Subj : Re: #Walkaway To : IB Joe From : Ron L. Date : Thu Feb 19 2026 07:56 am -=> IB Joe wrote to Dr. What <=- IJ> They have made changes to this over time. IJ> In 1975 they went with a "Silent Filibuster" ... this made it so you IJ> didn't have to speak to debate the bill. If you didn't have 60 votes IJ> you didn't take the bill for debate to the floor. That's been their MO for a long time now: Make small changes that, over time, allow them to take control. When someone points out what those small changes can become, they call him a "conspiracy theorist" or a "kook". IJ> What they want to do now is to go back to the old way of a Talking IJ> Filibuster like we use to. IJ> We'll get to hear the Democrats go on about Jim Crow 2.0 and all that IJ> stuff. Oh, ya, they stream like flaming cats when their changes start getting rolled back. Especially now. .... It's been a business doing pleasure with you... ___ MultiMail/Linux v0.52 --- Mystic BBS/QWK v1.12 A47 2021/12/25 (Windows/32) * Origin: cold fusion - cfbbs.net - grand rapids, mi (1:120/616) .