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kpete (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-15-07 08:36 AM Original message |
Galloway:Blood Of Many Will Flow Freely&Stain The Hands Of Those Who Allowed Insane War To Continue |
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papau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-15-07 08:48 AM Response to Original message |
1. "a sufficient understanding of the Constitution" - what is it about "60 votes" and "67 votes" that |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-15-07 08:51 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. What is it about "power of the purse" that many Democrats don't understand? |
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papau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-15-07 10:15 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. No - there aren't more than a third in House of Senate that will defund troops - the VietNam defund |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-15-07 10:21 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Please, reread your Civics books |
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papau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-15-07 10:26 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Amazing how no one knows our history on DU - the Defunding didn't stop any war! |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-15-07 10:52 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. I never made that claim, but it is interesting that you tangent off onto it. |
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papau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-15-07 11:35 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. The point is that it has never been done in the past for the good reason that you can't defund and |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-15-07 04:10 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. So the power of the purse was just tossed into the Constitution as an afterthought? Riiiight! |
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papau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-16-07 03:27 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. It is the ability to transfer funds in an "emergency" that screws up the idea - the Articles of |
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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-15-07 11:44 AM Response to Reply #7 |
12. Thanks. I didn't remember all of that. |
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papau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-15-07 01:28 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Good point - when Congress is pissed enough to wash its hands of a situation - it does totally n/t |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-15-07 09:13 AM Response to Original message |
3. k & r for a damn good article that more people ought to read. (nt) |
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indepat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-15-07 09:40 AM Response to Original message |
4. Those who allow this insane war to continue at the behest of a stubborn, unseeing, unthinking man |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-15-07 11:13 AM Response to Original message |
9. So he has his stalling tactic laid out until next August. |
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Tom Joad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-15-07 11:35 AM Response to Original message |
11. Not only will dems allow this war/occupation continue to Jan 2009, but most likely way beyond that. |
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