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gauguin57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 10:55 PM Original message |
Super Committee? I feel like we're living in an Aldous Huxley novel. |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 10:59 PM Response to Original message |
1. Oh for God's sake...it's a joint congressional committee |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 11:03 PM Response to Reply #1 |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 11:07 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. +1 |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 11:08 PM Response to Reply #4 |
13. That's how it's supposed to work |
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Luciferous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 11:26 PM Response to Reply #4 |
22. +2 |
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gauguin57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 11:03 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. We don't know how it will function until we see it in action. |
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Hosnon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 11:05 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. I'm _fairly_ certain that an Act of Congress cannot amend the Constitution. |
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arendt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 11:05 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. Its a weapon. We all have an idea what its function is. |
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pscot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 11:08 PM Response to Reply #5 |
14. We've seen it 3 times already |
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Hosnon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 11:04 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. +1. nt. |
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emulatorloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 11:04 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. Remember when everybody was obsessed with "czars?" & thought it proved Obama was Marxist? |
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SugarShack (979 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 11:02 PM Response to Original message |
2. The only senate committee I want to see is a "gang of a majority" called DEMS - Is this legal? |
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arendt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 11:04 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. Its as legal as all the "fast track" trade legislation...and as foul... |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 11:25 PM Response to Reply #8 |
21. The Joint Committee may hold hearings, and its report is to be made public |
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jtown1123 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 07:49 AM Response to Reply #21 |
30. Wow we got a whole 7 days to try to stop this...I feel SO confident//sarcasm |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 07:53 AM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Um, that would be 7 days in adavance of each hearing held by the Joint Committee |
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emulatorloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 11:02 PM Response to Original message |
3. The super committee doesn't pull the trigger. The trigger is a theat held over the commitee |
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arendt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 11:07 PM Response to Reply #3 |
12. I repeat. 6 to 6 is deadlock (or a corporate Dem sellout. just one asshole... |
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emulatorloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 11:09 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Obama isn't appointing anybody. Pelosi, Reid, Boehner, McConnell |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 11:11 PM Response to Reply #12 |
18. Obama doesn't appoint the members of a joint congressional committee |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 11:11 PM Response to Reply #3 |
17. The trigger is ALL CUTS, ALL CUTS. We lose either way |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 11:13 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Really? Because I heard a blot of people here screaming for Defense cuts |
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SpartanDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 11:17 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. You ok with 850 billion cuts to DoD over 10 years |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 07:14 AM Response to Reply #20 |
25. On a 1.2 trillion per year budget? No. Besides, it will be all cuts to vet benefits, I'm sure. |
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Capitalocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 07:18 AM Response to Reply #25 |
27. That's what I'm guessing too, but I'm wondering why I don't know. |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 07:42 AM Response to Reply #25 |
28. The vast majority of veteran's benefits are exempted from sequestration |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 09:02 AM Response to Reply #28 |
32. Look for loopholes that will allow them to cut Vet benefits without calling it that, as well |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 09:58 AM Response to Reply #32 |
33. That's quite fanciful |
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Pigheaded (150 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 07:47 AM Response to Reply #3 |
29. The commitee will deadlock |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 11:09 PM Response to Original message |
15. Super-size. Super-committee. Super duper commitee extreme. Marketing and Kabuki |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 11:30 PM Response to Original message |
23. And Death Panels |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 11:41 PM Response to Original message |
24. I'm thinking more Marvel Comics. Will they have capes? |
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Capitalocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 07:17 AM Response to Original message |
26. Or the Bible or an epic poem... |
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