After about 2 weeks of quiet…the time has come for the good thing to come to an end…..yesterday the new Congress, #112, were sworn in and they begin to work…….with all that hot air the temps in Washington should get warmer, if nothing else…….
It is official…..they have been sworn in…..and now the same crap begins again…….the theater of the absurd…….They raised their hands and promised to protect the Constitution and then tomorrow they will be told what the Constitution consist of in substance…yes…they will be read the Constitution on Thursday…I would think that a guardian of the Constitution should already be aware of what it contains and what it has to say….but then I believe in Santa Claus (for my conserv friends…that is called sarcasm)……
While the Dems were working on health care and reform…the Repubs were screaming about jobs and jobs creation….but that was the 111th Congress….and now with the new Congress and new faces in charge the Repubs are screaming about health care and the Dems are yelling…jobs…jobs…jobs…..the more things change, the more they remain the same……
God! I love this stuff!
Remember the election of 2010? The GOP used the economy, jobs and austerity in government as their message…please tell me the pea brains recall that…..but what happens when they trot into Washington in power?
on the eve of taking it over, a dozen freshman Republicans are throwing a lavish DC fundraiser headlined by LeAnn Rimes. For $2,500, Politico reports that lobbyists, PAC managers, and others will be able to hobnob with lawmakers at the swanky W Hotel, with the highest rollers paying $50,000 for access to the hotel’s “VIP suite.
Looks like the newly empowered are saying screw populism…you know that idea that carried them to victory in November? And it does not end there…oh no…it gets better…..
THIS FROM TALKING POINTS MEMO……
Republicans’ deficit reduction platform, which may have helped catapult them into the majority, is about to run headlong into a hard reality: Many of their key policy goals will increase the deficit dramatically.
To get around this fact, they’ve included measures in their new rules package to exempt some of their biggest legislative priorities from deficit consideration. Among the exceptions, which the House is likely to consider in the 112th Congress, are the health care repeal bill (scheduled for a vote a week from Wednesday), the 2001 and 2003 Bush tax cuts, an AMT patch, extending the estate tax, and more.
You can read more about the health care repeal side of this here. And more about the GOP’s Calvinball rules here.
Austerity? Did you really think you would get the same message once they were elected? If so, then YOU are more stupid than I gave you credit!
There it is …your New Year’s gift from the GOP….a good and thorough f*cking…..and I LOVE IT!
Back they are indeed. You love this stuff. So do I. As pure political theater, this Congress is sure to make the GOP Class of 94 look downright Shakespearean.
Regards,
Doug
Hi Doug and thanx for the comment…always a pleasure to have input…..as for the Congress….the House will be a bit more tame at first they learned a bit from the Newt years….Boehner was voted out of leadership a decade back, he will be very careful and try to appear more statesmanlike….but it will come down to the idiots have their say…….
Please do not be a stranger and good comment and debate is always a plus…thanx again…..
Good post, but three things come to mind…
#1 – What is all this stuff about Santa Claus and being sarcastic? When I took a break from being the Tooth Fairy and doubled as Santa for a while…
#2 – When did the election occur in 2011 – that was quick!
#3 – Surely no one thinks that what politicians say during their campaigns has any bearing at all on what they do in office (if anything)… that’s just silly!
Happy New Year (again) 😆
#1 so I am being blamed for something you did with the naughty girls….I knew I was dreaming….lol
#2 dammit! Fingers doing their own thinking…
#3 you would be surprised the number of idiots that will not recall the stuff said in campaigns…that is how these slackers keep their jobs….
Back atcha, my friend…….
Yeah… OK… so the average ant has a longer attention span than the average voter – and you’d be surprised at how little surprises me these days…
An ant? Try a turnip…LOL I know what you mean….I use to be surprised in my younger days….but now….not so much…
Thats whats so funny, the voter is so goddamned concerned about what their favorite candidate is saying right this second. What he or she said yesterday does not exist, even if its documented on something like NATIONAL/GLOBAL NEWS MEDIA!!!
Lasts years issues are dead, this years issues matter! Next years issues will be last years issues, this years issues will change hands twice and become year after nexts issues and most important of all is ive confused myself so much that i just might understand the issues…..i think
See..it was easier than you thought……
I’m sure Phillip has got it right… er… um… maybe… well, something like that 😆