You called me a fool. A fool for asserting what I have read and heard about BOTH sides refusing to conference, and stupid for asserting that although one side or the other doesn't have to compromise anything (including the medical equipment tax), that maybe they should for the good of the country and for the sake of…

Very scary. You keep saying there's only one side to this and you miss the obvious: This is your opinion, other people have different opinions. Once again, stating another point of view is not false equivalence, but I know what is a fallacy - ad hominem attacks, which you have made repeatedly.

Compelling argument. And here I'd thought that insulting someone in an attempt to achieve some sort of "victory" stopped being meaningful in 5th grade.

And you continue to look at things from only one side. I can't believe you keep missing the point. Other people have opinions, and they matter. You cannot simply marginalize others viewpoints simply by giving your own slanted facts, leaving out others, and then name-calling. What about the democrats refusal to…

Were you not paying attention to the news last year or something? Do you really think calling names makes you right? All you have done is attack me personally, proving my point extremely well. In 2011 they rolled over the previous budget to avoid this same situation, 2012 was the same story. They saw this coming…

I know what false equivalence is, and it is not a fallacy to assign blame to those who saw this impasse coming (EVERY single member of the House and Senate, along with the President). As I mentioned in my response to your other post a minute ago I don't care about the ACA, I have insurance. What I do care about is a…

"This issue" is the current budget impasses, not the ACA. I could care less about the ACA, I have health insurance. Your whole post is misguided.

You missed my point just like the other guy did. Check out my response to him in this thread.

My point is that it appears to be a sticking point for many republicans. Whether it is a good idea or not is really not the gist of my statement. Lobbyists go to both parties concerning every issue under the sun. That is another (larger) concern to be addressed on a different day. If things are to move forward,…

I think you missed my point.

And being patronizing doesn't make you smart, BRO.

Not only is your response clearly prejudiced, it's also factually incorrect. Look at the medical equipment tax in the healthcare act for example. Both parties are to blame, it's easy to call other people's opinions bullshit when you only pay attention to facts that support yours.

Playing the public blame game is the primary reason for the current state of affairs - just as it was in 1996. Neither party is to blame - they both are.

You were exactly right in the first sentence of your original post: You are a complete homer. This reply actually proved exactly what I was saying, if you re-read it you'll likely notice that.

I mean, he did shoot a guy while he was in college, but whatever.

Beat me to it.

Unless you worked in some capacity in or around the patriots clubhouse, I have no idea how you could possibly know this.

I'm not even sure what we're arguing here. Although, I gotta complement you on your well-thought out and exhaustive reply.

I mean, he couldn't even average 3 yards a carry and fumbled 4 times in 15 career games as a backup RB. Maybe he was just a bad NFL player?

OK, there are so many problems with this post I don't know where to start-but here we go: