US POLITICS: AMERICANS, PLEASE WELCOME YOUR NEW PRESIDENT... SCOTT BROWN!

Regular Henny Youngman over here.

holy shit wtf at Biden and Pelosi grinning like Jokers.

They're passing the joint under the table.

Alfred I'm telling you, there's a big ol' bong in the antechamber

Seriously. The shuffle/smile Biden just did...

Pelosi: "I'm gonna be here long after you're gone, motherfucker.

God just the sight of Lieberman makes me wanna donate to the DNC

I can't figure out the semiotics of SCOTUS rising in applause. Do they only applaud when a Prez's actions look "non-partisan"?

if i were speaker of the house prob first thing i'd do is move those chairs so they weren't in the shot, so you wouldn't have to sit through an hour and a half speech making sure, the whole time, that you never have a silly look on your face!

Holy shit it is like Parliament in there with all the RAAAAHR

Tip O'Neill and Denny Hastert the masters of looking like three-day-old liver imo.

He's pushed really hard on populist impulses this speech. ("I hated the bailout," "If the banks can afford big bonuses...")

Whoa, shake that head is disbelief douche.

if anybody in power reads this thread & moves J0hn D's crush of shame Nancy P out of the frame for future speeches, Daria, I will personally see to it that you never have a fun Xmas ever again

More buildings please!!! Architects be needing work.

http://www.reagan.utexas.edu/archives/photographs/large/c19630-20.jpg

lol @ 'publicans grimacing at small business aid, but applauding the same for large businesses.

hahaha j0hn you don't know my family, good luck with that
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Several of us have humiliating Pelosi crushes of shame ...

Older people who are looking not so bad

Defensive [Rich Lowry]

First part of the speech has been extraordinarily defensive.

nah i <3 nancy p, i just figure it can't be fun to sit up there that long, trying to never make a face that the GOP could immediately replay on cable news x one million.

The only way to move to full employment is to lay a new foundation for long-term economic growth, by legalizing vice.

fucking awesome

You know, when you are sitting looking up jobs on craigslist this shit hits a little close to fucking home.

J0hn, plz I beg you, don't relapse on me.

got confused and excited for a moment that that was true -- clearly i've been engaging in some vice during this speech xxp

heh

i hear you jon. i'm supposed to be sending out resumes right now. it's depressing. but i live in a city where there are jobs & i know i can find something. i can't imagine how frustrating it is for ppl who have been looking and looking and there's just nothing out there.

J0hn, plz I beg you, don't relapse on me.

lol A I am amusing myself here by copying & pasting from the transcript and revising til it reads like I'd want it

It means making tough decisions about opening new offshore areas for oil and gas development. The Sierra Club, frankly, can kiss my ass.

At the risk of derailing, my frustration should be more with my state who spent all the stimulus cash on fixing roads and absolutely ZERO for the built environment (police stations, hospitals, etc) to keep us architects working.

lol, i keep ctrl+f'ing these quotes on a transcript to see how much is true

And yet, it means passing the

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is everyone standing up and applauding from both parties?

"clean coal"

ha, Mordy, no. you can see load of GOP resolvedly not rising.

oh hot damn...FARMERS!

No, there is a wingtard crater in there. xpost

I'm watching this on Fox (via Hulu) & they are def. working the GOP side of the room alot (shocka)

On NBC it's hard to see if anyone is sitting and CSPAN wasn't showing the audience at all

Fourth, we need to invest in the skills and education of our people. Because tbh some of these people are so stupid, it's really unbelievably when you look at the data. I have taken to strong drink.

it's really unbelievably when you look lulz

BBC film showing all sides of chamber but mostly on Obama and the Bidenettes.

Fox is showing a standing ovation now

ha, Mordy, no. you can see load of GOP resolvedly not rising.

god, I wish Obama would just call those fucks out in the middle of the speech. "you shitheads, are you Republicans first or Americans first?" and maybe direct a little of that at his own side too just so he doesn't seem TOO partisan

A Master's Degree doesn't guarantee a job either thanks.

community college line inspiring to me personally. God knows where I'd be if a community college hadn't set me right at one point.

in this economy a Masters of Fine Arts in Poetry doesn't guarantee a job

he's busting out some Clinton stuff now w/the forgiveable education debts

Uh, wow. My student loads are done soon? Sweet.

He's gonna forgive my student loans? Is that what's going on?