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(41,694 posts)stage left
(2,962 posts)What if they really put their backs into screwing things up?
Agschmid
(28,749 posts)FSogol
(45,481 posts)one_voice
(20,043 posts)randys1
(16,286 posts)The teaparty is driving this, so what do we know about the teaparty, the following are undeniable facts
1. 98% are rabid racists and homophobes and xenophobes
2. 98% have no clue what the Constitution says, couldnt understand it if they tried, and havent a single clue about american law or history
3. 98% of them came to DC to NOT do anything, to STOP and DESTROY the American govt
Knowing that, seems to me they are working very hard and very effectively.
wandy
(3,539 posts)Any part of what once was the republican party that didn't go along willingly got dragged along kicking and screaming.
Have no doubt that what might be refereed to as libertarians or john birchers march to the same Koch tune and beat the same M.I.C drum.
No matter how badly their signs are spelled or how glorious their speeches are, Sahara Palin comes to mind here, they all serve the same masters.
Whether or not they can admit it to themselves.
Crash2Parties
(6,017 posts)The original Boston Tea Party was funded by corporations (then, 'companies') who wanted to make more profit by not paying the taxes levied on them. So, they paid for a "India TC Spring" people's coup to disengage from the government.
Signed,
A Tea Party Denier.
ieoeja
(9,748 posts)The Boston Tea Party destroyed the tea so the Colony could not be forced to purchase it.
The response to the Tea Tax was an embargo. Nobody up north was buying the tea. The government tried forcing the Colony to purchase the tea so the British East Indies Tea Company would not lose money.
The Colony challenged this in British Court which ruled the government could not force the Colony to purchase the tea. After word of the Boston Tea Party arrived, the same Court ruled the Colony was responsible for the protection of the ship and its contents while it was in their harbor.
The Colony ended up having to pay for the tea because the Boston Tea Party tried to save the Colony from having to pay for the tea.
Beartracks
(12,809 posts)... they are working tirelessly and diligently. Lack of progress IS their badge of honor.
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daleanime
(17,796 posts)andbookmarked.
Laelth
(32,017 posts)-Laelth
Dragonfli
(10,622 posts)Like most of us, also time spent raising money should be unbillable hours.
They get payed an awful lot to work so very little.
PADemD
(4,482 posts)Crash2Parties
(6,017 posts)we have pork-barrel now...
47of74
(18,470 posts)hfojvt
(37,573 posts)I don't mind them taking a few months off. I hope the voters will speak on November 4th and give a bunch of them a whole lot of time to spend with their families (or look for other work).
Paper Roses
(7,473 posts)If the rest of us worked like our 'fine' people in Washington, we'd be on the unemployment line.
Of course, since there are so few jobs, we would end up wondering what the heck we did wrong to deserve the things that are happening to us. It is an art to juggle our bills and keep afloat. Do you think any of these fine folks really care?
I have NO respect for our legislators. Sorry if this offends you but I am an old lady and am, like so many Americans, struggling to keep a roof over my head. I have NO sympathy for these representatives of the people as they suffer through their horrible(sarcasm) schedules.
Never thought I'd see the day.....
Jackpine Radical
(45,274 posts)is your labeling them idiots. When idiots screw things up or create disasters, it is because they truly cannot foresee the consequences of their actions. These legislators on the other hand, while hardly bright, often do understand the harmful consequences of their behavior and do it anyway for self-serving reasons (for example to keep their constituents, who truly are idiots, happy, to keep their corporate donors happy, or to set themselves up for lucrative sinecures when they leave office). Idiots are merely unintelligent. These legislators are malevolent.
butterfly77
(17,609 posts)they would say "No unemployment for you" Sorry..They need to fund raise.
Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)Dustlawyer
(10,495 posts)tell them what to do and what not to do.
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,001 posts)JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)let's answer voters questions with something other than slogans and propaganda.
Liberal_Stalwart71
(20,450 posts)are willing to vote these motherfuckers back in and hand the Senate over to them.
That should infuriate everyone.
Jackpine Radical
(45,274 posts)And remember that half of them are worse than that.
lpbk2713
(42,757 posts)And when the media asks them why nothing is being accomplished
they will point their gnarly fingers at the Dems.
Uncle Joe
(58,355 posts)Thanks for the thread, Playinghardball.
oldandhappy
(6,719 posts)The House is ripping off the country.
jmowreader
(50,557 posts)And twenty tax cuts.
pansypoo53219
(20,975 posts)Louisiana1976
(3,962 posts)ChazInAz
(2,567 posts)Let's change the locks on all the doors and cancel their credit cards.
rurallib
(62,411 posts)peanuts to Republicans.
They make much more licking boots at Hacienda de Koch
NorthCarolina
(11,197 posts)Trading votes for gold...it's the American way.
SammyWinstonJack
(44,130 posts)Inkfreak
(1,695 posts)progressoid
(49,988 posts)So, yeah, pisses me off.
MADem
(135,425 posts)You'd think that people would be at least slightly concerned about the new FY coming up in October...but no. They'll wait till the last minute and fuck with that, too. We'll end up with dramatic threats of government shut-down and continuing resolutions while the little shitheels carp at one another incessantly. Sick of it!
Stuart G
(38,421 posts)think
(11,641 posts)MaggieD
(7,393 posts).... to cash their considerable paychecks.
Terra Alta
(5,158 posts)but why are they taking almost the entire month of October off? I guess to campaign but shouldn't they be working as hard as they can to create new jobs instead of trying to save their own?
Scuba
(53,475 posts)Capt. Obvious
(9,002 posts)They will also vote to repeal Obamacare, limit abortion access and name shit after Reagan.
spanone
(135,830 posts)Arugula Latte
(50,566 posts)sakabatou
(42,152 posts)yuiyoshida
(41,831 posts)niyad
(113,284 posts)this movie was made in 92--and even more relevant today:
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Synopsis
A Florida con man named Thomas Jefferson Johnson uses the passing of the longtime Congressman from his district, Jeff Johnson (who died of a heart attack while having sex with his secretary), to get elected to the United State Congress as a freshman Congressman, where the money flows from lobbyists. Omitting his first name, and abbreviating his middle name, he calls himself "Jeff" Johnson. He then manages to get on the ballot by pitching a seniors organization, the Silver Foxes, to nominate him as their candidate for office.
Once on the election ballot, he uses the dead Congressman's old campaign material and runs a low budget campaign that appeals to name recognition, figuring most people do not pay much attention and simply vote for the "name you know." He wins a slim victory and is off to Washington, a place where the "streets are lined with gold."
Initially, the lucrative donations and campaign contributions roll in, but as he learns the nature of the con game in Washington D.C., he starts to see how the greed and corruption makes it difficult to address issues such as campaign finance reform, environmental protection, and the possibility that electric power companies may have a product that is giving kids in a small town cancer.
In trying to address these issues, Congressman Johnson finds himself double-crossed by the Chairman of the Committee on Power and Industry, Rep. Dick Dodge. Johnson decides to fight back the only way he knows how: with a con. Johnson succeeds and exposes Dodge as corrupt. As the film ends, it appears likely that Johnson will be thrown out of Congress for the manner in which he was elected, but he defiantly declares, "I'm gonna run for President!" then breaking the fourth wall.
. . . .
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Distinguished_Gentleman
JohnnyRingo
(18,628 posts)Under Tom Delay the House was given friday off to allow representatives a travel day to be home for the weekend. When Hastert took over he gave them Mondays so they wouldn't have to travel on Sunday when they should be with their families.
Nancy Pelosi called an immediate halt to this part time scheduling and a return to a full workweek in her "drain the swamp" term as Speaker. The republicans accused her of hating American families. Since the GOP retook the House they're back to their old ways of a three day workweek and a five day paycheck with lengthy vacations. Now they say it's to "keep in touch with their constituents". I call it cheating their employer and a fire-able offense.
L0oniX
(31,493 posts)Rex
(65,616 posts)Sad sad sad.
Aerows
(39,961 posts)waste taxpayer money and waste time. Yay, Congress. No wonder their approval rating is below severe food poisoning.
Ilsa
(61,695 posts)Blue Owl
(50,356 posts)Diharrea brown was the appropriate color to "highlight" their "work"...
libodem
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Major Hogwash
(17,656 posts)Interesting concept, making out an entire schedule just in order to screw off.
Nothing they pass in the House will get passed in the Senate because Boehnor is crazy.
I don't understand how Rethugs like him get re-elected time and again when all he does is lie, lie, lie.
Javaman
(62,521 posts)but then getting it means sucking up to corporate donors.
no thanks.
JayhawkSD
(3,163 posts)They have to go home to campaign for reelection, and Democrats are no less eager for reelection than Republicans are.
butterfly77
(17,609 posts)I have been saying this for years. I don't believe that most people really understand that these people don't work but they put all of these rules and regulations on everyone else when they literally do whatever they want.