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shall we?
shall we?The Great Govt Shutdown/Default thread.
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impeaching obama is the new mccarthyism
I was wondering about that... I want to see how the change of House rules gets handled regarding sedition. I would love to see Cruz, et al. react to that one.
Also, they can try to impeach Obama, but that is something that is handled through the Senate. The Senate is Dem controlled. I would love to see how quickly that attempt gets tossed.
Also, they can try to impeach Obama, but that is something that is handled through the Senate. The Senate is Dem controlled. I would love to see how quickly that attempt gets tossed.
The Cruz crowd won't let that stop them. These are clearly people who didn't pay much attention in Intro to Civics.
also, the only actual impeachable offenses (domestic warrantless wiretapping, domestic drones, drone strikes on US citizens) are things the GOP absolutely loves
they took Intro to Circus
Can't shutdown Freedom®.
And yet are the most vocal about being true to the Constitution......shocking......kind of like evangelicals spouting their adherance to the Scriptures.....I'm sensing a trend here.......
Not really a source for the GOP "Freedom Lovers"... but something interesting none the less...
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2013/10/coverage-ignores-nine-reasons-why-shutdown-gop-idea-20131015125043250909.html
michael
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2013/10/coverage-ignores-nine-reasons-why-shutdown-gop-idea-20131015125043250909.html
michael
Maybe I'm confused here, if their government provided insurance covers the basics required under ACA, they shouldn't have to go to exchanges. The exchanges are for those who want to "shop around" or "get insurance", right?
Members of congress, and their staff, don't have to (can't, actually) go to the exchanges because their employer (the US Government) already provide health care coverage, just like every other federal employee. It's the same reason I'm "exempt" from the exchanges, my employer provides health care coverage.
It looks like the shutdown is about to be over. Don't forget to fly your confederate flag at half mast.
they voted, its over for now, nothing has changed, except that Americans are more disgusted than ever with congress (not that that is a bad thing).
They held us hostage for two weeks, screwed over the finances of hundreds of thousands of Americans with their shutdown and have the nerve to claim they did it to save America. After all that per Moodys, the shut down cost us, the taxpayer,an extra 22 Billion dollars, which is more than all the costs associated with the first year of the affordable care act. yes they just pissed away 22 billion for nothing.
They held us hostage for two weeks, screwed over the finances of hundreds of thousands of Americans with their shutdown and have the nerve to claim they did it to save America. After all that per Moodys, the shut down cost us, the taxpayer,an extra 22 Billion dollars, which is more than all the costs associated with the first year of the affordable care act. yes they just pissed away 22 billion for nothing.
Does that number include the two billion added to the Olmsted Lock project for Kentucky? Funny how McConnell supports the bill in the Senate and two billion is thrown in the budget bill for one of his pet projects... Politics at it's finest.
http://www.wpsdlocal6.com/home/ticker/Budget-bill-finds-Olmsted-Lock-and-Dam-Project-228117411.html
http://www.wpsdlocal6.com/home/ticker/Budget-bill-finds-Olmsted-Lock-and-Dam-Project-228117411.html
i only have a Brawndo flag to fly at half mast
sneaky sneaky (pork related):
http://www.cnn.com/2013/10/17/politics/new-debt-deal-pork/index.html?hpt=hp_t1
http://www.cnn.com/2013/10/17/politics/new-debt-deal-pork/index.html?hpt=hp_t1
More like par for the course.
^^^^^
We'll be revisiting this thread come Feburary I'm sure.
We'll be revisiting this thread come Feburary I'm sure.
$5 says they'll try to repeal obamacare again.
Only a sucker takes that bet. The more intersting proposition would be to bet on how many times the house tires to repeal it between now and Feb.
it'll be interesting to see how they handle it... since it'll be even closer to next falls elections
With the dignity and decorum it deserves, I'm sure.
Rush Limbaugh on Wednesday blasted the Republican Party as “irrelevant” and responsible for “creating one of the greatest political disasters” he’s ever seen.
http://www.politico.com/story/2013/10/rush-limbaugh-gop-so-irrelevant-98402.html
http://bcove.me/hef86qp5
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“We don't have an immediate crisis in terms of debt”
barry 2013
it matters now?
Better get used to it. This is the new Zeitgeist, we can only seem "govern" through crisis, every six months or so.