Posts Tagged “Nancy Pelosi”

Headline idea from Chris Faulkner on Twitter.

Via Politico

Hours after POLITICO posted results of a poll showing a possible backlash by Indiana Dems, Sen. Evan Bayh (D-Ind.) backed off of previous statement saying he was considering siding with the GOP on a public option filibuster.

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Freakin’ amazing.

Republican Study Committee members have introduced over 40 health care bills so far in the 111th Congress.

Care to take a guess at how many of the bills presented by republicans Speaker Pelosi and the Democrat majority have considered in committee or on the House floor?

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I just got out of bed at 3:30 this afternoon. I’ve basically been in bed since Saturday morning with yet another diverticulitis attack. There’s nothing that quite helps like 30+ hours of sleeping and sweating & sweating and sleeping. And I awoke to this news.

White House appears ready to drop ‘public option’

So it looks like the so-called white-haired political terrorists and mobs are getting their point across. Read on.

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This video says it all.

The Obamassiah is now 3.4 million jobs below where they should be to create 3.675 million jobs by the end of 2010.

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Source: Carl Rove

So just how’s that stimulus thing working for you Barry?

Remember when Nancy Pelosi promised the “most ethical congress ever?” Now they want to help house members with their reelection campaigns by providing more funding for “franked mail.” Franked mail is a privilege that gives house members funding for constituent bulk mailings, (read: junk mail). More on franking at WIKI.

From RollCall.com

The House wants to increase Members’ office budgets next fiscal year by almost 15 percent, partly because 2010 is an election year and lawmakers anticipate a surge in franked mail.

In a recently released budget request, the House Chief Administrative Officer asked appropriators to raise the Members’ Representational Allowances — which fund everything needed to run offices, including salaries, travel and supplies — by $90 million, citing increases “due to the election year cycle.”

“In an election year the expenditures increase and then decrease in a non-election year,” the request reads.

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The fiscal 2010 request includes an extra $16 million for franked mail — an 80 percent increase from fiscal 2009. The stated reason: Members send more mail to their constituents during an election year.

“It’s an incredibly naked admission that Members of Congress abuse the franking privilege for electoral purposes, even though the rules say they don’t,” said Pete Sepp, spokesman for the National Taxpayers Union. “This sends the worst possible message not only to the taxpayers, but to the electoral system as a whole.” More [here].

So what they’re telling you is every other year incumbents need to spend more of your money to get themselves reelected.

Funny, when you run for office, isn’t the travel, salaries and associated costs something the campaign pays for?

Obama and the democrats are bragging about the $825 billion stimulus package that will give hope, and make change. It’s loaded with pork, here’s a few highlights.

$50 million for the National Endowment for the Arts

A quarter billion dollars to fix State Department computers

$200 million to spruce up the National Mall

$670 million to rebuild restrooms and other buildings in national parks

$8 billion for renewable energies

$6 billion for mass transit

$4 billion for community activist programs such as ACORN

$2 billion for child care subsidies

$650 million for coupons for digital TV conversions

$400 million for global warming research

$335 million for STD prevention

How will any of the above items stimulate the economy? They won’t.

$50 million might seem like a drop in the hat when you’re talking about $825 billion, but if people want the arts to succeed, donate and patronize.

How is the $8 billion going to be spent on renewable energies? 1/2 billion of it is set aside solely for expense of implementing the program. Read: more government jobs. $800 million is set aside to advance the storage output of batteries. One would think the battery industry is already working on that. $4.5 billion is to be set aside for grants, that’s nothing but pure pork.

$4 billion for community activist programs? What the hell is that?? $2 billion for child care? That’s not going to create any jobs. $400 million for Al Gore and company? Screw global warming. It’s been proven time and again, it’s not happening. Over 31,000 scientists and climatologists have publicly signed a petition stating they do not agree with Al Gore & company.

And Pelosi’s pet pork project, $335 million for STD prevention. Maybe that will create a few jobs for the homeless. They can go around and handout free condoms.

According to Pelosi, “if we reduce the number of STDs, we reduce our aggregate health care expenses, which in turn stimulates the economy”. Maybe what she means is there won’t be so many people stuck up at home with the clap, gonorrhea and syphilis and they’ll jackupoff the economy by being able to get out of the house and spend their stimulus checks.

This is not the time for Republicans to sit down and shut up.

If you’re really bored, you can read the entire bill here.

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