The Power of SCOTUS V: The Final Frontier

[Priceless]

Re: The Power of SCOTUS V: The Final Frontier

So far my new religion/corporation/person has four followers.

Our God has given us these Commandments so far:
None of us has to pay taxes, whether they be income, payroll, excise, property. God underlined that.
None of us has to pay fees. We don't need licenses like driver's, fishing, clamming, etc.
Shell fish are NOT an abomination, and devotees are encouraged to eat as much as they want.
Every day is Casual Friday.
Our place of Holy Worship is The Fours sports bar in Boston, but several such churches are established across the country - and around the globe if necessary.
Pilgrimages to Holy Lands like Fenway Park, Wrigley Field, TD Garden etc are encouraged.
The second Thursday of each April is a Holy Day. All devotees are expected to celebrate the holiday by taking off from work and traveling to the Frozen Four.

Our God is still faxing the Commandments to me...

 

[Bob Gray]

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Freely? You mean it doesn't cost anything? Why didn't you say so in the first place?? Where do people sign up for this free medical care?

Uh, now I have to explain what freedom is? Go find an online dictionary.

 

[Bob Gray]

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That's exactly where it should head.

Congress and the President want to decree that we all must have health coverage of a certain level? Fine. Here's the bill. Now, pass the tax increase to pay for it.

That would be rational behavior, matching spending to revenue. Fat chance we get that in a country where the entitlement culture is so deeply engrained.

 

[Bob Gray]

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Bob I don't have a dog in this fight. However, you've been taking crazy pills if you don't think this minor decision is going to kill you guys at the ballot box. If elections were decided in Texas and Oklahoma, you'd be all set. Unfortunately they're not, and a strong majority of people disagree with Hobby Lobby and their position. This is fine by me, as a relatively small decision could hasten what the country desperately needs, which is the complete destruction of knuckledragger conservatism. However, both The Boner and Rand Paul are out tweeting congratulations on this, which makes we wonder if there are any political strategists on the right with half a brain.

I don't worry much about the ballot box, as people have to promise things they can't deliver to get elected anymore, amongst other things. You speak as though I expect anything at all worthwhile to come from our political system.

 

[ScoobyDoo]

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I don't worry much about the ballot box, as people have to promise things they can't deliver to get elected anymore, amongst other things. You speak as though I expect anything at all worthwhile to come from our political system.

LOL.

Nothing has in about 50 years.

 

[Bob Gray]

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LOL.

Nothing has in about 50 years.

We do agree on some things.

 

[Priceless]

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That would be rational behavior, matching spending to revenue. Fat chance we get that in a country where the entitlement culture is so deeply engrained.

Was it the entitlement culture that squandered a trillion dollars in the sand of Iraq without paying for it?

 

[Bob Gray]

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Was it the entitlement culture that squandered a trillion dollars in the sand of Iraq without paying for it?

I've never been a supporter of going into Iraq, in case you missed the last number of years' discussion and my regular references to such lack of support.

 

[Kepler]

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Was it the entitlement culture that squandered a trillion dollars in the sand of Iraq without paying for it?

He might mean the entitlement culture that those who get the richest move their wealth to offshore shelters and bribe politicians to finance their low tax rates with public debt.

 

[ScoobyDoo]

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He might mean the entitlement culture that those who get the richest move their wealth to offshore shelters and bribe politicians to finance their low tax rates with public debt.

That's my favorite one.

 

[joecct]

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Was it the entitlement culture that squandered a trillion dollars in the sand of Iraq without paying for it?

We've squandered trillions of dollars before. The War on Drugs? The War on Poverty?

Given how long the latter 2 "wars" have lasted, you think we would have wiped them off the planet.

 

[The Sicatoka]

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Was it the entitlement culture that squandered a trillion dollars in the sand of Iraq without paying for it?

"Dude, that was like ... "

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leX0mDzyLgI

 

[The Sicatoka]

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He might mean the entitlement culture that those who get the richest move their wealth to offshore shelters and bribe politicians to finance their low tax rates with public debt.

That particular sword has two sharp edges (i.e. it cuts both ways). There are a lot from *both* parties doing exactly that.

 

[Priceless]

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I've never been a supporter of going into Iraq, in case you missed the last number of years' discussion and my regular references to such lack of support.

That's nice, but odd that you don't include that in your complaints about matching spending to revenue.

 

[Rover]

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I don't worry much about the ballot box, as people have to promise things they can't deliver to get elected anymore, amongst other things. You speak as though I expect anything at all worthwhile to come from our political system.

Then stop voting Republican. If nobody is good, don't bother voting at all.

 

[Kepler]

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All 95 glorious pages, for those so inclined. The intelligent parts begin 60 pages in.

 

[Bob Gray]

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That's nice, but odd that you don't include that in your complaints about matching spending to revenue.

What are you talking about? You're really not making a lot of sense today. I've railed against overspending in all sorts of areas, including military. I've said that to bring fiscal balance back to the federal budget, sacred cows on both sides of the aisle will have to take hits, big hits. And that includes the military. That's unlike you, who selectively complain about Iraq, but look the other way at out of control spending in other areas.

 

[Bob Gray]

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That particular sword has two sharp edges (i.e. it cuts both ways). There are a lot from *both* parties doing exactly that.

Nice to see there are some folks around here who get it. It's a bipartisan problem.

 

[ScoobyDoo]

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That particular sword has two sharp edges (i.e. it cuts both ways). There are a lot from *both* parties doing exactly that.

LOL. One party feeds the 1% and the other party feeds the 99%. Which is the more logical for government?

 

[Kepler]

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One party feeds the 1% and the other party feeds the 99%. Which is the more logical for government?

The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges.