The”tiny” trillion-dollar Turbaconducken you don’t care about
I filed today’s syndicated column on Turbaconducken before the final conference report was FINALLY posted on the House Rules Committee website late last night. Guess what’s back in the bill? Money for stadiums and museums. You’ll recall that GOP Sen. Tom Coburn’s amendment striking stimulus spending on things like Harry Reid’s Mob Museum passed. It said: “None of the amounts appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be used for any casino or other gambling establishment, aquarium, zoo, golf course, swimming pool, stadium, community park, museum, theater, art center, and highway beautification project.”
Well, the final Conference Report adopted by the conferees (led by, well, well, Sen. Reid) deletes much of the Senate-passed language. It now reads: “None of the funds appropriated or other-wise made available in this Act may be used by any State or local government, or any private entity for any casino or other gambling establishment, aquarium, zoo, golf course, or swimming pool.”
House GOP staff points out that the final bill still also “includes $150 million for the Economic Development Administration (EDA), some which now presumably can go to the ‘mob’ museum.”
CNS reports that Democrat Sen. Frank Lautenberg has admitted the obvious: “No, I don’t think anyone will have the chance to [read the entire bill].”
GOP Rep. Tom Price is trying.
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The”tiny” trillion-dollar Turbaconducken you don’t care about
by Michelle Malkin
Creators Syndicate
Copyright 2008
N.Y. Democrat Sen. Chuck Schumer took to the floor on Tuesday to sneer at public outrage over the trillion-dollar porkulus. “The American people really don’t care,” he said, about those “little tiny, yes, porky amendments.” He punctuated his derision by pinching his pointer finger and thumb together. Only the “chattering classes” worry about such trivial matters, Schumer scoffed.
Well, we are all “chattering classes” now. Congressional phones and fax lines have been ringing off the hooks with complaints from angry constituents across the country all week. And just two days after Sen. Schumer declared that no one cares, the taxpayer group Americans for Prosperity delivered 400,000 petitions to the Senate protesting the behemoth bill. Those petitions were signed before the latest details of the House-Senate conference report negotiations had been disclosed — and before any final legislative text had been made available to the general public.
If the stimulus plan were a Thanksgiving dinner entree, it would be a Turbaconducken — the heart attack-inducing dish of roasted chicken stuffed inside a duck stuffed inside a turkey, all wrapped in endless slabs of bacon. According to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s fantasy-land “fact sheet” released early Thursday afternoon, “There are no earmarks or pet projects” in the final package. Trust her no further than you could throw a pot-bellied pig. Despite the self-delusional declarations of Pelosi and President Obama that no pet projects exist, Hill staffers spilled the beans on several new set-asides tacked onto the bill.
Thanks to Michigan Democrat Sens. Debbie Stabenow and Carl Levin, General Motors will receive a special tax break worth an estimated $7 billion to cover liabilities incurred when it accepted its $13.4 billion bailout from the Bush administration. The failing automaker has lined up for an addition $4 billion in bailout funds — at which time, they’ll no doubt ask for another mega-tax liability waiver. The moochers’ cycle never ends.
Then there’s Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s Railway to Sin City. Appointing yourself a Senate conferee has its perks. Roughly $8 billion in perks. Reid, you see, needs to stimulate his re-election bid, so he haggled with President Obama to tuck in a teeny, tiny, yes, porky amendment for high-speed rail lines. Reid has his eyes — and paws — on a proposed Los Angeles-to-Las Vegas magnetic levitation train. He has already sunk $45 million in previous earmarks into his, yes, pet project. Wasn’t it earlier this week that President Obama was lecturing companies not to travel to Las Vegas on the taxpayers’ dime?
But I digress. Along with these not-earmarks, not-pet projects, there’s $2 billion for impeached Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s pet FutureGen near-zero emissions power plant project, $300 million for souped-up “green” golf carts for government workers, $30 million for “smart appliances,” and the $65 million for digital TV coupons. According to Hill Republicans, money for basic highways and bridges was cut by $1 billion from the House-passed level, but:
· $9 billion for school construction was added back in (originally cut by the Nelson-Collins “compromise”);
· $5 billion was added to the state fiscal stabilization fund (originally cut by Nelson-Collins), making it a grand total of $53.6 billion;
· $1 billion was added back for Prevention & Wellness Programs, including STD education; and
· $2 billion for neighborhood stabilization program.
As I’ve reported previously, that “neighborhood stabilization” slush fund money will end up in the pockets of left-wing shakedown artists such as ACORN and the Massachusetts-based Neighborhood Assistance Corporation of America (NACA), led by self-proclaimed “bank terrorist” Bruce Marks. There’s an additional $3.25 billion in HUD grants and Community Development Block Grants in the bill that will also inevitably find its way into the coffers of these housing entitlement lobbying groups.
Another egregious not-earmark earmark that survived untouched: $2 billion for the National Parks Service championed by House Democrat conferee and Appropriations Chairman Rep. David Obey. A report by the GOP minority on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee revealed that Obey’s son, Craig, lobbied the panel and advocated for the stimulus plan on behalf of the National Parks Conservations Association.
All told — and safely assuming that the major spending provisions become permanently enshrined — the final price tag of this government hogzilla of all hogzilla over the next 10 years will be a whopping $3.27 trillion with a “T.”
Not, ahem, that you care.
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Democratic staffers released the final version of the stimulus bill at about 11 p.m. last night after delaying the release for hours to put it into a format which people cannot “search” on their home computers.
It just passed the House. I am so proud that not one Republican voted for this boondoggle.
Make them use public transportation.
On February 13th, 2009 at 2:28 pm, JDinTX said:
Let’s hope and pray for Republican unity in a Senate filibuster.
Specter needs to keep his word to us, not the DemoNrats. Specter said the Health Care text would be removed in conference. It wasn’t. Specter should vote against this conference report.
No surprise. Nancy wouldn’t have let it come to the floor for a vote without getting “loyalty oaths” from the DemoNrats and knowing the outcome of the vote in advance.
If they are wasting billions, yea, even trillions of dollars, how about interest free loans to utilities to build zero CO2 emission nuclear power plants.
(I would not want the Demonratic led bureaucracy designing or building the plants themselves, the half lives on Cobalt 60 and the such is just too long).
Added benefit for me. I used to operate a 550 Mw nuclear reactor when I worked for President Reagan.
If the Democraps close down the oil companies, I might be able to find another job…
what was the vote count?
Never mind
Okay, Senate GOP. Here’s what you have to do:
1. Put shock collars on the 3 Stooges – Arlen Sphincter, Susan Kollins and OhLimpMia Snowe and give them a jolt if they make any sign of voting for the Bill.
2. Use every parliamentary trick in the book to block, obstruct, delay, derail or otherwise stop the Bill.
3. Michael Steele needs to withold any RNC funds from any RINO that votes for the bill, and support Conservative primary challengers at the next election.
Come on kthomas lighten up a little. This is all figured out “according to each his needs”. The $198,000,000 in there for Filipino WWII veterans will provide them with either $288 per week for those living in the US of A or $173 per week for those living in the Philippines. The need for them must be more demanding than the need for you or it just wouldn’t happen this way. Besides, Sen. Inouye says this will erase a black mark in America’s history. So, whatever black mark in America’s history that will be erased against you is just a little, bitty, tiny one ’cause it only costs $13 per week. That’s why these guys make the big bucks, they understand this division and allocation of resources. This injection of money into WWII Filipino veterans will create goodness knows how many good paying American jobs down the road. Furthermore, $13 per week can be a lot of money over time. If you save all those $13 for 255 years you could pay for a senator or congress person.
We held the line in the House.
Now on to the Senate…
The measure was passed 246-183, with no Republican “yes” votes.
Im going to get me a hamburger with my tax cut!!!
Speaker Pelosi lied about posting the full text 48 hours before the vote and what they did post they did you in PDF format which is not searchable.
In other words the Botox Witch does not want us to know what is in there. Or is Botox Witch too hard a term?
I think the final bill was worse because of the pork shoved in with a steam press in the confrence.
People on another site
I spend too much time onfrequent are suggesting that people set auto-donations to the RNC with their $13 per week.I like it.
Personally I am a big fan of alliteration but I think that would violate the rules, so Witch is a good second choice.
ArizonaNeanderthal: I prefer fat lying botox b!tch who needs to be roasted over a slow fire made up of the money she has wasted.
But thats just me. Someone here once mention i can be a tad argessive.
Here is Steele’s latest weak-&-softee comments from his article in the USA Today.
Who reads USA Today anyway?
He should have been in front of every msm camera with a set of real cojones and the strong words to match.
USA Today
Typical of Democrats: when public education fails – fix the buildings!
Why not first redesign the actual art of instruction through better teacher PD training and enforced education accountability so that students are able to perform and succeed in life, rather than devote billions of dollars to the architecture.
As for the so-called jobs stimulating component of this wasteful, totally unnecessary new spending on education, why rebuild schools where there aren’t the students to fill them?!
KY’s biggest education problem right now, like in many states, is dwindling enrollment: when jobs leave our state, so do parents and students! And too, many parents who can afford it are opting for private over public schools because of the quality of educational experiences that are offered.
Re-devoting this money to tax cuts to spur local economies, and reinforcing President Bush’s NCLB would do far more to grow our economy than redoing some near-empty buildings.
The state of the us education system is why I am seriously considering having my daughters educate overseas.
Chris Dodd(D-corrupt) is apparently not answering their phones…
———–For–Against—-Present—NV
Democratic 246—–7——— 1——1
Republican ——-176—————-2
TOTALS——246–183———-1——3
The 7 Dems that voted against:
Bright
DeFazio
Griffith
Minnick
Peterson
Shuler
Taylor
Snow’s line is busy, Collins is forwarding calls to a full VM Box.
Opportunity knocks:
1. A man steals the wallet of another man who is dying in the street after just being hit by a car.
2. Gallons of water get sold for $50 a pop during an emergency where fresh water is unavailable.
3. A snake oil salesman sells a terminally ill cancer patient a useless “miracle cure” for thousands of dollars.
4. A person sets up a phony charity to help 9-11 victims and pockets the money.
5. A US government official sells military secrets to our enemies.
6. A CEO cooks the books of his Company knowing that it will deceive shareholders, pockets tens of millions of dollars for himself and his cronies, then watches the company go bankrupt wiping out the good faith investment of the shareholders.
6. Relying on fear and deception, Congress intentionally stuffs a legislative bill meant to revive our dying economy, with payback money for every fringe liberal cause from the past 40 years; knowing (but not caring) that it will do nothing but destroy what is left of our capitalist system, and along with it, the jobs and futures of most Americans.
And once Liberal’s do pay back, they will expect even more next time around since they delivered on their promise. I expect Obama to start campaigning for reelection sometime after the first of next year. God help us!
A sad day for those remaining Americans who believe in the Constitution and American liberty.
I’ll assume you’ll go all “Palin” and say “thanks but no thanks” and then bank the money anyway.
If I understood correctly, Rush Limbaugh said that this $3.27 trillion dollar price-tag only covered “the top 20 items” in the porkulus bill.
The 10 year cost (including the cost to service the debt) to cover everything in the bill would actually be much, much larger.
Regardless of what that $3+ trillion actually covers, when was the last time that an estimate going several years into the future did NOT vastly understate what the actual costs turned out to be in the out-years? Don’t bother looking; it’s never happened.
And we’re supposed to believe that the 10 year cost is only going to be a factor of 4 of the original 2009 price?
Hey, I was born at night, but not last night.
Who voted PRESENT?
Who were the 2 Repubs that didn’t vote?
I’m gonna call the 7 Dems and thank them for their NO vote.
No GOP support so the House GOP leadership is holding firm and working the floor. Good for them, if you have a Republican representative send him/her a thank you.
As not one member read this bill 246 Democratic Party representatives are whores, but we knew that.
As I said, whores.
Has ANY government program come in under budget?
So, the future costs will follow the many years of tradition and will cost more than originally figured.
But hey, no penalty on their part. It is not their money.
If I remember correctly, during the usual government budgeting process, when a program is cut back, say 3%, that is not a reduction over last year’s budget. All budgets are automatically increased some percentage points over the previous year and it is THAT new number that the reductions come from.
So, if your office supplies budget was $5000 last year and this year’s is reduced by 3% then you would figure it at $4850.
But the government moves up the last year’s $5k to $5250 THEN reduces it back by 3% to $5092.50.
It’s not new math it is government math.
Everyone remember how the demwits always say it’s for the children? Well, this one is for sure, our children and their children and more than likely their children. All these children are going to be happy and thankful they get pay for this POS bill. Thank you Democraps, you @#$#$#^%^%’s.
It’s creeping closer folks, be prepared.
Holy sheet … there is a House GOP news conference and I hear 2-3 camera shutters.
So, the msm can attend a GOP event.
Oops. FOX is doing the broadcast.
So much for the msm.
And, BTW Miami Joe, he’s not a nice guy either.
for the 5,720th consecutive time.
And a $198,000,000 for Filipino WWII vets. They’ll be dancing on the tables in The Black Cat Saloon in Manila tonight!
Did Obama slip in and vote present for old times sake on this historical piece of legislation?
Anyone know when the Senate will vote?
PROTEST UPDATE:
I have been asked for an interview by one of the local news stations here in Seattle, to talk about the porkulus protest that I’ve organized for Monday.
It should be on at 5:00 news this evening (PST) on KIRO news.
Here we go!!!
$65 million or $650 million?
In all previous reports on this, the figure has been $650 million.
Boulder (Hoover) Damn 1935.
+2009
-1935
—–
= 74 years
Expect another in 2083.
Voting is at 5:30.
McCain started out giving cograts on passing the bill.
WTH?
Durbin is almost screaming and is Bush bashing about the previous failures.
He must be a lawyer since he is twisting the numbers and the actions of the rino 3 and the other actions that have been taken by the Repubs.
#114 kwyoung said: “I expect Obama to start campaigning for re-election sometime after the first of the year. God help us.”
Obama is campaigning for re-election NOW. He is paying off all of his debts, making the poor feel that he is their friend, and creating new dependents daily.
I wrote this article on http://www.modernconservative.com
PLEASE TAKE IT SERIOUSLY!
Obama’s War Against the Elderly
By Linda Biamonte
Okay, I am now convinced that Obama is the Messiah and the second coming of Christ.
Christ could heal the lepers, walk on water and turn water into wine.
Our new Messiah, it seems, is no less powerful. He has the power to say who gets a home, a job, who lives and who dies. Obama has expanded his reach and has now waged war against the elderly in our Country with his deceptively named stimulus (spending) plan to save Americans that can’t save themselves.
His plan has all of the makings of a classic Hollywood horror movie, complete with an introduction of its characters, a plot, and an ending. In this case, the horror movie is Obama’s creation of our very own socialist healthcare program. Truly horrifying!
Let’s meet the cast.
First, we have the new healthcare czar and the 21st century Information Technology communication. Regardless of how one feels about the plan to computerize our healthcare communications, a shiver should go up every spine. When the federal government says they will pay for this technology out of our taxes, one has to wonder about the real motivation. The government never pays for anything unless they have a stake in the process.
We’ve met the lead in this movie—now on to the plot.
We now have our HAL 2001 and the federal government has invested (with our money) the communications they need to implement the long arm of the government into our personal medical files. Why? Because now the federal government will be paying for our healthcare (out of our money) and as Obama said in his first press conference “There’s No Such Thing as a Free Lunch.” He campaigned on the assurance that ANYONE that already has insurance wouldn’t be affected and yet that is most assuredly not what the bill says.
Our new healthcare czar’s job will be to determine who lives and who dies, all on our own dime. Let’s look at two patients:
Patient A (70 years old) and patient B (45 years old) go into the hospital for bypass surgery. Our new czar will determine by age and cost which has more efficacy. HHHHMMMM, I believe patient B has won this by a furlong.
Are you covering your eyes yet????
We arrive at the ending of our bad horror movie. Obama and his followers have decided that it is not efficient to provide care for patient A because of the cost and life expectancy. Per Sen. John Fleming (R) LA, the new legislation in this fear mongering stimulus (spending) bill states “At what point IN LIFE they receive certain treatments and what is acceptable and not acceptable for payment.” This is decided by our healthcare czar from our medical records, records the federal government now controls.
The moral of the horror movie: Our government has taken on the sheen of very injustices our Founding Fathers fought to destroy. We have laws that have been enacted under our constitution to prevent this from happening. The 4th and 5th amendments are for the rights of privacy, which will be grossly destroyed by allowing the federal government to have access to our medical records. Under the 14th amendment, we have the 1964 Civil Rights Act that provides us as a people that “NO state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of the citizens of the United States [or] deprive ANY person of LIFE, LIBERTY or PROPERTY without due process [or] deny to any person within it’s jurisdiction the ‘Equal Protection’ of the laws.”
And yet it seems that this new bill to commit genocide against our elderly by deciding who lives and who dies. Discrimination starts when you don’t abide by the very principles of our Civil Rights to prevent discrimination based on a person’s Race, Sex, Religion, Age, Previous Conditions of Servitude, Physical Limitation and National Origin.
This is a complete violation of everything America stands for and the Human Rights we seek to protect around the world.
One must ask, what powers under our constitutional branches provide Obama and his followers the right to decide this when it goes against every principle of our nation? Could this be foreshadowing to the ultimate horror movie ending and a tactic to lower our Social Security benefits by killing off our elderly? If you’re elderly or have elderly parents you may want to STOP and think a moment about the implications of this legislation, that was slipped into the stimulus bill under the cover of darkness by the very people we elect to protect us! Scary indeed!
I’ve finally decided that Obama is simply a sock puppet for Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid and Soros.
He’ll probably start running for his second term sometime this week.
On February 13th, 2009 at 5:29 pm, WaterBoyz said:
McCain is one of them.
Seriously.
These pigs are like a teenager who just found a credit card with a trillion dollar credit line. They are spending our money in a gluttonous frenzy. I just cannot believe what I am seeing and hearing. This is economic suicide and madness; the destruction before our eyes, and under our noses of this Country. And these mother f***ckers just look us in the eye and lie, telling us there’s no pork in this bill, that it’s going to heal our economy!! God d**n every single one of them that voted for this POS spending bill.
And if you ask Dems like Schumer about the number of call, fax’s, and e-mails he received, he will certainly tell you with a straight face that they were all in support of the bill. What the hell, they own it now and if it turn out to be the fuse on the powderkeg……so be it.
Bizarre!
people are soo dumb ed down by now they think Obama is a messiah.
Fortunately there are people like us who still know it ain’t right
I’m soo upset
I wonder how the history books will comment about this period of time, from the second half of the 20th century into the 21st century. I suspect there will be plenty of essays as to why democratic republics and constitutional governments never survive. Even though it begins with very good ideas and well-intentioned politicians, corruption of power must prevail. States coming together to form a federal system, must become, instead, a national system with “provinces”. The books will point to the U.S. as a prime example of the failure of a people-controlled government where a constitution became “aged” and filed away, and where rights were supplanted by national government needs. Perhaps the framers of the Constitution will be shown to be idealists living a fantasy. Personally, I think the framers would be very surprised that their form of government lasted this long.
WASTE, Fraud and ABUSE!
Question #1:
How much do “We The People” owe due to foriegn powers due to loans?
Given That #1:
When a borrower defaults on a loan the chattles of the borrower become the property of the lender.
Given That #2:
The fed will be eating all the rest of our GDP due to hyperinflation simply servicing the debt and transfere obligations — excl. the Old People that the Health Care Czar has killed off, (and excl. that 5-10% of GDP Obie’s promised to send to the UN as Were Guild,) we will be in position that necessitates default on those loans to those foriegn powers.
Given That #3:
In the next 4-8 months The Pretext for stripping in toto the powers of Amendments 1&2 from the Constitution will occur, and most citizens (approx 85%) will comply due to the damage previous caused (but yet to occur…) to Amendment 1. OR the last 2 States will sign onto the Constitutional Convention and rewrite the Constitution as Obie’s promised.
Given That #4:
While we watch the “Fiscal Hand” of the Fed the groundwork bills for Obie’s Brownshirt Corps is being built and passed. [nb: posts w/links to bill #s in Thomas are on FreeRepublic....]
Sub Conclusion #1:
We will therefore be a People Disinformed[sic], Disorganized & Disarmed.
Question #2:
What happens when the Involuntary Servitude clause is written out of the New Updated Constitution and the USSA defaults on the loans?
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NB: if I am a madman, it is because the Socialist have driven me there.
Unfortunately, they’re in the Country’s Driverseat now, with their foot on the gas.
And they’ve got an Iron Boot on their Lead Foot…
Tolkien was right on so many levels. I do not find it a coincidence that his Lord of the Rings trilogy was put into movies at the time it was. I do not find it a coincidence that Limbaugh, Hannity, and Levin were given the microphone at the time they’ve been given. We’ve even been blessed to have been warned via the prevailing media of the day, and overall the warnings have been ignored. The outcome is yet to be determined….
Hey!
I gotta know!
What good it did to bust-a-hump to keep the number of Dems elected below the magic number of 60 when it could only be done by keeping CINOs like Snowe, Specter, et al?
Now the Social Democrats (i.e. “… they call themselves Progessives in America, Herr Furher…”) have bi-thievian cover…
Tell me now — all you guys blathering how “ideological purity” is so bad — what have those tainted “gangs of reachers-across-the-isle” gained us?
You all said the CINOs were vital to stop the worst of it!
Well because of your doorless “big tent” there are enough CINOs so they can take turns working for the Social Dems — you know, McTwoFace votes against Porkulus, but can’t help giving Congrats to the Rats on passage because he wants it too — but its Specter’s turn to vote against Amnesty! It passes!
1st & 2nd Amendment killing bills, Specter & McMyFriend vote Yes, but Snowe & etc vote against. They Pass!
And, each CINO can point to a bill they “opposed”, and those “R”-at-any-price Cheerleaders will shake their pom-poms and do a Spirit-dance for them!
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A difference that makes no difference is no difference!
Now that this “liberal Christmas wish list for the past 50 years” sas been passed, WHAT ARE WE THE PEOPLE GOING TO DO? I think the first thing is to start working hard for these sleazeball’s defeat in 2010. We also need to keep the pressure on DC, if for no other reason than to make them continue, on a daily basis, to have to defend this bill. The msm refuses to ask even the easiest questions about this abomination. But there are still some voices left and we must use them. We also need to keep taking about the corruption in the media. The media have sold this country out. I keep hearing snippets of interviews where the supposed journalists are fawning all over the liberal to the point of nausea. We need to keep playing those snippets over and over until even the dumbest toad-heads will understand how wrong it is. By the way, Happy Valentine’s Massacre Day!
On February 13th, 2009 at 8:15 pm, tre said:
Thanks, RedPill. Comforting words, and much needed! I have been a Prayer Warrior for a long time! God’s Will be done.
It’s the largest-scale example of identity theft ever! America’s identity has been stolen by thugs who have proceeded to borrow/spend a finance-wrecking amount of money. On top of that, the faces of icons like Thomas Edison and George Patton are being replaced by the faces of Henrietta Hughes and Juan the burger-flipper. There’s your free credit report, America!
Compare Juan the burger flipper to Joe the Plumber. Juan is liberal, Joe is conservative. Who is more responsible? Who has taken his cause and run with it? This is quite telling. They are both “blue collar” America, just different ideologies. I am proud to be on the side of the Joe the Plumbers of this country!!
Off topic a bit, but Obama, and even Pelosi (the most partisan politician ever to enter the halls of Congress) are complaining about the lack of bi-partisan support from the GOP. My question is…how can you be bi-partisan when the other side shuts you out of any debate, expects you to pass the bill without benefit of reading it, and repeats over and over how they won the election, so deal with it. Apparently, the liberal version of bi-partisanship is “my way or the highway”. What a bunch of jerks!
Michelle,
Please settle an argument if you can.
How many pages is the final legislation that O will sign?
And will he read it before signing? Ha!!
Looks like we no longer need to worry about spending our grandchildren’s money. It would appear that they probably won be here to care.
We’re not suppose to spend our grand children’s money?
The second obama signs it, this country is functionaly bankrupt
“this country is functionaly bankrupt..”
We are already bankrupt. We’ve been spending more money than we have for some time. This is not new. The only thing new this time is the size of the bill and how totally, completely, and thoroughly dishonest it all is in terms of being a stimulus package vs. pure spending.
A whole new level of hypocrisy and total cost.
But the concept, its not new.
$2 Billion for ACORN.
Bases on what Durbin has been saying for 2 days, it is the Repubs that are wanting to do nothing to “save America”. His rantings on the Floor and in front of the msm were so wrong and misleading that most any idiot would condemn the Repubs for putting the Country after their partisan beliefs.
The GOP has such an uphill battle.
“There are three kinds of men.
The one that learns by reading.
The few who learn by observation.
The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves”.
That’s a Will Rogers quote.
And it’s my most favorite quote ever!
IMHO, he has never stopped campaigning, that’s what all that crap is about he’s been spitting out since the election…” it’s going to take longer than a few years for the economy to recover.”
Duck and cover for the dimwits when the economy doesn’t come back, it was all the Repubs and Bush’s fault(partly it was), but the dims pushed it over the edge.
I wonder what stimulus and change will be coming to these folks?
http://youhavetobethistalltogoonthisride.blogspot.com/2009/02/diane-sawyer-2020-hidden-america.html
Why do I keep thinking of the Monty Python movie, “Life of Brian?”
It has occurred to me that “they” may have just shot themselves in the foot. Since none of them read it and it voted for it anyway….
WHAT THE HELL DO WE NEED ANY OF THEM FOR?
Any idiot can vote yes or no when told to do so. Why is there not a groundswell to REPLACE THEM ALL?
How much worse can it be? Even if somehow it proves to be slightly worse, wouldn’t it be worth it just to dump all these losers who have dumped US
Is not this bill, and any other that hides the uses of our tax dollars, taxation without representation?
Ironic that the bill passed in Black History Month and on the 200th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s Birth.
The Democratic Party, the party of slavery gets its revenge for the abolition of black slavery by reinstituting slavery for all of us.
No serious Democrat believes that this is a stimulus. They understand that it is a necessary bill to crate the conditions of impoverishment that will allow them full control.
Good observation. I’ve always said that slavery is much more than being forced to pick cotton in a South Carolina plantation field. Now, instead of half the population being modern day wards of der Stadt, the Democrat Party will push it up to 90% over the years ahead thanks to this piece of legislation.
Well played Democrats.
We’re all Nazi’s (National Socialists) now.
I am so demoralized…I have come to the conclusion that only one of two things could save the future of our country.
1. American citizens wake up and vote out the corrupt incumbents.
or 2. (the more likely scenario), we have a meteor strike on the Congress during a joint session.
Woe is me…
Ladies and Gentlemen, do you feel you have been screwed, blued and tatooed? The best is yet to come. Do not wait, vote the bums out of office.
Too late now. Once provisions like centralizing medical records are in place, there won’t be any going back, except for possibly temporary rollbacks of consequences under Republicans. There’s no way back from nationalized healthcare, euthanasia for the elderly and death in the womb for the unborn. This country started on the road to hell with RvW, and in general deserves whatever happens to it for continuing to elect monsters like Pelosi, Reid, and the ultimate monument to affirmative action run amok.