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N.C. lawmaker hits wrong button, approves fracking
The Wall Street Journal ^
| Published July 04, 2012
| Staff
Posted on 07/04/2012 4:12:59 PM PDT by Puckster
A veteran state lawmaker in North Carolina says she pushed the wrong button late Monday night in a marathon legislative session and accidentally opened up the state to fracking.
Rep. Becky Carney, a five-term Democrat from Charlotte, burst into tears after mistakenly voting with Republicans to override Democratic Gov. Bev Perdue’s veto of the contentious legislation.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: sourcetitlenoturl; vanity
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To: alrea
Your what they say in Russia? Tuffsky, shitsky.
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posted on
07/04/2012 5:43:04 PM PDT
by
Parmy
To: Puckster
42
posted on
07/04/2012 6:00:40 PM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
(I can neither confirm or deny that; even if I could, I couldn't - it's classified.)
To: bossmechanic
Colorblind, and can’t read English?
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posted on
07/04/2012 6:01:56 PM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
(I can neither confirm or deny that; even if I could, I couldn't - it's classified.)
To: Puckster
Best laugh I’ve had in a long time. Tell me the good Lord doesn’t have a sense of humor! LOL
To: Puckster
Democrats are just soooo much smarter than the rest of us.
Just ask them.
/sarcasm
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posted on
07/04/2012 6:21:27 PM PDT
by
Iron Munro
(John Adams: 'Two ways to enslave a country. One is by the sword, the other is by debt')
To: stilloftyhenight
I wonder if a Homer “DOH!” could be heard at that moment?
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posted on
07/04/2012 6:35:35 PM PDT
by
Puckster
To: Puckster
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posted on
07/04/2012 7:01:12 PM PDT
by
freekitty
(Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
To: freekitty
Frackin up, as she did, was a frackin good mistake that totally fracked up the frackin “Green” movement on their frackin collective way to enslaving and eliminating all of us frackin useless eaters.
Frackin good times!
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posted on
07/04/2012 7:11:49 PM PDT
by
Puckster
To: Puckster
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posted on
07/04/2012 7:20:21 PM PDT
by
freekitty
(Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
To: Puckster
If she had a brain, she’d be dangerous.
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posted on
07/04/2012 7:23:16 PM PDT
by
smokingfrog
( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
To: freekitty
She might consider not even running again.
It will be hard to outlive this.
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posted on
07/04/2012 7:28:04 PM PDT
by
Puckster
To: Puckster
Lieutenant Starbuck approves.
To: yefragetuwrabrumuy
Some enviro group took back an award they gave her.
LOL
I personally think she took some $$$$$ because in January Beth Perdue is out of office and it passes then
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posted on
07/04/2012 8:23:16 PM PDT
by
scooby321
(h tones)
To: max americana
She burst into tears because she know there are people out there who will hurt her or her family over this.
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posted on
07/04/2012 8:24:53 PM PDT
by
DManA
To: Puckster
She probably thought voting RED meant voting WITH Republicans.
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posted on
07/04/2012 8:26:13 PM PDT
by
VeniVidiVici
(Congrats to Ted Kennedy! He's been sober for two years now!!)
To: Puckster
She was disappointed when she found it wasn’t a new type of sexual perversion she was approving.
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posted on
07/04/2012 8:26:37 PM PDT
by
A Strict Constructionist
(We're an Oligrachy...Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God. Thomas Jefferson)
To: bossmechanic
I hope that she is off the list as a Presidential candidate.
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posted on
07/04/2012 8:42:17 PM PDT
by
The Antiyuppie
("When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day.")
To: VeniVidiVici
“She probably thought voting RED meant voting WITH Republicans.”
Does that mean that she does NOT get the food pellet reward?
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posted on
07/04/2012 8:45:10 PM PDT
by
The Antiyuppie
("When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day.")
To: Puckster
I don’t buy it. We have a Democrat who knows the Democrat agenda is moronic but can’t acknowledge it to her family.
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posted on
07/04/2012 8:57:54 PM PDT
by
stevem
To: stevem
Either way............sweeeeeeeet!
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posted on
07/04/2012 9:07:40 PM PDT
by
Puckster
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