Dairy Days posted:

GalacticAcid posted:

mormonpartyboat posted:

https://twitter.com/DissentMag/status/879824204958400512
https://twitter.com/DemSocialists/status/879825066749505536

SHY NUDIST GRRL posted:

It seems like Obama's career is a parade of trying to create and preserve a legacy causing what destroys it

logikv9 posted:

joseph stallcop is that you

Frijolero posted:

lol remember when Obama killed an American citizen

Frijolero posted:

You can't make this stuff up

https://twitter.com/LevzOfGrass/status/880858249343401984

Not a Step posted:

So is it racism to think Cory Booker taking money from pharma is a bad thing? Has that spicy meatball been floated yet?

Venuz Patrol posted:

parliament legalized gay marriage despite merkel's objections

punk rebel ecks posted:

Star Wars sucks.

fits my needs posted:

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gradenko_2000 posted:

Vox: How do congressional Democrats want to fix Obamacare? We asked 8 of them.

Guy Goodbody posted:

I guess when the Dem leadership specifically says single payer and public options are off the table these are the only sort of ideas you are allowed to have

gradenko_2000 posted:

https://twitter.com/GovHowardDean/status/881878584520040448

Mister Fister posted:

Nothing gets me more energized and erect than bad dems telling me single payer will never happen.

etalian posted:

lol

Joementum posted:

Rahm is a monster part the infinity

https://twitter.com/washingtonpost/status/882038190735052801

Rand alPaul posted:

She went to a play and received a standing ovation.

https://twitter.com/JoiseyJoh/status/881698436676014080

Homeless Friend posted:

Wraith of J.O.I. posted:

the replies here, christ, hillary twitter has a collective brain disease or something

https://twitter.com/brianbeutler/status/881853518369492993

Rastor posted:

https://twitter.com/verge/status/882648874921406464

logikv9 posted:

lol China isn't close to socialist

Rastor posted:

Zuck is already bringing Mike Rowe on board

https://twitter.com/engadget/status/882692138563227650

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Is Oscar serious? God, I hope not. I hope he’s just doing the typical “over-apology” thing CEO’s do when their “crisis experts” tell them they’ve got to say whatever it takes to win back the public trust. I hope he’s just reacting to some lawyer who told him before the interview, “for the love of God, Oscar, don’t blame the victim!” Well, Oscar certainly didn’t blame the victim. But in the process of finding him blameless, he suggested that millions of passengers are under no obligation to follow a direct command from United employees. And that’s a hell of a lot more disturbing than a beat-down in the main cabin.

Here’s the thing. It’s easy to forget that we have no right to fly. Buying a ticket doesn’t change that. So, when we board the plane, we have no right to remain there. We can be legally removed if we’re too drunk, too loud, too creepy, too suspicious, or too big for the seat. We can be removed if we stink. We can be removed if we’re insubordinate. We can be removed for whatever reason the airline deems necessary.

Obviously, airlines don’t like to remind us of such things, because it makes them sound mean. So they bury the truth in the fine print of a 37,000-word contract, and tell us how much they love us in sappy commercials and mandatory safety briefings that try oh-so-hard to make us smile. But the facts are clear: if you want to travel by air, you must agree to do what you’re told. If you don’t, you subject yourself to fine, arrest, constraint, forcible removal, and/or a permanent ban from the friendly skies. It’s all there in the fine print.

Personally, I support this policy. I support it because I don’t want to fly across the country in a steel tube filled with people who get to decide which rules they will follow and which they will ignore. I’ve been on too many flights with too many angry people to worry about the specific circumstances of their outrage, or the details of why they took it upon themselves to ignore a direct command. A plane is not a democracy, and the main cabin is no place to organize a sit-in. The main cabin is a place to follow orders.

Moving forward, what matters most to me is a heightened respect for the rules, and a heightened respect for the people who enforce them. Obviously, the policies that led to this particular fiasco need to change. But the greatest enemy we face in the friendly skies is not bad service – it’s anarchy. And I have no interest in flying with anyone who doesn’t follow orders. Do you? Does anyone?

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PS. Oscar – I’ve prepared a new greeting for your pilots to read prior to take-off. I think it captures the kind of transparency many of your customers currently crave. Maybe one day, as I pull my seatbelt low and tight across my hips, I’ll get to hear it…

“Morning folks, and welcome aboard. This is your Captain speaking. I realize you paid a lot of money to rent the seat you’re currently occupying, but let’s be clear right from the get go – you have no right to be here. We’re glad that you are, but I don’t care how much you paid to fly with us today, or what you think you might be entitled to as a result. I’m in charge of this plane, and everyone on it. That includes you. So – if a flight attendant asks you to do something, don’t argue – just do it. We’ll try to make your flight as comfortable as possible, but make no mistake – your comfort is not our priority, and neither is your opinion about the decisions we make during the journey. As for safety, you’ll be pleased to know I have much to live for, and so does my co-pilot. So rest assured – we’ll be doing all we can up here to get ourselves back on the ground in one piece. That’s good news for the rest of you, assuming we can keep the main cabin attached to the cockpit. Finally, we value your business here at United, sincerely. And we appreciate the trust you’ve placed in us. But let’s not gild the lily. For the next few hours, we’re all in this together, so keep your hands to yourself, don’t get drunk, and listen to the flight attendants. In other words, try not to be an rear end in a top hat. I’ll see you on the ground…”

Terror Sweat posted:

Mark Penn was a Clinton advisor for a decade, he also recommended that Hillary attack Obama on the fact that he's not a real American.
Andrew Stein is a Democrat who voted for Trump

Tight Booty Shorts posted:

So, Chomsky blames Obama for not being sufficiently progressive? Doesn't he know what is going in Europe? Doesn't Chomsky know about the fact that people in Germany and France do not want either a radical leftist or radical rightist government but a government focusing on practicality?

gradenko_2000 posted:

https://twitter.com/JoyAnnReid/status/882975596984315905

she didn't forget Poland

MaxxBot posted:

Vox Nihili posted:

The center cannot hold tbh

Nonsense posted:

lmao seeing woke twitter asking for donation links to a guy not even msnbc will mention

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e: why, perhaps, "free college" isn't a slam dunk winning issue with the Democratic base, black people.

Willa Rogers posted:

anyone who still maintains that obama "really really wanted single-payer" or that he didn't do exactly what the insurance industry wanted to during the ACA's crafting is a bad dem + and idiot.

etalian posted:

Reminder that the black woman in the welfare reform photo op died due to not being able to afford the price of her prescription.

Kurtofan posted: