Turns out, it helps to RTFA. Hipcheck's identity remains secret to the public.

You make an extremely valid point though.

"Economic reality" is the key phrase in making this conclusion true. Might not be tasteful, but economically, yes, it makes sense.

I mod things as funny so others can yell "mods on crack".

My use of +1 Funny is clearly superior to your own.

You fell for a troll.

Wait... state the obvious club is room 206?
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ST:VOY. A 7-year ping time sounds about right.

The point. You missed it.

Political parties? Or politics?

No. Because that's about as absurd as suing McDonalds for not explicitly stating that their coffee is hot.

Oh, wait... /faithInHumanity

Absolutely. Half-elves, half-orcs, half-ogres... half-fiends... centaurs...

Not that any of us would notice a difference... The internet is full of one-dimensional idiots.

Somebody set up us the backup?

The irony of discussing Charlie Brooker when we're talking about bias...

tl;dr: Obama did stuff. He spent our money and our children's money and our grandchildren's money lots of times. Also he stopped spending our money on things he didn't like.

He was a community organizer in Chicago? Of COURSE that deserves a Nobel Peace Prize, what were we thinking?

*cough*bullcrap*cough*
POTUS's power consists mostly of making people feel warm and fuzzy inside, and making the final (but not TOO final, don't want to upset the voters) decision on military matters. Also he can ask Congress to please do what he wants.
Solutions to these problems still have to exist before the problems can be solved. I know it sounds elementary, but just because someone is in a pseudo-powerful position doesn't mean they can fix such large and complicated problems.