Originally Posted by Disillusioned_1

And do you get labeled as a librul frequently?

Originally Posted by daddio

cities are more liberal, I'll give you that

create wealth ? they also piss it away like drunks and Richmond bucks the create wealth trend

in VA the big money is NOT in the cities

poor less poor outside the cities ? maybe. prolly because they dont insist on cell phones and the like

and outside the cities the poor do better in school

Originally Posted by Imperator

dude...
thank you Mr CNN "middle of the road, equity cheif defender of the faith"...hey I wrote a skit on Obama, want me to fax it to you so you can fact check it?

Originally Posted by Speakeasy

And Virginia ranks higher in citizens who have bachelors degrees (9th) than Ohio (34th). We're practically flooded with geniuses over here!

Originally Posted by Speakeasy

And Virginia ranks higher in citizens who have bachelors degrees (9th) than Ohio (34th). We're practically flooded with geniuses over here!

Originally Posted by Disillusioned_1

That's why I said "Just to be clear".

You did phrase it relatively neutral, but the article itself is titled:
"Democrats lock Republicans out of committee room - TheHill.com"

All I was doing was pointing out to people who might skim the story and see dems as the 'bad guys', to actually take note that BOTH parties do these kinds of stunts.



The Raw Story | Dems locked out of debate on sweeping and controversial REAL ID Act

Maybe if the dems wait until the next natural disaster hits the world, and passes healthcare reform as part of an aid bill, then its acceptable - because that's how the republicans did it for one of their issues.

Yes, I agree the dems and the republicans are both sides of the same plastic coin. My goal was to point out the hypocrisy of republican outrage over this situation, maybe they're just angry they never thought to have the locks changed on their watch.

Originally Posted by Imperator

can you say bi-partisanship? I mean, is it time for a nap nap children? jesus christ.


Democrats lock Republicans out of committee room
By Susan Crabtree - 10/20/09 05:47 PM ET

Rep. Edolphus Towns (D-N.Y.) locked Republicans out of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee room to keep them from meeting when Democrats aren’t present.

Towns’ action came after repeated public ridicule from the leading Republican on the committee, Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), over Towns’s failure to launch an investigation into Countrywide Mortgage’s reported sweetheart deals to VIPs.


For months Towns has refused Republican requests to subpoena records in the case. Last Thursday Committee Republicans, led by Issa, were poised to force an open vote on the subpoenas at a Committee mark-up meeting. The mark-up was abruptly canceled. Only Republicans showed up while Democrats chairs remained empty.

Republicans charged that Towns canceled the meeting to avoid the subpoena vote. Democrats first claimed the mark-up was canceled due to a conflict with the Financial Services Committee. Later they said it was abandoned after a disagreement among Democratic members on whether to subpoena records on the mortgage industry’s political contributions to Republicans.

A GOP committee staffer captured video of Democrats leaving their separate meeting in private chambers after the mark-up was supposed to have begun. He spliced the video to other footage of the Democrats’ empty chairs at the hearing room, set it to the tune of “Hit the Road, Jack” and posted it on the Oversight and Government Reform Committee’s minority webpage, where it remained as of press time.


Democrats lock Republicans out of committee room - TheHill.com