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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-10-08 11:25 AM Original message |
Forget FISA, how do we keep George from bombing Iran? |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-10-08 11:26 AM Response to Original message |
1. Impeach? Yes... |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-10-08 11:48 AM Response to Reply #1 |
14. Impeach? We can't get them to stand up for anything, what makes you think they will impeach? |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-10-08 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
2. The same lamebrains who voted for FISA have already decided not to stop Bush... |
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paparush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-10-08 11:42 AM Response to Reply #2 |
12. Shit..the House has passed a Resolution URGING Bush** to Blockade Iran..an act of War. |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-10-08 11:49 AM Response to Reply #12 |
15. I don't know who in DC is representing the people - or the Constitution - anymore. |
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paparush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-10-08 11:52 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. It has so clearly become Govt of the Profit, By the Profit, For the Profit |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-10-08 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
3. At this point I don't see any action I can take as an individual to prevent it. |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-10-08 11:52 AM Response to Reply #3 |
16. Yes |
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Phillycat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-10-08 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
4. We'd need a Democratic congress with a functioning spinal cord for that. |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-10-08 11:41 AM Response to Reply #4 |
11. I see at least two problems there. First, would any Congress be able to stop |
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Phillycat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-10-08 11:44 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Congress still has the power to declare war. |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-10-08 11:54 AM Response to Reply #13 |
20. And the power to declare war is what kept us out of Korea, Viet Nam, Kuwait, |
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Phillycat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-10-08 11:55 AM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Yes, but. |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-10-08 11:57 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. The Army and Marines understand the consequences, but as |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-10-08 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
5. We have two ways of slowing or stopping them: the military, and Congress. |
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Muttocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-10-08 11:31 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Agreed. I hope the sensible generals can stall for a few months, and Congress controls the $$ |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-10-08 11:37 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. That's the part that worries me. I trust the Army and the Marines to stall |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-10-08 11:34 AM Response to Original message |
7. The Same Way Obama Kept Bush From Implementing FISA? |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-10-08 11:39 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Comparing the FISA Bill that will be meaningless in six months to |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-10-08 11:58 AM Response to Reply #10 |
23. Spying In Violation Of Our Bill Of Rights In Meaningless? |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-10-08 12:13 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. I figure Obama will replace this bill in six months when he becomes President! |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-10-08 01:07 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. With What? Something Tougher? |
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Double T (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-10-08 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
9. Straight jacket and duck tape over mouth. |
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trusty elf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-10-08 11:53 AM Response to Reply #9 |
18. or... |
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Fireweed247 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-10-08 11:53 AM Response to Original message |
19. Unfortunately for me, it has come down to praying... |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-10-08 12:02 PM Response to Original message |
24. Let's talk to France and borrow some guillotines. |
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bdamomma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-10-08 12:18 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. they deserve it. |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-10-08 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
27. Protests, Like We Did Last Time |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-10-08 12:38 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. No. It's not all we can do. It's all we will do. There's a huge difference. |
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