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2010 Feb 26, 9:53am 13,167 views 53 comments
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Wow! Troy, do you believe this as well? Constitution is a “dead letter†- essentially irrelevant?
Is there any readily perceptible evidence to the contrary?
Among other technicalities like voting ages, etc., our Constitution sets forth the limit of the governments power over the individual. In essence, it remains a pretty great boilerplate document, but after the last administration ran roughshod all over it, treating it more as a quaint remnant to be parsed and misinterpreted for their agendas, the life went right out of the thing.
If the actual document reflected the esteem it has within our government, it would have a coffee ring and a cigarette burn or two. Maybe a pizza delivery number written on the back.
Vicente
2010 Mar 4, 2:17am
Back to Jim Bunning, Daily Show has some commentary:
http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-march-2-2010/jim-bunning-is-just-a-dick
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http://money.cnn.com/2010/02/26/news/economy/unemployment_insurance/index.htm
I'm not currently unemployed, but if I was and this asshole was the lone reason I wouldn't be getting a check next week to feed my family, you can sure as hell bet I would want to do him bodily harm. While it's always frustrating when congress drags it's feet on an issue that directly affects you, it's usually very unspecific what the hold up is, there no identifiable individual that you could direct your anger towards. But in this case there is, and in a few days there will be 1 million angry people that will looking for someone to blame, add to that another 5 million by June, that pretty much guarantees that someone will follow through with permanently removing this obstacle if an unemployment extension bill isn't passed soon.
While secret service protects the president, cabinet members, presidential candidates and head of state from other countries visiting, congress and senators are not offered the same kind of protection. While they are free to hire there own body guards, most typically do not.