And I am Kallen Kozuki, leader of Zero's honor guard. Even though this is a land of justice and those damned Britannian sympathizers Sage and Sechs are fascists, they've still got a few right ideas.

So no posting stuff off the DNP! And nothing that's illegal in the real world!

My Guren and I won't show you any sympathy if you do!

"If you believe in freedom of speech, you believe in freedom of speech for views you don't like. Goebbels was in favor of freedom of speech for views he liked. So was Stalin. If you're in favor of freedom of speech, that means you're in favor of freedom of speech precisely for views you despise." - Noam Chomsky

>>I mean, this is just actual persecution, so who cares, right?
>Real problem that should be covered and resolved, hopefully in a way that can move society forward instead of sticking with 1950s viewpoint?
No one.
>Bullshit that isn't a problem but gets tons of unnecessary coverage?
PRESIDENTIAL APPEARANCE!

>despite what a hurry he was in to weigh in on some cop being abused by a cranky old black guy

Can I just state that you are spinning that event just a little, but that I don't want a new discussion on it?

Anyway, birds will fly, and pathetic normative mediocre white trash scumbags are going to be... Well, that.

>>14508
>>Can I just state that you are spinning that event just a little

You could, but you'd be wrong.

Link is gone.

Clearly this is a coverup!

Heres a link for anyone who didnt catch it:

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2010-03-10-noprom_N.htm

>>14496
>>He was vocal from the get-go that he wanted to START change, but that it would take years of hard work from him, his administration, Congress, future administrations, and the public/voters.

*cough*Bullshit*cough*Bullshit*cough*

That whole "He'll just START the change, it will take a long time" was basically tacked on towards the very end of the campaign, once his team figured that everyone out there had already made up their minds. May not have been an actual voting day addon, but it was close. It was ass-covering for when he would inevitably have gotten jack shit done at the end of his first term, and they could then say "But remember what we said! This is just the start! If you want to really see some change and hope, you have to give him another four years!"

Claiming that he always said he'd just lay the groundwork for change is disingenuous at best, a flat-out lie at worst. Hell, for one thing, who the fuck would build a campaign on that? "I'll start some changes. I won't actually get any changes DONE, that'll be some other guy, but I'll lay the groundwork so you really need to elect me."

>>People hear selectively, they hear what they want to hear.

Sometimes even in hindsight.

>>Fact is, he told us it'd take work, and if we're not willing to work for change, we're not going to get any.

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One of the other amusing aspects of the Hopenchange rhetoric exists in his aggressive use of religious imagery (which is unusual for a liberal candidate) while indulging his massive ego. I don't remember the quote verbatim, but something along the lines of "today the heavens have opened up to reveal your savior, i.e. me." Obama is well-spoken (when his teleprompter is on, zing!) to be sure, and as has already been observed, that allowed him to use the Hopenchange mantra by never actually giving specifics. "We'll clean up Washington!" is not specific.

Contrast that to Palin, who is less well-spoken than Obama, and who is also basically a redneck. Rednecks can be brilliant people but are often dismissed for being too country, which is something that New Yorkers, for example, don't "get."

I guess the topic of this thread is associations and connections to extremist groups. If people took that shit seriously, Obama wouldn't be President, Byrd never would have been a congressman, and Ron Paul's associations with Velaams Blaang (I think I'm spelling that wrong) would've had him expelled.

I grow increasingly concerned that people on both sides have been turning a blind eye to the encroachment of psychotic extremism.

Blah blah blah.

>>14500

I had something to say regarding presidents and supervising, but then I thought better of blathering aimlessly about opinions on the powers of the executive branch.

>>14501

What is there to "get" about Palin that coastal elitism keeps people from appreciating?

She's just another politician with a narrative and a crisp image. She really is nothing special apart from her capacity to woo people, and seeing as you spent a post complaining about Obama being too extolled, that obviously can't count in *Palin's* favor, now can it?

>>14468

So your're telling me American Conservatives hold loyalty to the crown, just as Canadian Conservatives do?

I think my brain just set off a grenade in my skull...

Too many definitions and terms... I prefer to simplify American politics into Locke vs Rousseau as it seems that's what it all eventually boils down to.

>>14471
God damn, were you seriously born this retarded or is it a combination of the crossdressing and being in Toronto? Fuck. There are no American Conservatives unless you count the tiny-ass constitutionalist party that was formed in 2008. There are, however, American conservatives and Canadian conservatives. Learn the difference between polticial ideology and parties.

>>14491

I think one of the things that annoys me the most is that things like this basically give people excuses to make homophobic jokes.

Stuff like >>14470 is a good example. Yes, I know that the "reasoning" is that these people are being mocked for hypocrisy, not for being gay. But that comes off as more of an excuse because the clear intent is to be insulting towards male conservatives by implying (or outright stating, in many cases) that they're gay.

Say what you want, you're still using homosexuality as an insult. That's not exactly any more enlightened or less degrading than calling it a sin.

>>14490

Didn't think of it that way, and I can see where you're going, but the point of the comic is pretty much expressly to joke about recent events in the media (i.e. Mr. Ashburn here), not point out that someone's gay because being gay is funny. That's like saying that Person A hates black people because they're calling out Person B (a black man) for being racist against blacks.

Remember, people, the classic bullying tactic: If you accuse everyone else of being <thing> and rail on them as though it's horrible, no one will ever accuse YOU of being <thing>.

In this case, I think these guys are ashamed, and/or afraid it goes against their own desired moral code, and/or are afraid of being outed and ridiculed. Thus, they protect their dark secret by bneing as anti- as possible. "No one could ever think I'm gay if I HATE gays"

Am I surprised? No. I only hope that, once they come out, they start supporting the rights of others.

Speaking of gay people:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_lesbian_prom_date

Five Guys Burgers and Fries.

BEST. BURGERS. EVER. Better than In-N-Out. Fries are prepared similarly but just taste better, IMO. They're quickly spreading out as the chain expands.

If I could pick a place with the best burgers, I'd say Whataburger is the best, simply because they're giant and always cooked well.

Best fries from a fast food place are McDonalds, unless your talkin curly fries, in which Jack in the Box rocks. The problem I have with Burger King is that you always feel ripped off when eating there. Their burgers always feel tiny compared to the bun, and the fries are pathetic. Their chicken sammichs aren't bad, but that's about it.

Whataburger rocks. In-N-Out rocks. Five Guys rocks, too, and it's the only one of the three I can get where I live. I only wish we'd get a Krystal or White Castle. My part of the country has ZERO local, unique burger chains, unless you count one set of 50s-vintage drive-ins, about six in number. All we've got in quantity are McDingle's and Burger King.

I like Braums, myself. Just something about the taste of the meat patties. I also like their fries the best.

>>14268
>Who cleans a rifle at 2:30am?

I do. It's a nice time to clean, if you're awake for whatever reason. People leave you alone, you can focus and you don't need to worry about missing out on hanging out with people. What's wrong with cleaning a gun at 2:30 am?

"THIS WEAPON IS A GUN."

... no. Is it? Damn. I thought it was a cheesecake.

I'm also impressed by this mention of special training being needed to fire a gun. In my experience, most guns work pretty well if you point the shooty end downrange and then pull the little triggery thing.

I think the tone of the interview was more analyzing the possibility that it wasn't an issue of cleaning the gun and dropping to accidentally shoot someone, but of willfully taking out the gun in the early morning and shooting someone with it.

It's just done with really shoddy 'all guns are ebil' journalism that gets sidetracked on the way the gun looks and how lethal it is to...well, anything else involved with the case.

>>14270
Actually, 5.56x45 mentioned is slightly different than the .223 remington and the two cannot really be used interchangeably.

>>14280
Special training not needed? What about guns with a kickback that'll break your shoulder if you're not prepared?

I guess they want knee jerk responses

I wonder if this surprises anyone.

Apparently I'm dead on the mark with the Dalai Lama.

Kickass.

Seriously though, a lot of the questions are leading, and a couple are worded oddly. You can't trust the test completely--God knows you can't trust any test online completely--but it's nice for a general sense of where you stand, I think.

Slanted test is slanted

I think all that should matter is America's laws. Since it's, y'know, an American site, so foreign countries can't exactly do shit about it.

Pretty much any question you could think to ask about the ban has already been asked -- 'Neer has either ignored them or given only the vaguest non-answers possible; he'd make a great politician.

>>14458

Leeeet's not ponder the fact that the Furry Party would actually have decent support as third parties go.

>>14423
I'm not gonna lie to you; if you hadn't specified that you were the one who brought up Lisa Simpson, I would have had a pretty good guess who you were arguing with...

>>14031

"Since everyone's so pissed about me trying to censor them, I'm going to see what I can do to shut them up after the bunch of idiots re-elect me to censor them all over again."

More news on this cocksucker.

In recent news, Atkinson's out to sue a poster who called Atkinson a "crook" back in December.

He wants not only $20,000 but wants a formal apology to be put onto the web. The guy in question is apparently bankrupt, he wrote a rebutal to Atkinson and hasn't heard back from him since.

Its like everything he does is a footbullet.

>>14310

Atkinson is a moral fascist who's stuck in the Moral 50s and has the mental maturity of a 4-year-old Grandpop Child, and wants to convert the world into carbon copies of himself. I wish him a karmatic backlash in the worst form possible.

>>14390

PS: My mother supports him out of sheer ignorance and maternal complex. I hate him even more after knowing this.