Earl (06-24-2019)
"The Oregon state Senate closed Saturday after a “possible militia threat” from a right-wing group -- amid a broader drama over a walkout by Republican lawmakers over looming climate change legislation."
"Right-wing groups posted their support for the 12 rebel Republicans on Friday, including one group -- the Oregon Three Percenters -- who joined in an armed takeover of a wildlife refuge in 2016."
"On Friday, a spokeswoman for Senate President Peter Courtney told The Associated Press that the Oregon state police recommended that the Capitol be closed tomorrow due to a possible militia threat.”
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ore...blican-walkout
Now could this be Trump's Second Amendment solution? Can't wait to see what happens if he loses in 2020 and preps his failure by regurgitating the "it's fixed" rhetoric again
Welcome to Trump's "greater America"
Earl (06-24-2019)
Guno צְבִי (06-24-2019), Jade Dragon (06-24-2019)
best explanation of the issue i could find
"Oregonian here.
The reason this happened is because the state GOP is in complete shambles and is pretty much powerless to stop any kind of legislation introduced by Democrats. The last election cycle was brutal for the GOP statewide. Brown was re-elected as governor by a healthy margin and they lost enough seats to give Democrats a supermajority in the state legislature.
Some of that legislation was very controversial (i.e. statewide rent control). But this recent piece of legislation (cap and trade) was the last straw for the GOP. There is a very, very severe urban/rural divide in Oregon. The urban/rural divide is a nationwide issue (and it could be argued that it's a global issue too), but it is especially magnified in Oregon because the state has strict laws that limit suburban sprawl. This means there is a ton of rural land and only a handful amount of urban land that the overwhelming majority of people live in. The timber and agricultural industries in the state reside in ruby-red counties, and they have grown increasingly angry over the fact that they are largely being drowned out by the vast majority of the population who lives in the Willamette Valley. They are furious over this cap and trade bill because they believe 1) it will severely damage what remains of their economy and 2) it won't come even remotely close to fighting climate change due to the fact that Oregon's emissions are so infinitesimally small compared to the rest of the world. Their only way of stopping the bill was to walk out and flee the state so the state police can't arrest them. The GOP actually did this once to stop a gun control bill and a vaccination bill, but they came back to Salem after Democrats caved and told them they would scrap those bills as long as they didn't walk out again. Well, turns out the GOP reneged on their promise.
I am 100% for taking action at fighting climate change. However, this cap and trade bill is the wrong way to go about it.
The yellow vest riots that ravaged France last winter in response to a fuel tax should be a serious wake-up call to any climate change advocate or policymaker who thinks carbon taxes are the answer. There are millions of individuals who are living on the edge, paycheck to paycheck, and they simply cannot afford any more increases to their living expenses. How do you sell a carbon tax to society's most vulnerable? Energy is an inelastic good, meaning that people need to use it no matter what its cost is.
The other problem is that carbon taxes create a prisoner's dilemma situation. Since this would be only statewide, our economy would be majorly handicapped against other states who don't have carbon taxes. How exactly is reducing our emissions going to help when a huge state like Texas has emissions that completely negate any effort we try to make to reduce ours? Or if a business moves out to another state where they simply pollute the same amount and bypass carbon taxation? We would be hindering our state for no good reason other than to make wealthy progressives and writers on Vox feel good.
There is a reason why climate change is overwhelmingly advocated by rich cosmopolitans and almost no one else. Poor and working class individuals aren't exactly enthusiastic about the prospect of seeing their energy bills go up, especially when you consider that their wages haven't been coming anywhere close in keeping up."
Walkout worked before, no reason not to use it again to defeat stupid legislation.
"Those who vote decide nothing. Those who count the vote decide everything." Joseph Stalin
The USA has lost WWIV to China with no other weapons but China Virus and some cash to buy democrats.
anonymoose (06-24-2019), Truth Detector (06-25-2019)
It is not the walkout that is the topic, rather the "possible militia threat after Republican walkout" and the fact that the Senate closed upon the recommendation of the State Police due to the "possible militia threat after Republican walkout"
Last I knew, such wasn't normal political reaction to legislation one didn't find acceptable, leastwise in a functioning democracy
They are being fined $500 per day until they return.
That could generate plenty for the State.
Tick tock.
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"Those who vote decide nothing. Those who count the vote decide everything." Joseph Stalin
The USA has lost WWIV to China with no other weapons but China Virus and some cash to buy democrats.
Truth Detector (06-25-2019)
"Those who vote decide nothing. Those who count the vote decide everything." Joseph Stalin
The USA has lost WWIV to China with no other weapons but China Virus and some cash to buy democrats.
Truth Detector (06-25-2019)
I am sure the State senate cannot stayed closed forever as a result of putrid threats from domestic terrorist who think they can intimidate how the state is run and intimidating the state into recruiting domestic terrorist like them to take some barbaric legislative role. The worse thing in the world is to back down on these uncivilized and worthless terrorist but to resist them and by whatever means necessary. Resistance is the key at dealing with these savages.
It appears these barbaric and worthless domestic terrorist are using a fake president and Putin puppet tRump as leverage to emerge from under their rock to go on their own rampage. Yet the as.shole domestic terrorist either refuse to consider or fail to consider tRump doesn't give a rat's tail for them either who punked them all at having the idiots thinking tRump's policies would hurt others but not them. Yet once tRump got their vote, he gave these brainwashed cult followers the shaft. Dumb suckers.
A *state* cap and trade bill lol?
I’d walk out on that too. Utter lunacy.
Coup has started. First of many steps. Impeachment will follow ultimately~WB attorney Mark Zaid, January 2017
Truth Detector (06-25-2019)
Oregon is one fucked up state. We looked into moving there in the early '00's. The more we looked the less desire to live there.
Truth Detector (06-25-2019)
“The Communist party must control the guns.”
― Mao Tse-tung
“Those who vote decide nothing. Those who count the vote decide everything.”-Generally attributed to Uncle Joe Stalin
“Everything under heaven is in utter choas; the situation is excellent.”
― mao tse-tung
Truth Detector (06-25-2019)
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