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Stonepounder

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14. Maybe Michelle Bachman was right.

Sat Oct 12, 2013, 01:53 PM

Oct 2013

We are witnessing the 'end of days' - at least for the United States. If the Tea Part actually pushes us into default, it will be the end of the United States as we know it. And the thing that makes me truly weep is that the Tea Party (and FOX News) is totally comfortable with that scenario and at the same time doesn't have a freaking clue what it would mean to them. No minimum wage, no child labor laws, no retirement, no health care, there would be the 1%, and then the rest of us as slaves. Work until you die. No retirement. No hope of climbing the latter to a better life for you or you children. Just another nation like China, with barbed wire around the sweat shops to keep you from escaping. Of course it won't last all that long, since pollution will skyrocket without the EPA and global warming will wipe out humanity just that much faster. It is a dark day for the United States and a dark day for the world.

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Senate Republicans just filibustered a debt limit hike. [View all] WilliamPitt Oct 2013 OP

I know I watched it too. Crewleader Oct 2013 #1

I know sakabatou Oct 2013 #2

Maybe Michelle Bachman was right. Stonepounder Oct 2013 #14

+1 LiberalLoner Oct 2013 #52

They're turning the Consitution into a suicide pact. Cyrano Oct 2013 #3

What do we do? Lay down and die? R. Daneel Olivaw Oct 2013 #13

Agreed, it's a constitutional crisis either way DireStrike Oct 2013 #17

agreed, in addition to possible provisions about drinking while voting zazen Oct 2013 #39

Challenge to constitutionality of a debt limit, I suspect. n/t Gore1FL Oct 2013 #43

You fucking idiots, what in the hell is wrong with you gopiscrap Oct 2013 #4

Geez, I hate the Senate's cloture rule. pinto Oct 2013 #5

Nuke it, Reid. Time to take away the Republican toys. Now. Buddha_of_Wisdom Oct 2013 #11

It should have been done a long time ago! world wide wally Oct 2013 #21

Can he do it now? If he's been waiting for an extreme situation to change it, he's got it. landolfi Oct 2013 #29

I believe it can only be done at the beginning of MythosMaster Oct 2013 #54

In this case, if the Republicans aren't following the rule (which they aren't) Buddha_of_Wisdom Oct 2013 #56

The Tea Party has them all by the balls! kentuck Oct 2013 #6

They want to crash the country & blame it on the black president. CrispyQ Oct 2013 #7

Just think how Wolf would look watoos Oct 2013 #9

In my best Wolf voice, CrispyQ Oct 2013 #10

actually.... renegade000 Oct 2013 #18

rofl CrispyQ Oct 2013 #25

Then in 6 wks we'd get to do it all again if the repugs had their way. n/t woodsprite Oct 2013 #24

That would have been a vote to remove default from election-year politics bhikkhu Oct 2013 #8

I'm stunned that republicans would behave in such an ignorant, anti-democratic manner. Zorra Oct 2013 #12

Oh, Damn them all to Hell! stage left Oct 2013 #15

Welcome to DU, stage ScreamingMeemie Oct 2013 #23

Thanks for the welcome, screamingmeemie stage left Oct 2013 #34

That can be rough. I'm in Texas. ScreamingMeemie Oct 2013 #38

Thanks stage left Oct 2013 #48

Unfuckingbelievable. grantcart Oct 2013 #16

Keep it up, knuckleheads. Your approval rating just inched into negative territory. AtomicKitten Oct 2013 #19

I guess the poll didnt have that much affect on them DearAbby Oct 2013 #20

Excellent point. ffr Oct 2013 #28

And the senate gopers are still trying to dismantle Obamacare Iliyah Oct 2013 #22

Can we now do away with the running meme that this is all just the Teapublicans' fault? BlueCaliDem Oct 2013 #26

Of course. What would OBL do? Exactly! ffr Oct 2013 #27

see what I mean? These assholes are traitors to the American people Pretzel_Warrior Oct 2013 #30

Unless Republicans get a handout Snake Plissken Oct 2013 #31

Gosh, Harry, maybe you should have blown up the filibuster, ya think? grahamhgreen Oct 2013 #32

How's that filibuster fix working for ya, Harry? mountain grammy Oct 2013 #33

GOP have no souls benld74 Oct 2013 #35

can we kill the fllbuster NOW??? pansypoo53219 Oct 2013 #36

I look for it to happen! B Calm Oct 2013 #46

Sigh... AndrewRN Oct 2013 #37

Welcome to DU WilliamPitt Oct 2013 #42

Okay, so... Senate Banana Republicans are okay with passing a clean CR, cui bono Oct 2013 #40

Even if the Republicans manage to extort something, dont they realize rhett o rick Oct 2013 #41

the teapers want default. anarchists. spanone Oct 2013 #44

What the fuck happened to Reid's filibuster "agreement"? Cali_Democrat Oct 2013 #45

Harry Reid happened to it. nt Zorra Oct 2013 #49

Bingo. nt awoke_in_2003 Oct 2013 #50

I'm really afraid the GOP actually has the upper hand. Kablooie Oct 2013 #47

It'll get to the point where the Dems will have no choice BUT to relent Blaukraut Oct 2013 #51

That cannot happen, the outcome can only be to be sliced and diced apart over and over in hostage TheKentuckian Oct 2013 #58

Enter the Supreme Court....nt barnabas63 Oct 2013 #53

Pay the ransom now, pay again in 6 weeks Southside Oct 2013 #55

A British Company on Ebay told me that their lawyer advised them to glinda Oct 2013 #57