Congress
Bailout Wrapped in Chocolate
How do you get a quarrelsome, spoiled child to swallow a large, nasty pill? Wrap it in something delicious, like chocolate, and the screaming kid will wolf it, tasting only sweetness. Down will go the medicine and everyone will be happy. That’s what the Senate did with the financial bailout package today. They wrapped it [...]
Republicans Had Better Weed
Are these guys high? As the debate in Congress over the
$700 billion financial system bailout rages on, I’m seeing
the same ideological arguments playing out in Washington
that always surface as Democrats lock horns with Republicans.
This is not the run-up to the Iraq war; there’s no doubt that
serious damage is being done to the US. Yet, [...]
Farewell, Turd Blossom- by Greg Strid
Farewell, Turd Blossom!
Karl Rove, the boyish-looking political strategist widely
believed to be Bush’s brain announced his departure
on Monday in front of a rather stunned collection of the
news media. Mr. Rove said that he will be resigning from
his position as deputy chief of staff at the end of the month.
The political tactics that Rove employed may [...]
Squabble House
Just over a week after winning back the House and Senate, the Democrats
have decided to show the voters that not much has changed in the way
politicians behave in Washington D.C.
Nancy Pelosi, the incoming Speaker of the House, backed Jack Murtha, the
losing candidate in the battle for majority leader. It is not that rep. Murtha lost
that [...]
Rage sweeps out the trash
Unfortunately for Republicans in this midterm election, voters did not
ignore the criminal behavior, blind support for the Iraq war fiasco and
complete lack of fiscal discipline exhibited by congress. As it turns out,
Americans were very unhappy with those politicians who seemed to be in
touch only with themselves.
It seems that the party of patriotism and [...]
Kerry the clown
Poor John Kerry, or should I spell it “Jon Carryâ€, as the banner painted by
our mentally challenged troops in Iraq reads, he just loves the taste of his
silver-plated loafers.
The NY Post had a field day with Kerry’s latest blunder. A photo of the
Minnesota National Guard unit’s response to the senator’s bungled joke was
plastered [...]
Earmark Reform?
Former Republican All-Star lobbyist Jack Abramoff recently pleaded guilty to paying
bribes to the esteemed pork-addicts in Congress, and Randy “Duke†Cunningham,
Republican of California pleaded guilty to accepting bribes from a military contractor.
The paying of bribes is related to the issue of earmarking, which is used to insert a pet project into a spending bill without [...]
Free of Sanity
In a stroke of monumental idiocy, Congressional mis-appropriators and Pentagon brass-holes have decided to cut funding for the Defense and Veteran’s Brain Injury Center in half as they attempt to push forward a defense spending bill.
We have all heard of the thousands of US soldiers that have suffered traumatic brain injuries due to improvised-explosive devices [...]
