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Weiss Pinguin
10-13-10, 08:33 AM
... on its quest to find the Sword of Bipartisanship (http://theonion.com/articles/congress-sets-sail-in-search-of-fabled-sword-of-bi,18250)

Godspeed, gentlemen!
August
10-13-10, 08:39 AM
I hope the bi-partisanSHIP hits some rocks and sinks with all hands.

Gridlock is the best form of government for the common man.
Takeda Shingen
10-13-10, 08:52 AM
Foggy Miasma of Endless Procedural Maneuvering

:rotfl2:

Also good:

Tales sung by bards since time immemorial describe the Sword as a master blade forged at Lexington and Concord, broken during the Civil War, reforged by Abraham Lincoln, wielded by the imp Joe McCarthy until he was driven mad, used briefly at a Cleveland City Council meeting during a unanimous vote on a zoning variance, and then lost somewhere in the misty murk of Indochina
Ducimus
10-13-10, 02:16 PM
:har:


On a serious note. If some of the more politicly inclined here are any indicator, we'll see bipartisanship 6 billion years from now when the sun turns into a red giant. :O:
SteamWake
10-13-10, 05:07 PM
Or when martians attack... :har:

When I saw this thread title I had a warm and fuzzy mental picture of congress taking a loooong vaction.... Then reality set in.
FIREWALL
10-13-10, 05:09 PM
I hope they fall on the Sword. All of them.
Ducimus
10-13-10, 05:20 PM
I hope they fall on the Sword. All of them.

Shame we can't get rid of both parties and start over.
FIREWALL
10-13-10, 05:37 PM
Shame we can't get rid of both parties and start over.



E=MC2 :haha:
Platapus
10-13-10, 06:58 PM
Shame we can't get rid of both parties and start over.

that would be great. Our fore fathers, or was it the fifth fathers, warned us about the problems with political parties. They got that one right.

Wish we could get rid of them but I honestly don't know how that could be done.

Perhaps the problem is not that we have political parties it is that we have only two dominant political parties. Perhaps the solution is to get rid of the dominance factor by having five viable political parties where coalitions will need to be formed.

As it stands now, there is no real advantage for the two dominant political parties to ever cooperate.
FIREWALL
10-13-10, 07:28 PM
that would be great. Our fore fathers, or was it the fifth fathers, warned us about the problems with political parties. They got that one right.

Wish we could get rid of them but I honestly don't know how that could be done.

Perhaps the problem is not that we have political parties it is that we have only two dominant political parties. Perhaps the solution is to get rid of the dominance factor by having five viable political parties where coalitions will need to be formed.

As it stands now, there is no real advantage for the two dominant political parties to ever cooperate.


E=MC2 :DL
Takeda Shingen
10-13-10, 07:39 PM
I'm uncertain as to the relevance of mass-energy equivalence, but I agree with the rest.
Tchocky
10-13-10, 07:56 PM
I'm uncertain as to the relevance of mass-energy equivalence, but I agree with the rest.

Try not to measure the relevance or you'll mess it all up.
FIREWALL
10-13-10, 08:07 PM
GAWD Get a sense of humor next time your out and about. :haha:

It was posted ...
Shame we can't get rid of both parties and start over.

E=mc2 was a tongue in cheek to, Nuke them all.
frau kaleun
10-13-10, 08:13 PM
E=mc2 was a tongue in cheek to, Nuke them all.

...from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.
FIREWALL
10-13-10, 08:25 PM
...from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.

:up: :salute:
Takeda Shingen
10-13-10, 08:43 PM
GAWD Get a sense of humor next time your out and about. :haha:

Okay, I'll be sure to do that. But the first rule of humor is that if you have to explain it, it probably isn't funny.
Weiss Pinguin
10-13-10, 08:53 PM
Okay, I'll be sure to do that. But the first rule of humor is that if you have to explain it, it probably isn't funny.
Next time use a picture like this:
http://www.dcmilitary.com/images/waterline021408_photos/7981_512.jpg

:haha:
FIREWALL
10-13-10, 09:00 PM
You seem to be one of the few that needed it explained. :haha:

The point was, a quick way to get rid of both partys without posting a terrorist threat in detail. :D
Takeda Shingen
10-13-10, 09:04 PM
Alright, alright. But in my defense, the relationship between the theoretical formula and the development of nuclear weapons is marginal at best, as it does not explain the creation of energy in the fission process, only that the potential for energy creation can be measured by extrapolation of the loss of mass. As such, when I see the equation, my first thought is spacetime, not nuclear weapons. Accordingly, I was having a hard time seeing the relation to system revision. I do see now.

Evidently I lack the depth of your understanding of theoretical physics. My apologies, sir.
FIREWALL
10-13-10, 09:09 PM
I shoulda just posted, KABOOM !!!:haha:
Ducimus
10-13-10, 09:37 PM
I find these are the two most effective pic's to convey that particular thought. :D (in this context... one for each party. :O: )

http://www.lahc.edu/classes/chemistry/arias/nuclear-explosion.jpg
http://www.techdigest.tv/nuclear_explosion.jpg
Takeda Shingen
10-13-10, 10:06 PM
I know the monsterous Tsar Bomba is the top one. What is the second one?

EDIT: Ah, it is also the Tsar Bomba. I've never seen a photo of it from that angle before.
gimpy117
10-13-10, 10:47 PM
good luck when the party of no is sitting on the right side of the isle.
TarJak
10-13-10, 10:52 PM
Perhaps the problem is not that we have political parties it is that we have only two dominant political parties. Perhaps the solution is to get rid of the dominance factor by having five viable political parties where coalitions will need to be formed.
Thats's really not working for us or the poms as I understand.:down:
frau kaleun
10-14-10, 08:02 AM
You seem to be one of the few that needed it explained. :haha:

The point was, a quick way to get rid of both partys without posting a terrorist threat in detail. :D

Accordingly, I was having a hard time seeing the relation to system revision. I do see now.


:shifty:

I actually got it when he first posted it, after a brief bit of :hmmm:

The scary thing is, this clearly means that my mind works a lot like Firewall's. :o
krashkart
10-14-10, 10:36 AM
:shifty:

I actually got it when he first posted it, after a brief bit of :hmmm:

The scary thing is, this clearly means that my mind works a lot like Firewall's. :o


Well, apparently you're not the only one. It took a minute to sink in. The formula contributed to some theories that led to the first successful atom bomb.