KevinG

I don't know where it will rank in the pantheon of Wes Anderson films, but it will probably go down as the most mustachioed of all the Wes Anderson films. http://www.usatoday.com/story/popcandy/2013/10/17/grand-budapest-hotel-trailer/3001219/

That maybe the most Wes Anderson-y film yet. It looks fantastic.

I was wrong when I said 2 billion. Apparently Standard and Poor's puts the economic hit closer to 24 billion. http://money.cnn.com/2013/10/16/news/economy/shutdown-economic-impact/ I wonder when the latest economic numbers come out and they are bad (or not as good) will blame the Administration.

And by that notion, 100 million is a pittance. I fail to see the your point. If I may extrapolate from your statement you are concerned with spending? And the whole GOP thing was to stop this run away spending and ever increasing debt? Correct me please if I am wrong. By and by Government spending is down under Obama. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/01/24/think-obamas-a-huge-spender-then-you-need-to-see-these-two-charts/. Furthermore if we would have continued down the road and potentially defaulted our credit rating would have gone down, thus increasing our costs

I am interesting in what people think of the shutdown, now that it appears to be over. If memory serves I don't think anyone here right or left was necessarily in support of the Shutdown and the tactics that was used by the GOP. But in hindsight was it worth it? I think I read that the shutdown will cost in the 2 billion dollar range http://moneymorning.com/2013/10/14/how-much-does-the-government-shutdown-cost/. Which is far greater than the amount of the cost of the 100 million or Hixlter is concerned about. Now granted the ACA website was ridiculous, but the cost that the shutdown

So I am not sure what is going on here, I don't know if that shutdown now looks like it is finally over or what, but it seems that I have taken some personal beatings for whatever reasons. It is unfortunate, I have tried at most times tried to keep the spirit of the "respector" thread and never attacked anyone personally. I guess the same courtesy cannot be extended to me. If you read further I posted an apology to that, I was just getting sick of people attacking me personally for they way I phrase things. Hell, even Sir Stewart (aka PBO) changed his user name as some sort jab at

Seriously, keep your concern to yourself. You know nothing about me, nor my mental state of mind. I can get worked up and still be well adjusted in my life. Just because you had some issues in the past don't project that on me. If you were really concerned (which I highly doubt) you would have reached out to me through a PM not publicly. In other news it looks like the Shutdown and the Debt Ceiling crisis has been averted, as there is a deal in place and looks to pass. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/16/government-shutdown-2013_n_4107113.html#644_cruz-wont-delay-either http:/

yep it is the way I roll, deal with it BTW from the article: really why do you all care?

Sorry that was mean, just a bit on edge today. But seriously, I am gonna keep calling it the TEA party, get use to it.

Yeah I don't care, I am going to call it the TEA party. I think it is important to understand what they are and what they stand for (or at least originally). If you don;t like it, you can go fuck yourself.

TEA party, Taxed Enough Already. http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/04/15/thousands-anti-tax-tea-party-protesters-turn-cities/ I have explained this before. Please try and keep up.

Absolutely, while Duke is a morally reprehensible individual he was in congress for what like 4 years? And his record is of little distinction. Though I wish Hixtler would have explained his picture more, giving a reason, hey maybe he was being funny, I am not sure. The TEA party has downgraded our credit rating, and shutdown the government and is poised to do more damage. They push more moderate Republicans to the right in fear that they will lose in the primaries. Their rhetoric is not really based in reality and it is unfortunate that they brought us to this point.

I have no idea who or what that is.

The whole thing is a fucking joke. Boehner is done after this, but at the same token with such a vocal and seemingly power minority in the GOP (the TEA party), who would want his job? The TEA party is the worst thing to happen to American politics in the last 30 years.

Same with me. I think the point of cartoon was that Columbus, who by all historical accounts was a bastard and his "discovery" really wasn't much of anything, has a Federal Holiday. And that he his on par with the likes of MLK jr and Lincoln. So I think that is problem. I am not sure if it is backlash or what, but there seems to be a growing movement to end Columbus day. So guess to bring it full circle, knowing that Columbus was just an asshole, is it appropriate that we have a federal holiday named after him?

Some scholars believe the world is flat.

If memory serves Franklin was a womanizer on the highest level.

I prefer someone else to do my work for me. Columbus was a dick. Though Bartolome de las Casa effectively started the Transcontinental African Slave Trade. Pretty much everyone in history is a jerk.

I think Columbus Day has experienced a general decline in the past couple of decades. It might have something to with how Columbus has come to symbolize the two darkest points of our history (the genocide of an indigenous group of people and the introduction of slavery). Not to say that those who believe it is right or anything, but that is how some people see Columbus. For me anyway it is such a non-holiday, nothing more than an annoyance with no mail and no banks. I don't remember a time when anything was actually celebrated on Columbus day. But backlash, I don't see it. I just t

That was excellent, thank you for that.

at first I loved, loved the song, but then I suddenly became sick of it. I don't know if it was because of overplaying or what, but it became tiresome. Though now I am starting to feel it a bit more.

:slowclap I don't care I think more than anything he was extremely smart. Throughout the show he used more than chemistry to solve problems.

You are in the minority I think there. I think the right is overly gleeful at the struggles of the website and would like more then anything to have ACA fail. There will be growing pains, ACA is not perfect, nor has its implementation been perfect. But I find it amusing that all of these people complain that website doesn't work, when they want nothing more then ACA to go away. Obviously the website has the power to look into your heart and realizes you don't deserve a working website.

Why? From what I gather you are against ACA. You should be dancing and cheering that the website doesn't work and 25 million people can't get insurance. That is what you want isn't it? I think every reasonable person knew that there would be issues with the website. Unfortunately the government underestimated the site traffic. BTW I went in today and was able to set up an account successfully. Also if you think website troubles show that ACA is a bad law, you may be couting your chickens before they hatch.

You know what would have been nice, if the GOP instead of at every turn trying to defund, overturn, or generally stymie ACA, is they realized it was a law that was duly passed and upheld by the SCOTUS, and worked to make it better. Not every law is perfect, nor are major reforms implemented easily, but it is so hard to get things right when one side sole purpose is to destroy the very thing you are working for. I also laugh at Jules assertion that it has been 2-3 weeks of ACA.