House to vote Thursday on ObamaCare repeal...[updated...House Passes]

[Emjay]

You've been a great role model.

Sarcasm... the weapon of non-verbal people.

[Emjay]

Sarcasm... the weapon of non-verbal people.

BTW, @txradioguy , calling you non-verbal was a slightly more subtle version of sarcasm.

[Silver Pines]

Sarcasm... the weapon of non-verbal people.

@Emjay


http://www.puckermob.com/lifestyle/sorry-but-sarcastic-people-are-actually-smarter-than-you-are


"Sarcasm is the lowest form of wit but the highest form of intelligence."-------Oscar Wilde

[MOD3]

This is how threads get locked.  Please refrain from the pointless and silly name calling going forward.  Or, any other kind of name calling.

[Emjay]

This is how threads get locked.  Please refrain from the pointless and silly name calling going forward.  Or, any other kind of name calling.

This thread should have been locked yesterday.  I hope you go through with your warning.

[Emjay]

@Emjay


http://www.puckermob.com/lifestyle/sorry-but-sarcastic-people-are-actually-smarter-than-you-are

He started it, mommy, he hit me first.


"Sarcasm is the lowest form of wit but the highest form of intelligence."-------Oscar Wilde

He started it, mommy, he hit me first.

[EasyAce]

Some people here remind me of the old Soviet Union---attack and then accuse the victim of aggression
and instigation when the victim fights back.

[Emjay]

Some people here remind me of the old Soviet Union---attack and then accuse the victim of aggression
and instigation when the victim fights back.

yeah ... ain't it funny.

Ain't it funny .... how time slips away.

Ain't it funny ... how people who would cheerfully throw Oscar Wilde in jail drag him out if they find a quote that suits them.

[Cyber Liberty]

This thread should have been locked yesterday.  I hope you go through with your warning.

Personally, I think the thread's doing fine.  The problem appears to be the people posting on it who seem to detest Briefers. 

[Sanguine]

So far, on page 11, not a single comment about the topic.   Amazing....

(And, I just added to it.  )

[EasyAce]

Ain't it funny ... how people who would cheerfully throw Oscar Wilde in jail drag him out if they find a quote that suits them.

I was tempted to quote H.L. Mencken---someone else who was once threatened with jail (over an issue
of his original American Mercury)---but I'd be half afraid of bumping into someone else who might
prefer him jailed than philosophicking.

[geronl]

The reality is we have a very slim majority in the Senate; so there is a real chance that this could die in the Senate.  The Senate isn't exactly conservatively leaning; quite the opposite. 

Then they will love this crappy bill

[corbe]

Then they will love this crappy bill

   You are correct @geronl but ol Mitch can't afford 3 defections and he'll have that in Lee, Cruz and Paul at least, My best guess is he can't herd his Cats and the bill dies and trump tweets up a storm, blaming the Conservatives again, who refuse to sell their souls.   

    But I've been wrong before.

[geronl]

    But I've been wrong before.

Me too, but not that often. lol

[Silver Pines]

Ain't it funny ... how people who would cheerfully throw Oscar Wilde in jail drag him out if they find a quote that suits them.

So I would "cheerfully" have homosexuals imprisoned.

@Emjay, I thought you were better than this.  But this is the kind of spiteful, small, simple-minded thinking you see at TOS.  I don't put people on ignore, but I'm done with you.  You're not worth my time.

[Mesaclone]

   You are correct @geronl but ol Mitch can't afford 3 defections and he'll have that in Lee, Cruz and Paul at least, My best guess is he can't herd his Cats and the bill dies and trump tweets up a storm, blaming the Conservatives again, who refuse to sell their souls.   

    But I've been wrong before.

Cruz will not only not defect, he's going to be a big part of crafting the Senate bill...he wants this to pass nearly as much as President Trump does. He's right there with the Freedom Caucus strongly supporting the bill. He WILL have the chance to make a few improvements as well.

[corbe]

Cruz will not only not defect, he's going to be a big part of crafting the Senate bill...he wants this to pass nearly as much as President Trump does. He's right there with the Freedom Caucus strongly supporting the bill. He WILL have the chance to make a few improvements as well.

   I haven't seen any concrete evidence to support that theory, yet, @Mesaclone  I don't see McConnell letting Cruz/Lee anywhere near this.  I've been wrong before

[corbe]

Cruz will not only not defect, he's going to be a big part of crafting the Senate bill...he wants this to pass nearly as much as President Trump does. He's right there with the Freedom Caucus strongly supporting the bill. He WILL have the chance to make a few improvements as well.

   @Mesaclone it appears you are correct, my apologies Sir  I missed this from yesterday:

Cruz continued, discussing his efforts in the Senate to reach consensus across the ideological spectrum: “If it passes today and comes over to the Senate, then it’s going to be incumbent on us to work to make it even better. Getting it out of the Senate is not going to be easy. […] Now what I’ve been doing, Trey, for over a month now, is I assembled a group of senators -- Republicans across the ideological spectrum -- and we have been meeting weekly, sitting down and trying to come to common ground, trying to come together and say ‘Where do we all agree on how we repeal Obamacare and fix the underlying problem? What are consensus ideas?’ And when there are disagreements, ‘How can we reach a resolution that satisfies that core objectives of each?’ and so we’ve got the full ideological spectrum. We have people who are conservatives, we have people who are much more moderate, and we’re … now meeting twice a week to try to work through and come to agreement. It, frankly, is the process I think the House of Representatives should have started with, and they didn’t. But we’re going to try to do it in the Senate and I hope we can get it done. My view is failure is not an option. We’ve been promising the voters we’d repeal Obamacare for seven years, and I think if we fail to deliver on that I think the consequences would be catastrophic.”

https://www.cruz.senate.gov/?p=press_release&id=3134

@TomSea

[TomSea]

Then they will love this crappy bill

Anything that defunds Planned Parenthood is okay with me. But I'm pro-life versus others I guess.

[TomSea]

Defunds Planned Parenthood, Trump becomes the most pro-life President ever, cheers.

It's amazing that this goes by some people that I'd think would find some consolation in this, instead, they sound more like the Democrats saying "Na Na Na Na, Hey, Hey".

[TomSea]

Susan Collins may well already vote, Maine Senator (R) may well already vote against this,

Democrat Senators Joe Manchin (W. Va) and Heidi Heitkamp (ND) may well vote for the bill, Manchin faces an election next year, sounds like Heitkamp may also per Michael Medved's show.

[Jazzhead]

Cruz will not only not defect, he's going to be a big part of crafting the Senate bill...he wants this to pass nearly as much as President Trump does. He's right there with the Freedom Caucus strongly supporting the bill. He WILL have the chance to make a few improvements as well.

Makes sense to me.

Now is the hour.

[libertybele]

So I would "cheerfully" have homosexuals imprisoned.

@Emjay, I thought you were better than this.  But this is the kind of spiteful, small, simple-minded thinking you see at TOS.  I don't put people on ignore, but I'm done with you.  You're not worth my time.

???  Wow....back on topic.

[Silver Pines]

Anything that defunds Planned Parenthood is okay with me. But I'm pro-life versus others I guess.

@TomSea

Versus whom? 
 
Are you saying some of us are not pro-life?  That's a serious accusation.

[Silver Pines]

???  Wow....back on topic.

@libertybele

 ....?