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Re: The Silly Season Keeps Congress In Session

unclesmrgol — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 02:44:43 -0000

Help me here. Why does Harry need any Republican? I'm trying to understand the rules of the House when compared to the Constitution. How many members does it take to bring the House into session? Just two out of four hundred thirty five? That makes a quorum?

Is the House like the Church, such that, whenever two or more are gathered in its name...

Re: The Silly Season Keeps Congress In Session

unclesmrgol — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 02:38:25 -0000

Reagan's legacy is missing? I thought it was at the Reagan Library. Oh yes, but wasn't there some scandal about stealing stuff from the Libarary? It would be just like that dastardly Bush to take Reagan's legacy and auction it off on eBay.

Of course if Bush is a hireling of the House of Saud to Complete the Mission, he is a Muslim. Secret trip to Mecca. Pretend to be Israel's friend, whilst doing the hudna thing. Yes, it all adds up. You are right. All that remains is for him to declare the emergency and call off the elections, thus completing our conversion to the Dark Side. The Emir of America, Bush will become. Powerful will he be. But wait, there is another.... he has a sister. We know her, because pink she wears, and she Let the Wookie Win.

All muslims are bad. Petraeus doesn't know that -- he needs your help. Email him, show him the path, before we hear a billion voices cry out and suddenly go silent. Before the whole planet is totally blown away.

Re: The Silly Season Keeps Congress In Session

unclesmrgol — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 02:02:16 -0000

I see a big chance for the Republicans here. Overwhelm the Democratic presence and get some business done! Fix the bills going before the President to reflect our will. Turn Harry's grandstand ploy on its ear!

Oh, Trumpy had the same idea! Do we have more brains than the entire Congress here?

Re: The Silly Season Keeps Congress In Session

Trumpy — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 22:11:49 -0000

Under that plan, a few senators, perhaps just one Democrat and one Republican, will briefly open the chamber for debate during the next two weeks.

if the GOP wanted to be slick, they'd all show up and make Reid and the Dems look like losers

Re: The Silly Season Keeps Congress In Session

dhunter — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 14:07:30 -0000

I suggest we get their days in session to match their poll numbers. If they had single digit days in session imagine the harm they wouldn't be able to do to the American people.

Re: The Silly Season Keeps Congress In Session

captained — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 11:41:35 -0000

They barely have 120 days in session. Take a look at this schedule. They'll work 154 days this year, compared to 260 for the rest of us. The President's four weeks of home officing hardly compares.

Re: The Silly Season Keeps Congress In Session

caustic — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 11:27:58 -0000

Crissakes, why can't congress have 120 vacation days a year like the preznit?

Re: The Silly Season Keeps Congress In Session

Mwalimu Daudi — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 04:28:04 -0000

A Democrat-controlled Senate in session. Four days a week! No man's life and property can be considered safe while this goes on.

What will they debate, I wonder? Museums for aging hippies? More earmarks for Murtha? Not voting funds for the troops in combat? Senate Judiciary Committee investigations to expose Bush's sinister plot to waterboard Mr. Spock who was kidnapped from the Enterprise in order to justify a military invasion of the Planet Vulcan (and steal oil)?

Re: The Silly Season Keeps Congress In Session

Jon Prichard — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 23:10:08 -0000

Washington is a sinkhole. But I take exception to the idea that this behavior is coming from both sides. I don't see the President throwing any tantrums in the manner of Reid and also Pelosi. In fact the Administration pretty much acts above board and frequently tosses out olive branches only to have them urinated on.

Re: The Silly Season Keeps Congress In Session

Math_Mage — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 21:14:26 -0000

Wow, Carol.

"This Bush was the Bush hired by the Saud's, to "complete the mission." "

Somehow, I think not.

"Since Putin's back in business. Who knew?"

Everybody who noticed that Putin was back in power, I presume. Not that difficult since it's public knowledge.

"Though the Mideast seems to be tracking "weak leaders" ... who fight , sect on sect, tribe on tribe, among themselves. Until we got involved in Irak. No, they didn't have WMDs. Heck, under Saddam, they didn't even have Al-Qaeda."

No, they didn't necessarily have Al-Qaeda, but they had Saddam, and that was bad enough. And regardless of whether they had Al-Qaeda initially, they're coming in droves to Iraq (and then dying) now, so the world population is greatly reduced. Ever heard of the flypaper strategy?

Re: The Silly Season Keeps Congress In Session

Scrapiron — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 21:10:20 -0000

What republican will cooperate with the idiot to call the Senate to order? All kinds of laws/rules will be broken by Dingy Harry. Feet to the fire people.

Re: The Silly Season Keeps Congress In Session

Carol_Herman — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 21:06:57 -0000

Missing: Reagan's legacy

I'd bet bottom dollar none of the Bush's liked Reagan all that much. So "casting aside" what he achieved during the 1980's, came easy, enough.

This Bush was the Bush hired by the Saud's, to "complete the mission."

What's ahead, though?

What this bet derives.

Since Putin's back in business. Who knew?

And, you really can't go around promising "democratic elections," as if that's a panecea. It just "ain't so." (Heck, our own break from England in 1776 only proved that we were in the tank, 11 years later.)

Did we have better diplomatic relations before things to where they are now? Yup.

Though the Mideast seems to be tracking "weak leaders" ... who fight , sect on sect, tribe on tribe, among themselves. Until we got involved in Irak. No, they didn't have WMDs. Heck, under Saddam, they didn't even have Al-Qaeda. And, now? After the Sunni's actually "lost" ... given Maliki's ability to go to Iran for "halp" ... We have Petraeus, who came in. And, did the "surge." Where he trained 70,000 Sunni's to become armed militants. And, gosh, darn it. The Iraqi army won't hire them, either.

But you see nothing tossed away, huh?

Or even any reasons to be concerned? Huh?

Dubya's just one lucky fella. Huh?

But not in my book.

As to the "special session" called by Reid, which keeps the senate "working" sans a Thanksgiving recess ... This is to keep Bush from making recess appointments. That's all.

It means the guy who advertised himself to be a "uniter. Not a divider." Is, in fact, a bully.

And, Reid is, in fact, now majority leader; because in 2006 there was some shrinkage done to the GOP.

I guess this constant anger campaign can out-ride Bush's terms in office, too, huh? What if ya don't win nothin?

Re: The Silly Season Keeps Congress In Session

dhunter — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 19:53:20 -0000

Term Limits but first take away their lifetime pensions. If all 49 reps. plus Lieberman and a token dem were there it would be a quarum.

I am of the opinion its' best that these dumb-asses of either party get nothing done . At least they do no harm and cost us no money, except when they don't fund the war being won be the troops they (support).

I won't gamble in Nevada till "Baghdad Bob" Harry Reid is gone.

Re: The Silly Season Keeps Congress In Session

Archdean — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 19:48:51 -0000

Is Harry Reid an idiot? If he isn't then he is putting on a terrific act!
It takes no special qualities to be an obstructionist so why is he doing this repetitative stupid act of his?
IMO he realizes that he could never become a national leader and want's to be remembered for something and you can bet that he most certainly will be remembered!!

Re: The Silly Season Keeps Congress In Session

James Brooks — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 19:03:38 -0000

The reason consultation occurs before nominees are send to the Senate is because the Constitution does grant the legislation power to approve or disapprove appointees. To say that Bush can appoint anyone he chooses isn't in the spirit of what the founding fathers intended.
Clinton bitched about delays, but in almost every case he had already consulted with Republicans to ensure that a given nominee met with their approval.

Re: The Silly Season Keeps Congress In Session

GinnyD — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 18:44:58 -0000

It would be interesting to see what would happen if McConnell could get all the Republican Senators and Lieberman back to Washington, then call a recess. The rules of the Senate are so arcane that I'm not sure that can be done, but it sure would be fun to try. By the way, the President doesn't have to consult with Congress when choosing a nominee, but it makes sense to do that, because it is much easier to get them confirmed.

Re: The Silly Season Keeps Congress In Session

The Yell — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 17:45:38 -0000

Clinton raised hell about the delays his nominees got.
Whether you personally like the political outcome of divided power is irrelevant--the President constitutionally doesn't have to.
The FCC website says no more than 3 of the 5 commissioners can be of any party. That does not guarantee the Democrats any votes at all; I suggest Bush put up some Greens and maybe a Socialist.
I do not think "national security" is an issue the FCC considers.
I am tired of pretending that a VIP sleazeball can be treated as anything other than a sleazeball. Harry Reid is a sleazeball who "made his bones" politically giving gambling licenses to mobsters. Just because his party welcomes a sleazeball as Majority Leader is no reason to pay him respects due an honest liberal like Daniel Patrick Moniyhan. "Conciliation" with dishonorable people isn't honorable.

Re: The Silly Season Keeps Congress In Session

COgirl — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 16:44:06 -0000

I'd like to send Reid a turkey sandwich for Thanksgiving. Should I send it to his office in Washington?

Re: The Silly Season Keeps Congress In Session

herddog505 — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 16:26:06 -0000

I was thinking of this. If one could get that bunch of lazy wardheelers on our side to agree, have 'em do quorum calls every hour and force Dingy and his filthy crew to show up. "OK, pal: you want to play these games, we can play, too."

Re: The Silly Season Keeps Congress In Session

Michael Slay — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 16:03:15 -0000

Don't forget that one of Bush's first acts as President was to renominate Clinton's two recess appointments.

In light of that record breaking olive breach, this is particularly nauseating.

Re: The Silly Season Keeps Congress In Session

NoDonkey — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 15:12:11 -0000

Senator Traitor's bean needs gaveling - with a sledgehammer.

Re: The Silly Season Keeps Congress In Session

Barney15e — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 15:01:08 -0000

Isn't it amazing how powerful the lame duck President is that he can force the Senate to remain in session during a national holiday?

Re: The Silly Season Keeps Congress In Session

James Brooks — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 14:28:03 -0000

Chuck,

It's a long-held tradition that discussion and consultation occurs between the White House and legislative leaders before judicial nominees are announced and presented to the Senate. Reagan and Clinton, for example, both faithfully followed this precedent and didn't witness the types of delays that occur when the executive tries to force appointees down the throat of the Senate. I don't care who's in the White House, I want to see consultation happen, because it ultimately results in moderates being appointed to high office.

If you haven't noticed, Bush continues his legacy of appointing unqualified favorites to critical national security jobs. Take for example the inexperienced Julie Myers, nominated to head Immigration and Customs (yes, it's a national security job). No one seriously doubts that this country has a large number of more qualified candidates, but it seems that Bush is more interested in handing out gifts to friends and appointing by whim than in nominating the most qualified candidates. I'd rather see national security as the top priority.

When you look at the resume of Julie Myers, do you really want Congress rubber-stamping Bush nominees?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/...

Re: The Silly Season Keeps Congress In Session

Ken Hahn — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 13:43:25 -0000

I think McConnell should try to get all 49 Republicans to show up Friday and with the token Democrat or two a quorum would be reached which could vote the Senate into recess. Just for the fun of it.

Re: The Silly Season Keeps Congress In Session

Carl — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 13:13:49 -0000

I'm normally not a violent person and have a pleasant disposition, but in regards to Congressional matters (Democrats, Republicans and all other parties & independents) their behavior and lack of effective leadership and their gross inefficiency of getting anything constructive done is so frustrating that if presented the opportunity, I personally wouldn't mind kicking some Congressional ass to get them moving in the right direction (pun intended).