Obituaries for 01-22-2010

[Hubert Flottz]

Our American Democracy Born 1776 Died 01-21-2010

After a long illness our democracy finally died yesterday of acute corporate greed and cronyism.

There will be no services.

[Earth_First]

1. Yet abject apathy is still alive and kicking! n/t

[Hubert Flottz]

3. John Edwards is the big story today...

We the people have been too lazy and stupid to see the real wolves!

[Hubert Flottz]

2. Who voted for Roberts and Alito?

Democrats voting Yes:
Baucus (MT)

Bingaman (NM)

Byrd (WV)

Conrad (ND)

Dodd (CT)

Dorgan (ND)

Feingold (WI)

Johnson (SD)

Kohl (WI)

Landrieu (LA)

Leahy (VT)

Levin (MI)

Lieberman (CT)

Lincoln (AR)

Murray (WA)

Nelson, Ben (NE)

Nelson, Bill (FL)

Pryor (AR)

Rockefeller (WV)

Salazar (CO)

Wyden (OR)

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=433x144503

Alito sworn in as nation's 110th Supreme Court justice

Senate confirms nominee 58-42 after filibuster fails

snip...

The four Democrats who broke party ranks and voted for Alito are Sens. Robert Byrd of West Virginia, Tim Johnson of South Dakota, Ben Nelson of Nebraska and Kent Conrad of North Dakota. All four of the states represented by the senators were carried by Bush in both 2000 and 2004.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/01/31/alito/

[TornadoTN]

10. Lots of the usual suspects on that list

Not surprising in the least.

[Hubert Flottz]

11. I'm afraid so...

I lost my faith in Robert Byrd's judgment when he voted for Alito...It was a sad day for me, because I thought a lot of Senator Byrd.

One Mega-Oh Shit wipes out years and years of Atta' Boys...

[CrispyQ]

23. There are a couple of names on the Alito list that surprise me! --nt

[depakid]

4. It was dealth its death blow on December 12, 2000

it's just taken awhile for people to see it for what it was.

[Hubert Flottz]

5. I couldn't agree more.

The senate needs to Impeach some people who lied in order to be confirmed.

[City Lights]

16. Totally agree.

We've been in slow-bleed mode since that day.

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

6. Rumors of Democracy's Death have been greatly exaggerated....

Time to get pissed, my friends.

[Hubert Flottz]

7. Time to get even more pissed...

I'll take care of it after the Super Bowl!

[Robb]

8. Birth announcements:

Waily P. Toothygnash, 10 pounds 5 ounces, born to Complainy DoNothing and Posty Sittaround. Proud grandparents include Easy Giveupper and Pearl McClutchen, and O.M.G. LeavingDU and Bushy Sameasobama.

[Hubert Flottz]

9. The right to lifers think the corporation has as much of a right to

life as We The People...

Let's send the corporation's corporate boards and CEOs to fight the Taliban if they want to run the fucking show.

Edit...Let the corporations pay ALL our taxes if they want to steal our right to vote.

[FailureToCommunicate]

14. Congratulations! The family must be so proud.

[treestar]

20. LOL

:rofl:

[Flying Dream Blues]

25. So, Robb, what are you suggesting? nt

[Robb]

27. ...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x7543453

[deaniac21]

12. So did Air America.

[Hubert Flottz]

13. I saw that...

That sucks...this is a hard winter.

[skip fox]

15. That's what I'm afraid of. It's hard to find anything positive about this.

damn

[Hubert Flottz]

17. In a world where it was already hard to find anything much positive

Yesterday's betrayal of our freedom and liberty was a crushing blow.

America already numb from the setbacks since 2000, hardly felt or noticed the impact. A truly sad day. The MSM is as guilty as the SCOTUS.

[Name removed]

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[racaulk]

21. Shoo!

[newspeak]

22. oh, so funny

yeah, * he's the man. Now what's getting back to normal? Playing footsies with more Kenny Lay's or Abromoff's. Giving more corporations, like Halliburton some sweet deals, especially in Iraq--ya know that place where parts of my family are still fighting because of * and darth cheney's little lies. How about those secret Cheney oil meetings? Yeah the adults are in charge, while they virtually raped this country for their base. As * stood at the podium looking out over wealthy fatcats stated that "you are my base." How's that plane load of money that was shipped to Iraq, never to be seen again? I'm just jumping for joy from all of those decent jobs * provided--I especially loved when his administration called flipping burgers a manufacturing job. Then there were the little jokes. Can you tell me how many times after 9/11 he told his base he hit the trifecta? It's bad enough he couldn't be bothered to read a PDB report in August, ya know since he was on vacation--but the least they could have done is alert the airports. And, I love the little swagger. with his widdle bullhorn on top of the rubble-what a PR image. Wow and that strutting on the deck "mission accomplished" just gave me the warm fuzzies, cause he's like my daddy and he's protecting me.

The damage the GOP has done to this country, the constitution, the wars, corporate carte blanche at our expense, the deteriorating of our infrastructure, the deregulation of Wall Street at our expense--it would be a cold day in HELL before I'd ever vote for a corporate owned fascist party.

[Hubert Flottz]

24. What would you like on your pizza?

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[treestar]

19. Drama Queens born 1-21-10

The American Democracy lived 1776 to whenever these acts were passed and can still live and still pass laws that will help with this problem.

[Hubert Flottz]

26. "Yes We Can!"

That's what I've heard...Show Me!