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DeviantBraeburn Wandering Jew from Dysfunctional California Since: Aug, 2012
Wandering Jew
#47376: Jan 16th 2013 at 7:25:43 PM

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Well that's what happens when you let evil wizards run federal departments.

Michigan governor Snyder calls for $1 billion per year to fix roads

edited 16th Jan '13 7:34:36 PM by DeviantBraeburn

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AceofSpades Since: Apr, 2009 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
#47377: Jan 16th 2013 at 7:31:25 PM

@Marq: I've already made it known how I feel about state legislators and the like trying to defy federal law and claiming they'll attempt to arrest federal agents for doing their job. The most reasonable was a sheriff who said he simply wouldn't enforce any new gun restrictions. Everyone else is going to try and arrest federal agents and if they actually do that they'll be laughed right out of a court and into a jail cell for trying that.

Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#47378: Jan 16th 2013 at 7:35:46 PM

Federal law does have supremacy in the United States, correct?

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
DeviantBraeburn Wandering Jew from Dysfunctional California Since: Aug, 2012
Wandering Jew
#47379: Jan 16th 2013 at 7:37:20 PM

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Unless there deemed unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.

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Trivialis Since: Oct, 2011
#47380: Jan 16th 2013 at 7:38:48 PM

There are limitations to federal law. It has to be in the scope that the federal government is authorized to act (enumerated powers), and the law has to be fair and uniform across the nation. The federal government can't create specific state laws.

Baff Since: Jul, 2011
#47382: Jan 16th 2013 at 7:44:56 PM

and thats were the whole clause of commerce controversy comes in.

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COME ON! you are filthy rich! and you push for copyrigh! buy the damn DVD! (unless its anime because I can understand the pain of unsucsefully looking for legally subbed versions of certain content).

But I am guessing the downloading was made by internts to which I say Meh...

edited 16th Jan '13 7:47:37 PM by Baff

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Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#47383: Jan 16th 2013 at 7:46:48 PM

[up][up]Thats not good if its coming from someone who has been pushing copyright/censorship measures... but its still pretty unimportant. There are bigger problems than a random Congressman screwing over iTunes.

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
TamH70 Since: Nov, 2011 Relationship Status: Faithful to 2D
#47384: Jan 16th 2013 at 7:49:14 PM

And here's cracked's take on the whole veep getting down with the kidz to talk about gamez and gunz issues.

http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-truth-about-guns-video-games/

Starting an article off by calling it "The Truth" is never a good sign, let me just say that much.

Ultrayellow Unchanging Avatar. Since: Dec, 2010
Unchanging Avatar.
#47385: Jan 16th 2013 at 7:49:55 PM

It's almost certainly interns...Congressmen are both busy and (more importantly) old.

Except for 4/1/2011. That day lingers in my memory like...metaphor here...I should go.
TheyCallMeTomu Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#47386: Jan 16th 2013 at 7:51:27 PM

Well, one of the things about the US is that we tend to like our realistic gun violence. I mean, you look at anime, there's ki blasts everywhere! In America, we find that kind of shit trite! Does this affect how people view violence? Eh, maybe? I'm not a psychologist. But the linked article just annoyed me, because it had a deliberately anti-scientific bent.

DeviantBraeburn Wandering Jew from Dysfunctional California Since: Aug, 2012
Wandering Jew
#47387: Jan 16th 2013 at 7:52:25 PM

House GOP release bill to reverse Obama’s pay raise for federal employees

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Baff Since: Jul, 2011
#47388: Jan 16th 2013 at 7:52:29 PM

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My mental image of that article was Bohener watching Dexter at his congressional office.

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No wonder public employees vote democrat. I am looking at you district of Columbia!

edited 16th Jan '13 7:53:10 PM by Baff

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Ultrayellow Unchanging Avatar. Since: Dec, 2010
Unchanging Avatar.
#47389: Jan 16th 2013 at 7:56:53 PM

@Tam: They do have a point. You can't blame it on games specifically, but American culture is clearly responsible for gun crimes.

Except for 4/1/2011. That day lingers in my memory like...metaphor here...I should go.
DeviantBraeburn Wandering Jew from Dysfunctional California Since: Aug, 2012
Wandering Jew
#47390: Jan 16th 2013 at 8:01:31 PM

Governor Christie: Congress 'A Little Late' With Sandy Aid

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Baff Since: Jul, 2011
#47391: Jan 16th 2013 at 8:02:54 PM

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Christie is a well fare queen! Look at him! He is clearly on food stamps!

I will always cherish the chance of a new beggining.
Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
#47394: Jan 16th 2013 at 8:40:59 PM

Please tell me Kansas isn't in debt right now otherwise his plan to cut taxes is one of the stupidest things ever.

AceofSpades Since: Apr, 2009 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
#47395: Jan 16th 2013 at 8:41:38 PM

What the fuck does Nugent even do? I heard he was some sort of musician, but he seems to spend most of his time calling women bitches and ranting about how the Obama administration is out to get him. He's a damned idiot who's pretty much fishing for reactions.

And of course the GOP wants to block a bill that increases public employee play. What would happen to their claim of governments can't create jobs if the government actually pays government employees reasonably well?

Baff Since: Jul, 2011
#47396: Jan 16th 2013 at 8:43:24 PM

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Going after the young daughters of a sitting president... not a good PR move.

Fox News understands this better than anyone.

I will always cherish the chance of a new beggining.
Trivialis Since: Oct, 2011
#47397: Jan 16th 2013 at 8:47:30 PM

Well, "government doesn't create jobs", in context, seems to mean that the government simply rehashes jobs rather than producing entirely new ones, and that's not the only option. They're jobs that can theoretically be in the private sector but are better managed by the government for other reasons.

AceofSpades Since: Apr, 2009 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
#47398: Jan 16th 2013 at 8:51:48 PM

The government can create jobs by doing things like hiring back all the postal workers they forced into being let go with that big shitfit over the postal service having to adhere to a draconian budget, hiring more teachers for schools all over the country (as well as actually giving them pay that's worth a damn), increasing government posts in various areas (decentralization such as the CDC being based in Atlanta), and increasing the infrastructure of public transportation, as well as hiring people to improve all infrastructure in general.

Several of these things would be permanent as well as something you'd have to keep hiring people for. Infrastructure doesn't stop needing to be repaired and improved.

DeviantBraeburn Wandering Jew from Dysfunctional California Since: Aug, 2012
Midgetsnowman Since: Jan, 2010
#47400: Jan 16th 2013 at 9:02:28 PM

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because, you know. Moving to texas and finding a home and job in texas is cheap as shit.

Oh wait. no it isnt.


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