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Good point. It was also a little surreal to have the SC rule that the mandate was, in effect, a tax, when the official position of the administration -- i.e., the ones pushing the law in the first place -- was that it was NOT a tax.

See here, for just one of many examples:

"The White House argued on Friday that the individual mandate at the heart of Obamacare is a penalty, not a tax, contradicting the Supreme Court's 5-4 ruling a day earlier upholding the historic health care law. " -- http://abcnews.go.com/Politics...

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Remember that Obama was also opposed to gay marriage when Eich was.

Do you have some links to back your words?

Here is a link

Obama claimed to oppose gay marriage in 2008. But, in 2008, he also opposed prop 8, which tried to overturn gay marriage in California. So he was for gay marriage where it was relatively popular and would gain him votes, but opposed to it where being opposed would cost him votes. In 2012, political calculations showed that dropping his opposition would help more than hurt in the fall election, so he "evolved" his views.

Obama really isn't comparable to Eich. He never donated to any anti-gay organization, and since he was a politician, nobody ever believed that what he said reflected his real views anyway.

Actually in 2008 Obama's stance on gay marriage was "no sir, I don't like it."

At least Porsche are taking some responsibility for their problems like other manufacturers. Two out of 785, 0.25% Porsche recalls the cars. That's a responsible action.

Right now you can't get actual customer delivered numbers out of Tesla, they're coyish about it I'd imagine that their percentage of fires due to accidents or unknown problems would be the same or better. Without the numbers from the coyish Musky boy you don't know how bad the problem really is. To be sure the NHTSA has just given them a clean bill of health curiously at the same time this was announced so all the Nutswingers out there can rejoice, right? I call it a back room deal.

Now let's talk about two other cars that are similar or competitive with the Tesla in terms of new tech. The Volt and the Leaf. As a Leaf owner I'm not sure I've seen any article or news story indicating an unexplained fire in a Leaf. Actually I can't find any. Good for me and Nissan! WooHoo! The same for the Volt, so these two cars by different, more mature, manufacturers are doing better than Tesla but I don't hear the fanbois out there jumping for joy over that. To be sure GM has egg on it's face for the ignition switch problems but that's big car manufacturing. Problems do exist, recalls exist and that's life. Musk now announces that they're changing the design of his car but strangely enough not fixing that 25,000 or so other cars already delivered. That would seem those poor folks have a bit of a conundrum aren't they? Not very responsible if you ask me. If this was done by a recall then he'd have to fix those wouldn't he, but no he's skirted the dreaded recall word once again. But oh no the Tesla had no design issues for all those unexplained Tesla flambe' scenarios right? Fanbois and nutswingers rejoice Musky has delivered your salvation and the Tesla can do no wrong all heretics to be burned alive in a new Tesla!

For certain definitions of "*NON* flashy." Specifically, they may not flaunt their wealth but they definitely have it compared to the people who work for them. I suppose it's in good taste if they don't buy a platinum grill for their teeth. I suppose that matters more to some people.

We've come across a list of the many different English spellings of [Moammar] Gaddafi's name. Because of the difficulty translating Arabic to English, there are several different translations — the Library of Congress lists 72 alternate spellings, and the New York times, Associated Press and Xinhua news sources used 40 additional spellings between 1998 and 2008.

How Many Different Ways Can You Spell ‘Gaddafi’?

In a similar example when Apple pulled the 500px Photo App "the company was informed of the removal just a few moments before it was pulled from the store," certainly not given months to defend it.

And they were back in the store a short time later after upping the age requirement.

but first we need to prosecute the criminals he revealed. Unless that happens, nothing will change.

Rand Paul has stated that if Edward Snowden goes to jail so should James Clapper.

There's an "iPad" in 2001: A Space Odyssey, but Apple got the patent anyway.

Kubrick's collaborator on "2001," the science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke, called the device in the story a "Newspad," and in the book version of "2001" described how a user "would conjure up the world's major electronic papers; he knew the codes of the more important ones by heart, and had no need to consult the list on the back of his pad." He went on: punch in the code for a story and "the postage-stamp-size rectangle would expand until it neatly filled the screen and he could read it in comfort."

Stanley Kubrick Envisioned the iPad in '2001,' Says Samsung [August 2011]

There are big problems in claiming the design of a theatrical prop as prior art. The prop can be nothing more than a glued-on frame disguising a rear projection screen. The IPad case. however aesthetically pleasing, still has to be a practical, real-world, design for a tablet computer.

The U.S was not about to deploy an aircraft carrier battle group to the narrow, mine-filled waters of the Straits of Hormuz

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/...

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/he...

See, they go through there... Even better.

http://www.uscarriers.net/cvn6...

1997
November 26, USS Nimitz pulled into Jebel Ali, United Arab Emirates, for an eight-day visit to Dubai after participating in exercise Neon Falcon off the coast of Bahrain, Nov. 15-25. From Dec. 6-10, the ship participated in exercise Nautical Artist with the Saudis; and Eager Mace with the Kuwaitis from Dec. 13-24.

In a similar example when Apple pulled the 500px Photo App "the company was informed of the removal just a few moments before it was pulled from the store," certainly not given months to defend it. In an effort to help Apple with their priorities, here's a link to the 50+ Best Apps for Watching Porn on iPhone.

I'm not even sure what "unfairly tough and racially biased requirements" means

Unfairly tough and racially biased requirements are whatever is required of or tested for among people that are employed by some segment of the workforce that exhibits an incorrect ratio of racial participation.

For example, since New York fire department minority applicants tended to fail the entrance exam at a higher rate than white applicants the entrance examine is, by definition, racially biased. When medical school requirements are found to impede racial quotas the solution is to create separate standards by race that specify "adjusted" MCAT and GPA figures to correct for systemic bias. The fact that the scores required of black/latino students are significantly lower than those of white/asian students DOES NOT INDICATE A LOWERING OF STANDARDS. Oh no. Rather, the lower score reflect the degree of inherent racial bias in the education system.

Got it?

The IT industry has escaped the good graces of contemporary racial justice for too long, as illustrated by your naivety. We welcome the good Reverend Jackson to the den of racial iniquity that is Silicon Valley and we look forward to the application of racial fairness we know he'll provide, and we're certain you do as well.

Billionaire says "figure out a way to" pay for it. Meanwhile, he will be figuring out ways to collude with other companies to keep your salary low and to bring in thousands of people from Asia to compete with you for jobs.

Expose them to measles, mumps, diptheria, etc seems to work. Maybe not compassionate, but neither is preaching ignorance and endangering society.

If the prices of the products remained the same, yes, it would be a value. That might not always be the case however, as they have been accused of raising the price on individual products for prime customers, so the "free shipping" is not free, and the shipping charge is buried in the product price.

I had to knock off "Accused" or the subject line was too large.

Makes sense they would be raising their membership charges; they are going to have to start eating the shipping cost.
Below is a copy and paste of selected sections of an article on a potential class action lawsuit over it's annual membership for Amazon Prime.

"Amazon claims that a $79 annual membership for Amazon Prime provides free two-day shipping on "millions" of items, but for some products, the company is accused of encouraging sellers to inflate shipping prices, according to two recent lawsuits."

"For example, if the price of an item is advertised for $10 with $3.99 shipping and the [vendor] wishes to match or top their price, the [vendor] would charge $13.99 or higher," Burke alleges in the suit.

These sellers raise their prices to match or top their competitor’s total price, as items are sorted by price on Amazon's site, Burke alleges in the lawsuit.

"“The bottom line is the free shipping that Amazon offered to its Prime members wasn’t free,”"

http://abcnews.go.com/Business...

Yes, it takes a shitload of energy to get the 10 ton vehicle moving, but this is mostly an in town car - lots of stop and go.

You've never had The President visit where you live, I assume. The President Does Not Sit In Traffic. The "stop and go" is mostly after miles of driving.

That is something I think is just plain wrong. In spite of being "The President", POTUS should still be bound to local laws of safety and order, like ordinary traffic laws. Yes, I understand the "national security implications" of having the presidential motorcade sitting at a stop light at a random intersection where I suppose a would-be assassin would take a random pot shot at the guy, but that speaks more to how that motorcade shouldn't be so obvious when it is passing through either.

This imperial bullshit really should end. The President isn't a king, and certainly shouldn't be treated like one.

Actually, I'd like to know where you got the information on the exact equipment on board this plane?

What is being denied is that Malaysian Airlines subscribed to this monitoring program, not that it was not so equipped (*).
The latest reports is that the radios are there and ping the satellites even when they are not going to transmit data.

U.S. officials said earlier that they have an "indication" the missing Malaysia Airlines jetliner may have crashed in the Indian Ocean and is moving the USS Kidd to the area to begin searching.
It's not clear what the indication was, but senior administration officials told ABC News the missing Malaysian flight continued to "ping" a satellite on an hourly basis after it lost contact with radar. The Boeing 777 jetliners are equipped with what is called the Airplane Health Management system in which they ping a satellite every hour. The number of pings would indicate how long the plane stayed aloft.

(Sort of like a cell phone with an expired sim still talks to the towers).

This is coming from the white house.
You will remember YEARS AGO when the Russians shot down a commercial airliner, that the NSA pulled recorded conversations between the Russian pilots and their base, WEEKS after the incident, embarrassing the Russians.
The US probably has more data on this indecent than they are willing to reveal at this time.

*This makes sense, because the airlines can turn the feature on by simple writing a check.
Boeing builds it into the fleet on the hopes of selling the service.

"Two U.S. officials tell ABC News the U.S. believes that the shutdown of two communication systems happened separately on Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. One source said this indicates the plane did not come out of the sky because of a catastrophic failure.

The data reporting system, they believe, was shut down at 1:07 a.m. The transponder -- which transmits location and altitude -- shut down at 1:21 a.m."

-- ABC News, Thursday March 13, 2014

Curiouser and curiouser.

Yes, it takes a shitload of energy to get the 10 ton vehicle moving, but this is mostly an in town car - lots of stop and go.

You've never had The President visit where you live, I assume. The President Does Not Sit In Traffic. The "stop and go" is mostly after miles of driving.

The biggest jump was 2008-2009, a budget proposed by Bush, not Obama. . . . But I've got no interest in hatchet-job newspaper articles that are more about ideological carping than sound analysis.

Sorry, but the juxtaposition was just a bit too ironic. How about some "sound analysis" rather than "ideological carping" on what really happened in 2009?

• Bush's proposed 2009 budget (not passed by Congress): $3.1 trillion.
• Obama's proposed 2009 budget (passed by Congress): $3.5 trillion.
• Obama's supposed one-time stimulus package that (as I said in my first post) simply became a new floor after the Senate started playing the year-to-year CR game: $831 billion, including a $20 billion USDA kicker that, as I showed above, has never gone away.

I responded in the first place because you were just throwing out Obama talking points belied by the underlying numbers. Disappointingly, you did exactly the same thing in your reply.

Maybe if you spent 5 years being tortured and as a result cannot raise your arms above your chest from the damage done without pain, you wouldn't use a computer too much, either.

I'd like to read the court's judgement to better understand the reason, but while the FAA may seem overbearing in this case, the FAA is charged with public safety, and they take it very seriously. Anyone that did complain to the police or the FAA had Good Reason. Incidents with RC aircraft are not uncommon. I have to agree with the FAA on this one. If someone is appearing to be reckless with their aircraft, regardless of the type, it needs to be addressed.

With ABC, not so much:

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Don't forget, Sarah Palin predicted it back in 2008.

You've got serious problems there if a law abiding citizen cannot talk to the cops.

Welcome to Amerikka. Here's some links from my history.

http://photographyisnotacrime.com/2013/09/06/illinois-cops-threaten-confiscate-mans-camera-recording/
http://filmingcops.com/parents-outraged-after-cop-asks-their-12-yr-old-child-for-sexual-photos/
http://abcnews.go.com/US/court-oks-barring-high-iqs-cops/story?id=95836
http://www.blackyouthproject.com/2014/01/cops-beat-deaf-man-for-7-minutes-because-he-didnt-respond-to-them/
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/11/28/yale-professor-found-dead-in-his-jail-cell-hours-after-fighting-with-police/
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/newlywed-kansas-city-firefighter-shot-killed-duty-police-officer-v21721897
http://thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/frequently-harassed-teen-secretly-records-video-of-police-stop-and-frisk/news/2013/12/19/80517

Sadly, I couldn't find the most applicable one, where some people who reported a crime and then hung around to see what happened ended up harassed for obstructing justice.

As much as fortunes have declined for college-educated Americans in the last few decades, people aren't taking these loans because they're stupid - blue collar has fared much worse.

If you think that is bad enough that the government is doing it, think that in fact the ones doing it is the people of the government, the same ones that spied the conversation between US soldiers and their fiancees/wives when they were at Afganistan, and shared between themselves the hottest parts.

Probably the biggest repository of child porn of the world is in NSA servers for their "investigative" use. And we are speaking about people that have power over you and your family.

The Consumer Reports article plus solid financial news and analyst forecasts for Tesla today and widely circulating speculation about their planned Gigafactory to be announced in a couple weeks with an aim of cutting battery costs by at least 50%, all lead to a surge in the stock today (2/25).

Even the confirmation that the Model X would indeed not surface until 2015 seemed to have no effect.

The stock was up as high as 17%, and closed up just under 14% (+$30 on the day to $248). With Morgan Stanley estimating a $320 price there is probably significant growth left, It seems they will have no problem funding that 5 to 7 Billion dollar battery plant. The "giga" refers to Tesla's need to build the equivalent of all of the world’s current production of lithium ion batteries under one factory roof. May be time to invest in on Lithium stocks as well.

Of course, the next drunk that crashes his car and lives to watch it burn will provide a stock dip, but that just sounds like importunity knocking.

Still, I predict Haters going to Hate. They should be arriving in about 3 seconds.....

And apparently there is a new weather phenomenon called super-thunder which can shatter windows:

http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/st...

The classic low res cameras at malls where not expected to be connected to parts of the US gov in some real time HD with sound public private partnership.
e.g. Philadelphia police look to register private cameras in SafeCam (April 25, 2013)
http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/st...
Add in cheap gov options for facial recognition, gait recognition, regional (state) license-plate tracking and over time with new networks and funding - welcome to a HD dystopia.

The TSA could counter khasim logic very simply: Since the TSA has been in existence no terrorist action on US targets has been succesful.

The problem is that the above statement is a bare faced lie.

The TSA's method of preventing terrorism is to stop terrorists before they board a plane with a weapon. The terrorist's goal is to get weapons past the TSA checks and onto the plane.

The Richard Reid successfully carried bombs onto a plane in his shoes. Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab successfully carried a bomb onto an airplane in his underwear. The TSA failed to stop them.

The fact that they were stopped by passengers afterwards does not change the fact that the TSA failed to stop terrorists.

And let's not forget the all the times that loaded guns, fake bombs that are supposed to be found and other contraband have been missed by the TSA.

Anyone who is arguing that the TSA is a success is either seriously deluded or lying.

Well Chevy is apparently looking to combine those two types of fire:

http://ftw.usatoday.com/2014/0...
http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/w...

Why bother cracking Vikings' secret code? You obviously don't need it to defeat them

And now folks you see why Lamar Smith wants to hobble the EPA.

Meanwhile in North Carolina you have 30 year Duke Energy vetran Governor Pat McCrory who has been using the power of the govt in NC to sheild Duke Energy from lawsuits as a result of massive pollution. Spilling things like arsenic, lead, mercury and other things into NC waterways. In every single lawsuit the McCrory administration intervened and shut the lawsuits down. Now you have the lastest massive spill

Was covered on Rachel Maddow's show last night (Tuesday, 2/11/14, A disastrous toxic spill broke NC interference for governor’s former firm) and was shocking.

officials at the state Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) invoked a provision in the federal Clean Water Act allowing them to step in as plaintiffs against Duke Energy when Duke was being sued by environmental activists over the toxic coal ash ponds at its facilities.

In N.C. for state residents (citizens) to sue, they have to give a 60 days written notice.

• ~ On day 58 of the 60 day notice, for the first spill, the DENR, Department of Environment and Natural Resources, stepped in and said we will handle it.
• ~ The group discovered a second Duke Energy plant was polluting and gave their 60 day notice that they intended to sue, on day 60 the DENR stepped in and said we will handle it.
• ~ The same NC Citizens group discovered a 3rd Duke site polluting and put in their 60 day notice to sue, you guessed it, on day 60 the DENR stepped in and said we will handle it (basically voiding the lawsuit).
• ~ All three sites continue to pollute the ground water (NC. citizen's drinking water) today with no attempts to clean anything up.
• ~ They Duke Energy were fined less than $100,000.00. I wonder how much the clean up will be and as with the oil companies if they will be paid twice. Usually these companies have another shell company to do the clean up and hide the extent of the damage. For the oil companies in the gulf research 'corexit', 'oil' and 'dispersants', you will see the similarity.

The state reached settlements worth a collective $99,000 for those incidents. (Duke Energy)

You see the new head of the DENR use to work for Duke Energy, when he took over the organization, he changed their charter to one of protecting corporate industry and changing regulations so that the industries would not run afoul of the legislation. And yes he is a Republican. And N.C. Governor is a Republican.

Amy Adams, resigned in November 2013, saying she was dissuaded from levying sanctions against companies like Duke since McCrory took office in 2010. Amy was interviewed by Rachel and it was extremely informative.

I would be very concerned for my health, the health of my children due to the state of my drinking water if I lived in North Carolina. Another fail of

And now folks you see why Lamar Smith wants to hobble the EPA.

Meanwhile in North Carolina you have 30 year Duke Energy vetran Governor Pat McCrory who has been using the power of the govt in NC to sheild Duke Energy from lawsuits as a result of massive pollution. Spilling things like arsenic, lead, mercury and other things into NC waterways. In every single lawsuit the McCrory administration intervened and shut the lawsuits down. Now you have the lastest massive spill

There was concern shortly after 9/11 that terrorist hackers could shut down Dick Cheney's pacemaker using a proximate signal. He's rumored to have had surgery to turn off the remote command feature.

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/d...

When exactly, have hundreds of incoming missiles been a problem for the US? Saddam Hussein may have a different view.
But nobody is going to launch hundreds of hypersonic missiles at the US (or any other country for that matter).

There are two types of defenders against massive missile attacks, those who have no viable defense, (in which case conventional cruise missiles are good enough) and those who could mount a serious defense and/or retaliation, (in which case such an attack would be suicide).

Hypersonic missiles will never be a mass attack weapon, unless the cost comes way way down, and the accuracy becomes kitchen window accurate. Those two things don't tend to happen together. They will always tend to be an expensive solution.

Also, against incoming munitions is improving all the time.

When I read the into it made me think of the Nash equilibrium. I wasn't the only one apparently.

'Hero-villain' Jeopardy! contestant returns to game show Feb. 24

In the movie "A Beautiful Mind," actor Russell Crowe plays John Nash, the mathematician behind the "Nash equilibrium." There's a scene in the film where Nash realizes that he and his friends should avoid simultaneously trying to win the heart of the most attractive woman in the bar. He urges them, instead, to confer and woo her less attractive friends. Therefore, everyone leaves the bar happy. In some sense, Chu is John Nash allowing his fellow contestant to leave the bar happy, too.

Heh that's an excellent contribution. The only winner of that scenario is the most attractive woman. Everyone else loses. Even a man who gets her loses, because a woman who accepts being a prize or object of a contest like that is not going to have much beauty beneath the surface.

When I read the into it made me think of the Nash equilibrium. I wasn't the only one apparently.

'Hero-villain' Jeopardy! contestant returns to game show Feb. 24

In the movie "A Beautiful Mind," actor Russell Crowe plays John Nash, the mathematician behind the "Nash equilibrium." There's a scene in the film where Nash realizes that he and his friends should avoid simultaneously trying to win the heart of the most attractive woman in the bar. He urges them, instead, to confer and woo her less attractive friends. Therefore, everyone leaves the bar happy. In some sense, Chu is John Nash allowing his fellow contestant to leave the bar happy, too.

In October 2009 the Democrats who were then running congress by a huge majority changed the locks on the capitol hill meeting rooms so they could keep Republicans out when they wanted to. (they did this to stop Republicans exposing the involvement of Democrats in the 2008 home loan meltdown activity at Countrywide, but they then used those locked rooms to exclude Republicans from the secret healthcare reform negotiations which Obama had promised would air in their entirety live on C-SPAN)

Obama did, indeed, promise Obamacare negotiations would air live on C-SPAN before he broke his promise, and journalists from across the political spectrum objected and tried to get the negotiations opened

And here's an admittedly biased link to a TEA Party site, used here to point out their frustration with the fact that the "establishment" wing (the lifetime politicians who like big government) of the GOP keeps doing SYMBOLIC votes against Obamacare but then keeps actually fully funding it. The Washington elites of both parties have done stuff like that to their base voters on many issues for decades, but the internet is exposing it.

Oh, and if you are in denial about the corporate lobbyists who climbed into bed with Obama on Obamacare, here is a link to a story explaining WHY big insurance got on board (they originally fought it, but then they got admitted to the closed-door meetings WE the public were shut out of). Also see this link on big Pharma and big Insurance climbing on board and throwing money at Democrat politicians. While many organizations and lobbying groups were involved in the "secret" negotiations, the names of most of the individuals involved are NOT known to Republicans who repeatedly demanded the names and were denied.

Let me further point out that when the Obama administration thinks a Republican governor is breaking a law, they run to the federal courts - something they have NOT done (so I cannot link to it here) to any governor over his/her refusal to create a state exchange - a tacit admission that the governors are obeying the law.

Since I have validated everything in the post you said was so full of falsehoods, whereas YOU provided NO evidence ANY of the claims was false, that previous post was the correct one and yours was the loser

Much easier just to go with the ape: http://espn.go.com/nfl/playoff...

This is exactly what Ray Kurzweil wants to do with his father.

I wonder if they got this idea from him.

It's a shame that San Diego is now so huge that there isn't a single spot to land between the pacific and Arizona...

Customs and Border Protection says the drone was on a border security mission when a mechanical problem developed about 20 miles southwest of San Diego late Monday night. Spokesman Mike Friel says the crew operating the drone from Texas decided to crash it in the ocean.

The $12 million surveillance drone was one of 10 that Homeland Security uses to patrol the border with Mexico. It was just one of two Predator B drones equipped with radar specifically designed to be used over the ocean.

Friel says the cause of the mechanical failure is unknown and that the remainder of the drone fleet has been temporarily grounded while the investigation into the incident continues.

DHS Drone Crashes Into Pacific off Calif Coast

The second direction the design took was the "Predator B-003", referred to by GA as the "Altair", which has a new airframe with an 84-foot (25.6 m) wingspan and a takeoff weight of about 7,000 pounds (3,175 kg). Like the Predator B-001, it is powered by a TP-331-10T turboprop. This variant has a payload capacity of 3,000 pounds (1,360 kg), a maximum ceiling of 52,000 feet (15.8 km), and an endurance of 36 hours.

General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper

Ten tons. 36 hours. If your control of the aircraft is compromised, you bring it down over the water.

And since "terrorist threat" is not an extraordinary circumstance (went nine years without going below "yellow: elevated risk") that clearly wouldn't apply. It's an ordinary circumstance, our rights are being infringed, not temporarily suspended for an important cause.

Case in point: the patriot act is being used for the war on drugs, not the war on terrorism. If anyone believes that national security requests aren't likewise being used for very very ordinary law enforcement scams or industrial espionage... well then they probably can't understand most of the words in this post.

In NJ its all about who you know. For example, John Corzine, a close political ally of President Obama. "Former New Jersey governor and U.S. Sen. Jon Corzine, whom President Obama once hailed as an “honorable man” and one of his “best partners” in the White House, has been subpoenaed to testify before Congress about his role in the collapse of the investment firm MF Global." http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/po... [go.com]

Huge, huge, HUGE difference that I will point out, please pay attention:

What Snowden did is illegal because the government made it illegal to call out the bad behavior of government.

The Iraq Invasion was illegal because there was 100% no purpose to it other than to spread unwanted economic influence into a region that had already been battered previously by us. Did you know that Bush and his administration are STILL wanted for war crimes in most of the world?

Switzerland
Canada
Belgium
Malaysia

If you start taxing people on the basis of things they're not doing

That's the exact logic Chief Justice John Roberts used to rule that Obamacare was constitutional: he said that not buying health insurance is a taxable activity, and the courts can't interfere with Congress' power to tax.

The tax that's assessed if you choose not to buy health insurance will be collected by the IRS. Before the issue went to the Supreme Court, the president insisted this was a fine, not a tax, telling George Stephanopoulus, "I absolutely reject the notion" that it's a tax. But when its constitutionality depended on it being a tax, he suddenly no longer objected to calling it a tax. And then a few short months after the Supreme Court decision, the sheeple forgot what its constitutionality depended on, and the White House reverted to calling it a "fine" again.

I realize I'm probably just feeding a troll. But does what you typed, really convey the thoughts in your head? If so, you may want to seek some professional help.

Our entire government was set up so that nothing happens fast. Very little gets passed without debate, which is good for the country. How's this for gridlock? It passed unanimously in the house, and I believe so in the senate and was signed into law by the president on April 15, 2013. The Patriot act was also passed damn near unanimous, along with invading Iraq. Our founding fathers wanted there to be debate and discussion on everything. Unfortunately they gave us more credit than they should have as they thought we wold put intelligent people in charge of things. Not the retards we've had for several decades now.

When the republicans threatened in the past to pass a bill using reconciliation, which is meant for budgets, democrats screamed about how it would be the end of our way of life blah, blah. Then they used it to pass the ACA. Now it's the republicans who are screaming the same thing. Too bad there is a video record of both of them being adamantly for it when it's to their benefit, and against it when it's not.

(Don't tell me racism has nothing to do with it, because it DOES!)

I'm telling you that if you think that it's all due to racism, you are a fucking idiot. Are there some racists in congress? I'd guess so. Do I believe it's the majority? Well, perhaps the Senate Majority leader Or the current Vice President And again.. Don't get me wrong, there are plenty of examples of republicans saying stupid things like this too. But do you really think it affects the way they vote? If so, then Harry Reid must vote against anything the president wants passed. OR could it be possible that he said something that was questionable and not be a racist?