# Is this FUD?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-fud/670371>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [October 4, 2013, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-fud/670371 "2013-10-04T16:44:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
**Page:** 2

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**Author:** ![usedtobe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ec9cab/32.png) [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2013, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-fud/670371/21 "2013-10-06T02:39:12Z")

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> [@HardlySanguine](#):
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> I don’t really follow news/politics much so maybe I am out of touch with articles these days (who knows why I clicked on this one) but geebus, that has to be one of the most blatantly biased pieces I’ve read.

The Washington Times is a Moonie rag. Moonies make the Tea Party look sane.

(will now wait for the inevitable poster who will point out that the Moonies either sold it to something that looks and smells like a Moonie, or the Moonies prefer to be called “x”.)

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**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2013, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-fud/670371/22 "2013-10-06T02:57:01Z")

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> [@Sudden\_Kestrel](#):
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> You put fud on your shopping list? What else do you include, “non-fud items?”

Sop.  
Noosppr.  
Byr.  
Teepee.  
Flars.

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**Author:** ![HardlySanguine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/96bed5/32.png) [@HardlySanguine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HardlySanguine)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2013, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-fud/670371/23 "2013-10-06T05:08:08Z")

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> [@Kamino\_Neko](#):
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> ‘Ding ding ding, da-ding ga-ding da-ding’.

😃

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**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2013, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-fud/670371/24 "2013-10-06T10:41:27Z")

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> [@Terr](#):
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> **“It’s a cheap way to deal with the situation,” an angry Park Service ranger in Washington says of the harassment. “We’ve been told to make life as difficult for people as we can. It’s disgusting.”**

Hey, if you can’t trust an anonymous quote from an unnamed source, posted in a politically-motivated editorial, who \*can \*you trust?

And you know, I honestly don’t care if Obama were sending memos out to every non-furloughed government employee with instructions to “make the shutdown as inconvenient as possible, especially for Republicans”. Republicans brought this on, I think it’s only fair that we show them the repercussions of shutting the government down.

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**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2013, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-fud/670371/25 "2013-10-06T13:05:24Z")

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> [@Lightnin](#):
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> And you know, I honestly don’t care if Obama were sending memos out to every non-furloughed government employee with instructions to “make the shutdown as inconvenient as possible, especially for Republicans”. Republicans brought this on, I think it’s only fair that we show them the repercussions of shutting the government down.

Right?! I’ve thus far refrained from posting it, but every time I see a “OMGzz, y’all, this shutdown is shutting things DOWN!” post on Facebook, I’m strongly tempted to go back to bed and pull the blankets up until the stupid is distracted by another starlet with an underwear malfunction.

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