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Posted on 11/05/2008 8:12:02 AM PST by greyfoxx39
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I think that would not last 10 minutes in a courtroom. I talked to some journalists and they were worried that the rock might roll back down hill on them.
The Fairness Doctrine made more sense for the Dems in the 1990’s before the web and email became really popular.
The Democrats in Congress, with their socialist autocrat chief excutive, have no need to be concerned about opinion poll numbers. They now have a completely free hand to wreak all the havoc they’ve been holding in reserve.
Will be exceedingly interesting . . . whether W will attack Iran sooner, now.
I don’t really think the legislating will make much difference.
Martial law is on tap on the near horizon.
The Constitution will be even MORE shredded/suspended.
Thank you.
I know in principle that a fight at every turn is a necessity.
I just doubt the Republicans in Congress will hear my one small voice.
How you doing today, greyfoxx? Are you in mourning weeds?
I understand the sentiment. But while the Republican Senators have, in theory, enough votes to defeat cloture motions, filibusters should be used sparingly, if at all. If they try to filibuster everything, they'll quickly have the RINOs bail on them. And, of course, they'd be viewed as sore losers and obstructionists by large portions of the population, to possibly even more disastrous effect in the 2010 elections.
Make no mistake: the GOP should be obstructionists on issues that matter. But some subtlety is required. They should keep their filibuster powder dry for major issues, such as the threatened loss of the secret ballot in union elections. If filibusters are used indiscriminately, they'll fail.
This Atlas has shrugged.
I have a business, 37 1/2 employees. I work 6 days a week. I am not going to work to pay for Obamatons.
Closing 12/31.
The only debate is when to tell my hands.
Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening
Whose woods these are I think I know.
His house is in the village though;
He will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with snow.
My little horse must think it queer
To stop without a farmhouse near
Between the woods and frozen lake
The darkest evening of the year.
He gives his harness bells a shake
To ask if there is some mistake.
The only other sound's the sweep
Of easy wind and downy flake.
The woods are lovely, dark and deep.
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.
sw
Thank you. The greatest generation entrusted this country to me, well actually the baby boomers but the next generations as well. I intend to respect and protect the gift they gave me.
Won't work since many republican members of the gang of 14 are still in office. It's going to have to be some extremely bad legislation or judge to get a filibuster with our RINO's in the senate.
My @ss. Republicans and conservatives are just fine as we are.
The problem is the corrupt, partial, news media who delivered the election to a potentially dangerous, inexperienced, unverified empty suit (if we're lucky) with a big mouth and a cold heart.
With a leftist judge that is more concerned about outcome than about the impartiality of the law? Sorry, I have little faith in the judiciary to do the right thing.
Tuesday, July 30, 2002 The civil rights community wants Peter Kirsanow's head. Kirsanow, an ultraconservative African-American lawyer with a clean-shaven pate and a waxed mustache, could be Ward Connerly's evil twin. That is, if Connerly had a distinguishable good side and a bit more mustache wax. But Kirsanow is his own man. Except that he got a major push from George Bush to be the president's right-wing hammer on the U.S. Civil Rights Commission. Bush's pet commissioner, therefore, can be considered somewhat of a White House mouthpiece on civil rights issues. So you can understand why the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights and the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee are calling for Kirsanow's resignation after remarks he made July 19 at a commission hearing in Detroit. Speaking on homeland security and the administration's call for tougher measures, Kirsanow did not beat around the bush. "If there's another terrorist attack, and if it's from a certain ethnic community or certain ethnicities that the terrorists are from, you can forget civil rights in this country," said Kirsanow. Heard enough? There's more. "Not too many people will be crying in their beer if there are more detentions, more stops and more profiling," said Kirsanow.
I thought something was odd about this election. Then it hit me. I remembered what the UN said when Oboma declared his run for the presidency. It answered all my questions.
Oboma was untouchable - but why? Why wasn't he given an anal probe like every other candidate throughout American history? Then it hit me. Oboma won as soon as he started running. He was the right color at the right time. Anti-American nations around the world were watching to see how America would treat the black guy. The UN even sent over election watchers hoping to find some kind of racism or "human rights violation. "
Thar's why the press was absent. If Oboma were white, the pro-Hillary press would have torn him to shreds like any other candidate right from the start. Instead, they backed away.
That's why there was so much left wing lawlessness, and no one dared to stop it. They knew no one would dare stand in the way of the black guy - the American hating nations of the world were watching for a crumb, a sprinkle of racism to use against us. The left knew the UN was watching their backs.
Money from around the world was rolling in for Oboma, and the left could do, say, and buy anything they wanted - no one dared stop them. We'd be a "racist" country if we did.
So, now we have 4 years ahead of us from a guy with no past, no policy, and no experience. After the 4 years are up, race can no longer be used against us. The black guy won in a landslide, and that trick will never work again. America has passed the race test. Oboma was placed into the presidency not because of his character (no one knows what it is), not because of his past (no one knows what it is), not because of his policies (no one knows what they are), but because of the color of his skin.
Yes, people "voted", but they were voting in the moment. No one knows what they were voting for, though. Millions in campaign cash can buy a lot of favors and propaganda. To ask questions - any questions - would have been considered racist.
What I meant to say was Democrat rules changes may well do away with the filibuster, agreeing with you. Somehow it was never included in the post.
the dems better be carefull that knife can slice both ways
If Oboma were white, he wouldn't have made it to first base during the primaries. He'd have gotten his anal probe just like any other candidate. But, because no one wanted the world to think we were racist, he was carried gently into the oval office.
To paraphrase Mother Theresa, "we're not obligated to win, but to fight."
Ditto on the all black.
Barrack Obama hates you. Obama's Administration will hate you. And a substantial majority of Congress will, as well. Well, maybe not you personally, but people like you. People who have succeeded, people who have money and material possessions. They'll be coming after you, and you'd best realize it, and realize it fast. "The rich" will see their taxes raised to confiscatory levels. A new era of unionization and government regulation is at hand. Cradle-to-grave socialism is on the way. Affirmative action will be redoubled. Any thoughts of a border fence have gone *poof* -- undocumented aliens will not only be welcomed, they'll be given drivers' licenses and tuition-free admission to community and state colleges.
Internationally speaking, we'll be the new France.
I would suggest curling up into a fetal position, but fetuses especially are now in danger.
There are limited defensive measures available, but here are some thoughts:
View this as an opportunity to do a thorough house-cleaning of the Republican Party. For the first time since 1954(!) there will be neither a Bush nor a Dole in Congress or the White House. Not that the late Senator Prescott Bush (R-CT) bears the blame for the current mess. But the Party, once it got into power in both houses of Congress as well as the White House, completely and utterly lost its way. In spending, the GOP made LBJ's Great Society spending seem stingy. A blogger on National Review Online correctly noted that the architect of the McCain-Feingold campaign finance law was hoist on his own petard. The mad rush -- expected of the Democrats but not of Republicans -- to afford everyone, regardless of creditworthiness, initiative, responsibility, or common sense the "right" to own a house proved to be a disaster. In these areas and in many others, the GOP has earned its new name: the Stupid Party. Time for new leadership. Our next Presidential candidate? Palin? Maybe, but I'm lukewarm. Jindal? Better. Burr? Worth a look. I'd ditch the House Minority leadership, and go younger there, too. The Senate situation is almost too depressing to comment on, so I won't.
On a more personal level, I'll be selling domestic stocks into any rallies, except gold stocks. And I'll redouble conversations with financial advisors on near-cash instruments, foreign stocks, and most of all tax planning. Since taxes on "the rich" will skyrocket, and since there will be massive transfers of wealth to "the needy" (after the bureaucracy takes a healthy cut), I deem myself free, for now at least, of any moral imperative to make charitable contributions. I have been fairly generous in the past, and even in the current rough year, with donations to my alma maters, to a couple of diseases, and to the Salvation Army. That ends today. Not one more dime. Why should I, now that I'll be doling out big bucks via taxes for meals on wheels and the like?
Hunker down, boys. The wolf is at the door, both financially and ideologically.
I agree with you completely. McCain blew it on the bailout. Another example of his being Conservative Lite.
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