19 Replies to “About that Pledge…”

1. Silver Whistle says:

   February 18, 2011 at 4:26 pm

   “This is a meat-ax approach on top of a meat-ax approach,” said Rep. Norm Dicks (D-Wash.), the ranking Democrat on the Appropriations Committee. “It is a double meat-ax approach.”

   He says that like it’s a bad thing.

2. lilida says:

   February 18, 2011 at 4:27 pm

   Nothing ever really changes, does it?

3. McGehee says:

   February 18, 2011 at 4:32 pm

   Maybe we can outsource Congress to the Wisconsin legislature…?

4. Bob Reed says:

   February 18, 2011 at 4:38 pm

   Cantor needs to go, as does McCarthy. There should have been no one in the leadership to vote against cutting spending, especially using a lame excuse about Congressional budgets and Capitol police…

   These guys don’t get it, or are just stupid. Don’t they know that you approach negotiations with a higher number than you’ll settle for; especially if you have the upper hand of public support?

   I hope they get flamed over the weekend by their constituents, and on the talking head shows. Maybe they’ll come back next week and do it right.

   It pisses me off…

5. Makewi says:

   February 18, 2011 at 4:43 pm

   It appears that there is still a fairly substantial element of the US House of Representatives on both sides of the aisle who think ass raping (not so distant) future generations is an acceptable thing to do. What they really need is spending rehab. They just can’t bring themselves to stop.

   The last intervention doesn’t seem to have worked.

6. Jeff G. says:

   February 18, 2011 at 4:49 pm

   At least 90 GOP House members need to be primaried. And Cantor and McCarthy should step aside. I’m tired of their blowing smoke up our asses while angling to be Jeb Bush’s VP candidate.

7. Seth says:

   February 18, 2011 at 4:51 pm

   How many of those were elected on Tea Party principles? Just curious. Either way, they should be primaried.

8. Jeff G. says:

   February 18, 2011 at 4:54 pm

   Just a few, Seth.

9. newrouter says:

   February 18, 2011 at 5:06 pm

   1st the blue dog dems, now the folks with the “safe” seats

10. bh says:

    February 18, 2011 at 5:13 pm

    I’m terrible at finding some of this stuff. Anyone have the roll call?

11. Joe says:

    February 18, 2011 at 5:20 pm

    Pussies. With our money! Well actually our children’s money.

12. newrouter says:

    February 18, 2011 at 5:25 pm

    “I’m terrible at finding some of this stuff. Anyone have the roll call?”

    check here tomorrow they only have posted to the 17th

    http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2011/index.asp

13. bh says:

    February 18, 2011 at 5:26 pm

    Thanks. Yeah, I’ll check it tomorrow.

14. newrouter says:

    February 18, 2011 at 5:32 pm

    thank newt g. his boyz put this stuff online. that said no newt 2012!

15. dicentra says:

    February 18, 2011 at 5:56 pm

    Well, well, well. Northern New Brunswick wind turbines frozen solid.

    At least they’re not slicing up eagles, I guess.

16. newrouter says:

    February 18, 2011 at 5:59 pm

    ot FOR FREEDOM

    The man might well become Egypt’s Khomeni, Sheikh Yousuf Al-Qaradhawi, gave his sermon in Cairo’s Tahrir Square today, and the outlook is not good. Courtesy of the invaluable Middle East Media Research Institute:

    In a special mention of the Palestinian issue, Al-Qaradhawi asked the Egyptian army to open wide the Rafah crossing and to pray for the re-conquest of Jerusalem by the Muslims, so that he and the Muslims could pray in security at Al-Aqsa Mosque. This part of his sermon was cheered and applauded by the crowd.

    He also said that he wants to give the Friday prayer sermon at Al-Aqsa mosque.

    link

17. newrouter says:

    February 18, 2011 at 6:50 pm

    The anti-ObamaCare votes are great and perhaps needed. Yet, because of Obama’s veto, they are going nowhere. The GOP seems to be using them to distract from the same weakness on spending we have been seeing from them for years.

    They need to know they will not get away with this. The Tea Party is not finished. At this rate, we will continue to see more primaries and eventually, a call for new leadership. Conservatives and many common sense Americans are tired of the same old games. With new media, they will not get away with playing them, as they have for years.

    Email this

    link

18. Mueller says:

    February 19, 2011 at 6:39 am

    Just sent Mark Kirk an angry email.

19. ThomasD says:

    February 19, 2011 at 10:28 am

    Although I do not think the squishes who backed off on further cuts are so bright as to have considered this, there is a potential danger to strong cuts in discretionary spending.

    The danger is that people might be tempted to conclude that the job is done. When, really, nothing will be solved until entitlements are tackled.

    So, in that sense, keeping ire, and the desire for more agressive cuts, on the up may not be a bad thing in the long run.

    It’s a war, and this was just a skirmish. Even after the most recent election results many were saying it is going to take multiple election cycles before victory is even in sight.

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