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Swede Atlanta

(3,596 posts)
5. The only saving grace for now is.....
Fri May 23, 2014, 06:01 PM
May 2014

The Senate will never agree to such language and, at least until 2017, BO would veto any such language and there are insufficient votes in both houses to override a veto.

But this is what we are up against. If for any reason the Republicans take back the Senate in 2014 and hold onto it and the House in 2016 and a Republican is elected President, we are totally screwed.

Under Bush there was an abundance of lunacy within the Executive and Legislative branches but it wasn't on steroids. Yes I hated (hate) the Patriot Act, the use of torture, invasion of Iraq, etc. but what we are dealing with now are people who should be certified as "morons".

They are attempting to rob anyone who has an opinion different than theirs of any voice or power. I don't recall which of the breadbasket states that recently passed a law that made it illegal for any city, county, etc. to pass any laws regarding the minimum wage. That would be decided by the state legislature. I can't believe these people believe in "local" control.

What of Arizona I think it was that passed a law that any gun collected in gun buy-back programs had to be re-sold on the market (i.e. they could not be destroyed).

We are a country that is half filled with nut cases.

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We absolutely need to get these idiots out of government. We need to vote in November. jwirr May 2014 #1
When you're head is stuck in the sand... awoke_in_2003 May 2014 #2
Stupid GOP think they are better fighters than the Army & smarter than scientists. Bernardo de La Paz May 2014 #3
"We look for things that make us go!" --- love it! LongTomH May 2014 #14
The GOP will do anything to Turbineguy May 2014 #4
The only saving grace for now is..... Swede Atlanta May 2014 #5
Morons??? Morons???? These people are idiots studying to be morong, and..... LongTomH May 2014 #15
+100 nt okaawhatever May 2014 #20
while it's true that these idiots must be removed from office... mike_c May 2014 #6
exactly. elleng May 2014 #21
Introduced by a republican from a coal state, of course. arcane1 May 2014 #7
Aw, you beat me to it. Lionel Mandrake May 2014 #9
Some things cannot be repeated enough arcane1 May 2014 #10
"amendment ... introduced by Rep. David McKinley, R-W.Va." Lionel Mandrake May 2014 #8
Pray harder. blkmusclmachine May 2014 #11
This shit is real in case anyone hasn't noticed. Another vital reason to get neanderthals out of Cha May 2014 #12
The house gops are voting on some stupid shit Iliyah May 2014 #13
A new apex of stupidity has been reached, national media will ignore this idiocy also. Fred Sanders May 2014 #16
The stupid Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2014 #17
Just another day I'm ashamed of America. mountain grammy May 2014 #18
Criminal neglect..I wish we could impeach them. n/t Jefferson23 May 2014 #19
Can you imagine doing this for say - North Korea? ThoughtCriminal May 2014 #22
Just more proof that we are not unitied and that we actually are a collection of red and blue states Exposethefrauds May 2014 #23
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