Yes...there was a bill that was blocked by Senate republicans -----Original Message----- From: LRS Scout [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2014 11:37 AM To: cf-community Subject: RE: Obama's biggest frustration: inability to pass common sense gun laws in the United States
There was a referendum I missed? On Jun 15, 2014 11:30 AM, "Eric Roberts" <[email protected]> wrote: > > You missed the actual reason...we have congressional republicans that > vote no or block the vote on everything that does not enrich their > corporatist masters. Background checks were agreed upon by 90% of the > country, yet that couldn't get passed by a congress because > congressional Republicans are paid off by the NRA and don't want to > piss the NRA off. They can car less if they piss the people off...but > they put the kid gloves on when it comes to corporate lobbyists. So I > call BS on your statement as a whole. > > Eric > > -----Original Message----- > From: C. Hatton Humphrey [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2014 8:33 AM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: Obama's biggest frustration: inability to pass common > sense gun laws in the United States > > > On Sat, Jun 14, 2014 at 3:12 PM, Rick Faircloth > <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > An ignorant and naive statement by the US President concerning the > > madness that is occurring too frequently in the US. > > > > Presented in a sympathetic journal that can't even label their own > images correctly (look at the "big red spending" infographic) > > However, I call BS on the President... because it's not just guns, > it's anything on his checklist. He's had to resort to using agencies > to advance his agenda (FCC, EPA, BLM, IRS, Border Protection, DoJ) for > one of two main reasons (or both): > 1. The policy that he wants to push is so far afield of what the > American people would accept that even a simple majority in Congress > is willing to touch it. > 2. The action or policy change he wants to implement runs directly > counter to either the Constitution or existing Federal Law. > > What most Americans, especially our President and members of the Media > seem to forget is that the Federal government was designed to be slow. > The Constitution is a document that defines what the government *can* > do as well as what it *can't*. > > The fact that Obama is whining to a left-wing publication about his > inability to "get things done" after being in office for 5 years > should speak volumes. > > Until Later! > C. Hatton Humphrey > http://www.eastcoastconservative.com > > Every cloud does have a silver lining. Sometimes you just have to do > some smelting to find it. > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:370968 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
