The Original "Turtle Fence" Speech!

[greedyman9D2]

this debate was on health care.

[earreverenttube]

But what about jobs, jobs, jobs?

[DeathStrawberry15]

Long-winded, but I agree. The government is not the best at making the right decisions to distribute money efficiently for important issues. When bureaucracy takes the place of responsible leadership, you're in for trouble.

[ShLo16]

Really 5 minutes on explaining turtles

[UniteForgetLeftRight]

i could do this job......

[DiscopeepsROBLOX]

The same thing is going to happen to health care! :O

[dethbypotato]

Poor turtles :(

[Grake2000]

Anybody else

Notice that the time in the upper right keeps changing by 3 hours?

[Uratnik]

@Grake2000 it's changing from Pacific Time to Eastern Time.

[Dan00bindahouse]

The more I drink the more this congress is makin' sense.

[penghuinkirby]

I don't think I could climb over a turtle fence either...

[Kalbeflow]

People are so stupid! I live in michigan And I know that turtle need to travel to a fertal pond to lay their eggs/ If you make a fence to keep them from traveling. They wont know were to lay their eggs, thus they will die out. I guess that was the plan. Not to save a few turtles, but to make them go extrinct so we don'r have to dell with them.

[UniteForgetLeftRight]

@Kalbeflow turtles arnt amphibians, they dont require water to lay eggs, aquatic turtles do lay eggs near the water but thats because its close to home, this project is more focused on woodland dwelling box and wood turtles which have long ranges and frequently wander into traffic, but fencing them in is no solution, that could cause starvation

[TheSqueezedLemon]

Climbing Turtles!?

Gentlemen I believe we are screwed.

[95SkullyMr]

400 thousand to save turtles.. Am I the ONLY one to see something wrong here?!?!!

[Dan00bindahouse]

@95SkullyMr - BUT SKULLY.

They're a VALUABLE part of the ecosyyysssteeeemmm!!!

...And that's the exact type of person I wanna see a tree fall on one of these days. :D

[PHotakuful]

@editte5569 Not everyone can resist him. Not even the turtles

[editte5569]

.-. Spain... lol.... pleasedon'thurtmenonhetaliafan­s...

[Bagrah10]

No one will ever watch this seriously again.

"I don't know if a snake can go over a fence or not"

"Or if a beleagured manatee can swim underneath a yaught!"

[headstrong440]

listening to this all i can hear is the song haha

[Froleyboy]

This makes you feel good about where our tax dollars go to.

[LadyWhoLikesCheese]

@Froleyboy I KNOW RIGHT? jeez. "turtle fence" sounds awesome but not if they're spending all that money on it

[gryffinator2011]

Anyone ever see a climbing turtle?

[UniteForgetLeftRight]

@gryffinator2011 actually there are some species that can climb up steep rocky waterfalls but that doesnt matter the point is this project was probably more harmful to wildlife than the road they fenced in

[TheBardsBird]

I'm glad that 400,000 dollars went to good use!

[BagTheMEAT]

He would make a good president... slightly comical.

[user58346]

Is this what we're paying those goofs for? I want my money back! I haven't seen ANY turtle fences near where I live!

[xf62t]

1:20 ...he were like .. hah ouh you where serius?!

[TheCarlitomagnito]

that guy kind of looks like a turtle

[baseballgirl1313]

Don't you just love congress? XD

[BeyondSight]

fucking idiots, the fence is meant as environmental protection and it serves it's purpose.

[DragonBallZKai5YTPs]

Why Did The Chicken Cross The Road?

It Didn't. BECAUSE OF THE CHICKEN FENCE!

[kangaroopsycho]

FAIL!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ironhopes1]

Wait, why would you relate this to Health Care?

[micahsky92]

peace loving turtles being drivin to suicide =(

[hughsdon113]

God damn it man your making all of Michigan look bad right now!

[shrek740]

"all rise for the guitar of liberty" lol

[Loden123]

always nice to know what the people in charge are doing xD

[omgitsWN]

What was the point of this speech? lol.

[beesly01]

@omgitsWN he was wondering why 318k of federal money was used on a fence to protect turtles instead of actually improving the road. The turtles were becomming roadkill as they migrate

[ZBIOTICS]

Turtle overpass

[nickaejordan]

In Sociology we call this an emergent property, ie: the unintended consequences of action. While it is obviously a laudable goal to ensure every American has health care, it is impossible for bureaucrats to understand how to accomplish this.

[Traitos]

"The more I drink the more Congress is making sense..."

[MissBobLoblaw1]

nice analogy, guy. NICE.

[ntaylor97]

He actually has a good point..

[rugbyrocks220]

probably so expensive due to the lack of cheap polish labour that we have in britain... ;)

[jk3592]

You "SHELL" build a turtle fence!!! Get it? "SHELL"

[Minut3m4nIII]

@jk3592 boooooo

[averyfatsnail12]

@jk3592 BADOOM chhhhh!

[CitrusLily10]

Yeah I litterally thought at first it was a fence made of turtles when I heard the song.

[KrystsavedMe]

Howw? it was three feet high

[KairiYajuuBckUp]

The more I drink, the more this congress is making sense.

[Miir164]

i hate those climbing turtles always running amok

[Meirenee107]

I imagined a fence made out of turtles...

[happyspandex]

Keep illegal turtles OUT of our borders! Build the fence!

[hallelujah59]

Spend 400.000 dollars on building 3 feet high fences?

I don't see how that could be so expensive, ever if they placed fences around a big area o.o

[GingerGarlicOnion]

this dude sounds dumber and dumber and dumber, its like this you dumb rich bastard, the turtles walked around that bitch

[hotrod1318]

If turtles are becoming doctors we need a defense.

[eliteZman]

skip to 0:30

[TheLuisstriker]

my brain says no but my body says sing boy sing like youve never sang before in your life

[gambit7775]

Thumbs if Autotune the News sent you here. and by the way, Can a beleaguered manatee swim underneath a yacht?

[HotBroodish]

the people of michigan have totally fucked up their turtles lives.

[ArcticFoxKit]

"But one that drives peace loving turtles to suicide..."

I'm surprised that didn't make it into the song somewhere. 

[saraiva7e]

People who dont know why he's talking about turlte fences clearly havn't seen the whole video or are to stupid to understand his point....

but it does sound a lot better autotuned

[DAN5675able]

schmoyoho

[MasterOfTheXP]

It costs $400,000 to build this turtle fence...for 12 seconds.

[Mixq14]

Everyday 100 turtles are ran over on the highway. No really I am telling the truth

[Strongbadhomestar1]

Wtc! This is the money they spend taxes on...

[PatPat97returns]

When he said that he did not know if a snake could climb over a fence or not, I was looking for a guy to say "or if a beleugard manatee can swim underneath a yacht".

[HooNCarolina]

11 people are turtles hit on a highway

[bbc1531]

This makes me want to watch C-SPAN!

[bbc1531]

'The more I drink, the more this congress is making sense'

[Boomerangutan]

so this is what happens in congress

[suchasmango]

I like turtles.

[ComplexAssassin]

"We need a snake fence in Arizona."

"Well... uh... yeah... turtles... I don't if snakes can climb fences or not, but in Michigan this fence is turtle proof!"

[panphobia1992]

TURTLES FUCK YEAH!!!!

[tuberculin]

3:15 - "People say, Pete, why do you bring this up in the context of health care?" My thoughts exactly...

[chairmanblb]

Turtles that were climbing turtles, couldn't climb over the turtle fence.

WHY?

It was turtle proof.

HOW?

It was three feet high.

[headstrong440]

@chairmanblb my favorite line haha

[Sleepwalkir]

Studies now show only turtles on land are at risk of being hit by cars. Thus, liberals have designed an enhanced version of turtle fence designed to hold them underwater.

[Magicion88]

How do we defend ourselves?

YOU SHALL BUILD A TURTLE FENCE!

[chees2194]

it sounds better autotuned...

[yanmure101]

LOL @ HEALTH CARE IN THE TOP LEFT HAND CORNER.

[YuJays]

being from the UK, could some one please drive down this highway and record the turtle fence.. a TURTLE Fence is MINDBLOWING!

[Choupipo]

Worst orator ever.

[Coldmystery]

Though I get his point, his story was too damn long to relate it.

[staybrutal94]

"the more I drink the more this congress's making sense"

[videogamenostalgia]

We should build turtle fences on every road in the world- even in countries that don't have turtles. You can never have too much turtle fence...

[LastPhyrexian]

I LIKE TURTLES

[Faboba]

But if this guy has a point then there are two conclusions any sane person would draw; either the controls on how the money is spent should be tighter (an odd thing for a states-rights Republican to be advocating) or you say 'okay, turtle fences will occasionally be built - but that's why we're a democracy, to kick the loons out of office'. That people use money on foolish things which aren't intended isn't a reason not to make the money available for the purposes it IS intended.

[ebteam96]

I don't if a snake can go over a fence or not

Or if a manatee can swim underneath a yacht

[Appolom64]

The more I drink the more this congress is makin sense.

[MasterOfTheXP]

It costs $400,000 to build a turtle fence for 12 seconds.

[TheJoshMuse]

Turtles rock

[bohughes12]

you shall build a turtle fence

[Kampfy90]

All in favor of a turtle bridge say aye

[eastwood1010]

if turtles are becoming doctors we need a defense!

[timmy0115]

Solution to turtles needing to cross over highway.... TURTLE BRIDGE!

[skull4y]

11 people hit turtles on the highway

[wolfman1000000]

i never thought i would hear turtle and fence used in the same sentence.

[vTheDarknessv]

"A turtle fence is to keep turtles from crossing the highway. =)"

"We need a rattlesnake fence in arizona...."

" NO *srs'd* "

[Sligo1219]

i can't believe he said "you shall build a turtle fence" three times.

[TheGirlWithNerdGlasz]

I thought for the schmoyoho video they made "internal defense" into turtle fence or something.

But wow, they have nothing to do but actually talk about turtle fences.

[VentusxBBSxSpero]

Lol Maybe immigrant turtles?

[EuphoriaMusicSession]

"We need a rattlesnake fence in Arizona!" :)

"haha.. k..... no."

[soupalex]

I dunno, despite its inherent flaws, the turtle fence could work. Either all of the non-turtle fenced-turtles get run over, leaving only turtle-fenced turtles, or you build a turtle fence around every turtle.

[HashSl1ng1ngSlasher]

@soupalex wait... the government. They'll probably fence in all the turtles.

[CHARLESOFBYRD]

The turtles that were climbing turtles couldn't climb over the turtle fence.

Why?

It is turtle proof.

How?

It is 3 feet high.



[TheRexisFern]

These turtles are crafty. The flying turtles drop the non-flying turtles in the road. Clever devils!

[GleeGirlForever]

wow. this guy has no better topic about which to talk, so he goes with turtle fence. wtf?!

[MOJOMCMAN]

thumbs if schmoyoho made you want to watch this

[NozomuandOni]

I live in Michigan and I have never seen a Turtle on the road........ Or a turtle fence o.O

[eeeen321]

@NozomuandOni lol..... that was awesome.

[whatwayzup]

@NozomuandOni Have you ever seen a beleaguered manatee swim underneath a yacht?

[NozomuandOni]

@whatwayzup No, I'll admit, but I don't really go boating a lot becuase our family owns no boat.

[PKsDancingGIrl]

You shall build that turtle fence, Michigan. Those turtles that were climbing turtles couldn't climb over the turtle fence... Gregory Bros FTW.

[PKsDancingGIrl]

You shall build that turtle fence, Michigan.

[history32jr]

Hell yeah West Virginia!

[codecxbox]

All until a REAL President, who hopefully understands what globalization really means will break a hole through the fence and let free trading between countries. And let me tell you this. If Mexico flings a 10M illegals over here, lets fling 30M USAers over there, let them taste the same goat piss too.

[codecxbox]

biased media so USAers wouldn't be able to see other countries rate of progress. Then while those outside the fence have as much freedom as they want, we are have only so little to move about, raising families in confined and lousy living spaces, getting squashed by BS Bush economic reforms that only serve the rich, whom apparently learned to climb over the fence.

[codecxbox]

This was it was meant to be> The same thing thing is going to happen to the USA. There is going to be a time when US residents wont be able to get out to migrate to other countries because of bullshit Homeland Security laws. Those who are outside the USA fence will be progressing quite nicely , as it happens to be in South America, where actually health care is much better and almost free. So we turtles who the federal gov. in their infinite wisdom decided to set up turtle fences like very

[Jvstm]

Eleven people have climbing turtles.

[DustyChica25]

"I don't know if a snake can go over a fence or not . . ."

Or if a beleaguered manatee can swim underneath a yacht! :D

[karlremembers]

the more i drink the more this congress is making sense

[cccwarrior81]

Republicans make the weirdest comparisons... I could never even try comparing a turtle fence to health care. But hey, somebody's got to do it!

[slamer2000]

@cccwarrior81 HAHAHAHA!!!

[TheSuperAwesomepants]

I like turtles:)

[DwydAshquin]

Republicans: 1. Logic: 0.

[tomfewchuk]

what on earth is he talking about?!

[samurbancode]

@tomfewchuk He's creating an elaborate metaphor. So elaborate it would the most hermeneutically sharpened mind.

[Awats82]

For all of you who said how were spending money on pointless things like turtle fences, that's the point of this guy's whole speech!!

[NBA2K11Videos]

Thumbs Up if you sang the song while listening.. ; ]

[4everJalice]

*manage

[4everJalice]

Those turtles that were climbing turtles couldn't climb over the turtle fence!

Why?

It was turtle proof!

How?

It was three feet high!

The same thing is going to happen to health care.

Wait...so healthcare is going to become turtle proof and three feet high? How are ya gonna mange that?

[marquetterocks1]

Hey, Hoekstra, if it's going to get all F'd up, write the F'ing laws to fix it. You F'ing tool

[marquetterocks1]

This is one of the many idiots that MI has sent to washington. Our rep from the 1st district is an even bigger idiot Yooper.

[Mrluigifan]

the more i drink the more this congress is making sense

[LeonNLK]

Oh, I get it now.

But wait.

Can a beleaguered manatee swim underneath a yacht?

[chrisreid1]

I don't know if a Snake can go over a fence or not!

[MistaVista1]

Healthcare...turtles...yes...

[MistaVista1]

The fuck is he talking about?...

[JJustKKidding95]

He almost called turtles people! This man is having a love affair with a reptile.

[TheAmazingSatirist]

I'd like to see the original 'Beleaguered Manatee can swim underneath a Yacht' speech.

[jjsjeffjjsjeff]

I wonder what projects they got earmarks for that are total crap?

[ratsforrcandyyy]

"We don't have many turtles."

"Well in Michigan, we got quite a few."

=]]

[CCSKAOT]

We need a rattlesnake fence...

[PoorWhiteDevil]

fucking turtle fence.... I'm glad I don't pay taxes

[shikonjewel2006]

His ramble goes on a bit too much XD We get it, turtle fence = pointless money being spent when they could have done better things, health care would end up the same.

[yourkomradejames]

A turtle fence is exactly what you would think it is!

[RSKirby1]

@yourkomradejames A turtle fence keeps turtles from getting hit by CARS.

[ilikesandwichs]

he drives a truck!

[freestylefurby]

1:28 .... "Or if a beleaguered manatee can swim underneath a yacht"

[ironlung2004]

i heard "turtle" like 28 times in this 4 min video

[edcasabonne]

I wonder if this guy knows he was the reason for the song? LOL.. it's no wonder that he wants to save turtle, he's part turtle himself!

[Gnahtte]

What....is he talking about?

[poetaviolinista]

... football. Football. Football.

[grayfox311]

driving peace loving turtle's to suicide was the best he could think of when it came to our health care.....

[bleachfreak08]

he looks like a turte

[LiliClapton]

it was three feet high!

[mmaaat123]

This guy is my hero

[melancholymedia]

The turtles that were climbing turtles couldn't get over the turtle fence! XD xxx

[Lupinne]

@melancholymedia Why? :D

[WickedJakyoku]

@Lupinne It was turtle proof.

[Lupinne]

@WickedJakyoku How?

[WickedJakyoku]

@Lupinne It was three feet high.

[melancholymedia]

@WickedJakyoku The same thing is gonna happen to healthcare! :D xxx

[LittleMissMia123]

Haha I saw the auto-tune song b4 I saw this so now I'm comparing it to that instead of vice versa xD lol TURTLE FENCE FTW!!!!!

[FarrellMusic]

I honestly do not understand his turtle story analogy, but oh well. At least we got a funny song out of it.

[viper6699]

@FarrellMusic

The more you drink the more he will make sense.. -_-

[mylesgray11]

Turtle Fence FTW!

[deadrisinglord]

Oh my god i think i gett doumer az me listen 2 it more ahh me get stupider

[sweetnugggz]

@deadrisinglord You forgot the period after the sentence ended.