Comments on: http://www.alexdorival.com/rr/2009/12/02/199/ The site for social rights and wrongs Mon, 19 Dec 2011 10:51:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Leshka http://www.alexdorival.com/rr/2009/12/02/199/comment-page-1/#comment-2296 Leshka Fri, 04 Dec 2009 03:12:53 +0000 http://www.alexdorival.com/rr/?p=199#comment-2296 Don't get me started on Monserrate. He and Pedro Espada, Jr. shouldn't be in the senate at all, after that "look at me!" ploy they started in June. Not that anyone else was blameless in that coup. And you are correct in the fact that there were senators who said they would support it and ultimately opposed it. One of the senators was quoted on NPR saying that the fact that a bill (not this particular bill, any bill) was brought to the floor was excellent. Of course, I can't find the exact quote, but it just shows (yet again) how utterly useless the NY Senate is. Don’t get me started on Monserrate. He and Pedro Espada, Jr. shouldn’t be in the senate at all, after that “look at me!” ploy they started in June. Not that anyone else was blameless in that coup. And you are correct in the fact that there were senators who said they would support it and ultimately opposed it.

One of the senators was quoted on NPR saying that the fact that a bill (not this particular bill, any bill) was brought to the floor was excellent. Of course, I can’t find the exact quote, but it just shows (yet again) how utterly useless the NY Senate is.

]]> By: Michael http://www.alexdorival.com/rr/2009/12/02/199/comment-page-1/#comment-2295 Michael Thu, 03 Dec 2009 19:14:03 +0000 http://www.alexdorival.com/rr/?p=199#comment-2295 The NY Senate is a mess. But I'm blaming Hiram Monserrate for this one. What an odious man! Scuttlebutt around the situation (and I don't know how accurate it is) is that the bill's sponsors secured enough votes in a semi-bipartisan fashion. But at the end, enough Democrats flipped their vote to no that there weren't enough Republicans in favor for the bill to pass it. And when that happened the Republicans in favor didn't want to risk their seats for a failed bill. As much as I wish they had some courage for my rights, I can't really blame them to much. And if all of that is true, it re-highlights the thorough fucked-up-ness of the Senate, which is, well, thoroughly fucked up. The NY Senate is a mess. But I’m blaming Hiram Monserrate for this one. What an odious man! Scuttlebutt around the situation (and I don’t know how accurate it is) is that the bill’s sponsors secured enough votes in a semi-bipartisan fashion. But at the end, enough Democrats flipped their vote to no that there weren’t enough Republicans in favor for the bill to pass it. And when that happened the Republicans in favor didn’t want to risk their seats for a failed bill. As much as I wish they had some courage for my rights, I can’t really blame them to much. And if all of that is true, it re-highlights the thorough fucked-up-ness of the Senate, which is, well, thoroughly fucked up.

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