'I Do Oppose The Amendment': Adam Smith And Matt Gaetz Debate Amendment On Weapons Testing

At a House Armed Services Committee markup of the NDAA before the Congressional recess, Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) spoke about weapons testing.

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[watchdealer]

A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.

[davidhornback]

How does the Commerce Dept. shut down a military operation?

[leonardwood]

Throw these traitors to the Constitutional Federal Republic out! Now!

[stevetrivago]

Wow.. Matt certainly knows a lot about Whales.. I bet he knows more about Whales than Biden knows about black culture

[Rexodus]

Hopefully, Rep. Adam Smith will recognize the well-explained COMMON SENSE evaluation that Rep. Matt Gaetz has so clearly explained in this situation.
Seems that Rep. Adam Smith has done his illogical brand of nonsensical perspective in so many other issues that ultimately only serve to disrupt good old fashion common sense.
Please, Rep. Adam Smith, try to refrain from getting in the way of resolving issues by impeding the progress and obvious solutions to simple COMMON SENSE issues.

[-cm]

California would make a good test area .

[hardworku]

Shutting down live fires for endangerment of wildlife and other special designated animals is not new. Been going on for many decades. Environmental Impact Studies are conducted to ascertain the costs to govt as well as environment. I guess exceptions may be needed but I caution the environmental impact

[TheMJsisters]

a whole lot of bla bla bla, hen will we see action??

[nonakotler]

Antisemitism lives in the foundations of human society and human nature. The human ego—the desire to enjoy at the expense of others and nature—evolves throughout history and during a person’s life. The more it grows, the more it feels an opposite force also dwelling within. That opposite force is called a “point in the heart.” Contrary to our egoistic desires that wish solely to absorb pleasures into themselves, the point in the heart is a desire that has potential to develop into a desire that loves, gives and positively connects to others.
The point in the heart is also known as the seed of the soul, as we can develop it to discover our soul—the connection that underlies those very points. The realization of the potential encased in this small point of desire is the ability to rise above the human ego, where instead of detaching from one another through our growing egoism, i.e. increasingly prioritizing self-benefit over benefiting others, we instead prioritize the benefit of others and positive human connection.

The point in the heart is the opposite of our egoistic nature. There are people who host only the negative egoistic force, and there are people who have both the negative egoistic force and the positive altruistic force. When both positive and negative forces coexist in us, then we become called “Jews” or “Israel” according to our inner essence. Likewise, if we solely host the negative egoistic force with no revelation yet of the point in the heart, then we are called “nations of the world” according to that essence.

We underwent several stages of development throughout history. The point in the heart first surfaced throughout human society in ancient Babylon. The Babylonians who felt the inner urge to seek something deeper in life beyond the earthly egoistic desires joined Abraham, who taught a method for how to nurture the point in the heart in order to rise above the ego and positively connect. Abraham organized the Babylonians who wanted to study with him into a group, and he called this group “Israel, ” which is made up of the words “Yashar Kel” (“straight to God”), i.e. people who aim themselves directly at the attainment of nature’s upper force of love, bestowal and connection, which is opposed to the force existing in human beings, the force of reception.

Since Abraham’s time, the two groups—Israel and the nations of the world—have undergone much development. Some from the Israel camp left the group to pursue their natural egoistic inclinations, i.e. with an inclination to the nations of the world, while some from the nations of the world felt that they possess a special closeness and connection, which draws them to Israel. In other words, Jews are not a nationality, but they are people who host the point in the heart, which associates them with the positive force of nature, and which is opposite to the egoistic force that we are born and raised with by nature.
The source of antisemitism is in the contrast and conflict between the two opposite desires of our inborn egoism and the point in the heart that can develop our ability to rise above the human ego.

[davidransom]

I'd wonder if they are worried about the live fire, or actually about ships hitting whales.

[bwmcelya]

Weapons testing can take place just about anywhere. Leave the whales alone.

[jamesengeman]

What animals got together to create the "Butthead" Gaetz specie? C'mon. If the creators of "Beavis and Butthead" didn't use Matt Gaetz as the model for "Butthead, " they hit the nail on the head by coincidence.