They haven't lacked the will. Are you saying that Issa wouldn't do it tomorrow if he could? It's that Democrats and the media, so far are unwilling to cast blame for any of the various scandals including this one because the blame lies on their side. They are willing to say how bad it is, and then they shrug their shoulders and do it again with the next one. Contrast with the Bush era when they were too willing to cast blame, even when it was unwarranted.
I think you need to find a new teacher. The Democratic party preaches equality and then divides people into classes and subclasses and explains how they will be treated differently until "equality" is achieved.
You just said challenging a result for political or idealogoical reasons is not valid. I'm sorry, but you didn't agree. Did you change your mind? The more frivolous the reasons for challenging, the easier it should be to withstand the scrutiny. A lawsuit says to me that Mann is flailing and feels the attack struck a blow. That gives me less confidence in his method.
It doesn't matter for what reason a model or method is challenged. If it fails to hold up under scrutiny, the method is flawed and the results are suspect.
But they said on the news that Republicans shut down the government!
We live in a cworld now where the house passes legislation funding the government, and they are accused of being obstructionists. The Senate refuses to fund government and they are treated as saints. The President says he will not negotiate, and it is the house that is portrayed as rigid adherents to ideology. War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.
No it's not. The law hadn't been implemented yet. It was most certainly a legitimate budget, if the mandate had even only been delayed like one of the budgets that was passed, we'd be much better off. And until the senate passes it's own budget your whole point is bullshit.
A senate that refuses to vote on any budget at all, is not a real senate. A president that has never signed a budget into law, is not a leader. Previous presidents have all signed budgets into law they did not like, but were able to bargain for changes through compromise.
If the democratic party doesn't have abortion, same sex marriage, welfare, and racism, what do they have left? Their platform requires that the county be racist, misogynist, homophobic, and poor.
Is an anonymous coward posting bits of information on the internet a natural living being? No? Shut the Fuck Up, then. The constitution doesn't guarantee rights to people in most cases, it prevents the government from restricting those rights at all. It doesn't give people freedom of speech, it outlaws the restriction of speech itself.
"jaded rich white people"? Do you think non-white people might be interested in traveling into space? Are only rich white people jaded? Can a brown person be rich and jaded? Or just jaded?
It's hard to say don't reduce everything to one issue, and then limit social issues to abortion and gay marriage. OK, granted, two issues. If we classify social issues as civil rights, I see conservatives as vastly more liberal (in the true sense of the word) than those on the left. Whether it's voting rights, gun rights, labor rights, or educational rights, the left has moved from a liberal position on most of these issues to one that is authoritarian. Such as, "the right to an abortion shall not be restricted, and we're gonna make you pay for them". Or "the right to peaceably assemble gives everyone the right to join a union, so we're gonna make you join one as a condition of employment". Or, "everyone has a right to an education, so we're going to provide you with a shitty one that's insanely expensive, and we won't allow you any alternative". Or, "health care is a right, so we're going to destroy your excellent health insurance, deny you access to our subsidized insurance marketplace and automatically enroll you in Medicaid." That last one is what happened in my case. It's going to take a lot to move me off the "Fuck You" pedestal after that.
Actually, Republicans widely supported the sequester which mandated a 5% cut to defense spending. Most of them support further across the board cuts. They also definitely support cuts and reform to entitlement programs, but when they do they are depicted in television ads pushing old ladies in wheelchairs off of cliffs. So basically, fuck you.
Most people haven't realized that the left is inherently authoritarian. Every single one of their "solutions" requires heavy handed enforcement and must be imposed. I think people maybe are starting to realize this, but not nearly fast enough to prevent massive damage. Even more appalling is that the core of the left does realize this and are entirely ok with it.
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They haven't lacked the will. Are you saying that Issa wouldn't do it tomorrow if he could? It's that Democrats and the media, so far are unwilling to cast blame for any of the various scandals including this one because the blame lies on their side. They are willing to say how bad it is, and then they shrug their shoulders and do it again with the next one. Contrast with the Bush era when they were too willing to cast blame, even when it was unwarranted.
Did you vote for Barack Obama in 2008? Because he didn't either. Even Dick Cheney supported gay marriage well before Barack Obama did.
Heh, look at the correction at the bottom of the artlicle. No slant at Slate!
I like turtles.
I think you need to find a new teacher. The Democratic party preaches equality and then divides people into classes and subclasses and explains how they will be treated differently until "equality" is achieved.
You just said challenging a result for political or idealogoical reasons is not valid. I'm sorry, but you didn't agree. Did you change your mind? The more frivolous the reasons for challenging, the easier it should be to withstand the scrutiny. A lawsuit says to me that Mann is flailing and feels the attack struck a blow. That gives me less confidence in his method.
Intent is what makes it libel. The additional missing element is that you call them a liar while knowing they are telling the truth.
It doesn't matter for what reason a model or method is challenged. If it fails to hold up under scrutiny, the method is flawed and the results are suspect.
But they said on the news that Republicans shut down the government!
We live in a cworld now where the house passes legislation funding the government, and they are accused of being obstructionists. The Senate refuses to fund government and they are treated as saints. The President says he will not negotiate, and it is the house that is portrayed as rigid adherents to ideology. War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.
No it's not. The law hadn't been implemented yet. It was most certainly a legitimate budget, if the mandate had even only been delayed like one of the budgets that was passed, we'd be much better off. And until the senate passes it's own budget your whole point is bullshit.
A senate that refuses to vote on any budget at all, is not a real senate. A president that has never signed a budget into law, is not a leader. Previous presidents have all signed budgets into law they did not like, but were able to bargain for changes through compromise.
Percentage wise the cuts were greater to defense than non-defense, because non-defense is a much larger category.
If the democratic party doesn't have abortion, same sex marriage, welfare, and racism, what do they have left? Their platform requires that the county be racist, misogynist, homophobic, and poor.
Is an anonymous coward posting bits of information on the internet a natural living being? No? Shut the Fuck Up, then. The constitution doesn't guarantee rights to people in most cases, it prevents the government from restricting those rights at all. It doesn't give people freedom of speech, it outlaws the restriction of speech itself.
The Bush administration never did that. This is something new. I'm so glad you now hate him, it's too bad you already gave him your 2 votes.
"jaded rich white people"? Do you think non-white people might be interested in traveling into space? Are only rich white people jaded? Can a brown person be rich and jaded? Or just jaded?
It's hard to say don't reduce everything to one issue, and then limit social issues to abortion and gay marriage. OK, granted, two issues. If we classify social issues as civil rights, I see conservatives as vastly more liberal (in the true sense of the word) than those on the left. Whether it's voting rights, gun rights, labor rights, or educational rights, the left has moved from a liberal position on most of these issues to one that is authoritarian. Such as, "the right to an abortion shall not be restricted, and we're gonna make you pay for them". Or "the right to peaceably assemble gives everyone the right to join a union, so we're gonna make you join one as a condition of employment". Or, "everyone has a right to an education, so we're going to provide you with a shitty one that's insanely expensive, and we won't allow you any alternative". Or, "health care is a right, so we're going to destroy your excellent health insurance, deny you access to our subsidized insurance marketplace and automatically enroll you in Medicaid." That last one is what happened in my case. It's going to take a lot to move me off the "Fuck You" pedestal after that.
Actually, Republicans widely supported the sequester which mandated a 5% cut to defense spending. Most of them support further across the board cuts. They also definitely support cuts and reform to entitlement programs, but when they do they are depicted in television ads pushing old ladies in wheelchairs off of cliffs. So basically, fuck you.
Why not?
I think it's pretty difficult to say that the people that want a smaller more limited government is inherently authoritarian.
Don't you really mean Tom Foley? Reagan just signed a law passed by a Democratic house and senate.
Most people haven't realized that the left is inherently authoritarian. Every single one of their "solutions" requires heavy handed enforcement and must be imposed. I think people maybe are starting to realize this, but not nearly fast enough to prevent massive damage. Even more appalling is that the core of the left does realize this and are entirely ok with it.
McDonald's doesn't sell 64oz soda's and triple cheeseburgers.
Young people voted overwhelmingly for the president who has authorized this data collection. If more of them voted we would be no better off.
I think people should be able to exercise their right any way they see fit.