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Originally Posted by Cynthetiq
Again, as far as transparency is concerned, I'm happy with the transparency that's available to me now. I can see how my representatives vote, on the city, state, and federal level. I can see what the pending the bills are, and look at more information than what we previously available to me when I was growing up and more interested in politics.
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I didn't have enough time to go through the Patriot Act before it was approved. Most of the Senate didn't, either. As a matter of fact, it took me months to sort through it. Sure, I don't have a law degree and I'm not a senator, but it was introduced October 1 and signed by the 26th. The first real opposition didn't appear until 2002, if I'm remembering correctly. I appreciate that a lot is transparent, but if only the unimportant stuff is transparent can we really call that reasonable?
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Originally Posted by Cynthetiq
Again, for me, I've got enough to worry about in my day to day and what affects my day. I'm not so concerned about lynching someone for a blowjob in the oval office or because they lied about starting a military action in some country with brown people in it.
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This is why RB brought up the Shaw quote.
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Originally Posted by Cynthetiq
IMO if dc_dux's items were brought forward, great. If they don't get brought forward, that's great too.
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I dunno, in this thread alone it was presented by a Democrat and understood and accepted by an independent and a conservative. There aren't a lot of people left in the country who agree with what's happened recently, and the group that's left is shrinking. It's not a mandate from the people, but it's kinda heading in that direction.