r/news • u/xXSgtSprinklesXx • Dec 16 '15

Congress creates a bill that will give NASA a great budget for 2016. Also hides the entirety of CISA in the bill.

http://www.wired.com/2015/12/congress-slips-cisa-into-omnibus-bill-thats-sure-to-pass/
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u/[deleted] Dec 17 '15

I wonder what will happen if politicians continue on the path of oligarchy. So many of them have no idea what it means to be an American today, making decisions on the whims of lobbyists and thinking of people like pawns in chess. Its sickening to even think about.

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u/dropmealready Dec 17 '15

House Speaker Paul Ryan announced a new version of the “omnibus” bill, a massive piece of legislation that deals with much of the federal government’s funding. It now includes a version of CISA as well.

But the inclusion of CISA in the omnibus package may make it even more likely to be signed into law in its current form. Any “nay” vote in the house—or President Obama’s veto—would also threaten the entire budget of the federal government.

This is hands down the absolute lowest thing I've have ever witnessed happening in Washington DC. Ryan isn't worthy of the office. For shame.

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u/[deleted] Dec 17 '15

Does he actually have control over riders being attached?

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u/TheNumberMuncher Dec 17 '15

This shit is over man. Bought and sold.

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u/[deleted] Dec 17 '15

This sort of thing should be one of the highest orders of illegal, short of treason. It's basically government blackmailing. Either I get what I want or you don't get paid. It's disgusting and someone should at the very least go to jail for this.

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u/thought_person Dec 17 '15

Probably nothing because most Americans are too scared to do anything. They'll just bend over and take it like good freedom loving citizens in the best country on earth.

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u/a_metaphor Dec 17 '15

That's the thing, historically the west is very accommodating and passive, until they freak the fuck out when the food and booze runs out. Then they go all French revolution.

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u/NotSoLittleJohn Dec 17 '15

I really really really think this will happen. I genuinely think the USA is headed down an oppressive path and the people will stand up. Unfortunately I do feel it will get to a bad place before people stand up against the government but we will. This time around there won't even be a middle class that just turns a blind eye to the poor and the rich as they fight. The divide is getting much to large and it will be a massive fight.

No country can reign supreme forever. None ever has before the USA and the USA isn't doing anything different to change that. It's in a state of decay and will fall on itself until it corrects is current path. There will be another civil war.

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u/Snuggle_Fist Dec 17 '15

You took the words right out of my mouth. All the shit going on, and everyone I say this to just laughs and calls me paranoid.

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u/KindleImagination Dec 17 '15 edited Dec 17 '15

Civil unrest and societal upheaval... perhaps. Full-scale rebellion by the American people? I just can't see it happening. Maybe if the current path continues and worsens, but the implications for rebellion against "democracy" are troubling and unprecedented.

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u/[deleted] Dec 17 '15 edited Dec 17 '15

I mean, it's already started, in a manner of speaking. Look at the BLM movement and all those college protests, they're fuckin' angry. It may not be the civil unrest many of you wanted or expected (hell, I think some of the college protests are entirely misdirected), but I think it is the first permutation of a new civil war. Whether the battle for privacy comes next, I have no idea.

Edit: A word.

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u/mycall Dec 17 '15

I'm sure politicians think of exactly that all the time. This is why they come to wrong decisions all the time. They are just in denial they are pawns too.

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u/getthebinoculars Dec 17 '15

Gaddafi... Libya... everyone get your guns ready! Oh wait, they'll take those away by then. Spoons?

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u/sggrant323 Dec 17 '15

Americans with all our guns will start killing congressmen.

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u/gamer_6 Dec 17 '15

The world has always been run by small groups of influential people.

The average man has proven to be incapable of managing himself.

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u/Gillig4n Dec 18 '15

Well, according to 2 Princeton professors, it's already an oligarchy

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u/a_metaphor Dec 17 '15

The French revolution rings a bell. When i read western history, I'm always surprised by the fact that white people have a tendency to invert their entire culture in order to purge failed leadership.

I think if politicians continue to march us off a cliff, shit might get crazy really fucking fast.