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only in the US senate can a bill FAIL with a 57-43 vote. maybe one day we will live in an enlightened society, it's certainly not going to happen any time soon at this rate. better to support criminals and wife beaters over the citizens who end up dead by them...
only in the US senate can a bill FAIL with a 57-43 vote. maybe one day we will live in an enlightened society, it's certainly not going to happen any time soon at this rate. better to support criminals and wife beaters over the citizens who end up dead by them...
Indeed. It's embarrassing to witness, even (or particularly) from an outside point of view.
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You mustn't be afraid to dream a little bigger, darling.
You mustn't be afraid to dream a little bigger, darling.
Obama embarrassed - Senate Gun Control Bill Fails.....
18/04/2013 03:51:37 AM
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More importantly, they failed becasue it was just knee-jerk "must do something publicly" BS.
18/04/2013 01:55:43 PM
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there is no law anywhere which can undo the past
18/04/2013 03:12:14 PM
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Let me rephrase... None of them could have prevented a FUTURE attack.
18/04/2013 04:37:43 PM
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nothing can prevent future attacks. the goal is to stop criminals getting guns and reduce fatalities
18/04/2013 06:07:32 PM
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EXACTLY, which is why all this legistation was garbage
18/04/2013 08:47:35 PM
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that's right. because our right to be blown away trumps life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness
18/04/2013 09:06:32 PM
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Turn off your partisin blinders and listen to logic for once.
19/04/2013 12:41:12 AM
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logic dictates that *ALL* gun sales be decided by background check
19/04/2013 10:27:50 PM
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Okay, if you say 'logic dictates' like that, you'd better present the actual logic stream
20/04/2013 02:52:07 AM
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you won't accept evidence because you're ok with proliferation of guns to criminals
22/04/2013 07:31:32 PM
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+1 - This is "feel good" legislation that accomplishes nothing..... *NM*
18/04/2013 06:06:07 PM
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yep. republican obstructionism and cowardice knows no bounds....
18/04/2013 03:07:46 PM
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18/04/2013 03:15:15 PM
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You're being rather partisan here. And wrong to denigrate Republicans.
18/04/2013 03:55:34 PM
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sorry, who is the minority party again? it's not the democrats
18/04/2013 06:19:43 PM
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On legislation that seeks to restrict/reimagine/redefine
18/04/2013 07:30:47 PM
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this was about regulation, it was not a new amendment.
18/04/2013 08:41:12 PM
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perhaps you should discover a dictionary.
18/04/2013 09:01:36 PM
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PPP, ABC, CNN, Rasmussen and Gallup are all similarly biased on background checks? sure.... *NM*
18/04/2013 09:16:28 PM
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WHAT!?!?!! you mean to tell me that news organizations are biased??? Nah! it can't be...
19/04/2013 12:49:15 AM
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+1 - if you want to redesigned the 2nd amendment, do it via the constitutional amendment.....
18/04/2013 09:09:35 PM
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a womans RIGHT to choose, but you don't have any problems with restrictions there
18/04/2013 09:21:14 PM
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The state has a law that requires Drs that perfom abortions have admitting priledges to a hospital.
19/04/2013 12:47:41 AM
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they also tried to pass zoning laws which would have meant a complete remodel of the building
19/04/2013 10:35:03 PM
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Tried to pass infers that the said laws did not, thus are meningless.
20/04/2013 05:11:59 AM
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Well surprise, surprise, surprise, those amendments WERE debated, that's how they came up for a vote
18/04/2013 08:53:40 PM
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and it's still the republican obstructionism which doomed them to failure
18/04/2013 09:07:51 PM
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I LOVE obstructionism when it stops stupid ideas. *NM*
18/04/2013 09:10:54 PM
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well, you *are* the authority on stupid ideas, i'll give you that much! *NM*
19/04/2013 11:01:31 PM
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I'd forgotten, Democrats never filibuster
18/04/2013 09:33:41 PM
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right, i forget republicans don't abuse the rules they are only preventing the gov't from working
18/04/2013 09:39:11 PM
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It bugs the hell out of me how you don't see that comment as being Dem/Rep interchangeable
18/04/2013 11:38:26 PM
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That's because he is a partisan hack.....nothing more, nothing less. *NM*
19/04/2013 05:02:36 AM
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So does your ignorance on how your government process functions.
18/04/2013 04:46:53 PM
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don't play dumb, you are better than that
18/04/2013 06:24:22 PM
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Nope, nope, nope and nope. A+ job on ignorantly parroting popular political talking poinits though
18/04/2013 08:50:35 PM
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Very Enlightened of you, "Agree with me or you're an Obstrucionist and Coward" *NM*
18/04/2013 09:31:06 PM
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i am only acting on your advice to "call a spade a spade"
18/04/2013 09:42:22 PM
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No, you're venting anger by demeaning the opposition on grounds that your own side uses too
18/04/2013 10:30:24 PM
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venting? yes. my "side"? i don't think you understand where i'm coming from
19/04/2013 10:56:28 PM
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If you don't want to be seen as partisan, don't attack republicans specifically and repeatedly
20/04/2013 06:41:57 AM
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if you don't want republicans attacked, you should convince them to stop taking insane positions
22/04/2013 07:09:32 PM
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They're insane to you because they're from the GOP, you'd call it insane if we said water was wet
22/04/2013 08:15:00 PM
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"an important" is not at all the same thing as "the most important."
18/04/2013 04:10:47 PM
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I agree, BS polling like this (by either side) annoys me.
18/04/2013 04:56:44 PM
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actually.....
18/04/2013 06:25:31 PM
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99.9 going once... 99.9 going twice... SOLD to the beady eyed farrot faced guy in the back row.
18/04/2013 09:04:06 PM
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Statistics lie 0% of the time, people lie or see what they want to see 99% of the time *NM*
18/04/2013 09:23:17 PM
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It is a silly poll
18/04/2013 09:21:25 PM
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I don't mind the poll, just the interpretation.
18/04/2013 10:27:37 PM
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That's sort of the point, you don't poll about the other critters with the 900 pound gorilla around
18/04/2013 11:46:00 PM
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