Anybody got a rope?

darktood on March 12, 2009 at 6:08 AM

Having lived in Texas and Tennessee for my entire adult life (and in conservative congressional districts IN those states), it has been a long time since I’ve been able to help vote a worthless skunk out of office. When it starts to get close to primary time, I’ll be campaigning for SOMEONE against Lamar Alexander.

Actually, I live a stone’s throw from Lamar Alexander Highway, in Maryville, TN. I wonder if we can rename that sucker?

All across Tennessee, families are sticking to a budget. cutting back on spending. Making tough choices. Businesses are cutting back and worry about laying people off.

Lamar Alexander casts his yes vote to further punish people by straggling us with more debt. More taxes that we, the People, have to pay.

TN Mom on March 11, 2009 at 11:48 PM

He heard from me. Did you see all the earmarks he requested? Corker had some too but not nearly as many. Thank goodness my GOP representative didn’t have any.

Why should the rest of the country pay for these few?

Turns out most of the foreclosures are centered in a few dense clusters.

Mr. Joe on March 12, 2009 at 1:50 AM

Before I reply, let me make it clear that I am 100% against any for of bailouts for morons who bought more than they can afford.

However, the thesis of that article is misleading. Yeah if you look at the map it’s a small % of the country. But the small areas include California, Florida, Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Cleveland, Detroit, DC, Memphis, Phoenix. You’re talking the 1st and 3rd most populous states and most if not all top 10 cities population wise in the country.

It’s a lot more widespread than that map would have you believe.

The Republican Party is the appendix of the conservative movement, it is an organ that serves no function, a vestige from a past life, that if neglected, can kill you.
Angry Dumbo on March 11, 2009 at 1:56 PM

the appendix is an important part of the immune system, including it’s role as incubator and “bomb shelter” for beneficial intestinal flora. (bacteria) The RINOs are an infection that are trying to kill the Republican Party.
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* Lamar Alexander
* Kit Bond
* Thad Cochran
* Lisa Murkowski
* Richard Shelby
* Olympia Snowe
* Arlen Specter
* Roger Wicker
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Anybody got a rope?

Turns out most of the foreclosures are centered in a few dense clusters.

Lamar Alexander casts his yes vote to further punish people by straggling us with more debt. More taxes that we, the People, have to pay.

People who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones.

athensboy on March 11, 2009 at 9:45 PM

Obama’s recession getting to you?

FIRST

A Constitutional Amendment that the Federal Government will have to cap spending to 25% of GDP except in time of an Acutaly Congressionaly Declared War.

States will be cap’d at 24% of their respective STATE GDP, except in time of State emergency as declared by their legislature and signed by the Gov, and said Emergency must be voted on every 6 months.

This will rebuilt the balance between State Govs and the Fed, allowing states to have the money to run their infrastructure and take care of THEIR people…. and making it so the FED does its intended job, of being a Referee between the States, and defending the borders.

Oh, and a third part of this saying that the total of all taxes taken from a single person CANNOT be above 49%! The Govs do not get to take a MAJORITY of your property.

Romeo13 on March 11, 2009 at 12:24 PM

SECOND

Congress shall devote a third of its in-session term each year to repealing old laws.

Didn’t see the outrage from conservatives when Bush spent like a drunken sailor with full compliance from a gop congress (2000-2006).
athensboy on March 11, 2009 at 9:45 PM

Then you weren’t paying attention. Conservatives have been screaming at Congressional Republicans and Democrats, for the last few years. The only reason (in my book anyway) the Dems won control over the House and Senate in 2006 was because the Repubs let spending get out of hand. I have to admit though, I never had the guts to vote my two Senators out of office because the only other choices were idiot Democrats, and my Senators have pretty good voting records.

In principle, I’m not completely opposed to the idea of earmarks; who better knows that intersection that needs a new crosswalk signal, or the local school that needs new windows, or whatever, than the local representative.

JamesLee on March 11, 2009 at 10:29 AM

Problem with even that kind of earmarks is; we all pay for them regardless of who benefits, some districts a lot, others not at all, and this is not the time, with all the financial problems this country is having, to put non-emergency items in the budget.

When our family has to tighten our belts, we don’t remodel the kitchen, even though it may need it, (unless it’s an emergency). We wait until our finances are back in order and then we move on with the project. A train from Las Vegas to Disneyland hardly qualifies as anyone’s emergency.

In the last couple of months Congress has voted to spent how much? I’m putting it at about $2.2 Trillion. Correct me if I am wrong. There are currently 534 members + the President so it was this group of 535 that did it(Keep it simple and not exclude those voting against the spending).

That come to about $4.2 BILLION per elected representative. I read that the average collage grad with a BA earns about $2.1 million in their lifetime. So it would take the total lifetime earnings of about 2000 citizens to cover the bill of each representative for this round of spending.

In other words each one has condemned 2000 people to slavery to cover their spending spree. One Millon people in total.

WASHINGTON – Two days after criticizing his predecessor for issuing guidelines on how to put legislation into practice, President Barack Obama issued such a directive himself.

Out of public view Wednesday, Obama signed a $410 billion spending bill that includes billions for items known as earmarks, the targeted spending that lawmakers direct to projects in their districts. Obama promised during the presidential campaign to curb such spending.

He also issued a “signing statement” in which he objected to provisions of the bill that he said the Justice Department had advised “raise constitutional concerns.”

Among them are provisions that Obama said would “unduly interfere” with his authority in the foreign affairs arena by directing him how to proceed, or not to, in negotiations and discussions with international organizations and foreign governments.

Another provision, Obama said, would limit his discretion to choose who performs specific functions in military missions.

On Monday, Obama ordered a review of former President George W. Bush’s guidelines for implementing bills passed by Congress — the signing statements

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Bush often issued statements when he signed bills, objecting to parts of the legislation. Critics said the statements often showed government officials how to get around a law if Bush disagreed with it on constitutional grounds.

“There is no doubt that the practice of issuing such statements can be abused,” Obama wrote Monday in a memo to the heads of executive departments and agencies. “Constitutional signing statements should not be used to suggest that the president will disregard statutory requirements on the basis of policy disagreements.”

At least he’s now waiting 48 hours before completely reversing himself.

What a complete ass this guy is.

Sounds kinda like what the definition of is .. is.

Doctor Zero on March 11, 2009 at 2:06 PM

Love it…