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MadHound Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-08-06 09:18 AM
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Meanwhile, back in the reality based world
The Senate is facing a key vote on repealing the Estate Tax today. So put aside the propaganda about al Zaqarwi's latest death, your outrage over the FMA, and start calling your Senators NOW. Otherwise the rich will continue to get richer, and the rest of us will see our slide into serfdom accelerated greatly<http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2006/06/08/estate_tax_faces_pivotal_vote_in_senate/>
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helderheid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-08-06 09:19 AM
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1. recommended!
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Lars39 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-08-06 09:20 AM
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2. K&R
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helderheid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-08-06 09:24 AM
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3. KICK - are they debating this now? is it on C-Span?
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MadHound Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-08-06 09:26 AM
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4. I don't know if it's on C-Span right now
I don't have access to a TV currently(I'm posting from work*gasp*:blush:) I do know that there is a key procedural vote today, and that the debate was all over CSpan yesterday. Let me know what you find out if you've access to a TV.
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helderheid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-08-06 09:30 AM
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6. will do - thanks for your voice of calm and sanity! It's easy to get
caught up here, if you know what I mean.
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MadHound Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-08-06 09:33 AM
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9. Oh I fully understand, I get caught up in the hype myself
It's just now I've a little voice inside of me that goes off when the spewage gets deep, and it starts asking "OK, what are they trying to cover?" That's when I start looking around.

Sad that one has to be so cynical, but that's what happens when reality exceeds one's cynicism time and again, as has happened with this misadministration.

And thanks for the kind words:hi:
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helderheid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-08-06 09:37 AM
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11. I get caught up too. YES they are debating NOW C-Span 2 Reid is up
http://c-span.org/watch/cs_cspan2_rm.asp?Cat=TV&Code=CS2
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myrna minx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-08-06 09:27 AM
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5. You are totally correct. K&R. n/t
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Jeffersons Ghost Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-08-06 09:32 AM
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7. Kicked and Recommended! watch the ball DU or they'll strick you out again
keep your eye on the SPINNING ball DU!
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proud2BlibKansan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-08-06 09:33 AM
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8. But I have a gay wedding to attend
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MadHound Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-08-06 09:35 AM
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10. LOL, isn't that what cell phones are for?
So that you can go to a wedding and be involved in government at the same time? And if your Senator is a fundy neo-con, hey, let him listen in, he might find out a few things, like that gays are just plain folks too:hi:
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Virginia Dare Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-08-06 09:43 AM
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12. Ah, yes the vultures never miss an opportunity do they?
While the media drones on and on today about this horseshit, the Senate is busy burying a knife in our backs.
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MadHound Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-08-06 09:47 AM
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13. Yep, every distraction is an opportunity to them
That's why I figured I should raise an alarm. I heard all this happy Zaqarwi horseshit this morning and started thinking "Hmm, I wonder what they're trying to distract us from"

Sad when one has to be so cynical. Worse still is when one's cynicism is surpassed by reality on a daily basis.
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Jeffersons Ghost Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-08-06 12:38 PM
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15. and we called them a "do-nothing congress" they've done plenty!
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Kurovski Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-08-06 12:35 PM
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14. Kick
Done.
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MadHound Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-08-06 12:45 PM
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16. Woo Hoo! It's been blocked!
Cloture wasn't achieved either for the original bill or the compromise bill! Repeal of the estate tax is DONE, at least for now
<http://money.cnn.com/2006/06/08/pf/taxes/estate_tax_debate/index.htm>

Now, onto the next Bushco crime being committed.
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mhatrw Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-09-06 12:40 AM
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17. That is great news! (nt)
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