Thursday Open Thread [4.18.13]
45 Pathetic Cowards. Let’s see if any Delaware Democrats or Republicans in the Delaware Senate join them.
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1. Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN)
2. Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-NH)
3. Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY)
4. Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT)
5. Sen. Mark Begich (D-AK)
6. Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO)
7. Sen. John Boozman (R-AR)
8. Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC)
9. Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-GA)
10. Sen. Dan Coats (R-IN)
11. Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK)
12. Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
13. Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN)
14. Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)
15. Sen. Michael Crapo (R-ID)
16. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX)
17. Sen. Mike Enzi (R-WY)
18. Sen. Deb Fischer (R-NE)
19. Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ)
20. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC)
21. Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA)
22. Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT)
23. Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND)
24. Sen. Dean Heller (R-NV)
25. Sen. John Hoeven (R-ND)
26. Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK)
27. Sen. Johnny Isakson (R-GA)
28. Sen. Mike Johanns (R-NE)
29. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI)
30. Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT)
31. Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY)
32. Sen. Jerry Moran (R-KS)
33. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)
34. Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY)
35. Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH)
36. Sen. Mark Pryor (D-AR)
37. Sen. James Risch (R-ID)
38. Sen. Pat Roberts (R-KS)
39. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL)
40. Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC)
41. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL)
42. Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL)
43. Sen. John Thune (R-SD)
44. Sen. David Vitter (R-LA)
45. Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
I edited this to Boldface the Democrats who had no reason to vote against this thing.
The Scarborough thing is interesting — he is mad as a hatter and the Politico guy said that it was too heavy a lift to do Gun Safety, Gay Marriage and immigration.
Wonder which of these Bloomberg thinks he can pick off?
After I saw the vote yesterday, I made the decision that I was not going to donate to DCCC, DSCC or any candidates for 2014. NO, all my donations are going to go to Gabby Gifford’s PAC and Bloomberg’s PAC.
If we build up their funds by donating more than the NRA’s funds, the PACs can go after every stinking one of them.
And another thing – should we change our message? This diary on DK is an interesting argument against gun control. I like it!
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/04/18/1198779/-I-Don-t-Support-Gun-Control
And here are their Twitter handles. You know what to do.
I haven’t contributed to DCCC or DSCC for ages. It was killing me to support people who wouldn’t support me. Mostly I’ve been giving to the Progressive Change Campaign Committee. But adding Gifford’s PAC and/or Bloomberg’s PAC is a decent idea.
And now for something completely different:
A challenge to duel — from a constituent to his state Senator in Missouri.
(via Romenesko’s place)
How’s that Republican outreach going?
And there you have it. They really can’t help themselves.
Uh Oh — Texas teacher claims she couldn’t have fondled black student because she’s racist
This is incredible — someone needs to remind this woman that the sexual exploitation of black people has traditionally been done by this country’s racists.
Standing up for the second amendment and the U.S. Constitution does not make you a coward, it makes you a conservative. But thinking you can ignore the constitution makes you a liberal
Standing up on the bodies of 8 year olds for a special interest group.
I applaud your bravery.
On another completely unrelated note: this is pretty cool
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/18/earth-like-planets-alien-kepler-water_n_3111448.html
V, I think it is hard for you guys and gals to call everyone else a coward when you hide your opinions behind a screen name so no one can call you out in real life.
Um… Rusty Dils is a real name? No way. I thought it was a porn joke.
https://twitter.com/RustyDils/followers
ZERO followers.
Last tweet was Nov. 8.
I saw an interesting column in the May 2013 issue of Car and Driver magazine today. The column, by Kevin Drum, cites an Amherst College researcher who claims her data indicates that leaded gasoline was responsible for high crime rates in the ’60s-’80s & that removing lead from gasoline greatly contributed to the decline in violent crimes we’ve seen in the last 20 years.
Mother Jones has a much more in-depth article by the same author.
Interesting reading!
I wonder if high lead levels could also be responsible for Reagan Democrats. After all they say it was lead utensils that brought down the Roman Empire.
“And there you have it. They really can’t help themselves.”
Human beings are an evolving species. Unless one does not believe in evolution. So yes, they really can’t help themselves.
And with each passing generation there are fewer and fewer. Like Zeno’s Paradox though, society will never be free of them. However, they will decrease to infinitesimal numbers until they become little more than a parody.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpaOjMXyJGk
Roland, it actually sounds very interesting, but I don’t think I can buy into that, but I might actually read it since you say it is interesting.