I guess I missed the part where Indiana annexed Northern VA.
One of the best forigen policy minds of the past 40 years is about to be replaced with an uncomprimising fool. Solid.
Dick Lugar Out Of The Senate
I guess I missed the part where Indiana annexed Northern VA.
One of the best forigen policy minds of the past 40 years is about to be replaced with an uncomprimising fool. Solid.
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My aim, then, was to whip the rebels, to humble their pride, to follow them to their inmost recesses, and make them fear and dread us. Fear is the beginning of wisdom.
I am tired and sick of war. Its glory is all moonshine. It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, for vengeance, for desolation.
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But he wasn't a Tea Party conservative. How could we trust him to stop big government?
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That's a crying shame. He did a lot of good work on nuclear proliferation and our (messed up) relationship with Pakistan. Another moderate bites the dust.
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If we would repeal the 17th, we wouldn't have to put up with stuff like this.
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Why would we give our power back to the government? Screw that.Originally Posted by drone
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I was going to write something but then realized he has me on ignore.
If someone wants to hold his hand through Montisqeu, Madison, and the difference between 2 and 6 years I'd be much obliged
There, but for the grace of God, goes John Bradford
My aim, then, was to whip the rebels, to humble their pride, to follow them to their inmost recesses, and make them fear and dread us. Fear is the beginning of wisdom.
I am tired and sick of war. Its glory is all moonshine. It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, for vengeance, for desolation.
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The Senate was never intended to represent the people, it's supposed to represent the states. The 17th has been key in centralizing power in the federal government.
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Si je n'étais pas jouer à des jeux que je serais mort de petits animaux à un taux plus élevé que je suis maintenant - Louis VI The Fat
"Why do you hate the extremely limited Spartan version of freedom?" - Lemur
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Random observation: when post-war Germany was being rebuilt, west Germany adopted a constitution with a bi-cameral assembly in which one chamber (the Bundesrat, or Senate if you will) held a very large sway over the federal government. By and large, the same setup endures to this day, and with great success. Allthough it had historical precedent one of the reasons west-Germany was so "federal" was because the USA insisted that it would be that way - they thought it would be a good garantue against Prussian dominance, authoritarianism, and a load of other bad things.
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He's also been in office longer than I've been alive and no longer bothered to live in the state that he nominally represented. I think it might have been time for a fresh face. Also, I doubt you'd lament his ouster if he was unseated by a Democrat.
Get the petition started- I'll sign.
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The fewer moderates we have in the Senate, the more dysfunctional it'll get. I can totally see the day when the Senate will be unable to function unless one of the parties holds a supermajority.He's also been in office longer than I've been alive and no longer bothered to live in the state that he nominally represented. I think it might have been time for a fresh face. Also, I doubt you'd lament his ouster if he was unseated by a Democrat.
"And if the people raise a great howl against my barbarity and cruelty, I will answer that war is war and not popularity seeking. If they want peace, they and their relatives must stop the war." - William Tecumseh Sherman
“The market, like the Lord, helps those who help themselves. But unlike the Lord, the market does not forgive those who know not what they do.” - Warren Buffett
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Sounds good. The less functional it is, the less damage it can do. Too bad it didn't happen before Obamacare was passed.
Don't get me wrong, there are problems (long-term entitlement spending) that the federal government needs to address- I just don't have any confidence that it will do so. Any attempts at "reform" so far have only made things worse instead of better.
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