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Democrats Win on Federalized Airport Workers
NewsMax.com ^
| Thursday, Nov. 15, 2001
| NewsMax.com Wires and NewsMax.com
Posted on 11/16/2001 1:19:03 PM PST by Cacophonous
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Well, the "Party of Small Government" has done it again. I wonder of the GOP ever tires of castrating itself.
To: Cacophonous
Looks like Trent Lott and the other spineless GOP have fumbled another one.
To: Cacophonous
There are so few spines in the entire GOP that it's laughable. Grand Old Patsies.
MM
To: Cacophonous
"I wonder of the GOP ever tires of castrating itself." Apparently not.
To: Cacophonous
We can always count on congress to be completely useless.
The terrorists knew what they were doing when they missed their chance to catch congress in session and hit more important targets instead. They left us hamstringed, and open for further terrorism at the hands of our own home-grown nest of congress-snakes.
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11/16/2001 1:19:04 PM PST
by
piasa
To: Cacophonous
YEAH !!!!!!
Airports will now run as efficiently and effectivly as your local DMV.
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posted on
11/16/2001 1:19:04 PM PST
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michaelje
To: Cacophonous
Fearing they might have to work over Thanksgiving, congressional negotiators Thursday reached a "compromise"... "It's a victory for both sides" insisted Senate Minority Leader Trent Lott, R-Miss. He called it a "good agreement" that has the support of the White House.Enjoy your freaking turkey, you spineless bitch.
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11/16/2001 1:19:04 PM PST
by
mvscal
To: NC Conservative
It makes one wonder if they fumbled it or spiked it...I mean, c'mon, no one could be that spineless all the time, or that unlucky, or that bad a negotiator.
To: NC Conservative
That's TRAITOR LOTT - he gave Henry Hyde the Byrd and he's been sticking it to us ever since ... don't ever forget it.
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11/16/2001 1:19:04 PM PST
by
Steven W.
To: Cacophonous
Police state airports, ever deal with the government.
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posted on
11/16/2001 1:19:04 PM PST
by
mbb bill
To: Cacophonous
The first eight words of this story explain the outcome.
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posted on
11/16/2001 1:19:04 PM PST
by
3AngelaD
To: Cacophonous
I wonder of the GOP ever tires of castrating itself.Castration would imply that they actually had balls to remove in the first place.
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posted on
11/16/2001 1:19:04 PM PST
by
mvscal
To: Cacophonous
Spineless Lott and the others are only good at voting to raise their own salaries; Heaven Forbid that they might have to stay a day or two into their Thanksgiving vacation so they can fight for principle. After all, that's what they were elected for.
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posted on
11/16/2001 1:19:04 PM PST
by
laconic
To: piasa
This is the most ridiculous piece of legislation I have ever seen. I just posted on another thread but here goes again.
No one seems to realize or refuse to admit that the baggage screeners did absolutely nothing wrong on 9/11. Those box cutters were perfectly legal at the time. Geez...they even had steak knives in first class for crying out loud. The failure was at the INS, CIA, and FBI levels. But everyone needs a target so they rail against the baggage screeners!!
I get so mad just thinking about this. The fact that they bill allows for up to 2 years to federalize everyone should raise a red flag. Even the bozos in Congress know it isn't the screeners fault. What is ocurring here is blatant politics, pure and simple. All symbolism and no substance whatsoever. It stinks.
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11/16/2001 1:19:04 PM PST
by
Wphile
To: Cacophonous
Wimps!
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11/16/2001 1:19:04 PM PST
by
aomagrat
To: Cacophonous
I wonder of the GOP ever tires of castrating itself.The GOP is not castrating itself. It's just as much a party of power and big government as the Democrats. When are we going to understand that fact?
The government is only interested in the government.
To: mvscal
"Castration would imply that they actually had balls to remove in the first place."
Good obeservation.
To: Cacophonous
What I don't get is why is it that time after time they will make a stand on principle that gets them plastered in the press, then they cave AFTER the damage is done.
They have already abandoned the principle here, agreeing to a federalized screener work force makes them look weak for not standing up for what they believe, and vindictive for stretching out the time for it to happen. If they were going to agree to it, they should have just gone whole hog and implemented it today.
Stupid party. Put Rich Galen in charge or something.
To: Cacophonous
Well, this looks to me like a confirmation that Flight 587 was a terrorist sabotage. Congress wanted to make a quick move to offset the notion that they were not moving fast enough on airport security measures.
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11/16/2001 1:19:05 PM PST
by
Azzurri
To: Cacophonous; Victoria Delsoul
House Majority Whip Tom DeLay and Majority Leader Dick Armey, both Republicans from Texas, led the fight against the ultimately successful Senate approach, apparently unable to change the bill substantially. Add Ron Paul and you have, what, three honorable Congressmen?
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