tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25168606.post3276108085374383423..comments2023-10-19T04:46:10.308-05:00Comments on Griper Blade: RudderlessWiscohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12013881728915462943noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25168606.post-71920431125785516862009-08-20T19:00:25.127-05:002009-08-20T19:00:25.127-05:00I came to the conclusion that Dems and Repubs have...I came to the conclusion that Dems and Repubs have the same problem. Neither of them have yet realised who won the election.<br /><br />The Dems are still doing what they did in opposition: put up lots of ideas, and say the Republicans suck. The Repubs are still doing what they did in government: don't engage in debate, just shout it down.<br /><br />Gains in next year's elections will go to the first side to wake up and realise who's actually in charge now.vethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13376500106064052491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25168606.post-51062299613668241142009-08-20T13:38:57.775-05:002009-08-20T13:38:57.775-05:00Republicans only favor reconciliation when it'...Republicans only favor reconciliation when it's a giant handout to big corporations.<br /><br />When the Democrats even hint at reconciliation for things that directly benefit the majority of the people, rather than the minority of unethical corporate thieves, it's called, "Chicago style politics." Sen. Kit Bond(R-MO) said back in March, “In this post-partisan time of Barack Obama, we’re seeing a little Chicago politics. They steamroller those who disagree with them, then, I guess in Chicago, they coat them in cement and drop them in the river.”<br /><br />Yes. You'll just be dumped in the river of continued employment and all the benefits that go with it, including collecting millions from corporations in danger of losing their government protections while polluting the environment, banking fraud, and profiting from sick and dying poor people.<br /><br />Sen. Judd Gregg(R-NH)pretty much said the same thing about cement shoes in Chicago.<br /><br />Senators Orrin Hatch(R-UT) and John Kyl(R-AZ) share the same view of democratic party reconciliation movement: <i>“purely partisan exercise.”</i><br /><br />But history and reality has NEVER been a Republican strength. That's why Reagan is the greatest president of all time, Sarah Palin and John McCain are Mavericks, and Republicans are the only ones who can keep America safe.<br /><br />When it was reconciliation favoring corporate drilling in Alaska or shameless tax cuts for the top 2%, Republicans, especially the aforementioned, were all about doing what's best for corporations and the wealthiest among us.<br /><br />All done under reconciliation: <br /> <br />– The 2001 Bush Tax Cuts [HR 1836, 3/26/01]<br />– The 2003 Bush Tax Cuts [HR 2, 3/23/03]<br />– Tax Increase Prevention and Reconciliation Act of 2005 [HR 4297, 5/11/06]<br />– The Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 [H. Con Res. 95, 12/21/05 <br /><br />From <a href="http://thinkprogress.org/2009/03/24/budget-reconciliation/" rel="nofollow">ThinkProgress</a>: Gregg defended using the reconciliation procedure to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge for domestic drilling in 2005, arguing, <b>“The president asked for it, and we’re trying to do what the president asked for.”</b><br /><br />Republicans used reconciliation for key provisions in the "Contract With America."<br /><br />I'm not a fan of reconciliation in this instance because there's too much that can be lost in this all too important issue. The fact that there's only about 43 Dem senators who would be likely to support the Public Option, according to Nate Silver, is the real shame and an indication of just how entrenched corporations like the health insurance gangsters actually are and how <a href="http://billionairesforwealthcare.com/BillionairesForWealthcare.html" rel="nofollow">effective their status quo propaganda has been.</a><br /><br />Max Baucus has about a half dozen industry lobbyists on his staff working on a "bipartisan" bill.<br /><br />It's bullshit and it's high time elected reps start working on behalf of the majority of the people who put Dems in control, and not a minority of corporate thieves who got us here in the first place.<br /><br />And just because it bears repeating, grow a spine Harry Reid! You're a former boxer. Throw a fucking punch! Just one. In the name of the people.<br /><br />Medicare for all!<br /><br />American lives are <i>NOT</i> fucking widgets.<br /><br />The proper role of government is to protect the people from goons like health insurance scoundrels.Mnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25168606.post-25586066580003803162009-08-20T12:35:29.765-05:002009-08-20T12:35:29.765-05:00Yes. More backbone please.Yes. More backbone please.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com