so stupidity in a stupid thread.

how fitting
Oct 1 2013 12:20AM
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Rosstafarian
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Chemtrails.
Oct 1 2013 12:21AM
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LoathesRaisins
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This is Bush's fault.
Oct 1 2013 12:24AM
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Benson.
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Thanks, Obama.
Oct 1 2013 12:29AM
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NinetyFour
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HAARP did it.
Oct 1 2013 12:31AM
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1337
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It's a hoax, just like the moon landing, Lincoln's death, and Bill Clinton's blowjobs (well, maybe not the last part)
Oct 1 2013 12:32AM
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pow_pow~
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so you genuinely disagree with me saying that a lot of kids on this site are morons in regards to logical debates?... haha.

thanks to whoever posted the bbc article, ive seen similar charts over the past few days indicating whos going to loose out, but the whole reasoning is still kinda vague.


from my general understanding, obama is trying to bring in some sort of free healthcare, obamacare? (we have a free health care system here called medicare and it is extremely successful). but the republicans are against it.

so obama cant get his legislation through (not really sure how the us government operates) both (houses?). so hes having a bitch fit and shutting down the government. what does he stand to gain from shutting it down. trying to force the republicans into passing the bill or something?

please correct any of my misunderstandings.


thanks
Oct 1 2013 12:33AM
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t_rob
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If I learned anything from watching Doomsday Preppers, this is disaster and everyone is now feral. Must retreat to my bunker. Must kill everyone that comes neer my bunker because they heard about all of the rations I have and want to kill me for them. They all said I was crazy for prepping. Shit, I said too much.
Oct 1 2013 12:38AM
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pow_pow~
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mate pretty much every single major news source is heavily biased and then the other little independent ones are all conspiracy theory wankers.


i got pmed one generally usefull video



if anyones interested.


from experience, you gain more knowledge about talking to a variety of sources and getting different opinions than reading news that are coming from a couple of corporations agendas. which is what im doing
Oct 1 2013 12:41AM
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pow_pow~
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fair play, but thats the whole point of this thread, i dont live there and dont have the slightest clue about who supports who
Oct 1 2013 12:46AM
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ILLinoisance
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Then,

Oct 1 2013 12:50AM
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Alex_G
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fuck democrats and fuck republicans. we need some god damn libertarians in power.
Oct 1 2013 12:52AM
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Sno.
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I am federal government, and I think I may be out of work, actually. I need to check my work email..bad day to take the day off....
Oct 1 2013 12:53AM
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LIL_WAT
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UH OH... looks like someone posted something that isn't leftist, statist, liberal or Keynesian. Tsk tsk
Oct 1 2013 12:55AM
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Sno.
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yeah this--because I work for the federal gov and I definitely am going to work tomorrow-- I don't even have any emails regarding the issue so its kind of a bluff.
Oct 1 2013 12:56AM
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PJS.
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The US government:

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Oct 1 2013 12:58AM
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appa
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yo anything that closes the national parks is seriously so fucking stupid. get over your shit republicans, let people be themselves, smoke weed, and have the option of abortion or go jam your thumb up your ass and secede already.
Oct 1 2013 12:58AM
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shibby
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holy shit dude just turn on your tv or use your google fu. the first thing you did in this thread was call everyone on this site idiots...and then...
Oct 1 2013 12:59AM
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Bumblesteeze
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The first comment: "Has anyone noticed how this guy looks like Fred Flintstone?"

Maybe I'm just tired, but that made me lol hard. Just the sheer randomness...
Oct 1 2013 1:09AM
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hoodratz47
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No foodstamps. Riots on Wed
Oct 1 2013 1:10AM
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skitheeast77
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The liberal democrats need to realize that the constitution is importnatn and needs to be taken literally. It's no wonder that almost all liberals are on food stamps and live in california because they are just lazy and want to take all of the money from the successful people.
Oct 1 2013 1:15AM
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1337
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This thread will soon be:
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Oct 1 2013 1:22AM
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NinetyFour
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Probably 1337. I was hoping for a thumbs and ammo/finger pointing war.
Oct 1 2013 1:27AM
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1337
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its on!
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Oct 1 2013 1:30AM
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deleted5
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There's no blame, a law was passed it went into effect, and one group is bitching, moaning and crying about it.
Oct 1 2013 1:33AM
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Rachy
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Yosemite closing.... Preparing for a massive influx of emails from Couchsurfing.org.

The mammoth lakes economy is going to be really good this week.
Oct 1 2013 1:37AM
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deleted5
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Oct 1 2013 1:38AM
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vandersteeze
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Lolol u wot m8?

Oct 1 2013 1:48AM
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appa
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hey man, that nature is pretty neat!
Oct 1 2013 2:04AM
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1337
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Who knew they could shut down a whole government but they can't make McDonalds serve breakfast until noon
Oct 1 2013 2:06AM
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Da_Buddha
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Oct 1 2013 2:09AM
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Stose
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yay no one has to go to school
Oct 1 2013 2:10AM
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1337
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Thanks, Obama
Oct 1 2013 2:16AM
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I.B
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Oct 1 2013 2:36AM
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ChillTeenDad420
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im on the west coast and its 11:40 pm, i still got 20 min of government to go suckas
Oct 1 2013 2:40AM
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volvotom
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Failure to understand the idea of time zones = failure
Oct 1 2013 4:12AM
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BlackcountryBill
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Navy engineers get more time off = lets make skis.

Third video down.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-24343698
Oct 1 2013 6:48AM
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JakeSalvador
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Funny how 3 weeks ago we had enough money to fund our military going into Syria to fuck shit up...but now we don't have enough in our budget to pay for our new healthcare plan
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