Nancy Pelosi, gotta love her backbone...

The House, with leader Nancy Pelosi,  showed some backbone today and pushed through a measure to extend the middle class tax cuts. The measure passed 234-188. This symbolic vote was for show, we all can agree to that because it'll go nowhere in the Senate. But what an oh so sweet vote it was! The republicans came out seething and slobbering all over themselves.  Boehner called the vote chicken crap, nonsense and political games playing! HA!!  YES BONEHEAD, but it was so much fun for us liberals to watch!   House Democrats wanted the American people to see the GOP vote NO for the middle class,  but this vote was also to send a message to  President Obama.  That is a good thing...

“House Democrats are taking a very different negotiating strategy than President Obama,” says Julian Zelizer, a congressional historian at Princeton University in New Jersey. “They are starting with what they want before negotiating with Republicans. President Obama tends to give things away before he negotiates.”
“It’s not just political theater," he adds. Democrats are "trying something different than we’ve seen over the last two years, which is to stand firm before the negotiations."

All revenue bills start in the House, so the whining by the GOP is just pathetic. It's what comes next that will have the liberals in the country whining and complaining. I don't see this ending anywhere near where we want. In the end Democrats and Obama will cave.....ANY vote short of letting the tax cuts to the rich expire is caving. It makes me sick to my stomach....

UPDATE: Harry Reid says there will be 2 separate votes tomorrow, Saturday. One for the middle class tax cuts and one for the richest bastards tax cuts... Can't wait! ;-)

ASSHOLES

I haven't talked about President Obama's bipartisan meeting yesterday because at this point I'm not sure any of us knows what went on, and what's next for us, the public, remember us??

Look at these ugly stupid men, they don't have a clue what they are doing. They all gag me. The demand this time, to block legislative action on ALL issues to be considered in the lame-duck Congress until the tax cut dispute is settled. Now when they say settled they don't mean debated and compromised, they mean settled as in give us our tax cut extension permanently for our rich fuckin friends or you get NOTHING from us this year! Which by the way is nothing new....

All of the 42 Senate Republican jokers signed a letter to Harry Reid vowing to filibuster EVERYTHING til they get their way. Reid blasted the GOP on the Senate floor today calling them cynical and transparent, their strategy is to delay and obstruct legislation while turning around and blaming it all on Democrats. It will not work. The country will see those thugs for who they are, who they really fight for, and it sure as hell ain't you or I! Fucking whining MF'ers.... the country is watching you and your graves are being dug. They are so brazen, so disgusting....They still call the temporary tax cuts expiring a job- killing tax hike! There was a reason Bush made these tax cuts temporary, the proof is obvious to all of us except the moron righties, these tax cuts to the wealthy did NOT spur job growth. The game is over, the cuts should expire like Bush wanted them to.

So tomorrow, Thursday,  House Democrats will move forward with a vote to permanently extend the tax cuts ONLY for families earning 250,000 or less. THIS is NOT about hurting small businesses. When the GOP whines about that they are LYING! President Obama has made sure small businesses had their tax breaks, of which the GOP voted NO on....

Democrats are also trying to pass several pieces of legislation before a more Republican Congress is sworn in in January, including the START nuclear arms treaty with Russia, a repeal of the ban on gays and lesbians serving openly in the military, and the so-called DREAM Act, which would create a path to citizenship for young illegal immigrants.

"Last month, the American people issued their verdict on the Democrat's priorities," replied Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky. "We need to show the American people that we care more about them and their ability to pay their bills than we do about the special interests' legislative Christmas-list." OMG, the man is delusional! Please people, take the time to listen to the Senators on the floor debating the issues, watch C-Span, you will be amazed. Mitch McConnell and his henchmen DO NOT care about you and your ability to pay your bills! That is friggin hilarious.....ROFLMFAO.......

typical conservative gay bashing

I think this is the first time I spoke on DADT.  I felt the need to showcase a conservative's bigoted, homophobic stance on lesbians in the military because of the egregiousness of his words. I do so enjoy highlighting stupid conservatives!

From Huffington Post:    Joe Rehyansky, a former official at the Chattanooga, Tennessee, District Attorney's office, recently penned an op-ed opposed to allowing gays in the military, in which he argued that lesbians should be allowed to serve in the armed forces, in part because it would give straight male soldiers a chance to "convert" them.
The statement, which initially appeared at the Daily Caller but has since been removed, served as the apogee to an entirely controversial piece of writing, most of which still remains in the post.
Here's the original ending, now replaced:

My solution would get the distaff part of our homosexual population off our collective "Broke Back," thus giving straight male GIs a fair shot at converting lesbians and bringing them into the mainstream.

Though apparently the only segment outrageous enough to get scrapped on the editor's chopping block -- some have suggested, based on the rest of his piece that he is advocating for a sort of corrective rape of lesbian soldiers -- what remains of Rehyansky's writing is overflowing with other strange and offensively-worded arguments against gays in the military.
"I don't claim to be a Constitutional law scholar on a par with President Obama, but shouldn't the overwhelmingly straight warriors who answer their county's call be spared the indignity of showering with other men who achieve lascivious enjoyment from the sight of those lithe naked bodies, and who may be tempted to seek more than the view?" Rehyansky writes.
And, if not for the "indignity" of having to serve alongside gays, at least think of the disastrous health consequences that could be spread by allowing promiscuous men "with little or no restraint," who believe "it's 'party time' all the time," to serve, Rehyansky argues:

"What does all this have to do with force readiness and 'Don't-hint -don't-wink' or whatever they're calling it these days? My answer should by now be as painfully obvious as a suppurating genital rash: gays spread disease at a rate out of all proportion to their numbers in our population and should be excluded from the military."

Do you see this outrageous statement as condoning the rape of lesbian soldiers by their male counterparts? Of course it is! Deleted or not, the written word thankfully stays with us and we are lucky to have this little piece of disgusting filth so we can show the world just how putrid some people are when it comes to tolerance of those not of the straight conservative persuasion...

This ignorant excuse for a human being is typical of the views coming from conservatives these days. They are coming out of the woodwork like filthy cockroaches..... 

The Pentagon's leaders said today gay troops can serve openly without harming the military's ability to fight.....
 


Obama said in a statement released by the White House: "Today I call on the Senate to act as soon as possible so I can sign this repeal into law this year and ensure that Americans who are willing to risk their lives for their country are treated fairly and equally.

Our President and First Lady, Classy.....

  In an exclusive interview with Barbara Walters from the White House, President Barack Obama says he's not giving much thought to the 2012 election, but is focusing instead on being "the best possible president." And, he said, he certainly isn't focused on a potential challenge from former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. When asked specifically if he thinks he can beat Sarah Palin in 2012, the president told Walters "I don't think about Sarah Palin." Gryphen (Immoral Minority) said it best...
   "Barbara Walters should NEVER have brought up the Grizzled Mama to either our President or his wife.  These are serious accomplished people, and asking them to comment on the antics of the court jester is an insult to them, and to the American people".
Oh how true Gryphen! The Obamas are beautiful people, inside and out.

The rich have gotten so rich it's obscene!

I was reading about the bills this Congress has passed benefiting small businesses when I came across this article. It talks about the New York art world and the comeback it's making.  Last week a painting sold for 42.6 million dollars at Christies auction house. Christies and Sotheby's grossed more than a quarter billion dollars in two weeks of sales that broke record after record for major art works. U.S. buyers dominated the sale. According to the article, 'collectors need to have at least $50 million in the bank to bid on art of this caliber, And that’s just to get into the game. It’s the rarefied domain of America’s elite mega-rich, who profited handsomely from the financial free-for-all on Wall Street and the generous tax cuts enacted during the George W. Bush years in Washington.'


As you read this post you can also refer back to what  Mitch McConnell said in a previous post of mine.


"The high-end Bush-era tax cuts are contributing to our financial ruin rather than our economic success," says Margot Dorfman, chief executive of the U.S. Women’s Chamber of Commerce. "They should expire as scheduled on December 31. We don’t need more tax cuts at the top; we need more consumer spending at the middle." A number of regional chambers of commerce have also broken away from the national group on the Bush tax cuts. "Letting the Bush tax cuts expire for the wealthiest is the right thing to do, and the responsible thing to do," Frank Knapp, chief executive officer of the South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce, recently told Forbes magazine.
The Joint Committee on Taxation in Congress said in a recent report that only 3 percent of taxpayers with any business income would benefit from tax cuts for the wealthiest 2 percent of Americans. The panel also projected that extending the tax cuts would add $36 billion to the deficit in 2011. As booming art sales in New York clearly show, the recession is over, and has been over, for the wealthiest 2 percent of Americans for some time now.

The lame duck Congress also needs to extend jobless benefits for the unemployed, the single biggest and most effective economic stimulus; it needs to repeal the onerous 1099 reporting requirements for small businesses (starting in 2012); and it needs to repeal the 3 percent withholding requirement for contractor payments. It passed in 2005, when the economy was booming, and is set go into effect in January 2012.
The lame duck Congress won’t really begin until after Thanksgiving. That’s when both chambers will start the legislative process. Let’s hope they keep their eyes focused on the economy where the majority of the nation is mired, and not the booming one occupied by the wealthiest 2 percent that write the campaign checks. Then, maybe some of those dollars being spent on expensive art works can be put to more productive use rebuilding the nation.

This is a small business website. THEY know what the Bush tax cuts did to our economy.  We all know what those tax cuts did to our economy, so what's the problem? Do the republicans get their wish, tax cut extension for those who do not need it? Come on November 30th, I can't stand the suspense! Will the president stand with the people or won't he? Will Nancy and Harry stand strong and fight the evil GOP, do they have the votes needed to end the tax cuts to the filthy rich? The lies from the GOP are astounding, Americans HAVE spoken and they want these cuts to expire!

We interrupt this tea party "Fed Up" bullshit to bring you the following announcement

Welcome back C, Complaint Department Manager agreed to do a guest post for me! Thanks C!

 As much as I hate polls, Sue doesn’t. In fact she rather enjoyed seeing this one in a story from Yahoo! News. I’ll get to that in a minute. Right now, I want to address something that I have been saying since the recent election. The results of that election will bring gridlock. I think so, and apparently this news story backs me up on that very theory. I’ve been saying something to the effect that everyone just needs to be patient as this election will only turn around and bite these dumb fucks on the ass(the one sitting squarely on their shoulders, of course).

A bit of a side note:

You have to understand that these people (ROOKIES) were sent to Capitol Hill to “change” it. Unfortunately, they will be met with self-interested parties ON BOTH SIDES of the aisle that will correct their misguided course. We’ve already seen this happen with Rand Paul and his reversal on Earmarks. Trust me folks, this will only continue to get worse. Like I said on a few posts, “Fasten your seat belts, this ride hasn’t even left the station, yet”.

Now, back to the story posted today by Yahoo! News.

If there was one thing American voters made abundantly clear on Nov. 2, it's how unhappy they are with politicians and the way things work — or more often don't work — in Washington. Survey after survey has shown that the majority of voters want their elected representatives to do a much better job of coming together to solve the country's problems.
So will things improve after the "shellacking" that voters gave to Democrats in handing control of the House over to the Republicans?
Few Americans appear to be counting on it. In a new ABC News/Yahoo! News poll, most say they have little expectation that things will get better as a result of the recent midterms. Respondents were asked if they thought the election was more likely to move the country in the right direction or the wrong direction. The largest chunk of respondents, some 40 percent, said they didn't expect the election to make a difference at all. Only one-third of those polled, 34 percent thought the results would move the country in the right direction, while another 21 percent said they thought things were headed the wrong way.
An even more telling sign: a whopping 81 percent thought that gridlock — in which the two political parties cannot agree and thus don't pass any meaningful legislation — is likely to occur in the two years leading up to the next presidential election.
If the three weeks since the election are any guide, they look to be dead right.
"The idea that there will be any kind of bipartisan cooperation is naïve," says Greg Valliere, chief political strategist for Potomac Research Group. "Both parties are purging moderates who have had the temerity to compromise; we've never seen such a vacuum in the center."
Already, Republican congressional leaders have very publicly avoided setting a date to meet with President Obama in the White House. They've also refused to back the START nuclear-arms-control treaty with Russia, despite support from prominent Republicans such as former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. The moves, says Valliere, were widely seen as signs that GOP leaders are unwilling to agree to any deals that might potentially help Obama.
But two can play that game, and the Democrats are jumping in as well. Senate Majority leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has said he'll soon schedule several votes on what to do about the expiring Bush tax cuts for middle-class and wealthy taxpayers, though they have no chance of passing. Instead, they appear designed to put Republicans on the spot and create fodder for campaign ads that can be used to bash them come 2012.
If gridlock is the order of the day, however, Americans are far less in agreement over whether that's good or bad. By large majorities, registered voters who are Democrats or independents tend to see it in a negative light: some 67 percent of Democrats and 57 percent of independents say that they believe gridlock is a bad thing, as it will keep good legislation from being passed.
By contrast, a hefty share of Republican registered voters have a positive view of gridlock. Some 43 percent of GOP respondents said they thought gridlock was a good thing, because it means bad legislation fails. That's roughly the same number of Republican registered voters, at 42 percent, who think that gridlock is bad.
What accounts for the difference? Republican and Democratic strategists alike say it's a reflection of the deep unhappiness many Republicans have felt about where the country is headed under Obama — and their willingness to do whatever it takes to reverse course.

For more, read here

For stats fans:

Keep in mind, I didn’t find the level of confidence here. As the sample taken was from 1,048 adults using the random digit dialing method with a 4 point margin of error. I personally would like to have seen a larger sample, but don’t all stats people say that?

IDIOT LYING BASTARD!!

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!! We're on to you Mitch McConnell! The American people ARE NOT LISTENING to your lies! So you can crawl back into your hole and shut your lying big fat mouth! The country does not think a tax cut extension to your rich friends will stimulate the economy! Shut up you stupid FOOL!!!

here's the transcript for those who can't watch this buffoon speak:

As Americans across the country prepare to celebrate Thanksgiving this coming week, we’re reminded of the many blessings we enjoy as a nation.  

Many families will not enjoy a home-cooked Thanksgiving dinner, but thanks to liberal values they can visit the many soup kitchens who will open their doors for the unemployed and homeless to have a wonderful hot meal.

“We’re grateful for the sacrifices of the brave men and women in our armed forces who will not be home with their families next week, and who make these blessings possible. 
They would be home if not for Bush/Cheney and their wars of choice.

“And we’re also conscious this Thanksgiving of the many Americans who are struggling with serious hardships, including the many millions of Americans who are struggling to find work.

“At the moment, about 15 million of our fellow citizens are looking for jobs and can’t find one. The unemployment rate has remained stubbornly close to ten percent for a year and a half. We are experiencing what can only be described as a jobs crisis, a sustained period of chronic unemployment; and two years of policies that have vastly increased the size and scope of government and added trillions to the debt and have done little to alleviate this problem. You are a lying scumbag. Tell the American people the truth, your party is the problem. Your party who votes NO on every jobs bill, votes NO on helping small business to hire, your party is making it possible for your rich friends to sit on their billions and not hire.

“Take the Stimulus, for example.

“Here was a bill that was supposed to create millions of jobs and keep unemployment from rising above eight percent. Yet, since Democrats passed it nearly two years ago, more than three million people have lost jobs and the economy barely has a pulse. Another lie. We have had steady growth since the stimulus. Slow yes, but steady. Unemployment is a lagging indicator. 
The American people delivered a clear verdict on this and other failed experiments in the government-as-economic-stimulator on Election Day. But Democratic leaders in Washington continue to act as if nothing has changed, including their priorities. LIE LIE LIE, The American people want our leaders in Washington to work for them, the middleclass, not for YOUR rich friends and corporate America, which your party does. The verdict is in, the people want Obama to stop caving to republicans!

“The top priority of most Americans is to create jobs and get the economy moving. And the single best thing we could do in Washington to achieve that goal is to prevent a tax hike that’s about to hit every taxpayer and hundreds of thousands of small businesses at the stroke of Midnight on December 31st. LIE LIE LIE!! Giving tax cuts to the rich does nothing, it does NOT trickle down you asshole!! Let the tax cuts expire, ALL of them, the middleclass are not whining babies. we know how to survive!

“And that’s what I proposed a bill in September that would take care of this giant tax hike and prevent it from going into effect. Fucker...

“Unfortunately, Democratic leaders have shown little interest in the idea. After adding trillions to the debt on big-government policies most Americans didn’t ask for and which we couldn’t afford, Democratic leaders say they need more money, which they intend to take from small business, even though small businesses create the majority of new jobs. The stimulus added to the deficit because you have to spend inorder to grow the economy, asshat. Damn how does this guy get by with such stupidity?

“Americans don’t think we should be raising taxes on anybody, especially in the middle of a recession. But instead of giving Americans what they want, Democratic leaders plan to use the last few days that lawmakers expect to spend in Washington this year focusing on everything except preventing this tax hike, which will cost us even more jobs: Americans want the taxcuts to expire! If you'd just shut up and listen you would hear us!

“…Immigration…A repeal of the ‘Don't Ask, Don't Tell’ …A reorganization of the FDA … More environmental regulations… Americans WANT immigration reform, they WANT DADT repealed, they WANT environmental regulations because they love America.

“Democrats put off all these things until after the election, along with the most basic task of funding the government. By focusing on them now, and not on legislation to promote job creation and reduce spending, they’re showing where their priorities lie. Your party shows every day where your priorities lie, and it's not with us middleclass Americans!

“This should be an easy one. The bill that job creators and out-of-work Americans need us to pass is the one that ensures taxes won’t go up — one that says Americans and small business owners won’t get hit with more bad news at the end of the year.

“It's time Congress got its priorities straight. It's time Congress focused on job creation —and that means preventing tax hikes. Tax hikes don't slow job growth! 
It's time to set aside the political votes and government spending that the administration and Democratic leaders have put above all other priorities for two years.

“Time is running out. But it’s not too late for both parties to work together and prevent this massive tax hike from going into effect. It’s not too late to focus on the priorities of the American people. And Republicans in Congress are eager to work with anyone, Republican or Democrat, who is willing to do so.

“Americans spoke loudly and clearly on Election Day. We owe it to them to show we heard them — to work together to get this done. 
Shut up about the taxcuts expiring, you are showing your true colors, who you really care about! On second thought keep talking like this Mitch...Americans know how to use GOOGLE, we know how to compare your policies and tax rhetoric to past presidents. Americans are not stupid like you wish we were...


Educate yourselves, see for yourselves, the GOP are liars...