impik
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Sat Apr-17-10 12:12 PM
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Please, please, let them filibuster!!! |
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Let the country see who's protecting Wall Street.
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Sat Apr-17-10 12:28 PM
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1. I agree. Let them hang from their own petard. |
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Sat Apr-17-10 12:52 PM
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5. damn right! its about time! |
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Sat Apr-17-10 01:46 PM
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10. Er... that would be "hoist" them on their own petard. |
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I recently learned that a "petard" is a bomb, so to be "hoist on your own petard" means to be blown up by your own bomb.
that's it for this edition of "Posts by Pedants." kthnxbai.
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Sat Apr-17-10 05:37 PM
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11. Learn something new every day! |
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Sat Apr-17-10 11:44 PM
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12. And if you don't, you're not doing it right! |
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Sat Apr-17-10 12:47 PM
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Sat Apr-17-10 12:53 PM
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Sat Apr-17-10 12:49 PM
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3. MAKE them REALLY filibuster! |
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Serve 2 purposes, substantively, see who's protecting wallstreet, AND watch them ACTUALLY disrupt the workings of government.
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Sat Apr-17-10 12:50 PM
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4. Agree. No more of this "threat of filibuster IS the filibuster" crap |
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Sat Apr-17-10 01:18 PM
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7. by the rules we will see nothing |
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filibuster have been put aside in favor of procedural motions (cloture votes) that require nothing much and have no public face.
They can obstruct without penalty. The librul media will not exact any price from them for doing so, and the chattering class will not object to their continued rightwing populist bullshit while obstructing reform of wallstreet banksters.
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Sat Apr-17-10 01:23 PM
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8. K & RRRRRRRRRRRRR RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!! |
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Sat Apr-17-10 01:43 PM
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9. I agree,, but I dont think the Rethugs will go through with it.. |
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That letter does not explicity say all of them will vote for filibuster. I think that letter was a just a threat hoping the Dems would back down. Harry is not falling for it.. thank goodness.
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