2010 was a bit of a blinder as far as I'm concerned
so I'll be trying to continue in much the same vein, hopefully starting off by winning in Blackpool next weekend. Same job, less gameshow appearances (probably), more sequins.

On a more global scale, I predict that the government will make various too-good-to-be-true promises and break them and that moronic Americans will continue to give their President a hard time for no dsicernable reason.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 29 Dec 2010, 14:17, 3 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

you are Mystic Meg

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Wed 29 Dec 2010, 14:19, Reply)

This govt are making no promises as all
bar promising to axe everything, aren't they? I do find politics hugely tiresome so I don't follow it closely, with this in mind I am happy to be told I am talking bollocks.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 29 Dec 2010, 14:19, Reply)

In this instance you are pretty much correct
but they are implicitly promising to make everything better long-term by rasing VAT and the like. Failure to deliver either a stable economy or, in lieu of the above, flying cars like Back to the Future promised us we'd have by 2015 constitutes a breach of this unspoken agreement.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 29 Dec 2010, 14:23, Reply)

Again stressing I do not endorse any of the blighters,
it seems likely their measures should reduce the deficit somewhat, shouldn't they?
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 29 Dec 2010, 14:25, Reply)

Absolutely they should
Otherwise more people than just students would be up in arms about the cuts, the idea being that we let them butcher our wallets now, short-term, for greater long-term prosperity. So unless all the money saved has gone on flying cars, they'd better fucking well sort it, like.

This is a phenomenally potted and borderline-ignorant version of events, as if you couldn't tell. If you want to know the real intricacies, ask Amberl (Tory) or BelladonnaAnodyne (not so much)
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 29 Dec 2010, 14:33, Reply)

I saw a sticker on a truck last week that said
Oone
Big
Ass
Mistake
America

I wanted to hit them.
( Lisette von Falcon, Wed 29 Dec 2010, 14:21, Reply)

Because they'd spelt One as Oone?

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 29 Dec 2010, 14:23, Reply)

Peter Oone, from Eerman's Eermits.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 29 Dec 2010, 14:25, Reply)

hahaha

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 29 Dec 2010, 14:26, Reply)

hurp durp

( Lisette von Falcon, Wed 29 Dec 2010, 14:28, Reply)

You might know
Why do so many people in America have it in for Obama? Is it a Republican backlash? Are people really stupid enough to think he's a Muslim just because his middle name's Hussein? Are Americans so afraid of Socialism or anything vaguely resembling it as to just adopt a fingers-in-ears "NO! NO!" approach whenever they get a whiff of it? Or is he actually slightly more crap than we over here have been lead to believe?
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 29 Dec 2010, 14:29, Reply)

It's because he's a 'Donnie Darko'.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 29 Dec 2010, 14:30, Reply)

how the fuck am I supposed to tell you what other people think?

( Lisette von Falcon, Wed 29 Dec 2010, 14:32, Reply)

as the only american here
you must now speak for your country

off you go...
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Wed 29 Dec 2010, 14:35, Reply)

As the only American available to speak at this time, I would just like to say that after drinking four bottles of Newcastle Brown Ale, it begins to taste like wet dog.
Thank you, and good night.
( Lisette von Falcon, Wed 29 Dec 2010, 14:45, Reply)

I simply assumed that being American and living in America
you'd have a better idea of popular opinion in America than we do
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 29 Dec 2010, 14:35, Reply)