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Title: House votes to extend PATRIOT Act
Post by: zxcvbob on February 14, 2011, 08:17:58 PM: See how your critter voted:
http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2011/roll036.xml

Interestingly, Michelle Bachman, Tea Party darling, voted for it.
Title: Re: House votes to extend PATRIOT Act
Post by: AZRedhawk44 on February 14, 2011, 08:44:35 PM: :facepalm:

'Scuse me, I have a nastigram to write to a critter.

:mad:
Title: Re: House votes to extend PATRIOT Act
Post by: Phyphor on February 14, 2011, 09:51:18 PM: It's a pity you can't send that nastygram in a package with a hangman's noose in the package with the note: "Do yourself and the rest of us a favor.... "
Title: Re: House votes to extend PATRIOT Act
Post by: MicroBalrog on February 14, 2011, 09:54:59 PM: Remember: these measures are the only thing preventing people who set their crotches on fire from destroying America.
Title: Re: House votes to extend PATRIOT Act
Post by: RevDisk on February 14, 2011, 09:59:32 PM: Ayep. That's the Republicans. Snatching defeat from the very jaws of victory.

There is a very good reason why even Ms. Coulter calls them the Stupid Party.
Title: Re: House votes to extend PATRIOT Act
Post by: Balog on February 14, 2011, 10:03:51 PM: I was more surprised 65 D's voted for it. You'd figure just the "passed by Bush" label would be enough to dicourage them.
Title: Re: House votes to extend PATRIOT Act
Post by: roo_ster on February 14, 2011, 11:32:28 PM: Quote from: MicroBalrog on February 14, 2011, 09:54:59 PM
Remember: these measures are the only thing preventing people who set their crotches on fire from destroying America.

Yes, we are ruled by poltroons.
Title: Re: House votes to extend PATRIOT Act
Post by: charby on February 14, 2011, 11:36:51 PM: they all should have voted no to extend the patriot act.
Title: Re: House votes to extend PATRIOT Act
Post by: RoadKingLarry on February 15, 2011, 02:17:55 AM: Ya know, the more I think about it the more I think the Eqyptians had the right idea.
I wonder how that type of protest would go over in DC?
Title: Re: House votes to extend PATRIOT Act
Post by: charby on February 15, 2011, 09:58:22 AM: Quote from: RoadKingLarry on February 15, 2011, 02:17:55 AM
Ya know, the more I think about it the more I think the Eqyptians had the right idea.
I wonder how that type of protest would go over in DC?

Unless 10 million people show up and stay there until something happens it will be ignored after three days because Charlie Scheen or Lindsay Lohan will have done something stupid and Perez Hilton sends it all over the Internet.
Title: Re: House votes to extend PATRIOT Act
Post by: zxcvbob on February 15, 2011, 10:07:54 AM: Quote from: charby on February 15, 2011, 09:58:22 AM
Unless 10 million people show up and stay there until something happens it will be ignored after three days because Charlie Scheen or Lindsay Lohan will have done something stupid and Perez Hilton sends it all over the Internet.
That's the saddest thing I've ever read. :'( (it's true)
Title: Re: House votes to extend PATRIOT Act
Post by: Jamisjockey on February 15, 2011, 10:27:22 AM: Quote from: Phyphor on February 14, 2011, 09:51:18 PM
It's a pity you can't send that nastygram in a package with a hangman's noose in the package with the note: "Do yourself and the rest of us a favor.... "

:facepalm: