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shawa
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 Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2005 5:49 am Post subject: Nullification Nancy |
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Not only does she have that vacant look.
There is a total vacancy where her brain should be!!!
Can anyone figure out WHAT THE H#LL she's saying here?
Washington Prowler
| Quote: | Nullification Nancy
By The Prowler
Published 7/5/2005 12:09:06 AM
SHINING BRIGHT
House Minority Leader Rep. Nancy Pelosi is known amongst even her Democratic colleagues as one of the less cerebral members of the House. But even her staff was stunned by her seeming inability to understand the recent Kelo Supreme Court ruling regarding governmental property seizures.
"We briefed her on it. She seemed to ask questions as though she understood it, but clearly she didn't," says a Boxer adviser on Capitol Hill. "How else to explain it?"
Indeed. When asked about Kelo and its implications, as well as moves afoot by some Republicans in both houses to negate the ruling, perhaps by barring use of federal funds on projects that involved the state or local taking of land, Pelosi responded thusly:
"It is a decision of the Supreme Court. If Congress wants to change it, it will require legislation of a level of a constitutional amendment. So this is almost as if God has spoken. It's an elementary discussion now. They have made the decision."
Later, she insisted: "Again, without focusing on the actual decision, just to say that when you withhold funds from enforcing a decision of the Supreme Court you are, in fact, nullifying a decision of the Supreme Court. This is in violation of the respect for separation of church -- powers in our Constitution, church and state as well. Sometimes the Republicans have a problem with that as well. But forgive my digression."
"All I can say is wow," says a Republican leadership staffer. "To say anything else would just undercut the impact her remarks have had up here."
Even after the press remarks, Pelosi, according to other Democratic staffers, didn't seem to understand what the fuss was all about. "She was oblivious. She really thought she had a handle on some basic ideas about the Supreme Court, the way Congress works with the rulings of the court," says a Democratic leadership staffer.
"A generation of 'Schoolhouse Rock' get this and she doesn't? Her staff should be ashamed of itself for putting her out there." |
http://www.spectator.org/dsp_article.asp?art_id=8391
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USAFE5
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Joined: 23 Aug 2004
Posts: 362
Location: Reno Nevada
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| Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2005 6:25 am Post subject: |
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Boy: Whew! You sure gotta climb
a lot of steps to get to this
Capitol Building here in
Washington. But I wonder who
that sad little scrap of paper is?
I'm just a bill.
Yes, I'm only a bill.
And I'm sitting here on Capitol Hill.
Well, it's a long, long journey
To the capital city.
It's a long, long wait
While I'm sitting in committee,
But I know I'll be a law some day
At least I hope and pray that I will
But today I am still just a bill.
Boy: Gee, Bill, you certainly have a lot of patience and courage.
Bill: Well, I got this far. When I started I wasn't even a bill, I was just an idea.
Some folks back home decided they wanted a law passed, so they called
their local Congressman, and said, "You're right, there oughta be a law."
Then he sat down and wrote me out and introduced me to Congress. And I
became a bill, and I'll remain a bill until they decide to make me a law.
I'm just a bill
Yes I'm only a bill,
And I got as far as Capitol Hill.
Well, now I'm stuck in committee
And I'll sit here and wait
While a few key Congressmen discuss
and debate
Whether they should let me be a law.
How I hope and pray that they will,
But today I am still just a bill.
Boy: Listen to those Congressmen arguing! Is all that discussion and debate about you?
Bill: Yeah, I'm one of the lucky ones. Most bills never even get this far. I hope they
decide
to report on me favorably, otherwise I may die.
Boy: Die?
Bill: Yeah, die in committee. Ooh, but it looks like I'm gonna live!
Now I go to the House of Representatives, and they vote on me.
Boy: If they vote yes, what happens?
Bill: Then I go to the Senate and the whole thing starts all over again.
Boy: Oh no!
Bill: Oh yes!
I'm just a bill
Yes, I'm only a bill
And if they vote for me on Capitol Hill
Well, then I'm off to the White House
Where I'll wait in a line
With a lot of other bills
For the president to sign
And if he signs me, then I'll be a law.
How I hope and pray that he will,
But today I am still just a bill.
Boy: You mean even if the Whole Congress says you
should be a law, the president can still say no?
Bill: Yes, that's called a veto. If the president vetoes
me, I have to go back to Congress and they vote
on me again, and by that time you're so old...
Boy: By that time it's very unlikely that you'll become
a law. It's not easy to become a law, is it?
Bill: No!
But how I hope and pray that I will,
But today I am still just a bill.
Congressman: He signed you, Bill!
Now you're a law!
Bill: Oh yes!!!
http://www.school-house-rock.com/Bill.html
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SBD
Admiral
Joined: 19 Aug 2004
Posts: 1022
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| Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2005 10:15 am Post subject: |
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I just sent her this book. 
Shipping estimate: July 6, 2005
Delivery estimate: July 8, 2005 - July 11, 2005 (More about estimates)
Shipping Address:
Nancy Pelosi
2371 Rayburn Hob
Washington, DC 20515-0508
United States
Shipping Speed:
Standard Shipping
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Items Ordered Price
1 of: Congress for Dummies [Paperback]
By: David Silverberg, et al
- 1 item(s) Gift options:
- Gift-wrap: None
- Gift note: After reading your response to questions regarding the recent Supreme Court decision on Property Rights, I thought this book might be able to help you understand that Congress makes the laws, not the courts.
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rparrott21
Master Chief Petty Officer
Joined: 19 Aug 2004
Posts: 760
Location: Mckinney, Texas
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dusty
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Joined: 27 Aug 2004
Posts: 1264
Location: East Texas
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Good move SBD. I'd love to be a fly on the wall to see her face when she gets that one. hehe
You reckon she can read?
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Navy_Navy_Navy
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Joined: 07 May 2004
Posts: 5777
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| Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2005 7:31 pm Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | "All I can say is wow," says a Republican leadership staffer. "To say anything else would just undercut the impact her remarks have had up here." |
I think her last "touch-up" must have constricted the oxygen flow to her brain. It certainly has constricted her face! 
Good job, SBD! I've followed your example and I hope others will, too.
rparrott, I love, love, LOVE that monkey! 
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