Showing posts with label Congress. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Congress. Show all posts
Sunday, January 06, 2013

Hagel Problems

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McClatchy tells us some of what the GOP has against Chuck Hagel as Secretary of Defense. Critics have pointed to a comment Hagel made in ...
Thursday, January 03, 2013

Entitlements and Entitlements and

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Now that the dysfunctional 113th has been sworn in (no, that's not being at all previous) the talk has all turned to the upcoming CLIFFS...

Now We've Got A "New" Congress

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So I just watched the House stand up and applaud the election of The Orange Man to be Speaker of the Ass-ylum.  Well there you go, he got th...
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Friday, November 09, 2012

Dealing With The GOP

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I've already laughed at the idea of GOP reassessment so one need not fear I'm going to repeat that.  I've listened to two of Joh...
Tuesday, March 01, 2011

The US Budget - Short Version

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FYIGM* *(F--k** You, I Got Mine) **Yes, I said Fuck and I meant it.
Friday, November 05, 2010

Republicans And Governance

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I don't know if voters last Tuesday were thinking about national outcomes, local politics, or just pissed off and it really doesn't ...
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Tuesday, August 04, 2009

To Be Fair To Senate Democrats See Merkley and Brown

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In a recent post I cast doubt on the future of health care reform of meaningful proportions. Saying anything good about the GOP and Health C...
Friday, July 31, 2009

Who Didn't See This Coming? Health Reform, Nah

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Health care reform has died messy deaths for over 50 years and it begins to look as though another fatality is in the offing. You could tak...
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Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Health Care, Or What

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If you've followed this blog at all you know that I'm a supporter of the concept of single payer health care. I have no doubt that b...
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Friday, February 13, 2009

Not The Party Of No?

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Rep John Boehner (R-O) is the House Minority Leader, the guy who stated that the Republicans were not the Party Of No. That minority is 42% ...
Sunday, January 11, 2009

Bush Legacy And Reality

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Frank Rich over at NYT has an article up concerning financial and other high jinks under GWB. The major thrust is the devaluation of ethics...
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Tuesday, January 06, 2009

Reid and Pelosi

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I may be the Chair of Baker County Democrats but that doesn't mean I'm a shill for Democratic elected. When I don't like somethi...
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Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Commissions? We Don't Need No Steenking Commissions,

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It has been reported in numerous places that Democrats would like to institute something resembling the 9/11 Commission to investigate tortu...
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Monday, July 07, 2008

Obama, Buyer's Remorse?

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It seems there are a bunch of people who are now unhappy to find out that Barak Obama is a politician. This a guy who started his career in ...
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Thursday, June 26, 2008

Regarding Telecom Immunity

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I've been thinking about the issue of telecom immunity and I'm less sold on the idea that it is a really big deal. There is this pi...
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Friday, June 20, 2008

Fisa Capitulation

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I can't even begin to write about this, spit is bad for a laptop and worse for it is airborne travel across the room so you'll have ...
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Tuesday, April 08, 2008

Duh Moments

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John McSame cannot get straight who Al Qaeda is regarding Shia , Sunnis, and Iran and is insistent that Iran is our enemy. We are going ...
Friday, March 07, 2008

More King George II

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The Constitution sets out certain responsibilities in government, and one of those is that the Senate ratifies treaties. Well it thought it ...
Thursday, March 06, 2008

IL 14th CD, The Story Is, There's A Story

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Denny Hastert's retirement left open this seat, a traditional Republican stronghold, he's held since 1987. Incumbency is always a s...
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Saturday, February 23, 2008

Why the Revolution Isn't Happening

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My apologies to regular readers who've been wondering what happened to posting on a regular basis; I've been ill. It is actually a b...
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