[ale] OT- that thread again. One last word.

[wylde bill]

On Sat, 2009-10-24 at 11:28 -0400, Jeff Hubbs wrote:
> Okay, this is what it takes to get ME to come down and wrestle in the OT 
> mud...
> 
> Congressman John Fleming (R-Wankerland) is being a disingenuous jerk.
> 
 
<snip of wondrous health-care received by congress and fed employees>

I don't see how:


> >         
> >         Congressman John Fleming has proposed an amendment that would
> >         require Congressmen and Senators to take the same health care
> >         plan that they would force on us. (Under proposed legislation
> >         they are exempt.)
> >         

Which puts congressman Fleming and his staff, along the rest of
congress, into the same boat congress might choose to put the rest of us
in is being a disingenuous jerk.  That is to say, that if we don't get
all those goodies you described earlier, they and their staffs don't
either.

It would seem that this bill would remove all those nice things from
congress & co. if they imposed anything less on the rest of us.  Of
course, I voted "yea" on a bill that was worded to imply that such a
vote would grant the legislature the power to enable citizens to bring
suit against the state and it's minions- not knowing we already had such
a power in this state.  Of course, the State government promptly
legislated themselves free of any and all civil liability for their 
actions- so I'm sure there could be more here than meets the eye.



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new man. We tried so hard to create a society that was equal, where
there'd be nothing to envy your neighbour. But there's always something
to envy. A smile, a friendship, something you don't have and want to
appropriate. In this world, even a Soviet one, there will always be rich
and poor. Rich in gifts, poor in gifts. Rich in love, poor in love." --
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