Someone pointed this out to me earlier and it seems pretty obvious:
1) The goal of every elected official is to get reelected above all else 2) The Republicans probably could have blocked or stalled the bill if they'd really, really wanted to 3) It helps Republicans get elected a lot more if they run against a hated opponent rather than running on the "I stopped the healthcare bill" 4) People will hate Republicans regardless, but if they hate the Democrats more for a brief stint, they can win back congress 5) Given all this, do you really think they put forth their best effort to block the bill?
Don't fall into the trap. Reps would've passed this bill (or one close to it) too if they were in power, just like they passed the Medicare Drug plan and all that other crap.
Next time you go to the polls, just remember who these assholes are, ALL of them. (135,984)
Here's an interesting article in Stereogum's "Haunting the Chapel" series, featuring ex-black metal bugaboo Varg Vikernes AKA Burzum.
The interviewer, in his introduction, tackles the question of whether it's OK to appreciate art made by those whose views one finds to be reprehensible.
How do you deal with this? Do you avoid TS Eliot, Wagner, Disney because they were Nazi swine?
Here's the interview. Latewirers chime in below with your cro-mag degenerate drool, please.
The Swine List : The complete list of House representatives who changed their vote from 'no' to 'yes' and passed the bailout proposal against their constituents' will, by state :
Here's the list of 'public servants' who caved in to fear or greed and betrayed the public interest by voting 'yes' on the bailout proposal of 10-03, after they had voted 'no' on 09-29. Every 'yes' voter should be ejected from office come November, but these House members are most responsible for the failure of congress to uphold our rights and values on 10-03. Send a message : write down these names and vote them out of office on Election Day, and write and call them to let them know that you'll do so!
Arizona :
G. Giffords (D); H. Mitchell (D); E. Pastor (D); J. Shadegg (R)
California :
J. Baca (D); D. Watson (D); H. Solis (D); A. Schiff (D); B. Lee (D); C. Woolsey (D); CM Thompson (D); D. Rohrabacher (D)
Florida :
V. Buchanan (R); C. Mack (R)
Georgia :
D. Scott (D); J. Lewis (D)
Hawaii :
M. Hirono (D); N. Abercrombie (D)
Illinois :
J. Jackson, Jr (D); B. Rush (D); J. Biggert (R)
Indiana :
A. Carson (D)
Iowa :
D. Loebsack (D)
Maryland :
D. Edwards (D); E. Cummings (D)
Massachussetts:
J. Tierney (D)
Michigan :
C. Kilpatrick (D); P. Hoekstra (R); J. knollenberg (R)
Minnesota :
J. Ramstad (R)
Nebraska :
L. Terry R)
Nevada :
S. Berkley (D)
New Jersey :
W. Pascrell (D); R. Frelinghuysen (R)
New York :
J. Kuhl (R)
North Carolina :
H. Coble (R); S. Myrick (R)
Ohio :
B. Sutton (D); J. Schmidt (R); P. Tiberi (R)
Oklahoma :
M. Fallin (R); J. Sullivan (R)
Oregon :
D. Wu (D)
Pensylvania :
J. Gerlach (R); B. Shuster (R); C. Dent (R)
South Carolina :
J. Barrett (R)
Tenessee:
Z. Wamp (R)
Texas :
E. Cuellar (D); S. Ortiz (D); S J Lee (D); A. Green (D); K. Conoway (R); W. Thornberry (R) (276,885)
"Mr Paulson will tell the Senate Banking Committee that the personal savings of US citizens are at risk, according to his prepared remarks."
Savings? Americans don't save a damn thing.
Check this out, th' notorious "Section 8" (and I don't mean th' Phoenix punk band :
"Decisions by the Secretary pursuant to the authority of this Act are non-reviewable and committed to agency discretion, and may not be reviewed by any court of law or any administrative agency."
This is a ^%%*(( power grab if ever there was one. Next thing, Comrade Paulsons will start buying all Libertarians one-way Amtrak tickets.
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p.s. if anybody has a good handle on how to get IE6 to read CSS layouts correctly, drop me a line - I couldn't get the EndBailouts layout to display correctly in IE6, so I had to break it temporarily. (83,547)
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