Yes. I was discussing the veto. You know, the thing that hasn't happened yet, that you were insisting would be a forgone conclusion? Do try and keep up.
The veto does. not. matter.
If 2/3 of congress approve the bill, the Presidential veto is nullified.
2/3=66.6%
93/100= 93%
You don't think the fact that a bill that is one signature away from destroying the American Constitution effectively rendering it police state is worthy of a topic on its own?
Being British I may have missed the part where a bill has the power to supercede the constitution, but I was darned sure the constitution always supercedes bills therefore this bill would likely, in the absurdly unlikely event it got passed and signed, be struck down by the supreme court in short order.
Being British I may have missed the part where a bill has the power to supercede the constitution, but I was darned sure the constitution always supercedes bills therefore this bill would likely, in the absurdly unlikely event it got passed and signed, be struck down by the supreme court in short order.
Shh, this is scary. Reasoned, thought out statements are not welcome here. Why? Because Anonymous. That's why.
Your education seems to be lacking regarding basic US political procedure and political party functioning. But I'm proud of you!
I want to publicly thank TurnedTheCorner for the greatest display of comic timing a message board has ever seen. It is sad that I am one of the few witnesses to his comic genius in real time, at this wee hour of the morning.
I actually have tears streaming down my face.
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Being British I may have missed the part where a bill has the power to supercede the constitution, but I was darned sure the constitution always supercedes bills therefore this bill would likely, in the absurdly unlikely event it got passed and signed, be struck down by the supreme court in short order.
Did the constitution supersede the violation's to it done by the Patriot act?
But whatever, obviously members of calgarypuck are more informed then the rest of the world. So while everyone else gives a ####, you can keep going on with your ways.
Sorry to have bothered you.
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Here's a fairly well-balanced article by Charlie Savage at the NY Times from last week.
It's truly amazing that someone could actually use the words "fairly balanced" when talking about a law that effectively makes total military rule a matter of executing the letter of the law.
It's also amazing that a lot of people have been watching this happen for a long time now, telling people that civil rights have been rapidly eroding in America, and for a large part have been dismissed as ranting lefties.
The fact that this bill was even created should be frightening. The fact that it already has enough support to become law should be scary as hell.
I wonder where the constitution-waiving right-wingers are now?
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It's anonymous, the largest and most diverse hacker network in the world.
People will attack them for stupidity, but they have some of the most advanced hackers in the entire world at their disposal.
Oh right I forgot about that...
Hate to take it off topic but:
These hackers should be arrested for the amount of damage they cause to households/businesses/government.
Nothing to be proud of.
Hackers should use their knowledge of computer programing for something worthwhile
Heh - now I'm kind of hoping that a presidential veto gets overturned by a vote just to see the 'I told you so' reply HAHA. You'll be able to see Cole's boner from space.
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