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1. #1
   On January 27th, 2009 at 9:37 pm, Dandapani said:

   Everything is in strike-thru mode… LOL!

2. #2
   On January 27th, 2009 at 9:40 pm, tonyr951 said:

   strike this

3. #3
   On January 27th, 2009 at 9:44 pm, Michelle Malkin said:

   Fixed.

4. #4
   On January 27th, 2009 at 9:53 pm, Jeff2161 said:

   This is a huge sucks-donut.

5. #5
   On January 27th, 2009 at 9:58 pm, Jeff2161 said:

   That huge sucking sound, ain’t coming from Mexico.

6. #6
   On January 27th, 2009 at 10:01 pm, tonyr951 said:

   Page 18:

   Tribal Law Enforcement Assistance.-The Committee recommends $300,000,000 for grants to assist American Indian and Full Committee Print Alaska Native tribes in criminal justice efforts in tribal communities…

   Well that’s certainly stimulating.

7. #7
   On January 27th, 2009 at 10:03 pm, bjc said:

   *I have seen some snippets and it is pure unadulterated socialist bovine scatology; It will pass in the House, but it would be nice to see the Republicans vote in unison against it to deny the Dems the cover they seek.
   *If the Republicans leave their fingerprints on this fiasco, it will prove once again, that they are more interested in reaching out be be Democrat Lite than they are in the well being of future generations.

8. #8
   On January 27th, 2009 at 10:05 pm, bjc said:

   *Make that “to be”

9. #9
   On January 27th, 2009 at 10:14 pm, Virginia Patriot said:

   The House GOP looks like they will hang tough. They can’t stop it, but at least they are standing against it, unlike the Vichy Senators.

10. #10
    On January 27th, 2009 at 10:18 pm, On-my-soap-box said:

    Wake me when it gets to 1.6 trillion.

    P.S. I get up at 6:00am Eastern.

11. #11
    On January 27th, 2009 at 10:24 pm, On-my-soap-box said:

    On January 27th, 2009 at 10:14 pm, Virginia Patriot said:
    The House GOP looks like they will hang tough.

    I doubt it. As soon as they pork it up (which is why my bench mark is 1.6 trillion), they will belly up to the bar and celebrate. I still pick 100% dems and 60% repub’s. We should start a pool. Percent of repubs, ammount, date signed. Winner gets a cookie. Well, 10% after taxes.

12. #12
    On January 27th, 2009 at 10:30 pm, talkin_bout said:

    Off-topic, but here’s an open question to MM and all users;

    You claim to tolerate dissent, and you say that liberals do not and ban every “troll” on their blogs/sites.

    If this is the case, why do blogs like HuffPo and Kos allow users to register for comments at any time, while this site only opens registration once in a blue moon, and for a short time when it is open?

    Please don’t call me names; it’s just a question.

13. #13
    On January 27th, 2009 at 10:31 pm, in_awe said:

    Since only $100M will have any short-term affect, let’s approve that and drop anchor and debate the remainder. There isn’t any real need to rush a vote on spending 2-5 years out. That is ridiculous!

    Isn’t that what the “Greatest Deliberative Body in the World” should be doing? Isn’t that what they are paid to do? My 20 year old daughter is wondering why Congress is in such a hurry to make her a servant of the state for the rest of her life.

14. #14
    On January 27th, 2009 at 10:39 pm, bjc said:

    *What you talkin_bout talkin_bout?; The hostess with the mostess makes the rules, and we abide.

15. #15
    On January 27th, 2009 at 10:44 pm, talkin_bout said:

    I know she does, and that’s why I addressed it to her. I only added her readers because I’ve read many comments on here making the point that I addressed.

16. #16
    On January 27th, 2009 at 10:47 pm, On-my-soap-box said:

    On January 27th, 2009 at 10:30 pm, talkin_bout said:
    Off-topic, but here’s an open question to MM and all users;

    You claim to tolerate dissent, and you say that liberals do not and ban every “troll” on their blogs/sites.

    We still have our pets that, for some reason, Michelle seems to allow on this blog. I am guessing comic relief or to satisfy some quota so people will not accuse her of fearing dissent or being intolerant.

    Please don’t call me names; it’s just a question.

    It takes too long to weed out the problems (which may be the reason why I am still here).

    All blogs are different. Michelle runs her ship pretty tight while still allowing for some heated debate. It is not perfect but it is one of the top blogs for a reason. She is not in this to increase numbers of posts may be why registration is closed for long periods of time. If she gets bored with us, she may kick us to the curb for a new batch. I am guessing she is not there – yet!

    P.S. many of us have not survived liberal blogs for one day because of our dissenting opinions. I am sure if you ask for a show of hands when everybody is here, you will find many.

17. #17
    On January 27th, 2009 at 10:59 pm, gandolphxx said:

    It is a good thing that it will take through 2013 to spend all of this pork – the big donors can’t hide the money in Swiss banks like they used to.

18. #18
    On January 27th, 2009 at 11:00 pm, talkin_bout said:

    On-my-soap-box;

    When Michelle opens registration, would someone who had an account have to make a new one, or would the old one still be valid?

    And I understand your point; I have seen debate here without comments being removed. However, the difference is that on HuffPo, if you get banned, you can immediately re-register, but on here, a ban lasts until the next open registration.

19. #19
    On January 27th, 2009 at 11:04 pm, Joy said:

    Huff puff and KOS are nothing but lunatic fringe profanity-laced cesspools, and allowing sign-up anytime keeps it that way. If someone is banned, they simply turn around and sign up as someone else. If someone is banned here, they’ll have some time before they can sign up again and time to rethink their approach and if they come back, maybe they’ll not repeat the offensive behavior.

    And personally, I don’t care what rules they have as they can do whatever they please, just as MM can.

    MM isn’t preventing dissent, she’s found a good way to keep tabs on Trolls whose only purpose is to disrupt and provoke and take over her site through idiotic behavior.

    MM makes her site very pleasant to be at. If you prefer the cesspools, that’s your perogative.

20. #20
    On January 27th, 2009 at 11:14 pm, On-my-soap-box said:

    taklin,

    If you have an account, you do not have to register. If you have been banned, Michelle goes to great lenghts to make sure you do not register as someone else. Why would she want someone back she has banned?

    I will give Michelle credit, she lets a lot of things go. I would ban someone who insults her right off but she lets it slide. Rick, on the other hand, was quick to bash a troll. I miss Rick. LOL

    You keep bringing up HuffPo. Why would Michelle want to do anything like HuffPo. I have been there and need a shower after most visits. The worst that can be said HERE is that after lgm makes his posts, he races over to HuffPO and says, “look, they are bashing dissent again”. No, we are bashing him. Chap has a dissenting opinion a lot of the time. At least he makes some very valuable points and does research (See here at #54 on)

    I hope this helps (unlike the trillion $ debacle which we will be force fed).

21. #21
    On January 27th, 2009 at 11:16 pm, talkin_bout said:

    On January 27th, 2009 at 11:04 pm, Joy said:

    A few things:

    1. If theyre such profanity laced cesspools, then why would letting anyone sign up change that? I thought conservatives were righteous folks; wouldn’t they bring the profanity levels down?

    2. You’ve set a double standard. You say Michelle isn’t preventing dissent, just a negative term for dissenters. When you say trolls only want to disrupt, you make it seem as if trolls on liberal sites do not do this, which is simply not true.

    3. If Kos and HuffPo are simply “lunatic fringe cesspools”, wouldn’t their open policy help clean it up, as conservatives could come in and spread the good word?

    Look, I’m not trying to criticize Michelle or undermine her; I’m trying to point out double standards, something that Mrs. Malkin and I share a common contempt for.

22. #22
    On January 27th, 2009 at 11:19 pm, talkin_bout said:

    On-my-soap-box;

    By “trillion dollar debacle”, I’m sure you mean the Iraq and Afghanistan wars?

    

23. #23
    On January 27th, 2009 at 11:36 pm, Send_Me said:

    This is a great tool. I used it over the last few days while putting together my letter to my Congressmen. Remember though that this has nothing to do with “stimulating” the economy. It has everything to do with gaining control of the economy, control of the government, control of the people. This is nothing more than a power grab. Create social programs, making everyone think they’re a victim, that you are the savior, hence creating a false sense of security within the population that is grounded in the leader who is controlling and stealing from them at the same time.

24. #24
    On January 27th, 2009 at 11:36 pm, On-my-soap-box said:

    Talkin,

    I thought conservatives were righteous folks; wouldn’t they bring the profanity levels down?

    What? You mean our very presence at HuffPo would eliminate the problems?

    By “trillion dollar debacle”, I’m sure you mean the Iraq and Afghanistan wars?

    Which the current POTUS supports.

    If Kos and HuffPo are simply “lunatic fringe cesspools”, wouldn’t their open policy help clean it up, as conservatives could come in and spread the good word?

    Their open door policy never fixed the problem.

    I really thought you were being sincere in your questions. I am done feeding you.

    Surf back to HuffPo.

25. #25
    On January 27th, 2009 at 11:40 pm, talkin_bout said:

    Soap-box;

    I was being sincere, until Joy decided to turn it malicious. I wasn’t here to stir up anything.

    Obama does not support the Iraq War. Also, I don’t remember when it was established that everything the President said represented my views.

26. #26
    On January 27th, 2009 at 11:41 pm, On-my-soap-box said:

    Send_Me,

    Bingo.

27. #27
    On January 28th, 2009 at 12:05 am, WaterBoyz said:

    Have you ever give it a thought as to who the people are that ACTUALLY write that kind of stuff?

    The “elected officials” don’t write that stuff. It is some snot-nosed kids that are still wet behind their ears. They have no special knowledge or technical skills or life experiences. They all probably went to some liberal college with a bunch of liberal professors who filled their brains with liberal $hit.

    Scary isn’t it?

28. #28
    On January 28th, 2009 at 12:11 am, FamilyMan said:

    Send_Me,
    Double ditto.

29. #29
    On January 28th, 2009 at 12:16 am, FamilyMan said:

    WaterBoyz said;or life experiences.

    I would like them to grovel for a living like most of us have had to do. They would see life in a whole new perspective.

30. #30
    On January 28th, 2009 at 12:17 am, flenser said:

    If Kos and HuffPo are simply “lunatic fringe cesspools”, wouldn’t their open policy help clean it up, as conservatives could come in and spread the good word?

    I invite you to go over to Kos and post some conservative comments. Then come back here and tell us how long you lasted before they banned you.

    HuffP does not, or did not, allow open commenting. Every comnent had to be approved by a moderator before posting. Believe it or not, they don’t post a lot of conservative comments.

    I hope you’re done thread jacking.

31. #31
    On January 28th, 2009 at 12:19 am, flenser said:

    Have you ever give it a thought as to who the people are that ACTUALLY write that kind of stuff?

    The people who get the money write it – the unions, special interests, lobbyists, etc.

32. #32
    On January 28th, 2009 at 12:28 am, pdwalker said:

    This new bill is the equivalent of bending the American Taxpayers over the table and reaming them up hard from behind.

    Really, it’s a kind of rape of the worst sort. Why are these politicians still in power? Where’s the outrage?

    A trillion here, a trillion there, pretty soon it ads up to real money.

    Never mind… just let them raise the taxes to pay for all this pork, and the future pork they will add in besides.

    You do realize that now that they’ve set the bar higher without any significant opposition, the next time they are going to spend even more. In a couple of years you’ll be looking backwards fondly on the days when they only spent 1.1 trillion per bill.

    You are all well and truly fu.. um.. stuffed.

33. #33
    On January 28th, 2009 at 1:08 am, TomB said:

    Lookie what I found:

    SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL RESEARCH AND SERVICES
    (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
    The Committee recommends $218,000,000 for NIST to increase
    competitive grants for external artners to perform research and
    measurements in support of NIST’s mission. These activities indude:
    strengthen the information technology infrastructure at
    NIST sites; and provide for additional NIST research fellowships to
    bring scientists and engineers to NIST both to perform NIST research and measurements and to provide advanced training for future generations of scientists and engineers. Within these funds,
    NIST shall also provide substantial funding for advanced research
    and measurement equipment and supplies.

    218M to measure things. Nice, nice…

    NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION
    The Committee recommends a total of $1,222,000,000 for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration [NOAA]. This
    funding is essential for improving environmental research activities
    and infrastructure, and is expected to create an estimated 6,000
    jobs within the maritime, marine technology, and environmental
    research communities. NOAA is directed to provide a spend plan
    no later than 60 days after enactment of this a d detailing the proposed use of these funds.

    1.2B for environmental research. Yep, good, good…

    OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
    The Committee recommends $2,000,000 for the Office of Inspector
    General [OIG] for oversight and audit of grants, contracts, and
    programs funded under this act.

    Now this is important people! If we’re going to spend a trillion dollars here it only makes sense to put .2% of it aside for oversight. Wouldn’t want to have any hanky-panky going on would we? This is serious business here.

    Now where was I? Oh, stimulus. I’ll get back to you when I find anything with a remote chance of stimulating anything.

34. #34
    On January 28th, 2009 at 2:18 am, emjem24 said:

    talkin_bout said:
    On-my-soap-box;

    By “trillion dollar debacle”, I’m sure you mean the Iraq and Afghanistan wars?

    First off, this is what is pretty typical of what you bring to the blog… snarky, ignorant comments like this one. Would you care to say such a thing in front of military families?

    In regards to Michelle’s rules, if you don’t like them you can always trot on over to places like Huff n’ Puff or Kos Kids to give ‘em the daily scoop about how the “neocons” were cruel to you.

    Most of your posts are ignorant and this OT remark is no exception. I’d rather have a blog that strives for some “civility” rather than others that put down the military and military members like the two blogs I just mentioned. And you of course.

35. #35
    On January 28th, 2009 at 6:11 am, EdDantes said:

    talkin_bout, we don’t mind dissent, just keep your posts on topic or stop posting.

    —

    Anyway, read this AM that Gore will be in congress pushing his global warming agenda. How long until carbon taxes are the main-funding point of the stimulus package or is that already built in?

36. #36
    On January 28th, 2009 at 7:23 am, talkin_bout said:

    On January 28th, 2009 at 2:18 am, emjem24 said:

    I would, and I do regularly as an active member of Code Pink….

    Just kidding.

    Sorry to have taken this thread way off-topic.

37. #37
    On January 28th, 2009 at 9:02 am, Rogue Cheddar said:

    On January 27th, 2009 at 9:58 pm, Jeff2161 said:
    That huge sucking sound, ain’t coming from Mexico.

    But don’t you dare call it a blackhole!

38. #38
    On January 28th, 2009 at 9:23 am, sonofdy said:

    By “trillion dollar debacle”, I’m sure you mean the Iraq and Afghanistan wars?

    Well you guy is going to spend more than that in less than one month.

    Just think, this bill along with the TARP II that is coming, will increase the national debt by 20% in less than 1 month.

    But you will get free condoms out of it. yay free condoms!!!