Congressional Priorities: $700 Million for ‘Railroad to Nowhere,’ $173 Million for Stopping Mass Murder
Congressional Priorities: $700 Million for ‘Railroad to Nowhere,’ $173 Million for Stopping Mass Murder
The Senate is expected to approve a nearly $109 billion spending bill today. The legislation provides some useful insight into the priorities of our current Congress.
The bill includes $700 million for the “railroad to nowhere“:
The project, which was added to a $106.5 billion emergency defense spending bill in the Senate, would relocate a Gulf Coast rail line inland, to higher ground. Never mind that the hurricane-battered line was just repaired at a cost of at least $250 million. Or that at $700 million, the project championed by Mississippi’s two US senators is being called the largest “earmark” ever.
Meanwhile, a paltry $173 million has been appropriated for peacekeeping efforts in Darfur, where violence is “horrendously bad and worsening” according to the U.N.’s top humanitarian official.
After three years of genocide — 400,000 dead, 2.5 million driven from their homes, razed villages, rape campaigns, and mass starvation — our government still doesn’t get it. So much for “Never Again.”
On a positive note, at least the Senate passage of the $173 million today was unanimous. When the funding was voted on in the House, it was opposed by the White House (which wanted even less) and passed by only five votes, 213-208, thanks to strong opposition from conservatives, including House Majority Leader John Boehner (R-OH).
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May 3rd, 2006 at 12:11 pmal Cracker logic…
…don’t ‘cha just love it?
…$700 million for the gambling casinos…
…$less than $200 million to save human lives…
…no wonder all “conservative” al Crackers and al Cracker wannabes are cursed…
May 3rd, 2006 at 12:11 pmCompassionate and Conservative… these guys kick ass!!!
May 3rd, 2006 at 12:12 pmHavent you ever heard of the other slogan, “Never Again Let A Giant Pork Project Go Unfunded”
May 3rd, 2006 at 12:12 pmGlad they have their priorities straight???
Can someone put in a pork project to refer BUSH to the WAR CRIMES tribunal?
Now that would be a PORK project that I would support!
May 3rd, 2006 at 12:17 pmUseless railroad project over human life.
May 3rd, 2006 at 12:17 pmYep, that’s our Republican controlled government at work.
Isn’t Trent Lott Senator from Mississippi? What do you expect from a big wheel from Mississippi.
May 3rd, 2006 at 12:20 pmNo money for Amtrak, but plenty for RR project that bebefits a casino that I’ll never visit. Typical neo con values. We’ve got a chance to get back at them in November. I can’t wait.
May 3rd, 2006 at 12:26 pmTim
To all Republicans: Just keep repeating “fiscally conservative”. If you repeat it often enough, it will magically come true!
May 3rd, 2006 at 12:27 pmMaybe they could use the railroad money to build a track in Darfur?
This way the next 2.5 million refuges won’t have to be driven from their homes – but instead they can be railroaded from them… the perfect republican plan… pretend humanitarianism and windfall funding for the large construction companies… USA! USA! USA! USA! USA…
May 3rd, 2006 at 12:30 pmI despise earmarks and pork. I support our war efforts against the brutal barbarians we are currently fighting and I support safeguarding the innocents of Darfur who are contending with the barbarians in their country. I’m certain military recruiters will see a large expansion of military enlistment by the “all talk” LEFT – when pigs fly…..
May 3rd, 2006 at 12:34 pm#8, Tim,
May 3rd, 2006 at 12:37 pmThat’s what I was thinking. In light of the fuel “crisis” why oh why are we not doing all we can to promote mass transit!
Instead, funding for AMTRAK is being cut.
This congress is all about the bottom line for business. Murder is not a profit center, building a boondogle railroad is.
May 3rd, 2006 at 12:39 pmThe Congress believes in PORK for those who do not need it > meaning the wealthy elite! This is all part of a game to bankrupt America and leave the debt to average Americans to pay off! Everyone in the Congress who takes part in this pork fest must be voted out of office or forced to resign in shame!
May 3rd, 2006 at 12:39 pmLets see most of the leaders and talking heads on the right have either never served in the military, or their daddies got them into comfy national guard spots during wartime. On the other hand the “all talk left” has had numerous representatives serve not only in the military, but also during war time.
so who exactly is all talk?
On topic, from a fiscal perspective spending money to benefit casinos in Mississippi will bring in more revenue then helping people in Darfur, and I bet that the campaign contributions from the casino’s helped get Lott elected. Furthermore the refugees in Darfur don’t vote, so from a political perspective there is little to gain from any action to help them. I realize how cynical I sound, and I don’t like it much.
May 3rd, 2006 at 12:41 pmThe Darfur situation, while terrible, does not require any US involvement. How about first stopping the genocide in Iraq by pulling out? This is just another false-flag operation to divert the masses’ collective attention from the ongoing debacle in Iraq and the larger up-coming debacle in Iran.
No rational person in the Darfur region wants to see the Imperialists get involved in their situation.
May 3rd, 2006 at 12:41 pmMA,
The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are the biggest “earmarks and pork projects” in our nation’s history. Can you say Halliburton?
t-mac
May 3rd, 2006 at 12:44 pmI’m certain military recruiters will see a large expansion of military enlistment by the “all talk†LEFT – when pigs fly…..
Comment by mighty aphrodite #11
…After YOU and Mr. hermaphrodite, puny…
…show us some leadership…
PLEASE!
May 3rd, 2006 at 12:45 pmI’m certain military recruiters will see a large expansion of military enlistment by the “all talk†LEFT – when pigs fly…..
Comment by mighty aphrodite — May 3, 2006 @ 12:34
I spent 6 years in the air force. My sister was in for 8, my brother for 4. My husband and 2 brothers were in the Navy, 2 for 4 years, 1 for 8. Hell even my mother was in the Army-Air Corp. Progressives all and proud of it.
Now you!!!
May 3rd, 2006 at 12:55 pmI’m certain military recruiters will see a large expansion of military enlistment by the “all talk†LEFT – when pigs fly…..
Comment by mighty aphrodite — May 3, 2006 @ 12:34 pm
I agree this will not happen… the military does not recruit democrats it creates them.
It is not until the dill-weed republicans have seen the realities of war and flawed foreign policies that they wise up enough to switch parties.
You know what they say – Republican… once you go to Iraq you don’t go back… to the party of corruption and incompetence that is.
May 3rd, 2006 at 12:55 pmi’m ashamed of some of these responses! the republicans have a great plan for running this country into the ground; and that plan needs a pathway, that plan needs infrastructure. this ‘railroad to nowhere’ provides that much-needed pathway and that much-needed infrastructure.
i, for one, say ‘well done’ to the republicans, the architects of this visionary plan. all aboard!
May 3rd, 2006 at 12:55 pmpgw – dang, I thought it was bridges to nowhere, now a railroad to nowhere? What the hell is so great about nowhere that they get all these transportation methods!!!
May 3rd, 2006 at 12:59 pmI’m confused on a much more simple level–why are they getting $700 mill if 1) It’s already been built, and 2) it didn’t cost $700mill????
If I went to solicit money for a charity that didnt’ exist, that’s against the law. How can any lawmaker ask for money that so clearly won’t be spent on what they say it will? WTF?
May 3rd, 2006 at 12:59 pmFORGET IT.
WITH GLOBAL WARMING, THAT RAIL LINE WILL BE BATTERED MOST YEARS.
UNTIL IT’S FINALLY UNDER WATER.
May 3rd, 2006 at 1:03 pmJules,
watch Courage the Cowardly Dog sometime on Cartoon Network and you will see why nowhere is so cool.
May 3rd, 2006 at 1:03 pmI despise earmarks and pork.
Well, it’s your team doing doing it. But I bet you haven’t written your best buddy Republican representatives and told them to stop.
I support our war efforts against the brutal barbarians we are currently fighting
Me too. Now if only we could fight just them and not destroy everyone’s lives in Iraq. Problem with fighting all the barbarians is the women and children keep getting in the way.
and I support safeguarding the innocents of Darfur who are contending with the barbarians in their country.
Glad you do. Too bad your GOP buddies don’t really want to. Hypocrites. Let’s invade Iraq to spread freedom and save innocent lives. Let Africa take care of itself. Unless there’s oil in Africa…
I’m certain military recruiters will see a large expansion of military enlistment by the “all talk†LEFT
Probably not. I bet recruitment’s down among Republicans, too. But you’ll ignore that point. Funny how most vets are Democrats, too. Hmmmmm…. wonder why.
May 3rd, 2006 at 1:05 pmI’m confused on a much more simple level–why are they getting $700 mill if 1) It’s already been built, and 2) it didn’t cost $700mill????
Punchy – that was the old railroad that didn’t cost 700 million – but it’s already got several months worth of ware and tear.
The 700 million is for the new railroad – which is destined to be replaced by a 7 billion dollar railroad 8 to 10 months after its construction.
Railroads can never be to new you know!
May 3rd, 2006 at 1:07 pmUseless railroad project over human life.
Yep, that’s our Republican controlled government at work.
Comment by Zookeeper — May 3, 2006 @ 12:17 pm
Capitalism assumes that people will be honest and not take more than they need. Unfortunately, it has no checks for those who acquire, no matter by what means – even at the expense of others. Like cancer. The body doesn’t know it’s a hostile take-over, because it follows the rules, until it’s too late.
May 3rd, 2006 at 1:08 pmCongratulations PPP’s!!!! (Proud Prog Patriots) To all of you progs who served our nation, THANK YOU!!! But I think as military veterans, now is the time to encourage those who whine and blather about “misguided American foreign policy” to step up to the plate!!!!! For you late-to-the-table whiners, Mr. Aphrodite and I are both proud veterans.
BUT come on – NOW is the time progressive universities should jump on the “SAVE DARFUR” bandwagon!! ROTC may no longer be a dirty acronym among the limp wristed politically correct progs. (If they really wish to keep the lefty spin – they can limit discussion to the reason for the geonocide being water and territorial disputes. They can choose to sweep under the rug the atrocities of the “Religion of Peace”.)
Can’t stay and play with you kids any longer….
May 3rd, 2006 at 1:08 pmMA – you are the biggest asswipe I have read. You would never serve this country. Your too much of a pansy ass.
May 3rd, 2006 at 1:13 pmHey MA -
I wonder how many Democrats go into service and come out Republicans vs. Republicans who go in and come out Democrats.
But, you’ll ignore that item, too, I suppose.
Put your headphones on and listen to your favorite radio station:
911 WGOP – “Where the news isn’t as important as the spin we put on it is.”
May 3rd, 2006 at 1:16 pmHermaphrodite – I don’t think that pretending to have served in the military counts as actual military service.
May 3rd, 2006 at 1:19 pmermaphrodite – I don’t think that pretending to have served in the military counts as actual military service.
Comment by G.W.SuperChrist — May 3, 2006 @ 1:19 pm
Works for the President.
May 3rd, 2006 at 1:21 pmOh and mighty asswipe, I do not accept your congratulations or your thanks. You are not the type of person I joined to protect.
May 3rd, 2006 at 1:21 pmCan’t stay and play with you kids any longer….
Comment by mighty aphrodite — May 3, 2006 @ 1:08 pm
If only this were true, then we could have discussion without hyberbole and vitriol. MA I sincerely doubt given your obvious mental deficiencies that the military would accept you. Of course with the war in Iraq, and possibly Iran, I have heard they are lowering their standards.
I feel compelled to ask; are you going to encourage your children to join the US military when they come of age? or do they have “more important things to do”?
http://operationyellowelephant.blogspot.com/
May 3rd, 2006 at 1:26 pmNice link Krazny… it says it all!
May 3rd, 2006 at 1:37 pmKrazny….that was a great link. Thanks!
May 3rd, 2006 at 1:42 pmYou know why we aren’t in Africa? All the black is above the ground.
May 3rd, 2006 at 1:47 pmI’d serve in Sudan if we went there but it would be unwise to do so. Better to send aid.
I want a senator with the balls to demand that the Senate follow the same german rules the house does. No cramming on billions of dollars of pork on bills. I’d like to see them justify how a 700 million dollar windfall to a railroad that is near completion makes our nation more secure.
For you late-to-the-table whiners, Mr. Aphrodite and I are both proud veterans. M.A.
What are you gonna be tomorrow? Submarine captain? Indian Chief?
How about ASTRONAUT!
Have you joined the chickenhawk squadron yet?
For the uninformed, the wingnut websites have adopted the “Fighting 101st keyboardists” as their moniker, and the Loony Tunes version of a chickenhawk as their logo – not knowing that “chickenhawk” is the street slang for guys (and gals) who hang around bus terminals and train stations looking for desperate kids running away from home and looking to “make it in the big city”, so that they can hook them into prostitution.
Sounds like a good fit for M.A.
May 3rd, 2006 at 1:48 pmThe project, which was added to a $106.5 billion emergency defense spending bill in the Senate, would relocate a Gulf Coast rail line inland, to higher ground. Never mind that the hurricane-battered line was just repaired at a cost of at least $250 million. Or that at $700 million, the project championed by Mississippi’s two US senators is being called the largest “earmark†ever.
This is great! I’m so glad that this particular $700 million in gulf coast relief money is being put to such good use. See, you’ve got to start looking at the big picture. Follow the strategery. Once the railroad has been moved, then the displaced victims of Katrina will have a way to ride back home. Those that are still in the area, but homeless can become hobos and ride the rails. It’s a win-win situation I tell ya.
May 3rd, 2006 at 1:51 pmWhat are you gonna be tomorrow? Submarine captain? Indian Chief?
Comment by barfly — May 3, 2006 @ 1:48 pm
My guess is a woman. But he’s not very good at pretending to be that either…
May 3rd, 2006 at 1:59 pmLucky children – a 45 minute postponement will allow me to respond to your sophomoric antics. (But I must be brief…)
#30 – “MA – you are the biggest asswipe I have read. You would never serve this country. Your too much of a pansy ass.” – Comment by Jewels
*****Did I remember you mentioning your job as a school teacher?? If so, for one entrusted to educate our children, you certainly seem to have a limited, comically vulgar vocabulary. Your assumptions confirm you are the a$$ I suspected.
#31 – *****BCG – It has been my experience that those looking to the military strictly as a “jobs program” go in as Dems and stay Progs. Those who serve the higher (and most optimistic) ideal of defending this great countryare notably (with a few exceptions) conservatives. (Which makes perfect sense – those are people interested in “conserving” the USA.)
#32 – “Hermaphrodite – I don’t think that pretending to have served in the military counts as actual military service.” – Comment GW Super ….
*****I don’t think pretending to be Christ actually counts for being God – you certainly have demonstrated a lack on omniscience….
#34 – “Oh and mighty asswipe, I do not accept your congratulations or your thanks. You are not the type of person I joined to protect.” – Comment by Jules
*****Thank you, Jewels for reinforcing my already low opinion of your views. I, on the other hand, am proud to have helped defend people with whom I disagree – that is what makes this nation so free and so great. The left fails to remember that there is not much difference in totalitarians – whether they are fascists or communists. Your intolerance is intolerable.
#35 – “If only this were true, then we could have discussion without hyberbole and vitriol.” – Krazy
*****Thank you for the clarification – when progs throw out ridicule and verbal flamethrowers, those are simply pearls of wisdom – when conservatives take aim at liberal philosophy and/or stupidity, that is the definition of hyperbole and vitriol. Your phony double standard is priceless – and telling.
Your position to evaluate my metal capacity is limited at best. But I could be wrong – your telepathic abilities seem to know precisely which track of fatherhood you should pursue – whether from 100 miles away or the length of the western US coastline.
I will tell my children that serving the United States is a fine and homorable thing to do – and that soldiers have done more to protect their freedom than lawyers or progressives.
May 3rd, 2006 at 2:02 pmWhich does not really answer the question. I will rephrase since I did not ask it correctly the first time. Will you encourage your children to join the military, if there is a good chance that the will be killed or maimed? Say if the current operation in Iraq is still ongoing when your children reach enlistment age.
I like the dig at my father hood skills. If you are looking for a hook you haven’t found it. As for my perception of you mental faculties, I don’t really have to look farther then the absurd rants you try to pass off as posts.
PS I am glad the hospital gave you more free time. Did you take your meds?
May 3rd, 2006 at 2:11 pmI really can’t figure out why people still attempt to debate MA. There is no point. Everything It posts is partisan rhetoric at its worst filled with accusations about “the left”. It never produces facts from this millenium to back up Its bogus claims. He/She/It assumes to know all there is to know about everyone here from their opinions to their religious beliefs. Just let It be. It poses no threat. It definitely isn’t mighty and I doubt that It looks anything like aphrodite. Medusa….maybe, aphrodite….not so much.
May 3rd, 2006 at 2:11 pmRemember, it’s not cheating if you don’t get caught. Lets see – republicans effectively control all three branches of govt. with little checks and balances. Media is afraid to offend anyone in power. So I’d say there is little chance of catching any of these crooks.
Forgot the ‘war on terror.’ The biggest threat to this country is the govt. If there were any people with guts in this country there would be a war against crooked politicians. They constantly lie and mislead and rely on apathy and ignorance!
May 3rd, 2006 at 2:15 pmMy guess is a woman. But he’s not very good at pretending to be that either…
Comment by unbelievable — May 3, 2006 @ 1:59 pm
He dresses the part come Saturday night!
May 3rd, 2006 at 2:19 pmKrazy – I did answer your question – you asked if I would encourage my children to join the military – I gave you my answer. When you did not like my answer, you (in typical prog-like fashion) changed the question. I would rather have my children fighting to preserve this country than being remarkably proud of their “cowering and adapting” skills.
Your assurance that my comment about your committment to fatherhood did not offend you, came as NO surprise to me….
I’m sure you’ll understand that “absurd” is in the eye of the beholder. But your appreciaton of the “intellectual” offerings of 99.87% of progs here provides a glimpse of your “standards”. Psst…those standards aren’t too high….
Must run……
May 3rd, 2006 at 2:29 pmI really can’t figure out why people still attempt to debate MA.
Everything It posts is partisan rhetoric at its worst filled with accusations about “the leftâ€. It never produces facts from this millenium to back up Its bogus claims.
Comment by Str8UpNoChaser — May 3, 2006 @ 2:11 pm
As usual, you are correct. My “sore spot” is one of these reich wingers who have no knowledge of sacrafice calling me unpatriotic. Being an American requires you to question the government when you believe it has committed wrongs. That is the basic tenent of the constitution. It would be unpatriotic to do otherwise.
Of course, they conveniently forget the Clinton years when they questioned everything and spew venom. They hate him so much they are still blaming him for what goes wrong in this country. It is because they know that if he could run again he would be reelected.
May 3rd, 2006 at 2:31 pmI really can’t figure out why people still attempt to debate MA.
Everything It posts is partisan rhetoric at its worst filled with accusations about “the leftâ€. It never produces facts from this millenium to back up Its bogus claims.
Comment by Str8UpNoChaser — May 3, 2006 @ 2:11 pm
It would be best to marginalize her. I think it would annoy her far more, if we just ignored her posts. I suspect that she enoys the attention. I imagine that the nurses at the hospital probably don’t pay much attention to her.
May 3rd, 2006 at 2:36 pmKrazny – you’re right. I do not believe they have medication for what ails whatever it is.
May 3rd, 2006 at 2:37 pm[...] I love it when Republican blowhards claim to place the value and sanctity of life above all else, but then vote to spend less than half of the money they approved for Alaskan bridges going nowhere and less than a third of the money they approved for a dubious railroad relocation project on funding for efforts to curb a genocide that has already claimed more than 400,000 lives. [...]
May 3rd, 2006 at 2:43 pmNotice that the rail line in question is operated by CSX. For fun, google CSX, Dubai Ports and John Snow in the same search. Once you take a look at what you find, it becomes less surprising that they are getting some sweet pork.
May 3rd, 2006 at 2:47 pmNotice that the rail line in question is operated by CSX. For fun, google CSX, Dubai Ports and John Snow in the same search. Once you take a look at what you find, it becomes less surprising that they are getting some sweet pork.
May 3rd, 2006 at 2:48 pmYummy pork
thanks for the heads up Jan. The one rule of politics: Follow the money.
May 3rd, 2006 at 2:50 pmWhatever else the relocation project is, it isn’t a benefit to any of the casinos.
In addition, CSX paid the $250M to repair the KAtrina damaged line with 90% insurance proceeds and 10% of CSX funds, so it isn’t like the $250M was federal funds as the post implies.
I live in Pass Christian, MS, within spittin’ distance of the RR tracks. I know the amount of traffic the line carries (over thirteen trains a day on average) through seven small coastal towns on a ground level grade. The disruption to local commerce is significant, not to mention the dangers presented in emergencies.
While I have mixed emotions about the plans for the rail bed if the relocation takes place (I prefer elevated rapid rail mass transit), I have no doubt the $700M would be a net plus to the region and to the overal safety of the nation. Almost every hurricane in this area damages the current rail system because it is located on or near the water’s edge.
A lot of the reporting of this issue is uninformed or ilinformed at best.
Just sayin’…
May 3rd, 2006 at 2:55 pmI think it would annoy her far more, if we just ignored her posts. I suspect that she enoys the attention. I imagine that the nurses at the hospital probably don’t pay much attention to her.
Comment by Krazny — May 3, 2006 @ 2:36 pm
MA once posted a comment a second time after I ignored his first post. I was having a reasonable conversation with an intelligent person and refused to be side tracked by his incoherent rant. So he reposted it a second time trying to interrupt and be noticed. Pretty puerile.
You are absolutely right. MA’s only here to get attention. Ignoringhim would be far worse than anything you could say to him. He’s giving me the silent treatment because that’s what he thinks would hurt me the most – because it’s what hurts him the most. But unlike MA, I am not hurt by him. I would never give him that permission.
May 3rd, 2006 at 3:15 pm#42 – mighty aphrodite is panning lawyers today, a few days ago it was one.
May 3rd, 2006 at 3:15 pmquick question…
could someone here tell me when it is ok to kill?
May 3rd, 2006 at 3:16 pmI am refering to genocide and killing in general.
May 3rd, 2006 at 3:37 pmWhen god commands it, and says its okay Joneser. At least that is what I can gather from the religous nutzos out there.
May 3rd, 2006 at 4:19 pmOK OK… BUT SERIOUSLY WHERE DO YOU FEEL IT IS JUSTIFY TO KILL?
May 3rd, 2006 at 5:30 pmBUT SERIOUSLY… I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW FROM YOU ALL WHEN IT OK TO KILL…
May 3rd, 2006 at 5:33 pmBUT SERIOUSLY… I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW FROM YOU ALL WHEN IT OK TO KILL…
Comment by Joneser — May 3, 2006 @ 5:33 pm
Calm down… no need to yell. You’re asking s a loaded question. Because it’s a personal perspective as to what’s ‘okay’. It varies depending on who you ask.
For me personally, I try to avoid it. I suck up spiders with my dust buster and dump them outside. I don’t eat or wear animal flesh. And I’m anti-war 99% of the time. In order for me to take a life – and I assume you’re only talking about humans since that is the egocentric culture in which we exist – I think I could kill someone, reluctantly, if it came down to a choice between them and me. Survival instinct. Otherwise, off the top of my head, I can’t think of a reason that I personally could condone. But, I don’t speak for everyone else.
May 3rd, 2006 at 5:39 pmin self defense, or to protect my family.
If you are going to launch into a we need to protect ourselves from the islamic fundamentalist sorta tirade. I will stop you now by saying I agree with you. What I don’t agree with is invading Iraq to achieve that goal. Instead of dismantling Al Qaidi, and capturing Osama Bin Laden. Bush chose to use the events of 9/11 to attack a country that was not a threat to the US. An attack that he and his admin had been planning for some time. Eliminating terrorists who would threaten our country, and the world is good. Attacking a fangless dictator so you can avenge your father, or be a war time president, or spread american imperialism to the middle east, or for whatever reaon is not good.
May 3rd, 2006 at 5:46 pmsorry for the capitols by the way LOL. But I don’t understand then that Clinton and JFK had the same principals as Bush about dangers in our time… not to mention a speech by Clinton before he bombed Iraq.
http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1998/02/17/transcripts/clinton.iraq/
To Be continued gotta run..
May 3rd, 2006 at 5:51 pmThen why have laws for killing?
May 3rd, 2006 at 5:52 pmKrazy – I think like many progs (undoubtedly you’ll appreciate the “compliment”) your use of the word imperialism in post #64 is incorrect. Had you been discussing the far flung English or Roman Empire, you might have made a reasonable point.
“It never produces facts from this millenium to back up Its bogus claims.”
Comment by Str8UpNoChaser
*****As this millenium is only a bit over six years old, you are sorely mistaken if THAT is all the history you care to rely on. (How would one discuss the root causes of terrorism if relying on your “this millenium only” pronouncement?? Come to think of it, it would be hard to discuss much of what is going on in the world today if we took your suggestion seriously. Did you not do well in history?) So many self-centered people believe history begins and ends with themselves – how pitiful. Of course, some of those people actually do grow up….
#66 – All murders are homicide, but not all homicides are murder. “Mens rea” is the necessary element of determining degrees of criminal culpability.
May 3rd, 2006 at 6:32 pmWhy yes MA I also believe that the wiretapping carried out by Bush was illegal thank you for agreeing with me.
May 3rd, 2006 at 6:46 pm“#66 – All murders are homicide, but not all homicides are murder. “Mens rea†is the necessary element of determining degrees of criminal culpability. Comment by mighty aphrodite ”
Ah, and this is how we know Mighty Moron is NOT a lawyer.
Or maybe you just went to the McDonalds school of legal burger flipping? Whatever the case, you once again show how STUPID you really are.
As always the ’sweeping generalization’ that isn’t based on facts, laws, or even STANDARD ENGLISH is what we get from the resident SOCIOPATH and POSER LAWYER.
A poser lawyer, a poser veteran (who considers a DESK JOCKEY LAWYER a veteran anyway?), a poser woman, and a poser wife and mother. There’s nothing authentic about you other than your ignorance.
May 3rd, 2006 at 7:11 pmAnd Mighty Moron, how about this little tidbit.
Most SANE people wouldn’t consider this to be MENS REA, then again, we’ve previously established you aren’t SANE or a LAWYER, you’re just a BIG FAT CRAZY FRAUD.
Yet another BORING post from Mighty Moron, the DUMBEST poser on the web.
May 3rd, 2006 at 7:13 pm” So many self-centered people believe history begins and ends with themselves – how pitiful. Of course, some of those people actually do grow up…. Mighty Moron”
When you do grow up, come back and post…
Zzzzz….
May 3rd, 2006 at 7:15 pmThen why have laws for killing?
Comment by Joneser — May 3, 2006 @ 5:52 pm
Because, other people don’t see it the same way. You have to protect yourself and others from those who think it’s okay to kill on a whim. They are the minority, but they do exist.
May 3rd, 2006 at 9:05 pmBecause, other people don’t see it the same way. You have to protect yourself and others from those who think it’s okay to kill on a whim. They are the minority, but they do exist.
Comment by unbelievable — May 3, 2006 @ 9:05 pm
Then why is the 2nd amendment is violated?… Because there is a refusal to recognize it isn’t the gun… Ironically New York was trying to impose an ordinance that you could not be of a certain age to have large markers or cans of paint to combat the graffiti issue. Marc Ecko managed to twist it to say it was a violation of the 1st amendment. The judge ruled in his favor. I think that is hypocritical.
May 4th, 2006 at 10:09 am#69, 70, 71, Zzzzz – Did Mom let you out of “time-out”? You say “favorite” I say “favourite” – you say “color” I say “colour”. Some “people” are such radical left-wing extremists that they say in six or seven paragraphs what an intelligent person can convey in a single sentence or two. I suppose there are people who think the more they say, the more inteeligent they appear. Brevity is a hallmark of clarity.
May 4th, 2006 at 1:06 pmThen why is the 2nd amendment is violated?… Because there is a refusal to recognize it isn’t the gun… Ironically New York was trying to impose an ordinance that you could not be of a certain age to have large markers or cans of paint to combat the graffiti issue. Marc Ecko managed to twist it to say it was a violation of the 1st amendment. The judge ruled in his favor. I think that is hypocritical.
Comment by Joneser — May 4, 2006 @ 10:09 am
I agree that guns don’t kill people. But, I also know that an angry rednack with access to a loaded weapon is probably going to wind up on Cops. Personally, I think gun ownership should come with an education. Sorta how you have to pass a test to get a driver’s license. That to own a gun, you should know how to use it. Of course I see the problems in letting the government regular fire arms, since the Founding Father’s wanted us to have them to protect ourselves against the government…. But there are pros and cons to every subject. And the result in looking for a fail-proof system results in doing nothing. And we see where doing nothing has left us. One of the highest murder rates in the world (I think we rank 5th).
I’m not sure how the spray paint ties into guns, but I don’t see graffitti as a comparable issue to shooting people…
May 5th, 2006 at 8:34 amAll murders are homicide, but not all homicides are murder. “Mens rea†is the necessary element of determining degrees of criminal culpability.
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