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Reid and Bunning Spare Over the Fate of Unemployment

Politics | Posted by C.C.Mitchell
Mar 02 2010

Still today Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid Democrat from Nevada and Kentucky Senator Jim Bunning are embattled

Sen. Harry Reid

Sen. Harry Reid

in debate over a seemingly routine bill to extend unemployment benefits. Of course we should all know by now that nothing about Congress - or any other WashingTARD - for that matter is routine or mundane.

The trouble began where the bill failed to pay for any of the provisions it institutes. There is no mention of how to pay for the $10 billion for unemployment benefit extensions.

Also wrapped up in this fun little package is funding for road and highway construction which Senator Reid claims employs a million people, I’m quite sure that Senator Reid’s estimations for the number employed by this plan are exaggerated like all the other jobs numbers the White House submits on it s Recovery.gov website.

And last but not least is the “DocFix” provision which would reduce the Medicare compensation for doctors by 21%. I believe without doubt that this is one of the bigger reasons for Sen. Bunning’s blocking of the bill. This is one major sticking point with Obamacare; the reduction of Medicare expenses by screwing over the very doctors that are supposed to give the care.

Sen. Bunning is of the inclination that the various provisions in the bill should be provided for. Pointing out that Sen. Reid and the Democrats had just recently pass the PayGO legislation and are already poised to break the very law they just passed; he called the Democrats Hypocrites. Asking, “Why would you vote for a bill you knew was not going to be honored,” he said. “Why vote for a bill you knew would be violated with the first vote?”

To that point Reid shot back stating that Bunning, who suddenly is concerned with “PayGo didn’t even vote for the PayGo measure in the first place. Nor was he concerned about paying for things when President George W. Bush engaged our nation in two unfunded wars and laid out tax cuts that weren’t paid for either.

I’m confused, Sen. Bunning wants to pay for all expenditures yet didn’t vote for the PayGo measure, and didn’t attempt to pay for numerous expenditures when those expenditures were his parties. While Sen. Reid doesn’t want to use the PayGo measure he recently voted for and criticized the Bunning for not supporting the PayGo measure that he now wants to throw out the window?

Now do you understand where my term Washingtards comes from?

Of course my solution would employ a little more common sense than the WashingTARDS can handle. These three separate issues should be addressed in separate bills. The “Piggybacking” of different unrelated issues on top of one another always creates more scrums than an AHL Hockey game.

This is situation where both men are fight and both men are wrong. There is NEVER a reason not to pay for the expenditures we incur. Though I see Sen. Bunning’s point why did he wait until the country is in such turmoil before deciding to get all “fiscal” on us? The answer is simple: Bunning isn’t running for reelection this fall. He doesn’t care who he pisses off!

Thanks a million…..I mean billion, Senator. You waited until things couldn’t get any worse before you decided to get all fiscal on us. Of course with your golden fleece pension, healthcare plan you won’t need to worry about where your next paycheck is coming from or what doctor is going to be willing to treat you after a 21% pay cut to Medicare you will never have to use.

Let’s not forget Sen. Reid in all of this either. He wasn’t worried about funding expenditures when the Stimulus was passed; or the Omnibus; or when Bush passed TARP either. Fiscal responsibility is just a talking point Reid is using because now more than ever the American people are worried about it and he is trailing by double digits in the Nevada senate race.

Both of these guys have been in Congress since 1986. Where has the fiscal responsibility for the last 25 years been? It is clear to me that their reelection is all that matters to them.

My questions are: How long will it take to move this through and have it paid for? And what will the consequences be if they don’t?

Oh what a Cracked World we live in.

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American Idiots and HealthCare

Politics | Posted by C.C.Mitchell
Feb 25 2010

It seems that the liberal thought process is coming out again. They need to save us from ourselves. We are just too dumb to know whats good for us. After a year of the American people saying we don’t want what “THE WASHINGTARDS” are selling they are still trying to find a way to shove 2400 pages of legislation down our throats under the false illusion  that WE JUST DON’T UNDERSTAND.

Glenn Beck illustrates this as only he can in the below video clip from Foxnews. Beck gets a little goofy but he does drive the point home nicely. Stick with it he plays some nice footage of Valerie Jarrett trying to explain that the public was so drawn to the Hope and Change slogan because it was simple for us to understand after a man suggests that some booklets might spell things out to the American Idiots like those in the Tea Party movement.

Dr.O is so bright he sees his errors immediately……… ummmm OK I’ll ask: Whens he going to figure out that the people - The American Idiots, by steadily widening margins, don’t like his health care bill!??!

Of course this genius spent about six and a half hours today to discuss health care reform and in the end drew the conclusion that the disagreements out weigh the agreements; that the differences are irreconcilable; that the gaps can not be bridged.

Really!?!? I’d have never guessed that. It’s to be expected, idiots you know.

Bill Maher seems to have it figured out though; just don’t bother explaining it! Americans are too dumb to care or even notice. I would beg to differ, but what do I know I still believe in a higher being.

GEE I guess we’re condemned to stupidity. Never to know the burdens of superior intellect.

If Bill Maher and Barrack Obama posses superior intellect I’d rather be dumb.  Us useful idiots do serve one use, we get to choose if those with the superior intellect keep their jobs or not. So, do you think he sees that error?

Its a Cracked World!

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John Murtha Hands Government Money to His Relatives

Politics, State Politics | Posted by C.C.Mitchell
May 05 2009

Today it comes out that Congressman John Murtha may be using his political influence to help out his relatives.

A company owned by a nephew of Congressman John Murtha, Murtech Inc., received $4 million from the Defense Department last year.  Murtha has been known for getting government money for defense contractors in his home state.

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John Murtha, a former Marine is the chairman of the House appropriations defense subcommittee. A very powerful position for some one who wants to further the careers of friends and relatives. Last year Murthas’ Nephew, Robert Murtha, owner of Murtech Inc. was awarded a no bid contract. Murtech Inc. provides “necessary logistical support” to Pentagon testing programs” as put by Robert Murtha himself.

You may remember how much of an issue was made of alleged no bid contracts to Haliburton by Vice President Dick Cheney. What John Murtha is doing is no different but he thinks its alright because it’s him this time and not a Republican.

Don’t get me wrong I have never been shocked by the level of hypocrisy that a politician is capable of; but this is pretty blatant.

The New York Times reported that another nephew of John Murtha’s was given a congressional lobbying position, which raised concerns in Washington last week.  Col. Brian Murtha (United States Marine Corps)was appointed to a legislative liaison position that could allow him to make direct contact with his uncle. I thought Obama was going to put an end to lobbyists in Washington.

Guess not.

John Murtha also reportedly earmarked millions of dollars to  St. Vincent College, while his cousin, the Rev. John F. Murtha, was its president.

Rep. John Murtha of Pennsylvania has been a strong opponent of the Iraq war in stark contrast to his nephews defense contracting. He has been quoted as such:

“This is the thing that has worried me right along. We’re spending $8 billion dollars a month.”

Apparently he found a way to make some of that money back and keep it in the Family  as well. The  quotes above can be found here.

He doesn’t seem to have a problem with spending billions of dollars on earmarks for his own relatives but not for issues of national security. Of course these kinds of earmarks will be overlooked by The Obama administration when it comes to rooting out earmarks from bills in congress.

Surely Rep. Murtha will be calling in favors to the president when ever his relatives need a few bucks.

Its a Cracked World; Congressman Murtha doesn’t help.

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The GOP Unveils New Budget Proposal

Politics | Posted by C.C.Mitchell
Apr 01 2009
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Today Wisconsin GOP Rep. Paul Ryan and the House Republicans released their new Budget plan for consideration in Congress. The Republicans were heavily criticized last week for producing a budget blueprint as an alternative to President Obamas’ budget for 2010; the House Minority Leader John Boehner tauted the budget blueprint with no hard numbers in it.

The minority party in congress typically offers an alternative budget but it is mainly just a formality because no one takes it seriously, it is generally ignored. But not this time, the Democrat majority in congress began to refer to the republicans as the party of “no” after they refused to step aboard any of The Presidents’ spending plans. The republicans were referred to as obstructionists and Barack Obama even challenged them to submit a better budget plan than his own.

The new budget proposal put forth last week lays claim to: “lower spending, lower deficits, lower debt and more jobs.”

The Democrat backlash as covered by The Washington Post went something like this:

“What they’re proposing far exceeds anything proposed before and would require deep and eviscerating cuts,” said Rep. John Spratt (D-S.C.), chairman of the House Budget Committee.

Added House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.): “It’s hard to believe you can get to where they say they’re going to get to without doing some things the American people would reject.”

The Republican Plan

The proposed GOP budget also calls for a recall of the $787 billion spending plan. You can imagine what the Democrats said about that but this is a PG rated blog so I can’t tell you word for word. Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan, the ranking Republican on the House Budget Committee called out The President on his economic recovery plan by challenging its logic and common sense saying “The president’s budget is little more than a thinly veiled attempt by Washington to spend its way into prosperity, tax its way into tax relief and borrow its way into debt reduction. This simply cannot work,” CNN.com has the remarks in full.

“Our budget applies our country’s enduring first principles to the problems of our day,” Ryan stated in The Wall Street Journal. “Rather than attempting to equalize the results of peoples’ lives and micromanaging their affairs, we seek to preserve our system of protecting our natural rights and equalizing opportunity for all. The plan works to accomplish four main goals” NewsMax

  1. Fulfill the mission of health and retirement security.
  2. Control our nation’s debts.
  3. Put the economy on a path of growth and leadership in the global economy.
  4. Preserve the American legacy of leaving the next generation better off.

The GOP budget proposal will complete these measures by:

  1. Converting Medicaid into an allotment to states. Reforming Social Security and Medicare, including a “means testing” for prescription drugs.
  2. Rolling back the Obama budget and continuing a freeze on all spending not related to defense, and our veterans.
  3. Simplifying the tax code. - -Taxpayers would have a choice of keeping the current system, or choosing one that would tax couples making $100,000 (or individuals making $50,000) at a 10% rate and taxing those above that at 25%.
  4. Cutting the corporate tax rate to 25% to procure new jobs and maintain existing ones.
  5. Placing a moratorium on all earmarks. (That would hurt just about ALL members of congress)
  6. Increasing Domestic Oil Production.

The GOP Budget Plan would spend about $3.5 trillion less over the next 10 years than The Presidents, and the national debt would reach about 75% of the economy, less in comparison to the 84% under the Obama Plan. Both plans run the national debt considerably higher than the pre-recession level of 40%.

The GOP has met The presidents challenge with a bill that has no chance of passage, which may eventually play into their own hands. If, or should I say “when”, the Obama budget plan fails the GOP will have more ammunition to fire than if they had remained idle and produced no alternative at all.

Translation — Politicians are playing chess with the future of America. It’s a Cracked World.

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