She probably doesn't know any!
Posted on 10/01/2013 1:50:56 PM PDT by smoothsailing
I like it, they’re going with the Cruz/Lee strategy.
For all the faults we find with John Boehner, we need to reassure him now he is doing the right thing and encourage him to stay the course. We should remain skeptical and cautious, but a few good words now could go a long way.
Yes, but we also need the Republicans to buy some prime time TV spot and explain to the American public that we are attempting to fund the government, however, the Dems are refusing to even consider funding for such items as: a)... b)... c)..., etc...!
This is the first day in a long battle. I don’t care how many battles we LOSE, so long as we WIN the war!!
Too damn bad that is not the truth, Dick face Durbin! They would probably be my favorite (if I had any) too. Most of them would close permanently if it was up to me!
Why should a Republican controlled House reopen the EPA? Did the Department of Education get partially closed? If so, why reopen it? Our education system is becoming obsolete anyway because of the internet.
She probably doesn't know any!
I like it. They could even provide funding for White House tours just to tweak the SOB.
But no funding for non-essential IRS agents and the ones needed to enforce 0-care.
I also believe that in states that have a Federal exchange (no sate exchange), no subsidy will be available and this should mean that the individual mandate is not enforceable at least for those individuals.
Primarily the markets dislike uncertainty. Now that the shutdown is certain, the markets can adjust and shrug it off.
“Mini”? Really?
Yep, the House is on Cruz Control. Gotta Love It! B^)
That really is good, I’m glad you posted the link! B^)
That is true, but I think most of this bull market can be attributed the fed pumping the economy full of buckets of fiat currency.
Dingy Harry is going to find out that the low-information voter has no patience.
Obamacare.com is his albatross.
Goodby EPA!
I will admit my picks are riding in on QE infinity. I will bail when Obama’s minions are out of office.
Pelosi said a few years ago what the coffers are all about in her mind.
The present regime believes that every dollar printed brings in to the fed much more than that based on the taxation of each dollar.
They could care less what that dollar is worth.
In celebration of todays government shutdown and the obvious pain being felt by the libs, we are cooking a turkey dinner with all the trimmings.
I’m doing franks and beans. Sierra Nevada pale ale on the side.
“Yes, but we also need the Republicans to buy some prime time TV spot and explain to the American public that we are attempting to fund the government, however, the Dems are refusing to even consider funding for such items as: a)... b)... c)..., etc...!”
They do. They Do. THEY DO!!
“This is the first day in a long battle. I don’t care how many battles we LOSE, so long as we WIN the war!!”
Yes! This is a fight for our very freedom.
(Shouldn’t we be cheerleading them via phone/ fax/ email?)
Unpopularity of prohibition and repeal movementAs early as 1925, journalist H. L. Mencken believed that Prohibition was not working. As the prohibition years continued, more of the country’s populace came to see prohibition as illustrative of class distinctions, a law unfairly biased in its administration favoring social elites. "Prohibition worked best when directed at its primary target: the working-class poor." Historian Lizabeth Cohen writes: “ A rich family could have a cellar-full of liquor, but if a poor family had a bottle of home-brew, there would be trouble.” Working-class people were inflamed by the fact that their employers could dip into a cache of private stock while they, the employees, were denied a similar indulgence.
Indeed, before the date that the Eighteenth Amendment became national law, many of the upper classes stockpiled alcohol for home consumption. They bought out the inventories of warehouses, saloons, club store rooms, they emptied out liquor retailers and wholesalers. American lawmakers themselves followed these practices at the highest levels of government. President Woodrow Wilson moved his own supply of alcoholic beverages to his Washington residence after his term of office ended. His successor, Warren G. Harding relocated his own large supply into the White House after inauguration.
In October 1930, just two weeks before the Congressional midterm elections, bootlegger George Cassiday, "the man in the green hat," came forward and told how he had bootlegged for ten years for Congress. One of the few bootleggers ever to tell his story, he wrote five front page articles in The Washington Post. He estimated that eighty percent of congressmen and senators drank, even though these same people were the ones passing dry laws. This had a significant impact on the midterm election, which saw Congress shift from a dry Republican majority to a wet Democratic majority. The Democrats understood that Prohibition was unpopular and called for its repeal.
Does anybody see any parallels with today's fight over Obamacare? Switch the parties, but history is repeating itself. The politicians are doing for themselves the opposite of what they're mandating for the rest of the country. Waivers from Obamacare for politicians and big business, but not for individuals.
-PJ
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