http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/poli/Mental health message board about politics: all posts.en-ushttp://www.dr-bob.org/dr-bob-sm.gifhttp://www.dr-bob.org/babble/poli/3245 http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/poli/20120327/msgs/1042371.htmlYes. Very interesting and a useful caution when next hearing about how we value human life so much, unlike those in whose... http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/poli/20120327/msgs/1044648.htmlIs that right? That the vote in the Senate(?) did not (quite) reach 60%? Why would it need that? Why not 50% It wasn't a... http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/poli/20120327/msgs/1044670.html60% is considered to be a "supermajority... http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/poli/20120327/msgs/1044674.htmlIt's funny because the utility of gun regulation is alluded to in the second amendment, but there is much room in the... http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/poli/20120327/msgs/1044675.htmlAnd the sickest thing is that lobbyists and legislators are profiting from the fear and paranoia generated. They've... http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/poli/20120327/msgs/1044676.htmlBtw, forgot to say.... Everyone will be armed at the "peaceful protest" in "support... http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/poli/20120327/msgs/1044678.htmlA filibuster is where the speaker speaks (more or less) forever? I did read somewhere of someone speaking for a very long... http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/poli/20120327/msgs/1044701.htmlYes, filibusters are allowed to continue forever ("Mr. Smith Goes To Washington... http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/poli/20120327/msgs/1044703.html-------------- + "Militia"? + "Well regulated"? + "necessary to the security of a free State... http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/poli/20120327/msgs/1044721.htmlJohn Howard was quite a conservative politician and a real friend of the US, but after the Port Arthur massacre he said 'I... http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/poli/20120327/msgs/1044722.htmlLook, what is it about really? My right, against the right of government to do something or other? I have read Joe Bageant... http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/poli/20120327/msgs/1044723.htmlThen there is all the dinero given by the privatised prison industry to keep the war on drugs going and therefore also their... http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/poli/20120327/msgs/1044724.htmlI don't think that the passage of gun control today would result in fewer guns on the street tomorrow. However, it might... http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/poli/20120327/msgs/1045095.htmlIt's all very complicated. I found this interesting, from wiki.......... A filibuster can be defeated by the majority... http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/poli/20120327/msgs/1045374.htmlI met this man, an American, in a cafe in Cusco where he was leaving some stuff. 'We are trying to promote self respect and...