Quaint idea of the day:  That anyone in Washington knows the provisions of the Constitution.

Posted by: chad at December 01, 2010 09:32 AM (WNcvq)"

I think you are right. The only way this turd passes is if the House passes the Senate version, which it will now do as a final "screw you" measure.

I just want them to stop putting fecal material in my peanut butter.

You are engaged in an obvious attempt to mislead the public.  Fecal matter offers many health benefits.

Posted by: mea culpa at December 01, 2010 09:34 AM (3nDF5)

I'm not even a natural born citizen  Bwahaaaaa!

Aaarghh!  Mark Kirk was sworn in yesterday, yesterday!! and this is the first thing he votes on???!!!!!!!!!!! 

Idiot!!!

Posted by: tarpon at December 01, 2010 09:47 AM (g0QB

FIFY

We already new these elites were obstructionists.  We'll see how things go for them when the new House is seated.  Post-reconciliation of appropriations will the markups pass the House?

I feel in my bones Boehner and Cantor will be getting more face-time with Amerikkka than they are expecting.

Constitution?  Piffle.  They will do what they want, and it doesn't matter what we think.  Fat lot of good 63 seats gets you.  I know, they haven't taken office yet, but wouldn't matter. 

Isn't there a constitutional amendment that banned lame duck sessions?

"The other half will be here to brand you a RINO loving [heretic] shortly."

See 38.  Big diff between career ticks and green centerfolds.

Besides the word for 'inbred prosimian mutant spawn' is not "heretic".

I've been amazed by this vote and the Earmark ban vote.

People who are obstensibly conservative like Jim Inhofe and  David Vitter seem to turn up on the wrong side of these issues

Posted by: Ben at December 01, 2010 10:12 AM (wuv1c)

Could be.

Is it just me, or are these idiots voting to increase food prices and taxes on the same fucking day that unemployment benefits are running out for millions of people?

I'm not say that we should print money for unemployment benefits either, but in a reupblic wouldn't this normally equal political suicide?

Posted by: phoenixgirl

The term is: 'electable Republican' or 'Republican of last resort'

Perhaps: 'Republican Offering Compromise for Kicks' (ROCKS)

Posted by: kbdabear

I endorse this message.

Here's some more good news: the FDA has recalled Darvocet and Darvon.

My wife uses Darvocet to control the pain from RSD, Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy, and has been using it for the last 7 years with no ill effect.

The recall was in response to a petion from "Public Citizen" the reactionary leftist group founded by Ralph Nader.

Thanks a lot, assholes, now my wife is in a panic trying to track down her neurologist in order to get a replacement pain medicine.

One that will have actual side effects, unlike the Darvocet.

Oh, and Darvon has been on the market since 1957.

Actually, there isn't much in the reconciliation version about real exceptions...

The 275 mile rule applies to what are called "Qualified End Users", and the $500K limit is under the 1 year exemption clause.

And yes, several large ag businesses are still supporting this travesty, such as Kraft & General Mills (at least as of last PM).

Calling this bill "Food Safety" does not make it so.  It does nothing to enhance "food safety" nor does it "protect" consumers.  It does raise costs & makes it nearly impossible for small companies to sell nationwide...

"I take darvocet too, for my back pain.  Now what am I supposed to do?"

Suffer.

Sounds cruel, but that's what you get now that our lives are goverened by faceless mandarins...

Here's some more good news: the FDA has recalled Darvocet and Darvon.

My wife uses Darvocet to control the pain from RSD, Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy, and has been using it for the last 7 years with no ill effect.

The recall was in response to a petion from "Public Citizen" the reactionary leftist group founded by Ralph Nader.

Thanks a lot, assholes, now my wife is in a panic trying to track down her neurologist in order to get a replacement pain medicine.

One that will have actual side effects, unlike the Darvocet.

Oh, and Darvon has been on the market since 1957.

on what basis did they ban it? Also  I always thought Percocet, Endocet, and all the other "-ocet's" were essentially the same drug. Are they banned too?

The Dark LordÂ’s Second Law:

 95% of all politicians are motivated by self-interests. 

The Dark LordÂ’s Third Law:

 The remaining 5% are the dangerous ones.

Sacrifice:  

 Washington (CNN) -- President Barack Obama is considering at least a
short delay to the start of his holiday vacation in Hawaii so he can try to work
out a deal with congressional Republicans on the Bush tax cuts that expire
December 31

Vitter proves well he can do to us, what the Madam did to him

And yet he's so much better than my other Senator. He bought it, she sells it.

...so everyone who lives north of Atlanta is going to see the price of oranges skyrocket.

Posted by: HeatherRadish at December 01, 2010 10:29 AM (4ucxv)

... and everyone outside of Kansas will see the price of everything made from grain crops skyrocket. (I'm generalising, but you get the picture)

"The active ingredient (Propoxyphene) was found to cause serious cardiac arrhythmias in a substantial number of patients.  I read somewhere it was up to 5% "

Here's a thought: take THEM off of it.

Here's some more good news: the FDA has recalled Darvocet and Darvon. 

Oh, and Darvon has been on the market since 1957.

Posted by: Lazarus Long at December 01, 2010 10:30 AM (Mgd8Q)

Sickening, but not surprising.  The FDA has been doing as much harm as good for years now.  I, too, lost a side-effect-free medicine thanks to their damn meddling.  If it were up to them they'd ban asprin.  They're letting perfect become the enemy of the good.  They don't follow their own directives on risk analysis.  They don't really weigh cost/benefit - they look for any reason to obstruct progress they can find.  Unless, of course, there's bribe money involved.  In that case you can get anything approved.

Oh, and Darvon has been on the market since 1957.

on what basis did they ban it? Also  I always thought Percocet, Endocet, and all the other "-ocet's" were essentially the same drug. Are they banned too?

Posted by: Ben at December 01, 2010 10:45 AM (wuv1c)

The "-ocet" means it contains acetaminophen [Tylenol©®]. The preceding syllables is the difference in the drugs.

Aaarghh!  Mark Kirk was sworn in yesterday, yesterday!! and this is the first thing he votes on???!!!!!!!!!!! 

Posted by: Obamacare Coverage Mandates at December 01, 2010 11:09 AM (9hSKh)

Not to mention that everybody is talking about tax cuts when what is really going on is a proposed tax increase.

Aaarghh!  Mark Kirk was sworn in yesterday, yesterday!! and this is the first thing he votes on???!!!!!!!!!!! 

Posted by: WalrusRex at December 01, 2010 11:09 AM (xxgag)

Charlie Brown - Voters for Mark Kirk

Football - Food Safety

Lucy - Mark Kirk

I'd prefer having to pay a little more so that Chinese companies cannot put rat parts or use lead parts in food exports.

Howzabout we just tell the ChiComs to go fuck themselves and we start growing all our own food? Problem solved.

This solution also works for everything else we currently import from them for no good reason. We can make all our stuff here, like we used to, once we get Washington under our direct control.

I'd prefer having to pay a little more so that Chinese companies cannot put rat parts or use lead parts in food exports.

Howzabout we just tell the ChiComs to go fuck themselves and we start growing all our own food? Problem solved.

This solution also works for everything else we currently import from them for no good reason. We can make all our stuff here, like we used to, once we get Washington under our direct control.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at December 01, 2010 11:13 AM (b6qrg)

The whole point of the bill is to make people dependent on Gov't. The world Gov't. (Channeling my inner Glen Beck)

I swear someday the only people going to be left in Massachusetts are the indigent welfare suckers and the limousine liberal moonbats. It'll be pay per view entertainment when the monster finally turns on its creator.

You joke about this, but it's true: The DEMs now consist of rich white libtards [largely Jewish hucksters & conmen], blacks, and Mexican Indians, with some [albeit slowly fading] support from the Catholic union thugs.

And, of course, the homosexual interior decorators.

Without WASPs to do something productive in an economy, the DEM constituency will quickly implode, disintegrate, and cannibalize itself.

If this situation weren't so terribly tragic, it would be kinda hilarious [which seems to be e.g. Tom Wolfe's point of view - just sit back and laugh at the tragicomedy of it all.]

 just sit back and laugh at the tragicomedy of it all

Or, if not laugh, then at least chuckle.

Former pro hoopster Charles Barkley is known for speaking his mind, and he didn't hold back Tuesday night when discussing Barack 's basketball abilities on "Conan."

"I'm an old fat guy now, but I'll kick his ass," said Barkley, suggesting that he could beat the president in a one-on-one.

Obama's biggest problem? "He's a lefty. He always goes left. And if you just stand there, I'm not sure if you were to open up the right side, he could go right at all." (Insert political symbolism here.)

I'd prefer having to pay a little more so that Chinese companies cannot put rat parts or use lead parts in food exports

You no rike rat parts in your food round eye?

@124 - I'll laugh as long as I've got enough food and ammunition myself.

You can NEVER have enough ammunition.

NEVER.

You can NEVER have enough ammunition.

NEVER.

Why i do my own reloading.

Don't believe me....look at the collar county vote totals in the Senate and Governor races. Bill Brady lost because he could not pull the same vote totals out of those suburban enclaves that Kirk could. We are at least another 2 cycles away from getting a more conservative Senator.....and that is because, in 4 years, Pat Quinn and company will have screwed the state up so bad that the suburban voters will finally pull their heads out.

It is what it is.

Posted by: Mallamutt at December 01, 2010 11:21 AM (OWjjx)

yea, I know, it's sometimes you wish these guys would show some backbone.

_{on what basis did they ban it? Also  I always thought Percocet, Endocet, and all the other "-ocet's" were essentially the same drug. Are they banned too?}

The nice thing about 2012?

We can afford to dump Snowe & Brown because we'll pick up a bunch of seats in the red states. So...fuck 'em.

Our mission in 2012 is (in this order):
1. Keep the House
2. Take the Senate
3. Defeat Obama.

In the meantime, we'll just keep smiling and pretending that that the RINOs are better than the alternatve...as they keep on voting like the alternative.