Thursday
Mar182010
House Votes 222-203 to Kill a Republican Effort to Block the Slaughter Rule
4 CommentsI'll be honest. I had started to wonder whether this Slaughter Rule business was a bait-and-switch. I couldn't imagine that, with the pounding Democratic leadership have taken over the deem-and-pass strategy, there was any profit left in pushing it. After all, the point was to provide Democrats with political cover, via procedural obscurity, for a vote in favor of the Senate bill. But the procedure is no longer obscure and the cover is now a fig leaf.
That's why I find it genuinely amazing that the House just defeated a Republican
measure to block the Slaughter Rule by a vote 222 to 203.
I...will...not...comply.
It's getting close to gate-stormin' time folks.
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"I...will...not...comply.
It's getting close to gate-stormin' time folks."
This is what it's going to come down to. Do you think we can count on the far-left to be understanding when we practice our own "civil disobedience"? Somehow I doubt it... But I believe you will NOT be alone in your refusal. It's not obstructionism to defy this bill, if it becomes law. For those who isagree, it's almost a moral duty:
"One who breaks an unjust law must do so openly, lovingly, and with a willingness to accept the penalty. I submit that an individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in order to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the highest respect for law."
(Martin Luther King, Jr. -- Letter From A Birmingham Jail)
That's a great quote Scratch thanks. I'm not hiding the fact that I will not comply with the mandate. Here I am. Come and get me.
Wonderful post... Very informational and educational as usual!
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Hey thanks smartass! Go fuck yourself!
(On the off chance you weren't being sarcastic, thank you.)