(November 5, 2014 at 12:35 am)DeistPaladin Wrote: Well, it's official. The GOP has taken the Senate.
The one silver lining is now the Teabagger base will roar and be harder to contain. Cruz may even be the new House Speaker in short order. They're going to run amok and fuck everything up like they always do. After the Republicans have fucked things up for two years, it should improve Democrat chances in 2016.
Fasten your seat belts, everyone. It's going to be a bumpy ride for the next two years.
I have seen the Republicans have taken effective control of the two chambers of Congress, but for the benefit of interested UK observers, what's a 'Teabagger'?
MM
"The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions" - Leonardo da Vinci
"I think I use the term “radical” rather loosely, just for emphasis. If you describe yourself as “atheist,” some people will say, “Don’t you mean ‘agnostic’?” I have to reply that I really do mean atheist, I really do not believe that there is a god; in fact, I am convinced that there is not a god (a subtle difference). I see not a shred of evidence to suggest that there is one ... etc., etc. It’s easier to say that I am a radical atheist, just to signal that I really mean it, have thought about it a great deal, and that it’s an opinion I hold seriously." - Douglas Adams (and I echo the sentiment)
"I think I use the term “radical” rather loosely, just for emphasis. If you describe yourself as “atheist,” some people will say, “Don’t you mean ‘agnostic’?” I have to reply that I really do mean atheist, I really do not believe that there is a god; in fact, I am convinced that there is not a god (a subtle difference). I see not a shred of evidence to suggest that there is one ... etc., etc. It’s easier to say that I am a radical atheist, just to signal that I really mean it, have thought about it a great deal, and that it’s an opinion I hold seriously." - Douglas Adams (and I echo the sentiment)
