Missing a line it should read The 5 independents have the balance of power. Reason is restored in the House.
On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 3:46 PM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]> wrote: > Didn't I say that? > > My predictions will be simpler, > > Obama will win (although it will be close). Joe Biden stays as VP. > The Democratic Party retains the senate, and gains 3 seats. Because of > the new session Harry Reid changes the rules to let simple majorities > override > filibusters. Republican Party vows revenge and gets even weirder than before. > The House is split between the Democratic and Republican parties. The > 5 independents > > Rick Santorum gets a job as a commentator on Fox News. > > Romney is a desperation move uses the black arts to resurrect Ronald > Reagan and names him the VP candidate. The move flops as the > republican base think Zombie Reagan is too moderate. After the most > bruising presidential election in memory, Mitt Romney goes back to > private industry, and opens a chain of rejuvenation salons. > > Newt Gingrich is sent to the moon. > > On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 3:37 PM, Dana <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I know. Still. It's hard to cast the current administration as the victim >> when by definition they have more political power than most of the other >> players. I realize that this leaves out the power of money to make things >> happen or not happen, but the bully pulpit is kind of important too. >> >> On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 12:32 PM, Larry C. Lyons >> <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> >>> Well consider how often such reasonable controls are squelched, such >>> as restriction on purchasing more than one firearm a month. And look >>> who does the squelching. >>> >>> There are reasonable solutions, but either the political will is not >>> there, or these solutions are blocked by vested interests. >>> >>> On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 3:27 PM, Dana <[email protected]> wrote: >>> > >>> > pretty much. In an analogous situation, the economy is still a problem >>> even >>> > if it's an inherited problem, and it matters that Obama took some of the >>> > steps he did. He got handed a tough problem, sure, but he didn't resolve >>> it >>> > very well. By comparison, how hard is it to stop selling guns to Mexican >>> > drug lords? >>> > >>> > On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 12:22 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected] >>> >wrote: >>> > >>> >> >>> >> It was a bad idea when it was started as well. I don't think Holder >>> >> deserves blame for starting in since he didn't start it. He does >>> >> deserve blame for continuing it though. A bad idea is still a bad idea >>> >> regardless of who started it. >>> >> >>> >> Judah >>> >> >>> >> On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 12:13 PM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected] >>> > >>> >> wrote: >>> >> > >>> >> > The irritating thing is that Fast and Furious was a part of Project >>> >> > Gunrunner. The ATF began Project Gunrunner as a pilot project in >>> >> > Laredo, Texas, in 2005 and expanded it as a national initiative in >>> >> > 2006. So Holder, who btw did a great job as the DC AG, has to take the >>> >> > blame for a Bush initiated project. Yes you don't hear a peep from the >>> >> > reich wing about that part of it. I guess its only a bad thing if a >>> >> > Democratic Party member is in power >>> >> >>> >> >>> > >>> > >>> >>> >> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:348458 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
