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Oldog
Posted on Wednesday, September 19, 2012 - 02:54 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Zero fiddles, while Xome burns.

Zero fiddles, while Home burns.
There fixed it for you.....




Mr President I WILL see you at the poles...}
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Fb1
Posted on Wednesday, September 19, 2012 - 03:18 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

But when it is figuratively in the employ of the state via shared ideologies and politics between agents of the government and agents of the press, the target will be the people to deter them from the truth. The currency is not money but of political power.

Agree 100%.

If a supposedly free press in America supposed to be the guardian of the people but is now proven to have increasing collusion with high profile members of the government to defend the government, in other words, an unofficial Ministry of Propaganda, then the final burden falls upon the American people themselves.

Agree 100%.

Which is one of the many reasons why the vote in November is SO important.



In other not-very-surprising news: Did anybody see that Holder got an 'all clear' today? Clean as a whistle(blower), he is.

Yep, according to our Dept of Justice, the person in charge of our Dept of Justice has actually been telling the truth all along, and knew nothing of Fast & Furious, which, um, was a Dept of Justice operation.

Color me speechless.

It does give one pause, however, to wonder why the Preezy 0ne invoked exec privilege for our nation's top law enforcement guy a short while back.

I mean, why would 0 do that if EH had nothing to hide?

And doesn't Congress feel silly now, formally declaring EH in contempt like they did. I reckon the apologies will soon be forthcoming.

Ah, well, what the hell do I know. Gotta get back to w*rk - I figger they'll need even more of my tax dollars now, to help finance EH's upcoming "I told you so!" party.

I do hope they save me some champagne...
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Fb1
Posted on Wednesday, September 19, 2012 - 03:31 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

MSNBC, eh? Interesting.

quote:

MSNBC anchor Andrea Mitchell said she would not play a 1998 audio clip featuring Barack Obama speaking in favor of wealth redistribution because it had not been authenticated by MSNBC. However, MSNBC actually played the clip earlier in the day.





Sure smells like him to me. Listen to the audio and decide for yourself:

http://www.therightscoop.com/1998-obama-i-believe- in-redistribution-to-make-sure-everybodys-got-a-sh ot/
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Fb1
Posted on Wednesday, September 19, 2012 - 04:11 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Props to the Chinese; at least our Ambassador gets to sleep in his own bed tonight, instead of a body bag:

quote:

The State Department said in a statement Wednesday that Ambassador Gary Locke was unhurt in Tuesday's incident, and that diplomats have expressed concerns to the Chinese Foreign Ministry.




Where's our Preezy when we need him?
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Fb1
Posted on Wednesday, September 19, 2012 - 08:35 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I doubt this will come as a surprise to anyone who's actually been paying attention:

quote:

Al Qaeda, ex-Gitmo detainee involved in consulate attack, intelligence sources say
FoxNews.com, Sep 19, 2012

Intelligence sources tell Fox News they are convinced the deadly attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, was directly tied to Al Qaeda -- with a former Guantanamo detainee involved.

That revelation comes on the same day a top Obama administration official called last week's deadly assault a "terrorist attack" -- the first time the attack has been described that way by the administration after claims it had been a "spontaneous" act.

"Yes, they were killed in the course of a terrorist attack on our embassy," Matt Olsen, director of the National Counterterrorism Center, said during a Senate hearing Wednesday.

Source, and read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/09/19/top-adm inistration-official-says-strike-in-libya-was-terr or-attack/



On a related note, I read today that 0bama has decided to begin personally attending his daily intel briefings again.

Good call.
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Fb1
Posted on Wednesday, September 19, 2012 - 08:41 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)


quote:

Obama Gave Entertainment Mag Interview on Peak Day of Embassy Protests
By Warner Todd Huston, Sep 19, 2012

New information reveals President Barack Obama conducted interviews with entertainment magazines and posed for a photo spread last Friday as American embassies burned and 21 countries erupted into anti-American protests.

Instead of spending precious time dealing with the developing crisis in the Mid East and with his foreign policy scheme in a total freefall, on Friday morning, September 14, Obama was giving an interview to the entertainment magazine People en Español and participating in a photo session with photographer Omar Cruz.

This interview was not on his public schedule and was hidden from the public.

Source, and read more: http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/09/19 /As-Embassies-Burned-Obama-More-Interested-in-Inte rviews-and-Photo-Ops



Had enough yet, America??
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Roderick
Posted on Wednesday, September 19, 2012 - 10:08 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

George Bush, Queen Elizabeth, and Vladimir Putin all die and go to hell. But The devil allows each to make one phone call to the respective country and points them to a red phone.

Putin called Russia and talked for 5 minutes. The Devil charged him a million dollars, so Putin wrote out a check.

Queen Elizabeth called England and talked for 30 minutes. The Devil charged her 6 million dollars, so she wrote him a check.

George Bush called the US and talked for 4 hours. The Devil charged him 5 dollars.

Then Putin got mad and demanded why Bush got to call the USA at such a cheap rate.

The devil smiles and replied: 'Since Obama became President, the country has gone to hell, so it's a local call.'
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Aesquire
Posted on Wednesday, September 19, 2012 - 10:50 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)



I wonder how old that one is? 1930's?
A classic.
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Cityxslicker
Posted on Wednesday, September 19, 2012 - 11:47 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

In the latest volley of Soviet Socialist Realism Iconography

http://twitchy.com/2012/09/19/obama-campaign-now-s elling-its-version-of-american-flag-complete-with- o-logo/

enjoy.
next they will change the anthem... or ban it as it is 'offensive'
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Fb1
Posted on Thursday, September 20, 2012 - 04:53 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)



Nice.

next they will change the anthem... or ban it as it is 'offensive'

They tried real hard at the DNC; they got caught at the last possible second:



(550,000 hits on this video, and still counting; apparently a lot of Americans were - and still are - deeply offended by the Democrat party and what they do, and do not, believe in...)


Just imagine the damage the dictator-in-chief will to able to accomplish if he wins reelection, you know, when he has more flexibility.

Speaking of, didya read that the formation of fighter jets superimposed over the flotilla of Russian warships in the photo on the bigscreen at the DNC was actually Turkish, not USAF?

Probably just another "technical error," though. Nothing to see, comrade. Please move along.
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Oldog
Posted on Thursday, September 20, 2012 - 09:24 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

The latest blip on the health care bill

The chickens are coming home to roost
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/09/19/tax-pen alty-to-hit-nearly-6m-uninsured-people/?test=lates tnews

So let me get this straight
If I cant afford HC coverage, ( last BCBS quote I got was 100$ more than my house note,) so in effect you are going to fine me.
Oh thats right its a tax of about $1,600.00

Because I CANT AFFORD INSURANCE the guy is a complete moron.....

Mr Pres I WILL See you at the poles...
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Hootowl
Posted on Thursday, September 20, 2012 - 10:35 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Polls. I'd throw up if I saw him at the poles. You know, unless he was dressed provocatively, but not too dirty.
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Sifo
Posted on Thursday, September 20, 2012 - 11:36 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

$1.8 trillion shock: Obama regs cost 20-times estimate

And they try to claim that R&R can't do math.

This administration has done way too much damage to our country. The fail policies of BO just keep on stacking up like cord wood.
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Cityxslicker
Posted on Thursday, September 20, 2012 - 12:57 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Turkish Gull....
Russian Albatross

so close - but they were Definitely NOT American Trainers or U.S. Precision Flying team.


The Health Care article - like much written on it - is inaccurate; and paints only the primer coat of what is going to be a full shelacking.

ObamaCare is MEDICAID - meaning that if you do not qualify for medicaid under your state guidelines (In our state - that would be any single guy that has no dependents) you will be fined and taxed..... and the tax escalates every year, to the point that it is then grafted to a Percentage of your income - ie if you dont have insurance, and the insurance cost is more than 8% of your total Gross pay... and you opt not to take insurance (or cant get insurance- even though they claim guaranteed issue) your fine at this time of analysis is 4% of your income - and since it is the IRS you can fully expect to have fines, penalties, late fees, and interest lined up on any failure to pay on deadline - further any real property you own will be assessed as a valuation of equity against that bill

Yes, Komrade - it is all for the 'health' of people.

The other kicker..... the tax penalty to businesses is in almost all cases LESS to pay than the insurance .... any debates on when, how many, and how fast employer groups drop group coverage ?.... As most Americans that have coverage now, have it through work - when employers decide to drop it - you will find yourself back in the squeeze.

This bill is the end of America. If you have read - you know I am not exaggerating
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Fb1
Posted on Thursday, September 20, 2012 - 01:11 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

$1.8 trillion shock: Obama regs cost 20-times estimate

The only ones who didn't see this coming are the 0bots.


Speaking of, check out this uber-too-cool-for-school flag poster now available on the big 0's website (limited to 250 prints, an absolute steal at $35!):


https://store.barackobama.com/obama-2012-store-col lections/artists-for-obama/our-stripes-flag-print. html

Or how 'bout THIS one:


https://store.barackobama.com/our-stripes-country- print.html?related_referrer_id=1637


Desecration? Perhaps.

Chilling? Yes, but no surprise to anyone who's been paying attention.


What say you, 0bots? This is some damn cool swag, is it not?

Not.

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Fb1
Posted on Thursday, September 20, 2012 - 01:30 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

This is another non-revelation, too:


quote:

White House Prevented IG From Pursuing Lead In "Fast and Furious"




During the House Government Oversight Committee Hearing, the Department of Justice IG says that the White House refused to share internal communications on Fast and Furious (September 20, 2012).

What a shocker. The White House (i.e. the guy who invoked executive privilege?) didn't cooperate.

Say it ain't so.
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Fb1
Posted on Thursday, September 20, 2012 - 01:36 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)


quote:

Fast and Furious: Gary Grindler’s One Degree of Separation From Holder
By Christian Adams, Sep 20, 2012

After today’s Inspector General Report on Fast and Furious, Democrats are spinning themselves silly that “neither the Attorney General nor senior DOJ officials authorized or approved of gun-walking in Fast and Furious.” But nothing could be further from the truth. In fact, the most senior DOJ official possible, other than the Attorney General himself, fully complicit in Fast and Furious and the murder of Brian Terry is none other than Attorney General Eric Holder’s Chief of Staff Gary Grindler.

Source, and read more: http://pjmedia.com/tatler/2012/09/20/fast-and-furi ous-gary-grindlers-one-degree-of-separation-from-h older/


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Oldog
Posted on Thursday, September 20, 2012 - 02:08 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

m0re fun

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/09/20/10-part -report-raises-questions-about-narrative-obama-ear ly-life/

Interesting read..

More On F&F

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/09/20/watchdo g-describes-pattern-serious-failures-in-fast-and-f urious/
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Oldog
Posted on Thursday, September 20, 2012 - 02:36 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

This is by Thomas Sowell,


http://news.investors.com/ibd-editorials-perspecti ve/091912-626275-obama-redistribution-fallacy-has- grave-consequences.htm?src=SThru

pay attention.....

(Message edited by oldog on September 20, 2012)
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Cityxslicker
Posted on Thursday, September 20, 2012 - 02:47 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

The 'Soviet' example reference is Ukraine.
The bread basket of Europe - historically the largest grain producer of the Union and traditionally of the region - it is where the hoppy ale and brews of Med started

The Holodomor was the result of Kollectivization of all private farm lands, forced central production, confisgated equipment, imposed residency rules - ie you could NOT leave the farm you were assigned to and led to the death of MILLIONS.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holodomor

it ain't taught in school kiddies - it would upset the political slant of ideology.
we now return you to the campaign - nothing to see here, move along.
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Prior
Posted on Thursday, September 20, 2012 - 06:22 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

That flag absolutely floors me. Unbelievable.
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Fb1
Posted on Thursday, September 20, 2012 - 07:54 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Alex, do you remember when this one made the news earlier this year?



It was flying - in place of our American flag - over a DNC HQ in Florida.

Wake the up, America, before it's too late.
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Sifo
Posted on Thursday, September 20, 2012 - 08:07 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Remember the brouhaha over Sarah Palin having a flag on her bus? You would have thought she had committed some major crime!

The DNC does this to our flag and sees nothing wrong with it though. Speaks volumes!

The imagery is somehow fitting with current events though...


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Fb1
Posted on Thursday, September 20, 2012 - 08:17 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Sifo, I thought the same thing when I first saw the O-merica flag this morning. Dammit. : (



On a lighter note, I offer the following Infomercial for your viewing entertainment:

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Fb1
Posted on Thursday, September 20, 2012 - 08:59 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

If 0bama somehow gets reelected, I wonder what the punishment will be for disrespecting his new flag??





Geez, the Preezy looked like his skin was crawling, having to suffer through yet another rendition of our National Anthem. Well, maybe it was just a case of simple boredom.

I wonder how our veterans and active-duty military feel about the new flag of 0-merica?
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Prior
Posted on Thursday, September 20, 2012 - 10:06 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Alex, do you remember when this one made the news earlier this year?


I missed that. Will need to research that a bit to know more, but What the I'd hope, in some way, that Obama didn't know that was flown. It's a mockery of our country's history and the protocol of our colors being flow. I Really don't know what to say.

Is this the Obama Flag? If so, great. Fold it up like a napkin.

Whom ever hung it didn't fold if like an American Flag and probably doesn't get it- There aren't square folds on any American flag that's properly folded.

(Message edited by awprior on September 20, 2012)

(Message edited by awprior on September 20, 2012)
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Fb1
Posted on Thursday, September 20, 2012 - 10:32 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)



My bad, I thought I remembered flying in place of our flag, instead of under it.

Still, it's vile and heinous, and the 0bama flag itself is illegal according to American law:

quote:

Statute 256.05, which covers improper use of state or United States flag, or other symbol of authority, reads: "No person shall, in any manner, for exhibition or display:

"(1)Place or cause to be placed any word, figure, mark, picture, design, drawing or advertisement of any nature upon any flag, standard, color, ensign or shield of the United States or of this state, or authorized by any law of the United States or this state; or

"(2)Expose to public view any such flag, standard, color, ensign or shield upon which shall have been printed, painted or otherwise produced, or to which shall have been attached, appended, affixed or annexed any such word, figure, mark, picture, design, drawing or advertisement."




quote:

American flag with President Obama's image sparks outrage at Florida Democrats

An American flag with President Obama's image in place of the stars flew over a Florida county's Democrat headquarters long enough to enrage local veterans who called the altered banner "a disgrace."

Lake County Democratic Party officials took down the flag, which flew just below a standard Old Glory on the flagpole outside headquarters in Tavares following complaints by local veterans. But merely taking it down wasn't enough for several local veterans, who said they fought for the flag Betsy Ross made famous, not one with a politician on it.

"It's absolutely disrespectful," Jim Bradford, a 71-year-old veteran who participated in the Bay of Pigs Invasion told FoxNews.com. "It's totally ridiculous. To put somebody's picture there, to me, it's a disgrace to do that."

Source, and read more:
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/03/14/us-flag-depic ting-president-obama-removed-from-floridas-lake-co unty-democratic/



It's time to speak up, America.

Mr. 0bama, I'll see you at the polls.
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Prior
Posted on Thursday, September 20, 2012 - 11:10 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

"I take responsibility." There is no higher up authority (paraphrasing)here than me. Where did it come from? I'd expect better, but... I digress. We do need to find a name for it though- those guys called it an American Flag and it's far from it, stripes included.

(Message edited by awprior on September 20, 2012)

(Message edited by awprior on September 21, 2012)
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Fb1
Posted on Friday, September 21, 2012 - 05:08 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)


quote:

Senate Republicans Slam Democrats for Inaction, Failure to Lead
By Tony Lee, Sep 20, 2012

Nearly every Republican senator went to the Senate floor Thursday to engage in a near hour-long colloquy, criticizing President Barack Obama and Senate Democrats for what they deemed failures in leadership, especially concerning the budget and the debt, defense cuts and national security, foreign policy and gas prices.

The senators denounced Democrats for politicizing and failing to act on the country’s most important fiscal and foreign policy issues.

“Our constituents didn’t send us here to watch the clock or to offer running commentary on the floor,” Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) said. “Never before have a president and Senate Majority Party done so little when our challenges have been so great; there are no excuses for it.”

Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) denounced Senate Democrats for not having adopted a budget in 1,240 days even though it is required by law. Sessions concluded their actions have made it unable for them to “ask to return to leadership.”

Sessions’ comments on the budget were echoed by others.

Sen. Mike Johanns (R-NE) vowed, “when Republicans come to the majority, we will pass the budget and we will work to balance our budget,” while Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) said America hungers for leadership, but the president and the senate have “refused to lead” on the budget.

Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) said what was even worse than Senate Democrats not having adopted a budget in nearly four years is the fact that “they haven’t offered a budget or voted for or supported a budget.”

On foreign policy and defense cuts, Sen. Kelly Ayotte said the “world is a dangerous place” and Obama should “stop leading from behind.”

“Lead. Be the Commander-in-Chief,” Ayotte said. “Your leadership has been absent.”

Sen. Lindsay Graham (R-SC) said because of Obama, “our enemies are on steroids and our friends are unsure about who we are.”

“If this continues, the world is going to devolve into chaos,” Graham said.

Sen Jim Risch (R-ID) said America’s foreign policy of “apology” and “appeasement” “is in shambles” under Obama.

On the economy, Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) and Sen. John Thune (R-SD) spoke about how Democrats have failed the middle class, with Thune citing rising gas prices, the decline of middle class income by $4,000. Thune also said health insurance premiums have increased by 29% under Obama and the average family’s premium has increased by $3,000.

Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) said Democrats have used the top marginal tax rate as a “political football” and this would be the high water mark of “failed leadership of this administration” that has prioritized “electoral politics over sound fiscal policy.”

Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) criticized Democrats for supporting regulations that are destroying job creation.

Sen. Rob Portman said Republicans in the Senate have offered plans that would reform the tax code and create millions of jobs but those plans have “not been heard.”

Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ) said “Senate Democrats and the Obama administration are too afraid to tackle tough issues” that matter to people outside the beltway. Kyl said that taking the country over the fiscal cliff would lead to another recessions and millions of more jobs lost, and there was “no excuse” for Obama’s and Senate Democrats’ leadership failures.

Sen Jim DeMint (R-SC) simply warned, “stop threatening to raise taxes” so businesses and job creators could have a more certain economic environment to conduct their affairs. Sen. Pat Toomey (R-PA) said “our economy could be booming right now” if it weren’t for the failures of Obama and Senate Democrats because historically, “after a serious recession, the economy comes roaring back.”

Sens. John Barrasso (R-WY), Lisa Murkowski (AK), and David Vitter (LA) spoke about the failure of Democrats on energy policy. Barrasso said Obama and Senate Democrats have blocked legislation that would allow for more energy production and create jobs. He said Obama and Democrats have allowed radical environmentalists to hold energy policy “hostage.”

Other senators spoke about how the Senate was deteriorating as an institution and criticized Democrats for politicizing it during a time when the nation faces a fiscal crisis.

Sen. Roger Whicker (R-MS) called this the “least productive Congress” and has broken down as an institution, a theme taken up by many other senators.

Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME) called on the “Majority Leader to remain in session to lay in groundwork for bipartisan solution for monumental issues” instead of calling for another seven-week vacation. Snowe said when she first arrived in the Senate, the Senate did not adjourn during an election year until the first week of November.

Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) said under Reid’s leadership, the Senate has not attempted to tackle hard issues and has “abandoned tasks.”

“Not having a fiscal plan is a failure of leadership,” Coburn said.

Sen. John McCain said the Senate has “body has deteriorated and degenerated over the years,” and other majority leaders “would allow debate and amendments.” McCain repeatedly cited Reid’s declaration, “the days of amendments in this body are over.”

And McConnell wrapped up the colloquy by saying, “the nation and the world need strong American leadership and robust political institutions” to tackle the tough challenges ahead.

“Over the past two years, the Democratic Senate has seen itself as an extension of the re-election campaign rather than a forum for solving the nation’s problems,” McConnell said. “Everything it's done and hasn't done is meant to help the President, not the American people.”

McConnell said the “Senate has of course completely broken down as an institution,” noting, “there are a lot of senators around here of both parties who are wondering what their job is.”

“I got elected by the people of my state,” McConnell said. “What is this job I got? I’m on committees that don't do anything. Nobody votes on amendments. All the members are wondering why they’re here.”

McConnell said the “Democratic-controlled Senate gives do-nothing Congresses a bad name,” labeling it “a complete disgrace” and “embarrassing.”

McConnell said Republicans would promise not to act like Democrats if voters put them in the majority after the 2012 elections.

“Our commitment to the American people is, if we’re in the majority, we'll do the basic work of government and our hand will be out to our colleagues on the other side and whoever the President of the United States is,” McConnell reiterated. “It is time to tackle the biggest problems in the country, the most predictable crisis in American history.”

Source: http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/09/20 /Senate-Republicans-Denounce-Obama-Senate-Democrat s-For-Inaction-Failing-To-Lead-In-Colloquy




Are you paying attention, America?

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Fb1
Posted on Friday, September 21, 2012 - 05:11 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)


quote:

Senate Democrats Plan to Adjourn Without Passing Budget for Third Consecutive Year
By Tony Lee, Sep 20, 2012

Democrats are set to adjourn the Senate after three years of not passing a budget and with no plans to avert a fiscal cliff. And on the 1,240th day since Senate Democrats adopted a budget, Republican leaders in the Senate on Thursday assailed Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Senate Democrats for their failures, promising to pass a budget if voters put them in the majority after November.

Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), the ranking member on the Budget Committee, said “this nation has never faced a more difficult financial challenge” than it current “deep systemic demographic problems.”

“They need to be addressed yet today marks the 1,240th day since the Democratic Leadership in the Senate adopted a budget,” Sessions said. “For three years in a time of financial crises, the Senate’s Democratic majority has failed to comply with the United States code that requires us to bring up a budget and bring it to the floor of the United States Senate.”

Sessions said the Democrats’ failure was “a colossal failure of leadership” and “a failure of fundamental responsibility.” He declared that such a failure makes Democrats “unable to be able to ask to be returned to leadership.”

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