\GoBillsInDallas/ Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Bost http://thesouthern.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/bost-rant-on-house-floor-goes-viral/article_94a20b44-aa5f-11e1-bf2f-0019bb2963f4.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UConn James Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 (edited) Twenty minutes to read, review, debate and vote on a 200-page bill? Yeah. If it were my job to represent my voting district and stevestojan like this kept happening by the decree of one person/party to harangue legislators, I'd start getting pissed too. This is one of the methods for sneaking in unsavory laws or being able to say that Rep. X voted against Bill Y and ain't he a bastard because that would've made manna rain from heaven. Twenty minutes for 200 pages? You've gotta be kidding me. Remember the previous NFL CBA and why Ralph Wilson voted against it because there wasn't time enough to read it? Because the NFLPA and league office tried similar tactics to stuff it down the owners' throats so they could say they got something done. Then, less than 2 years later, every owner was saying what a bad CBA they'd signed. It will be of little avail to the people, that the laws are made by men of their own choice, if the laws be so voluminous that they cannot be read, or so incoherent that they cannot be understood; if they be repealed or revised before they are promulgated, or undergo such incessant changes that no man, who knows what the law is today, can guess what it will be tomorrow. Law is defined to be a rule of action; but how can that be a rule, which is little known, and less fixed? --- James Madison Edited May 31, 2012 by UConn James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whateverdude Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 Justifiable anger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erynthered Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 Remember the previous NFL CBA and why Ralph Wilson voted against it because there wasn't time enough to read it? Because the NFLPA and league office tried similar tactics to stuff it down the owners' throats so they could say they got something done. Then, less than 2 years later, every owner was saying what a bad CBA they'd signed. Same thing with obamacare bill. Nancy Polusslyless saying we'll know whats in it when we pass it. Yeah and so much for posting a bill on line for three days too. !@#$ing criminals........... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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