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- wild, on 10/12/2007, -4/+84I wonder how many one word titles have made the front page?
- Scrappy1850, on 10/12/2007, -12/+80i wonder how many diggers and congressmen read the thing. ill bet none, me included. these things always have funny riders on them. a bill called the "kill child rapists bill" might have a rider that appropriates $50 million to smother kittens. none of these bills are honest, none of the congressmen are honest.
- croxis, on 10/12/2007, -5/+70Whoops, the title didn't like "Congress < 3 Science!", live and learn!
- orbit1979, on 10/12/2007, -5/+48"these things always have funny riders on them. a bill called the "kill child rapists bill" might have a rider that appropriates $50 million to smother kittens."
Finally, someone else who has caught on to that tactic. Its just too bad that more have not. - ElbridgeGerry, on 10/12/2007, -6/+41Dugg for title. And stupidity of some members of Congress. I work with them on a daily basis, I've met many, and 75% of them are full of crap.
- CaymanCarpediem, on 10/12/2007, -4/+33Here is the list of who voted each way: http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2007/roll153.xml
- lenardzelig, on 10/12/2007, -4/+30Wow, they got something right.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -25/+50THE GOP IS NOT YOUR FRIEND, PEOPLE
The GOP's friends are the corporate whores who use you as consumers and abuse you as workers.
The GOP has NEVER been the party of the people. They used religion to convince the religious far-right wackos to get into office but they aren't Christians either.
Voting for the GOP is a vote against your own best interests.
Vote them ALL out in 2008. America belongs to the people. Remind them of that fact. - thedoobs, on 10/12/2007, -12/+35are you ***** retarded, you change the "GOP" in your comment to "politicians." i can't believe most of you dumb asses really think the democrats are so great simply because they aren't republicans. maybe one day you'll realize that whether your a republican whore or a democrat whore, you are still a whore, you just have a different pimp. sorry if i have offended anyone by pointing out the obvious.
- ayeroxor, on 10/12/2007, -8/+25As the people, we're supposed to believe, "If you haven't done anything wrong, you have nothing to be afraid of." So what does that say about these Republicans?
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+15"If you haven't done anything wrong, you have nothing to be afraid of."
Funny. That's the same idiotic excuse people use for defending wiretaps of American citizens. - Elranzer, on 10/12/2007, -24/+38Only with a Democratic majority did they get it right. If it were still Republican-dominated, they would have only passed it if the act was protecting church landowners or something.
- elnerdo, on 10/12/2007, -4/+18Perhaps we should read the WHOLE bill before judging people based on their votes for it?
- FearlessFreep, on 10/12/2007, -2/+16People don't even read the arrticle, you expect them to read the bill the article is about?
- Corrosionx, on 10/12/2007, -4/+17BTW: The corporate shills know you're gonna vote the Republicans out in 2008. They have their bases covered. You can be 100% certain when Democrats take the White House it'll be business as usual.
- zizzybaloobah, on 10/12/2007, -0/+12Beware the name on any bill -- if they have to give it an easy-to-understand name, they're hiding something.
Examples: The Patriot Act and No Child Left Behind, among others.
These should have been named 'The Strip the Bill of Rights Act' and 'Throw Even More Money Into an Already Failing Education System and Mire It Down in Mediocrity''
Since this particular legislation was named the 'Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act', I have no doubt that somewhere in the bill it actually provides stiffer penalties for Whistleblowers, funds for drowning kittens, and/or an increase in mohair and angora subsidies. - knomevol, on 10/12/2007, -14/+26for certain, lenard!
the power belongs to the people.
the white house and its administration appear too much as fascist.
if it looks like *****, smells like *****, guess what.
secret, secret, secret, secret, secret, secret.
such are the tools of fascism.
how many people are there in the USA? how many millions are eligible to run for President? the odds should be way against two in the same family ever being President. time for a regime change. - orbit1979, on 10/12/2007, -5/+17(my above post was deleted when I posted it, but now its back, go figure, well here it is again)
"these things always have funny riders on them. a bill called the "kill child rapists bill" might have a rider that appropriates $50 million to smother kittens."
Finally, someone else caught on to this. Its too bad not more have. A good example is the "Clean Skies" bill, it is heavily bent in favor of big business, certainly not the environment. Or an even better one: "No Child Left Behind". - whiledo, on 03/25/2009, -1/+12@scrappy1850
The Senate recently passed a reform bill to strip anonymity from riders like this (shocking that they ever HAD anonymity). So now if you tack riders on, you have to put your name by them. It's still going through the House, but it looks likely to pass (it's been a major Dem talking point, so it will be a big embarrassment if it doesn't).
Granted, you still get asshats like Ted Stevens who will publicly stand up and defend their pet boondoggles with a straight face. But I think it will do a lot to name and shame the others. - joebob, on 10/12/2007, -0/+11"What do you do?"
If he's met most of the members of congress, Ill go with proctologist. Most of them have their head so far up you know where they need daily checkups. - Scrappy1850, on 10/12/2007, -1/+11yes, i hate every politician equally! put them all in camps
- croxis, on 10/12/2007, -1/+11It was my first submission, gimme a break
- knomevol, on 10/12/2007, -1/+11read it, you're right, there's more: spiritual belief protection.
(4) failing to treat all employees with the same respect and consideration, regardless of their religion (or lack thereof); - TKardinal, on 10/12/2007, -8/+17Buried as wrong category.
I get my political news with a site that's LESS biased than Fox News, not more biased. And Digg's community is VERY biased. - davesbrain, on 10/12/2007, -4/+13@4thandSchlong
Dugg you down for generally idiocy. Just wait until the bills come due for what your crew has been doing. If the conservatives hate bigger government so much, why did they give us the very expensive "Department of Homeland Security?" Oh, that's right, because all you big tough republicans are scared of some sheep herders in third world countries. - haooken, on 10/12/2007, -3/+12This is a very positive development. Huzzah to the Dems for finally taking a stand on something. And a wary eye to the Republicans who thought protecting people from political interference was a bad idea.
- iceperson, on 10/12/2007, -10/+18"if you are so moronic as to completely blind yourself to politics, you very nearly deserve a fascist government."
if you're so moronic you take political cues from Digg then you deserve to get ass raped by a goat... - growler1, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9Full text of passed bill: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?c110:3:./temp/~c1107zMwnt::
- knomevol, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8how about "republicans and democrats are the two sides of the the same two-faced coin" and there is nothing in the Constitution saying we are limited to a "Two Party System"
- galael, on 10/12/2007, -7/+15Is it just me or does the democratic process seem to be kind of sort of starting to move a little bit in the people's direction again? I know Democrats are far from perfect, but since they've taken office, they've increased their work week from 3 days to 5, pased some decent bills like this, acted more like a check than a rubber stamp, and changed the whole debate from one-sided propaganda to something more akin to a democratic process.
We have a long way to go and there is a lot of damage to undo, but at least the needle has moved just ever so slightly off castrophuck for a change. - KissTheRing, on 10/12/2007, -2/+10???, please elaborate, do you find it typical that congress does the right thing (somehow I doubt it, few people think that)
- KissTheRing, on 10/12/2007, -6/+13@foxifiednutjob
I've never been one to agree with the GOP much at all but calling them Nazis is extreme. Nazis were genocidal and kill over 11 million people, the GOP doesn't have clean hands but it's not even in the same ballpark. I'm tired of the Hitler/Nazi comparisons being thrown around so casually, doing so is offensive to those who suffered under the Nazis. Now I might be able to see comparing Rove to Joseph Goebbels but only in the sense that they are both proficient propagandists. - justin22290, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8Opencongress.org is a handy site for looking up more information about anything that is going on in congress..
- BadAstronomer, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7Hmmm. The reason this is in the Space category is because I have a "Digg It" button on my posts, and it defaults to Space. It hadn't occurred to me that this might happen. I'll rethink the button... unfrotunately, to work, the button needs a category. Suggestions? I'm open to reason.
- KissTheRing, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6The Senate is part of the congress (the other part being the House of course)
- Bartboy919, on 10/12/2007, -2/+8Wow, Im surprised my sleaze bag congressman voted for it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Calvert
- SasquatchBill, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6@knome
This is interesting - a list of presidents and how they were related-
http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0878156.html
If you're an American you should know that this isn't the first time we've had father and son both as presidents. - swordedge, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5The news is not that someone voted against the bill, it's that no democrats voted against the bill. The tide is currently so strongly in the democrat favor that I fear they may get enough seats in 2008 that they get to IGNORE the republicans.
- ivorysky, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5He's a congressman.
- ScornForSega, on 10/12/2007, -3/+8"We just don't believe it will cause an apocalyptical end in 10yrs."
I don't give a ***** what you believe, only what you know. Now, if you said "we know it won't cause an apocalyptical end in 10 yrs", then I'd say "hey, let's look into that option", but no... you guys act on belief which at it's core equals doubt. You have to use the noun "belief" because the noun "knowledge" doesn't fit.
You can believe whatever you want, I could really care less. But I'm not willing to put the lives of myself or my children on the line because what of you believe. - kaiser44, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5@knomevol, correct, but why do you think their is never a viable 3rd party?
The deck has been stacked by the existing 2 parties over the years to do everything possible to see that money, influence and the rights of a 3rd party candidate be stopped or treated as a interloper in to their world .
Also this countries 3rd party candidates are fringe issue people, and can not get the support of mass
amounts of money that it takes to even get the message out.
People who have money to get elected either they use there own wealth, or the wealth of powerful interest groups who will support them, most people will not give money in the amounts needed to get elected to people who are not going to have a chance to win. - Prysorra, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7That said - note that half the Republicans voted *for* it, too.
I wonder what the split on, and if it was actually an *internal* fight we're not yet privy to. - danconia, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6Well... Republican Ron Paul voted for it.
Woot Ron Paul for Prez! - davesbrain, on 10/12/2007, -3/+8They do this and fail to take on Bush about Iraq. Makes me wonder if it's just another political smokescreen.
- CDefense7, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4The bill: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?c110:3:./temp/~c110am8mU6::
Forgive me if this link expires. If it does, go here http://thomas.loc.gov/home/c110query.html and search for HR 985. - gguldens, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5Only 75%? Wow, things must be getting better in Washington! No matter what you political affiliation, with the Democrats in power, your taxes-- and cost of living-- are going up. Look at the tax bills they have already passed. For all those who are waiting at their keyboards to pan my viewpoints, keep one thing in mind. It's NOT the politicians who actually run this country, it's the people who have the money. ALL politicians know that is a fact. They also know that the money people can, and will, withhold said money if the political climate becomes unfriendly enough. A politician is just like you and me, (s)he is trying to make ends meet and keep their paycheck coming. Unlike you and me, they are forced into a very costly popularity contest every few years just to keep their jobs. To the best of my knowledge, there is no politician in Washington whose individual contributions from THEIR DISTRICT out strips the contributions from companies, other politicians, and special interest groups. Now, if you see where the money comes from, ask yourself where that person's priorities are? I can safely say that their district will always rank on top when the district's interests do not conflict with the political contributor's interest. When these two are in conflict, the district loses out in the absolute most graceful way possible. This is where all the other politicians contributions come to play, your Senator/Representative calls in some favors from other politicians to "massage" things so it looks like the rest of Congress made the district lose out when, in fact, your person sold out the district to the political contributors. Now, don't just take my word for it, follow the money. Do the due diligence and collect the statistics. When you have finished draw your own conclusions from the data available and see how different YOUR perspective is!
- vianetman, on 10/12/2007, -3/+7Don't get too excited guys. It still has to get through the Senate, but it is nice to see Congress at least trying to protect the integrity of our scientists.
- Loonacy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Nevermind, I found it. Section 13.
- glowfood, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5It's about time a bill like this was passed.
- spriggig, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Unlike Fox, Digg doesn't make up the news, it just links to it.
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