Subj : Re: Shutdown To : Aaron Thomas From : IB Joe Date : Mon Oct 13 2025 09:04 am On 12 Oct 2025, Aaron Thomas said the following... AT> AT> I get that now; some argue that 51% of the politically active population AT> should not control those who don't vote, can't vote, or have unpopular AT> ideas. AT> AT> But I still disagree with it. The minority is still being controlled by AT> the majority (mission failed) and the filibuister is probably the real AT> reason why congress never does anything useful. AT> The Democrats and the Filibuster you should say!!!! Recall Senator Democrat Robert Byrd, an X-KKK member, filibustered the 1964 Civil Rights Act... The Republicans overcame the filibuster and as a result this was eventually signed into law. .... Enough votes happened and life moves on to the Current Democrat party. IB Joe, Pronouns (FJB/LGB) AKA Joe Schweier SysOp of 4A 6F 65 73 42 42 53 -=JoesBBS.com=- .... A book misplaced is a book lost --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A49 2023/04/30 (Windows/64) * Origin: JoesBBS.Com, Telnet:23 SSH:22 HTTP:80 (1:342/201) .