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re: Breaking News: Texas wants to be more like Louisiana
Posted by ILeaveAtHalftime on 4/10/19 at 11:46 am
Meh. This doesn’t have anything to with Louisiana. Louisiana’s school systems would be garbage regardless of how they are funded under the current political class in this state.
Texas is still the shining city on the hill when it comes to comparisons to Louisiana on public education. Shifting the tax burden around slightly won’t change that.
Texas is still the shining city on the hill when it comes to comparisons to Louisiana on public education. Shifting the tax burden around slightly won’t change that.
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re: I don’t give a flying frick how long the government is shut down
Posted by ILeaveAtHalftime on 1/5/19 at 7:31 am
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The only constitutional responsibility given to the federal government is to provide for national defense.
Well that’s completely false.
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because Democrats like Nancy and Chuck care way more about rhe next election than they do about the next heinous crime committed by an illegal alien.
You think that Democrats are the only ones whose primary concern is getting re-elected?
re: TSA Is essential and is not affected by the shutdown.
Posted by ILeaveAtHalftime on 1/4/19 at 4:36 pm
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They shouldn’t negotiate with a guy using the tactics of a terrorist, otherwise he’ll just pull this same shite holding 800,000 people’s livelihoods hostage over and over and over.
Times like this make me irrationally furious that Congress and the Executive are incapable of passing a budget. Do your goddamn jobs.
re: Fox: Meuller Grand Jury extended 6 more months
Posted by ILeaveAtHalftime on 1/4/19 at 4:30 pm
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Like Cohen? Or Butina?
Unfamiliar with the second name, I have tuned out somewhat since the midterms, I got tired of the circus.
I know that he has referred several things to the Southern District, but I was more specifically referring to his charging of Manafort, etc. on things completely unrelated to the trump campaign. That whole class of things should have been sent elsewhere.
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I do think they need to shite or get off the pot on this one. There have been chatter that Don jr, stone, corsi, and others will be indicted. Get the frick to it. get that report out, even if its not complete.
I can agree with this. Don't mistake my frustration with the length of the investigation with partisanship. If the facts warrant indictments all around, then so be it. But lets get it done. The entire country is held hostage politically while this is going on. The quicker it gets resolved, no matter the outcome, the faster we can move on and try to start governing again.
re: Fox: Meuller Grand Jury extended 6 more months
Posted by ILeaveAtHalftime on 1/4/19 at 4:13 pm
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It was proper for Starr.
Wrong
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Rush limbaugh was all over Starr's cock in the 90s, as was Lindsey and a bunch of other Rs.
Literally could not be less relevant. What people who are paid to entertain say about something is completely irrelevant. I dont care what Rush Limbaugh says about ANYTHING, and neither should you. What partisans say about purely partisan issues also should not garner one bit of your attention. On top of that, even if those people's reactions 20 years ago were somehow important, it is STILL not indicative of the merits of either investigation, either Starr or Mueller.
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the crimes that Clinton were accused of were much less of a deal than Trump.
The "seriousness" of an alleged defense does not dictate how long it takes to investigate something.
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Not to mention Meuller has far more indictments and convictions in 18 months than starr got in 4 years.
So that is the measuring stick? How many indictments they can find and charge?
The Starr investigation was a travesty. It took longer than the 9/11 Commission Report. That is completely ridiculous, a waste of taxpayer money, and totally unacceptable.
Outside of Mueller uncovering a massive, inter-governmental conspiracy to hand the presidency to Trump, it needs to be wrapped up soon. It just simply does not take endless amounts of time to investigate something, not with the resources Mueller and team have available. Unless of course you allow the scope to expand endlessly, like these special counsels always do. And Im not saying things uncovered during the investigation but outside the SC's scope should be ignored. They shouldn't. But allowing them to drag on, while leaking constantly, does nothing but lead large segments of people to believe it is nefarious.
They need to investigate under the very narrow parameters of their enabling legislation and report back to Congress asap. Ancillary matters that they find should be referred to DOJ for complete investigation.
re: Fox: Meuller Grand Jury extended 6 more months
Posted by ILeaveAtHalftime on 1/4/19 at 3:54 pm
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it was cheered on by the same people that demonize mueller.
This is relevant how? Its either proper or it isnt, and what random partisans say about it doesn't change that outcome.
The fact that stupid, biased conservatives cheered the Starr investigation and Clinton impeachment bullshite doesn't make them right then, or wrong now, and it doesnt mean that Mueller gets carte blanche to drag this out for four years.
Its objectively ridiculous.
re: Fox: Meuller Grand Jury extended 6 more months
Posted by ILeaveAtHalftime on 1/4/19 at 3:52 pm
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The Starr investigation lasted about four years.
And that is acceptable to you?
Nothing, and I do honestly mean nothing, takes that long to investigate, unless its being done by a public body with public money.
I want the Mueller investigation to be thorough and complete, but to assert that it is perfectly acceptable for it to drag on for years is silly.
re: US airstrike kills terrorist behind USS Cole bombinng
Posted by ILeaveAtHalftime on 1/4/19 at 3:49 pm
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Killing that f*ck was a great reason to be there.
Yea, spending two decades and untold amounts of money playing whack-a-mole with replaceable extremists, while increasing their overall number tenfold is a great reason.
re: Voters can enact term limits every election day. Why don’t they?
Posted by ILeaveAtHalftime on 1/4/19 at 3:02 pm
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I am nof, however they vote for and comprise state legislatures.
Indeed they do.
Voters in 15 states have already imposed term limits on their own state legislatures. The opposition to term limits doesnt lie with the voting public, it lies in Congress.
If passed by both Houses the amendment would be ratified by the states within a year.
re: Voters can enact term limits every election day. Why don’t they?
Posted by ILeaveAtHalftime on 1/4/19 at 3:00 pm
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The proposed amendment designated to be ratified by state ratifying conventions, at least voters could vote for convention delegates.
Does the proposed Amendment actually require state ratifying conventions? Because that has only been done once. The overwhelming majority of the amendments have gone through the state legislatures.
And either way, the implication that because voters keep reelecting incumbents, they wouldn't vote for term limits is erroneous.
re: US airstrike kills terrorist behind USS Cole bombinng
Posted by ILeaveAtHalftime on 1/4/19 at 2:51 pm
It is sad indeed that we insist on bankrupting ourselves over there indefinitely. We cannot fix it, and no one over there wants us to.
re: Voters can enact term limits every election day. Why don’t they?
Posted by ILeaveAtHalftime on 1/4/19 at 2:42 pm
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how will there ever be enough people to ratify an amendment to implement term limits?
It seems to me of there were enough people to ratify we wouldn’t have the problem in the first place.
Are you under the impression that the people get to vote on amendments?
re: US airstrike kills terrorist behind USS Cole bombinng
Posted by ILeaveAtHalftime on 1/4/19 at 2:40 pm
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Yemen
We have zero business being involved there. At all. Let the damn Arabs kill each other if that's what they want to do.
re: Death threat on SECr? Really?
Posted by ILeaveAtHalftime on 1/4/19 at 2:24 pm
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I received this as a response to something I posted in a recent line about targeting. I do not know why the mods have not taken action but want everyone to know I do not appreciate being threatened with death on this board… I faced that in Vietnam 50 years ago and I do not take this lightly. Some of you people need to get a perspective.
:lol: :lol:
:rotflmao: :rotflmao:
Could you possibly be any more dramatic?
re: Pelosi invites Trump to deliver State of Union address
Posted by ILeaveAtHalftime on 1/4/19 at 12:28 pm
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He shall from time to time give to the Congress Information of the State of the Union, and recommend to their Consideration such Measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient
Art. II Section III
He is required only to give the Congress a periodic report on the state of the nation.
There is no Constitutional parameters on how he does so, where, or when. All of that comes from tradition.
re: Rep. Rashida Tlaib takes stupidity up a notch; Israel related
Posted by ILeaveAtHalftime on 1/4/19 at 12:23 pm
She's Palestinian, so this isn't really a surprise.
re: Pelosi invites Trump to deliver State of Union address
Posted by ILeaveAtHalftime on 1/4/19 at 12:21 pm
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Is that standard practice?
Yep
re: Cruz/Rooney to Dems on Constitutional Amendments: Hold my beer
Posted by ILeaveAtHalftime on 1/4/19 at 12:13 pm
What could they have done differently?
In no way could they have foreseen how big the country would get or how litigious society would become. It’s a Constitution, not a set of statutes, it’s not the function of the document to establish the complete organization/mechanisms of the government.
Similar to the executive branch, the Constitution doesn’t establish the executive departments. It allows congress to do so according to the needs of the country at the time. The judiciary was no difference.
As with most things in this arena, blame congress. They are the body who has created the federal bench, and they are the ones who chose not to rein it in.
In no way could they have foreseen how big the country would get or how litigious society would become. It’s a Constitution, not a set of statutes, it’s not the function of the document to establish the complete organization/mechanisms of the government.
Similar to the executive branch, the Constitution doesn’t establish the executive departments. It allows congress to do so according to the needs of the country at the time. The judiciary was no difference.
As with most things in this arena, blame congress. They are the body who has created the federal bench, and they are the ones who chose not to rein it in.
re: Cruz/Rooney to Dems on Constitutional Amendments: Hold my beer
Posted by ILeaveAtHalftime on 1/4/19 at 12:06 pm
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Judicial branch is the only place the founders really fricked up.
How so? The Constitution barely even mentions the judiciary. It sets up SCOTUS and tells Congress to do the rest.
re: Cruz/Rooney to Dems on Constitutional Amendments: Hold my beer
Posted by ILeaveAtHalftime on 1/4/19 at 11:58 am
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Add term limits to all lifetime judges and everyone should support.
Not term limits, they should not be subject to re-nomination or election, that is the entire point. But I would fully support an age ceiling of say 70/75 or so for the federal bench.
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