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karlrschneider Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-18-05 10:47 PM
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Jesus, does anybody EVER recall a lot of shouting & screaming in the
House before? This is beginning to look more like Britain's Parliament!
(Lantos is properly questioning the content of the 'debate') This is nothing short of wild! I think I like it.
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Janice325 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-18-05 10:48 PM
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1. I agree with what you just posted.
I feel like I'm watching history in the making.
Wow!!
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proud2BlibKansan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-18-05 10:49 PM
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2. It is cool and so historic
My whole family is watching.
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Bjornsdotter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-18-05 10:49 PM
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3. I don't remember ever seeing

this much action in the House. I love it...I think the Republicans are stunned by the response.

Cheers!
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LSK Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-18-05 10:49 PM
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4. yes, last night during the budget battle at midnight n/t
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The Jacobin Donating Member (820 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-18-05 10:50 PM
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5. When such bullshit is shoveled by the chickenhawks
and the Dems know we are all watching - they better start yelling.
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DanCa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-18-05 10:50 PM
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6. I wonder what congress approval is going to be when the dust settles.
Personaly I watch dateline john lennon and i am now listening to springsteen on dish.
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in_cog_ni_to Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-18-05 10:50 PM
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7. I want to see a BRAWL like they have in Japan!
:evilgrin:
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karlrschneider Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-18-05 10:52 PM
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13. That'd suit me! I'd love for someone to deck that asshole Hayworth!
:D
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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-18-05 10:57 PM
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16. South Korea n/t
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cry baby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-18-05 10:50 PM
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8. passions are running very high tonight, aren't they...
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Telly Savalas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-18-05 10:50 PM
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9. It should be like this everyday.
It'd be even better if it there was a question period where the president has to field questions from the opposition.
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The Velveteen Ocelot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-18-05 10:59 PM
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18. I wish there was something like Prime Minister's Questions
where Bush would have to come before Congress and answer questions. I'd pay good money to watch that.
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ceile Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-18-05 10:50 PM
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10. In TX we like to see punches thrown....
just kidding. But that actually happened in the 70s or early 80s I believe.
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kansasblue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-18-05 10:51 PM
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11. It's almost scary. Go democracy!
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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-18-05 10:51 PM
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12. I'd love to see a bit
of South Korea's parliament if I'm truthful. A good fist fight would be quite entertaining.
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DenaliDemocrat Donating Member (536 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-18-05 10:54 PM
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14. Man, if you got to beat the shit out of Republicans
I would run for Congress!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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SammyWinstonJack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-18-05 11:01 PM
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19. ..
:spray: I imagine you'd have company there, lots. :rofl:
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WhiteTara Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-18-05 10:57 PM
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15. thank everything that they started
screaming about all that. I know that POS Schmit said she didn't mean to insult Murtha, but of course that was exactly what she said...I have a message for Murtha. If the Democrats had just sat there, I would have left the party. It was wonderful to hear them. I was a bit disturbed that they shut the sound off on cspan during these breaks. I think we should be hearing that too.
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DanCa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-18-05 11:01 PM
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20. Hell schmidt insulted half of my family in unifrom.
They want out to.
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WhiteTara Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-18-05 11:10 PM
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24. Hell, she's just an insult to humanity
what a shriveled mean person. I'll bet she would steal the money out of the church house poor box.
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DanCa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-18-05 11:18 PM
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26. Or take money out of the collection plate when passed to her
honestly she reminds me of gollum from lord of the rings.
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WhiteTara Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-19-05 12:53 PM
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30. gollum was sort of cute in
a disgusting sort of way. She is just disgusting.
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DanCa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-19-05 10:09 PM
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31. And golloum would knock out fish before he eat em.
Jeannie would probably dig in while the tail was still flopping about :D
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WhiteTara Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-19-05 10:23 PM
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33. now that was a disgusting
visual! ;)
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MelissaB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-18-05 11:22 PM
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I want the sound during breaks, too.
Wonder why they cut it.
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progressivebydesign Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-18-05 10:59 PM
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17. I hope they start throwing chairs!!! n/t
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cascadiance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-18-05 11:02 PM
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21. Nah... We don't want Bobby Knight as a congress critter!
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mrcheerful Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-18-05 11:04 PM
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22. In the good ole days
there was gun play and duels over disagreements between parties on the floor. Remember congressman Burr?
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Canadian Socialist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-18-05 11:04 PM
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23. That's funny!
I just started a thread comparing what is happening in your House with what happens in the Canadian House of Commons.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x5401395
You guys, (no offence intended) are amateurs when it comes to the shouting. And, you don't have Question Period once a week.
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SheilaT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-18-05 11:16 PM
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25. I believe the last time
this kind of thing happened was in 1964, when the Civil Rights Act was being passed.

Before that you'd probably have to go back to the lead-up to the Civil War. To say this is unprecedented and historic hardly begins to do it justice.
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kskiska Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-18-05 11:19 PM
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27. The Terri Schiavo debate was pretty lively.
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barb162 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-18-05 11:20 PM
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28. I enjoyed that; the Democrats are getting ornery
It's very unusual
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On the Road Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-18-05 11:22 PM
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29. What's the "Howdy-Doody-Lookin' Nimrod" Up to?
Has he dared to show his face?

:smoke:
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tsuki Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-19-05 10:10 PM
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32. Lantos was utterly cool and collected. He backed the chair down.
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Media_Lies_Daily Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-19-05 10:37 PM
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34. An incident from the past ( I don't personally recall this! )...
May 22, 1856: The Caning of Senator Charles Sumner
<http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/minute/The_Caning_of_Senator_Charles_Sumner.htm>

QUOTE:

On May 22, 1856, the "world's greatest deliberative body" became a combat zone. In one of the most dramatic and deeply ominous moments in the Senate's entire history, a member of the House of Representatives entered the Senate chamber and savagely beat a senator into unconsciousness.
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