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Sunday, Nov 8, 2009
[reznit eedjit Sh**ter]: Sadly you'll find that quite a few commentors here feel the need to be verbally abusive....
Then there's a 'regular' who feels the need to be terminally obtuse.
It's the sort of thing commonly found when conventional wisdom is challenged and found wanting.
Why, that's just the exact sentiment I had when considering your obtuseness, Sh**ter.
You ignore (for obviousl reasons) any refutations of your repeated ad nauseam "talking points" that have been blown out of the water months ago. You repeat these same trite inanities day in and day out, months on end. We really wish you'd stop ... you overfilled colostomy bag, you....
I think my favourite example of your obtuseness (if such a thing is possible) was your repeated request for someone to answer your nagging pet question, and your claims that no one had done so ... when I'd done so a couple of times ... over a period of months .., to this repeated request. The plain fact is that you simply don't listen. Which is exceedingly impolite when you have actually asked (nominally) for a reply.
Cheers,
My wife was witness to a serious violation in a federal office. She supported the actual victim of the violation (a federal worker). That federal agency went after us with a viciousness I cannot describe. We hired a lawyer, and it was only because we are lawyers ourselves and were able to supplement our lawyer's work that we did not bankrupt ourselves. We had countless all-nighters working on legal documents, and the stress was terrible. In the end we beat the bastards, and beat them bad.
Was it worth it? One time, yes, but we won't ever get involved again. Whistleblowers are heroes in popular myth, but in reality they get the shit kicked out of them.
The capitulation doesn't particularly bother me, regarding Reid. What bothers me is why he thought he had any standing whatsoever to block Burris in the first place. Blago, still being governor, had the authority to appoint Burris--and Reid had no authority to block that appointment. Reid once again showed contempt for rule of law, imo. And that is totally unsurprising.
It's just the sheer ineptitude, the total inability to take a stand on anything. I agree with you on the underlying question -- vowing to block Burris was both politically stupid and legally dubious, at best.
But once you stand up and vow to do it -- going all over television making threats to use the Sargent-at-Arms and publicizing the letter signed by all Democratic Senators -- only to then meekly reverse yourself because, as usual, you were easily outflanked and out-pressured, it just bolsters how sad and ineffectual and silly Beltway Democrats are.
And I can't help but note how defiant they're willing to be on the pettiest of issues, when it comes to attacking other Democrats. Contrast that with the last eight years of full-on meekness and subservience.
Thank you sir!
Is he being inaugurated as Tribune in addition to President
Hey baby, it's a Unitary Executive, and Obama is now the Big Unit.
Earmarks are why we elect officials for the projects, improvements, contracts, etc. they can bring to us. Why else have them? The idea that they are in Washington to play footsie with lobbiests or vote for mostly irrelevant legislation that may not even affect the Average Joe is silly.
Agree, generally, that "earmark" has become a dirty word juiced up by our pathetic political class. What are now known disparagingly as earmarks were, once upon a time, referred to as legislation to fund any number of projects. What bothers me most (when I referenced the line item veto issue) is that we continue to veer evermore toward an Executive that desires to hold the reins of power in their entirety, up to an including specific legislation and funding, while continuing to marginalize the legislative branch.
[reznit eedjit Sh**ter]: There are more than a few reasons to believe Bush followed the rule of law, by virtue of his powers listed in the Constitution.
Oh, yes. The part that says "The preznit is King" and the subsequent paragraph that says that "when the preznit does it that means that it is not illegal, any plain statutory language to the contrary notwithstanding." It is Good To Be King.
Sh**ter ignores, of course, the fact that people in Dubay's very maladministration said that what Dubya was doing was illegal, and the opinions (by Ctheney hacks and flacks) 'justifying' such were garbage and had to be retracted. But of course, these people, while distunguished lawyers, were underlings and thus could be overruled by Dubya. See paragraph 1.
Cheers,
When you look at the people who have led both parties for the last eight years, was there any outcome even theoretically possible for the country other than what we got: total disaster in every realm?
No.
Did you know that Roland Burris has two children, a son named Roland and a daughter named 'ROLANDA!'
He should be seated if, for not other reason, his ego is just as large as his 99 constituents' egos.
Also, he's clearly more intellignet than Brooklyn's very own, Barbara Boxer. Boxer couldn't keep her job selling bras in Filene's Basement so she became a US Senator.
But it never ceases to amaze me what the people here will tear down, for their pound of flesh.
Oh horrors! That people would want to "tear down" criminals in high places for the crimes they committed. That will never do. Think of the country....
I'm sure that Sh**ter has a better solution. I'm sure. Really. One of these days, I suspect he'll let us know what he, wise Solon of Salon, has come up with.
Cheers,
Just Askin'
How many different kinds of stupid can a person be?
Our reznit eedjit is very ... ummm, "gifted".
Cheers,
From:
http://www.citizen.org/congress/govtaccount/articles.cfm?ID=18027
211 Public Interest Organizations Support Swift Action to Restore Strong, Comprehensive Whistleblower Rights
September 8, 2008
To: Sen. Joseph Lieberman; Sen. Susan Collins; Sen. Daniel Akaka; Sen. George Voinovich; Rep. Henry Waxman; Rep. Tom Davis; Rep. Todd Platts; Rep. Chris Van Hollen
The undersigned organizations, representing millions of Americans, write to support the completion of the landmark, eight-year legislative effort to restore a credible Whistleblower Protection Act. We offer our support to expeditiously conclude the process of reconciling House and Senate passed versions of this vital good government legislation, H.R. 985 and S. 274.
Unfortunately, every month that passes has very tangible consequences for scores of whistleblowers who still lack viable legal rights. In just the first three months of this year, since both chambers passed their versions of the legislation, whistleblowers have a 2-49 win-loss record in initial decisions from administrative hearings at the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB). For final rulings by the MSPB, the record is 2-53 under the current Chair. Since January, the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals, which has a monopoly on appellate review, has ruled against whistleblowers in another thirteen consecutive decisions on the merits, leaving a track record of 2-203 since October 1994 when Congress last strengthened the law!
We stand ready to provide any information that would help expedite the process, and to help you come to agreement on any unresolved issues. Any compromise should protect several critical provisions, which have already passed with overwhelming support. It is crucial that the final bill:
•Grant employees the right to a jury trial in federal court;
•Specifically protect federal scientists who report efforts to alter, misrepresent, or suppress federal research;
•Extend meaningful protections to FBI and intelligence agency whistleblowers;
•Strengthen protections for federal contractors, as strong as those provided to DoD contractors and grantees in last year’s defense authorization legislation;
•Extend meaningful protections to Transportation Security Officers (screeners);
•Neutralize the government’s use of the “state secrets” privilege;
•Bar the MSPB from ruling for an agency before whistleblowers have the opportunity to
present evidence of retaliation;
•Provide whistleblowers the right to be made whole, including compensatory damages;
•Grant comparable due process rights to employees who blow the whistle in the course of a government investigation or who refuse to violate the law; and
•Remove the Federal Circuit’s monopoly on precedent-setting cases.
We know that your offices share the commitment of every group signing the letter below and we deeply appreciate the years of effort to create more accountability in government. Please let us know how we can participate to expeditiously complete this badly needed good government reform. Once the reconciled version becomes law, the real winners will be the public!
Sincerely,
211 Public Interest Organizations (to see the list, follow the URL at top of post)
Much of the initial coverage about Fort Hood turned out to be wrong. Is there anything wrong with that?
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The survivor and author is upset about comparisons some on the right are making to genocide
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