keitha
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Post by keitha on Jan 7, 2023 11:12:06 GMT
and almost immediately announces investigations into democrats, presumably they will also now shelve the investigations into Trump.
So instead of ruling for the people they are just going to attack the other side, makes our lot seem almost civilised
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Post by travolta on Jan 7, 2023 11:31:10 GMT
'Oh, the drums go bang and the cymbals clang and the horns they blaze away McCarthy pumps the old bassoon while I the pipes do play And Henessee Tennessee tootles the flute and the music is something grand A credit to old Ireland is MacNamara's band' youtu.be/oSBSL6M9XQILove this tune ,reminds me of my Dad (and American politics) |
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Post by michaelc on Jan 7, 2023 16:53:21 GMT
and almost immediately announces investigations into democrats, presumably they will also now shelve the investigations into Trump. So instead of ruling for the people they are just going to attack the other side, makes our lot seem almost civilised I'm no expert on US politics and constitution but my understanding is they are a lot more corrupt than we are. "Lobbyists" seem to feature more prominently and appear to be allowed to spend large amounts of cash to influence policy. Then we have the elections themselves. They seem a hotbed of who the wealthy are backing as you need to have hundreds of millions (billions?) of dollars to win national campaigns. In the UK we deliberately regulate political spending largely for that reason.
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Post by adrianc on Jan 7, 2023 18:25:39 GMT
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Post by agent69 on Jan 7, 2023 18:47:56 GMT
Joke doing the rounds on Capitol Hill is that McCarthy needs to check how many kidneys he still has, given the amout of things he has given away to bribe people to vote for him.
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Post by registerme on Jan 7, 2023 18:51:03 GMT
Joke doing the rounds on Capitol Hill is that McCarthy needs to check how many kidneys he still has, given the amout he has given away to bribe people to vote for him. Well he's certainly absent a spine.
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keitha
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Post by keitha on Jan 7, 2023 19:16:02 GMT
and almost immediately announces investigations into democrats, presumably they will also now shelve the investigations into Trump. So instead of ruling for the people they are just going to attack the other side, makes our lot seem almost civilised I'm no expert on US politics and constitution but my understanding is they are a lot more corrupt than we are. "Lobbyists" seem to feature more prominently and appear to be allowed to spend large amounts of cash to influence policy. Then we have the elections themselves. They seem a hotbed of who the wealthy are backing as you need to have hundreds of millions (billions?) of dollars to win national campaigns. In the UK we deliberately regulate political spending largely for that reason. I believe were it not for the lobbying power and financial clout of the NRA they would have at least some form of gun control. just look at some of the spending figures www.businessinsider.com/nra-power-lobbying-statistics-gun-control-2017-10?r=US&IR=T
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Post by agent69 on Jan 7, 2023 19:35:01 GMT
I'm no expert on US politics and constitution but my understanding is they are a lot more corrupt than we are. "Lobbyists" seem to feature more prominently and appear to be allowed to spend large amounts of cash to influence policy. Then we have the elections themselves. They seem a hotbed of who the wealthy are backing as you need to have hundreds of millions (billions?) of dollars to win national campaigns. In the UK we deliberately regulate political spending largely for that reason. I believe were it not for the lobbying power and financial clout of the NRA they would have at least some form of gun control.just look at some of the spending figures www.businessinsider.com/nra-power-lobbying-statistics-gun-control-2017-10?r=US&IR=TAnd having a 6 year old boy take a gun to school and deliberately shoot a teacher won't change anything
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keitha
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Post by keitha on Jan 7, 2023 21:03:57 GMT
IMHO any parent that is so casual with guns that a 6 year old is able to pickup and secrete a gun in a school bag without parents noticing the child has it should be prosecuted for neglect, also was the safety off or did the child know how to put the safety off,
Have to say I've used shotguns, but never a pistol etc but I assume the kick against the grip of the average 6 year old child would cause injury to the wrist, my youngest is 30 and I'd be surprised if she knew how to fire a pistol, so for me the concept of a 6 year old knowing such stuff is scary
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