Democrats Approach Ramming Speed

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"You get the respect that you give" - cnredd

seems as though Pelosi got the memo also..



BREAKING: Pelosi Sneaked Approval of Vote on Debt Commission Recommendations into Rule Regarding War Funding, Vote Happening Tonight

FDL has learned that in a last minute move, Nancy Pelosi sneaked language into the rule that the House is voting on tonight regarding war funding.

Embedded in the rule is the requirement that the House will vote on the deficit commission’s recommendations in the lame duck session if they pass the Senate.

The commission, co-chaired by Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson, is packed with members who favor the raising the retirement age to 70, means testing, and private accounts. Many also support investing 20% of the Social Security trust fund in the stock market.

It’s ironic that yesterday Pelosi sent out press releases criticizing John Boehner for expressing the very same positions on cutting Social Security benefits that Jim Clyburn, Joe Biden and Steny Hoyer have. She’s putting this language into the rule in order to deflect responsibility from herself when it comes to the floor for a vote during a lame duck session, since without her approval that could never happen.

Pelosi knows full well what the committee wants to do. The fix is in.

Happening on CSPAN now.

Pelosi’s office number: (202) 225-4965

Update: Pelosi’s phone is not being answered, and not taking messages.

Update II: The rule is only good for the 111th Congress — it expires Jan 5, 2011, so a lame duck Congress would have to vote on it.

Update III: Pelosi got her wish. The House will have to give an up-or-down vote to whatever the Catfood Commission recommends. With Republicans and Blue Dog votes alone, cuts to Social Security benefits should have no trouble passing


BREAKING: Pelosi Sneaked Approval of Vote on Debt Commission Recommendations into Rule Regarding War Funding, Vote Happening Tonight | Firedoglake

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"Things are going to get darker in America before a new dawn can begin (hopefully) and few are prepared for it."

And if you think this is a Democrat vs Republican issue, you haven't got a clue what's actually going on right now.

"the centralization of wealth in the hands of the state by means of a national bank with an exclusive monopoly" - Karl Marx, Communist Manifesto

I'm happy to see them reveal themselves and continue to self-destruct . . . unless and until the awful words pass Obama's lips: "state of emergency."

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"Sometimes, the source of the beautiful dawning light that drives back the darkness, is your house burning"

there are talks of evacuating up to 5 million people from the gulf region due to the toxic nature of this spill.

I can see the Press release's now.



All FEMA wanted to do was evacuate the Gulf Coast states to 'protect' us, on Presidential Order.

It’s just a shame that all of these millions of poor “displaced” people aren’t able to be in their local municipalities in order to vote in the elections, so we are forced to suspend the elections until we can have a “Fair” vote that these people will be able to participate in.

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"Things are going to get darker in America before a new dawn can begin (hopefully) and few are prepared for it."

And if you think this is a Democrat vs Republican issue, you haven't got a clue what's actually going on right now.

"the centralization of wealth in the hands of the state by means of a national bank with an exclusive monopoly" - Karl Marx, Communist Manifesto

Don't count your chickens untill they hatch.

I wouldn't put anything past this Prez. He is devious.

Animal House perhaps my favorite movie of all time.

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Al Gore didn't invent the internet, but he did invent global warming

It's even got Kevin Bacon.....

Don't count your chickens until:

1. The Congress has acquired that portion of the chickens in question that
   are owed to favored demographic groups who in times past have suffered
   unjust denial of Poultry Rights.
   
   
2. An appropriate deduction of fowl has been made to compensate persons
   who have been unfairly denied chickens through the unfair distribution of
   hard work, initiative, effort, self sacrifice and dedication.
   
   
3. The Administration has determined the acceptable level of chicken
   ownership above which you would be considered guilty of greed, and
   therefore required to do a penance in the form of Campaign contributions,
   surrender of chicks, and public approbation.
   
   
4. A Blue Ribbon Committee of experts on topics unrelated in any manner to
   chickens or dietary health has determined the outstanding, blatant, and
   heretofore overlooked health hazards of chicken production and determined
   the appropriate fines, regulations, restrictions and penalties.
   
   
5. An EPA approved remediation plan is in place and overseen by a specialy
   established bureaucracy to deal with hazardous waste in the form of
   discarded egg shells.

Oh man, I'm clever!

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“Quod scripsi, scripsi"

"Sometimes, the source of the beautiful dawning light that drives back the darkness, is your house burning"