Comments on: Trendy: Oregon Democrats’ economist doesn’t read bill before testifying

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Sun, 12 Apr 2009 01:04:16 +0000

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Thu, 09 Apr 2009 18:15:03 +0000

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By: happyscrapper

happyscrapper — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 18:08:51 +0000

On April 7th, 2009 at 7:51 pm, mom2jack said:
Oregon is a Liberal hell-hole anyway. I don’t find this at all surprising.
Well, some of us are in the front line trenches, so don’t count out the whole state. Actually, it’s mainly the I-5 corridor from Portland to just south of Eugene (and then Ashland) which are the the most liberal. The rest of the state runs more red.

Don’t take it personally when people malign your state. I live in Minnesota, so you can imagine the kind of flack I get!

By: happyscrapper

happyscrapper — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 18:05:53 +0000

My husband has a cousin in Eugene, Oregon and we have visited him many times. It is absolutely beautiful country out there. Unfortunately, the cousin is a moonbat liberal. He is a good guy, but loves to dig in and turn the screws. We have to be nice to him because my husband is in his Will and he is fairly well off and over 80 years old. That stubborn old buzzard will probably outlive both of us! Don’t get me wrong, I actually have a (grudging) fondness for him!

By the way, Oregon’s neighboring state, Washington, has banned phosphates, which includes most detergents that actually get anything clean. Now the population of Washington is using a black market system and/or crossing the border to bring in Cascade, etc. I would find all of that quite humorous…except that it is coming to a state near you!

By: cheapseat

cheapseat — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 14:35:00 +0000

the salon paglia article linked on drudge points out many of the points we conservatives have made for years. media bias, conservative issue criticism vs liberal personal criticism, and a host of other worthwhile topics. good read, but question and answer bottom to top email format is a bit confusing.

By: graysonret

graysonret — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 09:23:02 +0000

Politicians don’t read bills. It is much easier to check and find out what their main re-election contributors want. What they decide is what the politicians decide.

By: RetFireman

RetFireman — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 05:51:29 +0000

No more riders PERIOD. Nothing should ever be tacked on to a bill. The bills should be voted on AS WRITTEN. All that extra poop is just ridiculous. Not really sure how that even got started or was allowed to happen in the first place, but it should be stopped.

By: SpeakEasy

SpeakEasy — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 04:27:06 +0000

First make all legislation limited to one central idea that stands or falls on its merits. Second outlaw riders tacked onto bills that just siphon money out for pet projects. Not ONE dime should be spent unless specifically voted for by the majority. Last, all votes should be a yea or nay- no present or abstintions. Make your reps take a stand one way or the other. No more flying under the radar. I think we can all see how that is turning out.

By: RetFireman

RetFireman — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 03:37:39 +0000

Well of course he didn’t read it. It was a GOP recovery plan. That alone means that it would never have a chance in hell of making it to begin with.

Since it was GOP and not Dem, then that was all the more they needed to know. What was inside didn’t matter a lick. Unless it is done by the Dems/Liberals, it will never matter.

The hypocrites will always get their way, and if anyone thinks anything will come of this, I have some swamp land in the Mojave I would be interested in developing with you.

By: TomB

TomB — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 02:13:51 +0000

As we say in the industry, “RTFM”. Although maybe it should be RTFB for legislation.

It is a FINE manual, I promise.

By: Flyoverman

Flyoverman — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 01:46:15 +0000

Why would the economist want to read the bill? Why waste time?

Since he, no doubt could not refute the bill on its merits, he just picked standard Attack Plan A or maybe B and repeated them like the mind numbed paid political hit man that his is.

By: rightisright

rightisright — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 01:09:56 +0000

something tells me Sheriff Joe will tell ‘o Al & Acorn where they can put their resignation request.

By: Laree

Laree — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 01:03:57 +0000

I added the Fox Video so much for a New Era In American Race Relations.

http://youhavetobethistalltogoonthisride.blogspot.com/2009/04/neil-cavuto-al-sharpton-acorn-call-for.html

Al Sharpton and Acorn call for Sheriff Joe Arpaio to resign

I watched Al Sharpton do the same thing to Imus and Bernard McGuirk Joe Arpaio is not a racist.

By: zorro

zorro — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 01:03:35 +0000

I can just hear the music playing in the background as economist Robert Whelan approached the committee...

By: rightisright

rightisright — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 00:43:49 +0000

You’re a newbie. (I’ve been here 40+)

Compared to you I am, it was a culture shock moving here coming from Utah. Now it looks like Utah has gone from Deep Red to a pale purple(Sen. Hatch and Bennett).

Not surprised they don’t read the bills, it’s a lot of patting each others backs or giving a “I’ll remember that”.