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my future SIL is german fluent and he and "she" ran into a german bizman in a bar a couple of nights ago. He was wondering why we Americans let religion into politics. Ironically, Justice Kennedy (though Catholic) taught classes in Germany most years, and his views on abortion were .... more nuanced. And of course, the theocrats will throw the fetus off the bus the second it's born, and they're all for the electric chair.I gotta say, that's nucking futz, unless of course I run into people who were trying to kill me for my beliefs, then of course I'd have to try to kill them first because um, self preservation.
I still wonder how much Obama's race played in that. McConnell was conviced (so they say) that Sotomayor was just the tip of the affirmative action socialist onslaught, but ..... Justice Douglas was pretty much a socialist, Sotomayor, not so much. Kentucky has seen its share of cops gunning down a guy just sleeping in his own apt and not even a crook!That
was back before the rock hard partisan divide took hold
It's how America has come to work, but I don't believe it was designed to be that way. In any case, we should aspire to more. Thrashing back and forth, with each side passing half-assed initiatives that are undermined by the other when the get back in, is pointless. When you look at major, lasting changes to society (Social Security, Medicare, etc. ...), they all had bi-partisan support - at least some. At least enough to last.Obama was elected with a promise to pass universal health care. He ran on, and won ... with 60 senators. It's how America works.
All I know is the current system is not working. We are dying a slow death because the people we elect do not give a fuck about the country and hide behind the filibuster when asked why they did not do the thing they said they would.
Something has to give. If you have a better idea lets hear it.
The only answer I can see is a 3rd party that is for a smaller gov't that pushes social issues down to the states and only focuses on the functions that our citizens and states cannot do for themselves. IOW, the federal gov't is too God Damned big and too intrusive into our daily lives. If we can't or won't go that route then I think we're fucked.
That's not a compromise, ya dingleberry.That's a compromise that will likely not make their constituents very happy at all.
The Rabid Right has spend decades and finally sold it's soul to achieve this objective of a Rabid Right Wing Court.
A simple majority vote can be undone by another simple majority vote.
The solution is to out vote the Neo-GOP at every level, state, local and federal. Once you control enough states, pass a new amendment that the courts cannot reverse.
It's the only way to be sure.
Vote out all the Neo-GOP, while you can ladies.
You're a blooming retard talk about rabid that is you and your fellow leftists. You are the problem with America.
I agree we currently are divided so badly that no compromise was possible, but I'm not without any hope. Even McConnell was ok with trying to work with Biden after Jan. 6 scared the shit out of any sane person. The Trump fans are weeping up the big steal, but to the extent they really believe it, it's self-deception. Their problem is that a maj doesn't buy the replacement theory or that Toyota are .... BAD. Most of would like a toyota than ran for 30 years. So Trump REALLY was their one and only hope, and he never sniffed 50% and even won the nomination with only a plurality of gop primary votes.It's how America has come to work, but I don't believe it was designed to be that way. In any case, we should aspire to more. Thrashing back and forth, with each side passing half-assed initiatives that are undermined by the other when the get back in, is pointless. When you look at major, lasting changes to society (Social Security, Medicare, etc. ...), they all had bi-partisan support - at least some. At least enough to last.
We're divided into two bitterly opposed camps by an antiquated voting scheme that wasn't designed to deal with a global communications network. The lesser-of-two-evils conceit has always been the achilles heel of simple democracy, but television and the internet amplify the effects of LO2E to the point of breaking the system entirely. LO2E has many (most?) eligible voters voting for candidates they know to be bad, simply because the news tells them that if they don't, some other jerk they hate even worse will win. They are voting for bad candidates on purpose. That's never going to produce good results.
This drives the parties to focus, almost exclusively, on fear. They don't bother trying to sell a candidate on the candidate's virtues, or on a platform with broad appeal. They barely bother with a platform at all. Instead, they crank up the fear machine and demonize the opposition. The opposition is obliged to respond in kind, and we devolve into a shitshow where each party is pleading they they aren't quite as bad as the other. And the other is Satan incarnate.
I suspect that this won't change until we change the voting system. Though I can see the possibility of a candidate with the courage/intelligence to seek consensus regardless. They'd be bucking the trend in either party, but if they can get nominated, I'd expect them to win. Bigly.
Fuck you Trigger. The only way to stop the Rabid Right Wing court is by a Constitutional Amendment.
I'm a bit of a cynic when it comes to McConnell (gee, imagine that). But, imo, he played the right to life folks (not 5000 btw ... or Pope Francis, btw).The Rabid Right has spend decades and finally sold it's soul to achieve this objective of a Rabid Right Wing Court.
A simple majority vote can be undone by another simple majority vote.
The solution is to out vote the Neo-GOP at every level, state, local and federal. Once you control enough states, pass a new amendment that the courts cannot reverse.
It's the only way to be sure.
Vote out all the Neo-GOP, while you can ladies.
Fuck you Trigger. The only way to stop the Rabid Right Wing court is by a Constitutional Amendment.
Whose with me..................
Right back at you trigger. So you want to stop the existence of the constitution? You rabid leftists used the courts to get what you wanted. Now you don't like the courts when you have constitutionalist on the bench.What you have posted makes absolutely no sense, Pack the court Mitch! what impeachment process? What has been dismantled? Only thing truth, many would like to end the filibuster.Democrats are proving every day they have no regard for the Constitution or the well established processes of our government. Pack the Supreme Court, suspend the filibuster turn the Impeachment process into a Carnival show. They are dismantling everything they can before they get booted out.
Biden Supports Exception to Filibuster to Codify Roe v. Wade Into Law
Changing the filibuster rules of the Senate would allow legislation protecting abortion access to pass the chamber with 51 votes rather than the 60 votes usually required for bills to advance.www.wsj.com
Piling on more kindling so when the battle between the Patriots and the Lord vs. Globalists and Satan finally ignites, they'll pretend to be surprised by the "suddenness" and intensityDemocrats are proving every day they have no regard for the Constitution or the well established processes of our government. Pack the Supreme Court, suspend the filibuster turn the Impeachment process into a Carnival show. They are dismantling everything they can before they get booted out.
Biden Supports Exception to Filibuster to Codify Roe v. Wade Into Law
Changing the filibuster rules of the Senate would allow legislation protecting abortion access to pass the chamber with 51 votes rather than the 60 votes usually required for bills to advance.
Blind is right.The Rabid Right has spend decades and finally sold it's soul to achieve this objective of a Rabid Right Wing Court.
A simple majority vote can be undone by another simple majority vote.
The solution is to out vote the Neo-GOP at every level, state, local and federal. Once you control enough states, pass a new amendment that the courts cannot reverse.
It's the only way to be sure.
Vote out all the Neo-GOP, while you can ladies.
I'm all ready over the edge. I got home at 5 last night and asked my wife if she wanted me to make the pasta sauce with the roma toms garlic and oil, and she said no she had it. 45 mins later she tells me she's too tired and I'm ruining my diet with grilled cheese!Ending the filibuster would probably push us over the edge.
No, I want to codify the right America women in every state have enjoyed for nearly the last 50 years that the hack court has stripped away from them in an amendment.So you want to stop the existence of the constitution?
Unfortunately, the filibuster isn't in the Constitution. It should have been, but wasn't. It's a "workaround" that injects a much needed buffer to majority rule, but the cruel irony is that it can be done away with by majority rule.No, I want to codify the right America women in every state have enjoyed for nearly the last 50 years that the hack court has stripped away from them in an amendment.
Pretending that is calling for the dissolution of the Constitution is a gross hyperbole.
I oppose overriding the filibuster as kicking the can down the road.
No such thing as a right to kill a baby.No, I want to codify the right America women in every state have enjoyed for nearly the last 50 years that the hack court has stripped away from them in an amendment.
Pretending that is calling for the dissolution of the Constitution is a gross hyperbole.
I oppose overriding the filibuster as kicking the can down the road.
Bottom line is very simple: The ideologues in the Senate want to turn what the Founding Fathers called ‘the cooling saucer of democracy’ into the rubber stamp of dictatorship. We will not let them. They want, because they can’t get their way on every judge, to change the rules in mid-stream, to wash away 200 years of history. They want to make this country into a banana republic, where if you don’t get your way, you change the rules. Are we going to let them? It’ll be a doomsday for democracy if we do.”Unfortunately, the filibuster isn't in the Constitution. It should have been, but wasn't. It's a "workaround" that injects a much needed buffer to majority rule, but the cruel irony is that it can be done away with by majority rule.
