Only one way to stop them, DON"T VOTE FOR EITHER SIDE. But do vote.

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God favors no group only religions do that

There is no question that riders are now wholly abused for pork barrel spending, to kill the main legislation, or, force a legislator to choose between passing something good along with something bad and later being held “accountable” for making that no-win decision. However, that is not the reason they were originally allowed. It was for expediency to save Congress’s time.

In this day, in the age of partisan politics and political pandering in the form of pork barrel spending, I personally feel riders are as out-dated as the rule-of-thumb, and as such should be outlawed.

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"Reality has a Liberal Bias"
Stephen Colbert

..no I'm not the real Chomsky, just an avid student of his work.

I think that outlawing riders will be difficult if not impossible in the adversarial environment that exists in our political institutions.

Starting with the great polarizer, our politicians have focussed more on the importance of party and less on what is important to the country. To the point where we now have Democratic leadership in congress that is more concerned about gaining or losing seats than they are about defending the constitution.

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I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crises. The great point is to bring them the real facts.
Abraham Lincoln
A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes. Mark Twain

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There are only two things wrong with this great nation of ours, democrats and republicans!

Not necessarily in that order.

This thread reminds me of the "Well, we don't torture as bad as Sadaam did!" argument..

F'ing stupid.