Posted on 05/11/2005 11:52:00 AM PDT by BMC1
ROLF! The Shining as an ethics lesson for the GOP!
Excellent. BTTT.
Good post!
Roger that!
House filibuster rules RUINED forever! Yet, the House seems to survive...
Sure, and we could go to pure democracy and majority rule. The Founders are spinning, as we are willing to undo the roadblocks they implemented to prevent the tyranny of majorities.
Thanks for the ping., fascinating!
Ditto. Here is a copy of the letter I sent to Mehlman;
Dear Mr. Mehlman,
With all due respect, most of us out here who are dedicated supporters of the GOP and, more importantly,a Conservative agenda, do not need to hear about the flaws of the opposition. Our voices were already heard loud and clear last November on that issue.
You have the nation’s support already. Now is the time for real and courageous leadership in The Senate.
As I told the gentleman from the GOP who called our home last evening, we are holding back our donations until we see decisive action taken, without compromise, in The Senate. Thus far, Majority Leader Frist has not shown these characteristics or the desire to do so.
Maybe you can read the attached link and pass it along to Senator Frist and others in the Senate leadership.
I look forward to seeing the results of a “Reed’s Rules” approach and will be glad to continue my financial support at that time.
...not only survive, but thrive, when compared to The Senate.
Hardly tyranny, considering we have a representative form of government who is not being allowed to represent us by merely voting (their primary responsibilty, BTW).
You support tyranny of the minority? In this case, they are tyrannical and a roadblock to representative government.
I think The Founders are looking for courageous leadership, just as they demonstrated.
Good letter. I have to agree with you too, it's hard to support the GOP Senate election committee when they are not supporting those of us who have worked so hard to get our side elected.
Colorado lost both the state senate and house last year and many of us are more than a little unhappy with that. The goal has to be more aggressive campaigning. It appears too many Republicans don't realize the Democrats are playing hard ball politics and we tend to stand there like deer in the headlights until we get run over.
Grady: Indeed he is, Mr. Torrance. A very willful boy. A rather naughty boy, if I may be so bold, sir.
Jack: It's his mother. She, uh, interferes.
Grady: Perhaps they need a good talking to, if you don't mind my saying so. Perhaps a bit more. My girls, sir, they didn't care for the Overlook at first. One of them actually stole a pack of matches, and tried to burn it down. But I corrected them sir. And when my wife tried to prevent me from doing my duty, I corrected her.
You scare me! Perhaps the Democrats just need their arms twisted a bit, and a good "talking to", and when that doesn't work, a serious spanking. Then "nuke" the bastards.
Why am I not surprised?
So what would a New Yawker be doing?
He'd probably be sitting there with a dictionary looking up "moon pie," "RC Cola," and "pole cat."
Or looking at the photos of his big "Texas Hunt" where he shot a cow instead of a deer.
When an angry Democrat stormed the Speaker’s podium, complaining, "What becomes of the rights of the minority?" Speaker Reed replied, "The right of the minority is to draw its salaries, and its function is to make a quorum."
The guy was a classic. He lost the Speakership over his opposition to the Span-Am war. David Henderson took over in 1899, followed by Uncle Joe Cannon in 1903. Cannon's parliamentary skills were no less than Reed's, and Cannon possessed an equally brilliant mind and biting wit.
The Republican insurgency 1909/1910 stripped Cannon of his hold on the Rules Committee. I'm not sure who were the RINOs of 1899, but in 1909 they were most definitely TR's clan, the progressives. (x, here's another example of the superfluity of TR: who in 1889 really gave a damn what the Civil Service Commissioner had to say about the Speaker of the House?)
Here's a Cannon classic. After having lost the 1912 election, he was asked how life was treating him as a normal citizen. He replied, "I’ve got to such a point that if I go through a week without being caricatured or lampooned or abused, I really miss it. I feel as if I must suddenly have lost my grip or done something I ought to be ashamed of."
What the heck do I know about pussycats?
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