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Journal by DeathMonkey
Well the good news is that most congresscritters do, and Trump's fake-ass emergency was rejected.
41 Republican Senators and 182 Republican House Representatives, on the other hand, just proved how completely full of crap they are.
Remember when executive overreach was a thing?
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... the MYSTERIANS are in here with my CORDUROY SOAP DISH!!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 14 2019, @09:31PM (17 children)
And Trump will veto, and the windmill (wall) will stand.
(Score: 1) by Sulla on Thursday March 14 2019, @09:34PM (4 children)
Its a good play. Without the declaration Trump is still legally able to shift around funds to build more of the wall, yet the democrats are focused on the small portion from the emergency declaration. He will be able to build/restore swaths of wall/fence before this gets through the legal process. The funds from the emergency declaration is relatively small. CNN sells all of the budget shifting as from the declaration, which it is not.
Ceterum censeo Sinae esse delendam
(Score: 2) by aristarchus on Friday March 15 2019, @08:08AM (3 children)
Sulla! This is why you lead to the downfall of Rome! A willful inability to understand the rule of law! No, Trump cannot to that! Even if he does, as you so traitoriously put it, before the legal process get something done, it will all have to be torn down, his name stripped from all laws and public monuments, his spawn liquidated and his ancestors erased. That is the Roman way, is it not? Crucifixion? We leave them up there until the birds and rats have their way, and there is nothing left to bury, so that people have to come up with resurrection myths to not feel so bad about the lack of closure. Trump is going down. Once he vetos the repudiation of the Congress's denial of his "emergency", even more Republican Senators will feel the call to defend the Constitution. Rome, Sulla, it was an idea, that only existed in a whisper, and only lasted as long as good men defended it. Trump is not a good man. All who support him are traitors. There will be justice. Do not be on the wrong side of it again, Sulla, I beg you!
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Friday March 15 2019, @03:03PM (2 children)
You're several different kinds of dumbass, Ari. But, see if you can't refresh your memory. Rome ultimately fell when it was unable to resist the barbarian hordes from outside. Right? Remember? And, here you are, arguing that we should stop resisting the barbarian hordes from south of the border. Now, are you ready to admit that you've been wrong, all along? Or, would you rather admit that you hate the United States, and that you WANT to see us fall?
Abortion is the number one killed of children in the United States.
(Score: 1) by Sulla on Friday March 15 2019, @04:46PM (1 child)
I believe Aristarchus is complaining about the fall of the Republic. People like to forget that it was Marius and his murder of countless members of the senatorial and equestrian classes that left a void that the opposition to monarchy would have formerly filled. It is a bad analogy on Aristarchus part because there is still an extensive opposition to the executive in the United States.
Ceterum censeo Sinae esse delendam
(Score: 2) by aristarchus on Friday March 15 2019, @08:35PM
History is not Runaway's strong suite. In fact, Runaway has no strong suite. But as for the analogy, you should have learned that it is never too early to oppose tyranny, Sulla! Empires never fall from external causes like hordes of barbarians, they rot from the inside, when they allow corrupt idiots to seize power and hold endless rallies, when formerly brave citizens become cowardly and afraid of barbarians to the extent they would imprison women and children, and seek to build a wall, like the Vallum Hadriani.
No, Runaway, the United States has already failed. It has lost its principles of equality and justice that made it what it was, and now consists of fools in MAGAot hats who watch Fox News. Quite sad, actually.
(Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Friday March 15 2019, @02:17AM (11 children)
Hmmm.....
Trump supporter who doesn't know what 'tilting at windmills' means?
Or, liberal who does?
(Score: 0, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 15 2019, @01:44PM (10 children)
You're surprised that your assumptions of people are so wrong? That you can't fit everyone into the small little boxes your mind is limited to? That people are much more diverse, and much more complicated, than you can possibly grasp? This is why you are part of the problem.
Ironically, you won't be able to understand this.
(Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Friday March 15 2019, @02:25PM (9 children)
Well, I was leaning toward ignorant Trump supporter and I think I won.
Here's a little offtopic lesson for the day: Don Quixote.
Now bear with me, I know he was some kind of Mexican, but he was also batshit crazy.
When he was out "tilting at windmills" he thought he was FIGHTING DRAGONS.
So by saying Trump is "tilting at walls" you are implying 2 thing:
1) Trump is batshit crazy.
2) Immigration, like dragons, ARE NOT REAL PROBLEMS.
So I agree with what you actually said, just not what you meant to say.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 15 2019, @02:38PM (1 child)
I wouldn't know; I wasn't the OP AC. But your assumptions rule the day, right? Like I said, "Ironically, you won't be able to understand this." Way to prove my point.
(Score: 2) by aristarchus on Friday March 15 2019, @08:45PM
Pride in ignorance and stupidity is a dangerous character flaw. You should at least try to hide it. As Dean Wormer put it, "Fat, drunk, stupid and Trump supporting is no way to go through life."
Cervantes is a bit above the average right-wing nut-job soylentil. But as Fox and Fiends said about Beto O'Rourke, "As if it's a big plus that he reads books [esquire.com]." Yeah, as if.
(Score: 1, Flamebait) by Runaway1956 on Friday March 15 2019, @03:05PM (5 children)
That's a verbose way of saying that he was a Democrat, isn't it?
Abortion is the number one killed of children in the United States.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 15 2019, @04:14PM (4 children)
Tribal nonsense, humorous that you often cry about the tribal tendencies.
Hypocritical jackass
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Friday March 15 2019, @05:09PM (3 children)
Yes, I suppose it is tribal nonsense. The other big tribe is a different flavor of batshit crazy than yours is. Alas - my tribe is so small that it's batshit crazy is seldom revealed.
Abortion is the number one killed of children in the United States.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 15 2019, @05:37PM (2 children)
I disagree. You reveal some of your batshit crazy in every post. We've seen far more of your batshit crazy than we'd like.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Friday March 15 2019, @05:48PM (1 child)
You err. Yours, and the other large tribe in this country are so batshit, you are unqualified to evaluate batshit.
Let's try this one more time. Lefties are so fucking crazy, we have to wonder how in hell they manage to feed themselves. Oh - I slipped up there - RIGHTIES feed the lefties.
Righties are considerably less batshit - but they definitely are batshit, because they feed the crazies.
Let's play pretend. Let's pretend that all welfare in this nation ended tomorrow. Corporate welfare, individual welfare, military-industrial welfare, immigrant welfare - it's all done, and government isn't giving money away to ANYONE.
Who are the survivors? Who dies, and who lives?
Abortion is the number one killed of children in the United States.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 15 2019, @06:17PM
The survivors are buried in Grant's Tomb.
What the hell do you think would happen? What a dumb question! Your brain's getting soft
(Score: 1) by khallow on Saturday March 16 2019, @02:05PM