What if I told you that an opposition party used armed forces to breach the security of their political rival for...
What if I told you that an opposition party used armed forces to breach the security of their political rival for nothing more than circumventing established rules?
Sounds like something out of Egypt, Syria or some country in the middle of Africa, but it's not. This happened in Virginia.
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/06/25/to-foil-medicaid-expansion-in-va-gop-lawmakers-broke-into-governors-office/
Sounds like something out of Egypt, Syria or some country in the middle of Africa, but it's not. This happened in Virginia.
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/06/25/to-foil-medicaid-expansion-in-va-gop-lawmakers-broke-into-governors-office/
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Lol. I think I know why Raw Story isn't the evening news.
We're not talking about them leaving it on an unmanned desk in an non-secure room, we're talking about one branch of government invading another.
Ever heard of Watergate?
LIMA OSCAR LIMA!!!!
Oh, and Separation of Powers, too? Please explain that to Terry Mack, because it seems no one else did.
And it is separation of power. Legislative and Executive. How ca you not see this?
But seriously, this is tilting at windmills. They dropped off papers. The deadline for the budget was getting close, and we didn't want a state government shutdown. There's nothing here. You're comparing a delivery to a theft. Come on.
But hey, when the SWAT team comes over to your house in the middle of the night and invades your home, you won't care as long as they don't take anything, right?
You seriously need to stop reading bullshit like this, man. Dude, as a friend and I'm completely serious. You really need to pull back from this garbage. You're coming off like a conspiracy nutter. Don't go down that road.
Edit: I did a bit of digging on this story. It was one officer, Col. Pike, who delivered the papers. Pike is the longtime head of the Capitol Police. The Legislature told the Governor that it wouldn't be done until that Monday, and the Governor took that Sunday (Father's Day) off. That's understandable. The Legislature got it finished early and rushed it to the Governor's office, via Pike, because VA was facing its first State Government shutdown and we ain't having that. And yes, Pike had his sidearm on him when he delivered the papers. The article you linked to said it was the GOP, which is a half-truth, but the Republicans do have a slight majority in the Legislature.
As I said before, there's no story here. Just people acting butthurt to score political points.
I know you say that you shouldn't go discounting news sources, but you have to admit that this article, with that title, is looking to pull the chains of those who have it in for Republicans. And it seems to be working quite well.
This isn't even funny anymore. You're getting played, bro. Seriously. I'm truly sorry that you don't see it.