How about we pass a law that says the 67 congressional districts who's representative voted

[awake]

against funding flood ins. for Sandy victims shall receive no money from the federal government for any reason until the congressional district replaces their representative.

[aquart]

1. whose.

How about we just stick to the constitution?

[TheProgressive]

2. How come this post is getting Rec'ed?

This isn't how Democrats, real Democrats, govern...

[freshwest]

4. OTT response that doesn't match principles or reality, but satisfies some, I guess...

[TheProgressive]

8. I had to look up OTT...(I am old school)

So, who, on Earth, does this satisfy?

Far too many people are *not* grounded in reality....

[freshwest]

36. The eye for an eye crowd, who don't realize they're using the same energy.

Or something to that effect.

the reason for the scripture, was that in some cultures the whole family was killed or some retribution worse than the crime at hand was committed to balance it.

Raping these rapists just breeds another gang of rapists, public rape leads to more public rape. Which is what some say should be done, without taking that fact into account. People should consider what they ask for, and that put them in stocks comment in the thread is the same mentality as the Abu Graib perps.

IOW, vengeance instead of justice, which allegedly started this event. Although I don't think it was the beginning. There is a culture that regards anyone vulnerable as prey or even livestock.

It's the lowest thing that a human being can become, to assign oneself that role in life. They are all degraded beyond belief and unworthy of freedom. We are what we do and in the spiritual realm or the subconscious we are what we feel.

JMHO.

[JoePhilly]

5. Do it just to call out the RW assholes who voted against Sandy funds.

And then dare them to vote AGAINST funds for disasters in their own districts.

BTW ... real democrats CAN'T govern when RW nut jobs like these can shut down the government. Which is their goal.

[TheProgressive]

11. That is not how normal people conduct government...

And you are correct that 'RW nut jobs' are ruining American (my words)....

[JoePhilly]

13. If we don't confront the nut jobs, they will never stop.

Might as well turn their insane logic against them so that the people who elect them feel it.

[TheProgressive]

20. I guess I prefer, in this case, to let threads like this ---- drop.

[JoePhilly]

21. And I'd prefer that every person who lives in these districts know how their

representatives voted, and how a similar mind set in other parts of the country would impact them.

[TheProgressive]

24. By having the Congress and Senate pass law and the President sign it?

This actually resembles how republicans would conduct business...

[awake]

32. Bingo we need to show how they conduct business

I know this will never happen but Congress had plenty of time to name Post Offices on their last day of work but they did not have time to give help to people in real need.

[RudynJack]

3. And who would pass that?

The Republican House? And which Senators would vote for such a blatantly unconstitutional law?

[JoePhilly]

7. I think it will also help to simply show the Google map of these assholes and then also show the

last time their district needed federal disaster relief.

Then simply tell their constituents that their representatives have given the rest of the country the green light to DENY such funds to their district in the future.

Their representative set the precedent.

[RudynJack]

15. But such a law would

never pass either house. The OP says "... pass a law". The law is blatantly unconstitutional, and I don't see how even proposing it would help us. It would make us as crazy as them.

[JoePhilly]

18. Who cares if it passes? The GOP House has passed 33 bills repealing ObamaCare.

Not one of those will become law or repeal ObamaCare.

Propose the bill and HAMMER the RW idiots with it. Over and over.

[RudynJack]

23. Again

the OP specifically says "pass a law". You're suggesting we propose such a law, and that Democrats would gain from doing so.

I couldn't disagree more. We should not act like dicks and propose blatantly unconstitutional laws to make a point. The law would go nowhere, it would have 0 sponsors, and whoever proposed it would be slammed, rightly, as a nutjob. And it wouldn't get nearly the national attention you think it would.

[awake]

25. Ok what if we just present a bill in the Senate for debate to make the point

We could say we are looking where to start cutting Gov. like the Repuks want

[RudynJack]

26. And it would be

clearly and embarrassingly unconstitutional.

It would never be debated. It would never even get a look in committee.

How can people on a political site know so little about how the system works?

[awake]

30. There is nothing unconstitutional cutting Government funding and earmarking where it takes place

If there can be earmarks where to spend then there can be earmarks where to cut. This whole point is to bring attention to the Reps. who are willing to take money for their district but want other districts to not get relief for a storm.

[RudynJack]

33. Sigh...

A law telling districts they MUST change their representative or else? That's constitutional to you?

I'm done. Some arguments are worth having, some aren't. This isn't.

[awake]

34. Ok so some parts of the bill still needs work I would be happy to listen to you amendment.

My intent is to point out the indifference to suffering that these Reps. showed with their no votes.

[RedCappedBandit]

6. How about we don't do that

[JoePhilly]

9. All of the reps from Kansas voted no.

Perhaps we should do the same the next time Kansas gets creamed by Tornadoes?

[cherokeeprogressive]

10. When was the last time you passed a law? n/t

[awake]

35. I have not passed any laws but I have passed gas

And I can tell you some Republicans bills smell much worse.

[Yo_Mama]

12. Because it's unconstitutional?

[PeaceNikki]

14. how about we plant unicorns in Hawaii?

[RudynJack]

17. I can get behind that!

Nothing unconstitutional about unicorns!

[PeaceNikki]

19. hey, you!

[PeaceNikki]

16. and on behalf of all of us literally seated in one of those districts...

..|..

[MrSlayer]

22. We're not the assholes, they are.

And even if the people in those districts are so assholic as to vote for these assholes we still help them when they need it because that's how we roll.

It's not a good idea.

[unblock]

31. yeah, sometimes being a decent person can be a real political liability....

[liberal N proud]

27. Why do hate the people for what their congress critter does?

[Moses2SandyKoufax]

28. Because every two years

the vast majority of people in these districts vote to re-elect their "congress critter"....

[joshcryer]

29. Legislating cronyism! Sweet!