[W]e have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it, away from the fog of the controversy.” — Nancy Pelosi
Yes, she actually said that — right before she shot a man just to see if he would die.
Good freakin’ lord.
[W]e have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it, away from the fog of the controversy.” — Nancy Pelosi
Yes, she actually said that — right before she shot a man just to see if he would die.
Good freakin’ lord.
As more and more of these “features” come to light, I think a lot of people who worked very hard to make this happen are going to work equally hard distancing themselves from their “signature legislation.”
Good luck with that, guys.
6.
The revocation of the subsidy for a corporation to maintain prescription drugs coverage for retirees will actually cost the government more money in the long run as more corporations dump retirees into the medicare part D pool.
I pray Almighty God for wide viewing of Rep. Waxman’s attempted bullying of corporations that restated earnings…it looks like there won’t be enough room on Capitol Hill, soon, for all of the CEOs, CFOs, etc.
Though in fairness Hadlowe, many CEO’s wrote Congress before the bill was passed warning them of precisely what you’ve mentioned. So they can’t say they didn’t know.
7. Everyone who opposed this bill is a raaaaacist.
Wait. We knew that before ObamaCare
was shoved up our collective asspassed. Never mind.So true Hadlowe,
But I guess that Obama went ahead with it anyway, just like he’ll raise capital gains taxes regardless of the historic linkage between that action and reduced treasurey reciepts, because of the fairness…
But really, how is that fair to the rest of us taxpayers? I mean, ultimately the revenue shortfall will compell taxes to be raised on the rest of us, right?
So it is that the man who palavers about fairness is only really concerned about it in an Orwellian newspeak kind of fashion.
And in the end, just as wealthy folks will revert to tax-havens, as they did in the 60’s and 70’s, instead of paying more taxes, these companies he wants to force to pay more money will simply pass that increased cost onto all of us as well.
The proverbial double-whammy…
Because of the fairness!
I am definitely not in favor of carving out an exception for ski businesses to where they don’t have to obey the laws of their dirty socialist masters as we come to discover how those laws are written. Bitches may have thought they were living in a free country. Bitches were wrong.
Just so that’s clear.
Sdferr,
But Pelosi’s comment is addressed to the vast undefined “you.” And one thing that Pelosi has made very clear is that “you” does not include “them.”
As an illustration here’s a “them” carveout.
7.
Congressional leadership and certain senior staff are exempted from the liberty crunching goodness of Healthcare Reform.
8.
Enron accounting tricks are verboten and shady… unless they get us to the magic CBO reconciliation score in which case, the value of pi is exactly 3.
The CEO’s are part of “them” now? They’d no doubt be surprised to learn of this sorting I’d guess.
hey. Didn’t skiing kill a Kennedy?
9.
All your student loans are belong to us.
This thing is just a massive bleeding pile of suck, isn’t it. The Healthcare Reform Act of 2010, featuring, as a guest performer, We Now Control University Purse Strings.
Okay, so my categories are a little tortured at the seams. My generalized “them” as the opposite of Pelosi’s generalized “you” refers to the insiders who helped craft this shambling golem. The corporate types who were mailing their congressfolk didn’t really help craft it. More they were aware of the thing because they knew a fisting was in the works and hired lawyers and analysts to help them figure out just how much lube to buy.
The shame of it is, they can’t turn the tables (in the fisting sense) on Waxman without him positively enjoying said bending-o’er-table, briarpatch style. Fuckers get us coming and going don’t they?
“…. right before she shot a man just to see if he would die.”
But those people keep a-movin’/
And that’s what tortures me.
Does it seem to anyone else that Nancy Pelosi (and pretty much every prog) is channelling the protagonist of Folsom Prison Blues, or do I just need some sleep?
I was thinking more along the lines of Camus’ “The Stranger” or even Robert Smith’s rendition of the same story. The prisoner in Folsom Prison Blues expresses some regret for the things he’s done, even if it’s the regret of the accused and not honest regrets.
I really see much more nihilism in the current acts of our political class than Johnny Cash was ever capable of, personal self-destructiveness notwithstanding.
Can you really blame people if they preferred to scream READ THE BILL instead of… reading the bill? True, they may just read it wrong. Go to freerepublic.com for a few examples. But that will happen before or after the bill is passed.
kdash’s streak of perpetual mendacity continues apace.
aw, somebody didn’t read the linked article.
The CEO’s are part of “them” now?
Lots of them jumped on the Plastic Jesus bandwagon. Screw ’em.
#17: Hush, SFAG. The adults are talking. Oh, and hey… did Obama pay off your student loans for you yet?
I don’t think that means what you wish.