GOP Rebranding Watch: House Republicans Vote to Deport DREAMers

Rebranding: another GOP failure
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Looks like we’re just supposed to forget about that “rebranding” thing where the Republican Party was going to be friendlier to immigrants, because they’re now completely back to that bad old xenophobia: House Republicans Booed as They Vote to Deport DREAMers.

To a chorus of boos from the gallery, House Republicans voted 224-201 on Thursday to approve an amendment that defunds the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. The amendment, from Rep. Steve King (R-IA), undercuts the flexibility that allows the Department of Homeland Security to halt deporting DREAMers and instead focus on people convicted of crimes.

After the vote, the House Hispanic Caucus tweeted,”House Republicans just voted to treat DREAMers and undocumented spouses of servicemembers in the same way as violent criminals.” Only six Republicans voted against the measure.

As King’s amendment passed, the House gallery erupted in boos.

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131 comments
1 Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut  Thu, Jun 6, 2013 12:20:33pm

This is the most-viewed story on Univision.

The Republicans really, really want to lose Texas, apparently.

2 Bulworth  Thu, Jun 6, 2013 12:21:26pm

Will someone please think of all the GOP Congresspeople who are the real true victims in all of this?

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3 Kragar  Thu, Jun 6, 2013 12:21:52pm

Please proceed.

4 erik_t  Thu, Jun 6, 2013 12:21:59pm

In the vast universe of fuck-you-I’ve-got-mine Republican positions, this one might be the most noxious and transparent.

Maybe you can use your bootstraps to try to climb back over the danged fence.

5 Tigger2  Thu, Jun 6, 2013 12:22:02pm

The Hispanics need to spread out into the Republican gerrymandered districts and really screw the Republicans in “14” lol

6 Sol Berdinowitz  Thu, Jun 6, 2013 12:22:11pm

re: #2 Bulworth

Will someone please think of all the GOP Congresspeople who are the real true victims in all of this?

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Yes, we must recall that they were born that way, too…

7 Decatur Deb  Thu, Jun 6, 2013 12:23:24pm

‘Turn Texas Blue’ starts looking like less of a pipe dream. (Calculates distance to nearest Texas voter registration drive…)

8 Bulworth  Thu, Jun 6, 2013 12:23:35pm
As King’s amendment passed, the House gallery erupted in boos.

Now the media will report that the House gallery booed the amendment’s passage. That’s exactly like Sharia law. //

9 Kragar  Thu, Jun 6, 2013 12:23:39pm

Every vote like this make it more and more apparent that the GOP doesn’t want to solve any problems we face as a nation, and the only course of action a sane person can follow would be to vote them out of office whenever they get the chance to do so.

10 HappyWarrior  Thu, Jun 6, 2013 12:24:27pm

re: #1 Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut

This is the most-viewed story on Univision.

The Republicans really, really want to lose Texas, apparently.

If they lose Texas, they just may be done.

11 Bulworth  Thu, Jun 6, 2013 12:24:49pm

The people in the House gallary were obviously targeting GOP members. Issa should investigate. What did PBO know and when did he know it?

//

12 jaunte  Thu, Jun 6, 2013 12:25:26pm
“I’m going to be real honest with you, the Republican Party doesn’t want black people to vote if they’re going to vote 9-to-1 for Democrats.”

aattp.org

13 Bulworth  Thu, Jun 6, 2013 12:25:37pm

People in House gallery were obviously thugs PBO bussed in from Chicago. Or Muslims. //

14 piratedan  Thu, Jun 6, 2013 12:25:38pm

this is going to play really well in Arizona, California, Nevada , New Mexico and Colorado too. Damn shame that these asshats are so intent or fomenting racial resentment and class warfare instead of solving a single fucking problem facing the country. What a bunch of petty malicious short sighted douchecanoes.

15 Lidane  Thu, Jun 6, 2013 12:26:28pm

Dear GOP,

Please proceed.

Sincerely,
Lidane

16 Kragar  Thu, Jun 6, 2013 12:26:54pm

re: #12 jaunte

aattp.org

“We’re committed to the values of our found fathers, so we’ll only campaign for the votes of white male heterosexual Christian land owners.”

17 Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut  Thu, Jun 6, 2013 12:28:24pm

Christie just shot all his credibility as non-partisan in one go.

18 Kragar  Thu, Jun 6, 2013 12:30:24pm

Gohmert: Freedom of the press is ‘granted in the Second Amendment’

During a Thursday rant about news that the National Security Agency (NSA) had been collecting phone records from millions of Americans, Texas Congressman Louie Gohmert (R-TX) seemed to be a little confused when he proclaimed that freedom of the press is “granted in the Second Amendment.”

Gohmert noted that NSA spying was just the latest example of executive branch overreach because the Obama administration had also gone after the phone records of Associated Press reporters.

“Many times these phones up here are used by reporters to call members of Congress, who have another constitutional privilege, under the constitutional — under the constitution that provides privilege for the information that is provided for — to a member of Congress,” the Texas Republican explained. “It’s not unlimited.”

“But that’s on top of the freedom of the press that’s also granted in the Second Amendment,” he added.

With Bachmann stepping down, its nice to see other Republicans stepping up to the plate.

GOHMERT!

19 lawhawk  Thu, Jun 6, 2013 12:30:56pm

re: #1 Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut

And lose Arizona and quite possibly Florida as well.

20 jaunte  Thu, Jun 6, 2013 12:31:02pm
The administration announced last June that it would halt the deportations for so-called DREAM-ers - which refers to young undocumented immigrants who came to the United States as children. To require for the program, immigrants must meet several requirements, such as having come into the country before they were 16 years old, passing background checks, and attending school or serving in the military.
politico.com

Powerless kid? Clean background? Military service? Fuck it, you’re deported.

21 Tigger2  Thu, Jun 6, 2013 12:31:41pm

re: #18 Kragar

Gohmert: Freedom of the press is ‘granted in the Second Amendment’

With Bachmann stepping down, its nice to see other Republicans stepping up to the plate.

GOHMERT!

He is such a FKing dumbass.

22 Bulworth  Thu, Jun 6, 2013 12:32:19pm

re: #20 jaunte

Not sure why women and minorities and young people find the GOP so abhorrent. ////

23 RadicalModerate  Thu, Jun 6, 2013 12:32:30pm

Republicans should just adopt this as their official logo and get it over with.

RNC-Redesign

24 Bulworth  Thu, Jun 6, 2013 12:32:41pm

re: #17 Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut

Because…..?

25 HappyWarrior  Thu, Jun 6, 2013 12:33:43pm

re: #18 Kragar

Gohmert: Freedom of the press is ‘granted in the Second Amendment’

With Bachmann stepping down, its nice to see other Republicans stepping up to the plate.

GOHMERT!

Well summer’s starting soon. Anyone want to start a petition for Louie to attend summer school because he obviously failed 8th grade civics class.

26 Feline Fearless Leader  Thu, Jun 6, 2013 12:34:18pm

re: #18 Kragar

Gohmert: Freedom of the press is ‘granted in the Second Amendment’

With Bachmann stepping down, its nice to see other Republicans stepping up to the plate.

GOHMERT!

Someone needs to put together a modern day Noh troupe that wears Gohmert masks for at least part of their performances. Perhaps in some sort of Greek chorus-like role.

27 Kragar  Thu, Jun 6, 2013 12:34:24pm

GOP’s definition of executive overreach:

Doing the same things the previous GOP president did, while being a Democrat and black.

28 HappyWarrior  Thu, Jun 6, 2013 12:34:49pm

re: #23 RadicalModerate

Republicans should just adopt this as their official logo and get it over with.

RNC-Redesign

Agh as an Irish-American, I hate the fact that Neo-Nazis and White Supremacists have co-opted the Celtic Cross. It’s a big reason why I didn’t get one as a tattoo. But there was a silver lining, my design based off the Irish Brigade’s emblem during the Civil War is more unique and cool.

29 funky chicken  Thu, Jun 6, 2013 12:35:01pm

re: #17 Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut

I’m not sure I follow? He appointed a place-holder who is GOP, but the guy spearheaded some fairly serious gun buyback and enforcement stuff in NJ. I don’t think the wingnuts are gonna be thrilled. In fact I’ve seen some whining like crazy, throwing RINO around, bitching that the special election is gonna cost too much, more RINO crony accusations, etc.

30 Kragar  Thu, Jun 6, 2013 12:35:35pm

re: #26 Feline Fearless Leader

Someone needs to put together a modern day Noh troupe that wears Gohmert masks for at least part of their performances. Perhaps in some sort of Greek chorus-like role.

Noh theater?

Youtube Video

31 Sol Berdinowitz  Thu, Jun 6, 2013 12:36:44pm

re: #30 Kragar

Noh theater?

What is it about Noh that you do not understand?

32 Dr Lizardo  Thu, Jun 6, 2013 12:37:40pm

re: #10 HappyWarrior

If they lose Texas, they just may be done.

If the GOP loses Texas they may as well fold up their big tent Klan robes and call it a day, because at that point they’re finished as a nationally viable political party, and become a regional party instead.

33 moderatelyradicalliberal  Thu, Jun 6, 2013 12:38:09pm

re: #7 Decatur Deb

‘Turn Texas Blue’ starts looking like less of a pipe dream. (Calculates distance to nearest Texas voter registration drive…)

Amen. I often lament as a Texan that Hispanics don’t vote in proportion to their percent of the population. Maybe this will change that. Texas should have been purple 10 years ago. Maybe there is still hope.

34 Kragar  Thu, Jun 6, 2013 12:38:21pm

re: #32 Dr Lizardo

If the GOP loses Texas they may as well fold up their big tent Klan robes and call it a day, because at that point they’re finished as a nationally viable political party, and become a regional party instead.

The sooner the better.

35 Bulworth  Thu, Jun 6, 2013 12:38:37pm
The move by Democratic Rep. Rush Holt comes as a Democratic state senator in New Jersey vowed to introduce a bill that would move the date of the Garden State’s November gubernatorial and legislative elections to the same day in October that Christie announced he would hold the general election in the special Senate contest.

Holt, a Democrat who’s in his eighth term representing New Jersey’s 12th Congressional District, said Thursday morning in a statement that, “I ask for your support as I seek to serve as your Senator in that seat. The reason is simple: I believe I am the best candidate to continue the passionate advocacy for progressive values that Sen. Lautenberg exemplified.”

Your humble obedient servant did a stint on Holt’s staff a few years ago.

Surprised by this announcement but wish him the best. He’d be great.

36 lawhawk  Thu, Jun 6, 2013 12:38:44pm

re: #24 Bulworth


Chisea is a longtime friend - going back 20 years or more. They were at a law firm together, and he became AG when Christie nominated the then-AG to the State Supreme Court.

Since then, Chisea’s been lauded for his efforts at going after corrupt officials, has done a bunch of gun buybacks, and seen as a pretty effective AG.

37 lawhawk  Thu, Jun 6, 2013 12:39:58pm

re: #35 Bulworth

Not surprise Holt’s running, but he’s going to find it tough to stand out. Frank Pallone is also considering a run, and Cory Booker looms large.

38 Ian G.  Thu, Jun 6, 2013 12:40:30pm

re: #9 Kragar

Every vote like this make it more and more apparent that the GOP doesn’t want to solve any problems we face as a nation, and the only course of action a sane person can follow would be to vote them out of office whenever they get the chance to do so.

The GOP has decided that they’ve lost their power (or are in the process of losing it) to the seculars and non-whites and feminists and gays, so they’re going to loot and burn the country as they exit. Metaphorically, it’s like Saddam Hussein setting the oil wells in Kuwait on fire once he realized he was going to lose that country.

39 Feline Fearless Leader  Thu, Jun 6, 2013 12:40:45pm

re: #32 Dr Lizardo

If the GOP loses Texas they may as well fold up their big tent Klan robes and call it a day, because at that point they’re finished as a nationally viable political party, and become a regional party instead.

The Texas GOP will take a burnt earth strategy and do one or more things seriously anti-democratic by the time that seriously becomes a threat. Expect gaming of districts, voter suppression, and probably changing the electoral votes to some sort of distribution by districts before they give in and consider actually changing their policies. Too many “last ditchers” entrenched in their power structure to adapt.

40 Sol Berdinowitz  Thu, Jun 6, 2013 12:41:07pm

re: #36 lawhawk

Chisea is a longtime friend - going back 20 years or more. They were at a law firm together, and he became AG when Christie nominated the then-AG to the State Supreme Court.

Since then, Chisea’s been lauded for his efforts at going after corrupt officials, has done a bunch of gun buybacks, and seen as a pretty effective AG.

Christie has just un-picked himself as a viable GOP candidate, or rather he did that during Hurricane Sandy. Or even earlier when he told critics to shut the f*ck up about a Muslim he had appointed as a judge.

41 RadicalModerate  Thu, Jun 6, 2013 12:41:12pm

re: #28 HappyWarrior

Agh as an Irish-American, I hate the fact that Neo-Nazis and White Supremacists have co-opted the Celtic Cross. It’s a big reason why I didn’t get one as a tattoo. But there was a silver lining, my design based off the Irish Brigade’s emblem during the Civil War is more unique and cool.

It’s just that specific design that white nationalists have taken over. Other classic Celtic designs (both Christian and Pagan) are completely untouched.

42 moderatelyradicalliberal  Thu, Jun 6, 2013 12:41:49pm

re: #15 Lidane

Dear GOP,

Please proceed.

Sincerely,
Lidane

Sometimes a worry that the GOP behaving like assholes all of the time will allow Democrats to get lazy. But then it passed and like you, I want them to please proceed.

Damn that was great line by PBO!

43 Dr Lizardo  Thu, Jun 6, 2013 12:42:35pm

re: #34 Kragar

The sooner the better.

Conversely, if - or more likely when - they devolve in a purely regional party, the calls for secession will begin in earnest, and I mean leading GOP figures openly calling for secession.

44 Charles Johnson  Thu, Jun 6, 2013 12:43:18pm

Idiot sock puppets getting frisky today.

45 Sol Berdinowitz  Thu, Jun 6, 2013 12:43:20pm

re: #42 moderatelyradicalliberal

Sometimes a worry that the GOP behaving like assholes all of the time will allow Democrats to get lazy. But then it passed and like you, I want them to please proceed.

They grow more dangerous as they grow more depserate and marginalized. And if we do really come to face a major crisis that requires strong leaderhip and bipartisan cooperation, they are going to suddenly feel their oats and grow even more cantakerous.

46 HappyWarrior  Thu, Jun 6, 2013 12:43:38pm

re: #41 RadicalModerate

It’s just that specific design that white nationalists have taken over. Other classic Celtic designs (both Christian and Pagan) are completely untouched.

True. I’m happy with what I got though.

47 Kragar  Thu, Jun 6, 2013 12:44:32pm

re: #44 Charles Johnson

Idiot sock puppets getting frisky today.

Saw that. Had to slap one across the nose earlier.

48 Ian G.  Thu, Jun 6, 2013 12:44:33pm

re: #42 moderatelyradicalliberal

Sometimes a worry that the GOP behaving like assholes all of the time will allow Democrats to get lazy. But then it passed and like you, I want them to please proceed.

I’m one to think that it’s necessary to have a viable opposition party for democracy to function normally. Just look at what happens in places where one party always wins: machine politics and corruption. You need a viable opposition party to keep that from happening.

So it’s bad that the GOP is full of total loons and racists and religious fanatics. It would be great if it were full of respectable public servants (with Eisenhower on the party’s left and Goldwater on its right).

49 Bulworth  Thu, Jun 6, 2013 12:44:52pm

re: #37 lawhawk

Yeah I’ve been hearing Pallone’s name bandied about for years in NJ; don’t think he’s got much charisma. But I think his record is pretty good.

50 wrenchwench  Thu, Jun 6, 2013 12:44:53pm

re: #14 piratedan

this is going to play really well in Arizona, California, Nevada , New Mexico and Colorado too. Damn shame that these asshats are so intent or fomenting racial resentment and class warfare instead of solving a single fucking problem facing the country. What a bunch of petty malicious short sighted douchecanoes.

It will contribute to the defeat of NM Governor Susana Martinez in her bid for reelection. Pretty sure I can predict that.

51 HappyWarrior  Thu, Jun 6, 2013 12:45:08pm

re: #42 moderatelyradicalliberal

Sometimes a worry that the GOP behaving like assholes all of the time will allow Democrats to get lazy. But then it passed and like you, I want them to please proceed.

Damn that was great line by PBO!

It was. Mitt was ranting on like a mad man and Potus was just being his usual king of cool himself and he let Mitt hang himself with his own rope.

52 Mattand  Thu, Jun 6, 2013 12:46:54pm

re: #36 lawhawk

Chisea is a longtime friend - going back 20 years or more. They were at a law firm together, and he became AG when Christie nominated the then-AG to the State Supreme Court.

Since then, Chisea’s been lauded for his efforts at going after corrupt officials, has done a bunch of gun buybacks, and seen as a pretty effective AG.

I find it ironic that Chisea’s mom raised him and his sisters while working as a teacher, given Christie’s painting a huge target on the profession in NJ.*

*Yes, yes, I know Christie claims that he’s against the unions, not the teachers. There’s an old saying: “Fuck that bullshit.” Most people can’t or won’t make that distinction. When they hear the stuff that Christies says, they interpret it as “Blah blah TEACHERS BAD blah blah blah OVERPAID SUMMERS OFF blah.”

53 moderatelyradicalliberal  Thu, Jun 6, 2013 12:46:59pm

re: #28 HappyWarrior

Agh as an Irish-American, I hate the fact that Neo-Nazis and White Supremacists have co-opted the Celtic Cross. It’s a big reason why I didn’t get one as a tattoo. But there was a silver lining, my design based off the Irish Brigade’s emblem during the Civil War is more unique and cool.

Well, now you know how Buddhists must feel about Nazis and their coopting symbols.

Image: swastika-buddha.jpg

54 lawhawk  Thu, Jun 6, 2013 12:47:36pm

re: #40 Sol Berdinowitz

The GOP isn’t about sanity and picking moderate candidates that have crossover appeal. It’s all about getting the most extreme right wing candidates to survive the Hunger Games tributes to socon extremists who dominate the primary system.

Christie may think he’s got a shot, but unless he’s got a ground game to GOTV in the primary states, he’s going to find that his chances will go down the drain quickly.

Plus, he’s from NJ, and that automatically makes him a suspect coastal liberal RINO elite. That and he shook hands with the President and called out the GOPers in Congress for being ABSOLUTE ASSHOLES FOR BLOCKING SANDY AID FOR MONTHS!

55 Bulworth  Thu, Jun 6, 2013 12:47:53pm
On the GOP side, former Bogota, New Jersey, Mayor Steve Lonegan says he’ll run. Other possible candidates include Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno, Rep. Jon Runyan, and biotech executive John Crowley. State senators Joe Kyrillos and Tom Kean Jr., who’ve both run for U.S. Senate in the past, seem to be leaning against making another bid this time around. Assembly Minority Leader Jon Bramnic has said he won’t run.

Runyan. Oh, good. All we need in the U.S. Senate is another brain-dead meathead.

56 jaunte  Thu, Jun 6, 2013 12:48:34pm
Democrats opposed the measure and the addition of the amendment dampened Democratic support for the underlying spending bill. They said it’s not fair to deport people who were brought here as children. For many, America is the only country they know.

“We should not hold children responsible for the actions of adults and their parents. We should give them an opportunity,” said Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Ill.

talkingpointsmemo.com

57 Bulworth  Thu, Jun 6, 2013 12:49:29pm

re: #56 jaunte

The self-proclaimed party of “family values” says we should.

58 HappyWarrior  Thu, Jun 6, 2013 12:50:08pm

re: #53 moderatelyradicalliberal

Well, now you know how Buddhists must feel about Nazis and their coopting symbols.

Image: swastika-buddha.jpg

Yeah I do. Fucking Nazis.

59 lawhawk  Thu, Jun 6, 2013 12:50:18pm

re: #55 Bulworth

And a former Philadelphia Eagle at that. /Giants country

Mayor Steve Lonegan is going to run, that much is clear. I’d heard rumors that Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno might run, but that Kean and Kryllios wouldn’t run. I think that both have already said that they wouldn’t.

60 Mattand  Thu, Jun 6, 2013 12:50:50pm

One more Christie comment: I was cool with the special election in October, until Jon Stewart showed Christie on video from about 2 years ago, saying a special election was a terrible idea.

Now, I’m not so sanguine about the idea.

And remember what I said yesterday about The Daily Show being better journalists than the actual new outlets? It’s looking this is a TDS scoop.

61 Kragar  Thu, Jun 6, 2013 12:50:51pm

The Rebranded GOP Anthem:

Youtube Video

62 Lidane  Thu, Jun 6, 2013 12:51:42pm

re: #39 Feline Fearless Leader

The Texas GOP will take a burnt earth strategy and do one or more things seriously anti-democratic by the time that seriously becomes a threat. Expect gaming of districts, voter suppression, and probably changing the electoral votes to some sort of distribution by districts before they give in and consider actually changing their policies. Too many “last ditchers” entrenched in their power structure to adapt.

Yeah, this. The Texas GOP has a stranglehold on power in this state. They’re not going to go down without a fight.

Turning Texas blue is still very much a far off dream, even if the GOP have proven themselves to be a bunch of racist assholes today.

63 funky chicken  Thu, Jun 6, 2013 12:52:16pm

OK, I just joined/logged in to Twitter, and it recommends that I follow Dana Loesch and Ann Coulter? W T F?

64 funky chicken  Thu, Jun 6, 2013 12:52:39pm

And how do I get those suggestions off my page?

65 Decatur Deb  Thu, Jun 6, 2013 12:53:26pm

re: #62 Lidane

Yeah, this. The Texas GOP has a stranglehold on power in this state. They’re not going to go down without a fight.

Turning Texas blue is still very much a far off dream, even if the GOP have proven themselves to be a bunch of racist assholes today.

True enough, but we can make sure they don’t keep it without siphoning off a lot of money that would go to FL, PA and OH.

66 erik_t  Thu, Jun 6, 2013 12:54:12pm

re: #62 Lidane

Yeah, this. The Texas GOP has a stranglehold on power in this state. They’re not going to go down without a fight.

Turning Texas blue is still very much a far off dream, even if the GOP have proven themselves to be a bunch of racist assholes today.

Here we see a very relevant difference between turning Texas blue and turning a majority of Texas’s CDs blue.

Very, very relevant difference.

67 Decatur Deb  Thu, Jun 6, 2013 12:54:17pm

re: #64 funky chicken

And how do I get those suggestions off my page?

eGarlic

68 jaunte  Thu, Jun 6, 2013 12:54:25pm

Hispanic High School Graduates Pass Whites in Rate of College Enrollment

Buena suerte, GOP.

69 funky chicken  Thu, Jun 6, 2013 12:55:40pm

Is Lolo Jones a wingnut? She’s on my suggested list or front page or whatever. Along with a long list of wingnuts and, oddly enough, Katrina vandenHeuvel.

70 Charles Johnson  Thu, Jun 6, 2013 12:55:54pm

re: #64 funky chicken

And how do I get those suggestions off my page?

I just ignore Twitter’s suggestions most of the time. You can click on the X in the upper right corner to delete a suggested follow, though.

71 Dr Lizardo  Thu, Jun 6, 2013 12:56:19pm

re: #61 Kragar

The Rebranded GOP Anthem:

Heh. But lets be honest, the GOP doesn’t do punk.

I would suggest this one….it’s infinitely more appropriate.

Youtube Video

72 Kragar  Thu, Jun 6, 2013 12:56:27pm

FRC Doubles Down on Blaming DADT Repeal for Military Sexual Assaults

In his daily email to members yesterday, Family Research Council president Tony Perkins doubled down on his totally unfounded claim that the repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell led to a spike in sexual assaults in the military.

Perkins writes that “most” servicemembers have become “victims — not just of assault, but of this new sexually-charged environment,” adding, absurdly, that when Congress repealed Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell it “made sexual attraction a qualification for military service — on par with academic performance, community service, physical fitness, or moral standing.”

We’ll repeat: a study one year after the policy was repealed found that allowing gays and lesbians to serve openly has had no negative effect on the military.

73 HappyWarrior  Thu, Jun 6, 2013 12:56:59pm

Well if you make Texas something that they have to put resources in, that’s still a positive IMO. Honestly I am still amazed at what’s happened here in Virginia. I thought 2004 would be the year Virginia would re-enter the Democratic column. I was wrong but the Democratic Party’s presence here in state and national elections has improved here. I don’t like Bob McDonnell at all but I was really glad that he shot down quickly the attempt to award Virginia’s EVs based on districts. I mean McDonnell is a jerk IMO but he also realizes he can’t subvert the will of a majority of Virginia’s voters either. That’s why I wish some somewhat sane Republican had at least challenged Cuccinelli in the GOP primary/convention to force Cuccinelli to act somewhat sane.

74 funky chicken  Thu, Jun 6, 2013 12:57:09pm

re: #67 Decatur Deb

eGarlic

It is really bizarre. If I were a supposedly intelligent conservative I would cringe in shame to see my name mixed in with the nuts on this page.

75 Mattand  Thu, Jun 6, 2013 12:57:19pm

re: #55 Bulworth

Runyan. Oh, good. All we need in the U.S. Senate is another brain-dead meathead.

He was my congressman until we got gerrymandered out of the district. I wouldn’t call him a meathead. However, the thing no one talks about around here is that he had zero political experience and was run solely because he used to play for the Eagles.

Of course, American voters being what they are, he got voted him to office because “Hey, an ex NFL center with no political background would make a perfect congressman.”

He does do a lot of work with vets. Not really sure how substantial his legislative record is.

76 wrenchwench  Thu, Jun 6, 2013 12:59:33pm

re: #68 jaunte

Hispanic High School Graduates Pass Whites in Rate of College Enrollment

Buena suerte, GOP.

Y adios muchachos.

77 ProTARDISLiberal  Thu, Jun 6, 2013 12:59:37pm

re: #62 Lidane

If they go that route, you will likely end up with a Mainland version of the Hawaiian Revolution in the 1950’s.

78 piratedan  Thu, Jun 6, 2013 1:00:46pm

re: #72 Kragar

yeah, was reading that McCain was stating that this should be a reason to exclude women from serving…. which gave me pause… thinking that if men are the ones doing the assaulting, why don’t we stop enlisting them instead?….. but then I woke up and realized that I needed to buy something on TV that I didn’t need and that feeling went away.

79 funky chicken  Thu, Jun 6, 2013 1:02:15pm

re: #70 Charles Johnson

Thanks. Is this guy interesting?

Yosri Fouda ‏ @YosriFouda
-Editor/Presenter, Last Word, ONTV.
-Former Chief Investigative Correspondent and Executive Producer, Al Jazeera.
- Co-author, Masterminds of Terror

It looks like ONTV may be an Egyptian network?

80 RadicalModerate  Thu, Jun 6, 2013 1:03:57pm

Kudos to the Dallas Police Department for acting swiftly on this one.

Dallas 911 operator fired for racist Facebook posts

DALLAS — A Dallas 911 operator has been fired for allegedly posting racist remarks on her Facebook page.

A News 8 source showed us screenshots of recent derogatory comments about African Americans and Hispanics on former 911 operator April Sims’ Facebook page.
[…]
“You want to call 911 cause your boyfriend put his hands on you and you want to press charges when you don’t even know his real name?!” the post said. “Sure lets make a police report for Dino, that is his street name.”

“I can count on one hand the black people I know who aren’t selfish,” another post said.

In case you might think that she was the victim of a hacked Facebook account:

News 8 tried to contact April Sims to confirm she was the one who posted the comments, but were unable to reach her. Wednesday night, she reached out to News 8’s Rebecca Lopez via e-mail and said nothing on her page has been deleted and she didn’t wish to speak with us.

On her Facebook postings, someone asks her if her page was hacked. She responds by saying she stands by every word.

81 moderatelyradicalliberal  Thu, Jun 6, 2013 1:04:12pm

re: #68 jaunte

Hispanic High School Graduates Pass Whites in Rate of College Enrollment

Buena suerte, GOP.

But I thought they all had low IQs?

//

82 Ian G.  Thu, Jun 6, 2013 1:05:59pm

re: #68 jaunte

Hispanic High School Graduates Pass Whites in Rate of College Enrollment

Buena suerte, GOP.

AFFIRMATIVE ACTION!!!!!!eleventy

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83 Bulworth  Thu, Jun 6, 2013 1:06:14pm

re: #75 Mattand

Well I was just talking out of myass as usual..

Guess he’s not lacking for ambition.

84 funky chicken  Thu, Jun 6, 2013 1:09:21pm

re: #72 Kragar

FRC Doubles Down on Blaming DADT Repeal for Military Sexual Assaults

Oh, that’s rich. Thanks for linking, gonna send it to my husband who was just bitching about the sexual assault/harassment problem to our bemused teenagers the other night. He’s unfortunately a bit of a political wingnut still, but every blast of stupidity helps loosen him from their clutches.

85 GeneJockey  Thu, Jun 6, 2013 1:09:58pm

re: #30 Kragar

Noh theater?

[Embedded content]

There’s NO theater like NOH theater, like NO theater I KNOW!

86 ProTARDISLiberal  Thu, Jun 6, 2013 1:10:11pm

re: #77 ProTARDISLiberal

Suppose I should elaborate on this:

The Hawaii Democratic Revolution of 1954 was a nonviolent revolution that took place in the Hawaiian Archipelago consisting of general strikes, protests, and other acts of civil disobedience. The Revolution culminated in the territorial elections of 1954 where the reign of the Hawaii Republican Party in the legislature came to an abrupt end, as they were voted out of office to be replaced by members of the Democratic Party of Hawaii. The strikes by the Isles’ labor workers demanded similar pay and benefits to their Mainland counterparts. The strikes also crippled the power of the sugar plantations and the Big Five Oligopoly over their workers.

87 Mattand  Thu, Jun 6, 2013 1:15:20pm

re: #83 Bulworth

Well I was just talking out of myass as usual..

Guess he’s not lacking for ambition.

Believe me, I’m the last one to condemn anyone for sphincter-based oration.

And I wasn’t exactly thrilled to see him elected. The few Tea Party mouth breathers we have here had an indirect hand in getting him elected. They went apeshit all over the late Democrat John Adler at public meeting over The Deth Panelz and the Sekrit Mooslim not fixing 8 years of economic damage in less than 18 months.

I got that from someone high up in the Burlington County Democratic Party. Adler started voting against Obama to save his job. And it still wasn’t enough for the people in our district.

88 Feline Fearless Leader  Thu, Jun 6, 2013 1:16:26pm

Follow-up on the building collapse yesterday in Philadelphia. Six killed, fourteen injured. And they found a survivor around midnight last night - thirteen hours after the collapse.

Investigation underway on what caused the collapse of the wall of the building next store onto a Salvation Army Thrift Store. The larger building was in the process of being demolished.

89 Bulworth  Thu, Jun 6, 2013 1:19:43pm

re: #87 Mattand

sphincter-based oration

Haha

90 Bubblehead II  Thu, Jun 6, 2013 1:22:14pm

Update on the condition of the 6 year old girl who fell into that well.

The child was taken to George County Hospital, but appeared to only have a few scraps and scratches. Rescuers said she seemed to be doing well, and appeared most upset by the fact that her baby doll was left behind in the well.

Picture of the well she fell into.

Image: 22522242_BG3.jpg

The old well was 35 feet deep, but only 14-16 inches wide. Too small for an adult, but large enough to swallow the small child.

Damn thing should have been back filled a long time agao.

91 Lidane  Thu, Jun 6, 2013 1:27:12pm

re: #73 HappyWarrior

Well if you make Texas something that they have to put resources in, that’s still a positive IMO..

This is the key point, and really the best thing for the Dems in the near future. If they can make Texas competitive and force the GOP to spend money here when they shouldn’t have to, that’s a good start.

92 Kragar  Thu, Jun 6, 2013 1:27:52pm

Well, Nice to see Texas says its legal to kill a escort.

Fuck you Texas.

93 Mattand  Thu, Jun 6, 2013 1:28:40pm

re: #88 Feline Fearless Leader

Follow-up on the building collapse yesterday in Philadelphia. Six killed, fourteen injured. And they found a survivor around midnight last night - thirteen hours after the collapse.

Investigation underway on what caused the collapse of the wall of the building next store onto a Salvation Army Thrift Store. The larger building was in the process of being demolished.

Here’s a good article about the problem Philly has had with the two slumlords responsible for most of the derelict buildings in Center City.

On a personal note, I was in Center City with the dog to visit the better half, who was running her firm’s Alex’s Lemonade Stand. Beautiful day. But in the back of mind, I was thinking about the collapse and how unfair and fragile life is.

I’m looking at all the ornate architecture and soaring skyscrapers and thinking, “You just never know. A piece of masonary or an errant air conditioner, and good night, Irene.”

It’s probably a good idea to remember how short a stay we really have on this planet, and enjoy it while you can.

On the bright side, I won tickets to see the Phils play the Mets at Citi Field. Debating about whether I should wear my jersey and hat up there. Probably depends on the severity of the beating I want.

94 lawhawk  Thu, Jun 6, 2013 1:29:36pm

re: #88 Feline Fearless Leader

Multiple reports indicate that people had reported unsafe conditions at the demolition site, but the city apparently didn’t find anything wrong. But there’s also reports that they were busy demolishing adjacent buildings without care:

However, Field disputes officials’ claims. He tells NBC10.com he witnessed demolition work being done on both properties prior to his contact with the city.

Field says there is “no question” that workers were using tools to demolish the roof of both properties.

We’ve requested comment from the Mayor’s Office and L&I over these claims.

Field said after sharing his initial concerns with the city, he continued to be concerned about conditions at the work site - as they progressed to the adjacent building.

“Later in May and as late as last weekend, I saw crews working late into the evening and on weekends at the site. That didn’t seem normal to me,” he said. “Last Sunday, they had a ladder on the roof of the Salvation Army and were looking at the adjoining wall.”

Another person shared a video of demolition work being conducted at 2136 Market Street on Sunday. In the video, workers could be seen using a backhoe to claw at walls as another worker doused the building in water.

Questioned about whether licensed contractors in Philadelphia need show they are trained to properly demolish a building, Williams said city code does not require it.

There are also questions about the guy who owned the building and the company he picked to demolish it.

In fact, everyone I spoke with said something seemed off - way off.

Everyone, apparently, except the city that issued a demolition permit for a building owned by infamous king of porn and serial slumlord Richard Basciano. The permit was issued to Philadelphia architect Plato Marinakos for Griffin Campbell Construction - led by a demolition boss who in addition to a criminal record, also has a history of violations on other properties he’s worked on.

Despite obvious red flags, the city is claiming everything was on the up and up, the demolition company had proper permits, the workers were certified, blah, blah, blah.

But I wonder how workers can be vetted when permits are issued through a middleman? And I wonder what, if any, oversight the project had? And I wonder if anyone from L&I ever inspected the site?

If anyone was monitoring the site, neighbors and construction workers said they missed some obvious signs of trouble.

Workers weren’t wearing hard hats.

They were trying to tear down the building in the dark with sledgehammers and flashlights.

And union carpenters working nearby said the wall that eventually collapsed wasn’t braced properly.

The demo was so screwed up, they said, they were literally waiting for the building to collapse.

95 A Mom Anon  Thu, Jun 6, 2013 1:31:04pm

re: #72 Kragar

Oh someone so very, very much wishes there’s a highly sexually charged atmosphere in the military. I bet he thinks about it. A lot. When no one’s looking.

Tony spends more time thinking about gay sex than gay people do. I wonder what that says about him….hmm.

96 wrenchwench  Thu, Jun 6, 2013 1:31:10pm
97 Mattand  Thu, Jun 6, 2013 1:31:50pm

re: #94 lawhawk

The fact this wasn’t a union job is just now starting to come out. In fact, the Inquirer barely mentioned this at all in their coverage. Not sure about the Daily News.

98 RadicalModerate  Thu, Jun 6, 2013 1:32:25pm

re: #92 Kragar

Well, Nice to see Texas says its legal to kill a escort.

Fuck you Texas.

Just read that story myself. This is just insane.

mysanantonio.com

During closing arguments Tuesday, Gilbert’s defense team conceded the shooting did occur but said the intent wasn’t to kill. Gilbert’s actions were justified, they argued, because he was trying to retrieve stolen property: the $150 he paid Frago. It became theft when she refused to have sex with him or give the money back, they said.

Gilbert testified earlier Tuesday that he had found Frago’s escort ad on Craigslist and believed sex was included in her $150 fee. But instead, Frago walked around his apartment and after about 20 minutes left, saying she had to give the money to her driver, he said.

That driver, the defense contended, was Frago’s pimp and her partner in the theft scheme.

The Texas law that allows people to use deadly force to recover property during a nighttime theft was put in place for “law-abiding” citizens, prosecutors Matt Lovell and Jessica Schulze countered. It’s not intended for someone trying to force another person into an illegal act such as prostitution, they argued.

Read more: mysanantonio.com

99 steve_davis  Thu, Jun 6, 2013 1:36:35pm

re: #5 Tigger2

The Hispanics need to spread out into the Republican gerrymandered districts and really screw the Republicans in “14” lol

Presidential advisor Alexei Shirov prepares to move black people around on a state map in order to help defeat Republicans in 2014 (based on squareness and checkboard pattern, I’m guessing this is Kansas):

Image: Alexei%20Shirov%202.jpg

100 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce  Thu, Jun 6, 2013 1:38:46pm

re: #1 Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut

This is the most-viewed story on Univision.

The Republicans really, really want to lose Texas, apparently.

Nah, in fact redistricting hearings are going on right this very minute. Cousin Perry and crew will successfully gerrymander the shit out of every district so that nothing changes.

Texas will be Whitemanistan forever.

101 funky chicken  Thu, Jun 6, 2013 1:40:32pm

re: #98 RadicalModerate

I read that earlier today. So the genius thought firing his weapon at the vehicle as it was being driven away wouldn’t cause any injuries? The woman wasn’t even on his property any more, since she was a passenger in said vehicle on a public road, I believe. Unbelievable.

102 Kragar  Thu, Jun 6, 2013 1:42:01pm

Aqua-musical’ actress Esther Williams dies at age 91

103 Feline Fearless Leader  Thu, Jun 6, 2013 1:44:45pm

Hmm, I see that the family of another child under the age of 12 with CF has filed to be exempted from the queue for getting access to a set of adult lungs for transplant.

104 iossarian  Thu, Jun 6, 2013 1:49:10pm

re: #103 Feline Fearless Leader

Hmm, I see that the family of another child under the age of 12 with CF has filed to be exempted from the queue for getting access to a set of adult lungs for transplant.

I predict wingnut fatigue by child #4.

(I’m being generous again, so what?)

105 Feline Fearless Leader  Thu, Jun 6, 2013 1:51:54pm

re: #104 iossarian

I predict wingnut fatigue by child #4.

(I’m being generous again, so what?)

That, or a family who happens to not fit the proper demographic group(s) files suit for the same reason.

106 Targetpractice  Thu, Jun 6, 2013 1:51:57pm

re: #103 Feline Fearless Leader

Hmm, I see that the family of another child under the age of 12 with CF has filed to be exempted from the queue for getting access to a set of adult lungs for transplant.

Thus proving what I was talking about yesterday, which is that once you make one “exception,” ever other family is going to file for the same “exception.”

107 Lidane  Thu, Jun 6, 2013 1:54:40pm

re: #104 iossarian

I predict wingnut fatigue by child #4.

(I’m being generous again, so what?)

They’ll hit wingnut fatigue when the same child needs another transplant as an adult because any adult lungs she gets now would have to be cut down to fit into her body.

108 dragonath  Thu, Jun 6, 2013 1:54:40pm

re: #98 RadicalModerate

Just read that story myself. This is just insane.

Good god, this is moronic:

The Texas law that allows people to use deadly force to recover property during a nighttime theft was put in place for “law-abiding” citizens, prosecutors Matt Lovell and Jessica Schulze countered. It’s not intended for someone trying to force another person into an illegal act such as prostitution, they argued.

What property and what force? How do they infer she was a prostitute… on his word? How can it be a theft scheme considering he was trying to engage in something that was already illegal?

Evidently Texas is a man’s man’s man’s world.

109 Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut  Thu, Jun 6, 2013 1:55:18pm

re: #100 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce

Nah, in fact redistricting hearings are going on right this very minute. Cousin Perry and crew will successfully gerrymander the shit out of every district so that nothing changes.

Texas will be Whitemanistan forever.

No, the real problem in Texas is low Hispanic turnout. It’s the lowest in the nation, I think. If it was upped by just a few percentage points in some areas, Texas would flip.

110 Lidane  Thu, Jun 6, 2013 1:56:09pm

re: #100 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce

Nah, in fact redistricting hearings are going on right this very minute. Cousin Perry and crew will successfully gerrymander the shit out of every district so that nothing changes.

Texas will be Whitemanistan forever.

Which is why Texas turning blue won’t be happening for a while. The best the Dems can hope for in the near future is to make it competitive and force the GOP to spend money here.

111 Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut  Thu, Jun 6, 2013 1:58:26pm

re: #110 Lidane

Which is why Texas turning blue won’t be happening for a while. The best the Dems can hope for in the near future is to make it competitive and force the GOP to spend money here.

Huh? You think it’s impossible to increase Hispanic turnout?

112 Bulworth  Thu, Jun 6, 2013 1:59:54pm

re: #104 iossarian

Yeah I think they’ve moved on to another OUTRAGE already.

113 Bulworth  Thu, Jun 6, 2013 2:00:42pm

re: #103 Feline Fearless Leader

Hmm, I see that the family of another child under the age of 12 with CF has filed to be exempted from the queue for getting access to a set of adult lungs for transplant.

I think Dr. Gregory House should be put in charge of the lung queue.

114 bratwurst  Thu, Jun 6, 2013 2:04:34pm
115 Lidane  Thu, Jun 6, 2013 2:06:40pm

re: #111 Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut

Huh? You think it’s impossible to increase Hispanic turnout?

Oh, sure. Turnout can increase. The larger problem is the fact that the Texas GOP can and will gerrymander the shit out of everything and could also change the electoral rules around here.

They won’t go down without a fight. They will do what they have to do to stay in power. The national GOP knows that if they lose Texas, they cease being a national party and become an irrelevant regional party. Simply increasing voter turnout isn’t enough.

116 GeneJockey  Thu, Jun 6, 2013 2:07:21pm

re: #98 RadicalModerate

Just read that story myself. This is just insane.

mysanantonio.com

Read more: mysanantonio.com

What. The. Fuck?

117 Targetpractice  Thu, Jun 6, 2013 2:12:34pm

re: #103 Feline Fearless Leader

Hmm, I see that the family of another child under the age of 12 with CF has filed to be exempted from the queue for getting access to a set of adult lungs for transplant.

Probably because the judge the first family appealed to ruled in their favor:

Judge orders Kathleen Sebelius to add 10-year-old to adult lung transplant list

A federal judge told Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to reverse course — a 10-year-old girl dying from cystic fibrosis should be added to the adult lung transplant list.

The ruling came via a last-minute emergency hearing sought by family members of Sarah Murnaghan, Politico reported.

It came on the heels of a decision from Ms. Sebelius — who was labeled by some on social media as a one-woman “death panel” — to not make an exception for the girl and add her to adult transplant lists, Politico reported.

Current law only allows for those ages 12 or older to be placed on adult transplant lists.

The girl is still far from being saved. Fox News said her name will be added to a list that already contains 1,700. Her condition is rare, and doctors say she’s not doing well, Politico reported.

Some are concerned about the long-term legal impacts from the judge’s order. The judge said keeping the girl off the list was discriminatory and that by failing to make an exception in this case, Ms. Sebelius was failing “to protect the very few children nationally who are subject to” the law, Politico reported.

118 Mattand  Thu, Jun 6, 2013 2:16:08pm

re: #116 GeneJockey

What. The. Fuck?

Good Lord, I had to read that twice to make sure I wasn’t hallucinating.

So, in TX, it’s okay to hire a woman for sex, and then kill her if she tries to rip you off.

Texas, I love you, and we’re all Americans, but goddamn; you guys are in your own world.

119 EPR-radar  Thu, Jun 6, 2013 2:18:06pm

re: #118 Mattand

Good Lord, I had to read that twice to make sure I wasn’t hallucinating.

So, in TX, it’s okay to hire a woman for sex, and then kill her if she tries to rip you off.

Texas, I love you, and we’re all Americans, but goddamn; you guys are in your own world.

If the man is white and the woman is black, yes.

I really can’t imagine the jury having the same verdict if the facts had been that a black man shot a white woman under these circumstances.

120 lawhawk  Thu, Jun 6, 2013 2:22:56pm

re: #117 Targetpractice

Not surprising that a few others are attempting the same actions to attempt to jump up on the waiting list - which is still a waiting list. A long one at that, and one which requires that someone else agree to donate their organs and die with the requisite blood type and other conditions that allow a transplant to take place.

1,700 people are already on this list. Move X up to the top, and everyone else has to move down a slot. That means someone else wont get a lung in time.

Or, the same girl who the RWNJ have rallied around despite this not being a political issue (though they’re doing their best to make it one), could still die before a suitable lung ever makes it into the donor list.

At the same time, these same right wingers oppose ESCR on grounds that it kills embryos, even if it may mean that scientists can one day figure out how to make artificial lungs to eliminate the need for donors or a waiting list. The same right wingers also oppose spending on basic research, hobbling the ability to advance technologies needed to make that happen.

121 thedopefishlives  Thu, Jun 6, 2013 2:23:23pm

Evening Lizardim.

122 AntonSirius  Thu, Jun 6, 2013 2:25:14pm

re: #79 funky chicken

Thanks. Is this guy interesting?

The easiest way to find up if someone is worth following is to follow them. If they turn out not to be worth it, then unfollow them.

123 AntonSirius  Thu, Jun 6, 2013 2:30:47pm

re: #103 Feline Fearless Leader

Hmm, I see that the family of another child under the age of 12 with CF has filed to be exempted from the queue for getting access to a set of adult lungs for transplant.

One of the Popehatters had an amazing, CS Lewis-ish post today inspired by Lung Girl.

124 goddamnedfrank  Thu, Jun 6, 2013 2:33:38pm

re: #117 Targetpractice

The judge said keeping the girl off the list was discriminatory and that by failing to make an exception in this case, Ms. Sebelius was failing “to protect the very few children nationally who are subject to” the law, Politico reported.[/quote]

And by ordering that an exception be made the judge is jeopardizing the chances for adults on the list who stand a much better chance of successfully incorporating a set of adult lungs. The policy was drawn up by medical professionals for very good reasons, yes the age 12 cutoff is to a certain degree arbitrary, but it correlates well with human development and the concomitant chances for long term compatibility.

My half brother needs a liver that nobody’s going to transplant into him because he’s a recalcitrant alcoholic. Now the girl is obviously in a different category because she did nothing to create her condition, but in both cases the medical professionals have decided that there are larger issues at play than the strict need of the individual who needs the transplant. The life of the donor has to be honored. As a society we’ve decided that the donor’s sacrifice should have some kind of lasting consequence, a reasonable chance at meaningfully extending someone’s life. When that chance drops below an acceptable threshold medical professionals do what they have to do, they triage.

125 Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut  Thu, Jun 6, 2013 2:34:13pm

re: #115 Lidane

Oh, sure. Turnout can increase. The larger problem is the fact that the Texas GOP can and will gerrymander the shit out of everything and could also change the electoral rules around here.

They won’t go down without a fight. They will do what they have to do to stay in power. The national GOP knows that if they lose Texas, they cease being a national party and become an irrelevant regional party. Simply increasing voter turnout isn’t enough.

I’m sorry, I’m not getting you. Even with gerrymandering, if Hispanic turnout went up significantly there’s really not anything they can do. I’m sure they’ll fight, but we do still have a federal government and they can’t just completely fuck over Hispanic voters.

126 Backwoods_Sleuth  Thu, Jun 6, 2013 2:42:37pm

re: #96 wrenchwench


thank you!
and the cut-away to the penguins was a very nice touch.

127 calochortus  Thu, Jun 6, 2013 2:48:33pm

re: #120 lawhawk

I was interested to note yesterday the discussion at FR started with Obamacare delusions, prayers for the child and the like, but then a couple people posted about the shortage of organs, the difficulties of transplanting adult lungs into children and so on. They weren’t jumped on and the topic kind of withered on the vine.
I know a lot of them want to make this political, but the obvious problems with bumping a child up the list because her parents are actively lobbying for her (for which I don’t fault them-they’re her parents and they want her to live) rather than sound medical judgement is something most people can recognize.

128 EPR-radar  Thu, Jun 6, 2013 2:51:41pm

re: #127 calochortus

I was interested to note yesterday the discussion at FR started with Obamacare delusions, prayers for the child and the like, but then a couple people posted about the shortage of organs, the difficulties of transplanting adult lungs into children and so on. They weren’t jumped on and the topic kind of withered on the vine.
I know a lot of them want to make this political, but the obvious problems with bumping a child up the list because her parents are actively lobbying for her (for which I don’t fault them-they’re her parents and they want her to live) rather than sound medical judgement is something most people can recognize.

On a somewhat related note, this issue led to a modest proposal over at RedState to implement a free market for transplant organs.

I was pleasantly surprised at the level of intelligent pushback in the RS comments. Pretty much nobody was going for that disgusting proposal.

129 wrenchwench  Thu, Jun 6, 2013 3:14:58pm

re: #126 Backwoods_Sleuth

thank you!
and the cut-away to the penguins was a very nice touch.

A wacky moment. I’m not sure what they mean by ‘come slowly, slowly, the ground is wet’, but it sounds like they might be implying that ‘fools rush in….’

130 wrenchwench  Thu, Jun 6, 2013 4:30:47pm

re: #126 Backwoods_Sleuth

thank you!
and the cut-away to the penguins was a very nice touch.

I found out what the penguins were about:

131 wrenchwench  Thu, Jun 6, 2013 4:41:25pm

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