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]]> By: JBR http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/07/congress-budget-recess/comment-page-1/#comment-510779 JBR Tue, 18 Apr 2006 20:20:08 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/07/congress-budget-recess/#comment-510779 It drives me up a wall to see this type of BS, when I need to finish something at work, I stay f'n late! How much vacation do they get in the course of a year? I think it is in the "months" not weeks and is rediculous considering the pay (and payoffs) Impeach BUSH I like #42's point on progress vs. congress! : ) It drives me up a wall to see this type of BS, when I need to finish something at work, I stay f’n late! How much vacation do they get in the course of a year? I think it is in the “months” not weeks and is rediculous considering the pay (and payoffs)

Impeach BUSH

I like #42’s point on progress vs. congress! : )

]]> By: lpt http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/07/congress-budget-recess/comment-page-1/#comment-501327 lpt Sun, 09 Apr 2006 19:05:32 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/07/congress-budget-recess/#comment-501327 Employers do it to dismissed employees all the time. Although I believe this 'hiring' can be blamed on the Supreme Court. Employers do it to dismissed employees all the time. Although I believe this ‘hiring’ can be blamed on the Supreme Court.

]]> By: lpt http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/07/congress-budget-recess/comment-page-1/#comment-501324 lpt Sun, 09 Apr 2006 19:02:34 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/07/congress-budget-recess/#comment-501324 There should be a way to lock them out of the White House and the Capitol. Too bad. There should be a way to lock them out of the White House and the Capitol. Too bad.

]]> By: Brian Donohue http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/07/congress-budget-recess/comment-page-1/#comment-501006 Brian Donohue Sun, 09 Apr 2006 13:55:34 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/07/congress-budget-recess/#comment-501006 Glad to hear someone else is asking how these dweebs in Washington can take breaks at the most critical times--this is a topic I've been harping on since the Bolton nomination (remember that?)--most recently, in my <a href="http://www.dailyrevolution.net/2006/03/on-holiday-to-hell.html" rel="nofollow">"Holiday to Hell" piece</a>. Glad to hear someone else is asking how these dweebs in Washington can take breaks at the most critical times–this is a topic I’ve been harping on since the Bolton nomination (remember that?)–most recently, in my “Holiday to Hell” piece.

]]> By: Jay Randal http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/07/congress-budget-recess/comment-page-1/#comment-500370 Jay Randal Sat, 08 Apr 2006 16:28:42 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/07/congress-budget-recess/#comment-500370 Bush's Defense Department name must be changed to Orwell's War Department! United States name changed to Oceania and Middle East changed to EastAsia! The whole 1984 book has come to pass, so might as well name everything from the book > Big Brother Bush and the Department of Love/Torture! FOX News can run the 5 minutes of hate segments with Osama as Goldstein! What a sick world we all live in now! Bush’s Defense Department name must be changed to Orwell’s War Department! United States name changed to Oceania and Middle East changed to EastAsia! The whole 1984 book has come to pass, so might as well name everything from the book > Big Brother Bush and the Department of Love/Torture! FOX News can run the 5 minutes of hate segments with Osama as Goldstein! What a sick world we all live in now!

]]> By: ReichWingHalitosis http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/07/congress-budget-recess/comment-page-1/#comment-500247 ReichWingHalitosis Sat, 08 Apr 2006 13:33:12 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/07/congress-budget-recess/#comment-500247 <em>14. Nonsense, I say give them all the summer off. They can’t fuck up too much if they’re all at Ted Kennedy’s getting loaded. Comment by I-RIGHT-I — April 7, 2006 @ 5:27 pm </em> <strong>How many vacations has Bush taken since he's been in office? And he's managed to do plenty of damage while out to lunch. Speaking of loaded, how much medication is Bush on? What do you get when you cross fetal alcohol syndrome with an amphetamine habit during pregnancy? (see above) At any rate, before its all said and done, Ted Kennedy's fecal matter will still smell better than Bush's breath on his best day.</strong> 14. Nonsense, I say give them all the summer off. They can’t fuck up too much if they’re all at Ted Kennedy’s getting loaded.

Comment by I-RIGHT-I — April 7, 2006 @ 5:27 pm

How many vacations has Bush taken since he’s been in office? And he’s managed to do plenty of damage while out to lunch. Speaking of loaded, how much medication is Bush on?

What do you get when you cross fetal alcohol syndrome with an amphetamine habit during pregnancy? (see above)

At any rate, before its all said and done, Ted Kennedy’s fecal matter will still smell better than Bush’s breath on his best day.

]]> By: unbelievable http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/07/congress-budget-recess/comment-page-1/#comment-500245 unbelievable Sat, 08 Apr 2006 13:28:10 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/07/congress-budget-recess/#comment-500245 <em>If PRO is the opposite of CON, What is the opposite of PROGRESS??? Comment by Briseadh na Faire — April 7, 2006 @ 10:50 pm </em> That's clever! And unfortunately true... If PRO is the opposite of CON,

What is the opposite of PROGRESS???

Comment by Briseadh na Faire — April 7, 2006 @ 10:50 pm

That’s clever! And unfortunately true…

]]> By: big papa http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/07/congress-budget-recess/comment-page-1/#comment-500240 big papa Sat, 08 Apr 2006 13:16:38 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/07/congress-budget-recess/#comment-500240 The <strong>United States Congress</strong> is <strong>STEALING</strong> our <strong>tax dollars </strong>for the enhancement of their own personal wealth... ...<strong>they probably figure </strong>like this: <strong>"If Bushiva, L'il Dick, the oil and gas gods, and defense contractors can make a killing... ...then why can't we (the Congress)?"...</strong> ...this <strong>NYT article </strong>is <strong>about </strong>a <strong>W. Va. Democrat (Mollohan)</strong> whose <strong>personal wealth </strong>has taken a stunning turn- <strong>a' la Duke Cunningham</strong>- in direct proportion to his <strong>earmarking activities</strong> of the last few years... ...the article is very eye opening in terms of <strong>how much MORE money is being "earmarked" (stolen)</strong> than in previos years...(from $32.9 to $64 billion)... ...read the excerpt below: <em><strong>"The earmarking occurred as an abundance of local projects was added to spending bills outside the normal budget review, from $32.9 billion in 2000 to $64 billion in 2006, the Congressional Research Service said. Although it is impossible to trace individual earmarks for certain, an analysis by Citizens Against Government Waste, a Washington watchdog, found $480 million added in the House or in conference committees, most likely by Mr. Mollohan, for his district since 1995. That sum helped West Virginia rank fourth on the watchdog list — $131.58 for each of the 1.8 million West Virginians this year." -NYT-</strong></em> The question is... ...what are we going to do about it? The United States Congress is STEALING our tax dollars for the enhancement of their own personal wealth…

…they probably figure like this:

“If Bushiva, L’il Dick, the oil and gas gods, and defense contractors can make a killing…

…then why can’t we (the Congress)?”…

…this NYT article is about a W. Va. Democrat (Mollohan) whose personal wealth has taken a stunning turn- a’ la Duke Cunningham- in direct proportion to his earmarking activities of the last few years…

…the article is very eye opening in terms of how much MORE money is being “earmarked” (stolen) than in previos years…(from $32.9 to $64 billion)…

…read the excerpt below:

“The earmarking occurred as an abundance of local projects was added to spending bills outside the normal budget review, from $32.9 billion in 2000 to $64 billion in 2006, the Congressional Research Service said. Although it is impossible to trace individual earmarks for certain, an analysis by Citizens Against Government Waste, a Washington watchdog, found $480 million added in the House or in conference committees, most likely by Mr. Mollohan, for his district since 1995. That sum helped West Virginia rank fourth on the watchdog list — $131.58 for each of the 1.8 million West Virginians this year.”

-NYT-

The question is…

…what are we going to do about it?

]]> By: Jay Randal http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/07/congress-budget-recess/comment-page-1/#comment-500112 Jay Randal Sat, 08 Apr 2006 05:59:07 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/07/congress-budget-recess/#comment-500112 GOP means Greed, Oil, Perverts! Someday the Republican Party will be outlawed like the Nazi Party in Germany! People like I-R-I most likely will be put into insane asylums to prevent them from hurting other people and themselves! The Bush family might end up being sent into exile and never allowed into the United States ever again! Neocons will be deported to Israel and that nation will be considered a terrorist state! This is our future if we survive Dubya's nuclear WWIII on the Middle East?! GOP means Greed, Oil, Perverts! Someday the Republican Party will be outlawed like the Nazi Party in Germany! People like I-R-I most likely will be put into insane asylums to prevent them from hurting other people and themselves! The Bush family might end up being sent into exile and never allowed into the United States ever again! Neocons will be deported to Israel and that nation will be considered a terrorist state! This is our future if we survive Dubya’s nuclear WWIII on the Middle East?!

]]> By: Ryan Neat http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/07/congress-budget-recess/comment-page-1/#comment-500068 Ryan Neat Sat, 08 Apr 2006 04:38:36 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/07/congress-budget-recess/#comment-500068 "If and when the Democrats finally regain control of the government, the financial state of the Union will be so burdened by debt that the only responsible course of action will be to raise taxes. Even so, many social programs will be crippled, all to pay the principle and interest on Bush’s War and the tax break that predominantly benefited the ruling class.Comment by Briseadh na Faire" Exactly the plan of PNAC. They've wanted to throw the baby out with the bathwater for years, and prefer to destroy and bankrupt the nation rather than have a functional social services network. They're no different than terrorists who plant dirty bombs - their dirty bomb is just economic. Reichwingers are innate terrorists whether they're islamo or christo terrorists. “If and when the Democrats finally regain control of the government, the financial state of the Union will be so burdened by debt that the only responsible course of action will be to raise taxes. Even so, many social programs will be crippled, all to pay the principle and interest on Bush’s War and the tax break that predominantly benefited the ruling class.Comment by Briseadh na Faire”

Exactly the plan of PNAC. They’ve wanted to throw the baby out with the bathwater for years, and prefer to destroy and bankrupt the nation rather than have a functional social services network. They’re no different than terrorists who plant dirty bombs – their dirty bomb is just economic. Reichwingers are innate terrorists whether they’re islamo or christo terrorists.

]]> By: Marie http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/07/congress-budget-recess/comment-page-1/#comment-499976 Marie Sat, 08 Apr 2006 02:53:46 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/07/congress-budget-recess/#comment-499976 #37 Good play on words. ;-) #37
Good play on words. ;-)

]]> By: Briseadh na Faire http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/07/congress-budget-recess/comment-page-1/#comment-499974 Briseadh na Faire Sat, 08 Apr 2006 02:50:13 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/07/congress-budget-recess/#comment-499974 Marie, "They have to visit their constituencies but this is counter productive." If PRO is the opposite of CON, What is the opposite of PROGRESS??? ;-) Marie, “They have to visit their constituencies but this is counter productive.”

If PRO is the opposite of CON,

What is the opposite of PROGRESS???

;-)

]]> By: Jay Randal http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/07/congress-budget-recess/comment-page-1/#comment-499946 Jay Randal Sat, 08 Apr 2006 02:11:33 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/07/congress-budget-recess/#comment-499946 The Congress has become a giant joke > they no longer do anything for average Americans, but will do anything for the Corporate Elite and the Oil Cartel CEOs! The Republican leaders of the House and Senate should remain on vacation and never return to DC because they are just Bush loving fools! Americans must vote out all those in DC who only care about themselves! Get rid of Sen. Joe Lieberman and Sen. Ben Nelson of Nebraska > both are phony Democrats! The Congress has become a giant joke > they no longer do anything for average Americans, but will do anything for the Corporate Elite and the Oil Cartel CEOs! The Republican leaders of the House and Senate should remain on vacation and never return to DC because they are just Bush loving fools! Americans must vote out all those in DC who only care about themselves! Get rid of Sen. Joe Lieberman and Sen. Ben Nelson of Nebraska > both are phony Democrats!

]]> By: Marie http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/07/congress-budget-recess/comment-page-1/#comment-499945 Marie Sat, 08 Apr 2006 02:10:14 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/07/congress-budget-recess/#comment-499945 <em>#33 free dumb</em> We were typing at the same time, with similar messages! #33 free dumb
We were typing at the same time, with similar messages!

]]> By: Marie http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/07/congress-budget-recess/comment-page-1/#comment-499941 Marie Sat, 08 Apr 2006 02:07:45 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/07/congress-budget-recess/#comment-499941 This pathetic congress is following the lead of the prez. He takes his vacations no matter what is happening. The public is growing more angry and frustrated - and probably the Dems will have power in the fall, BUT to ensure that happening, the Dems should vow to take fewer days off and freeze all pay hikes until the budget deficits begin to reverse. Such an item on their platform, spoken by all of them, will be a sure winner with the rest of us who actually have to work for a living, get two weeks off if we're lucky, and have seen "real" income reduced over recent years. We all know the perks they get, they don't need more vacation time. A week for St. Patrick's Day? Two weeks for Easter? They have to visit their constituencies but this is counter productive. This pathetic congress is following the lead of the prez. He takes his vacations no matter what is happening.
The public is growing more angry and frustrated – and probably the Dems will have power in the fall, BUT to ensure that happening, the Dems should vow to take fewer days off and freeze all pay hikes until the budget deficits begin to reverse.
Such an item on their platform, spoken by all of them, will be a sure winner with the rest of us who actually have to work for a living, get two weeks off if we’re lucky, and have seen “real” income reduced over recent years.
We all know the perks they get, they don’t need more vacation time. A week for St. Patrick’s Day? Two weeks for Easter? They have to visit their constituencies but this is counter productive.

]]> By: Briseadh na Faire http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/07/congress-budget-recess/comment-page-1/#comment-499929 Briseadh na Faire Sat, 08 Apr 2006 02:00:55 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/07/congress-budget-recess/#comment-499929 Think about the cycles and the set-up. Democrats have been labled "tax-and-spend liberals" and have allowed that label to stick, while the Republicans maintain they are fiscally conservative and support smaller government and less taxes. Yet it has been the fiscally conservative Republican administrations which have ballooned the national deficit and debt, leaving it to subsequent Democrat administrations to act with financial responsibility. Reagan did help bring down the Soviet Union by outspending them in military spending, running record deficits in the process. It wasn't until Clinton came along that the budget got under control, changing from deficit spending to actually generating a surplus and began paying down the national debt. Six years later, and the budget is not only breaking all records in deficit spending, but major items like the cost of the war ARE NOT EVEN INCLUDED!!! If and when the Democrats finally regain control of the government, the financial state of the Union will be so burdened by debt that the only responsible course of action will be to raise taxes. Even so, many social programs will be crippled, all to pay the principle and interest on Bush's War and the tax break that predominantly benefited the ruling class. Our great-great grandchildren will pay the price that this regime has exacted from the American public and funneled into the hands of the war profiteers. Think about the cycles and the set-up. Democrats have been labled “tax-and-spend liberals” and have allowed that label to stick, while the Republicans maintain they are fiscally conservative and support smaller government and less taxes.

Yet it has been the fiscally conservative Republican administrations which have ballooned the national deficit and debt, leaving it to subsequent Democrat administrations to act with financial responsibility.

Reagan did help bring down the Soviet Union by outspending them in military spending, running record deficits in the process. It wasn’t until Clinton came along that the budget got under control, changing from deficit spending to actually generating a surplus and began paying down the national debt.

Six years later, and the budget is not only breaking all records in deficit spending, but major items like the cost of the war ARE NOT EVEN INCLUDED!!!

If and when the Democrats finally regain control of the government, the financial state of the Union will be so burdened by debt that the only responsible course of action will be to raise taxes. Even so, many social programs will be crippled, all to pay the principle and interest on Bush’s War and the tax break that predominantly benefited the ruling class.

Our great-great grandchildren will pay the price that this regime has exacted from the American public and funneled into the hands of the war profiteers.

]]> By: Marie http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/07/congress-budget-recess/comment-page-1/#comment-499928 Marie Sat, 08 Apr 2006 02:00:48 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/07/congress-budget-recess/#comment-499928 <em>#4, </em> Stay safe. Get home soon - we're doing what we can. #4,
Stay safe. Get home soon – we’re doing what we can.

]]> By: Lefty http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/07/congress-budget-recess/comment-page-1/#comment-499883 Lefty Sat, 08 Apr 2006 01:09:11 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/07/congress-budget-recess/#comment-499883 They are lost without thier "moral" compASS Delay.....suprise. It would be funny, if it weren't so tragic. They are lost without thier “moral” compASS Delay…..suprise. It would be funny, if it weren’t so tragic.

]]> By: Wisco http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/07/congress-budget-recess/comment-page-1/#comment-499877 Wisco Sat, 08 Apr 2006 01:01:17 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/07/congress-budget-recess/#comment-499877 <i>This rhet is a little over the top. They have until the Fall to pass a budget for the next fiscal year.</i> --Disputo Good point. I'd rather see them take that long, rather than just blast this piece of crap through. IMO, this budget needs to be rewritten from the ground up. -- <a href="http://griperblade.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">http://griperblade.blogspot.com</a> - Grumblings from the heartland This rhet is a little over the top. They have until the Fall to pass a budget for the next fiscal year.
–Disputo

Good point. I’d rather see them take that long, rather than just blast this piece of crap through. IMO, this budget needs to be rewritten from the ground up.

–
http://griperblade.blogspot.com – Grumblings from the heartland

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