[ShowMeMom]

No, the filibuster was always intended to shut things down. Only Hollywood could make it look intersting. Also, the new rules are what prevents the old fashioned kind.

[Dad yer funny]

yeah , I had a teacher that read us some of the obtuse stuff from a bygone era that was read aloud for filibustering , someone even read some sort of textbook unrelated to anything going on

[pollyannaish]

Ah. I need to do more homework I think. So, if the shoe is ever on the other foot, we can still filibuster...we just have to do it in public so that it is more transparent.

Hmm...why isn't the press on board here? Isn't that what they always are screaming for—a more transparent government. /eye roll