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Scuba

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55. It's not MY work to back up YOUR claim. C'mon, either back it up or admit you were just ...
Wed Dec 30, 2015, 07:18 AM
Dec 2015

... throwing shit on the wall to see what would stick.

I'd love nothing more that for the DOJ to get involved. Number23 Dec 2015 #1
It's not, IMO, naive to expect the president to use his bully pulpit, and his DOJ . . . brush Dec 2015 #5
Congress ? why would the republicans who hate Obama do anything asks for ? JI7 Dec 2015 #8
Okay, the repugs will do what they do — obstruct — therefore nothing can or should be done? brush Dec 2015 #20
except obama isn't doing nothing JI7 Dec 2015 #21
I certainly didn't say, nor expect the president alone to fix the impunity problem of killer cops brush Dec 2015 #26
he has done that JI7 Dec 2015 #28
I don't get the resistance against the president helping to rally people . . . brush Dec 2015 #29
i don't get the resistance to actually deal with where the problems come from JI7 Dec 2015 #30
The problems come from many places and can be fought from many places brush Dec 2015 #34
He has done the rallying. And the 50+% of Americans that think that he's a Kenyan born socialist Number23 Dec 2015 #37
It is naive and ignorant of the law.. "SCOTUS and the license to kill" " Cha Dec 2015 #13
We'll just have to agree to disagree. brush Dec 2015 #32
Well congratulations you've succeeded in getting anti-Obama people in the AA Group.. Cha Dec 2015 #40
Perhaps you don't get it. I'm a big Ohama fan who worked hard on both of his campaigns brush Dec 2015 #47
I know you're a President Obama supporter. Cha Dec 2015 #50
How could the president "lobby" Congress on this? And especially THIS Congress?? Number23 Dec 2015 #14
The bully pulpit is a tool the president can use to build awareness and consensus . . . brush Dec 2015 #17
The "bully pulpit" can only do so much. The president has gone on television after every single Number23 Dec 2015 #36
President Obama has used his Bully Pulpit.. I don't think you're listening .. you and the others Cha Dec 2015 #41
I'm a big Obama fan brush Dec 2015 #46
Sorry, I trust President Obama has the heart and the intelligence to be doing all that is humanly Cha Dec 2015 #49
don't you know, these congress members who can't even agree to say Obama JI7 Dec 2015 #23
Yeah but, it's all Obama Fault.. Surprise Surprise! Cha Dec 2015 #42
+1000000000000000 nt steve2470 Dec 2015 #35
Agree 100%. But Eric Holder Gman Dec 2015 #2
I signed a Move- On Petition....and Democracy for American.... FarPoint Dec 2015 #3
Here's at least one article on why "Why the Feds Can’t Charge Darren Wilson" .. it just wasn't Cha Dec 2015 #12
To me, the issue is the corruption of the grand jury system. kwassa Dec 2015 #4
Exactly, kwassa.. and there's this.. "Why It’s Impossible to Indict a Cop" "Why the Feds Can’t Cha Dec 2015 #11
You can break a guys neck in Baltimore and shoot a 12 y/o as the cruiser stops. rusty quoin Dec 2015 #6
this is a problem with the culture, not just technical matters JI7 Dec 2015 #7
There's also "Why the Feds Can’t Charge Darren Wilson" and "Why It’s Impossible to Indict a Cop" Cha Dec 2015 #10
The bully pulpit is to rally others daybranch Dec 2015 #15
Exactly! This is my point. Make some noise about this to rally the public and influence Congress brush Dec 2015 #18
noise is already being made by blm who were attacked by "liberals" JI7 Dec 2015 #22
No one expects the president alone to fix it. brush Dec 2015 #27
The damn prosecutor advocated for NOT prosecuting. Cha Dec 2015 #9
And all of this you posted is why the president should use his bully pulpit to rally the public . . brush Dec 2015 #19
The do nothing is your rallying cry. this is much more about problems JI7 Dec 2015 #25
Did you misunderstand my last sentence? Perhaps I needed to use the sarcasm gif . . . brush Dec 2015 #31
police unions are a problem JI7 Dec 2015 #33
No, what I posted are the facts of why the law is the way it is.. President Obama has used his Cha Dec 2015 #38
Yeah, like that'll happen. Scuba Dec 2015 #16
Big surprise you're in here snarking on the President Cha Dec 2015 #39
Get back to me when the DOJ opens an investigation on Tamir Rice's death. Scuba Dec 2015 #43
Get back to me when you learn the law that prevents them from doing a damn thing about it. Cha Dec 2015 #44
Source please. Scuba Dec 2015 #45
Figures.. you don't miss an opportunity to diss President Obama in the AA Group and you can't Cha Dec 2015 #48
Please backup your claim that DOJ has no legal authority to investigate. Dissing me is not ... Scuba Dec 2015 #51
You came into the AA Group and Dissed the President without even knowing the laws.. Shocking. Cha Dec 2015 #52
So you can't back up your claim. That's a fail on your part. Scuba Dec 2015 #53
Don't be lazy.. no one is going to do your work for you. Quit insisting I do it. I'm not taking Cha Dec 2015 #54
It's not MY work to back up YOUR claim. C'mon, either back it up or admit you were just ... Scuba Dec 2015 #55
So don't do your own research. you obviously don't care enough about it. If I didn't know something Cha Dec 2015 #57
Admitting you were wrong would show a strength of character that you must not have. Scuba Dec 2015 #58
Much as an irrelevant post often happens, adding nothing of substanc LanternWaste Dec 2015 #56
so no criticism of local and state govts ? JI7 Dec 2015 #24
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