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1. #1
   On October 29th, 2009 at 1:00 pm, SpeakEasy said:

   He was obviously one of the “little people.”

   Note to Nan: There are a lot more of us little people than you self-important ones.

2. #2
   On October 29th, 2009 at 1:01 pm, zyzzyg said:

   Too short to fully appreciate what is, or what is not, happening. I am sure the source is trusted, but there needs to be more. Maybe the source going on camera or a shot of the announcement saying there was a meeting in Room Number “X”, and then a shot of Room Number “X”.

   Just a little thin is all.

3. #3
   On October 29th, 2009 at 1:02 pm, chapoutier said:

   Well, fortunately for all of us not at the Capitol, the event was broadcast by several news channels. So I am not sure how transparency has really suffered here.

4. #4
   On October 29th, 2009 at 1:06 pm, Regulus said:

   Forget about “transparency;” the longer we’re subjected to Hope-a-Dope, Nancy-n-Harry, the more appreciative I become of the term, “Kafka-esque.”

5. #5
   On October 29th, 2009 at 1:16 pm, ctmom said:

   Hey, we paid for it didn’t we?

6. #6
   On October 29th, 2009 at 1:20 pm, stillontheroad said:

   Only Special People alowed to attend:
   http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/oct/29/house-democratic-bill-ceremony-closed-public/

7. #7
   On October 29th, 2009 at 1:24 pm, Flyoverman said:

   Media explosion if John Boehner excluded a black woman in 6, 5, 4….

   RAAAAAAAAACIST, SEXIST, (and if she was lesbian) HOMOPHOBIC!

   /sarc

8. #8
   On October 29th, 2009 at 1:28 pm, LuxEternam said:

   By the way…someone was there with a bullhorn shouting “Nazi Pelosi!” and Nancy had an instantaneous quip back which was to the effect of “thank you to the insurance companies.”

   The bullhorn guy HAD to be a plant because only pre-approved attendees were there! MORE ASTROTURF!!!!!

9. #9
   On October 29th, 2009 at 1:34 pm, chapoutier said:

   The bullhorn guy HAD to be a plant because only pre-approved attendees were there! MORE ASTROTURF!!!!!

   Ummm…the thing about bullhorns, and actually the reason they exist, is so people can hear you from a long distance. Like maybe from outside a cordoned area.

10. #10
    On October 29th, 2009 at 1:35 pm, graysonret said:

    Seems, each day, the elites in D.C. are getting more and more arrogant and turning this government into their own personal, private kingdom. We no longer have a representative government of the people. We have “bought and paid for” politicians, who represent themselves and the stronger politicians. I never thought I would see myself saying this again in 45 years, but “Power to the people”.

11. #11
    On October 29th, 2009 at 1:41 pm, stillontheroad said:

    Ah and Piglosis is the disease of the Pelosi:
    “Pelosi’s professed outrage at the insurance industry does not hold up to even cursory examination. In the current election cycle, the insurance industry has been Pelosi’s third-largest donor, giving her $31,000. HMOs and pharmaceuticals contributed generously as well, handing over $17,500 and $15,000 respectively. The finance/insurance/real estate sector has been by far the largest donor to Pelosi’s DCCC, giving it so far $3.4 million in the current cycle.”

12. #12
    On October 29th, 2009 at 1:45 pm, RedDog said:

    The good news is that guard got her job with stimuls money. Sweet!

13. #13
    On October 29th, 2009 at 1:47 pm, RedDog said:

    On October 29th, 2009 at 1:02 pm, chapoutier said:
    Well, fortunately for all of us not at the Capitol, the event was broadcast by several news channels. So I am not sure how transparency has really suffered here.

    Sure it can suffer. When propaganda can go unchallenged in real time, transparency is really opaque.

14. #14
    On October 29th, 2009 at 1:49 pm, thetoysurgeon said:

    This is not government ! They are all liars and traitors. We need to march on DC now and take it back!

15. #15
    On October 29th, 2009 at 1:53 pm, thetoysurgeon said:

    I hope all you democrats read this. The marxists progressives have pulled the wool over the democrats eyes. What ever happened to the American Democratic party? You have been infiltrated by crinimals, traitiors and non-Americans. Just remember when the dust settles you will be held accountable for your actions.

16. #16
    On October 29th, 2009 at 1:56 pm, Ragspierre said:

    Hmmm….

    What was that sad, sad walk down memory lane Dirty Harry Reid imposed on the nation a few days ago…

    that recounting of a by-gone era of comity and collegiality, lost to those rabid Republicans…

    What consummate BS!

17. #17
    On October 29th, 2009 at 2:06 pm, wren said:

    We need to remind Pelosi that we have the power to vote her out of office!

    Dana Walsh is running against Pelosi in San Francisco.

    She has excellent information about Real Solutions for Health Care that do not give more power to the government on her website at http://www.DanaWalshForCongress.com

18. #18
    On October 29th, 2009 at 2:15 pm, ThackerAgency said:

    They won’t be able to run from the 500 million dollars in cuts to Medicare that are likely in this bill. I’m sure she crafted a political winner.

19. #19
    On October 29th, 2009 at 2:16 pm, ThackerAgency said:

    I mean 500 Billion in cuts to Medicare. . . sorry

20. #20
    On October 29th, 2009 at 2:39 pm, BlameAmericaLast said:

    This Pelosi clown needs to go. She is a disgrace to America. So much for her “most ethical congress evah!”

21. #21
    On October 29th, 2009 at 2:40 pm, BlameAmericaLast said:

    2010 = HOPE
    2012 = CHANGE

22. #22
    On October 29th, 2009 at 2:50 pm, ArizonaNeanderthal said:

    On October 29th, 2009 at 2:16 pm, ThackerAgency said:

    I mean 500 Billion in cuts to Medicare. . . sorry

    Billions/millions it really does not matter-Medicare it toast. With an aging population, an influx of immigrants who have no intention of supporting the Norteamericanos and Medicare turned into a really big grab bag of goodies the die is cast.

    The Obaminations have merely put the pedal to the metal on a downhill race. So to quote (mis-quote?) former Senate Majority Leader Vlad Daschle: Old people should hurry up and die unless they are important old people who write really evil books and get free limousine service. (That would be Vlad and his toady Bob Dole)

    Let us all hope there will be a shortage of botox and ………..

23. #23
    On October 29th, 2009 at 2:55 pm, jsmiddleton4 said:

    Sorry but doesn’t a thing have to alive before it can die? Transparency was never alive to then come to its death.

24. #24
    On October 29th, 2009 at 3:02 pm, Sanddog said:

    On October 29th, 2009 at 1:02 pm, chapoutier said:

    Well, fortunately for all of us not at the Capitol, the event was broadcast by several news channels. So I am not sure how transparency has really suffered here.

    When you refuse to allow citizens, the people Pelosi works for, to be present and express their opinions, there is NO transparency. This was nothing more than a paid political advertisement.

25. #25
    On October 29th, 2009 at 3:04 pm, Dexter Alarius said:

    Are Capitol Hill Police SanFranNan’s private force?
    How can she order them to do anything?
    Aren’t they there to prevent crime?
    WTF, over?

26. #26
    On October 29th, 2009 at 3:05 pm, sonofdy said:

    red State Bigot isn’t here yet, so I will fill in for him…

    ahem

    —-
    The fact that a black woman is shown stoping a white staffer is racist.

    —-

    RSB mode off.

27. #27
    On October 29th, 2009 at 3:08 pm, sonofdy said:

    No sure how well I did as RSB but its hard to shove your head that far up your own butt.

28. #28
    On October 29th, 2009 at 3:16 pm, FilmLadd said:

    On October 29th, 2009 at 1:02 pm, chapoutier said:

    Well, fortunately for all of us not at the Capitol, the event was broadcast by several news channels.

    What? No arguments over tort reform? Well, the day is young still…

    Of course I’m not expecting you to address why it’s right and proper for the State to force all of us to pay for your liver transplant.

29. #29
    On October 29th, 2009 at 3:50 pm, Rogue Cheddar said:

    I don’t know which is more excremental, watching the machinations of the House and Senate, or an episode of Nip/Tuck!

30. #30
    On October 29th, 2009 at 3:52 pm, right_on said:

    Are Capitol Hill Police SanFranNan’s private force?

    The CapPol sargeant said that it was “the Speaker’s staff“ that gave her the instructions.
    That gives the Speaker plausible deniability should the actions be questioned. But…

    …it also begs the question; Why does unelected staff have the authorization to instruct the police to bar Representatives from access to the People’s House? It is their place of business, is it not?

31. #31
    On October 29th, 2009 at 3:57 pm, wingleader said:

    hmmmmm..that’s a tough one Rogue

32. #32
    On October 29th, 2009 at 3:57 pm, cheapseat said:

    I WILL PLACE MY TRUST IN THE INTELLIGENCE OF THE COMMON U.S. CITIZEN. THEY CAN GENERALLY SMELL BS WHEN THEIR NOSES HAVE BEEN RUBBED IN IT.

33. #33
    On October 29th, 2009 at 4:03 pm, maisy said:

    STOP PAYING TAXES TO THESE CROOKS!!
    STOP PAYING TAXES TO THESE CROOKS!!STOP PAYING TAXES TO THESE CROOKS!!STOP PAYING TAXES TO THESE CROOKS!!STOP PAYING TAXES TO THESE CROOKS!!STOP PAYING TAXES TO THESE CROOKS!!

34. #34
    On October 29th, 2009 at 4:06 pm, bjc said:

    *Nazi Pelosi has named the plan incorrectly; In the future, it shall be called MEDICRAP!; Oh yea!

35. #35
    On October 29th, 2009 at 4:09 pm, California Red said:

    But she is trying to save the country and lay the gorundwork for a prosperous future. Do it for the children folks. The Democrats only concern is for the people of this country and the its future generations.

    Now excuse me while I go puke. Today is a frustrating day.

36. #36
    On October 29th, 2009 at 4:43 pm, swede said:

    Rogue Cheddar said:
    I don’t know which is more excremental, watching the machinations of the House and Senate, or an episode of Nip/Tuck!

    Well, I can click the remote and Nip/Tuck goes away. Whatever I do Dingy and Nanny et al will still be flushing my money. Can’t someone invent a remote that shuts off Congress?

37. #37
    On October 29th, 2009 at 5:14 pm, Dan Lee said:

    So check out this provision in Pelosi’s Bill.. I’ve been reading it for about 1 1/2 hour. They are so concerned about “Health Care” that they put money from Penalties back in the “General Treasury” receipts (fund, so that they can use it for whatever they want.. Why not put it back into the “HealthCare” system.. This is the Social & Security debacle/fraud redux.. Just a way to extort money & grow the Government.. Check out the part in Bold below..

    ‘‘(iii) OVERALL LIMITATION FOR UN2
    INTENTIONAL FAILURES.—In the case of
    3 failures which are due to reasonable cause
    4 and not to willful neglect, the penalty assessed under subparagraph (A) for failures
    6 during any 1-year period shall not exceed
    7 the amount equal to the lesser of—
    8 ‘‘(I) 10 percent of the aggregate
    9 amount paid or incurred by the em
    10
    ployer (or predecessor employer) dur11
    ing the preceding 1-year period for
    12 group health plans, or
    13 ‘‘(II) $500,000.
    14 ‘‘(D) ADVANCE NOTIFICATION OF FAILURE
    15 PRIOR TO ASSESSMENT.—Before a reasonable
    16 time prior to the assessment of any penalty
    17 under this paragraph with respect to any failure
    18 by an employer, the Secretary shall inform the
    19 employer in writing of such failure and shall
    20 provide the employer information regarding ef21
    forts and procedures which may be undertaken
    22 by the employer to correct such failure.
    23 ‘‘(E) COORDINATION WITH EXCISE TAX.—
    24 Under regulations prescribed in accordance
    25 with section 424 of the , the Secretary and the
    VerDate Nov 24 2008 10:05 Oct 29, 2009 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00286 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\TEMP\AHCAA_001.XML HOLCPC
    October 29, 2009 (10:05 a.m.)
    F:\P11\NHI\TRICOMM\AHCAA_001.XML
    f:\VHLC\102909\102909.022.xml (453769|4)
    287
    1 Secretary of the Treasury shall coordinate the
    2 assessment of penalties under this section in
    3 connection with failures to satisfy health cov4
    erage participation requirements with the impo5
    sition of excise taxes on such failures under sec6
    tion 4980H(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of
    7 1986 so as to avoid duplication of penalties
    8 with respect to such failures.
    9 ‘‘(F) DEPOSIT OF PENALTY COLLECTED.—
    10 Any amount of penalty collected under this
    11 paragraph shall be deposited as miscellaneous
    12 receipts in the Treasury of the United States.’’.

    Read it here, & pass the link on:
    http://health.burgess.house.gov/UploadedFiles/House_HCR_bill.pdf

38. #38
    On October 29th, 2009 at 5:38 pm, MarcoPolo said:

    Gee. So not only does the right not have the right to speak, they don’t have a right to listen either.

39. #39
    On October 29th, 2009 at 8:19 pm, JoAnn in VA said:

    Lux, I was there today, outside the cordoned area. The gentleman with the bullhorn was Randall Terry, founder of Operation Rescue, and he was repeatedly Saying “NANCY (not nazi) Pelosi! You will burn in hell! Nancy Pelosi, we will NOT pay to kill babies!” He was able to say it around 3 times before the police grabbed him and took the bull horn. He was arrested as well as at least 2, maybe 3 others from his group who also started yelling as soon as he was stifled. Operation Rescue had around 8 people there, Tea Party Patriots had 7 I think, Freedom Works was there, a few other small groups, none numbering more than 10 per group; overall between 30-40 folks on the outside holding protest signs. No Nazi references- I guess the LaRouche Democrats didn’t get the info about the speech today. THEY are the only ones who have the Hitler/Obama signs, by the way.

40. #40
    On October 29th, 2009 at 8:40 pm, vinny said:

    I get it: Pelosi wanted a pleasant photo op and didn’t want the picture ruined by these pesky conservatives. The pictures she wants to present are lies, her words are lies, her cohorts are liars. Come 2010, they will be held accountable. If we lose our voice at the ballot, then we will exercise a very different form of speech. This is still America.

41. #41
    On October 29th, 2009 at 10:03 pm, jsmiddleton4 said:

    I read the first bill. Will not be reading this one.

    Does that qualify me to be a Congressman?

42. #42
    On October 29th, 2009 at 10:16 pm, prendad said:

    Piranha Pelosi exerts her iron will once again, squashing those “meddlers” with their “different opinions”. There is no room in the new capital hill order for those who do not get in line and assume the position of obedience.

43. #43
    On October 29th, 2009 at 10:31 pm, rightisright said:

    when I get in a down mood from the left wing take over of our country, I think about what it will be like after 2010 elections and Ms. Piglousi knows she’s done…cooked…all her power swept away and she can’t figure out why as whines for Odumbo to come save her.

    Heard Mark Levin yesterday make a statement full of nothing but the truth. Conservatives need to retake their party as the democrats need to retake theirs.

44. #44
    On October 29th, 2009 at 11:18 pm, love2rumba said:

    I read the first bill. Will not be reading this one.

    Does that qualify me to be a Congressman?

    Why, yes, JS…you are qualified to be a congressman with that kind of attentiveness!

45. #45
    On October 29th, 2009 at 11:51 pm, granite said:

    On October 29th, 2009 at 3:08 pm, sonofdy said:

    No sure how well I did as RSB but its hard to shove your head that far up your own butt.

    Besdies being hard; as we used to say, it might give you a crappy outlook on life….

46. #46
    On October 29th, 2009 at 11:55 pm, granite said:

    Arrgghh!!

    Besides….

    Too late.
    Good night, all.

47. #47
    On October 30th, 2009 at 12:42 am, SpeakEasy said:

    What we need is the option to “opt out” of the federal government. Let’s stop sending tax money to the fed and send it to our states. Let them get their houses in order and then decide if we want, or need, the federal government. I guarantee you the money will be better spent by the states. Well, depending on the state….

48. #48
    On October 30th, 2009 at 2:09 pm, right_on said:

    Pelosi wanted a pleasant photo op and didn’t want the picture ruined by these pesky conservatives.

    Manage the message…isn’t that what Anita Dunn said the Administration does?