i facepalm at the government because i can't actually smack people

[tsuki_no_bara]

happy birthday yosemite national park! natural treasure and site of some really stunning ansel adams photos. (and of course a nice googledoodle. :D ) for your birthday, the republicans have given you a government shutdown, so no one can actually visit you and admire your gorgeousness

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[donutsweeper]

Ugh the government. Just UGH and double ugh. *takes a deep breath*

I wish I liked SHIELD, nearly everyone I know is all joyful and excited about it. I found it formulaic, underwhelming and... boring. And Skye? Ugh. Bad acting and poor writing all around for her. I doubt I'll watch more episodes.

[tsuki_no_bara]

formulaic and underwhelming are good words for it. i loved the marvel movies and i love joss whedon and i think coulson is fucking adorable, and i was hoping for something interesting! and so far i haven't gotten it. and skye, yeesh, i think we're supposed to like her or care about her or at least be curious about her/her motivations/her past/her part in rising tide/whatever, and i just don't. and they seem to kind of want to spotlight her, which i don't get because she's just not that intriguing. maybe it is that she's just not a great actress and isn't well written, altho i don't think she's written any worse than anyone else. altho there is some fun banter, at least.

[hyndara71]

Okay, I confess, I'm not really into news, especially when it comes to politics. But I cannot ignore this any longer: What's going on on your side of the ocean? I mean, sorry, I'm sort of completely consumed by personal dramas right now, so something has to hit me straight in the face not to get ignored by me. And this hit me VERY in the face.

[carta]

We have a new Affordable Care Act which is possibly the best thing our country has managed to do for national health ever. But because it requires private healthcare companies to actually spend the majority of their funds on healthcare (vs salaries), provides benefits and care to women, children, the elderly, and the poor, and because it's from a *black president, the Republicans in Congress are having shitfits over it. They've had something like 30 votes to try to get rid of it, the Supreme Court stepped in and said, look - this is constitutional, this is legal, this is FINE, and now the Congress Repubs are acting like children. They won't pass a budget unless Obamacare is repealed or whatever, and this is despite the polls that show that the majority of Americans, including their own party, are against repealing it, and want them to STFU and do their jobs.

That's a nutshell - accuracy may be a bit off here and there, but that's the gist. Someone needs to bang their heads together.

*I will never be convinced that racism hasn't been

[hyndara71]

My bet it is.
Just stupid question, are there enough of these bullheads to stop the pass?

[carta]

They've been defeated every time so far, and Obama will veto any bill that impacts Obamacare negatively. I doubt they have enough votes to override his veto.

The problem is that they're not doing their jobs because of this ridiculous stubbornness. I love my country, but right now Congress sucks.

[ephemera]

the whole government shut down thing looks so *odd* and kind of terrifying.

[tsuki_no_bara]

it is so bad and i am so embarrassed that this is my government. i don't even want to know what the rest of the world thinks about us. the fact that i didn't vote for any of these shitheels is no consolation, altho the fact that congress' approval rating is going through the floor is.