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The Attorney General appoints special prosecutors and independent counsels; The Bush White House was rightly tarred because they used DoJ as part of their political wing. Justice may be part of the executive branch, but they're confirmed by the Senate and charged with enforcing the law of the land. I really don't think I'd like it, if an appointed official or an underling lawyer was given the power of a pocket veto.
Though, now that they have better guidance, perhaps they'll fall back toward the "don't pursue" method applied to medical marijuana and in the meantime, hopefully activists will keep trying to change the law.
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If South Carolina uses the money to pay down it's debt, as I was led to believe that it would in the underlying Washington Post article, then they will have to borrow new money from somewhere to start new projects that would be truly stimulative.
Obviously SC is better with more money than less, but if we lump all local, state and the Federal governments into one large pot, we can see a sort of ponzi scheme developing. SC's well being is tied to money coming from the US Fed. The US Fed can bring in money as long as their investors (i.e. China et al) keep pouring money in by buying our debt.
Like all ponzi schemes, once China quits investing, the US then has no new money to give to SC. SC then has no other source of income and we are now back to where we started.
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Smitros?
Bad Uncle?
Son of Spam, can you help me here?
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I don't know, but I've been trying to think of related puns. Pornographic film would be sunk without puns, it seems.
One wonders if anyone is using the phrase in copy for marital aids.
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Jesus. And if you have ever been there, it is a poor dirty nasty state that would be vastly improved with little things like education, health care, roads.
You know, civilization and shit.
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Agreed. And the Gullah islands are awesome in a spooky, run-down kind of way.
The rest of the state, however, is horrible, though. A total shithole wasteland. And this fucknut has no business rejecting stimulus money. The roads there are so potholed and tar-snaked they look like the arms of a teenage cutter.
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