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Sen. Robert Byrd, D-WV, Dead at 92
Senator Robert Byrd of West Virginia, the longest-serving senator in American history, died Monday at the age of 92, a spokesman for the family said.
Byrd, a Democrat who served in the U.S. Senate since 1959, had been plagued by health problems in recent years and was confined to a wheelchair. He had skipped several votes in Congress in the past months.
Jesse Jacobs, a family spokesman, said Byrd died peacefully at about 3 a.m. at Inova Hospital in Fairfax, Va.
He was the oldest member of the 111th Congress.
The passing of Sen. Byrd will not affect the balance of power in the Senate. West Virginia Governor Joe Manchin, a Democrat, will appoint a replacement senator to serve out the remainder of Byrd's term which ends in 2012.
Byrd held a number of leadership roles during his tenure in the Senate, including conference secretary, majority whip and majority leader -- twice.
Prior to his death, Byrd worked as the president pro tempore -- the second highest ranking official in the Senate and the highest ranking senator in the majority party, putting Byrd third in line to the presidency.
He also served as the senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and the chairman of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security. Other committees on which Byrd served were the Senate Budget, Armed Services and Rules and Administration Committees.
Byrd, who never lost an election, cast more than 18,540 roll call votes -- more than any other senator in U.S. history. He had a 98 percent attendance record in his more than five decades of service in the Senate, according to his Web site.
It'll be amusing to watch our "First Black President" eulogize a former Klansman.
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Will this put a nail in coffin of the financial overhaul?
Q: Senator Obama, would you take the same pledge? No tax increases on people under $250,000?
OBAMA: I not only have pledged not to raise their taxes, I've been the first candidate in this race to specifically say I would cut their taxes.
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I will never understand what motivates politicians to work until they are in their 90s....whether it be Byrd or Thurmond.......
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I can imagine it might be hard to give up so much power.Originally Posted by PostmodernProphet
As they joke about CEO's when they retire they go from the list of 'Who's Who' to 'Who's He?'
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Will the Whitehouse be flying the white sheets at half staff today??
Sen. Robert "KKK" Byrd (D) - "There are white niggers. I've seen a lot of white niggers in my time. I'm going to use that word."
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bye bye Byrdie
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Bout time he finally died.
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The KKK lost its finest Grand Dragon today.
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Let's all give a BIG round of applause for another shining display of Rightie civility and decorum!!
The body's not even cold yet, and already the vicious little barbs are flying...CONGRATS you guys...you do the country proud!
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You shut up Mr. Negative Rep woman.
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They get the idea that they are indispensable. That without them, specifically, in the seat the State would be "harmed" because a new Senator just couldn't do what they can...
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
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Let's see.... A job where I can make shit loads of money and not even show up or deliver any results what so ever? And each year my chance of losing said job diminishes exponentially? And I would want to resign, why?
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Well, this is the real reason, however they convince themselves of my post just above this one... They talk themselves into believing in their own "indispensability"...
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
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Often times they do this before they're ever elected.
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cause you have to pay several million dollars for a job that only pays $400,000/year.
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