Thanks Republifucks!!

[Choada_Boy]

Leave it to the Masshole:

 

2 Million to Lose Jobless Benefits

 

Merry Christmas!!

 

And don't forget to keep the Rich rich:

 

All Bills Blocked Until the Rich Stay Rich, $700 Billion Later

 

 

[Jim]

Amazing. How is this in the public's interest? You also have to ask why these idiots got elected by the public - the only logical answer appears to be stupidity.

[Off_White]

No, no, you don't understand. The last election gave them a mandate to fuck shit up.

[ZimZam]

Did expect any less? Fuck the rich, then eat them. They taste like shit though. But hell, if you're unemployed and the family is hungry.

[Doug]

 

 

So is this a Democratic or Republican plot?

Edited December 1, 2010 by Doug

[Choada_Boy]

Right-wing douche nozzles are awfully quite around here on this one. I'd expect more left-bashing vitriol.

[Fairweather]

George Soros is a right-winger? Reading comprehension: guess it wasn't required when they were handing out teaching certificates, eh Choad?

 

Good post Doug. At least someone is capable of balanced thought around here.

[Fairweather]

No, no, you don't understand. The last election gave them a mandate to fuck shit up.

 

You understand that the Republican House hasn't even been seated yet, don't you? The lame-duck D's are still free to do whatever they want. All that stands in their way right now is common sense. Nice to see a few of 'em still have it.

[prole]

Putting 2 million unemployed into the streets during the worst social crisis since the Great Depression is "common sense"? What's next, invade a militarily insignificant country in an exceedingly volatile part of the world? Oh, wait...Fuck!

[Nitrox]

Remind me which party controlled the house and senate for the last four years?

 

 

[KaskadskyjKozak]

Remind me which party controlled the house and senate for the last four years?

 

 

with a supermajority in the Senate no less...

[Jim]

No, no, you don't understand. The last election gave them a mandate to fuck shit up.

 

You understand that the Republican House hasn't even been seated yet, don't you? The lame-duck D's are still free to do whatever they want. All that stands in their way right now is common sense. Nice to see a few of 'em still have it.

 

Yea constaructive guys those Repubs, not going to let any bills move in the Senate unless ALL Bush tax cuts are renewed including those for the rich - idiots:

 

WASHINGTON -- The entire Republican Senate caucus has signed a letter to Majority Leader Harry Reid, informing him that they will filibuster any legislative measure that comes before the Senate prior to the body considering a budget or tax cut legislation

 

The Associated Press first reported the letter last night. But on Wednesday morning Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's office passed a copy on to reporters, showing that he had secured signatures from every Senate Republican.

 

"[W]e write to inform you that we will not agree to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to any legislative item until the Senate has acted to fund the government and we have prevented the tax increase that is currently awaiting all American taxpayers," the letter reads. "With little time left in this Congressional session, legislative scheduling should be focused on these critical priorities. While there are other items that might ultimately be worthy of the Senate's attention, we cannot agree to prioritize any matters above the critical issues of funding the government and preventing a job-killing tax hike."

 

The maneuver comes, notably, just hours after congressional leadership met with President Barack Obama in an effort to chart out how to work in a bipartisan fashion. It also dropped on the same day that a bipartisan group of lawmakers was set to meet with the Secretary of the Treasury and head of the Office of Management and Budget to discuss a resolution to the tax cut debate. Pointing to the latter, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) took the floor on Wednesday to condemn, what he called, a "cynical" tactic to delay legislative progress.

 

Democrats have been planning to deal with immigration reform and the military's Don't Ask, Don't Tell legislation during the lame duck session. A continuing resolution for the budget was on the docket, as was one for tax cuts. But there was no sense about prioritizing those two before the former measures.

 

 

[prole]

 

More of Fairweather's "common sense".

 

Republicans block child nutrition bill

 

WASHINGTON – House Republicans have temporarily blocked legislation to feed school meals to thousands more hungry children. Republicans used a procedural maneuver Wednesday to try to amend the $4.5 billion bill, which would give more needy children the opportunity to eat free lunches at school and make those lunches healthier. First lady Michelle Obama has lobbied for the bill as part of her "Let's Move" campaign to combat childhood obesity.

 

House Democrats said the GOP amendment, which would have required background checks for child care workers, was an effort to kill the bill and delayed a final vote on the legislation rather than vote on the amendment.

 

Because the nutrition bill is identical to legislation passed by the Senate in August, passage would send it to the White House for President Barack Obama's signature. If the bill were amended, it would be sent back to the Senate with little time left in the legislative session.

 

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md. said the House would hold separate votes on Thursday on the amendment and the bill.

 

Republicans say the nutrition bill is too costly and an example of government overreach.

 

"It's not about making our children healthy and active," said Rep. John Kline, R-Minn., the top Republican on the House Education and Labor Committee. "We all want to see our children healthy and active. This is about spending and the role of government and the size of government — a debate about whether we're listening to our constituents or not."

 

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has also taken a swipe at the first lady's campaign, bringing cookies to a speech at a Pennsylvania school last month and calling the campaign a "school cookie ban debate" and "nanny state run amok" on her Twitter feed.

 

The legislation would give the government the power to decide what kinds of foods could be sold and what ingredients may be limited in school lunch lines and vending machines.

 

The Agriculture Department would create the standards, which would likely keep popular foods like hamburgers and pizza in school cafeterias but make them healthier, using leaner meat or whole wheat crust, for example. Vending machines could be stocked with less candy and fewer high-calorie drinks.

 

The bill would provide money to serve more than 20 million additional after-school meals annually to children in all 50 states. Many of those children now only receive after-school snacks. It would also increase the number of children eligible for school meals programs by at least 115,000, using Medicaid and census data to identify them.

 

The legislation would increase the amount of money schools are reimbursed by 6 cents a meal, a priority for schools that say they don't have the dollars to feed needy kids.

[KaskadskyjKozak]

More of Fairweather's "common sense".

 

Republicans block child nutrition bill

 

WASHINGTON – House Republicans have temporarily blocked legislation to feed school meals to thousands more hungry children. Republicans used a procedural maneuver Wednesday to try to amend the $4.5 billion bill, which would give more needy children the opportunity to eat free lunches at school and make those lunches healthier. First lady Michelle Obama has lobbied for the bill as part of her "Let's Move" campaign to combat childhood obesity.

 

House Democrats said the GOP amendment, which would have required background checks for child care workers, was an effort to kill the bill and delayed a final vote on the legislation rather than vote on the amendment.

 

Because the nutrition bill is identical to legislation passed by the Senate in August, passage would send it to the White House for President Barack Obama's signature. If the bill were amended, it would be sent back to the Senate with little time left in the legislative session.

 

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md. said the House would hold separate votes on Thursday on the amendment and the bill.

 

Republicans say the nutrition bill is too costly and an example of government overreach.

 

"It's not about making our children healthy and active," said Rep. John Kline, R-Minn., the top Republican on the House Education and Labor Committee. "We all want to see our children healthy and active. This is about spending and the role of government and the size of government — a debate about whether we're listening to our constituents or not."

 

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has also taken a swipe at the first lady's campaign, bringing cookies to a speech at a Pennsylvania school last month and calling the campaign a "school cookie ban debate" and "nanny state run amok" on her Twitter feed.

 

The legislation would give the government the power to decide what kinds of foods could be sold and what ingredients may be limited in school lunch lines and vending machines.

 

The Agriculture Department would create the standards, which would likely keep popular foods like hamburgers and pizza in school cafeterias but make them healthier, using leaner meat or whole wheat crust, for example. Vending machines could be stocked with less candy and fewer high-calorie drinks.

 

The bill would provide money to serve more than 20 million additional after-school meals annually to children in all 50 states. Many of those children now only receive after-school snacks. It would also increase the number of children eligible for school meals programs by at least 115,000, using Medicaid and census data to identify them.

 

The legislation would increase the amount of money schools are reimbursed by 6 cents a meal, a priority for schools that say they don't have the dollars to feed needy kids.

 

No more free meals for you, eh Prole?

[prole]

Doesn't get much better than literally taking food out of children's mouths, does it Kojak?

[KaskadskyjKozak]

Doesn't get much better than literally taking food out of children's mouths, does it Kojak?

 

Assuming their parents actually can't afford to buy them lunch. I mean fuck, at $7 a pack, how can you afford cigarettes AND lunches?

 

 

[Nitrox]

I heard they blocked a bill that would have saved kittens too.

 

 

[KaskadskyjKozak]

I heard they blocked a bill that would have saved kittens too.

 

 

Poor, brown-skinned kittens.

[tvashtarkatena]

Doesn't get much better than literally taking food out of children's mouths, does it Kojak?

 

Assuming their parents actually can't afford to buy them lunch. I mean fuck, at $7 a pack, how can you afford cigarettes AND lunches?

 

 

Yup. Denying kids food is a much better way to curtail smoking than, say, the proven, more humane method of taxing cigarettes. Sociopathic punishment at its best.

[prole]

[tvashtarkatena]

Cuz, you know, all lower income people smoke, so their kids deserve to be punished. Especially those loud, fat black chicks with too many kids, right KKK?

Edited December 2, 2010 by tvashtarkatena

[tvashtarkatena]

At least the NAZI's were kinda cool. Great gadgets, spiffy uniforms, a wee bit o cross dressing here and there.

 

Our suburban fascists are as boring and dumb as fuck.

[tvashtarkatena]

Not to mention the Big Box God thing.

 

Dumbshitz uber alles and all that.

[Fairweather]

Bet they all have cell phones w/unlimited text messaging. Seriously. Feeding the children of parents who can't/won't feed their own only leads to--more children. Kind of a Malthus thing, I suppose. How about free birth control instead?

[prole]

What's that quote about the banality of evil? Yep, FW and Kojak have it in spades.