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My boy Rand runnin a filibuster

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Bart.Man
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I searchbar-ed and found nothing, looked on the front page, saw nothing.

Rand Paul is running a filibuster in the senate, holding back the voting in of the new CIA director, who is pro-drone. Rand has been going strong for over 8 hours discussing the dangers of this administration's policy on droning-- being that they feel like it's within their rights to kill U.S. citizens with drones on U.S. soil-- and the implications of voting in the pro-drone CIA director.

What does NSG think about this? I share his opinions on this, and you better believe I get all hot and bothered for a good filibuster! Stand with Rand!

Mar 6 2013 10:03PM
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t_rob
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http://www.c-span.org/Live-Video/C-SPAN2/
Mar 6 2013 10:04PM
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Bart.Man
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Ah! meant to post the link! Thanks, +k
Mar 6 2013 10:05PM
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t_rob
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Some guy is about to read tavis's letter from the alamo. This is going to be great.
Mar 6 2013 10:05PM
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t_rob
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Or not? What the fuck is this?
Mar 6 2013 10:07PM
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Mr.Sloth
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Ye liberty ye
Mar 6 2013 10:09PM
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CheddarJack
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Ted Cruz is the man
Mar 6 2013 10:12PM
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t_rob
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wait? So is he reading tweets that are #standwithrand?
Mar 6 2013 10:12PM
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Arabian
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Muh freedumz. Muh liberteh. Muh teabags. Muh 'conomeh.
Mar 6 2013 10:13PM
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Scaredwhiteboy
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Good for him. I can't believe the Senate is really going to sit idly by as the Executive branch slowly chips away at our 6th amendment rights.
Mar 6 2013 10:14PM
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Mr.Sloth
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Relevant username is relevant
Mar 6 2013 10:15PM
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RimJobber
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I'm waiting for them to run out of shit and start making jokes
Mar 6 2013 10:15PM
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t_rob
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I'm waiting for the beatboxing and freestyles.
Mar 6 2013 10:18PM
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CheddarJack
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I believe so. Oh, looks like they're done now actually.
Mar 6 2013 10:18PM
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RimJobber
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His bros are writing down anti-drone raps on the bill as we speak. Rand is just the opening act
Mar 6 2013 10:20PM
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RimJobber
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The homie Ted just took the stage
Mar 6 2013 10:21PM
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Jeebus.
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Thank god.
Mar 6 2013 10:23PM
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RimJobber
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He's quoting atlas shrugged
Mar 6 2013 10:25PM
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RimJobber
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I think they have an emergency filibuster quote book. He's pulling these out of his ass. He was talking about nazis earlier
Mar 6 2013 10:35PM
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lineskier10
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where the hell are you guys watching this? cspan?
Mar 6 2013 10:35PM
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RimJobber
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Yeah, click the link above
Mar 6 2013 10:36PM
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deleted5
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I read that as pro-dome.
Mar 6 2013 10:37PM
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RimJobber
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It would be alot more interesting if it was. They would be telling stories about getting dome in their teenage years
Mar 6 2013 10:38PM
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Bart.Man
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Can they teg team on a filibuster? Like could Rand hit up a fellow senator, or once he sits down, it's done? I feel like it's a solo effort.

Also, can other senators leave? I remember learning all this stuff in hs government, but I don't remember it much, aside from watching Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Mar 6 2013 10:38PM
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RimJobber
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He can pass it off. Ted Cruz from Texas is talking right now. They can keep passing it off for as long as they want.
And nobody can leave until the filibuster stops or theres a 2/3 vote to end it.

Im nerding out on this more than I should
Mar 6 2013 10:40PM
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RimJobber
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Talking about same-sex marriage...Whu???
Mar 6 2013 10:51PM
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Amadeus.
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I dont see how preventing something that is ruining american foreign policy by doing something thats ruining the american legislature is a good thing let alone something that should be encouraged.

Mar 6 2013 10:59PM
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Bart.Man
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I'm confused by your post. Could you explain?
Mar 6 2013 11:02PM
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.Duncan.
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What are you trying to say?
Mar 6 2013 11:04PM
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Fergo
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Rand paul is the man
Mar 6 2013 11:04PM
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FearlessBlackMan
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Filibusters aren't ruining the American legislature. Senators have doing filibusters for over a hundred years. If filibusters were actually ruining the legislature, it would be ruined by now.

What's far more concerting is that the executive branch wants the power to kill Americans on American soil without even a trial.
Mar 6 2013 11:05PM
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lineskier10
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marco rubio just quoted whiz khlifa i dunno how much more i can watch
Mar 6 2013 11:14PM
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Olimar
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came here to post this. I think this whole thing is hilarious. They are definitely just screwing around now. Their tone is so sarcastic.
Mar 6 2013 11:15PM
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t_rob
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Now that I know why they're fillabustering, I'm surprised it's being treated like a partisan issue.
Mar 6 2013 11:30PM
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Amadeus.
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okay im kind of drunk but this person understands what im saying. and yes your second paragraph is true.
Mar 6 2013 11:31PM
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deleted5
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Implying the legislature isn't already ruined?
Mar 6 2013 11:32PM
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aussieskier
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What is this shit?

so let me get this right,
they have not even voted on this yet, they are fucking about talking about whatever to stop a vote happening?

thats fucking dumb,
the whole point of having a democratic government is to have the public vote in people to make choices thats in the best interests of the people, not to sit on their asses.

if you don't want this dude to be the CIA director? fine vote not to have him in. if you lose the vote............poor baby, but is that the point, you debate, then vote everyone goes of and votes then the majority of the government rules, which is the majority of the public, if its not then they don't get voted in.

what a waste of time, energy and money.
reason why you have a shitty dollar, and cant get shit done.


Mar 6 2013 11:33PM
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LiquorLanch
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You don't understand America...
Mar 6 2013 11:38PM
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aussieskier
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then explain to me what the point of this is......
Mar 6 2013 11:40PM
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lineskier10
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freedom, but youre from a penal colony so you probably wont understand
Mar 6 2013 11:42PM
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LiquorLanch
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In this case, so the feds cant blow up someone accused of "terrorism" just because they want to..
Mar 6 2013 11:44PM
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deleted5
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Yes but republicans have been doing it a shit load lately for really dumb things.
Mar 6 2013 11:45PM
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PJS.
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It happens in less than 10 of the almost 200 countries in this world.
Mar 6 2013 11:46PM
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aussieskier
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nope not true,
australia and NZ.
and most other westminster style parliaments don't have this issue,

Australian parliament has strict rules on the length someone can speak for making it pretty much impossible.


Mar 6 2013 11:48PM
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shocker611
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damnit theyve started being serious again
Mar 6 2013 11:49PM
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aussieskier
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I'm not arguing about the reason for the fillbuster, its not important to the argument,

so whats going to happen, the crap on talking about the best ben and jerrys flavour or whatever until what.........the other side go "well i'm tired lets forget this whole thing."

just vote, and if you lose, well thats the fault of the american public for voting ass hats in to seats of power.

this is all over the place, you vote obama in then the ones who didn't vote for him say its the death of america and how some people want to stand at arms and fight to take america back.....WTF. thats your system, its the whole reason for america, that you get to choose you government....if you don't like what happened in the vote well tough tits, thats your right, to vote, and the right to vote comes with the responsibility to not act like a child when you lose.
Mar 6 2013 11:57PM
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SmotSmoke
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Drone strikes in general are fucked. The us has killed around 800 civillians in Afghanistan. They will strike the target then wait for people that come out to aid people then strike again killing children, mothers, fathers, just regular civillians. Drone strikes with in the US IS CRAZY. We have the constitution and that would totally be unconstitutional to kill a US citizen with in the US with a drone. Rand Paul makes some good points. Obviously there needs to be some clarity and answers. I really dont see why the senate doesn't just vote on it and decide its un constitutional to kill US citizens with drones.
Mar 7 2013 12:19AM
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stickski
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America= not a democracy
Mar 7 2013 12:25AM
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Che~
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nothing that you said is relevant to this thread
Mar 7 2013 12:35AM
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Bart.Man
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Nooooooooo! R.I.P. Rand's filibuster...
Mar 7 2013 12:42AM
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skier_boy26
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Sadly this.
Mar 7 2013 12:43AM
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