I totally want highlights in 2, 3, and 4 now.
Actually, I, umm... like those colors for things like decor.
Sunnydale's got too many demons and not enough retail outlets.
Glory ,'Potential'
What Happens in Natter 35 Stays in Natter 35
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
P.M. Marc - May 18, 2005 12:29:30 pm PDT #5346 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Stephanie - May 18, 2005 12:30:51 pm PDT #5347 of 10001
Trust my rage
I'm a bit behind here, but I think the "nuclear option", while very significant (and a realy bad idea, IMHO), is simply a change in Senate rules that can be approved by a majority vote. They don't need the Supreme Court or Cheney or anyone else to get involved - they just have to vote in it.
Kathy A - May 18, 2005 12:37:37 pm PDT #5348 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
The 10 hot new colors according to Pantone
"Rattan"? Who do they think they're kidding? That's "Harvest Gold," baby, and straight out of the '70s.
Betsy HP - May 18, 2005 12:42:32 pm PDT #5349 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
is simply a change in Senate rules that can be approved by a majority vote.
Actually, no. It's a change in Senate rules that involves *overruling the Parliamentarian*. That is, they're going to ask the keeper of the Senate Rules if this is a legitimate change. He is going to say no, it's not. (He has already announced this.) They are then going to vote to do it anyway.
Topic!Cindy - May 18, 2005 12:44:01 pm PDT #5350 of 10001
What is even happening?
"Rattan"? Who do they think they're kidding? That's "Harvest Gold," baby, and straight out of the '70s.Hee.
Stephanie - May 18, 2005 12:52:10 pm PDT #5351 of 10001
Trust my rage
They are then going to vote to do it anyway.
But once they vote, that's the end of it, right? I've tuned out of the news the last few days, but I heard, on NPR, that there is no "recourse" once the rules are changed because it's an internal Senate matter and not appropriate for the courts.
Betsy HP - May 18, 2005 12:53:43 pm PDT #5352 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
Right. Kick out a check and it's gone.
Laura - May 18, 2005 12:55:48 pm PDT #5353 of 10001
Our wings are not tired.
Those colors not so big in Florida. Where are the limes and melons?
Stephanie - May 18, 2005 12:57:11 pm PDT #5354 of 10001
Trust my rage
FWIW, I was just reading the NYTimes to see if I had missed something. The scenerio they described sounded limited to judicial nominees only, and maybe just one at a time. I'm not sure it matters in the end, but it didn't sound like the "rules change" that I heard descrobed on NPR last week.
Betsy HP - May 18, 2005 12:59:17 pm PDT #5355 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
Frist has promised that he won't apply the same strategy to other Senate filibusters in this term. The question of what happens in another term, or when there's another Senate majority leader, remains unresolved.
Seriously. This is a big, important change. It is a change that effectively means that the majority party can appoint anybody they like, to any office, and that the "advice and consent" of the Senate is a rubberstamp.