SkyDekker 1,122 #176 February 26, 2016 turtlespeed***What a great system where the selection for the highest court has more to do with politics than ability. It's only going to get worse. So did the founding father's screw up, or would it have been impossible to foresee what would happen in the future? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
turtlespeed 212 #177 February 26, 2016 SkyDekker******What a great system where the selection for the highest court has more to do with politics than ability. It's only going to get worse. So did the founding father's screw up, or would it have been impossible to foresee what would happen in the future? They underestimated the power of those that want shit for free.I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rushmc 18 #178 February 26, 2016 turtlespeed*********What a great system where the selection for the highest court has more to do with politics than ability. It's only going to get worse. So did the founding father's screw up, or would it have been impossible to foresee what would happen in the future? They underestimated the power of those that want shit for free. I think they had that part figured out What they did underestimate was the will of those who would give shit away for the sake of getting power"America will never be destroyed from the outside, if we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves." Abraham Lincoln Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jakee 1,254 #179 February 26, 2016 Quote They underestimated the power of those that want shit for free. Lol yeah, it's all the poor people's fault that the judicial appointment system is broken.Broken record much?Do you want to have an ideagasm? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 2,400 #180 February 26, 2016 >They underestimated the power of those that want shit for free. Given that they tasked Congress with providing for the general welfare, and paying for a military - they did indeed take that into consideration. The idea that the founding fathers could not anticipate government assistance for the poor is funny. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
turtlespeed 212 #181 February 27, 2016 billvon>They underestimated the power of those that want shit for free. Given that they tasked Congress with providing for the general welfare, and paying for a military - they did indeed take that into consideration. The idea that the founding fathers could not anticipate government assistance for the poor is funny. I guess I should have said "extent" not power.I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryoder 1,384 #182 February 28, 2016 I just listened to this week's "Wait, Wait, Don't Tell me"; Near the beginning, someone suggested Obama nominate Trump, so the Senate can approve him, thereby letting the GOP solve it's Trump problem.Near the end, Paul Poundstone suggested Obama nominate Mitch McConnell, giving him the ultimate dilemma. "There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 1,623 #183 February 29, 2016 kallend What a disaster for Clarence Thomas. Now he won't have anyone to tell him how to vote. Ha! www.nytimes.com/2016/03/01/us/politics/supreme-court-clarence-thomas.html?_r=0... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryoder 1,384 #184 March 3, 2016 kallend *** What a disaster for Clarence Thomas. Now he won't have anyone to tell him how to vote. Ha! www.nytimes.com/2016/03/01/us/politics/supreme-court-clarence-thomas.html?_r=0 "As expected, the other justices gave no indication of supporting the clinics' position. Justice Clarence Thomas extended his new questionless streak to two days. Other than stressing that the state had a rational basis for the law, Roberts asked only one non-consequential question on the merits. Only Justice Samuel Alito really voiced arguments supporting the law, which was both no surprise and largely overshadowed by the Court's liberals." Source: http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/supreme-court-abortion-arguments-show-why-elections-matter-20160302?page=2"There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
headoverheels 291 #185 April 2, 2016 Scalia gets a law school named after him http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/news/a43545/antonin-scalia-george-mason-law-school/ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryoder 1,384 #186 April 6, 2016 http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/ass-law-name-change"There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 1,623 #187 April 6, 2016 ryoder http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/ass-law-name-change ASSLaw, ASSOL. By any other name would smell as........ The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
