Jerome (01-26-2021)
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Rune (01-26-2021)
Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but rather we have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.
- -- Aristotle
Believe nothing on the faith of traditions, even though they have been held in honor for many generations and in diverse places. Do not believe a thing because many people speak of it. Do not believe on the faith of the sages of the past. Do not believe what you yourself have imagined, persuading yourself that a God inspires you. Believe nothing on the sole authority of your masters and priests. After examination, believe what you yourself have tested and found to be reasonable, and conform your conduct thereto.
- -- The Buddha
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
- -- Aristotle
Phantasmal (01-26-2021)
It's an interesting debate. One can be philosophically opposed to the filibuster. There's also an element of partisan politics involved and the desire to say "we have control now so lets end it". Read a couple of interesting articles from people on the left about being careful what we wish for because we won't have control forever and Republicans can do a lot of damage when they return back to power.
Sailor (01-26-2021)
Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but rather we have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.
- -- Aristotle
Believe nothing on the faith of traditions, even though they have been held in honor for many generations and in diverse places. Do not believe a thing because many people speak of it. Do not believe on the faith of the sages of the past. Do not believe what you yourself have imagined, persuading yourself that a God inspires you. Believe nothing on the sole authority of your masters and priests. After examination, believe what you yourself have tested and found to be reasonable, and conform your conduct thereto.
- -- The Buddha
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
- -- Aristotle
The Senate itself needs to go, at least as a legislative body.
It is the cause of rural right wing extremists being wildly over-represented in government relative to their number.
It can preserved as a House of Lords type body, but doesn't need to be involved in legislation.
We are the oldest continuing democracy, although we often don't function as one, and thus the most obsolete,
Modern democracies in more progressive nations are far more efficient.
And for those who claim that we weren't founded as a democracy, then it's time to fix that as well.
Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel. Samuel Johnson, 1775
Religion....is the opiate of the people. Karl Marx, 1848
Freedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose. Kris Kristofferson, 1969
Jerome (01-26-2021)
-- Relentless and Massive Use of the Filibuster Began with Republicans in 2007, and Accelerated When Obama Became President --
"The number of times senators have filed a motion to invoke cloture — the first step in ending a filibuster — has more than doubled between George W. Bush’s presidency and Trump’s presidency. It first spiked dramatically in 2007, when Republicans lost their Senate majority in the 2006 midterms and began using the filibuster much more aggressively than either party had in the past. The trend only accelerated after Obama took office in 2009."
https://www.google.com/amp/s/fivethi...ilibuster/amp/
Fucking A they don't! What do you think Citizens United and Heller were? New constitutional ideas produced from whole cloth (billions in donations to candidates is "free speech" and guns cannot be restricted for "personal defense", neither of which the framers ever envisioned).
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