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70. Right

Sat Dec 15, 2012, 12:36 AM

Dec 2012

...and I bet THEY have the right to vote.

The hypocrisy comes from arrogant folks who predicate their decision to support voting representation on whether they support this or that ....gun.....law or whether they live in a part of the country THEY want us to live.

But heh...keep telling yourself I live with narrow lens.

You do realize that DC has the highest percentage of Obama supporters in the country? And more Democrats per capita than any state? So again, what's your problem?

Sounds like you have a problem with Democrats, democracy, our party platform position on guns and our Presidents comments on guns in the second debate.

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Confronted by NJ Princeton student, Scalia defends arguments that strike some as anti-gay [View all] fightthegoodfightnow Dec 2012 OP

K&R !!! n/t RKP5637 Dec 2012 #1

Preview of his Prop 8 vote? marmar Dec 2012 #2

As if we needed one... HankyDub Dec 2012 #7

His Prop 8 vote is a given CanonRay Dec 2012 #26

Well it seems that a majority of citizens no longer think sodomy is immoral. Scalia, you Dustlawyer Dec 2012 #3

He Used The Same BS Argument in Lawrence v. Texas fightthegoodfightnow Dec 2012 #5

That Lawrence dissent is a fitting Scalia memorial. I hope to intone it msanthrope Dec 2012 #9

"Quack! Quack!" struggle4progress Dec 2012 #4

Gosh, I hope that arthritis isn't horribly, achingly, endlessly painful. aquart Dec 2012 #8

I don't believe that it is caused by arthritis; he has been playing with himself under the gown. olegramps Dec 2012 #25

Agree. mountain grammy Dec 2012 #17

I think he is saying, "Read between the lines" to America. n/t left on green only Dec 2012 #18

If I remember correctly, the Democrats did object to his appointment more than token. nm rhett o rick Dec 2012 #20

No, Scalia was confirmed with a 98-0 vote. former9thward Dec 2012 #29

So glad the Democrats were looking out for us. nm rhett o rick Dec 2012 #30

"It's dead, dead, dead, dead." ellisonz Dec 2012 #6

Ironically fightthegoodfightnow Dec 2012 #12

Scalia is an alleged Opus Dei memberi. They don't care what most Catholics think. Ikonoklast Dec 2012 #27

More fightthegoodfightnow Dec 2012 #13

Scalia is a dumbass. ellisonz Dec 2012 #15

He does have a point. Legislatures make laws on all sorts of things. Pterodactyl Dec 2012 #10

Difference is NONE of your Examples Are People fightthegoodfightnow Dec 2012 #11

... SoapBox Dec 2012 #16

Actually health care is for people. But that's beside the point. The point is... Pterodactyl Dec 2012 #23

I Think Scalia's Personal Preferences Are Constantly In Play. Paladin Dec 2012 #24

If that's what he's doing he's in the wrong. His job is to interpret the Const, not make stuff up. Pterodactyl Dec 2012 #41

Huh? fightthegoodfightnow Dec 2012 #34

As I said, it is not about personal preferences. Glad you agree. Pterodactyl Dec 2012 #40

And Guess What Courts Do? fightthegoodfightnow Dec 2012 #43

Courts are unreliable. You can't count on them to rule with the law. Pterodactyl Dec 2012 #44

Right fightthegoodfightnow Dec 2012 #45

DC has no votes because it is in the Constitution. You should move to a place that has reps. Pterodactyl Dec 2012 #47

So Predictable fightthegoodfightnow Dec 2012 #48

If you want to have reps in Congress, move. Or we could give most of DC land back to VA and MD. Pterodactyl Dec 2012 #55

Off Topic fightthegoodfightnow Dec 2012 #59

You probably shouldn't have bought in DC. Pterodactyl Dec 2012 #60

Repugnant fightthegoodfightnow Dec 2012 #62

So you're descended from pre-Washington land-owning Southerners, is that your claim? Pterodactyl Dec 2012 #63

What's Your Problem? fightthegoodfightnow Dec 2012 #65

My problem is uptight Washingtonians who view the world through a narrow lens. Pterodactyl Dec 2012 #66

Right fightthegoodfightnow Dec 2012 #70

So you think that states should VOTE on issues and not have judges make up the law, right? Pterodactyl Dec 2012 #72

No fightthegoodfightnow Dec 2012 #77

And you don't live in the lens, you SEE through the narrow lens. Pterodactyl Dec 2012 #74

You do have the right to vote. But as a US citizen who is not a citizen of a state, no reps for you. Pterodactyl Dec 2012 #56

Maybe Someone Should Explain to You fightthegoodfightnow Dec 2012 #61

We do live in a republic and one of the things that keeps it that way Pterodactyl Dec 2012 #64

Nonsense fightthegoodfightnow Dec 2012 #67

OK. Dealing with it, dealing with it, ... dealing. Dealt with. Pterodactyl Dec 2012 #68

And it's funny that you actually want people to vote on it instead of judges deciding now. Pterodactyl Dec 2012 #69

Both fightthegoodfightnow Dec 2012 #71

But my point is that it wouild be BETTER if we made good laws and didn't leave it up to Pterodactyl Dec 2012 #73

Let me know when I can elect a representative who can vote on that fightthegoodfightnow Dec 2012 #76

As soon as you live in a STATE. And not in a district. Pterodactyl Dec 2012 #78

So the State is More Important than the People fightthegoodfightnow Dec 2012 #79

No other jurisdiction has more democrats than DC? Texas has more Democrats than DC. Pterodactyl Dec 2012 #81

"The State" as you call it is not more important than people. But states are more ... Pterodactyl Dec 2012 #82

You Do Know We Have Had a Constitutional Convention? fightthegoodfightnow Dec 2012 #80

That's super! Pterodactyl Dec 2012 #83

Right fightthegoodfightnow Dec 2012 #84

Nah fightthegoodfightnow Dec 2012 #75

This is America, and civil liberties are the people's birthright. Politicub Dec 2012 #51

I agree. The government REQUIRING motor cycle helmets infringes on the rights... Pterodactyl Dec 2012 #54

Thanks It-Gets-Better Dec 2012 #14

He explained: elleng Dec 2012 #19

immoral fightthegoodfightnow Dec 2012 #35

Oh fightthegoodfightnow Dec 2012 #36

Myself and many others have theory about those who spend so much time and energy Socal31 Dec 2012 #21

Being gay is not a 'lifestyle choice' and most virulent anti gay activists are straight Bluenorthwest Dec 2012 #28

Amen! fightthegoodfightnow Dec 2012 #37

Right on. It's a slur to say all homophobes are secretly gay. Politicub Dec 2012 #52

Original Intent DallasNE Dec 2012 #22

Kick (nt) muriel_volestrangler Dec 2012 #31

haha randomtagger Dec 2012 #33

f randomtagger Dec 2012 #32

Supreme buffoon and faux scholar The Wizard Dec 2012 #38

"supreme buffoon" is so fitting, thanks wordpix Dec 2012 #46

Buffoon yes The Wizard Dec 2012 #49

"It isn't a living document," Scalia said. "It's dead, dead, dead, dead." morningfog Dec 2012 #39

Yep, that's Rabid Dog Scalia for you... primavera Dec 2012 #42

True fightthegoodfightnow Dec 2012 #50

Scalia is just pissy that he is on the cusp of losing his homophobic war Politicub Dec 2012 #53

Careful: our "pro gun progressives"* consider that homophobe a big hero of theirs: apocalypsehow Dec 2012 #57

Yea fightthegoodfightnow Dec 2012 #58