No one deserved it more....well, lately.
Posted on 11/29/2010 11:27:09 AM PST by Dan Nunn
Governor Rendell sounded resigned and reflective, when he defended three vetoes during a conference call this morning. When a reporter asked how the Democrat felt about having to veto a measure expanding the right to deadly self-defense, instead of being able to sign one of the gun control bills he fought so hard for during his tenure, Rendell called his anti-gun violence efforts “an abject failure.”
Rendell held scores of press conferences focused on bringing attention to a bill requiring gun owners to report lost or stolen weapons to the police. Last year, he stacked assault weapons on a table in the governor’s reception room to try and illustrate his point. This morning, he blamed NRA opposition for the bill’s failure to reach a floor vote in either chamber. “When we couldn’t get those bastions of valor to even vote that, because the NRA opposed it, there’s not a lot of hope.” Rendell said he isn’t optimistic about any gun control measures passing next year, when Republicans control the House, Senate and governor’s office.
Someone asked whether his veto is just stalling the “Castle Doctrine” bill's inevitable passage next year. “I just don’t know. We’ll see,” Rendell said. “And look – I can only do what I believe is right. I can’t take care of the future. I’m not going to be a factor in it. I did what I believe was right.” Rendell argued the Senate’s packaging of the gun language into a popular bill strengthening Megan’s Law provisions made lawmakers more inclined to vote for the measure, failing to note standalone “Castle Doctrine” legislation passed the House on a 159-38 vote in October.
Rendell also justified his veto of a measure expanding firefighters’ ability to file workers’ compensation claims for cancer caused by exposure to chemicals on the job. He argued the bill’s language put an unfair burden on municipalities by assuming cancer was caused by firefighting, unless lawyers could prove otherwise. “For things like, as I said in my veto message, prostate cancer or brain cancer, there is no evidence whatsoever – scientific evidence – that anything you do, any of your activities, can promote those. And those are perhaps exclusively genetic. But there’s no scientific link. It would have been absolutely impossible to prove.”
He warned the bill would lead to skyrocketing insurance costs, and would force local governments to cut services or raise taxes. Union leaders oppose the veto, but Rendell argued he pushed for a compromise bill expanding firefighters’ ability to file for claims, but on a more limited scale that offered more legal protection for municipalities. The bill passed the House on a unanimous vote, and just four senators voted against it.
No one deserved it more....well, lately.
Hey, watch it bub, that one's a little too close to this home. lol.
Yep! no more of her calling FReepers a-holes, stupid and the f-word, not to mention the 5’1 inch, (his own pictures on his site....nothing wrong with being 5’1 but darn it..settle the heck down and don’t play the big guy thing...my goodness young’n), little man’s comments on FReep mail I recieved. Also, fellow FReepers have spoken/shared to me on their FReep mail on how they were spoken to also by this young’n. Why do these kids act/speak like this? I just do not get it.
Well, ya lost me on that’Toad!!.....(’course not the first time my old butt has been confused!)
“toady” ... “codetoad”. haha
okay! gotcha! my mistake......but tonight is one hell of a night! I have been waiting 5 years or so to see this muslim C.A.I.R lover booted off of here. We all make ill statements, sometimes, myself included.....but this kid was consistent in his vile speak towards FR’s members!
Just goes to show that longevity and sign up date means nothing by itself. In fact, sometimes longevity is a bad thing. Over a period of 10-11 years, many things change. Lots of time to be swayed by a new liberal wife, husband, child or friends. Past posts are the key.
You are a lying sack of zhyt.
FR did NOT support chuckles scummer.
And you had NO PROOF when you said it before.
So, so long 2.5, don’t come back.
We hardly knew ye.
...and screw the Democrat loving NRA, cancelled my membership.
I canceled my membership some time ago. Yet I received a robo-call on my cell phone just before the election, and a solicitation for insurance or some such just a month ago. I called and gave them holy hell over the phone call, and again over the solicitation (written as if I was still a member). They replied that my name was still on some database. Supposedly, it's now fixed...
Judging by this one's demeanor, I expect them to be back. If they can't take the hint Jim gave on the 28th, they're not smart enough to leave us alone.
When’s the last time somebody got ZOTted after being around that long?
In January we get a Republican governor. I’m hoping we can get a bunch of pro-gun legislation passed now, first Castle Doctrine, then Stand Your Ground. I wouldn’t mind Vermont Carry, just to make Libs heads explode.
Zotted with extreme prejudice!! .480 Ruger style!
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