Posted on 04/09/2011 8:42:31 AM PDT by austingirl
“do you think they’ll print it?”
I think you knew the answer to that question before you asked.
You are forgetting the Scotus. That is a branch of government.
Congress is a branch of government as is the White House.
1/2 of Congress is controlled by Republicans, hence 1/2 of 1/3
Thank you! A most excellent rant! I agree wholeheartedly!
Apparently you are operating under the misconception that the Reps are fiscally responsible and want smaller government.
White Hut.
Congress.
Courts.
I won’t call you stupid.
Agreed. Maybe it’ll happen after the big default. ;-)
autingirl.....while I laud and agree with your sentiments entirely, MadIsh32 nailed it right off. We can’t get spit done until we ‘own’ the Senate and the WH as well as the House. That’s just a fact.
If nothing else, this should galvanize this country come November.
Have you volunteered and worked on campaigns for your state and national reps and candidates?
I did all the above for decades.
Also, 30 years ago, as an investigative reporter, I infiltrated a ‘NO PRESS” meeting of the state's DSOC commies. (Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee.)
My story was a front page, center-fold story that laid out the Socialists scheme for taking over the government. The lead speaker was, at the time, our state's Senate Majority Leader - a ‘democrat.”
He stood at the podium, took a card from his pocket and said: “I, like you, am a card carrying Socialist.”
He then went on to lament the fact that their Knight in shining armor, Teddy K, had lost even their primary race. And then Reagan had just become president. This double blow had thrown a giant monkey wrench in their headlong rush to power.
The speaker, lamenting the setbacks, then said: “We will not now be able to come out as Socialists.” He then announced the new plan that they would be discussing: “We must infiltrate and take over the democratic party.”
That was 30 years ago. Where have you all been while they have been accomplishing this goal? (And can anyone deny their success?)
And now Boehaner is supposed to turn it all upside down in one fell swoop, with only one half of three houses?
Instead of trying to bury him and us along with him, how about getting your hiney’s out there - roll up your own sleeves and go to the meetings, join, volunteer, canvass.
Let's make damn sure he has the help he need down the road. And remember, until we DO get control of the senate too - and the WH - anything they CAN get done in the Congress, even though it sounds great, it can quickly drown in the Senate. If it also gets through the Senate, it can be vetoed by the POTUS.
So - you want things done? Find the new troops, get them elected, get them to Washington.
Naivete gets nothing done.
If you’re a Texan, you should know that circular firing squads aren’t the answer.
Save your power for the enemy.
There goes the ‘realistic’ thinking that they keep bringing up. Look, it is what it is and yes, technically you’re right. So what? The House is the ONLY agency that can enact legislation that is financial, period. The Senate is only allowed to vote on financial matters that House First passes. So, in the end, the HOUSE controls what gets put forth to the Senate and ultimately to what the President can either sign or Veto. So your argument, and thus Boehner’s, et al argument about caving is specious.
If you want to see who is most to blame, Look in the mirror. Those of you who spend all your time shooting your own political allies in the back rather then EVER spend any time fighting the Dems (who happen to be 100% opposed to your views)are the Democrat's best allies
Instead of wasting your time and energy ranting against the people on your side, maybe you should focus your anger at who is to blame for blocking what you want, The Obama Democrats
However, if you want to see who is most to blame, look in the mirror.
Those, like you, who spend all your time, day after day after day, shooting your own political allies in the back rather then EVER spend any time fighting the Dems (who happen to be 100% opposed to your views)are the Democrat's best allies
US Politics is an evolutionary, not revolutionary, process. You will never get everything you want, and only what you want.
So instead of just sitting their spending all your time shooting your own political allies in the back, get off your butt and get in the game.
Tell me oh self-appointed master, what was sophomoric about saying the house controls financial bills. You are trying to tell me the Senate can initiate such are you? If so, you’re the idiot. You can make excuses for them, our RINOs and professional POLITICIANS, but you’re gonna end up with the same thing the rest of us gets placing our hopes on them - squat. Go the hell away...and think of something original to say against the multiple posters you chide....same exact sentences in two cases....a case of lazy ass just like your heroes.
Frankly, I believe it would be about the same.
Then you are complete political imbecile who has utterly NO clue at all about what is going on currently in US Politics.
You think spending all your time shooting your own side in the back "helps" move the political ball down the feild?
Finally, that's why we have Obama now. And, Boehner's performance and that of his excusers is why we will have Obama for a second term if they aren't called to the carpet. Yes, I'm mad - I'm damned mad. They squandered the one bullet they have in this fight and any talk about the 'next big fight' will turn out like this one. I'm damned disappointed and don't much cotton to being called sophomoric for explaining what is true just because one might not like the truth I speak.
True, EXCEPT that all spending comes from the House...that gives them an edge.
It is now time to pull out the big guns and let them have it.
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