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President Biden: The NEW one and only politics thread

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Moderator1, Jan 20, 2021.

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  1. garrow

    garrow Well-Known Member

    garrow, Jun 30, 2022
    #36661
  2. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    The EPA (or any government body created out of thin air and filled with unelected appointees) shouldn't have the power to make up laws by decree and enforce them with dictatorial authority. We live in a democracy. Grim is the antidemocratic system we have gravitated toward because the ends justify any means. Let Congress create (or not create) those laws. That is how you legislate in an actual democracy.
     
    The Big Ragu, Jun 30, 2022
    #36662
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  3. doctorquant

    doctorquant Well-Known Member

    Also (and isn't this ironic?): The by-2030 emissions goals set by the Obama-era EPA in the original days of this dustup have already been achieved.
     
    doctorquant, Jun 30, 2022
    #36663
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  4. Mngwa

    Mngwa Well-Known Member

    Democracy is dead. The Senate is broken. Only lobbyists write laws.
     
    Mngwa, Jun 30, 2022
    #36664
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  5. BitterYoungMatador2

    BitterYoungMatador2 Well-Known Member

    BAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
     
    BitterYoungMatador2, Jun 30, 2022
    #36665
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  6. heyabbott

    heyabbott Well-Known Member

    God forbid that Congress recognize a large scientific problem, delegate limited jurisdiction and power to scientific experts. What we need is a committee of Elise Stepanik, Maxine Waters and a rock to be named later instead of the experts at the EPA
     
    heyabbott, Jun 30, 2022
    #36666
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  7. DanOregon

    DanOregon Well-Known Member

    The idea of a filibuster is great - one Senator alone in the pit of the Senate speaking out against a planned vote, hoping to rally the public against some travesty - there used to be a "risk/reward" to it. Maybe your allies, supporters turned on you or maybe they were replaced by the majority of Americans. Now, its just a procedural move that requires nothing of the person "doing" the filibuster - unless, like Ted Cruz or Rand Paul, the ENTIRE POINT of the exercise is to make a TOTAL JACKASS out of oneself out of spite.
     
    DanOregon, Jun 30, 2022
    #36667
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  8. Inky_Wretch

    Inky_Wretch Well-Known Member

    Just in time for 2024!

     
    Inky_Wretch, Jun 30, 2022
    #36668
  9. dixiehack

    dixiehack Well-Known Member

    Somebody pulls that stunt and it’s time for revolution.
     
    dixiehack, Jun 30, 2022
    #36669
  10. goalmouth

    goalmouth Well-Known Member

    Pelican Brief was an excellent story.
     
    goalmouth, Jun 30, 2022
    #36670
  11. BitterYoungMatador2

    BitterYoungMatador2 Well-Known Member

    It's fine. We live in a democracy after all.
     
    BitterYoungMatador2, Jun 30, 2022
    #36671
  12. Neutral Corner

    Neutral Corner Well-Known Member

    I'm certain that we can count on Congress and industry lobbyists to come to an agreement on measures that will protect us from climate changes associated with global warming.


    There's not enough blue ink to cover that one.
     
    Neutral Corner, Jun 30, 2022
    #36672
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