1 Andrew Stiles has play-by-play on a potential deal:

http://tinyurl.com/5tst75r

The cheerleader for cowboy poets himself will now be addressing the Senate @ 10:30pm EST.

2 Huh, didn't realize they're going to take the cherry blossoms down if there is a shut down tonight.

3 Lord Have Mercy

4 The cheerleader for cowboy poets himself will now be addressing the Senate He has to do it iambic pentameter or he gets capped.

5 Life, death, and cherries.  Where do they get these robots who can say anything without shame or embarrassment?

6 Four things about a possible deal:

(1) Both sides would have to completely agree
(2) The deal would have to survive a House Conference meeting
(3) It would not be voted-upon until later this weekend so they'd have to pass a CR tonight
(4) As Majority Whip, McCarthy would have to retain those 218 votes

7 Shut it down.

8 If we can't shut down the government, can we at least shut down this cocksucker's microphone?

9 Harry (the magnificent, lord of the rift, defender of the faithful, the blood of the prophet runs in him and he is but a servant of his will) today said that he was well aware that abortion cannot be funded by taxpayer dollars, and that therefore, PP did abortions as a "loss leader". 

That got me to thinking.  PP itself claims to do 330,000 abortions a year.  According to Google, the average cost of an abortion is about $500 (actually seems low to me).  That means that PP eats a cool $165M a year doing abortions.  Now either they have the single greatest private fundraiser in the history of the western world or they, and Harry, are full of crap.  Hmmmm.  I wonder which?

10 Harry Reid is running out of scary political rhetoric.  Gives me the willies.  Seriously creepy.

11 How can a man flatworm like Reid rise to such a prominent position in politics, when he has the charisma and screen presence of a dust bunny?

12 Kay Bailey is saying she has over 2/3 of the Senate sponsoring her stand-alone bill to pay the troops and Reid is still sitting on it.

13 Everybody keep this shit in mind when next November comes around.

14 There are two primary merits of a shutdown:

1. A prominent, well publicized opportunity to showcase that the Dems should belong to assholes anonymous

2. A tactic to get the attention of average Americans that some hard choices are just around the corner.

15 So if the Government shuts down, is this part of the unemployment figures?

16 How can a man flatworm like Reid rise to such a prominent position in politics, when he has the charisma and screen presence of a dust bunny?

Posted by: George Orwell at April 08, 2011 08:53 PM (AZGON)

Because Sarah Palin is an unelectable idiot, that's why.

17 Are you an idiot Harry?

18 YOU MOTHER FUCKERS BEST GET THAT CHERRY BLOSSOM FESTIVAL BACK OPEN BEFORE I CHOKE A BITCH. I AM NOT PLAYING. I WILL CHOKE A BITCH UP IN THIS MOTHER FUCKER IF THE CHERRY BLOSSOM FESTIVAL DOES NOT PROCEED AS PLANNED. I yield the rest of my time to the gentleman from South Carolina.

19 "If the number if $39 billion, CBO would score that as somethng like $500 billion over 10 yrs."

20

And federal oversight of restaurant menu content?

Finito, my friend.

21 This country cannot withstand the temporary closing of the Smithsonian. It will mean the end of civil society as we know it, and precipitate the death of thousands. Your own family members will perish. There will be no one left to witness the fall of a single cherry blossom. Well, it's as convincing as anything Reid will say.

22

Beginning Saturday April 9, the Washington Monument will be dismantled and stored.  If the shut down continues past May 8th, the monument will be auctioned to the highest bidder. 

23 Numerous GOP and Democratic sources on and off Capitol Hill tell National Journal that the outline of the deal is as follows: up to $39 billion in cuts from the 2010 budget, $514 billion for the defense budget covering the remainder of this fiscal year, a GOP agreement to abandon controversial policy riders dealing with Planned Parenthood and the EPA, and an agreement to pass a “bridge” continuing resolution tonight to keep the government operating while the deal is written in bill form…




Ah, the taste of ashes.....

24

from miss80's link;

GOP and Democratic sources on and off Capitol Hill tell National Journal that the outline of the deal is as follows: up to $39 billion in cuts from the 2010 budget, $514 billion in spending for the defense budget covering the remainder of this fiscal year, a GOP agreement to abandon controversial policy riders dealing with Planned Parenthood and the EPA, and an agreement to pass a “bridge” continuing resolution late Friday night to keep the government operating while the deal is written in bill form

25 a GOP agreement to abandon controversial policy riders dealing with Planned Parenthood and the EPA

Uh, you mean like a gentlemen's agreement?  Suuuure.  We honor our promises like you honor yours.

26 Ah, the taste of ashes..... I was thinking "sandwich," spread with something looking like Nutella. From a distance.

27 If the federal government is forced to shut down by the GOP extremists, we could see toilets going on sale that use 1.7, 1.8 gallons per flush.

28 "Latest: House Republicans conference at 9:45pm -- Senator Reid on the Senate floor at 10:30pm."

If the conference says no, back to the drawing-board for Boehner and Reid,

29 well crud i repeated another.

30

Beginning Saturday April 9, the Washington Monument will be dismantled and stored. 

Probably not a union job...

31 Oh BTW, the Republican party has officially declared conservatives their true enemy:

"Republicans do not want any agreement framework to surface before a conference meeting this evening. And a Senate Democratic aide that side is wary that opposition House conservatives will still scuttle a deal."

32 FYI - Marco Rubio is boxing tonite on ESPN2.  No Lie.

33 @23 There will be no one left to witness the fall of a single cherry blossom.

How zen. 

34 Stiles notes UPDATE (8:35 p.m.): Reps. Jeb Hensarling (R., Texas) and Darrell Issa (R., Calif.) seen walking into BoehnerÂ’s officeÂ… Almost sounds like a bad joke. Two Republicans walk into the Speaker's office. The Speaker says "Hey, we don't see many Republicans in here." The Republicans say "And with this deal, you won't see many in the future."

35 harrison: "Everybody keep this shit in mind when next November comes around."

I can assure you that we... Oh, look! A bunny!

36 No Clean up needed, Fuck Commies.

37 26 But the problem with the details from that same source is that the Dems are saying they still have not agreed on the riders. So maybe they have, maybe they haven't. The leadership also has to get the support of the conference on whatever they have before they announce anything. So that report is an outline but not a final.

38 Who is this ELeanor Frazier Norton? and why is she so ugly?

39 From NRO:  "In short, Boehner agreed to drop the Planned Parenthood rider for a price of $1 billion in additional spending cuts."

There ya go....we finally have a price on dead babies.

40 There ya go....we finally have a price on dead babies. But is that wholesale or retail?

41 The Hills Have Eyes II is on. A NG unit is chased by a bunch of people that closely resemble liberal females.

42 Boehner and the rest of the leadership have to tell the conference about the aspects of a deal, and I've heard he's always been truthful in that respect. The members also have staffers who know how to use the Internet, so I suspect a number of individuals will have a copy of that story in their hands at a conference meeting.

43

up to $39 billion (well under 100 billion, sounds more like what the dems had in mind a couple of weeks ago)in cuts from the 2010 budget , $514 billion ( defense had to be fought over?)in spending for the defense budget covering the remainder of this fiscal year, a GOP agreement to abandon controversial policy riders dealing with Planned Parenthood(surprise)

sounds like they really , no really went to bat for america , amirite? 

44

Heh. You guys will like this.

The Moron Brothers

45

Reid sounds like he's ready for a cancer kazoo. Does he smoke or is his voice naturally that pathetic?

46

If they drop PP and the EPA from this deal, they damn well better make sure they put that shit in the next budget.   Or add them as amendments to some other bill.  

Oh, is the defunding of NPR in this deal or not?   I want as much useless shit kicked to the curb as possible.   I don't care if it doesn't seem like much against what we're up against.   Every useless POS that we fund should go.

47 Rep. Price has also instructed members as to how to frame arguments in event of a shutdown. This isn't a done deal until they've formalized details and accepted it on both sides. McCarthy may have trouble getting his 218, but he may not.

48 What is the sound of a Cherry Blossom falling unwatched?

49

There ya go....we finally have a price on dead babies.

Why pay anything? 

Those things are in half the dumpsters around town.

50 If a cherry blossom blooms in DC and no smelly tourist is there to see it does a bear shit in the woods?

51 Wait a minute-- Politico has now changed their story to upwards of $40B. Hmm....

52

Heh. You guys will like this.

NOFX?

 

53

Heh, I phones take random pictures of you without you knowing it or telling it to.

Rum has one doesn't she?

http://tinyurl.com/3o4vlon

 

54 I see a lot of they better...they should...they have to....but they won't. For whatever reason, we have no representation, at least not strong representation.

55 Shut it down. Some people need to learn that they can actually survive without the federal government.

56

One Without With One.

57 49 Oh, is the defunding of NPR in this deal or not?   I want as much useless shit kicked to the curb as possible.   I don't care if it doesn't seem like much against what we're up against.   Every useless POS that we fund should go.

They passed NPR defunding and some EPA measures as stand-alone bills.

58 Where will this end?
Un-subsidised  slam cowboy poetry?

59

The same bullies who picked on Barky also used to make fun of Harry Reid's pink ruffled panties and his mealy-mouthed lisping as he skipped to the playground.

I need to put a photo of Harry the Twit on my fridge (with Pelosi Bat$hi++ Botox) and I bet I could lose that five pounds I have packed on. Ugh.

60

Oy, what a scene at work today--the bosses having to call every employee who wasn't on shift and tell them whether they were excepted or non-excepted from the furlough, sorting out whether contractors' companies would consider them essential. What a mess. But we're ready to go, now. The machinery's already in place--the Republicans might as well stand back and let the dems hang themselves with a shutdown. If the dems wanted a budget on their terms so bad, they could have rammed in through last year when they were supposed to.

Dirtbags. My co-workers with military friends are pissed at the dems for this.

61 They passed NPR defunding and some EPA measures as stand-alone bills.

Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at April 08, 2011 09:17 PM (uVLrI)

Well, I guess they're dead, right?   'Cause there's no way those as stand-alones make it through the Senate.   They need to be attached to something that the Dems need to pass.

62 This is the only Blossom Festival Harry should be concerned about in his golden years;

http://tinyurl.com/4gzdln

63

Heh. You guys will like this.

The Moron Brothers

Posted by: maddogg at April 08, 2011 09:09 PM (kW4zY)

That's my retirement plan.

That was pretty fucking cool.

64 They have the opportunity to pass a CR which would give our troops their paychecks, and he's worried about a shutdown because of the National Portrait Gallery?

They've officially jumped the shark with their scare tactics.

65 Well, Chuck Todd is now reporting it's a deal-- whatever it is-- but he's said that several times today. He's also getting ahead of himself because it is not finalized unless it makes it through conference. If RSC and the rest of the freshmen say no, it will fall apart.

66 O/T:  " The negotiators have a deal, now everyone has to review it, starting with House GOP conference. Choreography of who announces what when nxt less than a minute ago via web"

67 Speaking of creepy, have you seen Tingles gushing about Obama's "charming", "little boy smile" yet?

Have your barf bags ready.

68 Shit fire, if they only shut it down for a week it amounts to more than 61 billion.

69 $1 billion in additional spending cuts."

There ya go....we finally have a price on dead babies.
Posted by: Tami



Let's se...

2006 Planned Parenthood service numbers
Number of abortions (medical and surgical): 289,750
Total number of abortions per week: 5,572

So call it $1 billion over 26 weeks @ 5500 dead babies per week....

70 Unless it has defunding planned parenthood and 60 billion plus as cuts, which is less than their promises they should vote it down.

71 What makes this stranger is that the cherry blossem parade is in no danger. They already announced a change of route so that the parade didn't cross into national park service domain in the last two blocks. It doesn't matter anyway but he didn't even get the stupid right.

72 9:20 p.m.-- NJ's Major Garrett reports that, according to a source, House Speaker John Boehner just told a member of his leadership that "the president is nickel-and-diming us to death."



*weep* *weep* *weep*

73 Oh, and BTW no one gives a shit. I've lived here forever and have never seen their fucking parade and wouldn't go down into that mess of tourists and tools to see anything except the resurrection of Ronald Wilson Reagan.

74

Wonder what it feels like, as a man, to not have any balls.   Do you think they gave them away, sold them, or they just dropped off the minute they walked into the capitol building?

Jeebus, they make me sick.

 

75 5 The cheerleader for cowboy poets himself will now be addressing the Senate

He has to do it iambic pentameter or he gets capped.

Posted by: George Orwell at April 08, 2011 08:48 PM (AZGON)

And in Pig Latin

76 143,000 dead babies per spending cut.

77

So call it $1 billion over 26 weeks @ 5500 dead babies per week....

You're paying too much for your aborted fetuses...feti...whatever.

I can get you a much better deal.   High quality stuff.

78 Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at April 08, 2011 09:25 PM (a6pQo)

The American people are watching and seeing who has courage and who doesn't and they are going to vote accordingly.    I don't think these guys think people are serious about voting them out.  They think people are stupid and will put up with sand being kicked in their faces over and over again.  I think the budgeteers were such a success people will follow the model.  Vote out the old bring in the new budgeteer until the Congress and the Senate are full of majority budgeteers.

79 If Boehner has this, it's because he wants to go-ahead and take the vote on the 2012 budget next week. I'd also like to see the final # and items before I decide anything. Considering the Ds starting at nothing and Boehner might have got them to concede $40B+, that would actually be a rather huge win, politically speaking.

80 It doesn't matter anyway but he didn't even get the stupid right.

Did they move the cherry trees? Harry is talking about Virginia, last I knew the cherry trees were around the Tidal Basin in DC.

81 From another thread, a perfect description of Harry "Cecil" Reid:
Science fact:

When Harry Reid retreats into his shell, it is often necessary to stick a finger in his ass to get him to poke his head out.
Posted by: sifty at April 08, 2011 07:45 PM (AyUAm)

82 Kristi Noem is smoking, articulate and smart. She can have her way with me.

83 Any chance the repeal of the incandesceant lightbulb ban in this???? I fear this may be our best chance to throw this law overboard. Obama and the senate deems are big enough dickheads to block a repeal in any straight forward legislation. They should swap the PP for a bulb-ban repeal... If that s what it tales to get a deal. Spending cuts are great but where is the change in policy and reform that I voted for?

84 I spoke to a lot of people today.  $40 billion, was being spun all day, people were saying that 40 billion is not a large win politically, it's the republicans losing again.  They made promises and people are waiting for them to keep those promises.

85 82 I think the budgeteers were such a success people will follow the model.  Vote out the old bring in the new budgeteer until the Congress and the Senate are full of majority budgeteers.

The budgeteers don't take part in deals such as this; appropriators do. If you look to see whose name is on HR 1, you'll see the sponsor is Hal Rogers and he's the sponsor of every stop-gap. They will also get to write this bill in the event this amount is agreed-to by the conference. That's the thing, this is not yet a bill.

86 Prosser/Noem 2012!!

87 IMO, the GOP tripped themselves up when their own members started whinning about the continuing resolutions. That shit was working.

88 There are cherry trees around the tidal basin and all along the GW Memorial parkway near Memorial Bridge and tons in Arlington Cemetary. In fact, since they do so well here they are everywhere. There are 2 in my front yard. Hell, there's a lovely one at the gas station. It's not a big deal. Stupid, stupid, stupid. Most of the time the flippin blossems have blown off before the parade. This year they lasted longer because global warming has had us in the 40s.

89 Crap crap crap -- another bipartisan turd sandwich is headed our way:
 
Legislation co-sponsored by Tennessee GOP Sen. Lamar Alexander has Tea Party and other conservative leaders crying foul because it backs away from their goal of bringing added congressional accountability to President ObamaÂ’s czars, now 37 in number.

The bill, S 670, enjoys bipartisan support from Democrats such as Sen. Charles Schumer of New York, fellow Republicans such as Sen. Olympia Snowe of Maine and Independent Sen. Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut.
 
This bill cuts out Senate confirmation on a great big pile of Czars.
 
And the hits just keep on a comin'.

90 76...OH MY GOD Then you say "NO" Boehner you crying fool!

91 9:23 p.m.-- NJ's Major Garrett reports that a top GOP source described the 9:45 p.m. Conference meeting as "spreading foam on the runway."

92 At this point people are not rooting for a compromise, that is wholly lame, they want a win or they want it shut down.  I was surprised by this but even the dems just want it shut down.  Oh and I had no idea how people in the private sector has absolutely no respect whatsoever for government workers.

93 Kristi Noem is smoking, articulate and smart.

She can have her way with me.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 08, 2011 09:30 PM (TMB3S)

Hey! So I just checked her out and she IS smokin'!

Kinda got that Native American look, strong, sharp features.

 

94

Really, Nevada? As weak a candidate as Sharron Angle was, you honestly picked Dingy Harry over her?

I remember listening to Beck the day after the elections, and in between the hilarious gloating, Beck was surprised that Reid won by as much as he did. Pat Gray said it was because he was a Mormon, even if he was a bad one, and that Mormons in Nevada probably voted for him just because of that. He and Beck debated that for a while.

I'm interested in that part of Beck's personality. I'm not close friends with any Latter-Day Saints, but I enjoy listening to him and Pat debate stuff like that because I know Mormons can be very protective of their faith, just like everyone else.

95 >>IMO, the GOP tripped themselves up when their own members started whinning about the continuing resolutions. That shit was working. This is just the first bite of the apple. The debate about the debt ceiling is coming soon and they will take another chunk then. Death by a thousand cuts may not be a terrible strategy for now.

96 H.R. 1

Sponsor: Rep. Rogers, Harold [KY-5] (introduced 2/11/2011)

97 If he wants his czars, he can have his czars as long as he pays them out of his own pocket, every last one.   Like Glenn Beck pays the research staff at fox cause fox is too damned cheap.

98

Holy cripes!  Is nothing sacred?

Well I guess cherries are non-essential now that I think about it.

 

 

99 All govt workers are not leeches. Those that say so sound like ignorant assholes.

100 If you think losing the cherry Blossom festival and Cowboy Poets is bad, look what else a government shutdown would do:

"Grand Canyon Could Close Due to Federal Shutdown"--headline, Associated Press, April 7

I didn't even know that the feds were propping it open!  Now earthquakes!  Tsunamis!

101 You got to love those old boys on the Kentucky River. No meth or weed or Apple Pie or anything.

102 92 IMO, the GOP tripped themselves up when their own members started whinning about the continuing resolutions. That shit was working.

I agree. They stopped looking at the long-game and asked for a compromise. So everyone who asked for a compromise yet refuses to vote for this -- should it become a bill-- is a hypocrite.

103 42...one billion in exchange for that? OH GOD. We will borrow that much in the next 2 seconds lol.

104 Ooops - someone hit the post button a bit early...

Rep. Jeb Hensarling, top House GOP leader, just said a few minutes ago that there is no budget deal to avert a government shutdown.

But a press release was just posted on the website of Sen. Mike Johanns, R-Neb., saying that there is agreement between the House and Senate to pass a three-day budget that would avert a government shutdown.

There's still no official word from the White House or a congressional negotiator about the state of play. The federal government will close its doors at midnight if a deal on a budget is not reached.

The text of Johanns' news release is posted after the jump.

WASHINGTON -- Sen. Mike Johanns (R-Neb.) issued the following statement regarding the three-day budget agreement reached by bipartisan negotiators in the Senate and House of Representatives that prevents a shutdown of the federal government:

The American people sent us to Washington to lead our government back onto a path of fiscal sustainability, not grind it to a halt. I'm pleased both sides of the aisle were able to reach an agreement and avoid a government shutdown. I hope the same spirit is applied through next week as we debate the continued funding of our government.

We mustn't lose sight of the fact that we were faced with the prospect of a shutdown principally because no budget was passed out of Congress or ever considered on the Senate floor throughout all of last year, and we are now picking up the pieces. We are here to work together to solve our country's problems, and negotiators must do better than the performance this week. In the near future we are going to have to make tough decisions to address major problems, which will entail confronting bloated deficits and entitlement reform. I will continue to urge my colleagues to come together to develop a clear, comprehensive approach to bringing our country back from the brink of a financial crisis."

105 The spambot is very multicultural tonight.

106

I alone stood up today for what was just and right.

I alone did stay my ground and fought a hard won fight.

Thanks to me the the stinky tourists can now go on and see

The rapturous cherry blossoms blooming in D.C.

 

Yay me!

 

 

107 Remember that "jobs" bill that passed last August? $26 billion. More than half of what we are fighting about now

108 Oh and I had no idea how people in the private sector has absolutely no respect whatsoever for government workers.

Posted by: curious at April 08, 2011 09:34 PM (k1rwm)

I know you're in NYC, but you can't be that far removed from actual people.

109 Juan Williams on Hannity dismisses Dems "The GOP is killing womyn" rhetoric.  Can NPR hire this tool back?

110

Hey! So I just checked her out and she IS smokin'!

Kinda got that Native American look, strong, sharp features.

Posted by: ErikW at April 08, 2011 09:34 PM (Rga6Q)

Yep, and she loves her some ethanol subsidies.

111

Posted by: Dingy Harry, Cowboy Poet Laureate Emeritus at April 08, 2011 09:41 PM (ihSHD)

That was beautiful man, here's a billion for you!

112 Hensarling is saying no deal because he is the head of the Republican Conference and to say that a majority of the Republican members of Congress signed-off on this before a meeting would be stupid. In other words, he's saying that there is no deal unless the conference says it's a deal. Unlike San Fran Nan, Boehner listens to the conference, which has been both a good thing and a bad thing this year.

113 I tell ya, he oughta bite his lip some more.  Trust me, it really makes it look like you care!

And you guys are right about Kristi Noem!!!  I'd sure like to have her work on my staff!!!  Although I like the heavy set types better, y know...

114 Everyone else in the Donkey Show is braying about an assault on women, but Dingy Harry's all pussy-hurt about a cherry blossom festival???? Ace Rothstein definitely comped too many rooms for him at the Tangiers.

115 98 Kristi Noem is smoking, articulate and smart.


And didn't she vote against the GOP recently?  Screw her.

116

 Dingy Harry, Cowboy Poet Laureate Emeritus

I alone stood up today for what was just and right. and fought for PP

I alone did stay my ground and fought a hard won fight. to kill babies needlessly

Thanks to me the the stinky tourists can now go on and see dead fetus's from sea to sea.

The rapturous cherry blossoms blooming in D.C. they bloom for some ,not me.

117 Retweet: "Remember, just because NEGOTIATORS have a deal doesn't mean it's a DONE deal; rank-n-file needs to sign off."

118

Everyone else in the Donkey Show is braying about an assault on women.

I've always found that language so odd since half of the dead babies are "women".

119 Here ya go: The "great Kristi Noem.

http://ace.mu.nu/archives/312243.php

120 Shut it down. SHUT IT DOWN.

121 First the cowboy poetry and now the cherry blossoms???
WHEN WILL THE MADNESS END???? What have you barstards got against cowpokes???

122 42 From NRO:  "In short, Boehner agreed to drop the Planned Parenthood rider for a price of $1 billion in additional spending cuts."

There ya go....we finally have a price on dead babies.

Posted by: Tami at April 08, 2011 09:05 PM (VuLos)

You do understand we weren't going to get everything we wanted on this budget, right?  That we only control the House and not the Senate or White House?

We're passing *last year's budget*.  Technically we're getting this instead of a budget from Obama and a Dem-controlled House and Senate. 

I'd love to get a trillion dollars in cuts too but that's not realistic.  Whatever the actual deal is, it doesn't matter because the win is that the budget is a big issue now and that will continue into 2012.  That's good for us if we ever want to make the meaningful changes we need to make.

123

Hey ya'll I've been working on something new for the upcoming Cowboy Poke and Slam:

 

These boots were made for walking,

That's just what they'll do.

One of these days these boots will walk all over yooou11!

124

Yep, and she loves her some ethanol subsidies.

Posted by: Steph at April 08, 2011 09:42 PM (AkdC5)

 

And I didn't even get a chance to fap.

Is Laura Ingraham still single and coherent?

125 Well I guess cherries are non-essential now that I think about it. Scarlett Johansson hasn't missed hers for years.....

126 124

Everyone else in the Donkey Show is braying about an assault on women.

I've always found that language so odd since half of the dead babies are "women".

Posted by: dagny at April 08, 2011 09:47 PM (bk1fZ)

Women are only women if they vote Democrat.  So unborn ones don't count.

127 Here ya go: The "great Kristi Noem.

http://ace.mu.nu/archives/312243.php

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at April 08, 2011 09:47 PM (iVwvq)

There's a reason she snuggled right up to the establishment before she even got to Congress.  

128 Anybody know how much of the 2011 budget has been spent or allocated?

129 I'm going to burn your episteemology to the ground if i could spell it. Just like the hotel in Barton Fink the flames will,,,,,, Sorry. Wrong blog.

130 Tami,

Remember asking last night whether Rangel really said "We didn't get to it"? Well, I second guessed myself but, yes.

Yes he did.

What a fucking clown.

131 I'd love to get a trillion dollars in cuts too but that's not realistic.  Whatever the actual deal is, it doesn't matter because the win is that the budget is a big issue now and that will continue into 2012.  That's good for us if we ever want to make the meaningful changes we need to make.

Posted by: robviously at April 08, 2011 09:48 PM (pprkn)

Then leave it the fuck out of negotiations in the first place.  You don't put something like that in to use as a bargaining chip.

132 Cowboy Poetry: That boy is hung like a cow.

133 At least this gives us a glimpse at federal structural underpinnings.  Things that are "public" are practically owned by federal employees instead of the people.

134 All the talking heas on Fox this afternnon(and Fox Business)hit on the "but Planned Parenthood has been funding this stuff since 1970" meme.So what?Maybe this is our chance to finally axe it.

135

Hey.  I'll be right back.  I've got to go sweep all of the dead old people off my porch.

Damn Republicans!

136

There's a reason she snuggled right up to the establishment before she even got to Congress.  

Posted by: Steph at April 08, 2011 09:50 PM (AkdC5)

That's the problem with liberal womynz.  They are OK until they say something.

137 Really why can't you pay for your own abortions? Why is that too much to ask?

138 138 Then leave it the fuck out of negotiations in the first place.  You don't put something like that in to use as a bargaining chip.

That belongs to Appropriations and Appropriations alone, if it's true. Hal Rogers is an absolute slime-ball and he honestly wouldn't care about using such a thing as a bargaining chip. All he and most of his appropriator buddies care about is winning.

139 What a fucking clown.

Posted by: Biggie Smalls at April 08, 2011 09:52 PM (piMMO)

No kidding!....


“We didnÂ’t get to it — we didnÂ’t do it.  It was a political hot potato — but that has nothing do with where we are today,” Rangel said. “I think what we have to do is to really see whether the whole Congress is going to embarrass the nation and the world by not being able to clean up the mess that we have and move forward — thatÂ’s the question.”

140 138 I'd love to get a trillion dollars in cuts too but that's not realistic.  Whatever the actual deal is, it doesn't matter because the win is that the budget is a big issue now and that will continue into 2012.  That's good for us if we ever want to make the meaningful changes we need to make.

Posted by: robviously at April 08, 2011 09:48 PM (pprkn)

Then leave it the fuck out of negotiations in the first place.  You don't put something like that in to use as a bargaining chip.

Posted by: Tami at April 08, 2011 09:52 PM (VuLos)

I agree.  The issue should be spending but by making abortion the key part, they gave the Dems one of their favorite talking points.

141

I don't like planned parenthood anymore than anyone else but you aren't going to get rid of them through the budget unless we have the senate and the whitehouse. They have too big a lobby and the abortion industry donates too much to dems. Plus dems like to kill the babies of poor people.

The way to get rid of them is an audit followed by congressional hearings that show they are a scam operataion and basically an abortion mill.

In other words you need to out them for the shady fuckers they are and put that in front of the American people.

142 That Noem chick was on Fox and Friends last week and said something so over-the-top stupid that I made a mental note to comment about here...then I forgot.

Now I can't remember what she said.

143 oh just fucking great, another one one my brilliantly incoherent comments about Moochelle and Honey Badger rejected because it "looked like spam." Phooey

144

Planned Parenthood facts:

http://tinyurl.com/3vev6cy

145 Anybody know how much of the 2011 budget has been spent or allocated?

Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at April 08, 2011 09:51 PM (uVLrI)

All  but $1 Trillion I think.

146 There's a reason she snuggled right up to the establishment before she even got to Congress. 

Well, if nothing else, we know she's a (political) whore.  Maybe we all have a chance with her?

147 154 Silver lining.

148

That's the problem with liberal womynz.  They are OK until they say something.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at April 08, 2011 09:53 PM (f4gk9)

Except when those liberal womyns are supposed to be conservative Republicans.   

Noem has the longest list of violations, including 20 speeding tickets, three stop sign violations, two seat belt violations, and no driver's license. Noem also has six court notices for failure to appear and two arrest warrants.

Noem had warrants issued for her arrest on two occasions when she failed to pay fines.

No wonder she fit right in so quickly.  

149 Sen. Mike Johanns, R-Neb

...we've got quite a pair of Senators here in the good life.

150 156 Women drivers....ducks....

151 Let's not forget, we'll get a second kick at the can when the debt-ceiling bill comes up.  And then the 2012 budget will (better) represent a big whack at the pinata...

152  All the talking heas on Fox this afternnon(and Fox Business)hit on the "but Planned Parenthood has been funding this stuff since 1970" meme.So what?Maybe this is our chance to finally axe it.

Posted by: steevy

 

A lot of things that have been funded "for a long time" have got to be re-examined and cut.  This is the new reality .  We simply CANNOT afford to spend the money when we are running a 1.6 TRILLION dollar deficit.

This reality really hasn't hit most people, but it will be the underlying cause for rising inflation and the general impoverishment of most of the people in this country.

Because of this immense deficit, and those in the years to come if this idiocy isn't stopped, all our savings, investments, the value of our homes, EVERYTHING, will be ruined.

'Cause Planned Parenthood and the AARP didn't get their subsidy.

Idiots. 

This message has to be hammered home again and again.  The Democrats have to be portrayed as what they are, the enemies of the Middle Class and every American that is trying to make a decent life for themselves.

153

Interesting plan: break down the family and encourage indiscriminant sex, provide abortions using federal tax dollars, foster addiction to random indiscriminant sex to grow business, use federal tax dollars and other money generated to elect democrats who will continue to fund abortion to familyless indiscriminant sex lovers. Repeat.

1. Tear down culture

2. Provide abortions

3. Profit!!!

154

Shut 'em down: http://tinyurl.com/b5pcnc

Public Enemy may hate every iota of a cracka, but Chuck D had the best rap voice ever.

155

Planned Parenthood facts:

http://tinyurl.com/3vev6cy

Posted by: dagny at April 08, 2011 09:57 PM (bk1fZ)

 

They are an arm of Satan. I hate to use Biblical terms but it's true.

156 153 All  but $1 Trillion I think.

...and that amount is getting smaller every day.

157 Women drivers....ducks....

Posted by: steevy at April 08, 2011 10:02 PM (fHX3h)

Well, I guess if you don't give a shit about paying fines for your own stupidity until they issue arrest warrants for you, maybe we shouldn't expect her to give a shit about the nation's debt.

158 If Boehner got something high enough, then I say take it while there's still money left to cut from FY '11.

159 Well a country that has diplomatic relations with Saudi Arabia is really demeaning in ways similar to abortion. Bowing to their king disgusts me so much i could spit. AAArrrrrgggugit I just lost 5 pounds!

160 >>That belongs to Appropriations and Appropriations alone, if it's true. This was Mike Pence's amendment. There were over 40 amendments when this started and most got jettisoned early through negotiation. I'm not sure it's fair to categorize it as a bargaining chip. Pence isn't the type to play games with abortion issues.

161

1. Tear down culture

2. Provide abortions

3. Profit!!!

Posted by: dagny at April 08, 2011 10:04 PM (bk1fZ)

It seems to be working for them.  They're all personally very wealthy.

162 3 Huh, didn't realize they're going to take the cherry blossoms down if there is a shut down tonight. Posted by: Retread at April 08, 2011 08:48 PM (okCHU) My vote for threadwinner. Is it too much to ask for the Repubs to mention that this could have been avoided with, you know, an actual budget? Not just on the congressional floor, but on TV?

163

Heh. You guys will like this.

The Moron Brothers

Posted by: maddogg at April 08, 2011 09:09 PM (kW4zY)

Wonder how many of us Morons® they'd take on for a party cruise?  That house is the perfect place to spend the zombie apocalypse.  I'm torn between favorite lines, though.  "If we'd had baloney, we'd have won the Civil War" is right up there with that crack about the burlap sack.

Oooooo, LTC West is on Greta.

164 then as the Dem congressman exits the bait car we can,,,,, Sorry,,,wrong government.

165 Tami,  Carl Cameron is saying that part of the agreement is that the Senate will hold a stand-alone vote on Planned Parenthood.

166 Dagny: So, you really do spell it "indiscriminant," don't you.

167 I think I shall never see a Dem drag queen. As lovely as a cherry blossom tree.

168

But......but......but..what are we gonna do to survive if the gummit doesn't send a check?  The republicans are committing crimes against humanity and stuff.

169 Hey. I'll be right back. Free Ads Classifieds

170

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171 Scary Harry Reid sould wear a black hat and look as sinister and vile as the villian from the western classic SHANE he is a sidewinder and lilylivred polecat