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1. Outrageous. It seems Levin wants to gut the bill, because without the provision, there is no bill.

Reply to BainsBane (Original post)

Wed Jun 12, 2013, 06:35 AM

Jun 2013

It's astonishing the degree to which these pricks will go to keep their petty power.

I don't get, because it's not as if the case would go to a "civilian" court, for fuck's sake,

it would still be a MILITARY court, just not within the "chain of command".

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Levin dropping key provision from military rape bill [View all] BainsBane Jun 2013 OP

Outrageous. It seems Levin wants to gut the bill, because without the provision, there is no bill. whathehell Jun 2013 #1

Apparently he's too cozy with the military brass BainsBane Jun 2013 #4

Absolutely...This deserves a flood of calls and emails. n/t whathehell Jun 2013 #9

Kick it up the chain, eh Carl? burnodo Jun 2013 #2

It's outrageous BainsBane Jun 2013 #3

Anyone else thinking our party is headed for extinction? Doctor_J Jun 2013 #5

Makes me sick, too. pangaia Jun 2013 #10

Primary out the old farts... ReRe Jun 2013 #14

leahy is one of the good guys karynnj Jun 2013 #15

Yep. By suicide. forestpath Jun 2013 #31

How about "They suck worse"... truebrit71 Jun 2013 #39

Well, *someone* needs to fill Joe Lieberman's shoes MannyGoldstein Jun 2013 #6

Ouch! That stings! nt DCKit Jun 2013 #7

kinda like the fox in charge of the hen house huh?? eom a kennedy Jun 2013 #8

Yes. The Commanding Officer is sometime the rapist BainsBane Jun 2013 #16

I always felt Leahy was on of the good guys... pangaia Jun 2013 #11

But 2014 is going to be the radical leftist's fault... Egalitarian Thug Jun 2013 #12

for daring to speak our minds BainsBane Jun 2013 #13

Count on it Doctor_J Jun 2013 #34

K&R Solly Mack Jun 2013 #17

It is a good compromise James48 Jun 2013 #18

It's a good way to maintain a hospitable environment for rapists nt. BainsBane Jun 2013 #20

When the chain of command allows historylovr Jun 2013 #22

That mindset is how the rape culture became SOP Doctor_J Jun 2013 #35

This is not the first time a very important issue has been dropped from a military funding bill. jwirr Jun 2013 #19

Thank you for that suggestion BainsBane Jun 2013 #21

I called. And that is very unusual since I cannot afford to make long distance calls. jwirr Jun 2013 #23

Maybe it's generational... Pelican Jun 2013 #26

Thank you! BainsBane Jun 2013 #27

that's bullshit... snooper2 Jun 2013 #24

The first stop should be the chain of command... Pelican Jun 2013 #25

That's the current system BainsBane Jun 2013 #28

Then I would say that the alternatives are not effective... Pelican Jun 2013 #30

WHAT THE HELL!!! Whisp Jun 2013 #29

And to think some men here believe that women don't need feminism, because democrats. redqueen Jun 2013 #32

I told Levin's staffer that if I wanted to support BainsBane Jun 2013 #37

Levin was also one of the key figures in stopping filibuster reform. bullwinkle428 Jun 2013 #33

That's right BainsBane Jun 2013 #36

Which makes the law worthless. Dawson Leery Jun 2013 #38

That seems to be the point. BainsBane Jun 2013 #40

K BainsBane Jun 2013 #41

K&R ismnotwasm Jun 2013 #42

Did you see that for some reason BainsBane Jun 2013 #43