Interesting that everybody was so excited and willing to read 25,000 pages of Sarah Palin’s e-mails, but nobody could find the time to read 2,500 pages of the healthcare reform bill.
BAAAAAMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM.
Overheard.
Applauding.
In light of North Korea bombing South Korea this week, I’m surprised no one’s posted this yet.
Once again, I give you “The World’s Greatest Speech” from Team America: World Police.
NSFW…if you’re a pussy.
Text:
We’re dicks! We’re reckless, arrogant, stupid dicks.
And the Film Actors Guild are pussies.
And Kim Jong Il is an asshole.
Pussies don’t like dicks because pussies get fucked by dicks. But dicks also fuck assholes. Assholes that just want to shit on everything. Pussies may think they can deal with assholes their way. But the only thing that can fuck an asshole is a dick, with some balls. The problem with dicks is that sometimes they fuck too much or fuck when it isn’t appropriate. And it takes a pussy to show them that. But sometimes pussies can be so full of shit that they become assholes themselves. Because pussies are only an inch and a half away from assholes. I don’t know much about this crazy, crazy world, but I do know this. If you don’t let us fuck this asshole, we’re going to have our dicks and pussies all covered in shit.
A Return to Regular Order: Minority Leader John Boehner, in an e-mail exchange with National Journal, talks about how he will run the House if Republicans take the majority.
Of note:
Boehner: We need to stop writing bills in the speaker’s office and let members of Congress be legislators again. Too often in the House right now we don’t have legislators; we just have voters. Under Speaker [Nancy] Pelosi, 430 out of the 435 members are just here to vote and raise money. That’s it. That’s not right. We were each elected to uphold the Constitution and represent 600,000-odd people in our districts. We need to open this place up, let some air in. We have nothing to fear from letting the House work its will–nothing to fear from the battle of ideas. That starts with the committees. The result will be more scrutiny and better legislation.
The House is the body closest to people. That’s by design. We’re the … the crucible, the testing ground for new ideas and new policies. And the institutions of the House that have grown up over 200 years of trial and error are the best way to test those ideas and policies. We don’t need five members sitting behind a closed door writing a bill, like they did with the “stimulus” or “Obamacare.”
And:
NJ: If you are speaker, will you ever bring a bill to the floor that hasn’t been true to the three-day rule?
Boehner: No.
In response to the question on how and where to cut spending, I’ve highlighted the following.
Boehner: I also said in my speech in September at AEI that I think we need to look at breaking up all these massive spending bills –- break them into smaller bills that are more conducive to scrutiny and debate. We said in the pledge that we need to set up a process that makes it easier to cut spending. In my mind that means, among other things, if a member has an amendment that would cut spending, it should get a vote. Period.
Think: all-encompassing immigration overhaul vs. sealing the border, path to citizenship, crackdown on employers, etc. as separate efforts. The constituency agrees on large portions of some of these massive proposals, so why not address directly those areas where there is agreement? Progress is made at the margins.
Boehner: I think the current majority has reinforced what I already knew: You can’t run this place, at least not well, by shutting out the American people, shutting out the other party, and even shutting out your own members. You can twist arms and crack heads and cut deals for a while, but it just won’t work in the long term. Let me add, though, that while we obviously have much different views of the world, I have no ill will toward the speaker. She and her staff have been gracious and professional when it comes to our direct dealings. Our differences are significant, but they’re philosophical and operational differences, not personal.
We’ll see how things shake out next Tuesday.
Republicans should realize that if they don’t hold to their principles this time, they will be cast out by the electorate just as quickly as this current Democratic majority, and potentially for a long while going forward. (Note: That ship may have sailed, too, for the more Leftist wing that has co-opted the leadership of the modern day Democratic Party. They’ve proven they can’t be trusted either).
To Rob Reiner, to the Bill Maher audience, how is it rational to fear the people calling for smaller government than those clamoring for more? If you’re going to ‘fear’ anyone, is it not more rational to fear today’s Left because they want greater control over people?
Who better to relate to the average American than a Jewish, Harvard-educated lesbian with a .970 slugging percentage? Moderate, my ass. If she was any more to the left, she’d be standing in front of The Green Monster…
Comedian Nick DiPaolo on Supreme Court Nominee Elena Kagan.
And —- not for the faint of heart —- he wraps up that zinger with “She believes the Constitution is a living, breathing thing —- too bad you don’t feel that way about six-week-old fetuses.”
“Right-wingers are obsessed with your bedrooms and sex, while Left-wingers are obsessed with…every other room in your house.”
So clever, so succinct:
“So, Right-wingers are obsessed with your bedrooms and sex, while Left-wingers are obsessed with…every other room in your house. Forget about the bedroom —- they want to know what’s in your fridge, is it bottled water, how much electricity your fridge uses, what your thermostat is set at, how you insulate your attic, what’s in your garage, what’s your car —- they want to even know what’s in your light bulbs, what’s in your lamp. New slogan: ‘Stay out of my light bulb. This is America.’”
Phelim McAleer, Irish journalist and director and producer of ‘Not Evil Just Wrong’
