I remember if I even thought I was going downtown during SXSW, I wouldn't even touch a drink. There's just so many people, and so many cops that I wouldn't want to do anything dumb.

Before I left, I had reached that stage every resident gets where it's like "goddamn south-by, fucking up everything." Then I wake up to this and all the good times I had down there between Stubbs and the Mohawk came flooding back and I feel guilty.

I'm going through the whole "used to live there, this could have happened any year I was down there" thing. Not comparing sympathies, just saying I understand.

Why does it always come down to class warfare with you people?

Pragmatically, Wall Street reform is done. The closest we were ever going to get was October 2011. The bleeding has stopped and according to my portfolio, all the business metrics have recovered and since surpassed what happened during the crash. As long as this numbers continue to go up and to the right, ain't…

If nothing else, we can believe her hips.

If there were ever a time for the Taco Bell Bell.

They have an active interest of staying in power. How else can they all run on the idea that they're "Washington Outsiders?"

Most of those I can get behind, but it's not like any of these are dire enough to cause America to be on the brink of collapse (maybe the climate change is).

Haha! Everyone knows there was nothing before Nu-Disqus.

He said, "The Sheriff is near."

The Red team runs on a platform that the Blue team is unequivocally evil, sent by Satan to destroy the country. I'm not being hyperbolic; it's why abortion, gay marriage, creationism, and climate change are things we have to debate.

Yeah, Mondale said he would consider it, and Reagan said he absolutely would not…and then ultimately did because logic.

This might be the new job offer I got talking, but what's so wrong with the country right now?

Also to be fair, in the debate Mondale did say he would be willing to raise taxes to fix the deficit. From all accounts and polls, Mondale had a favorable lead until that moment.

Roll Tide!

I remember when I first heard of Rick Santorum, that he was unfortunately named. I had no idea at the time that the term was created specifically for him.

Some of them only count the first ten amendments, and everything after that is illegal including those pesky 13th and 14th ones.

Nu-Disqus. There's no gatekeeper anymore.

But we already had the discussion about Poe's Law earlier in the thread.