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Old 12-28-2011, 02:51 PM
 
Location: Johnson City, Tn
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He's a freshman, and not even a lawyer. Sounds like a keeper.
Biography | Congressman Phil Roe, Tennessee District 1
Yup. so far I like him (from my little knowledge so far)...and most people in this area. Now I even live in the same city he lives so I get more of a feel from people on him (I am not Native to the area).

I honestly need to research more to see if he is a candidate for me if he is opposed in the next election though.

Edit: Just a quick scan through his issues, I like what I see so far. I do want to ask him some questions on a few issues still.
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Old 12-28-2011, 07:39 PM
 
Location: Northern CA
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President signed sealed and delivered this pos. The bipartisanship of this bill, is what should alarm everybody. It proves that there is little difference between the two parties, they do not represent us, and they don't give a damn about the Constitution or Bill of Rights.


Obama Signs NDAA Bill : What is the NDAA Bill - YouTube

I won't vote for anybody BUT Ron Paul, it's time to take a stand.
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Old 12-29-2011, 03:20 AM
 
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Congress has approved the NDAA every year for about the past half century.

What did you expect?

I expect them to stop passing bills that they do not read or that contain any provisions that lend to the destruction of our civil rights and of the founding documents.

I expect them to do their job and maintain vigilance as they have sworn an oath to defend the constitution and the rights of the people, instead of providing the means by which the enemies in our government accomplish their agenda to destroy them.

It seem that most these men and women either just don't care, are to lazy to do their jobs, or have an agenda that is not in the interest of this nation or we the people, either way, its time for another spring cleaning up in Washington.

We don't need to worry about terrorists coming and taking our rights away from us, that is what we have the Federal government for ... Am i right or am i right?

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Old 01-05-2012, 03:36 PM
 
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I know how we can correct this law. Since CDO's are considered WMD's “financial weapons of mass destruction" Now that the new NDAA bill has become the law of the land, can we just arrest, torture & kill all the Wallstreet Bankers & government officials we believe are guilty without proof or trial? I bet if we did this enough one of 2 things would happen. These people would either hand over their plunder or they would get rid of that stupid law & give us our rights back.

Any of you guys in the FBI or law enforcement. Maybe we should just form a posse & round them up.
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Old 01-05-2012, 03:45 PM
 
Location: Keosauqua, Iowa
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My representative (Dave LoebSUCK) did, but I already knew he was a douchebag so it's not that big a deal.

I mean, don't get me wrong; it IS a big deal. I just didn't need him to do it in order for me to realize that he's a douchebag.
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Old 01-05-2012, 04:28 PM
 
Location: Democratic Peoples Republic of Redneckistan
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Do you want to know your legislator's true colors when it comes to protecting our civil liberties?

See who voted Aye & who voted No.

Call them up and express your anger and tell them they have lost your vote in their next re-election.

The 2 presidential candidates who are also Congressmen, Bachmann and Paul, did not vote on account of being on the campaign trail, but I think we can all agree that Bachmann would have voted YES and Paul would have voted NO if they could.

Ron Paul is the only one talking about the monstrosity called NDAA.
I TRULY hope that the first unlawful arrests and torture of American citizens are arrests of the idiots who voted these republican scumbags in.....I guess I deserve to be arrested too tho'...I helped get Obama in
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Old 01-05-2012, 05:03 PM
 
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So if you vote your current rep out, who are you going to vote in??? I can count on one hand the number of successful third-party candidates that have gotten elected to federal office in the last 50 years.
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Old 01-05-2012, 05:27 PM
 
Location: Florida
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Do you want to know your legislator's true colors when it comes to protecting our civil liberties?

See who voted Aye & who voted No.

Call them up and express your anger and tell them they have lost your vote in their next re-election.

The 2 presidential candidates who are also Congressmen, Bachmann and Paul, did not vote on account of being on the campaign trail, but I think we can all agree that Bachmann would have voted YES and Paul would have voted NO if they could.

Ron Paul is the only one talking about the monstrosity called NDAA.
Pretty much all Republicans in the house voted YES, and in the Senate there were only six Dems and six Republicans who voted against it. But the law changes very little, if anything at all.
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Old 01-05-2012, 05:35 PM
 
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My rep, Charlie Rangel, voted no as did my old rep, Diana DeGette (I just recently moved to NYC).
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