The political knifes are drawn

[Lamplighter]

Dec 4, 2010 10: 55 EST

The Obama tax plan to eliminate taxes on families earning $250K or less was defeated
by a Senate "cloture" vote on the Baucus Amendment of: YES: 53 NO 36.
In effect, 60 votes were needed to avoid fillibuster.

The next vote on taxes (today) will be on the Schumer Amendment that eliminates taxes on families earning $1M or less.

[footfootfoot]

I'm saying that while Cheney might have been Bush's foreman, he wasn't the General Contractor, the Architect, or the Client.

[Pico and ME]

Originally Posted by footfootfoot

I'm saying that while Cheney might have been Bush's foreman, he wasn't the General Contractor, the Architect, or the Client.

Or one of the owners...

[skysidhe]

Yes, I got that. Drop a name, would you?

[footfootfoot]

The great Oz? The men behind the curtain? I doubt either of us would recognize the name or the face of the puppet master(s)

[skysidhe]

tease

[footfootfoot]

[footfootfoot]

It is a shame he died so young.

That's why it's called "The American Dream" because you have to be asleep to believe it.

[Lamplighter]

Voice of America reported:

Bad weather forced the White House to cancel plans for the president to meet face-to-face with Afghan President Hamid Karzai in Kabul.

It's not the heat, it's the humidity.

[Urbane Guerrilla]

So the best you so-prideful "liberals" -- when you aren't very -- can come up with is a cloudy maundering about conspiracies, page 1 of the thread?

Good Christ, you people could all benefit from a year's subscription to National Review.

You may either continue mental masturbation, or you might just learn how and why I sound like I do.

_______________
"Come, my songs, let us speak of perfection;
We shall get ourselves rather disliked."

[DanaC]

Originally Posted by Urbane Guerrilla

You may either continue mental masturbation, or you might just learn how and why I sound like I do.

I think I just figured it out...

[Lamplighter]

After a good rant and a good night's sleep, I'm in a much better mood.

Now the country knows the two primary addictions of the Republican leadership:

1) @ Senator Mitch McConnell, Senate Minority Leader:
Primary mission: Make Obama a one term president.
Rules of Engagement: Take no prisoners.

2) @ 100% of the Republican Senators concur :
Secondary mission: Full steam ahead on tax cuts for millionaires and billionaires
Rules of Engagement: Do what you have to do, increased federal deficit be damned.

---

By the way, if you are unemployed and thought you were getting those unemployment benefits
you paid for while you were working, you are mistaken.
Republicans tell us those benefits just make you lazy.

Get your off your ass and get out there and take any work offered.
Minimum wage jobs are just fine.
If you're greedy and want more $ for your family, take two jobs.

Part time jobs are even better because it makes you more productive.
Medical benefits just entice to the doctor's office when you should be at work.
Obamacare will take care of you until Republicans can repeal it.
Maybe if you're a sexy waitress, you'll get tips to supplement your pay.

Oh, if you do have a job now, get busy brown-nosing because you will want to be the one chosen
to train your replacement when your job is shipped overseas.
Maybe you'll even get to use up all your vacation time,
and learn what the COBRA plan means for you.

------

UG reports that global warming is cooling down because there are fewer jobs generating all that human activity.

There now, see, the week is looking better already, and it's only Monday.
Have a nice day

[TheMercenary]

Originally Posted by Lamplighter

UG reports that global warming is cooling down because there are fewer jobs generating all that human activity.

[TheMercenary]

Last time I checked the dems still had the majority and
could have swayed the vote with 100% votes by dems. So the blame still
is with the dems on this one too. They didn't defeat the bill only the
vote to limit debate and bring it to the floor through an open and
transparent process, something the Dems have done over and over in
Congress. Their attempts to Rham things down the throats of the American
people through cloture are over. Bring the bill to the floor and let
them debate on it, so that was what they really prevented, an all or
none up or down vote on an otherwise potentially useful solution. As
evidenced in the article, both dems and repubs voted against the bill.
(pg 2). Everyone knows that any revenue raised by these taxes on the
"rich" will not go to reduce the deficit, because nothing in the bills
states that the income gathered from the bill will go only to deficit
reduction, it will be spent on more programs and continues the progress
ideals of "tax and spend", the very thing that lead to a loss of the
election in Nov, the rest of the voters get it.
(see page 1 article)

Bottom line is that it was political grandstanding by the Dems as their last final attempt to frame the Repulickins as the party of the rich. More attempts to foster a class warfare between haves and have nots. Same ole BS. The Republickins now have the responsibility to make stuff happen, if they don't they will be out at the next election. The people have had enough of the BS. I know I have.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1210/45953.html

[TheMercenary]

Good news!

http://dailycaller.com/2010/12/06/ob...r-all-incomes/