Pruning Shears - Comments

Dan comments on Best Music of the Year

Dan — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:00:07 +0000

Thanks Adam!

Adam comments on Best Music of the Year

Adam — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 08:01:37 +0000

And this is why I read www.pruningshears.us. Killer posts.

Dan comments on The Shocking Solution to Senate Obstructionism

Dan — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 10:34:24 +0000

All true, selise.

selise comments on The Shocking Solution to Senate Obstructionism

selise — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 08:09:35 +0000

"The point is that they have the tools at their disposal right now. Anyone who talks about additional reforms as a solution is just blowing smoke."

dan, maybe it's even worse than that. filing for cloture is NOT a filibuster. a cloture vote is NOT a filibuster. maybe a failed cloture vote could count. but if the dems decide to file for cloture and succeed either via a 60+ vote or via UC, where is the filibuster? there's been way too much conflation of things that are and are not filibusters -- and by people who know better (or ought to).

is there any objective measure of the degree to which the republicans obstructing via filibustering, or even threatening to filibuster? i mean other than politicians complaining about it.

what if the dems were using false, or overblown, accusations of filibustering as a campaign tactic in an attempt to excuse their own failures? how could we tell the difference?

Dan comments on The Shocking Solution to Senate Obstructionism

Dan — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 01:32:01 +0000

Like I said, we can dream can't we?

I. Hill comments on The Shocking Solution to Senate Obstructionism

I. Hill — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 01:28:58 +0000

Elegant in its simplicity, steely eyed in its determination and virtuous in its ends. All of which
the Senate and its members lack.Can such tactics be used in negotiations on HCR by the House?

Elliot comments on This Week In Tyranny

Elliot — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 01:55:22 +0000

Sadly, horribly true. I participate in a sci-fi fan forum, and we dissect our show, the writers' intents, the producers', the deleted scenes, pore over details. In my own life, I have two, possibly three people with whom I can have the same level of political discussion. The common denominators (which don't include either political interests or sci-fi, by the way) seem to be literacy and self-education.

Dan comments on Getting Beyond Regulation

Dan — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 23:12:20 +0000

Thanks very much - I've been feeling much better. The middle of last week was a total loss (it was no ordinary cold) but but I started improving steadily after that.

just a reader comments on Getting Beyond Regulation

just a reader — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 22:29:01 +0000

good to see that you are back on your feet or at least able to drag yourself to the keyboard and pound out an excellent post.

Kristen comments on Under The Weather

Kristen — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 20:37:25 +0000

Dan, sorry to hear you're sick. Hope you're resting and recovering.