Comments on: Watch The Senate Debate Health Care On C-SPAN Now http://www.melissaclouthier.com/2009/11/21/watch-the-senate-debate-health-care-on-c-span-now/ Information Pollination Tue, 16 Mar 2010 22:43:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Melissa http://www.melissaclouthier.com/2009/11/21/watch-the-senate-debate-health-care-on-c-span-now/comment-page-1/#comment-17543 Melissa Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:47:39 +0000 http://www.melissaclouthier.com/?p=15216#comment-17543 Dave, Wasn't that what President Obama promised--transparency and time to deliberate? Dave,

Wasn’t that what President Obama promised–transparency and time to deliberate?

]]> By: DaveR http://www.melissaclouthier.com/2009/11/21/watch-the-senate-debate-health-care-on-c-span-now/comment-page-1/#comment-17535 DaveR Sun, 22 Nov 2009 13:09:35 +0000 http://www.melissaclouthier.com/?p=15216#comment-17535 Anything on the floor of the House and Senate is "for show". It's sad that the rules change "on the fly" so they can "get enough votes". Back-room deals and all that B-S is what REALLY needs to be put on the air-waves in the eye of the public. Anything on the floor of the House and Senate is “for show”. It’s sad that the rules change “on the fly” so they can “get enough votes”. Back-room deals and all that B-S is what REALLY needs to be put on the air-waves in the eye of the public.

]]> By: Ron Coleman http://www.melissaclouthier.com/2009/11/21/watch-the-senate-debate-health-care-on-c-span-now/comment-page-1/#comment-17534 Ron Coleman Sun, 22 Nov 2009 05:27:05 +0000 http://www.melissaclouthier.com/?p=15216#comment-17534 The whole concept of parliamentary debate is a vestige of a time and place that are no longer in existence -- of when legislatures were actually "deliberative bodies," not the money-, influence- and demagoguery-leveraging clearinghouses they are now. Or, at least, it's a vestige of when legislatures and legislators could it least more plausibly maintain the fiction that they deserved to be taken seriously. So, really, why do we pay attention <b>any</b> day of the week? The whole concept of parliamentary debate is a vestige of a time and place that are no longer in existence — of when legislatures were actually “deliberative bodies,” not the money-, influence- and demagoguery-leveraging clearinghouses they are now.

Or, at least, it’s a vestige of when legislatures and legislators could it least more plausibly maintain the fiction that they deserved to be taken seriously.

So, really, why do we pay attention any day of the week?

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