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Mandate? What Mandate??

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Here’s a run down of some stories today illustrating that the Democrats are worse at running the Congress than the Republicans were and have no clue as to what they are doing and what is in our national interest during a time of war.

Item # 1 – Dems Plan Iraq Bill Minus Timeline – CNN

Speaker Nancy Pelosi will present a plan to House Democrats for a war funding bill that won’t include a timeline for withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq but will feature benchmarks with consequences, according to Democratic leadership aides.

The bill also would raise the minimum wage to $7.25 per hour from $5.15 per hour, and fund other domestic spending programs, which were still being negotiated.

The legislation would provide more than $90 billion to pay for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan through September 30, the end of the fiscal year.

Finally.  It is the anti-war Democrats hellbent on America’s defeat who blink.   But in the meantime, they wasted many weeks while at the same time giving a moral victory to al-Qaeda and suggesting America is weak in the War on Terror.   Brilliant move, Nanc.

Item #2 – Congress’ Reform Promises Fizzle – Politico.com

It’s a familiar backpedaling pattern emerging early in the new Democratic-controlled Congress. From lobbying reforms to anti-corruption proposals to curbing earmarks, Democratic lawmakers who railed against Republican corruption a year ago have flinched from imposing the harshest standards on themselves. Consequently, this Democratic Congress may end up no better prepared to police itself than the Republicans were when the Jack Abramoff bribery scandal broke and the spate of criminal convictions it spawned surfaced as a primary reason for voters’ angst last fall.

The “most ethical Congress” in history, eh Nancy?  Yeah, right.

Item #3 (or… Culture of Corruption, Continued…) – House to Vote on Reprimanding Murtha – Breitbart.com

House Republicans angled Tuesday to put Democrats in a no-win position: reprimand a senior colleagues or be seen as blindly excusing legislative bullying for partisan reasons.

House leaders tentatively scheduled a late Tuesday vote on a Republican move to reprimand Rep. John Murtha, a Pennsylvania Democrat and close ally of House Speaker Hancy Pelosi, D-Calif. The GOP accuses Murtha of making a blatant threat against a Republican who challenged a pet project that Murtha wanted.

Democratic leaders said they believed they had the votes to kill the motion, but conceded that some party members were unhappy about being pressed to defend a blustery colleague known for bare-knuckled politics.

Murtha has not disputed a Republican claim that he stormed across the House floor May 17 to confront Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Mich. Rogers had tried unsuccessfully to strike a $23 million Murtha earmark—or narrowly targeted spending item—for a drug intelligence center in Murtha’s district.

In a House speech Monday, Rogers said Murtha threatened him by saying, “you will not get any earmarks now and forever.”

Nice… House Majority Leader Murtha, the Extortionist (and the Traitor).

Oh, and don’t get me started on the Amnesty For Illegal Alien Invaders Act of 2007…

-Bruce (GayPatriot)

Comments

  4. #3 – Vince, I think Helen is MARKIE after a sex-change. I can spot these trolls a mile away.

    MARKIE, go home. You are not wanted here.

    Regards,
    Peter H.

  5. Well isn’t this interesting.. Iran is going on an offensive this summer in Iraq because…

    “intended to tip a wavering US Congress into voting for full military withdrawal”

    ” Tehran has switched tack as it senses a chance of victory in Iraq”

    This is the direct consequence of all you Bush haters and the Democrat leadership in Congress who transmit to the world that the US has lost. That the US is leaving, etc.. all these seditious statements said in the hope to secure thier political success in 2008 is ensuring the victory of Al Qaida and Iran in the middle east.. and the eventual destruction of the US by nuclear terrorism.

    Good going lefties.. I hope your election goals were worth it.

    http://www.guardian.co.uk/frontpage/story/0,,2085195,00.html

    Here is an excerpt that gives the context of those fragments:

    Iran is secretly forging ties with al-Qaida elements and Sunni Arab militias in Iraq in preparation for a summer showdown with coalition forces intended to tip a wavering US Congress into voting for full military withdrawal, US officials say. …

    “We expect that al-Qaida and Iran will both attempt to increase the propaganda and increase the violence prior to Petraeus’s report in September [when the US commander General David Petraeus will report to Congress on President George Bush’s controversial, six-month security “surge” of 30,000 troop reinforcements],” the official said. …

    US officials now say they have firm evidence that Tehran has switched tack as it senses a chance of victory in Iraq. In a parallel development, they say they also have proof that Iran has reversed its previous policy in Afghanistan and is now supporting and supplying the Taliban’s campaign against US, British and other Nato forces.

  6. Helen.. Thanks for letting these killers (see quote below) think they won.. Good going! Go Democrats! Leading the way to dhimmification. These people should be wondering whether they’ll survive the summer.. but instead people like Helen and her “LOL”s give our enemies hope. and instead of just trying to keep from dying, they’re making plans for next year.

    Thanks Helen.. at the end of the day when we compare the death toll of people like you vs those caused by the evil Chimp, I think your numbers will have a lot more zeros at the end. “LOL” indeed.

    “In regards to the bill in the U.S. Congress for the upcoming withdrawal from Iraq, I would comment that this is a normal response to what is occurring. It is the result of the efforts of your brothers among the mujahideen… our next step… is to establish an Islamic State. We will start by setting free all of the Muslim lands from the oppressor regimes. Of course, we have not forgotten about Palestine, Chechnya, Afghanistan, Andalusia [Spain], the Philippines, and all the other countries… The Islamic State of Iraq is seeking to export the jihad to neighboring countries… The jihad that began in Muslim Afghanistan and then spread to Iraq shall not stop there and will not be limited by any border… The Islamic State of Iraq will make sure the jihad will not stop until it reaches Jerusalem… We inform the Jews, we inform the lowlife Olmert, and we inform the apostate [Arab] rulers who support them that the jihad is here, Islam is here, and the followers of the Prophet are here.”

    the-gathering-storm.blogspot.com/2007/05/winds-of-war-straight-from-camels-uh.html

  7. What we have in Congress is what happens when mentally ill children are allowed to call the shots. Democrats have ensured we are the laughing-stock of the world. We were merely just hated before they came along and turned the government into Romper Room. Will we ever learn that putting democrats in charge of anything is like hiring a pedophile to babysit a kid – you just don’t let it happen.

  8. #5 – Right on, LNC. Giving power and money to Dhimmicrats is like giving whiskey and car keys to high school seniors.

    Regards,
    Peter H.

  9. With the polls of the Democrat Congress at least 5 points lower than that of the President do you expect the Reid/ Pelosi Congress ratings to go up or down after capitulating to the President on Iraq troop funding? The far left will rail against the Democrat leaders. Look for the Congress poll ratings to drop into the teens. Has any Congress been rated lower? I’m dying to find out. Would conservatives join a leftist rally to throw the bumms out? Did you see the Kennedy/ Boxer cat fight today over the immigration bill? Boxer needs those cheap workers for her agriculture fields, Kennedy almost called her a sweat shop owner. hehe
    Meanwhile my workers are struggling with the Democrat high gasoline prices. At what price will the country demand the Republican Congress back to snuggle up to Hallaburton and BIG OIL. We never had these record prices when the Republicans had control. During the election campaign the Dems promised they could keep prices down. Lies all lies. Thank God for the Bush economy so we can partially deal with their mismanagement. hehe

  10. #1 hey Helen please take a walk around Democrat managed Washington DC streets some evening and get back to us on how pleasant it was. If we don’t hear from you again we’ll know why.

  11. I’d rather have “them” identified and investigated, than hiding from the INS and not paying taxes. And there’s just too-many to deport, tho’ let’s package-up all the illegal and legal aliens in our prisons, and all those with gang affiliations and dump ’em in the desert 5-miles south of the Arizona-Mexico border where we do have a fence. Let Mexico conduct some “humanitarian relief” operations for a change.

  12. Since we don’t have a parliamentary system in which the ruling party can just ram legislation through the legislature, change in our government is deliberately slow.

    Thus, while the Democrats decision to fund the deployment is disappointing, given another chance next year, the American people will vote to end it. Given the strength of the former Republican majorities, it’s not surprising that the expressed will of the people will not be actualized until after two electoral cycles.

  14. Chase… I’m waiting for you to respond to the information I gave you about the gay guy suing the DNC and Howard Dean for discrimination.

  16. Given the strength of the former Republican majorities, it’s not surprising that the expressed will of the people will not be actualized until after two electoral cycles.

    That’s a new spin.

    How about the fact that people figured out that Democrats like you, Chase, are so convinced that losing in Iraq is the key to your long term political power that you are actively working to ensure it happens — like defunding the troops, demanding that they be yanked home from both Afghanistan and Iraq immediately regardless of conditions on the ground, micromanaging their commanders, and making supportive visits to the terrorist groups and countries that are supporting attacks on them?

  17. #13 Hum I don’t recall the liberals saying last campaign that their changes were going to take at least TWO election cycles. Were they being disengenuous or were they lying? Their retreat from Iraq doesn’t have to take “two election cycles”. They can do it now. And the $120 barrell oil and $7 gasoline that follows will be on their heads. But only working Americans will suffer so…liberals won’t give a damn.

  18. The bill also would raise the minimum wage to $7.25 per hour from $5.15 per hour, and fund other domestic spending programs, which were still being negotiated.

    Why are these items in a war spending bill? Can’t they stand on their own? Didn’t the libs promise us not to do that sort of thing?

    while the Democrats decision to fund the deployment is disappointing,

    Damn! Some of your AQ buddies will wind up pounding sand.

    Given the strength of the former Republican majorities, it’s not surprising that the expressed will of the people will not be actualized until after two electoral cycles.

    Sooooooo…..it’s Republican’s fault that the libs suck arse? That’s rich.

    I ought to start a list of lame-arse excuses liberals come up with for their failure. Anybody want to contribute?

  19. Bruce, nice call in catching the report on ABSCAM-Murtha’s outrageous behavior toward a leading GOP minority member (Mike Rogers, R-MI). Rogers is our congressman; a GOP moderate. Unlike Murtha, he’s an honorable former Army Intel Officer, former FBI agent who specialized in political corruption cases and a former State Rep, State Sen and likely contender for House Speaker when the GOP takes back the House for the People.

    It should be NO surprise that this incident involves a $23m appropriation in the Defense/surge legislation that is pure pork barrel for MurthaABSCAM’s Congressional district… one of many. Rogers has been soldily against pork barrel “earmark” projects from DayOne –in the federal legislature and in Michigan’s legislature.

    As Congressman Rogers points out, ABSCAM-Murtha’s conduct violated Murtha’s Party’s own new House Rules, violated NancyP’s promise to the voters to run the most ethical Congress in history, and continues JackMurtha’s muddy and troubled past with bribes, corruption, graft, greed, unchecked power lust, and unpatriotic behavoir (Cut&Run Architect, Slow Bleed Architect, etc).

    Next week, count on GOP moderates introducing a Privileged Resolution demanding a House vote on reprimanding Murtha for his unethical, unconscionable conduct.

    Count on the Democrats to rally and cover up. Another incident of corruption and abuse of power by Congressional Democrats drunk on power… it took them only 5 months to accomplish what it took conservatives in the last Congress 12 years to accomplish.

  20. Bruce, also here in Michigan, the FarLeftFringe of the Democrat Party –MoveOnDotOrg– began running radio ads yesterday condemning Democrat Sen Carl Levin for selling out the anti-war movement.

    Protests and marches on Levin’s Michigan offices are underway. MoveOnDotOrg is telling “true Democrats” to call Sen Levin and share with him their disappointment; encourage him to return to representing the people of Michigan, not George Bush. Ouch!

    Can CindyZeroSheehan be pulled out of moth balls? I see Chase showed up in this thread blaming GOP for the Democrat’s failed policies and leadership; I guess anything is possible.

  21. When Halliburton loses money rebuilding Iraq’s infrastructure after thirty years of neglect, it’s “War Profiteering.” When John Murtha and Diane Feinstein use defense spending to line their own pockets, it’s just politics as usual.

  22. Now V, there’s NO proof that Murtha is lining his pockets with this latest corruption scandal involving $23m in pork. Besides, as sean or Ian or raj or any other lower case clan would tell you, the Republicans did it first.

    You’d have to believe that ABSCAM-Murtha bringing $23m into his Congressional district would somehow allow him to continue to buy-off voters in his district to a point where they return him to Congress no matter how outrageous his conduct… oh, wait, that reminds me of another porker career politico… Dem Sen Robt Byrd.

    Heck, the truth is, Cut&RunJackMurtha could get caught TODAY on video tape with undercover police and promise to trade future votes for money and it wouldn’t affect his standing with voters back home… and it wouldn’t affect NancyP’s need to stay close to him and anti-war FarLeftFringe of the Democrat Party either… Murtha is vital to NancyP if she’s going to keep the anti-war rabble at bay.

    That $23m is a JOBS bill for ABSCAM-Murtha’s district. A jobs bill, I tell ya.

    I don’t know “Jack” about Diane’s corruption.

  26. Yes, sadly, it looks like Bush will get his blood money. Hopefully enough Dems will vote against the bill such that the Iraq fiasco remains solely a GOP-Bushco brand.

    Now you war cheerleaders will argue that we need to support the Iraqis striving for freedom and liberty. Certainly the freedom to take a couple of months off while we conduct the escalation. And I suppose also the liberty to resurrect time-honored traditions such as stoning 17 year old girls to death. Hey, there’s even video for you brave keyboard commandos to savor and enjoy. After all, it’s your tax money supporting the “freedom” to do this sh!t.

  27. yes, Ian, we’re all very much aware that you preferred the government-sanctioned, systematic, and regular torture, imprisonment, stoning, and other varied forms of killing that took place under Saddam Hussein and the Taliban.

    Add to that the five hundred thousand or so children that died under sanctions that your leftist allies exploited to collect billions of dollars in kickbacks from Saddam, and your record of “peace” comes much more into perspective.

  29. How is it that a post shows up, then disappears?
    If its deleted a “comment deleted” shows up.
    Or if it gets stuck in moderation purgatory, it never posts. But my post, was up and now its just plain gone….
    Weird
    I suppose the world is better off for it…

  30. Of course I’m disgusted; that sort of thing happening on an epic and government-sponsored scale was why I was (and am) in favor of our removing the Taliban and Saddam Hussein, both of who openly encouraged, practiced, and publicly sanctioned such things.

    What I’m far more curious about, Ian, is why this one girl’s killing disgusts you, especially since you and your mistresses Pelosi and Sheehan are adamantly opposed to doing anything about regimes like Syria, Hizbollah, Hamas, and Iran who encourage such things, and previously opposed doing anything about the Taliban or Saddam Hussein, both of whom practiced the murder of young girls over such heinous crimes as holding different political opinions or learning how to read on an epic scale.

    Is it that you only care when such things can be exploited to bash Bush — and that, if this girl had been killed by Saddam Hussein, you, Pelosi, Sheehan, and the rest of your Democrat Party wouldn’t give a damn?

  31. Ian’s problem is that he doesn’t take his partisan blinders off long enough to see that both parties suck. It’s much more simplistic to filter everything through the lens of: Dems always good, Reps always bad.

  33. repugs: long list. demorats: short list. those stupid democrats, can’t hold a candle to the repulicans when it comes to thinking that they are holier than thou.

  35. What’s repugnant is people like Billy who can’t express an opinion unless it’s wrapped up in insults and demonization.

    What’s more “holier-than-thou” than a person who finds it beneath him to call things by thier real names.

  36. Isn’t it kind of ‘holier than thou’ to accuse other people of being ‘holier than thou?’

    But it’s probably less strain on limited lefty intellectual resources to just say “I hate Republicans” than to construct cogent policy arguments.

  37. They have no arugments. When confronted with the words from Iran’s leaders about their intentions.. the response is nothing… it’s as if they never even read it.

    Same thing with “discrimination”.. when confronted with the fact that the DNC and Howard Dean are being sued for gay discrimination, the response is nothing.. it’s as if they never even read it.

    That’s how it is with everything that shows how wrong their cliches are… anything to contrary is never directly addressed, it’s as if they never even read it

  40. #24 Another minimum wage update. Conneaut Lake Amusement Park today closed it doors permenently. After 115 years. It is located in north west Pennsylvania and employed many teenagers. They couldn’t cut it after government mandated wage increases. Where do thousands of these workers go now? According to the Democrats before the wages were artifically raised, these employees were trying to support “families of four”. Rotten.

  41. Vote just passed the House. Glad to see the Democrat controlled House is now on board with the war. Now maybe the terrorists will see we are a united country and start to roll over.

  42. The Democrats still oppose victory. 140 of them voted against it. Still, I think the fact that opinion polls now show the Air Pelosi Congress to have lower approval ratings than president Bush AND the Mark Foley/Bridge to Nowhere Congress may have swayed a few of them.

  45. Hillary, Obama List Tips to Fight Unfunded Wars
    Scott Ott 5/25/2007 8:14 AM
    (2007-05-25 SCRAPPLEFACE) — Following their votes yesterday against funding U.S. troops fighting terrorists in Afghanistan and Iraq, Senators Hillary Clinton, D-NY, and Barack Obama, D-IL, today sought to demonstrate that they truly support the troops by releasing a list of “tips for fighting unfunded wars.”

    The senate passed the measure, with the two leading Democrat presidential candidates in the 80-14 minority. However, according to their joint statement, if the vote had gone the other way the troops would have been “just fine and able to make do with what they have.”

    “Our votes against funding the troops should never be construed as a lack of support for these brave Americans,” said the two senators. “In fact, with a little scrimping and improvisation, our troops could still have fought on until withdrawal even without the $100 billion.”

    Mr. Obama and Mrs. Clinton said if their view had prevailed, they would have asked the Pentagon to distribute to the troops the following “helpful hints” for fighting an unfunded war.

    – Conserve bullets by aiming more, shooting less. The enemy is often so intimidated by being “in the crosshairs” that you don’t need to waste ammo. A lot of times, he’ll just run away, and you’ll have a full magazine, ready for future aiming.
    – When traveling on business, instead of gas-guzzling HumVees and other inefficient troop transports, try the economical Toyota Prius, public transit, an inexpensive used bicycle, or simply walking. Improved cardio health could accompany tremendous savings on fuel.
    – Donate every third paycheck to the U.S. government to help fund the war effort. After administrative costs are deducted here in Washington, a portion of that money will come right back to your unit in the field. Don’t worry about the family back home, the government safety net will protect them.
    – Incarcerating war prisoners is expensive, so practice “catch and release” with terror suspects. A stern warning from an authority figure can go a long way toward setting a young man on the right path.
    – To save water, shower less often. Our sources tell us a brisk “dry cleaning” can keep you fresh as a cactus flower. A handful of sand makes a great “scrubby” to remove the grime of battle.
    – Reduce wear and tear on weapons through the buddy system. On patrol, take turns being “the guy with the gun.” You’ll keep the enemy guessing, and extend the life of the weapons you leave back at the base.
    – Aerial support can be pricey, and it risks civilian casualties. So resist the urge to call in the jets when you come under withering enemy fire. Wait until you see “the whites of their eyes.” Our sources tell us that when U.S. troops do this, support calls drop by 50 percent.
    – American troops are a generous people, but every penny you spend handing out candy or toys to the local kids, is a penny you won’t have to buy your own bullets or body armor.
    – Put your spare change in a jar each day and at the end of the month, send that money to Washington to help fund the war.
    – Plant a “victory garden” near the base. The extra vegetables you donate to the mess hall might sustain you and your buddies until we can get you out of that quagmire.