Random Politics & Religion #00

I don't believe recess appointments work for the supreme court.

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They do, Eisenhower was the last to do it, and he used it 3 times.

Vic and candlejack have no clue what is going on. All they have is insults, hypocrisy, and lies.

For an example of President Obama going full retard on the Supreme Court nominee, I saw the name Janet Napolitano floated as a leading candidate.

Yeah. Forget about that happening.

The only thing stopping Obama from appointing a moderate that can pass unanimously is politics. The same thing the democrats are bashing the Republicans for using to block his liberal nominations.
Hypocrisy at its finest.

Any bets on if congress calls an emergency session to address special topics this week..?

Funny how lots of liberals seem to have trouble reading the constitution all of a sudden.

Actually what am I talking about "all of a sudden"?

Everywhere? I'm struggling to believe you've ever left your comfort zone and had to question your own position and perspective. I'm trying giving you the benefit of the doubt here, but you're throwing it on the ground. "Seeing things as they are" includes observing that there is institutional racism, sexism, etc, which gives, on the whole, white males an advantage. How can you not notice that movies, shows, and video games are not made with the white guys in mind? How can you not notice that high ranking government positions and the heads of most companies are white guys? How can you ignore that white kids get let off the hook for all kinds of ***that a black kid would get arrested for? This is a deeply sown cultural issue and if you're going to say something as super *** stupid as:
is racist as hell because you're assuming, you don't even attempt to understand these people in the slightest, and automatically attribute their decision to being as simple as them being black. You seriously should try reading and listening to what minorities are saying instead of being satisfied with close-minded rhetoric.

- ARRA jumpstarted the economy and helped the country out of the recession.
- *** all you want, but the ACA is a net gain. It's not perfect, but most of the problems with health care extend more into the industry than the regulation. Even the "tax for not having insurance" can be avoided with exemptions and tax credits based around your income, the poverty level, and other exemption status.
- Repealed Don't Ask, Don't Tell
- Repealed the ban on federal funding on stem cell research
- Regulated large banks, credit cards, hedge funds, and insurance companies with Dodd-Frank
- Ended military involvement in Iraq. If you cite this as the cause for ISIS's rise, then you're wrong; ISIS would've been slipping in at some capacity even if we remained, mostly inspired by our presence there in the first place.
- Ordered the military operation that got bin Laden

Should I keep going, or can you just try to do some independent learning?

You could just agree that it's a poor way to *** a president's personal performance, regardless of who uses it.

I'm arguing against your claim of Obama being directly responsible for the increase of the debt. Shifting the focus to Bush doesn't support your claim, he's a very easy target. Bush brought about the war in Iraq, the war in Afghanistan, tax breaks (the $600 for all didn't do ***), the Bankruptcy Prevention Act (contributing to the financial crisis). He also had a considerable amount of heads up regarding bin Laden but did nothing with it. I will grant that there was some debt caused by Hurricane Katrina though.

What is the 90+ million people figure? Who does that represent? Where are you getting that number from? Is it retirees as Kyte mentioned? Why can't you explain anything or cite sources? The 4.9% came from the Department of Labor, which I linked but you removed that for some reason. Read the pdf.

I agree with the first two sentances, but treating minorities as low-information voters that automatically vote Democratic is ignorant and racist as hell. The Republican candidates could have attracted minorities if they actually had platforms that addressed disparity and had campaigned better.

You haven't exemplified where "50%+ of their income to the government" is coming from. Even Sanders' tax plan doesn't go nearly that high, and the net gains greatly outweigh the tax increase.

I think I used my Homer gif too soon. You apparently don't understand the state of our education and infrastructure. Likewise, we're hemorrhaging money through health care by relying more on treatment than prevention, ie: people going to the ER for problems they could have avoided through healthier living, which having a primary care doctor (which requires insurance) would greatly assist with.

Since I don't know you, I can't comment on your own life (also, I don't care). But you have to be pretty naive to think succeeding in a capitalist society is just a matter of hard work and smart decisions. There are brilliant and hard working people who have no success for any number of possible reasons that are out of their control.

Most of those things are definitely net gains, some are misconceptions or have nothing to do with freedoms, and the site doesn't really argue why these are supposed to be bad. It's also from 2009 and thus not appreciating positive results from some of these action, while offering a bunch of dead links. I addressed most of these above anyway.

Is this your best argument? You didn't even link what you read. This falls into the category of "dumb ***that some idiot in California is doing", nobody here gives any *** about this go-nowhere story. I'm talking serious liberties like gay marriage.



I'm having to type way too much responding to your crap.

What in the hell are you talking about? How can they break any law when they are not even in D.C. right now. I know the government is evil but damn.

How exactly? What you say after this has nothing to do with congress at all. It is actually Obama that would be using the Constitution as a doormat. Since he wouldn't even give congress the chance to do the job they have been appointed by the people to do.

He would be overriding the checks and balances put in place. Sure he can probably legally do it, but it would be political suicide the only people he would please are hardcore liberals. Thus continuing to divide the American people.

Gonna let my gal Liz Wo do the talkin':

If you collect SS, don't collect unemployment and don't have a job, it must be because you're retired.

There is no time limit stipulation on the congressional responsibility to deliberate a SJC nomination.

Warren doesn't know ***, but that's hardly surprising. Must be those "high cheekbones".

What politics? He hasn't nominated anyone yet. The only story so far is the typical Republican obstructionism.

Why is this so hard to understand. It is the President and only the President that can nominate, that is his job. THEN, the it is Congresses job to confirm the nomination if they deem the nominee fit for the position, they do not have to confirm anyone!

This is Not Hard.. Why are you sheep only looking at the first part and ignoring the second!?! Oh.. Because politics.


You lost me when you started saying everything is made for white males and then called me racist.

The story is that a lame duck president wants to change the fragile balance of the court.

Oh look Pleebo quoting me out of context.. /yawn

typical pleebo delucionalism

Um, how is that out of context?

There hasn't been a nomination yet. However, Republicans have outright said they'll block anyone but somehow Obama is playing politics. How many cans of spray paint must one inhale to reach that conclusion?

I'm pointing out disparity, while you're bitching like a dude who hates the blue shell in Mario Kart.

I see everyone is busting out the personal attacks, insults, and trying to put words in our mouth. We must be onto something Nausi.

From the man who no doubt thinks sotomayor, ginsburg, and kagen are moderates.

What is moon man? Plus you really need to stop assuming I listen to anyone..

But that would take away from all of your posts, since you do not rely on anything other than assumptions and insults.

So a bunch of non-answers. K.