[on Sat 19 of Dec., 2009 15:31 PST, by ER
Legislative shenanigans and treachery have been around in all political bodies since the earliest days of the republic, in fact, they have been a part of legislative action since way before this country was founded. It's preferable to civil war, so we put up with it.

Is it worse now than it used to be? Probably. Once any system is established, it tends to become entrenched, exaggerated and inocculated against common decency. And each time one side uses the dark side, the next time the other side does it even worse. How many times have we seen one side then the other try to ban the filibuster, only to eagerly adopt it when its in their favor?]

Exactly, and I read your post, but the above stroke me the most. The one thing that came up was "common decency" and "each time one side uses the dark side". Very well put, ER, very well put.

So, while they're skeeming behind locked doors, we, WE have the power to let them know where we stand and by golly, we'll let them know where we stand at election time.

Unfortunately and fortunately, that's pretty much all we have to go on and pray that along the way THEY WILL LISTEN.

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It's different from generation to generation, but as they say, if you don't learn from history, etc., etc....

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Once it's gone, it's gone.

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Socialism sucks.

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Communism sucks even more.

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Ignore away, it will bite you in the....