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Supreme Court Strikes Down Defense Of Marriage Act
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2013-08-03, 21:21 | Link #1142 |
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If Politicians Had to Debug Laws Like Software, They’d Fix the Bugs:
"In the spring, members of Congress set off to fly home for a holiday—and ran into mammoth lines at the airports. Why were things so bad? Because of airport furloughs caused by the “sequester.” The sequester, you may recall, is the ridiculous measure Congress passed when members couldn’t agree on a budget, and it mandates across-the-board cuts. Critics warned that the sequester would cause hardship throughout the country, but congress-folk didn’t care — until they had to share in the pain. When they discovered that the sequester was eating into their vacation time, they rushed back to the Capitol and passed a law restoring funding to airports, working so fast that part of the bill was handwritten. Congress, it turns out, isn’t paralyzed. It’s just not motivated. In this spirit, there’s one simple way to get our do-nothing legislators off the dime: Have them eat their own dog food." See: http://www.wired.com/opinion/2013/07/qq_thompson-2/ |
2013-08-15, 08:19 | Link #1143 |
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The Cruz Threat :The senator steals a march on potential 2016 rivals
http://www.nationalreview.com/articl...t-robert-costa
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2013-08-15, 09:48 | Link #1144 | |
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2013-08-16, 20:24 | Link #1147 |
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I'm kind of surprised that this thread has not touched on the activities of the NSA as revealed by Edward Snowden. Is it problematic that Republicans and Democrats aren't clearly polarized against each other on this issue, so people don't know what stance to take on the information?
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2013-08-16, 20:36 | Link #1148 | |
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2013-08-16, 21:35 | Link #1149 | |
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Republicans may boycott CNN, NBC presidential debates
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2013-08-16, 23:32 | Link #1150 | |
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2013-08-17, 00:32 | Link #1154 |
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Ron Paul, John Huntsman and Newt Gingrich were pretty decent. Ron Paul's idea isn't subscribed by a lot of people including his own party. John Huntsman and Newt knew what they were talking about, but they both aren't "conservative" enough... especially John Huntsman who actually doesn't fit the typical Republican mold. The rest of them were between wacko to nutjobs. Michelle Backman and Rick Santorum stood out the most for being extra hilarious. So while Romney didn't have much trouble going through the debate phase due to his strong debating skill, PR people for the other candidates dug out too much dirt to give democrats a lot of ammunition to work with later on. It also didn't help how Romney couldn't stick to one message from one week to the next... and his choice comment such as the infamous 47% were icing on the cake to close the deal for the Democrats. Obama couldn't give away the election to Republican even if he tried and try he did (reference to his first debate).
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2013-08-17, 19:08 | Link #1155 |
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The rest of the world can talk about it from their perspective, but I think it's worth discussing from the American perspective as well. Specifically, what do we do about it, and how do we get it under control. The problem is that both political parties seem to be in favor of the program and aren't taking strong moves to provide oversight or limitations. What can the people do?
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2013-08-17, 20:30 | Link #1156 | |
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2013-08-17, 20:32 | Link #1157 | |
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2013-08-17, 22:31 | Link #1158 |
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Virginia's first lady held stock in company in probes: report
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/...97G09O20130817
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2013-11-11, 08:02 | Link #1159 |
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Hillary's Nightmare? A Democratic Party That Realizes Its Soul Lies With Elizabeth Warren
http://www.newrepublic.com/article/1...tons-nightmare
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2013-11-11, 08:26 | Link #1160 | |
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