05-24-2014, 08:27
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Originally Posted by MR2
I kinda think of Obama as a floundering idiot...
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fixed it for you
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05-24-2014, 11:23
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Originally Posted by BlueYing
Isn't that something that was touched upon all the way from grade school, through high school and into college?
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Not in Kenya.
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05-24-2014, 11:53
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He's just a delusional narcissist throwing a temper tantrum over is lack of omnipotence.
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05-24-2014, 18:45
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Isn't there a little blue pill to fix that?
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05-26-2014, 16:27
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I think I've run out of adjectives for this guy.
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05-26-2014, 21:21
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“Obviously, the nature of the Senate means that California has the same number of Senate seats as Wyoming. That puts us at a disadvantage,” Mr. Obama said.
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Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-2nd smallest state in the Union, Senate President pro tempore and third in line to the succession to Pres. Obama, could not be reached for comment. Nor could his Vermont colleague, Sen. Bernie Sanders, the Senate's only self-avowed socialist. Nor could Vice President Biden, formerly senior Senator of the 6th smallest state in the Union.
In the Senate delegations of the 10 smallest states, there are 10 Democrats and 2 Independents who caucus with Democrats, versus 8 Republicans.
The Senate delegations of the 20 smallest states are evenly divided, with 20 Republicans and 20 Democrats/Independents.
The substantive constitutional argument is not really worth going into, since the President is making a partisan claim which is not really supported by the facts. As we can see, the Democrats actually are overrepresented among the smallest states, and the Republicans only have an edge when we move to the more medium-sized states. And the edge is not that significant, since a few competitve elections, of which there are many, in a few of these states, could easily shift the balance either way.
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05-27-2014, 00:12
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If it was the fault of the republicans, and democrats have all the answers, why does so little get done when the democrats own the white house and both chambers of the legislative branch?
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05-27-2014, 19:49
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Originally Posted by Billy L-bach
If it was the fault of the republicans, and democrats have all the answers, why does so little get done when the democrats own the white house and both chambers of the legislative branch?
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The million dollar question...
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05-27-2014, 21:13
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Hey, the Dims pulled together to pass Obamacare when they were in charge!
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05-28-2014, 08:28
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07-18-2014, 05:56
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Originally Posted by Sigaba
MOO, it sounds like the president has read the Virginia Plan << LINK>> and that he agrees with Edmund Randolph, et al..
And also, did the president actually take a swipe at the founding fathers, who debated the provisions of the proposed constitution intensely, during his remarks or was he actually being critical of the Republican Party's ongoing intransigence and the practice of political gerrymandering? << LINK2>>
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Probably not.....
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07-18-2014, 17:21
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There was another way around the 2 senator rule that was alive yesterday. Tech billionaire Tim Draper handed over 1.3 million signatures needed to put the Six Californias' initiative on the ballot. The petition would split California into six states presumably giving it 12 senators although that was not the stated objective. All that remained was to have the signatures certified. Today Six Californias' has been accused of voter fraud.
Of course even if the initiative had been certified and passed by the citizens it is still uncertain whether it would have received approval of Congress. It is also doubtful that all six regions share the liberal values of the current Senators. On the other hand I thought it doubtful that the Chief Justice would rewrite the ACA so he could deem it Constitutional. Strange days indeed.
Six Californias' web site: http://www.sixcalifornias.com/
Signatures obtained: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/poli...icle-1.1869251
Voter Fraud: http://sfist.com/2014/07/18/six_cali...f_voter_fr.php
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07-18-2014, 17:32
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Six Californias would most certainly have some red states. Anyone know what percentage of congress has to approve new states? Is it a simple majority?
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07-19-2014, 02:51
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In a 2012 USNews article discussing the addition of Puerto Rico as the 51st state is says:
"Adding a state to the union is a fairly easy process, legally speaking. Article Four of the Constitution allows Congress to admit new states into the union with simple majority votes in both houses of Congress (and a Presidential signature)." http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/...-at-least-2015
Article IV section 3 has been used five times before to create new states but it was so long ago that the votes do not seem readily available with my rudimentary search skills. http://blog.constitutioncenter.org/2...raw-the-u-s-a/
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07-22-2014, 05:59
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Originally Posted by Sdiver
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I am no fan of the President.
Looking at this video objectively - I think he is simply offering up a defense to his critiques on the left that he's not being "liberal" enough. His defense being that we have a system of checks and balances and that he cannot force his will on Congress.
Again, I am no fan of the president.
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