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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 01:27 AM Original message |
Obama Administration refuses to follow Fed Judge's order to provide insurance benefits to family |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 01:55 AM Response to Original message |
1. One more turn of the screw... |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 01:55 AM Response to Original message |
2. How very, very hopeful and changealicious! n/t |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 02:03 AM Response to Reply #2 |
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budkin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 02:01 AM Response to Original message |
3. Dude, who the fuck IS Obama? |
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saracat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 02:11 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. The same guy who is supporting a deal against choice.Civil Rights aren't high on this WH Agenda |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 09:44 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. What is high on his agenda? (Other than serving the corporate interests, of course.) n/t |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 12:10 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. Deleted sub-thread |
ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 02:30 PM Response to Reply #7 |
56. Ask Bernie Sanders. He's been busy working with Pres. Obama on passing HCR. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 12:01 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. Deleted message |
IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 09:47 AM Response to Reply #3 |
8. Obama is BFFE with 'cured' ex-gay Donnie McClurkin |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 12:14 PM Response to Reply #8 |
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Kitsune (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 12:13 PM Response to Reply #3 |
13. A bigot, plain and simple. |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 12:13 PM Response to Reply #3 |
14. When he ran for President, he said that he was opposed to same-sex marriage |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 12:15 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Whatever his feelings are, he is supposed to obey a ruling from a separate branch of gov't |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 12:42 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. The highest court in the land is the Supreme Court, not the federal court. |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 01:46 PM Response to Reply #21 |
43. This is a case about the Judiciary |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 01:52 PM Response to Reply #43 |
47. No, it's not. Your rhetoric does not refute the facts I & others have stated in replies 31 and 48. |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 01:58 PM Response to Reply #47 |
50. If you don't think this particular case is about the Judiciary |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 02:21 PM Response to Reply #50 |
53. When it gets to the Supreme Court, let us know. The federal court doesn't get the last say. |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 02:26 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. So you can't respond to the point that this was about the separation of powers |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 02:33 PM Response to Reply #54 |
57. Why should I? You're wrong about your basic premise and I responded to that. |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 02:44 PM Response to Reply #57 |
59. Let's recap |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 02:51 PM Response to Reply #59 |
60. You're trying to change the subject but I was replying to #16. Sorry if you can't accept the truth. |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 03:04 PM Response to Reply #60 |
62. Apparently what you cannot accept is that the administration is defying a court order |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 03:47 PM Response to Reply #62 |
67. Which if appealed, will send it to the Supreme Court, the highest court in the land. |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 04:59 PM Response to Reply #67 |
73. It's not appealable |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 05:02 PM Response to Reply #73 |
74. Not yet. If they want to, it's open to them. People do it every year. |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 01:46 PM Response to Reply #21 |
45. LOL! |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 04:08 PM Response to Reply #45 |
68. Sure, it's a ridiculous argument, but when one is defending the indefensible, |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 04:14 PM Response to Reply #68 |
69. I think "clinging to stupidity" is closer to the truth. |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 04:16 PM Response to Reply #69 |
70. Oh well. It's not like he's got anything else to cling to. n/t |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 04:42 PM Response to Reply #45 |
71. Spinning my answer is a tried-and-true MO of those who have no honest reply. |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 04:47 PM Response to Reply #71 |
72. So why don't you support your namesake anyway? |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-21-09 08:06 AM Response to Reply #16 |
76. But is wasn't a court ruling |
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Ildem09 (472 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 02:10 AM Response to Original message |
5. This Homosexual |
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AuntPatsy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 12:37 PM Response to Reply #5 |
20. Sitting out an election that would likely result in a repug presidency is like |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 12:42 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. It makes no difference whatsoever. |
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AuntPatsy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 01:33 PM Response to Reply #22 |
38. Now that I refuse to believe, I agree that the real power players |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 01:43 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. Patsy, I'm sorry but you sound like Linus and the Great Pumpkin |
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AuntPatsy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 01:52 PM Response to Reply #41 |
46. That made me smile, is it so wrong to believe in the great pumpkin? |
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David Zephyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 12:57 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. You pour that patronizing just like syrup. |
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AuntPatsy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 01:24 PM Response to Reply #24 |
34. Good, get angry, you need it, I need to, we all need to, if we remain |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 01:32 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. Patsy |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 01:39 PM Response to Reply #34 |
40. Thank you. See replies #31 and #48 for unvarnished FACTS as to anti-Obama spin. |
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David Zephyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 02:08 PM Response to Reply #34 |
51. Face palm. |
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Betty Karlson (902 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 06:40 PM Response to Reply #20 |
75. Please remember: at some point something snaps inside |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 10:06 AM Response to Original message |
9. Hmm. |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 12:22 PM Response to Reply #9 |
17. Maybe the message discipline team reassigned those experts. n/t |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 01:12 PM Response to Reply #17 |
31. I see one is still on the case. |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 01:23 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. Very interesting |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 01:29 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. I'm sure there's some excuse. |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 01:35 PM Response to Reply #35 |
39. even the dead ones are biased I hear |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
10. Kick for that fierce advocate! |
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AuntPatsy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
18. I agree, she should sue, as should anyone being denied the same |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
19. This is a legal issue and one would have to read the briefs and |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 12:44 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. A judge's ruling IS a court opinion. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 01:04 PM Response to Reply #23 |
28. It's not fair to conclude Obama is no friend to gays |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 01:08 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Actions speak louder than words |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 01:32 PM Response to Reply #28 |
36. Do not presume to tell me who my friends are. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 02:41 PM Response to Reply #36 |
58. you know what I meant |
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Sebastian Doyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 01:46 PM Response to Reply #28 |
44. Obama said a lot of things |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 01:56 PM Response to Reply #28 |
48. Donnie McClurkin? Rick Warren? Vic Fehrenbach? Dan Choi? |
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Sapphocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 03:33 PM Response to Reply #48 |
66. T.D. Jakes? Kirbyjon Caldwell? |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 01:57 PM Response to Reply #28 |
49. "but in fact Obama has said more than any US president that is favorable to gays." |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 12:58 PM Response to Reply #19 |
25. The judge HAS ruled |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 01:07 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. I doubt that, but the issues are complicated |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 01:14 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. These cracks in the wall |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 02:53 PM Response to Reply #32 |
61. Here is all there is of the actual case that I can find on the internet |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 03:12 PM Response to Reply #61 |
63. Here is a little background on the case that preceded this one |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 03:15 PM Response to Reply #63 |
64. I'd rather see the opinions themselves |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 03:30 PM Response to Reply #64 |
65. My understanding is that the admin route is the only one |
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David Zephyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 12:58 PM Response to Original message |
26. Our fierce advocate. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 01:45 PM Response to Original message |
42. Obama always does what the insurance masters tell him. |
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LittleBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
52. Change my ass! More like Bush Lite. |
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madmx19790 (36 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 02:26 PM Response to Original message |
55. so much for that "change" |
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