« previous next »
Pages: [1]   Go Down

Author Topic: Michigan GOP ignore votes  (Read 2961 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Offline gyeonghwa

  • Uppity and Proud of It
  • The Beast
  • *****
  • Posts: 2041
  • Gender: Male
  • That angry queer your tone trolls warned you about
    • Queer & Khmer
Michigan GOP ignore votes
« on: April 06, 2012, 02:54:11 pm »
Basically shitting on the on the idea that their opposition has the power to vote:
http://www.addictinginfo.org/2012/04/05/democracy-begins-its-death-in-michigan-rachel-maddows-expose-video/

Quote
Michigan’s constitution allows for a long time between the passage of a bill and its implementation, 90 days from the end of the legislative session. The reason is twofold. It gives people and businesses who would be affected by the law a chance to make any necessary adjustments. It also allows time to appeal the law. The constitution also allows for emergency situations, allowing the law to have immediate effect. However, for a law to have immediate effect, it requires a 2/3rds vote in the Legislature.
Republicans do not have a 2/3rds majority, but nonetheless, they have passed over 500 bills under “immediate effect.” How does that work? As Maddow shows, they aren’t even counting the votes. That’s right; Democrats’ votes are not even being counted.

The Democrats sued and won, at least for now, and it will put every piece of legislation passed by the GOP into legal question.

They're completely ignoring votes and violation state law in order to pas their legislation.
Logged
Quote from: Her3tiK on February 09, 2012, 05:34:14 pm
That may be the single gayest thing I have ever read on this board. Or the old one. ;)

Offline Witchyjoshy

  • SHITLORD THUNDERBASTARD!!
  • Kakarot
  • ******
  • Posts: 9044
  • Gender: Male
  • Thinks he's a bard
Re: Michigan GOP ignore votes
« Reply #1 on: April 06, 2012, 03:00:26 pm »


Pretend those adventurers are the people who were breaking laws to pull this shit.
Logged
Mockery of ideas you don't comprehend or understand is the surest mark of unintelligence.

Even the worst union is better than the best Walmart.

Caladur's Active Character Sheet

Offline ironbite

  • Overlord of all that is good in Iacon City
  • Kakarot
  • ******
  • Posts: 10686
  • Gender: Male
  • Stuck in the middle with you.
Re: Michigan GOP ignore votes
« Reply #2 on: April 06, 2012, 04:31:44 pm »
Wow...they're not even trying to hide their evil are they?

Ironbite-this is why you don't let people who have no clue about governing out into the wide world of state level politics.
Logged

Offline VirtualStranger

  • Blinded with Science
  • The Beast
  • *****
  • Posts: 946
  • Gender: Male
Re: Michigan GOP ignore votes
« Reply #3 on: April 06, 2012, 04:39:29 pm »
Republicans continue to test out their best Snidely Whiplash impression. That the only logical explanation for why they act like fucking mustache-twirling cartoon villains.

« Last Edit: April 06, 2012, 04:41:05 pm by VirtualStranger »
Logged

Offline DasFuchs

  • God
  • *****
  • Posts: 521
  • Gender: Male
  • Ruler of his own little world since 1977
Re: Michigan GOP ignore votes
« Reply #4 on: April 06, 2012, 06:06:30 pm »
Not surprising. Look at the jackass they put in charge.
"Well hell, your city is floundering? We'll move in, kick out all the politicians and decide whether it should be run like a business or just done away with. Fuck you, Michigan"
Logged
"To a New Yorker like you, a hero is some type of weird sandwich. Not some nut that takes on two Tigers!" "You gotta hit'em point blank in the ass!" Oddball

Offline Radiation

  • ILLUMINATI...ASSEMBLE!
  • The Beast
  • *****
  • Posts: 1289
  • Gender: Female
  • Just Radiation, I am so uncreative
Re: Michigan GOP ignore votes
« Reply #5 on: April 06, 2012, 06:56:41 pm »
You can thanks the idiots from Grand Rapids and other parts of W. Michigan for voting these people in.

Michigan politics are pretty damn dirty.
Logged
Quote
"Radiation, were beauty measured by the soul instead of the body, you would be legendary on the status of Helen of Troy. Be strong." -The Sandman

Offline Lt. Fred

  • The Beast
  • *****
  • Posts: 2994
  • Gender: Male
  • I see what you were trying to do there
Re: Michigan GOP ignore votes
« Reply #6 on: April 06, 2012, 07:12:15 pm »
The best part of this is that all their legislation will be invalid.
Logged
Ultimate Paragon admits to fabricating a hit piece on Politico.

http://fqa.digibase.ca/index.php?topic=6936.0

The party's name is the Democratic Party. It has been since 1830. Please spell correctly.

"The party must go wholly one way or wholly the other. It cannot face in both directions at the same time."
-FDR

Offline DasFuchs

  • God
  • *****
  • Posts: 521
  • Gender: Male
  • Ruler of his own little world since 1977
Re: Michigan GOP ignore votes
« Reply #7 on: April 06, 2012, 10:48:28 pm »
Quote from: Lt. Fred on April 06, 2012, 07:12:15 pm
The best part of this is that all their legislation will be invalid.

Yes, but the sucky part is the damage has already been done
Logged
"To a New Yorker like you, a hero is some type of weird sandwich. Not some nut that takes on two Tigers!" "You gotta hit'em point blank in the ass!" Oddball

Offline MadCatTLX

  • The Beast
  • *****
  • Posts: 2095
  • Gender: Male
Re: Michigan GOP ignore votes
« Reply #8 on: April 06, 2012, 11:30:51 pm »
Quote from: Lt. Fred on April 06, 2012, 07:12:15 pm
The best part of this is that all their legislation will be invalid.

You assume that anyone with the authority to challenge them actually gives a damn.
Logged
History is full of maniacs, my friend, men and women of intelect, highly perceptive individuals, who's brilliant minds know neither restraint nor taboo. Such notions are the devils we must slay for the edification of pony-kind. Even if said edification means violating the rules of decency, society, and rightousness itself.
                                                                                                                                                             -Twilight Sparkle, MAGIC.mov

Offline agentCDE

  • Bishop
  • ***
  • Posts: 119
  • Gender: Male
  • Slacker Heathen Extraordinaire!
Re: Michigan GOP ignore votes
« Reply #9 on: April 07, 2012, 01:18:20 am »
Funny, I thought it was the liberals who were supposed to be the evil democracy-hating fascist criminals! It's almost as if the Grand Ol' Party was a party of liars and crooks! As has been said in another thread: Voter fraud (or in this case, legislative fraud?) should be considered treason.
Logged

Offline DasFuchs

  • God
  • *****
  • Posts: 521
  • Gender: Male
  • Ruler of his own little world since 1977
Re: Michigan GOP ignore votes
« Reply #10 on: April 07, 2012, 10:42:27 am »
Well, treason can be hard to prove and ends with death.

I'd say we should bar these people from political office and take away their ability to vote for a while.
Logged
"To a New Yorker like you, a hero is some type of weird sandwich. Not some nut that takes on two Tigers!" "You gotta hit'em point blank in the ass!" Oddball

Offline Stormwarden

  • The Beast
  • *****
  • Posts: 997
  • Gender: Male
Re: Michigan GOP ignore votes
« Reply #11 on: April 07, 2012, 10:48:49 pm »
They lose their right to vote for ten years, and can no longer run for office in the state of Michigan. That would be fair to me.
Logged


Be the Ultimate Ninja! Play Billy Vs. SNAKEMAN today!

Offline DasFuchs

  • God
  • *****
  • Posts: 521
  • Gender: Male
  • Ruler of his own little world since 1977
Re: Michigan GOP ignore votes
« Reply #12 on: April 07, 2012, 11:46:32 pm »
I'd make it be no longer able to run for any office, period. I say this because if the jackasses get in power somewhere else they'll just pull the same bullshit again
Logged
"To a New Yorker like you, a hero is some type of weird sandwich. Not some nut that takes on two Tigers!" "You gotta hit'em point blank in the ass!" Oddball

Offline Witchyjoshy

  • SHITLORD THUNDERBASTARD!!
  • Kakarot
  • ******
  • Posts: 9044
  • Gender: Male
  • Thinks he's a bard
Re: Michigan GOP ignore votes
« Reply #13 on: April 08, 2012, 03:13:03 pm »
Which is more dangerous?

A gun, or a political office?

I'm starting to think the former may not be as dangerous as the latter...
Logged
Mockery of ideas you don't comprehend or understand is the surest mark of unintelligence.

Even the worst union is better than the best Walmart.

Caladur's Active Character Sheet
Pages: [1]   Go Up
« previous next »