Welcome to City-Data.com Forum!
U.S. CitiesCity-Data Forum Index
Go Back   City-Data Forum > General Forums > Politics and Other Controversies
 [Register]
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
View detailed profile (Advanced) or search
site with Google Custom Search

Search Forums  (Advanced)
 
Old 03-20-2009, 07:35 PM
 
4,459 posts, read 4,210,845 times
Reputation: 648

Advertisements

Michael Steele Doesn’t Know What The First Amendment Says


This morning, RNC Chairman Michael Steele came out of isolation and guest-hosted Bill Bennett’s Morning in America. During the program, a caller asked Steele about the constitutionality of the 90 percent bonus tax passed by the House yesterday. The caller said that he believed that the tax was unconstitutional because “the first amendment…specifically states that a law cannot be passed to specifically target a person or a group of people.” The caller was apparently trying to reference the ban on bills of attainder in Article I of the U.S. Constitution, not the first amendment. Apparently unfamiliar with the purpose of the first amendment, Steele responded, “That’s right!”:


Think Progress » Michael Steele Doesn’t Know What The First Amendment Says
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message

 
Old 03-20-2009, 07:40 PM
 
Location: Chicagoland
41,325 posts, read 44,956,928 times
Reputation: 7118
The Scorecard: RNC outraises DNC - POLITICO.com

As far as fundraising, looks like he's doing OK.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 03-20-2009, 07:52 PM
 
4,459 posts, read 4,210,845 times
Reputation: 648
Quote:
Originally Posted by sanrene View Post
The Scorecard: RNC outraises DNC - POLITICO.com

As far as fundraising, looks like he's doing OK.
Yep, wait until Obama starts campaigning... You know he has that gift?
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 03-20-2009, 08:00 PM
 
Location: Raleigh, NC
9,059 posts, read 12,974,155 times
Reputation: 1401
Quote:
Originally Posted by Dukester View Post
Yep, wait until Obama starts campaigning... You know he has that gift?
No amount of blackness or education will overcome the stigma of a hyperinflationary depression.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 03-20-2009, 08:05 PM
 
Location: San Diego, CA
4,897 posts, read 8,320,466 times
Reputation: 1911
I've heard several famed constitutional scholars declare such a tax bill would be legal since it is the same tax year.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 03-20-2009, 08:17 PM
 
4,459 posts, read 4,210,845 times
Reputation: 648
Quote:
Originally Posted by ViewFromThePeak View Post
No amount of blackness or education will overcome the stigma of a hyperinflationary depression.
Jumping ahead are we?
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 03-20-2009, 08:22 PM
 
11,944 posts, read 14,787,059 times
Reputation: 2772
Quote:
Originally Posted by ViewFromThePeak View Post
No amount of blackness or education will overcome the stigma of a hyperinflationary depression.
Educated vs hateful yahoo not accountable for anything? I know where my bet is, and which americans aren't worthy of their own birthright when they're all too willing to trash the constitution for a cheap thrill of drunken power.

Interesting you'd believe the majority of voters (not black) did so because they gave Obama charity. That's very interesting indeed. Every rock thrown betrays your position & intent.

Sanrene who are donating those dollars? To ensure the neo cons get a chair, are republican members refinancing their homes (since they're all unemployed now & communist taxes have all but crippled them), passing the hat in church worried about the communist red menace, or is it the same cast of characters purchasing legislation for themselves in finance?

------------------
Quote:
My enemy is not my fellow citizens. My enemy is lies.
Every time I find a conservative who is an enemy of lies, I find my America.
Every time I find a liberal who is an enemy of lies, I find my America.
I do not care what their religion is, what generation, what color state or skin. This for me is the only 'for me or against me' affinity argument worthy of enlistment.
Let my America stand on truth. ~Harborlady
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.

Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.


Reply
Please update this thread with any new information or opinions. This open thread is still read by thousands of people, so we encourage all additional points of view.

Quick Reply
Message:


Over $104,000 in prizes was already given out to active posters on our forum and additional giveaways are planned!

Go Back   City-Data Forum > General Forums > Politics and Other Controversies
Similar Threads

All times are GMT -6. The time now is 09:03 AM.

© 2005-2024, Advameg, Inc. · Please obey Forum Rules · Terms of Use and Privacy Policy · Bug Bounty

City-Data.com - Contact Us - Archive 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37 - Top