Ever wonder why Our Goverment can't get anything done

[kknudson]

Congress spent 2 days of heated debate about destroying the flag.

I really don't care what your opinion is, mine is don't burn it just leave.



BUT don't we have about a trillion more important things to worry about.

[TheDon]

you people voted them into office.. so shut up.. deal with it.. its your fault.. and if you voted for the other one then shut up deal with it you didnt show enough support for your guy....

[AustinsCE]

Thats the spirit, shut up. The problems in your country are none of your business.

[wbain5280]

OK, back on the topic...

In case you all don't know, our system of Gov't is not supposed to fast or efficient. It's slow and cumbersom for a reason. The reason is that the longer it takes to get laws passed, the longer we have our liberties.

Whatever you think about the flag burning amendment, first it has to pass the Senate, then be ratified by 3/4's of the states and then there is a waiting period until it becomes the Law of the Land.

In case you forgot, the ERA, Equal Rights Amendment, never passed the 3/4's muster after an extention. I personally think it should have been passed. The Supreme Court has passed it by Judicial Fiat, and i'm not taling about the car.

Lots of amendments get proposed but few pass. It's better that way. Be afraid of Seantors who say that they'll pass a law and let the courts decide.


I prefer Congressional Gridlock. It means they're leaving us alone.

[AustinsCE]

Well its taking them 70 years to do something about welfare, and 200 for immigration.

[MTI]

This week it was flag burning . . . last week it was debate on non-binding resolutions about troop withdrawl . . . there was a committee hearing on violent video games . . . . oh, they did manage to kill the increase in the federal minimum wage . . . so you can't say it's been an unproductive couple of weeks.

[aklim]

Originally Posted by kknudson

Congress spent 2 days of heated debate about destroying the flag.

I really don't care what your opinion is, mine is don't burn it just leave.



BUT don't we have about a trillion more important things to worry about.

Those 2 things are to show that they are doing something. The more important things can be avoided since they are busy.

[cmac2012]

Well I know that around here, we've had an epidemic of flag burning, the air stinks sometime, it's getting so out of control.

That, and the hordes of married gays trying to break into my home to convert me to queer-ness while destroying the institution of marriage.

Thank God Congress caught wind of my distress.

[cmac2012]

Originally Posted by AustinsCE

Thats the spirit, shut up. The problems in your country are none of your business.

Hey, you're smarter than you look....

[raymr]

Let them burn the flag, who cares. They will not be burning MY U.S. flag, which proudly waves next to the front AND back doors of my house. The debate is a silly waste of time and money.

[Botnst]

Debate moving in painful slowness from one inconsequential piece of legislative fluff to another for interminable weeks is a GOOD thing. I'd favor doubling their pay if they'd stay out of session twice as long. And encourage Bush to go to Crawford, TX for months instead of weeks at a time. And the SC take fewer cases. Those guys need to be spending more time on geriatric augmentation.

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[Maroon 300D]

It does seem like a waste of time.

And banning the burning of the flag simply turns it into a meaningful protest. As of right now it is not one.

[TheDon]

all this is .. is taking attention away from the situation in iraq and the middle east, our economic problems and bush's falling approval rating.. same thing goes with the gay card.. taking attention away from the middle east etc etc.. lets the gays marry and burn the flag.. does it affect me? nope i have anarchist friends, gay friends.. gay anarchist friends.. ive gone to there protests.. it was worth going too.. opens your eyes to stuff the govt doesnt want to see and why they are wrong..

[R Leo]

Originally Posted by Botnst

And encourage Bush to go to Crawford, TX for months instead of weeks at a time.
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No, please NO! Whenever the Shrub is in Crawford, there seems to be a constant stream of military choppers wopping their way back and forth over BHF...Gawd I wish he'd chosen Connecticut instead of Texas as 'home.'

[John Doe]

[QUOTE=MTI] . . . there was a committee hearing on violent video games . . . .QUOTE]

I watched some of that on c-span and was disturbed by the number of those guys who actually play video games. Funny, they were all overweight and several wore glasses. Almost all of them said their kids played video games. Mine won't.