{"id":10245,"date":"2010-03-22T07:09:28","date_gmt":"2010-03-22T13:09:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.groonk.net\/blog\/?p=10245"},"modified":"2010-03-22T07:09:28","modified_gmt":"2010-03-22T13:09:28","slug":"q-did-they-pass-health-care-reform-a-unicorns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.groonk.net\/blog\/2010\/03\/q-did-they-pass-health-care-reform-a-unicorns\/","title":{"rendered":"Q: Did They Pass Health Care Reform? A: Unicorns"},"content":{"rendered":"

These days we try to adopt a policy of not being political. Why? Crazy heated debates ensue. Headaches are made. Fists wish to fly on their own. Most importantly, others do that dance hella better<\/a> than we ever dare. Three points do come to mind.<\/p>\n

1) <\/strong>This site is made of positives and unicorns: http:\/\/didtheypasshealthcarereform.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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2) <\/strong> Apparently name-calling remains the primary weapon in getting people to change their opinions\/notice you.<\/p>\n

\nAccording to Rep. Andre Carson, the protesters “were shouting the N-word” as he and two fellow black legislators left the Cannon House Office Building earlier today.<\/a> Sam Stein at the Huffington Post is also reporting that “a staffer for Rep. James Clyburn (D-S.C.) told reporters that Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-Mo.) had been spat on by a protestor. Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.), a hero of the civil rights movement, was called a ‘ni\u00e2\u20ac\u201der.’ And Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) was called a “faggot,” as protestors shouted at him with deliberately lisp-y screams.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Keep it classy, fuckos. What? We never claimed to be always classy.<\/p>\n

3)<\/strong> It seems a Conservative Blogger Calls For Obama’s Assassination On Twitter<\/a>. You can see screencaps of the message and updates on how long it’ll take the Secret Service to give this person a “good talking to” here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

That is all. Next stop comics and movies and science and weird stuff happening world round.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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