Gang of 8 members: John McCain Lindsey Graham Jeff Flake (whom I gave money to. And congrats, Arizona! That’s a GOP two-fer in a state that the federal government overran in court with respect to laws its citizens wanted!) Bushie Lapdog Marco Rubio The rest of the cowardly out-of-touch corporatists, crony capitalists, phony conservatives, and RINO shitbags: Kelly Ayotte Lamar Alexander Bob Corker (congrats, Tennessee! That’s a Republican two-fer, as
June 25, 2013
Meet the GOP Senators who ceded discretionary control of border security to leftist Executive appointee Janet Napolitano
June 25, 2013
“Doctors Already Make More Than Enough Money” [Darleen Click]
Journalist Margot Sanger-Katz just says Shut-up It’s not like physicians can’t get a haircut. Doctors recently absorbed a 2 percent pay reduction, their first in a decade, when the sequester kicked in. Industry consultants have seen few major ripple effects. “There are a lot of scare tactics going on,” says Martin Gaynor, a health economist at Carnegie-Mellon University. Gaynor doesn’t endorse the big, all-at-once hit that would ensue if Congress
June 24, 2013
Silly Hobbit, tricks are for the elite ruling class establishment
Representation? That’s for election speeches or primary debates. Then, once in the DC club, it’s do as we please for 2-6 years, after which we’ll rely on voter apathy, widespread media malfeasance, an incurious public, redistricting, gerrymanders, IRS intimidation, voter fraud, panders, and name recognition to hopefully get re-elected. Just as the Founders and Framers envisioned! Remember: what later today will sound like applause is really just the sound of
June 24, 2013
Today’s Republican Senate Agenda
1. Breakfast 2. Small talk 3. Vote for a comprehensive immigration bill they haven’t read, fucking over not only their base, but all those among the American citizenry who don’t profit directly from cheap labor, depressed salaries, a permanent fund-raising tool calling for effective border control, the potential resurgence of unions (and the union dues that come with them, which are then laundered through the Democrat Party in return for
June 24, 2013
“Candidate Marco Rubio in 2010: An ‘Earned Path to Citizenship is Basically Code for Amnesty'”
Sure. But then, he was trying to get elected, and when amnesty was a bad thing, not a noble gesture to allow the best of us to come out of the shadows where racism and xenophobia and anti-immigrant sentiment (and the threat of having to pay taxes) sadly forced them. Once they jumped the border. Now, though, he wants the Bushies to groom him for bigger things, maybe as a
June 24, 2013
Senate “Comprehensive Immigration Reform Bill” nutshelled
I already posted this in Twitter — albeit constrained by the 140 character limit — so if you’ve already seen it, forgive me. Here in this venue, though, you have an opportunity to discuss it. So here it goes: The Senate’s Comprehensive Immigration Reform measure is essentially an attempt to institutionalize, on a national scale, the ward politics of the Tammany Hall days. In this striving it mirrors ObamaCare, which
June 24, 2013
Taegan Goddard at Political Wire touts new poll showing “broad support” for immigration reform
Which is rather shocking until you more closely examine the questions. For instance: 1) Do you support those on an uphill battle to escape tyranny and who yearn to live free? 2) Or are you some sort of fucking racist, nativist douchebag who only wants to see Mexicans when they’re cleaning your hotel room, fixing your roof, or serving you complementary tortilla chips at Chi-Chi’s? 3) Jennifer Lopez has a
June 23, 2013
California is Obama’s Tammany Hall [Darleen Click]
Unfortunately, this time the New York Times is cheering on Boss Tweed Obama and there is no Harper’s Weekly to oppose him. If you have to keep it a secret, you probably shouldn’t be doing it. But the California legislature and the new Covered California health insurance exchange are conspiring to keep secret how they will dole out more than half a billion dollars in taxpayer dollars to contractors. The
June 23, 2013
“Passing It to Find Out What’s in It, Again” [Darleen Click]
Behold, the Hoeven-Corker amendment, up for vote Monday, coming in at 1,200 pages The Hoeven-Corker amendment to the Gang of Eight bill is essentially a new bill. It is almost 1,200 pages long. Some parts of it are identical to some of the provisions of the original Gang of Eight bill, some parts are very different, and some parts are slightly different in ways that could prove very important but