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Senator McConnell (R-KY): Obama speech proof 'era of liberalism is back'
Beau Biden hopes his dad considers 2016 presidential run
edited 22nd Jan '13 5:06:24 PM by DeviantBraeburn
Everything is Possible. But some things are more Probable than others. JEBAGEDDON 2016Most of the resistance to the pipeline is happening in Nebraska. Texas and Oklahoma have been ignored, either the transgressions against people's private property, or simply not airing it at all in any manner. This is Texas though, and Big Oil has a huge grip on the state. UGH.
I still don't see any facts about the pipeline adding as nearly as many jobs as Trans Canada would like us to believe.
The Pipeline doesn't add many jobs, and if there are, they'll only be temporary. Along with the illegal demolition of civilian property, it's in danger of contaminating the water all around Texas and Oklahoma (noo, OKC!).
More states will face that issue if/when the northern half of the pipeline is approved and constructed.
edited 22nd Jan '13 5:20:41 PM by Serocco
In RWBY, every girl is Best Girl.Joe Biden undecided on 2016 White House run
Senator Rand Paul (R-KY): House leaders ‘retreated’ on debt ceiling
Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton calls for lower sales tax rate, higher tax rates for wealthy
John McCain jokes about 'waterboarding' John Kerry
Lautenberg's measure for magazine ban is kind of idiotic, since it's not going to do anything meaningful. "Doing something doesn't mean it's doing something good" is the right sentiment. Again, it's superficial "feelgood" legislation.
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Eh, it's a joke. Nothing to get your feathers ruffled over.
edited 22nd Jan '13 6:15:33 PM by DevilTakeMe
Glove and Boots is good for Blog!Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL): Roe vs. Wade was blatant judicial activism
edited 22nd Jan '13 6:50:40 PM by DeviantBraeburn
Everything is Possible. But some things are more Probable than others. JEBAGEDDON 2016The Second Amendment calls for a "well-regulated militia" in the event of a government crackdown or a revolution. It is not calling for citizens to arm themselves for everyday security - only that a militia should be formed and regulated so it protects the citizenry in a revolution or invasion.
Since the shooters murder fellow citizens, I suggest banning the types of guns used in those shootings. Arrest and incarcerate the buyers, dealers and makers of those same guns post-massacre.
And passing anti-abortion laws in spite of Roe v. Wade isn't political activism, Rubio, which you're ultimately implying the same for judicial activism?
edited 22nd Jan '13 7:14:32 PM by Serocco
In RWBY, every girl is Best Girl.Yeah...he actually has a good argument regarding judicial activism.
But of course, being a Tea Party boy, he ditched the argument for a useless rhetoric-filled diatribe about the ethics of abortion .
@Serocco: "The right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed" seems pretty unambiguous to me.
edited 22nd Jan '13 6:55:53 PM by Ultrayellow
Except for 4/1/2011. That day lingers in my memory like...metaphor here...I should go.Serocco, Judicial Activism is a "thing." Know what it means. I mean, I agree that Rubio is talking out of his ass, but that retort is kind of ignorant.
Judicial activism is "legislating from the bench." That is, ruling in a certain way that a law is unconstitutional not because it is by a reasonable interpretation of the constitutional, but because the ruling fulfills some kind of goal.
Whereas legislators passing anti-abortion laws is activism, but that's what legislators are supposed to do: pass legislation. Of course, you can argue against punitive regulation (that is, regulations intended to punish), and there's good call to argue against those punitive regulations.
At this point a total ban on guns would serve no purpose but to legitimize the NRA's paranoid ranting. And I'd rather not let them gain credibility after all the bullshit they've spouted. Bans on assault rifles and high capacity magazines make a certain amount of sense. Banning everything does not. Not to mention that arresting MANUFACTURERS AND SALESMEN FOR CRIMES THEY DIDN'T COMMIT IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL AND ALSO AN ASSHOLE THING TO DO. Keep in mind; we are not allowed to arrest people retroactively for committing an act that wasn't a crime at the time they were doing it. Plus, those people were trying to earn a living and feed their families.
Not to mention the prisons are already filled to the brim for bullshit reasons, and you just mentioned another bullshit reason. We DO NOT need to be adding to the prison population.
And going through and finding all these now illegal guns is going to be prohibitively expensive in terms of time and money.

Whatever you do, don't read the comments on that article.
I WARNED YOU
...anyway. I do like what is proposed in that article: the reporter has reason to expect that he would not really change how it worked, just stop it from being applied in certain cituations. Like stoping it from interfearing with motions to move onto the next piece of buisness Congress needs to tackle.
Filibusters are one way the Minority can have influence the Majority and should not be completely taken away. But I don't mind if they are stopped from interfearing with the buisness Congress is supposed to be handling.
edited 22nd Jan '13 4:52:25 PM by Belian
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