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A big NO to 9/11 RespondersFollow

#27 Dec 22 2010 at 7:18 PM Rating: Excellent
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gbaji wrote:
The OP did. Or did you fail to read the title of the thread?

You were asking me though. And the title simply says "A big NO". Which it indeed was at the time. Did you have a point...?

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And I think that the Dems were more than willing to hold the needs of those first responders hostage to an agenda that had nothing to do with the issue at hand.

Offering up a health care bill AND the means to pay for it via closing a loophole (which, by its very nature, should be closed anyway; hence it being a 'loophole')?

Damn that hostage-taking agenda! Hey, whatever makes you feel okay about your party.
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#28 Dec 22 2010 at 7:26 PM Rating: Decent
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Jophiel wrote:
gbaji wrote:
The OP did. Or did you fail to read the title of the thread?

You were asking me though.


I was asking if you agree that the GOP didn't do this just to be mean to 9/11 first responders as I have been saying all along.

So your answer is that the GOP didn't do this just to be mean to first responders? That's all I needed from you.
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#29 Dec 22 2010 at 7:28 PM Rating: Excellent
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gbaji wrote:
So your answer is that the GOP didn't do this just to be mean to first responders?

Sure.
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#30 Dec 22 2010 at 8:21 PM Rating: Excellent
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gbaji wrote:
Jophiel wrote:
gbaji wrote:
But you agree that the GOPs opposition to this wasn't just because they're big meanies who want to make 9/11 first responders suffer, right?

I never said they were.


The OP did. Or did you fail to read the title of the thread?

Smiley: dubious

Rereads title.
Rereads gbaji.
Re-rereads title.

Uh... gbaji? I think you're making things up again.
#31 Dec 22 2010 at 8:30 PM Rating: Excellent
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It's Christmas. Let the guy feel like he had a win for once.
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#32 Dec 22 2010 at 8:31 PM Rating: Decent
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LockeColeMA wrote:

Rereads title.
Rereads gbaji.
Re-rereads title.

Uh... gbaji? I think you're making things up again.


The title and OP weren't intended to suggest that the GOP filibustered this for no reason other than that they don't want 9/11 first responders to receive medical attention? Really? Why spend a whole paragraph talking about how there's "no miscellaneous activities, people, or projects being funding: it was directly to the emergency personnel who responded to the attacks and were hurt by it.".

If it wasn't your intent to say that the GOP was blocking this purely to prevent those first responders from receiving that medical aid, then what the hell was it? Why bother making a thread in the first place?
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#33 Dec 22 2010 at 8:31 PM Rating: Good
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Jophiel wrote:
It's Christmas. Let the guy feel like he had a win for once.
I think gbaji always feels like he wins.
#34 Dec 22 2010 at 8:35 PM Rating: Excellent
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gbaji wrote:
LockeColeMA wrote:

Rereads title.
Rereads gbaji.
Re-rereads title.

Uh... gbaji? I think you're making things up again.


The title and OP weren't intended to suggest that the GOP filibustered this for no reason other than that they don't want 9/11 first responders to receive medical attention? Really? Why spend a whole paragraph talking about how there's "no miscellaneous activities, people, or projects being funding: it was directly to the emergency personnel who responded to the attacks and were hurt by it.".

If it wasn't your intent to say that the GOP was blocking this purely to prevent those first responders from receiving that medical aid, then what the hell was it? Why bother making a thread in the first place?


Actually, my first sentence said it was fiscally responsible. During the thread itself, Joph pointed out that last time this topic came up I was arguing against the bill. I brought it up because it was the newest part of that debate - it was later pointed out to me that the loophole covered all the expenses of the bill, thus meaning no one would be burdened and the tax would work as intended.
Jophiel wrote:
It's Christmas. Let the guy feel like he had a win for once.

You're right. Cheers, gbaji. My OP implied that Republicans were blocking this solely to spite the Democrats.
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Heh, I hadn't heard about the House vote on the bill this evening. So few House members had bothered showing up for the late sessions that they had to hold the vote open until 5pm for a Rep from New York to arrive just so they'd have a quorum. Then they voted and went home.

So long, 111th Congress.
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#36 Dec 23 2010 at 6:49 PM Rating: Good
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#37 Dec 23 2010 at 7:18 PM Rating: Decent
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I wish I could just decide not to show up for my job and still keep it...


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