Obama vetos 9/11 bill for relations, yet carpet bombs the middle east out of revenge?

[bump]

That 9/11 bill he vetoed was a patently idiotic piece of legislation to begin with. What possible purpose is served by allowing 9/11 survivors and families to sue the Saudi government for 9/11 some 15 years later?

It’ll piss off our only ally in the region, and likely result in absurd trials with huge damages for things the Saudi government couldn’t possibly have actually been responsible for, just their citizens.

Would(do?) we like it if some other country let their citizens sue our government for things our citizens did independently in some other country, especially if our government was not implicated in those things?

[dasmoocher]

@scabpicker

It’s bombing people with carpets?

I thought it was bombing the carpets. Ya know, the magic, flying carpets some of those Middle Eastern Air Forces use. We need air superiority!

[Gatopescado]

Whole lotta fuckin’ in that rant! Better take a Viagra!

[GIGObuster]

@VinylTurnip

Reported for rules violation.

It is a rule violation that he fucked himself?

[wolfpup]

What a charming OP. It reinforces my belief that incoherent thinking and functional illiteracy are closely related. Although many of us have already been able to figure that out for our self’s.

[kaylasdad99]

@Pleonast

Troll.

Why do you have a blank line between your handle and your “Charter Member” tag?

[Ethilrist]

@kaylasdad99

Why do you have a blank line between your handle and your “Charter Member” tag?

He doesn’t have a catch-phrase added on his CV page. See carnivorousplant’s “KB not found. Press any key”

[tenacious_j]

This is the same genius who brought us these gems:

@Barack_Obama

I’ve always been confused on how the independent party works, especially in the presidential races.

@Barack_Obama

In relation to your point, if we claim homosexuality is acceptable within closed doors, we must also claim incest is acceptable, and even pedophilia.

I really think he’s too earnest to be trolling. Not that I have time for his arguments, or weeding through his self’s “American” language to try to make sense of them, but I did enjoy his suggestion to fuck himself.

[cochrane]

@scabpicker

It’s bombing people with carpets?

Well, consider the region. It’s dropping bombs from flying carpets.

[Pleonast]

@kaylasdad99

Why do you have a blank line between your handle and your “Charter Member” tag?

I pay good money for that space!

[Duckster]

As of this time-stamp, Obama has not vetoed the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act.

Both Houses of Congress passed the bill and sent it to the President. The bill is either on his desk, awaiting a signature or veto - or it’s been lost in the mail.

So the OP’s premature ejaculation has egg white all over his face.

[Skywatcher]

@tenacious_j

I really think he’s too earnest to be trolling.

Trolling does not require one to be unearnest.

[gnoitall]

@tenacious_j

I really think he’s too earnest to be trolling.

@Skywatcher

Trolling does not require one to be unearnest.

Whichever it is, this is a textbook case of Poe’s Law.

ETA: I particularly think Clarke’s variation is applicable: “Sufficiently advanced trolling is indistinguishable from a genuine kook.”

[control-z]

@kaylasdad99

Why do you have a blank line between your handle and your “Charter Member” tag?

He has a UNICODE EM SPACE (#8195) as his tagline/catchphrase. It counts as data, but doesn’t display as anything on a blank line. It was hard for me to include it in this post because it kept printing as nothing, so I just included the decimal number.

EM SPACE (U+2003)

[Northern_Piper]

@Duckster

As of this time-stamp, Obama has not vetoed the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act.

Both Houses of Congress passed the bill and sent it to the President. The bill is either on his desk, awaiting a signature or veto - or it’s been lost in the mail.

So the OP’s premature ejaculation has egg white all over his face.

Except the President has to sign it within 10 days, not counting Sundayd, or else it comes into force automatically, under the Presentment Clause of Article I.

That deadline expired on Wednesday, September 21. The Govtrack site is still showing it as unsigned, so doesn’t that mean it’s now passed?

[Northern_Piper]

Aha! The Hill is reporting that the veto message just arrived. I must have miscounted.

Senator Schumer, the Democrat who introduced the bill in the Senate, says he has the votes to overturn the veto.

Schumer rips ‘disappointing’ 9/11 bill veto, pledges override

[DinoR]

@Northern_Piper

Except the President has to sign it within 10 days, not counting Sundayd, or else it comes into force automatically, under the Presentment Clause of Article I.

That deadline expired on Wednesday, September 21. The Govtrack site is still showing it as unsigned, so doesn’t that mean it’s now passed?

Vetoed today. Story references today as being the last day. Congress’ website shows it was formally presented to him on the 12th which is when the clock started.

[Northern_Piper]

Ah - it’s not the day it’s passed that starts the clock, but the day it arrives on the President’s desk. That makes sense. Thanks for clearing that up.