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Alex · 03-31-2006, 01:05 PM

I reallly don't have a problem with them being exempt. By their election we are putting our full faith and support behind them in running the country. If we can't we trust that they won't blow up the Capitol Building then we're screwed.

And while I find Cynthia McKinney to be an embarrassment (not for her politics but for her or personality) it does raise an interesting question if she indeed does have more problems than other Congress(white)men in using her privilege.

That said, I'm surprised there isn't some form of gate for people exempted through the metal detector that requires swiping an ID. We had a swipe key gate to go through at work and while our CEO could go anywhere he wanted to without question he still had to swipe his badge to get in.

scaeagles · 03-31-2006, 03:33 PM

OK....she just keeps upping the racial component of this.....

http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/03/31/D8GMPKR81.html

"Ms. McKinney is just a victim of being in Congress while black," Myart (her lawyer) said.

"Members of Congress wear identifying lapel pins and routinely are waved into buildings without undergoing security checks. McKinney was not wearing her pin at the time "

Alex · 03-31-2006, 05:26 PM

I watched her portion of that press conference. You have to love the kids dragged in to stand behind her with hand-written signs (most likely by some unpaid congressional intern, not the kids themselves) saying "Is Cynthia Being Targetted?"

Again, her basic claim may be correct but it would have her cause if she weren't a kook and didn't walk around looking like she was recently surprised to discover the extent of her own craziness.

innerSpaceman · 03-31-2006, 05:55 PM

Heheh, this has turned into the 'Random Political Thoughts' thread that I tried to prevent once before.

Oh well, there's no stoping a juggernaut.

scaeagles · 03-31-2006, 06:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

Heheh, this has turned into the 'Random Political Thoughts' thread that I tried to prevent once before.

Oh well, there's no stoping a juggernaut.

Oh sure.....close the one I started, but let this one continue.

Motorboat Cruiser · 03-31-2006, 06:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by scaeagles

Oh sure.....close the one I started, but let this one continue.

Precisely! You catch on quick.

Gemini Cricket · 04-03-2006, 06:27 AM

I wasn't sure where to post this. It's more of a tongue in cheek thang than a serious thang.

Do you ever think that the Republicans and the Democrats just take turns? I mean, once the GOP sees that their debt is so huge and that there's not much they can do about it that they just hand things over to the Dems? Then the Dems tax the crud out of everyone until there's enough money for the Repubs to spend?

If anything, that would make a funny film.

Alex · 04-03-2006, 04:41 PM

Except it hasn't worked that way. You had one Republican president who spent a whole lot of money and cut taxes, then the next spent not so much money (and in one famous instance slightly raised taxes when submitted to abominable legislative blackmail). Then a Democrat who did pretty well with spending (and submitted to the most successful and only significant alteration of a major entitlement program in 40 years) and left taxes mostly flat, and then another big spending Republican who apparently never saw another person's dollar he didn't want to spend.

innerSpaceman · 04-03-2006, 05:11 PM

Well, if we only count two-termers ... then G.C.'s pattern works just fine.

Let's do that, then.

(It also works if we delete the redundancy of presidents with the same last name, and make the disqualification apply to the one who seved less time. I wonder if that would make the pattern work if we go way way back and eliminate one Roosevelt and one Adams?)

Gemini Cricket · 04-05-2006, 06:30 AM

Quote:

President Bush's tax cuts for investment income have significantly lowered the tax burden on the richest Americans, reducing taxes on incomes of more than $10 million by an average of about $500,000, according to a report Wednesday.

An analysis of Internal Revenue Service data by The New York Times found that the benefit of the lower taxes on investments was more concentrated on the very wealthiest Americans than the benefits of President Bush's two previous tax cuts.

Source
Bleh.

03-31-2006, 01:05 PM	#231
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	I reallly don't have a problem with them being exempt. By their election we are putting our full faith and support behind them in running the country. If we can't we trust that they won't blow up the Capitol Building then we're screwed. And while I find Cynthia McKinney to be an embarrassment (not for her politics but for her or personality) it does raise an interesting question if she indeed does have more problems than other Congress(white)men in using her privilege. That said, I'm surprised there isn't some form of gate for people exempted through the metal detector that requires swiping an ID. We had a swipe key gate to go through at work and while our CEO could go anywhere he wanted to without question he still had to swipe his badge to get in.
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03-31-2006, 03:33 PM	#232
scaeagles I LIKE! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,819	OK....she just keeps upping the racial component of this..... http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/03/31/D8GMPKR81.html "Ms. McKinney is just a victim of being in Congress while black," Myart (her lawyer) said. "Members of Congress wear identifying lapel pins and routinely are waved into buildings without undergoing security checks. McKinney was not wearing her pin at the time "
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03-31-2006, 05:26 PM	#233
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	I watched her portion of that press conference. You have to love the kids dragged in to stand behind her with hand-written signs (most likely by some unpaid congressional intern, not the kids themselves) saying "Is Cynthia Being Targetted?" Again, her basic claim may be correct but it would have her cause if she weren't a kook and didn't walk around looking like she was recently surprised to discover the extent of her own craziness.
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03-31-2006, 05:55 PM	#234
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	Heheh, this has turned into the 'Random Political Thoughts' thread that I tried to prevent once before. Oh well, there's no stoping a juggernaut.
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04-03-2006, 06:27 AM	#237
Gemini Cricket ... Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 13,244	I wasn't sure where to post this. It's more of a tongue in cheek thang than a serious thang. Do you ever think that the Republicans and the Democrats just take turns? I mean, once the GOP sees that their debt is so huge and that there's not much they can do about it that they just hand things over to the Dems? Then the Dems tax the crud out of everyone until there's enough money for the Repubs to spend? If anything, that would make a funny film.
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04-03-2006, 04:41 PM	#238
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	Except it hasn't worked that way. You had one Republican president who spent a whole lot of money and cut taxes, then the next spent not so much money (and in one famous instance slightly raised taxes when submitted to abominable legislative blackmail). Then a Democrat who did pretty well with spending (and submitted to the most successful and only significant alteration of a major entitlement program in 40 years) and left taxes mostly flat, and then another big spending Republican who apparently never saw another person's dollar he didn't want to spend.
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04-03-2006, 05:11 PM	#239
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	Well, if we only count two-termers ... then G.C.'s pattern works just fine. Let's do that, then. (It also works if we delete the redundancy of presidents with the same last name, and make the disqualification apply to the one who seved less time. I wonder if that would make the pattern work if we go way way back and eliminate one Roosevelt and one Adams?)
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