No federal funding for abortions? Think again

By Troy La Mana

Filed Under Congress, Domestic Policy, Healthcare on Mar 9 

If you thought there was no federal funding for abortions in the Senate health care bill think again.

What??? A Democrat that gets it!

By Troy La Mana

Filed Under Congress, Domestic Policy, Policy on Mar 8 

Michael Bennet – D Colorado is introducing a new bill forcing reform on earmarks, Lobbyists and procedure changes to get Congress back to work.

Specifically, Bennet’s Plan for Washington Reform would:

Salaries, Spending, and Perk
* Freeze congressional member pay until there are 4 quarters of job growth
*Freeze congressional office budgets until there are 4 quarters of job growth
* End the health care subsidy for Members of Congress until health care reform passes and eliminates discrimination based on pre-existing conditions, doesn’t cut guaranteed Medicare benefits, increases coverage, and is fully paid for
* Require full payment for the seat and disclose of those traveling with a Member of Congress on a charter jet
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Constitutional amendment to limit federal spending?

By Troy La Mana

Filed Under Congress, Domestic Policy on Mar 5 

Representatives Mike Pence and Jeb Hensarling appeared Wednesday on “The Kudlow Report” to discuss their new plan to pass a constitutional amendment to limit federal spending.

The rapid pace of growth of the federal government has increased 24.7% from 19.9% of the economy. That is the highest level since World War II. The debt accrued in the past five years, is the total of debt summed up from President George Washington to Bill Clinton.

Read the Wall Street Journal article here.

Harry Reid’s election is lost

By Stephen Fountain, Editor

Filed Under Congress, Domestic Policy, Media Clips and Issues on Mar 5 

You can’t make this stuff up:

Can the Boomers do it?

By Red State Eddio

Filed Under Congress, General, POTUS, Policy on Mar 4 

The key question is – “do what?” That’s the critical fork in the road we face: can the currently elected cadre of leaders composed mainly of Boomers manage the affairs of state prudently, or do they tank the very country they have siphoned from over the last 60 years?

I’m on the leading edge of the Xer age. And I’ve been convinced since my early years that things will not perpetually get better and better and better in our country, especially not with choices, patterns, and lifestyles that do not reward thrift, restraint, modesty, and patience. When I examine my elder brethren, I am left wondering if their lasting legacy upon this great land will be one which will resign them to the doghouse of historical judgment.

Boomers are poised to leave a determinative mark on their country. The question is what kind.

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Pence vs Rendell on Fox and Friends

By Troy La Mana

Filed Under Congress, Domestic Policy, Race for White House 2012, Races 2012 on Feb 26 

The war between these two heats up.

“Arrogant…naked power grab”

By Red State Eddio

Filed Under Congress, Domestic Policy, Media Clips and Issues on Feb 24 

The latest phrase to describe the Obama Admin and the Dem Congress? As a matter of fact, no. it’s the description of the Republican held Senate in 2005, when the Repub’s wanted to use the “nuclear option” on judicial nominees that the Dem’s were holding up – the same tactic the Dem’s want to use to pass health care (reconciliation).

A rather lengthy list of Democrats sounding extremely righteous in their criticism of it.

Biden (a classic as always): “I pray God that we don’t we don’t make the kind of naked power grab you are doing.”

So, now that you do have the power, have you decided that it’s all of a sudden OK to try these ‘arrogant naked power grabs’?

Incredible display of hypocrisy…

An avalanche of debt

By Red State Eddio

Filed Under Congress, Domestic Policy on Feb 14 

Snow street

As I shoveled the last of the four feet of snow settled on our sidewalk, walkway, and cars, I found lots of time to ponder the connection between our national indebtedness and our recent weather patterns. Pardon me if you’re tired of hearing about frozen precipitation – I find snow drifting into everything I think about or discuss. Even my dreams have snow swirling around in them these days.

First, the snow: We have in place at the Eddio household a standard methodology for snow removal. It involves the time tested resolve of a few dedicated volunteer shovelers, and specific locations around the property where we can dump the impediment before moving on with our lives. Most of the time, we incur small batches of it, just enough to address in a short term way without much interference. We give it a quick momentary focus, then we’re off. This works great when average snowfalls are anywhere from 2-6 inches.

But when four inches turns into 4 feet, we have a problem.
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John Murtha passes away

By East of Eden

Filed Under Congress on Feb 8 

Just saw this: Congressman John Murtha has passed away from complications from a gallbladder surgery today at the age of 77. More to come I’m sure

Our Social Security

By Troy La Mana

Filed Under Congress, Domestic Policy, Policy on Feb 6 

Just in case you are not aware of the history of Social Security let me inform you of the facts.

Franklin Roosevelt, a Democrat, introduced the Social Security Program (FICA) and promised:

1.) That participation in the Program would be completely voluntary.
The program is no longer voluntary.

2.) That the participants would only have to pay 1% of the first $1,400 of their annual incomes into the program.
Now you pay 7.65%. (plus your employer pays 7.65%)

3.) The money the participants elected to put into the program would be deductible from their income tax each year.
This money is no longer tax deductible.

4.) The money the participants put into the independent ‘Trust Fund’ rather than into the general operating fund, and therefore, would only be used to fund the Social Security Retirement Program, and no other Government program.
Under Johnson the money was moved to the General Fund to be spent.

5.) The annuity payments to the retirees would never be taxed as income.
Under Clinton and Gore, Up to 85% of your Social Security can be taxed.

Since many of us have paid into FICA for years and are now receiving a Social Security check every month, only to find out that we are getting taxed on 85% of the money we paid to the Federal government to ‘put away’, you may be interested in the following:
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The Phil has spoken

By Red State Eddio

Filed Under Congress, Contests, Domestic Policy, Humor, Race for White House 2012 on Feb 2 

Punxsutawney_Al
Well, the truth is out. Indisputable. Inevitable. Indubitable. Irrefutable. Incontrovertible.

The verdict is in.

Earlier this morning, Punxsutawney Phil took one look at the proposed new federal gov’t budget, saw the shadow this debt-riddled monstrosity cast over him, let out a shriek, and quickly scampered back into his hole.

His last words were, “What the #@$% is THAT?” …or something to that effect.

So there you have it – six more years of recession. Have a nice day.

I wonder if someone could slip him a copy of the latest Derby rankings and see if he could give a few thoughts on it?

I suspect he’ll go for Paw-lenty over Mittens…by a hair, of course.

Belittling the opposition

By Red State Eddio

Filed Under Congress, Domestic Policy, Humor on Jan 25 

In a surprisingly display of legislative chutzpah, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi introduced legislation today that could potentially crack the logjam on health care and finalize its completion. Speaker Pelosi unveiled HR2345, which basically states that Massachusetts would no longer be viewed as a whole or complete state, but instead be reduced to a “dwarf state” categorization.

Massachusetts would no longer receive full states rights, but instead be proportioned according to a 3/5th measure, making it unable to maintain both US senators. This move would effectively nullify the recent election of Scott Brown, the first republican senator from Massachusetts since the model-T was offered in black.

“I can do anything I want. I am Speaker, you know. I honestly should have thought of this back in December. But the drama was too good to pass up,” said Speaker Pelosi. “I knew I was a history making speaker, but this is just incredible, even for me.”

“As a side benefit, this will allow me to finally relax my facial muscles and let my plastic surgery settle into place.”

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Democrats to lose 60th vote for healthcare tomorrow?

By Stephen Fountain, Editor

Filed Under Congress, Races Off-Year on Jan 18 

Politico has a noteworthy take on how the Democrats lose the vote of Interim Senator Paul Kirk tomorrow, regardless of who wins the Massachusetts special election:

Conservative commentator Fred Barnes is arguing that Kirk will lose his vote in the Senate after Tuesday’s special election, no matter who wins, signaling a possible GOP line of attack against health reform if it passes with Kirk’s vote.

“Appointed Senator Paul Kirk will lose his vote in the Senate after Tuesday’s election in Massachusetts of a new senator and cannot be the 60th vote for Democratic health care legislation, according to Republican attorneys,” Barnes, the Weekly Standard’s executive editor, wrote on the conservative magazine’s website Saturday night. “Based on Massachusetts law, Senate precedent, and the U.S. Constitution, Republican attorneys said Kirk will no longer be a senator after election day, period.”

Ignore the man behind the curtian

By East of Eden

Filed Under Congress, Races 2010 on Jan 11 

Harry Reid said something stupid. I know what else is new. But here is the thing. I think it’s safe to say that, yes, there is liberal bias in the media. Asking that question over and over again, is wasting our time and distracting us – meaning regular people – from taking our country back from the crazy people in charge (Hi Democrats and most of the GOP I’m talking to you!!).

My other observation on the subject is that this whole “Racist Reid comment” is yet another distraction cooked up by the left to distract the public from the health care reform debate currently being hatched in the basement of the White House, sans C-Span or anyone else’s cameras.

Finally, this racist comment flap is the next convenient segway the Dems will use to get rid of an unpopular Senator, so they can keep the seat and thus their majority in Congress. Watch him resign next week.

We’re being told to ignore the man behind the curtain right now. We absolutely cannot do that. Let’s ignore the people telling us that, and get back to the business of stopping the farce that is health care “reform”.

Open letter to Democrats

By Troy La Mana

Filed Under Congress, Domestic Policy, Media Clips and Issues, Obama News, Races 2010, Rate that Ad, Scandals on Jan 10 

I think this pretty much sums up how Americans feel.
An Open Letter to Democrat Politicians

Harry Harry quite contrary

By Brian

Filed Under Congress, General, Latest News on Jan 9 

Our “Dear Leader” in the Senate has once again said something stupid.

From Politico

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid apologized Saturday for calling Barack Obama a “light-skinned” African-American who lacked a “Negro dialect, unless he wanted to have one.”

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Now. We can only imagine the OUTRAGE that would follow if such a statement had been made by a member of the GOP.

“I have a dream”. My dream is that one day the African American community will wake up to the reality of how white liberals really view them. For now I will have to be satisfied with a Reid defeat in 2010.

Why now C-SPAN?

By Neil Braithwaite

Filed Under Congress, Healthcare on Jan 5 

On January 31, 2008 candidate Obama said the following:

“That’s what I will do in bringing all parties together, not negotiating behind closed doors, but bringing all parties together, and broadcasting those negotiations on C-SPAN so that the American people can see what the choices are.”

Obama said America would see the whole process on C-SPAN no less than seven more times!

So after months of closed-door Health Care meetings and with Pelosi and Reid starting to close them again, C-SPAN CEO, Brian Lamb finally decided that now is the time to turn on the cameras.

Impeccable timing Mr. Lamb.

Proposed Amendment to the Constitution

By Troy La Mana

Filed Under Congress, Domestic Policy on Dec 29 

How about this as the 28th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution?

Congress shall make no law that applies to the citizens of the United States of America which does not equally apply to the Senators and/or Representatives, and Congress shall make no law that applies to the Senators and/or Representatives that does not apply equally to the citizens of the United States of America.

Rate that ad

By Stephen Fountain, Editor

Filed Under Congress, Media Clips and Issues, Races 2010 on Dec 22 

Is the mean temperature in Nevada heating up? Or is that just global warming?

I can’t be overdrawn – I still have checks left

By Neil Braithwaite

Filed Under Congress on Dec 7 

Wasn’t that just a punch line from an old joke?

Can anyone on this planet please tell us what Pelosi and Reid have been smoking?

All jokes aside…

Is there anything else up their collective sleeves that could possibly hasten the total collapse of our economy?

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