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erodriguez (532 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 11:08 AM Original message |
Super congress the worst idea coming out of this |
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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 11:12 AM Response to Original message |
1. If I had to choose between Super Congress and default... |
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avaistheone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 11:14 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I would choose default as well. |
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dbonds (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 11:21 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Me too. |
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PSPS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 11:27 AM Response to Reply #1 |
8. It's a false choice |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 05:11 PM Response to Reply #8 |
35. All brought to you by a "Democratic". |
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PSPS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 06:28 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. I think there is a difference |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 08:57 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. As long as we let idiot states.. |
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Fearless (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 11:42 AM Response to Reply #1 |
21. +1 |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 11:18 AM Response to Original message |
3. This appears to be Yet Another Defining Moment. |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
4. Harry Reid just said on the Senate floor this was his idea and he is very proud of it. |
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AlabamaLibrul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 11:28 AM Response to Reply #4 |
10. The proposals coming out of this no-amendment Super Duper Congress |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 11:31 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Relax.. if its the "wrost possible legislation" then the Senate Dems will defeat it. |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 11:39 AM Response to Reply #13 |
19. And of course if they vote for it, it will by definition be 'not the worst |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 05:01 PM Response to Reply #13 |
31. seriously? that is what you are hanging your hat on? |
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jimlup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 11:26 AM Response to Original message |
6. This is the first I've heard of this part of the proposal so I'll have to let it settle in my mind |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 11:26 AM Response to Original message |
7. Sounds unConstitutional as all get-out. |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 11:34 AM Response to Reply #7 |
17. It reeks. |
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NC_Nurse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 04:51 PM Response to Reply #7 |
26. That was what I thought. But the way the teanuts have abused the Constitution, |
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truebrit71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 04:59 PM Response to Reply #7 |
29. Agreed. I don't see anyway that this is Constitutional... |
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green prol (50 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 11:28 AM Response to Original message |
9. This Trojan Horse is an assault on Democracy itself! |
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October (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 11:31 AM Response to Reply #9 |
15. Excellent first post! Welcome to DU! |
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green prol (50 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 11:49 AM Response to Reply #15 |
22. Thanks. This "Super Congress" is a giant leap for tyranny! |
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AzDar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
11. I agree. No possible good will come out of shit like this. |
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Skink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
12. There's a Superman and a Superbowl, why not a Supercongress |
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B Calm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 11:31 AM Response to Original message |
14. So when the cons fail to come up with a bill, entitlement programs will automatically be slashed. |
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saras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 11:54 AM Response to Reply #14 |
24. Ah, yes. You seem to see how it's supposed to work. |
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Countdown_3_2_1 (778 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 05:01 PM Response to Reply #24 |
32. The pukes need do nothing, and entitlements gets slashed 1.8 TRILLION? |
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B Calm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 03:34 PM Response to Reply #32 |
38. So when you're a non compromising no good republican, this is |
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DirkGently (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 11:32 AM Response to Original message |
16. Sounds like institutionalized oligarchy. The official takeover by corporate interests? |
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green prol (50 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 11:53 AM Response to Reply #16 |
23. Bingo! |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
18. It's a Committee. This notion of a "Super Congress" for something that already exists is ludicrous. |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 11:42 AM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Name another that functioned on such basic and imporatnt |
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EC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
25. Let's just hope that who ever chooses the people |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
27. Actually, GOPer conservatives are complaining about this "super congress"... |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 04:55 PM Response to Original message |
28. The SuperCongress is too much like the Triumvirate of Caesar, Pompey, and Crassus. |
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sad sally (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 05:00 PM Response to Original message |
30. Another outfit like the Federal Reserve? |
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blkmusclmachine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 05:04 PM Response to Original message |
33. Absolute travesty. This cannot stand. |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 05:05 PM Response to Original message |
34. K&R for this thread and a big "Hell NO!" to the kinder, gentler Star Chamber |
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B Calm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
39. This has to be one of the best posts I've seen on the Super Congress. |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
40. For years, California's budget process was mediated through the "Big Five" |
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