Posted on 02/22/2005 11:52:58 AM PST by freedomdefender
Have never heard of her.
Of course... (most articulate voice for limited government and individual freedom.) is all I need to know.
Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible.
-CA Justice Janice Rogers Brown
We no longer find slavery abhorrent. We embrace it. We demand more. Big government is not just the opiate of the masses. It is the opiate. The drug of choice for multinational corporations and single moms; for regulated industries and rugged Midwestern farmers and militant senior citizens.
- CA Justice Janice Rogers Brown
so - we should continue to allow these dirty tricks take our power away NOW - which could go a long way to assure we stay in power and to save the Constitution - rather than use our hard-won majority rights, because someday, years to come, we may want to stoop to using their dirty tricks?
hmmm, forgot to teach that principle to my kids
"it would not be wise to implement the nuclear option. we have to be realistic. there is a chance that republicans wont hold power for the rest of the history of the country. remember that."
so - we should continue to allow these dirty tricks take our power away NOW - which could go a long way to assure we stay in power and to save the Constitution - rather than use our hard-won majority rights, because someday, years to come, we may want to stoop to using their dirty tricks? hmmm, forgot to teach that principle to my kids (me sorry)
I'm not sure the 'Rats can get 41 votes to stop her, but if they can, then break out the nukes.
I don't think they have the votes to stop Brown.
"I'll bet you're one of those people who thinks we shouldn't have said bad things about the Russians either. Or that we shouldn't kill terrorists because there are more of them out there. "
yeah screw you buddy. yeah im everything you just said. i expect intelligent debate on this forum. i offered my opinion and i expect to get intelligent responses in return in which i have mostly on this thread. then you sit there and preach to me about appeasement? you dont know anything about me pal. i dont expect to be talked to like a child and i dont think anyone here does for stating a simple opinion in which you disagree with. go back to doing your 8th grade algebra kid.
Can we clear something up? The Democrats initiated the nuclear option already by filibustering judges. A rule change is not a nuclear option by any stretch--it's a Senate rule, big deal. The Democrats had no problem tinkering with the rules when they were in charge. There is no sanctity here--Senate rules of conduct aren't mentioned anywhere in the Constitution.
Just change the rule and appoint these judges already.
Love the irony. By the way, that key on your keyboard that says "Shift" makes capital letters. Most of us begin our sentences with them. You should check it out. It really enhances others' opinions of what you write.
You spew this childish venom and then tell me to grow up? Maybe you should try practicing this a little before you try to post with the big kids.
Your "opinion" was a textbook example of appeasement. Maybe we shouldn't be mean to the poor, poor Democrats because they might pay us back later. In the mean time, we give them everything they want and if or when they happen to get back in power, they pay us back anyway. That's the way appeasement works. You operate from a position of weakness, your opponent knows it, you lose.
If you don't want responses or you suspect you might be made unhappy by any responses you might get, your best course would be to avoid posting.
Will someone please explain what the nuclear option is?
It is always talked about here like everyone knows what this entails, but I don't know what this means.
bttt
The Republicans will never "go nuclear." They haven't the moral courage. McCain has just announced that he will vote with Democrats on any changing of the rules.
Republicans love the absence of harsh conflict more than they love pro-life and pro-family nominees, if you ask me.
It won't matter - the Republicans would never dream of filibustering a Democrat nominee. Even if it means pro-abortion, anti-family, pro-international law judges that offer decisions that destroy constitutional governance for the next twenty years.
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