In View of The SCOTUS Decision, I'm going to:

[MineralMan]

Poll question: In View of The SCOTUS Decision, I'm going to:

[peace frog]

1. Other

:-)

[MineralMan]

2. Punt is The New Other.

[peace frog]

8. Sorry

for being hopelessly sports impaired! Other works for me, thanks.

[Rapanui1]

6. Again Obama provides lip service

With spinesless democrats at the helm. This decisrion would be irreversable. Fire Pelosi and Reid now

[groundloop]

15. What the HELL does the President have to do with a decision made by the Supreme Court????

Unless something has drastically changed since I took Civics 101 President Obama has nothing to do with this. IF this is to be overturned action has to start with Congress, and there is already some action going on to do that.

[blondeatlast]

22. Is your last name Moran, by any chance?

Checks and balances does not only apply to your checkbook.

[MineralMan]

24. Obama has nothing to do with SCOTUS decisions until another

justice dies or retires. You must have been stoned during your Civics classes.

[NightWatcher]

3. rage against the machine in ways not allowed/ condoned here

[MineralMan]

4. That guy's about to shoot himself in the foot,

it looks like to me.

[fasttense]

5. Only continual protests in the street will have any affect.

We need to get out there.

[MineralMan]

7. Good luck with that in the Internet age.

The tubes are the new streets.

[FailureToCommunicate]

9. "The tubes are the new streets." Yeah, and you can rant and chant and click in your underwear!

***gross***

[MineralMan]

14. Been out marching lately, have you?

Besides, I'm going commando today, so phphphphtb.

[FailureToCommunicate]

25. Ewew! Just ewew! No, not marching exactly - just door knocking and sign holding for

Coakley, not that it did any good. Maybe I should've been only in my underwear! Apparently the Scott Brown voters like that look...

[MineralMan]

27. Good work! Keep doing that.

[Greyhound]

10. Withdraw until enough people have enough and are ready to do something

about it. If the sheeple ever figure out that they have the all power and decide to use for their own good, I'm there. If they don't, I'll enjoy a sideline seat for The Big Show.

[MineralMan]

12. Cool! Fetal position for you, then...

Don't forget to click your choice.

[Greyhound]

18. No, that position implies fear.

After almost 30 years, I'm just tired of hoping that the terminally stupid will eventually look around them for a moment and see what's been done to them and by whom.

So no fetal position for me, more a reclining in a comfy chair with a joint while enjoying the slow-motion collapse.

But, here's a :kick: for you.

[MineralMan]

21. Thanks for the kick!

My doctor tells me I need to get out of my recliner more, so I figure I'll just get more politically active. Starting on February 2, when our precinct and state senate district caucuses convene. I think, in this off year, I'll push to get named as a delegate to the state convention, too.

[FormerDittoHead]

11. Not waste my time / money making politcial donations. Why bother?

Every time I buy gas, buy food, buy a car, buy clothes, pay my cable bill, etc. a portion of that will be going toward political spending against my interests.

I simply can't compete with that.

What's next? Corporations have unlimited voting rights?

[MineralMan]

13. Then, you clicked "Punt," right?

Give the ball to the other team and hope for a good result? That always works out well.

[FormerDittoHead]

26. You must not watch football much. Punting sometimes works out very well, thank you.

It's 4th down, and 40 yards to go - you want to "go for it"?

That always works out well.

[MineralMan]

28. We are not 4th and 40, though.

So your analogy fails. We're 4th and short. Punting is not an option.

[FormerDittoHead]

39. You're in denial. The rules of the game were changed. You'll figure it out.

It isn't time to change the way we play, or to play harder.

It's time to play a DIFFERENT game.

My giving $50 to the DSCC is a waste of my money and their time.

[Maru Kitteh]

41. Oh shit. We're on 4th and OUR 40, at best.

[Chisox08]

30. yeah ask the Patriots about going for it on 4th down

[FormerDittoHead]

38. Considering the Patriots play for Massachusetts, I find the example funny. n/t

[groundloop]

16. I keep threatening to move to New Zealand if Palin gets elected, this may be just as bad

[lunatica]

17. What's your choice MineralMan?

I don't know what I'm going to do in the long run. Right now I'm trying to get my mind wrapped around the things that happened this week.

[MineralMan]

19. All of the last three options.

I'll redouble my efforts to support the candidates of my choice. I won't form a corporation to do this, but will donate to one.

[havocmom]

20. Other: get a prescription for medical marijuana and enjoy what's left of my life

Worked my ass off and stayed un-medicated for my whole life. The view now is unbearable to my old eyes.

Have come to the conclusion that you can't fool all of the people all of the time, but you can fool enough of the people over time to do all of them in.

edited for typo

[MineralMan]

23. You and Greyhound should get together, then.

Weed is a social drug, I always found. I never enjoyed smoking it alone.

[havocmom]

32. I never smoked it, period. But, I figure: if it numbs, they'll legalize it soon

It's been obvious for some time that they like us numb ;)

[MineralMan]

33. I smoked a lot of it, but stopped in 1974.

It was amazing how much more I could get done without it.

[havocmom]

34. At this point in my life, and what's left of the nation's

I figure it was time for me to rest. I ain't happy about it, but it is about time. I admit defeat.

[MineralMan]

36. That's your decision.

I won't encourage you to do anything else. It's energy that's needed, not resignation and acceptance. Those we have already in abundance.

[havocmom]

40. At my age, at this point in my life, energy is a tank that is empty

Hoping it will be restored, as it has countless times in the past, but a couple of good therapist said my only real problem was a tendency to see reality.

Have tilted at lots of windmills despite seeing clearly that was what my efforts amounted to, but tilt I did.

Dr Franklin has always been my model. He worked hard, but accepted reality too. "A republic, madam, if you can hold it".

[Soylent Brice]

31. truer words have yet to be uttered:

"you can't fool all of the people all of the time, but you can fool enough of the people over time to do all of them in"

:(

[crispini]

29. Fight fight fight!

See message from Public Citizen here.

http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=DQOI3phbEobvGtZsqrfYiBASTVemvcWy

[DKRC]

37. Done!

Thanks for the link.

:thumbsup:

K&R

[crispini]

35. FIGHTERS! JOIN MY THREAD!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x7542432

More to come!

[Zero Division]

42. Work even harder to elect candidates that will restore our democracy.

We must make it clear to our elected officials and candidates that they must make this issue a top priority, in both word and deed. Personally, I'm going to make this a litmus test and suggest that others do so, as well. Every other issue is deeply affected by this.