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Barack Obama Wins US Presidency
Last night, around 11pm, all the major networks announced that Senator Barack Obama had won the election. Soon after, Senator McCain conceded. There were no crazy partisan court hearings, just a simple election. This is your chance to talk about it and what it means for the future of our nation.
A fellow bar patron put it best:
"BLUE TEAM WINS"
I think Washington D.C. will become a radioactive wasteland and the survivors will spend their waking hours hunting mutant ants in collapsed subways.
Oh, wait. My copy of Fallout 3 arrived yesterday and that's all I can think about.
Thoroughly, and decisively, re-arranged.
Why? Did he vote?
http://i33.tinypic.com/zx6yi8.jpg
Oh, there was an election?
Democrats believe in God?
This Scot, for one, welcomes our Democraticly elected African-American overlord :D
Laters Sol "Have you found the secrets of the universe? Asked Zebade "I'm sure I left them here somewhere"
Save the good booze for January 20th, until then, who knows, maybe the GOP has a larger then expected "October surprise" that's running a little late.
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Yup! he voted for his son, Obama... :D
Laters Sol "Have you found the secrets of the universe? Asked Zebade "I'm sure I left them here somewhere"
You're most welcome.
"It doesn't cost enough, and it makes too much sense."
Nak, you should be welcoming your new "hey-buddy-just-the-same-as-you-lord", I thought that was his stand, anyway I don't see any death-laser-eyeballs or fists of fury that Palin was packing.
If he's the Walrus then can I be a penguin please?
This was easily the best election I ever participated in. Mostly because of Ron Paul. He opened my eyes to real liberty and true freedoms, and I've been a changed person man ever since. I'm not going to take crap from the two parties sitting down anymore, and I have real hope for this country, that someday we all might really be free from the federal government. I was also exposed to Ayn Rand and read her fiction, and really enjoyed it.
I wrote Ron Paul in, and I was beyond happy the rest of the day. It honestly felt awesome to vote for someone that I honestly believe in, an opportunity I've never taken before.
Reviewing just the first hour of video games.
all of the campaign ads so I can slowly wean myself off instead of going cold turkey.
This argument that "The terrorists will attack because Obama is inexperienced" never fails to remind me of the Robot Chicken episode where the arab terrorists attack an elementary school because a little boy said "Fart" during the pledge to the flag. "He said FART! They are weak! We must attack!"
Skim MLK?
I was writing joystick handling code on a Ubuntu install running under VMware. Truly, a momentous occasion.
If you were blocking sigs, you wouldn't have to read this.
What's his name again? Sadam Hussain Obama Bin Laden or something. Now if that ain't a Muslim name I don't know what is. America is meant to be a Christian country. It says so right there in the First Amendment, and it was that way back when we were founded by Jey-sus in 0AD. And now he's goin' to make an Oath on the Koran, change us all into Muslims and move the US to the middle east and we'll all have to join Al Quaeda and blow ourselves up. I don't know what I'm gonna do.
I think I'm actually proud of you, America. Not just for electing Obama over McCain; but for producing *two* sensible candidates and then choosing the one who makes history. I'm glad I stayed up to watch it live.
Kent Brockman: I've said it before and I'll say it again: democracy simply doesn't work.
Summation 2
24
Like Jack Bauer.
Reviewing just the first hour of video games.
At the time they called Obama as the president, there was still a lot to be counted. Between the 11 PM call and when I went to bed at 12:30, the entire time all of Obama's important leads were shrinking. 10%...8%...6%...5%, some even down to 2%-3%. I was honestly worried about a premature call, and wondering what would happen if I woke up and things had flipped. McCain: "yeah....ummmm....about that concession..."
As such I am hereby starting a new internet meme
Memes do not work that way.
Well, I don't wanna' get all "tit-for-tat" here with that "love it or leave it" crap *I've* had to listen to for far too long. Oh, wait. Yes I do.
Think GW Bu$h ever DREAMED he'd be THIS much of a uniter? Mwahahahahahahahaha!
"Democracy." It's just a slogan.
Why would we begin the prayer after it has been answered?
Guns don't kill people; Physics kills people! - John Lithgow as Dick Solomon on Third Rock From The Sun
Lagom? lol, first time ever I've seen the word spread outside of Sweden :D
It's finally happening! After hundreds of years borrowing english, latin, german and french words our time has come! If only we built some new castles to! (On that topic, how nice to know we are shutting down all our military really fast nowadays while the russians are mobilising (though probably not to invade us :D))
Somewhat off-topic I know, but I can handle the negative moderation for spreading this awesome news about how we'll take over the world thru lagom!
Hard work is penalized, and laziness will be rewarded.
For hard working citizens such as yourself this cloud has a silver lining!
Take the next 4 years off, don't work, drink beer all day. You'll be better off than if you had a job! That is, if you really believe what you just wrote.
Trolling is a art,
I'm not "insane" or "clueless" and I read both sides of the issues.
Obama is a leftist, bordering on marxist (in fact, if you had read his autobiography, you'd know he sought out marxist friends quite frequently).
But since you can't be bothered to pay attention to facts, here's a few more places on his record:
Votesmart
Washington Post
Also, you attack National Journal without ever bothering to pay attention to facts (in fact, I doubt you've ever read it). IF you'd bothered to even look it up, you'd find it's nothing like you portray it as.
Hmm, I thought cow orkers tended toward the Republicans more?
== Jez ==
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Actually, we may have just elected the 3rd incarnation of the antichrist.
(first 2 being Napoleon and Hitler)
That is of course if Maitreya is not the antichrist.
It all depends on if we are the new Babylon or if Iraq is the new incarnation of Babylon. According to most conjecture on the timeline of this subject, we should know by fall of next year if Obama is the latest incarnation of the antichrist. Lets see if he ends up with control of the world.
How amazed would you be to suddenly find that you just forgot what I wrote and you needed to reread my post.... again.
welcome our new overlord.
One of our competitors trademarked the term "hypothesis". From now on, we will call them "boneheaded ideas".
...welcome our new black, arab, muslim, atheist, socialist, communist, not-born-in-america, terrorist, redistributionist-in-chief overlord.
LOL!
Seriously, from all of us in fake America to all of you in real America, thanks for the laughs...and the winks. Let's not forget the winks.
Go Obama!
OK, so you got to make fun of McCain supporters. Here's the otherside in all fairness.
Oh ... my ... gosh! Did you hear, like, he really won! Obama .. the One ... He won!
I can't believe it. Obama's going take care of my mortgage, my car, my credit cards, my kids school lunches, my cable bill, my trips to Whole Foods, my hair care bill, my ... my ... my ... OOOOOOOHOOHOOHOHO! (Pant, pant). The Big O just gave me a Big O!
Yes, it does.
My favorite thing to hear on Fox was a discussion going on to do with the state of the economy, and how "we are only now seeing the full effects of the Clinton presidency". I about fell out of my chair.
I do realize that change cannot be immediate, but there are limits. Considering how long we've had a Bush for president, continuing to blame the past just flies in the face of all reason.
Now it still concerns me to stand by and watch just how much more damage the Lame Duck can do before the clean-up crew moves in.
I work for the Department of Redundancy Department.
I thought Obama was the antichrist?
"someone who will come out of nowhere into the world of politics in the guise of change and peace"
We'll find out when the world ends in 2012 after his re-election.
[foil hat mode] Accidentally, you mean? None. *taps nose* [/fhm]
Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."
I think I was wandering around Vault 106, searching for any valuable items that may have been left behind by the survivors of Vault-Tec's experiments. Turns out, I didn't find anything particularly useful.
Now it still concerns me to stand by and watch just how much more damage the Lame Duck can do before the clean-up crew moves in.
I have this image in my mind of Dubya, on January 19th, starting "police actions" in about 20 countries, and saying, "Let's see him fix this!"
My sister opened a computer store in Hawaii. She sells C shells by the seashore.
Or maybe you shouldn't be using a dead person's hypothetical opinions to promote your own agenda.
Christians did that already very successfully and profitably... :-)
God? God had nothing to do with it. Thank Bush.
Alexander Peter Kristopeit bought his basement from his mommy for one dollar.
It's funny, though... Obama is quite possibly the biggest con man I've ever seen. I have great admiration for his skills at deceiving people, even as I'm disgusted with my fellow countrymen for being taken in by a swindler so easily. Truly an exemplary politician, even if he is a bad statesman.
Why would you be surprised? Weren't we taken by Clinton just as easily in the 90's?
Yeah, and look how bad the Clinton years were for this country...
Oh, wait...
wants to be the first monkey to touch the monolith
Iron my shirt.
Blaming Bush will only work for so long.
Want to bet?
Blaming Hoover worked for FDR's entire reign.
-jcr
The only title of honor that a tyrant can grant is "Enemy of the State."
Cool, who is it? ;)
This is the sig that says NI (again)
Wow. Racism, sexism, class warfare, and teen parenthood. All in two and a half paragraphs.
You are some kind of trolling GOD.
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Go on, I'm riveted.
Yeah years from now someone needs to ask Obama what he was doing when Rogerborg was writing joystick handling code on a Ubuntu install running under VMware.
I am hereby starting a new internet meme, [...] if the person you say this to is intelligent,
Memes definitely do not work that way.
Alexander Peter Kristopeit bought his basement from his mommy for one dollar.
More importantly, a vote for McCain was a vote for Rove and friends. Rewarding them with another four years would have been interesting in a Chinese curse kind of way.
Oh son of a bitch, I can't believe this shit. Now we're even outsourcing our curses?!
Random Thoughts From A Diseased Mind (Not For Dummies)
These guys are Aryan nation kind of folks... I am dead serious here. Check out the number of women that are blond. You can't get away from it. Kind of scary actually...
Oh shit! 99% of my porn collection is white supremacist?
"Common sense will be the death of us all"
through shear luck
I think you mean, "sheer luck."
Mike O'Donnell http://people.cs.uchicago.edu/~odonnell/
The US is so right-wing-conservative that a self called "internationalist, socially leftist" can be so to the right! I hope Obama is a step towards fixing that for them...
It is juvenile to think someone is evil because they use a different text editor
Even if they use notepad?
I am TheRaven on Soylent News
She has daddy issues.
You can tell this because her name is Megyn.
Obviously her parents are left wing nutjobs with little to no respect for spelling, and something happened to form a huge rift between her and her parents.
This is why she now is a spokesperson for a political philosophy which wants to know why she isn't in the kitchen making me a sammich.
It's been a long time.
I see that Hugo Chavez's investment paid off.
We have the right to bare arms. I don't think anyone is trying to infringe on your right to wear a short-sleeved shirt.
This comment is for entertainment purposes only. Any similarity to real insight or information is purely coincidental.
Blaming Bush will only work for so long.
Want to bet?
Blaming Hoover worked for FDR's entire reign.
-jcr
And the republicans are still blaming FDR!
I stole this Sig
I love the BBC becasue the women have British accents..mmmm I'll believe anything they say.
The Kruger Dunning explains most post on
See? We aren't ALL cross burning rednecks!
However if you think we are going to start using less oil, stop polluting, pay off our credit cards, learn French, and stop bombing smaller nations, think again.
Oh yeah, we could use about $700,000,000,000 right about now.... I won't bother to convert that figure to yen or euro.
I am very small, utmostly microscopic.
No, he's not.
I'm just reading through all these posts to find out who my friends are, and who my enemies may be. :)