LOL @ GOP Rep. Trey Radel

[Michchamp]

taking a "leave of absence" after being charged with possession of coke.

you would not be surprised to learn he's a former Fox New commentator and Tea Party congressman who pushed one of those idiotic "drug testing for welfare recipients" laws.

he is also a fan of hip hop and described himself as a "hip hop republican" in an interview, and he claimed Public Enemy's "Fight the Power" is actually a rallying cry for the Tea Party's fight against "big government"

on the Daily Show, Jon Stewart compared being a "hip hop republican" to being a "smooth jazz anarchist" or a "disco nazi." haha, I was cracking up.

I hate these people.

 

[byco42]

We are to blame for voting "these people" -- from this person to Pelosi into office, who looks like she's about to "crack" herself.

 

[tinselwolverine]

taking a "leave of absence" after being charged with possession of coke.

you would not be surprised to learn he's a former Fox New commentator and Tea Party congressman who pushed one of those idiotic "drug testing for welfare recipients" laws.

As long as he's not collecting welfare himself I really don't find anything hypocritical in this.

Although this could be just another sleep deprived hallucination.

 

[byco42]

Something like this should result in an automatic expulsion from Congress upon conviction. But then we'd be inundated with political enemies planting drugs on each other.

 

[Michchamp]

As long as he's not collecting welfare himself I really don't find anything hypocritical in this.

Although this could be just another sleep deprived hallucination.

you're right.

but then again, he never proposed a bill requiring everyone who receives welfare (i.e. a check from the government) to be drug tested, be they farmers receiving subsidies, Wall Street bankers getting $$$ from the Fed (and good luck finding one of them who isn't coked out of his mind...), Medicare/Medicaid recipients, or members of congress, so I think it is a bit hypocritical.

 

[tinselwolverine]

you're right.

but then again, he never proposed a bill requiring everyone who receives welfare (i.e. a check from the government) to be drug tested, be they farmers receiving subsidies, Wall Street bankers getting $$$ from the Fed (and good luck finding one of them who isn't coked out of his mind...), Medicare/Medicaid recipients, or members of congress, so I think it is a bit hypocritical.

That part might be just a bit.

Of course, we could always just knock the Wall Street and farm subsidies off, end this idiotic gargantually expensive failed war on drugs, and just let the farmers and the Wall Streeters get as coked out of their minds as they all wanna, and pay their own freight.

 

[Michchamp]

I am okay with that.

 

[Thumb]

We are to blame for voting "these people" -- from this person to Pelosi into office, who looks like she's about to "crack" herself.

So we as the people should have first gone to a Gypsy fortune teller and have a peek in her crystal ball to see if someone might be trouble in the future?

If so I wish we would have done it in 2000, could have saved trillions of dollars and thousands of lives if we knew ahead of time Bush would want to invade Iraq at the drop of a hat. Then again, maybe people would have voted for that anyways. :shrug:

 

[byco42]

So we as the people should have first gone to a Gypsy fortune teller and have a peek in her crystal ball to see if someone might be trouble in the future?

If so I wish we would have done it in 2000, could have saved trillions of dollars and thousands of lives if we knew ahead of time Bush would want to invade Iraq at the drop of a hat. Then again, maybe people would have voted for that anyways. :shrug:

We the people should have a grasp on the establishing principles of this country and we should be the safeguards of them and only vote for candidates to will preserve what is ours by birthright. But we don't even want that anymore. We want to be taken care of and not self-reliant. Bush and Obama have more in common than they have differences.

 

[tinselwolverine]

Bush and Obama have more in common than they have differences.

Ya think?

 

[jswain]

So we as the people should have first gone to a Gypsy fortune teller and have a peek in her crystal ball to see if someone might be trouble in the future?

If so I wish we would have done it in 2000, could have saved trillions of dollars and thousands of lives if we knew ahead of time Bush would want to invade Iraq at the drop of a hat. Then again, maybe people would have voted for that anyways. :shrug:

Wasnt there an Iraq war resolution voted on with an overwhelming democratic Support?

 

[tinselwolverine]

Wasnt there an Iraq war resolution voted on with an overwhelming democratic Support?

Yeah, but the gypsy fortune teller would have advised us not to elect them, too.

 

[Sbee]

We are to blame for voting "these people" -- from this person to Pelosi into office, who looks like she's about to "crack" herself.

Blame gerrymandering. Dems get more total house votes but republicans dominate the seats.

 

[Thumb]

Wasnt there an Iraq war resolution voted on with an overwhelming democratic Support?

Based on false intel the White House conveniently laid off on the Brits.

 

[byco42]

Blame gerrymandering. Dems get more total house votes but republicans dominate the seats.

Party affiliation is not the issue. They are all for the most part statists.

 

[Sbee]

The hypocrisy is one thing but other than that I really don't care if he does coke. Its not like he killed anyone

 

[byco42]

The hypocrisy is one thing but other than that I really don't care if he does coke. Its not like he killed anyone

I do. It's illegal and he's a lawmaker. We need to elevate our standards. They are slipping rapidly, and your comment is proof.

 

[Thumb]

Who gets to decide what those "standards" are, and who meets them?

 

[tinselwolverine]

Who gets to decide what those "standards" are, and who meets them?

I would put byco and michchamp on a committee of two.

In the need of a tiebreak, I would see you should be the determinent.

You would either rule thumb up, or thumb down.

 

[byco42]

Who gets to decide what those "standards" are, and who meets them?

You don't have standards?