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Showing you how government works, in case yours doesn't!
Speaking from one organization that has had an unpopular shutdown to another: America. What are you doing? America? Stahp.

Shutdowns are never popular, and all of the polls show that this is not a big hit with most Americans either. Americans may be looking for something fun to do, since all their parks are closed for the moment. Thankfully your favorite purveyor of digital games is here to help. It occurs to us that one of the problems may be that there are people on Capitol Hill who don't know what a functioning government looks like, so we thought we'd help and point a few out with a special 24-hour 50% off [url=http://www.gog.com/promo/shutdown_promo_091013]Shutdown Promo.

The Guild: Gold Edition is a great place to see where the term "Machiavellian Politics" originated from. If you're looking to find a land where earning power was the key to success in the political arena, look no further. Meanwhile, in Capitalism Plus and Capitalism 2, you can get the best economic sims that money can buy half off and see for yourself how a demand economy functions. Tropico Reloaded is 50% off as a reminder of what can happen when governments go awry, and Alpha Centauri (with the Alien Crossfire expansion!) has more different styles of governments modeled than you can shake a stick at. So, really, these games are a quick lesson in civic government. Because we're concerned for you guys.

There has been a lot of furor over health care in America leading up to this shutdown, and we think it's a shame so many people are upset about medicine and how to treat each other. To help further our educational mission for this promo, we figured we'd put Theme Hospital in the sale as well, because that way you can judge for yourself just how tricky it can be to balance the needs of sick patients against limited budgets. Finally, for reasons entirely unrelated to who may or may not have been involved in shutting down the US Government, we also appear to have Redneck Rampage on sale 50% off.

Finally, we would like to express our condolences to everyone who's been furloughed by the shutdown. More than that, actually, we'd like to offer you the games pack of our special Shutdown Promo for free. Send an email to [url=]thanksobama@gog.com[/url] with your picture holding the official furlough letter you received, before Friday 11 October 2013 at 12:00 EDT and we'll give you The Guild: Gold Edition, Capitalism, Capitalism 2, Tropico: Gold Edition, Alpha Centauri + Alien Crossfire, Theme Hospital, and Redneck Rampage free.

We hope the games will keep you all occupied while you're waiting for someone on Capitol Hill to get their act together. Meanwhile, get The Guild, Capitalism Plus, Capitalism 2, Tropico: Gold Edition, Alpha Centauri + Alien Crossfire, Theme Hospital, and Redneck Rampage 50% off (or free if you met the requirements above), in our special Shutdown Promo! The offer lasts until Thursday, October 10, at 12:59PM GMT.
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Taalen: Well, thanks to a two-party system, the US always has conservatives with an absolute majority. Even if the type of conservative changes every few years.
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emperor20: Thanks for not making any sense.
Well, since you're so kindly asking for an explanation: both major US parties are so far to the right that from an European standpoint, they're both economically speaking extreme conservatives. So conservatives always have an absolute majority. As does whichever party happens to be holding more seats at the time.

The rest of your post was probably meant for someone, but as it was completely unrelated to the only message you quoted, mine, and the thread in general, whatever you meant to accomplish by it, you probably failed.
Thank you, GOG! Well done.
Would have been somewhat humourous if Papers, Please! was part of this promo.
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wolfsite: Would have been somewhat humourous if Papers, Please! was part of this promo.
Only in the state of Arizona.

I wish that was a joke.
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Roman5: Never change, GOG :)
"GOG .... GOG never changes ...."
- Probably not Ron Pearlman
Big balls GOG. You have big balls.
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scampywiak: Big balls GOG. You have big balls.
it's not as if USA would invade Poland... would they...?
This is a great deal for furloughed government employees, however us "excepted employees" aren't being paid right now either. And if they pass the backpay act (which seems pretty likely), the furloughed employees will be better off than us as they will have been sitting at home for the entire time, and will still be paid. Granted it would be rough if they weren't getting paid every, but every sign points to the back pay act getting passed and all of us eventually getting paid.
Great idea for the promo
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scampywiak: Big balls GOG. You have big balls.
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Kunovski: it's not as if USA would invade Poland... would they...?
Only if we want to abscond with CD Projekt. :P
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emperor20: Thanks for not making any sense.
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Taalen: Well, since you're so kindly asking for an explanation: both major US parties are so far to the right that from an European standpoint, they're both economically speaking extreme conservatives. So conservatives always have an absolute majority. As does whichever party happens to be holding more seats at the time.

The rest of your post was probably meant for someone, but as it was completely unrelated to the only message you quoted, mine, and the thread in general, whatever you meant to accomplish by it, you probably failed.
You might need some lotion for that burning sensation.
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willz06jw: CD Projekt RED,

Please quit involving yourself in our politics. I am a big supporter of GOG.com and own dozens of your titles, but you are sticking your nose where it doesn't belong.

Let me list the offensive garbage from your last GOG.com news post:
-America, what are you doing? (None of your concern; Poland, what are you doing -- as if anyone cared)
-People on Capitol Hill who don't know what a functioning government looks like (like the Polish government?)
-Machiavellian Politics (Have nothing to do with the politics surrounding the shutdown - read The Prince)
-It's a shame so many people are upset about medicine and how to treat each other (Did your five year old daughter write that?)
-Equating our right leaning opposition group involved in the shutdown to the characters in Redneck Rampage (Are you guys members of the Polskie Stronnictwo Ludowe or what?)
-Using thanksobama@gog.com as the email address. (Yes you should thank him for creating his healthcare bill without a SINGLE vote from a party other than his own -- it will not stand)

Please refrain from writing about politics in countries other than your own.

Will Howard
We must sympathize with this man, it must not be easy being allergic to fun.
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UrielDagda: What cracks me up about politics here in the United States is, when a Republican is president, to conservatives, it's treason to not do whatever the president demands. If a Democrat is president, they step all over themselves to show complete disrespect and derision for the office. Hell they've been saying Obama's policies have been ruining the country since BEFORE he ever took office, and have pretty much erased from their version of the history books everything done in the Bush administration.

And they threaten to destroy the country at every turn unless Obama and Democrats do what they say when they say it.

I could only imagine what they'd say the next time a Republican is president, and decides to start an expensive war somewhere, and Democrats decide to shut the government completely down unless we immediately ended the war and bring the troops back home.

I'd bet my bottom dollar they'd try to hang them all.

Of course the Republicans are starting to tear themselves apart, because the evangelical, moderate, and Ayn Randian factions are all vying for complete party control. Maybe some good can come out of it, and it might cause enough of a rift to break two party system control.
I have never heard so many dead talking points from an old era.

The way it is now, the Tea Party is the only thing keeping the Republicans from turning into moderate Progressives. No number of wars will ever rival the tens of trillions in costs of going Socialist. The country lost nearly ten million full-time jobs because Obama and his Progressives had to micro-manage every single aspect of American life. He won't stop harming the country until it becomes subservient to the government. Just listen to his and his parties speeches of calling his opponents terrorists and you got a dictatorial leadership comparable to Saddam Hussein.
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willz06jw: CD Projekt RED,

Please quit involving yourself in our politics. I am a big supporter of GOG.com and own dozens of your titles, but you are sticking your nose where it doesn't belong.

Let me list the offensive garbage from your last GOG.com news post:
-America, what are you doing? (None of your concern; Poland, what are you doing -- as if anyone cared)
-People on Capitol Hill who don't know what a functioning government looks like (like the Polish government?)
-Machiavellian Politics (Have nothing to do with the politics surrounding the shutdown - read The Prince)
-It's a shame so many people are upset about medicine and how to treat each other (Did your five year old daughter write that?)
-Equating our right leaning opposition group involved in the shutdown to the characters in Redneck Rampage (Are you guys members of the Polskie Stronnictwo Ludowe or what?)
-Using thanksobama@gog.com as the email address. (Yes you should thank him for creating his healthcare bill without a SINGLE vote from a party other than his own -- it will not stand)

Please refrain from writing about politics in countries other than your own.

Will Howard
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Wafflecones: We must sympathize with this man, it must not be easy being allergic to fun.
To be fair, half the gaming sites are actually raging in political debate over what is a tongue in cheek promo offer.
Go GOG. I for one think your choices of titles are blatant comedy =)

As for everyone else who's rear end puckered, get over it. The rest of the world thinks our government is being dumb, we think our government is being dumb.

This is good comeuppance for all the Polish jokes we told as kids. (yes, you know you did, so get off your high horse.) GOG telling an American joke is just fine. Smile and enjoy their joke.