tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9479398.post9089892822537038381..comments2024-03-28T11:33:16.271-05:00Comments on Adventus: Post hoc, ergo....?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9479398.post-33629551611388955262015-09-27T10:50:20.429-05:002015-09-27T10:50:20.429-05:00After thinking further on Boehner's term as sp...After thinking further on Boehner's term as speaker, I concluded that he was not entirely useless. He did avert several disasters.June Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723016934182800437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9479398.post-25680790413195555312015-09-26T17:40:52.291-05:002015-09-26T17:40:52.291-05:00It seems to me that Boehner's conscience may h...It seems to me that Boehner's conscience may have been pricked by the words of the pope, because his role was exposed for what it is: useless. For whoever replaces Boehner, the Democratic president and the filibuster are still in place, so whatever bills the House passes are subject to approval by the Senate and the president. Of course, the House has the power to defund the government, which amounts to not governing at all.<br /><br />And I don't forget <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hastert_Rule" rel="nofollow">the Hastert rule</a>, which is written neither in the Constitution nor the law, which the speaker has the right to suspend any time he/she chooses. Thus it is by choice that so little legislation is ever passed. June Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723016934182800437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9479398.post-45018680208201483652015-09-25T19:01:48.758-05:002015-09-25T19:01:48.758-05:00But there is no mention of dignity in the Constitu...But there is no mention of dignity in the Constitution!ntoddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01068160577299501895noreply@blogger.com