I love Craig's List. Now there are two new bills set to disrupt free gift from Craig?

Dabutcher
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edited January 2012 in The Clubhouse
If you click onto CL and you will see a warning that Congress is set to pass a couple of bills to disrupt free commerce? Any input from my Polk friends?
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,510
    edited January 2012
    Yeah, Congress can suck it.
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  • inspiredsports
    inspiredsports Posts: 5,501
    edited January 2012
    F1nut wrote: »
    Yeah, Congress can suck it.

    +4

    . . . they can suck it 4 times (both houses, executive and judicial)
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  • falconcry72
    falconcry72 Posts: 3,580
    edited January 2012
    inspiredsports wrote: »
    +4

    . . . they can suck it 4 times (both houses, executive and judicial)

    +1

    I think the next generation will view these first couple decades of the internet as the "wild-west" days, where anything went, and they will think it was crazy. So get your fill of this free and unrestricted internet while you still can.
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  • cnh
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    edited January 2012
    falconcry72 wrote: »
    +1

    I think the next generation will view these first couple decades of the internet as the "wild-west" days, where anything went, and they will think it was crazy. So get your fill of this free and unrestricted internet while you still can.

    I couldn't agree more. What else is "new"?

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  • SDA1C
    SDA1C Posts: 2,072
    edited January 2012
    cnh wrote: »
    I couldn't agree more. What else is "new"?

    cnh
    falconcry72 wrote: »
    +1

    I think the next generation will view these first couple decades of the internet as the "wild-west" days, where anything went, and they will think it was crazy. So get your fill of this free and unrestricted internet while you still can.
    inspiredsports wrote: »
    +4

    . . . they can suck it 4 times (both houses, executive and judicial)
    F1nut wrote: »
    Yeah, Congress can suck it.
    Dabutcher wrote: »
    If you click onto CL and you will see a warning that Congress is set to pass a couple of bills to disrupt free commerce? Any input from my Polk friends?


    Agreed! All this "lets make a law" is 100% unadulterated bullshi7. I say again...I wonder how things would be if the planes hit the capitol during a joint session.....
    Too much **** to list....
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,395
    edited January 2012
    SDA1C wrote: »
    Agreed! All this "lets make a law" is 100% unadulterated bullshi7. I say again...I wonder how things would be if the planes hit the capitol during a joint session.....

    That image is unbearable to think about, given the reality of what happened, and has no bearing on the discussion at hand.

    I don't care for the Fools on the Hill either, but we have the power to vote them out, and the freedom to stand against them in a free and open election if you choose that route. I don't like my rep, so I am involved at the local level to see him replaced.

    It's going to take a good and decent moral people to fix this mess, and wishing for the mess to fix itself will not happen. The time has come to stand up peacefully and say no more, but in order to be heard, we need to stand together as one.

    I know.... good luck on that.:cry:
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  • SDA1C
    SDA1C Posts: 2,072
    edited January 2012
    I sort of agree John. But sometimes a drastic move is necessary to provoke change (i.e. cival war).
    I was in no way saying anyone deserved it but if it had to happen I'd rather it went there then to the hard working folks footing the bill.

    AND...I think it does have bearing...if the dip shi7's on capitol hill could pull it out long enough to get their nose out of things that aren't their business I feel this would have never happened including the most recent round of BS of trying to regulate someone having an online garage sale.
    Too much **** to list....
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  • obieone
    obieone Posts: 5,077
    edited January 2012
    I'd love to share my opinion on this subject, but I have this natural aversion to BLACK HELICOPTORS!:eek:
    I refuse to argue with idiots, because people can't tell the DIFFERENCE!
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  • BeefJerky
    BeefJerky Posts: 1,320
    edited January 2012
    F1nut wrote: »
    Yeah, Congress can suck it.
    inspiredsports wrote: »
    +4

    . . . they can suck it 4 times (both houses, executive and judicial)
    +8
    each of them can suck it twice...
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  • inspiredsports
    inspiredsports Posts: 5,501
    edited January 2012
    SDA1C wrote: »
    Agreed! All this "lets make a law" is 100% unadulterated bullshi7. I say again...I wonder how things would be if the planes hit the capitol during a joint session.....

    Better.
    obieone wrote: »
    I'd love to share my opinion on this subject, but I have this natural aversion to BLACK HELICOPTORS!:eek:

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  • grimmace19
    grimmace19 Posts: 1,429
    edited January 2012
    Do you guys feel like Ray Liotta in Goodfellas right now?
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  • jimbo1421
    jimbo1421 Posts: 772
    edited January 2012
    Three brief e-mails to your Senators and Representative stating your opinion on this or any other issue will have far more influence than an obscenity laced rant here on CP. Find out where they stand and how they vote, then state how you want them to vote. Show them that you are paying attention. They hate that.

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  • bobsauto49
    bobsauto49 Posts: 973
    edited January 2012
    Whoa! Commandoes flooding the house? Almost sounds exciting!
    "Everything I ever did in my life worthwhile I caught hell for"
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  • chumlie
    chumlie Posts: 8,658
    edited January 2012
    jimbo1421 wrote: »
    Three brief e-mails to your Senators and Representative stating your opinion on this or any other issue will have far more influence than an obscenity laced rant here on CP. Find out where they stand and how they vote, then state how you want them to vote. Show them that you are paying attention. They hate that.

    Jim

    You can find them here:
    http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm
    http://www.house.gov/representatives/
    Best post . Its the only one that works.
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,957
    edited January 2012
    Guys, it's all about money. They float this crap out every year around election time. Do you think somebody will donate some coin to have them vote against/for it ? They play both sides against the middle and after taking everyones coin, in the end they do what they want anyway. Look at the pipeline deal, you have big oil donateing money for them to pass it, and the environmentalists passing coin to get them to not approve it. Whats the answer ? We are told a decision will come after the election.....so they can keep collecting donations from each side.

    As far as the internet goes, I've said it before, once they gain control over it, then they can tax it. The pattern has a long history folks.....and it's bipartisan. Want another example....the healthcare bill. They spent a whole year debateing it, so they could refill the donations from both sides and in the end, they did what they wanted regardless if the majority of folks didn't want it. It's a game folks....and guess what ? ......you ain't in it.
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  • txcoastal1
    txcoastal1 Posts: 13,273
    edited January 2012
    Tony is correct as long as there is a for/against and big money to throw at competition there will always be lobbying and our rights can/and will be scrutinized to their will
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,395
    edited January 2012
    txcoastal1 wrote: »
    Tony is correct as long as there is a for/against and big money to throw at competition there will always be lobbying and our rights can/and will beforfeited at their will

    Changed for accuracy.

    We have no rights anymore. We have squandered them away as our forefathers warned us we would. Liberty is a dead concept in this country unless we stand for our founding principles again. We need to start with a belief that All men are endowed by their Creator with certain "unailienable rights", and we must know what it means to pledge each other our lives, our fortunes and our Sacred Honor.

    This will be a long and bitter struggle, and it begins with our children knowing their history. They must know how freedom was won, and believe Liberty is an idea the is worth fighting for and dying to defend it is honorable. What happens over the next twenty years will determine if we will live as freemen or die as slaves. To our children will go the world we leave behind. Let's take the pain now, so they can be the first genreration in more than 50 years to breathe free.
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  • SDA1C
    SDA1C Posts: 2,072
    edited January 2012
    chumlie wrote: »
    Best post . Its the only one that works.

    The only one that works? ??? Are you from Canada?! Richard Pryor had it right on the 80'S "Vote none of the above!"
    Too much **** to list....
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,957
    edited January 2012
    I wouldn't go as far as to say we have no rights John, thats a stretch, but I will agree they are going by the wayside at a faster pace than before. Most never notice because it has always been a gradual slope, but recently that slippery slope has turned into a cliff. I also agree education plays an important role in all this but we are behind the 8 ball in that department seeing who controls the education process. Is it safe to say one rarely listened to advice from their parents as a child ? That hasn't changed today. Their friends, teachers, are more so enlightening than mom and dad who are old and don't know jack. Get me ?

    A young mind is so easily influenced....and taken advantage of.
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    tonyb Posts: 32,957
    edited January 2012
    chumlie wrote: »
    Best post . Its the only one that works.

    Maybe in your state, and I hope it does too. My state....could give a rats **** what the people think.
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  • sucks2beme
    sucks2beme Posts: 5,601
    edited January 2012
    You can't change things voting in November.
    Registering for the Primaries and voting will be much more effective.
    Both parties have been hijacked by extremists and are funded by
    special interests. The real power in voting comes in picking the
    guys on the ballot.
    "The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods, or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg." --Thomas Jefferson
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,957
    edited January 2012
    sucks2beme wrote: »
    The real power in voting comes in picking the
    guys on the ballot.

    To an extent, yes.....but you also have the press picking and choosing who's on the ballot....or should I say who's not on the ballot. The whole election process has been hijacked to some degree. How else can you have a prez without the majority.

    Politics in general is funded by special interest. You as a home owner, who wants a tax deduction for your mortgage interest you pay, is considered a" special interest" group. Lets not get into the pot calling the kettle black here, anytime you or some other group wants a favor or relief from the government, you then become a special interest. I know that has become a dirty phrase of late, and is used for political means, but in reality, it's a necessity.
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  • polkfarmboy
    polkfarmboy Posts: 5,703
    edited January 2012
    i cant comprehend the post but does this mean no hookers from craigslist when my wife's outa town on business ?
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    tonyb Posts: 32,957
    edited January 2012
    polkfarmboy wrote: »
    i cant comprehend the post but does this mean no hookers from craigslist when my wife's outa town on business ?

    NO, NO my friend, it only means uncle Sam would have to employ some people to make sure those hookers have their stamp of approval......I want that job.

    Wait....don't they already employ these types ? Aren't they called the TSA ?
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  • Polkersince85
    Polkersince85 Posts: 2,883
    edited January 2012
    tonyb wrote: »
    NO, NO my friend, it only means uncle Sam would have to employ some people to make sure those hookers have their stamp of approval......I want that job.

    Are you sure? It could also mean that the ugly ones get to have it too. No one left out, remember?
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  • dkg999
    dkg999 Posts: 5,647
    edited January 2012
    We're from the goverment and we are here to help.
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  • chumlie
    chumlie Posts: 8,658
    edited January 2012
    tonyb wrote: »
    Maybe in your state, and I hope it does too. My state....could give a rats **** what the people think.
    While a realize K Street pretty much runs both houses and all legestlation goes thru them when not actually written by them. When i say it work i should say it could work. But only if everyone took an active role in politics. Now that corperations are legal people. It seems the only people paying attention are corperations.
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  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 25,416
    edited January 2012
    nooshinjohn wrote: »
    Changed for accuracy.

    We have no rights anymore. We have squandered them away as our forefathers warned us we would. Liberty is a dead concept in this country unless we stand for our founding principles again. We need to start with a belief that All men are endowed by their Creator with certain "unailienable rights", and we must know what it means to pledge each other our lives, our fortunes and our Sacred Honor.

    This will be a long and bitter struggle, and it begins with our children knowing their history. They must know how freedom was won, and believe Liberty is an idea the is worth fighting for and dying to defend it is honorable. What happens over the next twenty years will determine if we will live as freemen or die as slaves. To our children will go the world we leave behind. Let's take the pain now, so they can be the first genreration in more than 50 years to breathe free.


    agreed 100%
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