I think displaying dissent in the SOTU is great!

i_am_not_john_galt

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Wed Jan-21-04 06:45 PM
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I think displaying dissent in the SOTU is great!

Ever see the UK Prime Minister's annual address to Parliment? There is hearty and loud agreement AND dissent - loud hurrahs and boos. It's funny that after 200 years our culture in politics is more restrained in displaying dissent than England's.

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Ladyhawk

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Wed Jan-21-04 06:49 PM
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1. Off topic: how did you decide upon your name.

My brother is an Ayn Rand fanatic.

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i_am_not_john_galt

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Wed Jan-21-04 07:41 PM
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4. I lean libertarian, but

Edited on Wed Jan-21-04 07:42 PM by i_am_not_john_galt

profoundly distrust the power of corporations. They are artifical, immortal constructs given the rights of men and used to shield individuals from the consequences of their actions. So I don't fit in too well with the modern day "conservative" movement.

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Sapphocrat

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Wed Jan-21-04 06:52 PM
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2. Ever see the Australian parliament in session?

Aussie MPs make the rest of the world look like a bunch of amateurs (except the Japanese parliament; even Aussies don't rush the podium and throw punches at the speaker).

My heart racing when I heard those first, faint little BOOs from the left side of the aisle last night. I was hoping it would swell into a crescendo that would drown out the chimp.

Come on, wimpy Dems, get LOUD!

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Imalittleteapot

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Wed Jan-21-04 06:52 PM
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3. Imagine Bush having to appear in the Senate or

House once a month. Kennedy yelling. Dems laughing. Byrd lecturing on the Constitution. Booing. Hissing. Yahoos from the pukes.

I agree. Dessent in the SOTU is appropriate.

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nannygoat

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Wed Jan-21-04 09:20 PM
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5. Attending the SOTU seems to be one of the only places that Americans

Edited on Wed Jan-21-04 09:22 PM by nannygoat

can still protest within range of the Chimp-in-Charge. I'm with you guys, Dems in Congress should boo, hiss, and scream at that unelected fraud, moron.

I went to protest at his inauguration and you wouldn't believe the rage directed at that thief. I've never heard, or been part of such a mass loathing before. It felt so great, temporarily, to let that fraud know he and his cabal hadn't pulled the wool over the eyes of all Americans.

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