Congressional Paralysis.

[R/T Hemi]

I read this this morning. It pretty much sums up what we've seen and what we're facing. My thoughts will be in the last line of my post here.


(CNN) -- Tired of the partisan paralysis in Washington? Well, get used to it. The same extremist forces that brought our country to the brink of a historic default are going to get a few more chances before this year is over to show how dysfunctional our political system has become.



So there are at least three threshold moments defined later this year for America to witness the same paralysis and avoidance of the real reforms required to control our national debt. For all today's talk of "pivoting back to jobs" and working on measures to strengthen the economy, there will be little time left for that this year.

http://www.cnn.com/2011/OPINION/08/05/n ... ?hpt=hp_t2

Can you say r-e-c-a-l-l...... I can.

[telcoman]

I read this this morning. It pretty much sums up what we've seen and what we're facing. My thoughts will be in the last line of my post here.


(CNN) -- Tired of the partisan paralysis in Washington? Well, get used to it. The same extremist forces that brought our country to the brink of a historic default are going to get a few more chances before this year is over to show how dysfunctional our political system has become.



So there are at least three threshold moments defined later this year for America to witness the same paralysis and avoidance of the real reforms required to control our national debt. For all today's talk of "pivoting back to jobs" and working on measures to strengthen the economy, there will be little time left for that this year.

http://www.cnn.com/2011/OPINION/08/05/n ... ?hpt=hp_t2

Can you say r-e-c-a-l-l...... I can.

"What the Democratic-controlled House under Speaker Nancy Pelosi is responsible for:

* Health insurance reform: Initial bill had public option, before Senate stripped it out; Kids can stay on parents' insurance 'til age 26; Closes Medicare "Doughnut Hole"; Eliminates pre-existing conditions; Expands coverage to tens of millions
* Repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell
* Ethics reform
* Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act
* American Clean Energy and Security Act
* Extension of Childrens Health Insurance Program
* Raising the minimum wage
* Food Safety Enhancement Act
* Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act
* Small Business Jobs Act
* The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act
* Injecting resources into the economy to prevent the Bush recession from sliding into a second Great Depression, saving/creating millions of jobs in the process
* Dodd-Frank financial regulation reform
* James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act
* Helping America maintain a sterling AAA credit rating
* Working long hours for long stretches doing the people's business during a very difficult time

What the Republican-controlled House under Speaker John Boehner is responsible for so far:
* Voting to repeal the "Job-Killing Health Care Law Act." (The repeal would have little, if any, effect on jobs but would add to the deficit, says the CBO.)
* Attempting to dismantle Medicare by voting to pass a budget that turns it into a coupon program
* Voting for unnecessary anti-abortion bills and...more unnecessary anti-abortion bills!
* Panicking world financial markets by holding the debt ceiling hostage; causing S&P to downgrade the U.S. credit rating by convincing them that the "party of fiscal discipline" wouldn't think twice about defaulting on our debts
* Naming some Post Offices
* Holding the FAA---and tens of thousands of jobs---hostage for the sake of weakening unions
* Refusing to consider an extension of the payroll tax cut
* A breezy, leisurely work pace with lots and lots of days off during a very difficult time
* A promise to create "Jobs, Jobs, Jobs" during election season, but ignoring job creation completely once elected

So, uh, this is what it means to "take our country back," huh? Awesome."



Telcoman

[AZhitman]

Tisk tisk.

I know you guys are allergic to the F-word (fact), but here ya go: http://factcheck.org/2011/07/debt-limit ... -round-up/

The bottom line is, they're ALL full of s***. You guys can circle-jerk to lefty propaganda all you want, but the reality is, they're all clowns.

[IBCoupe]

they're ALL full of s***

So vote Republican.