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mercuryblues

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50. know that

Reply to merrily (Reply #49)

Thu Jun 25, 2015, 04:58 AM

Jun 2015

you know that. Have you ever seen a legislature make a law that easy?

I think Haley spoke the way she did so if it fails, she can shrug her shoulders and say "I tried".

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NaNaNaNa, hey hey hey, goodbye. [View all] RobertEarl Jun 2015 OP

The mercuryblues Jun 2015 #1

DU LBN thread about the speech RobertEarl Jun 2015 #2

it requires mercuryblues Jun 2015 #4

BUT, Clyburn pointed out that it takes only a simple majority to repeal the law that merrily Jun 2015 #26

And that would require mercuryblues Jun 2015 #39

Two bills that could be two sentences each and passed in a half hour. merrily Jun 2015 #49

know that mercuryblues Jun 2015 #50

Point is, they could if they wanted. They want to pretend helplessness, including her, but also merrily Jun 2015 #51

She's a real piece of work. Oily opportunist and Surya Gayatri Jun 2015 #52

not really Romeo.lima333 Jun 2015 #3

It is coming down RobertEarl Jun 2015 #5

"NaNaNaNa, hey hey hey, goodbye" bvar22 Jun 2015 #6

Hey, I'm in the south, am a southerner RobertEarl Jun 2015 #8

I'll stand by my post. bvar22 Jun 2015 #11

I love the south RobertEarl Jun 2015 #14

...but you still believe that.. bvar22 Jun 2015 #16

It's a taunt, fer sure RobertEarl Jun 2015 #20

Why are you being obtuse? RobertEarl Jun 2015 #21

NO, thats not it. bvar22 Jun 2015 #22

So, you personaly attack me? RobertEarl Jun 2015 #23

That is not "healing". bvar22 Jun 2015 #24

That flag is the real taunt RobertEarl Jun 2015 #25

I've seen and experienced healing. bvar22 Jun 2015 #29

Ok is that just you? RobertEarl Jun 2015 #30

No....not just me. bvar22 Jun 2015 #31

Heh RobertEarl Jun 2015 #33

Equating Iraq with a dead flag? RobertEarl Jun 2015 #34

Wrong Again. (Intentionally misread?) bvar22 Jun 2015 #38

There you go again RobertEarl Jun 2015 #44

No. I don't want you to suffer. bvar22 Jun 2015 #47

Sure. RobertEarl Jun 2015 #48

Excellent post, you have my thanks! haikugal Jun 2015 #27

Thank You! bvar22 Jun 2015 #40

I don't want to crush the South. I have always been a little sad that I was not born there. merrily Jun 2015 #28

Didn't the entire country benefit from Slavery? bvar22 Jun 2015 #32

Probably and slaves built D.C., which is the capitol of the entire nation. merrily Jun 2015 #36

No. Not in New York. They don't celebrate their racist past (except against Muslims), bvar22 Jun 2015 #41

absolutely agreed Skittles Jun 2015 #12

This will spark "healing throughout the south"? Doctor_J Jun 2015 #7

How could it become worse? RobertEarl Jun 2015 #9

many will certainly see this as provocation--just as they do the sight of Black people respiring MisterP Jun 2015 #17

What tune will the neonazis and confederates sing when they take it down? Martin Eden Jun 2015 #10

We'll see RobertEarl Jun 2015 #15

For your quest to remove the old flag, may I suggest: bvar22 Jun 2015 #35

I hope they choke on it RobertEarl Jun 2015 #37

You should take you own advice, bvar22 Jun 2015 #42

I should feel flattered? RobertEarl Jun 2015 #43

Is that a "Double Down"? bvar22 Jun 2015 #45

Think of it as Triple UP RobertEarl Jun 2015 #46

Still no problems with the flag.. bvar22 Jun 2015 #53

You need glasses? RobertEarl Jun 2015 #54

No. bvar22 Jun 2015 #55

NO. I want the taunts and the hatred to end, bvar22 Jun 2015 #56

The LOSERS flag ... GeorgeGist Jun 2015 #13

Good news everyone!!! Initech Jun 2015 #18

"symbol misused and abused by the racist haters"? MNBrewer Jun 2015 #19