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quakerboy

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Sat Oct-29-11 01:21 AM
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10. Ya think?

I suspect that the best option we have is to work to kill any agreement they come to and let the automatic cuts go into effect. Which is a sucktastic option that will deeply hurt this country. But I have 0% faith that any deal that they could make would be better in any way.

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-Boehner and Obama's Defense Secretery reject deeper defense cuts	Cali_Democrat	Oct-28-11 06:32 PM	#0
- this whole supper committee thing is going to be an unmitigated disaster. If they make any real cuts	Vincardog	Oct-28-11 06:34 PM	#1
- The super committee will do exactly what it was always intended to do.	hughee99	Oct-28-11 06:41 PM	#2
- Oh they'll do something.....	Cali_Democrat	Oct-28-11 06:50 PM	#3
- They won't cut anything,	hughee99	Oct-28-11 06:58 PM	#4
- I thought there were automatic cuts involved that would NOT have to go through	NorthCarolina	Oct-28-11 07:21 PM	#5
- Wait and see that get challenged and taken through the courts.	hughee99	Oct-28-11 07:38 PM	#7
- Not likely	NorthCarolina	Oct-28-11 07:48 PM	#8
- McCain-Feingold was (supposedly) established for the expressed purpose	hughee99	Oct-28-11 09:11 PM	#9
- Exactly, and the American people should fire both houses of Congress...	polichick	Oct-29-11 05:59 AM	#12
- Then the 1.2 Trillion in automatic cuts will trigger!	SkyDaddy7	Oct-29-11 04:53 AM	#11
- And that is what I'm saying will be challenged in court. n/t	hughee99	Oct-29-11 11:21 AM	#17
- How will it be challenged in court?	SkyDaddy7	Oct-29-11 04:34 PM	#19
- It will be challenged as being unconstitutional.	hughee99	Oct-30-11 04:16 PM	#21
- Like it or not the super committee is constitutional.	former9thward	Oct-30-11 07:07 PM	#23
- Regardless of how it fares in the courts,	hughee99	Nov-01-11 02:19 AM	#24
- Then the 1.2 Trillion in automatic cuts will be...	SkyDaddy7	Nov-01-11 05:03 AM	#25
- A bet better than money in the bank	indepat	Oct-28-11 07:32 PM	#6
- Well, money in the bank ain't such a good bet these days...	polichick	Oct-29-11 06:04 AM	#13
- Ya think?	quakerboy	Oct-29-11 01:21 AM	#10
- We NEED all 800+ bases around the world!!!	polichick	Oct-29-11 06:21 AM	#14
- 11-Dimensional Chess:	blkmusclmachine	Oct-29-11 06:32 AM	#15
- I share your pessimism.	Vattel	Oct-29-11 07:24 AM	#16
- Boehner	ProSense	Oct-29-11 11:27 AM	#18
- Ahh united at last. Bipartisanship in action.	Tanelorn	Oct-29-11 04:45 PM	#20
- We all saw this coming	Worship Money	Oct-30-11 04:38 PM	#22

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