On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 4:48 PM, david buchanan <[email protected]>wrote:
> > Platt said: > Anybody see any evidence supporting anything said here? Has anyone ever > seen DMB change his mind about anything? > > dmb says: > > Back in 1991, when Lila was published, I didn't think the USA could get > any more religious, more intolerant or move any further to the right. Boy > was I wrong about that. > Didn't figure the pendulum could swing that far, eh Dave? Y'all ain't seen nuthin yet. An interesting overreactionarism in what used to be a democratic institution: *House rules require a bill be publicly posted for three days before it can be voted on*. That basic rule was written by none other than Thomas Jefferson as part of the original rules package of the House, as it is essential to the survival of representative democracy. The House can waive that rule if i t chooses on specific occasions. The Republican-controlled House chose to waive it when considering the Patriot Act in 2001 following the terror attacks of 9-11. They thought there was enough of a national defense emergency to just bring the bill to the floor for a vote. But Nancy Pelosi and her House Democrats have *chosen to ignore the rule on every major issue taken up by the House this yea**r,*House Democrats are not just waiving the three-day rule -- they have destroyed it, and are intentionally pushing their agenda to the floor with blindfolds on the media and the public. > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ > Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
