Hastert Too Busy To Commemorate September 11 Until September 13
Hastert Too Busy To Commemorate September 11 Until September 13
Yesterday was the five-year anniversary of the terrorist attacks of September 11, but House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert had other priorities. According to a report in CongressDaily, he wasn’t able to schedule a vote “on a resolution to commemorate the day” until September 13.
Meanwhile, the House will have time today to consider:
– A bill to revise the boundaries of John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System Jekyll Island Unit
– The Lake Mattamuskeet Lodge Preservation Act
– A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 40 South Walnut Street in Chillicothe, Ohio, as the “Larry Cox Post Office.”
Moreover, Hastert has packed the 9/11 resolution with partisan rhetoric:
[The resolution includes] language stating that “the nation is safer than it was back in Sept. 11, 2001,” along with five paragraphs of language referencing a host of measures approved by Congress and signed into law by President Bush since the attacks, including the controversial USA PATRIOT Act…
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) has twice written Hastert requesting the resolution not be politicized; she recommended using a resolution modeled after last year’s version, which did not include references to specific bills. But a Hastert spokesman said yesterday “the GOP leadership was not negotiating and that the measure would remain as written.”
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Why oh why do they have to be such d*%kheads. What does it prove? That they want to be forever known as d*%kheads?
September 12th, 2006 at 12:11 pmWell, this pathetic loser’s days as House speaker are numbered.
September 12th, 2006 at 12:14 pmI think I speak for all Americans when I say, thank God Congress is finally getting around to naming the Larry Cox Post Office. I know that I’ve been calling it that for years, but it’s nice now that it’s official.
Imagine, a member of the GOP politicizing 9/11. Who’da thunk it?
September 12th, 2006 at 12:20 pmWhat if you had a vote on a totally partisan resolution and the minority opposition didn’t show up to vote? The d*9%kheads will still be able to play, but we can keep our dignity intact through silence. The sad day has passed, I urge Democratic representatives to skip the vote and go hold a press conference instead.
September 12th, 2006 at 12:20 pmJudd, you may want to make a note that the National Journal Congress Daily requires a subscription. Thanks.
September 12th, 2006 at 12:21 pmWell, if we are going to leave things as written, why not chew on this for awhile.
It makes for far more interesting reading than Hassert’s drivel.
September 12th, 2006 at 12:25 pmFat Hastert can resign from the House of Representatives! He is a worthless tub of lard > lol.
September 12th, 2006 at 12:26 pmit’s just the constant drip-drip-drip of rewriting history, shaping opinion, and the force of blind habit after much too many years of a Bush administration. no doubt anybody who complains about Mr Hastert is “giving succour to terrorists the world over, including those yet to be born (who are especially dangerous, as we do not know yet who they are…)”
September 12th, 2006 at 12:27 pmWhat a completely reprehensible person…exactly what we’ve come to expect from the right.
On a related note, did everyone catch Olbermann’s tirade against Dubya lst night? If you missed it, I suggest you head on over to bushflash and check it out.
September 12th, 2006 at 12:30 pmLake Mattamuskeet Lodge huh?
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Session
109-560
–LAKE MATTAMUSKEET LODGE PRESERVATION ACT
JULY 13, 2006- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. POMBO, from the Committee on Resources, submitted the following
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Oh I see another POMBO act regurgitated by mister hastert.
A goose hunting lodge at one time.
Really pathetic Mr Hastert to use those that died on 9/11 for a goose hunting lodge..your a heartless man Mr Hastert..
I do so hope you enjoy your trip unto hell.
September 12th, 2006 at 12:32 pmthinkprogress.org/2005/12/15/pombo-marianas-investigation/
On a related note, did everyone catch Olbermann’s tirade against Dubya last night? If you missed it, I suggest you head on over to bushflash.com and check it out.
September 12th, 2006 at 12:34 pmI can see it already. In November….
If a democrat votes against it… “Representative [Whomever] voted AGAINST the commemeration! How could he/she?”
If a democrat votes for it… “Representative [Whomever] agrees we are safer now under President Bush!”
Standard “damned if you do, damned if you don’t” Republican entrapment.
September 12th, 2006 at 12:41 pmJust more crap from another bloated faced, no neck neo-con..Walk out Dem’s and start screaming and yelling at all the reich winged bs ajenda’s…..Blessings
September 12th, 2006 at 12:43 pmThe Mattamuskeet Lodge was constructed in 1915 at a cost of $205,000. It was designed to house a series of massive pumps to drain Lake Mattamuskeet so that the dry lake bed could be utilized for farming operations. This effort was unsuccessful because of the economy, weather and an unreliable pumping system. When the Federal Government acquired this property, members of the Civilian Conservation Corps removed the pumps and converted the building into a hunting lodge.
September 12th, 2006 at 12:44 pm==
I’m gonna speculate here that pombo and hastert really want to turn this into a farm. The Lodge is not so much a lodge as it is a pumping station to drain the shallow lake…
Hastert is the poster-boy for what’s truly wrong with America today. A bi-partisan hack and a bad one at that. This individual does not belong in politics. The good people of Illinois keep re-electing this empty suit becasuse he brings home the pork.
September 12th, 2006 at 12:46 pmIf a democrat votes against it… “Representative [Whomever] voted AGAINST the commemeration! How could he/she?â€
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Naw, the porkbarrel fat little to nothing to do with a 9/11 ‘commemoration’ and a vote against it would be for this reason, among others not pertaining to 9/11 but to business interests.
Mr Hastert and Mr Pombo are despicable humans using the death of 3,000 americans as the means to their ends. Heartless and souless men.
September 12th, 2006 at 12:48 pmHe is so razy.
September 12th, 2006 at 12:52 pmHave another dozen doughnuts, Denny. A dozen-a-day is all I ask.
September 12th, 2006 at 12:54 pmSen Bastert: “And I have personally guaranteed the sarfety of over 1,600 creme-filled donuts since 9/11. They make take our freedom, but they will not conquer our pastry!”
September 12th, 2006 at 1:00 pmJason Baddo, Coach Jason, Jason Hendler, is another Republican shill, and thinks he is clever.
Hastert is the poster-boy for what’s truly wrong with America today. {thats true] A *bi-partisan hack and a bad one at that. This individual does not belong in politics. The good people of Illinois keep re-electing this empty suit becasuse he brings home the pork.
Comment by jason baddo
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Jason [[Baddo Hendler Coach morales?? etc etc]] sed:
Hastert is the poster-boy for what’s truly wrong with America today.[[I agree]] A *bi-partisan hack and a bad one at that. This individual does not belong in politics.[[I agree]] The good people of Illinois keep re-electing this empty suit becasuse he brings home the pork.[[now Jason says basically that PORK and Hastert are Good? I disagree here]]
In a two-party system (such as in the United States), *bipartisan refers to any bill, act, resolution, or any other action of a political body in which both of the major political parties are in agreement.
*House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) has twice written Hastert requesting the resolution not be politicized;[They do not seem to be in agreement]
You make some very convoluted statements Jason Baddo, please restate your view in a way thats not so ‘twisted’ thxx. [Or should I say Jason Hendler or Coach Jason?]
September 12th, 2006 at 1:02 pmjeez, trinary… jason is a pretty common name…
September 12th, 2006 at 1:14 pmthat’s the only similarity i’ve noticed…
best chill, at the risk of offending the innocent…
[…] Read this. Excerpt: Moreover, Hastert has packed the 9/11 resolution with partisan rhetoric: [The resolution includes] language stating that “the nation is safer than it was back in Sept. 11, 2001,†along with five paragraphs of language referencing a host of measures approved by Congress and signed into law by President Bush since the attacks, including the controversial USA PATRIOT Act… […]
September 12th, 2006 at 1:15 pmjeez, trinary… jason is a pretty common name…
that’s the only similarity i’ve noticed…
best chill, at the risk of offending the innocent…
Comment by katy
Hes calling it Bi-partisan when it clearly isn’t.
I asked him to clarify his position, and yes Jason is a common name and so are trolls. But I see only one KATY and not 10 different Katy’s posting..nor do I see 10 different Maries, another common name nor 10 different Sharons…
And KATY is a common name yes?
September 12th, 2006 at 1:22 pmBut hey this is not me, I am Trinary Suka not Hendler, oh wait I am..
September 12th, 2006 at 1:24 pmDid anyone else see the Chris Matthews/Tom Brokaw post speech commentary lastnight?
September 12th, 2006 at 1:24 pmThey should find some time to pass a bill to control overly tight neckties that causes swollen heads and circulation problems.
September 12th, 2006 at 1:30 pmHes calling it Bi-partisan when it clearly isn’t.
Comment by Trinary Suka — September 12, 2006 @ 1:22 pm
then stick with that point… without sounding so accusatory… just sayin’…
September 12th, 2006 at 1:34 pmhttp://www.asylumgoons.blogspot.com/
feel free to spread this around. long but worth the read.
September 12th, 2006 at 1:39 pmsend it to all the news stations, government officials to let them know we are tired of you all trying to insult our intelligence.
Hastert evidently has time to stuff his face but doesn’t have time to honor the dead.
September 12th, 2006 at 1:45 pmDid anyone else see the Chris Matthews/Tom Brokaw post speech commentary lastnight?
Comment by The DLC are Frauds — September 12, 2006 @
i saw a part of it, I turned it off when Matthews asked Brokaw if Bush had lied us into a war and Brokaw answered politically correctly instead of being direct, nasty, and full of vengful spite.
September 12th, 2006 at 1:48 pmHe looks like a doughnut recepticle in the picture.
September 12th, 2006 at 1:50 pmResolutions are not laws. They are statements, with no legal standing. Purely symbolic. And in this instance, Hastert is just trying to get the Republicans some ‘positive’ spin, because they really need it. This is so obviously a political ploy. Why? Because it only took Denny 5 YEARS to come up with this… ‘heartfelt dedication’, and he STILL couldn’t be bothered to do it on the DAY ITSELF!! What an arse. And never one to miss an opportunity, Denny decides to tack on some ‘atta boys’ while he’s at it.
September 12th, 2006 at 2:03 pmThank God Almighty that Denny is getting back to work . .
. . . . “Bush League”
September 12th, 2006 at 2:22 pmWe need not say more !
Comment by bones — September 12, 2006 @ 1:48 pm
Brokaw referred to Israel as a “cancer” and I can’t find proof.
September 12th, 2006 at 2:35 pmOf course you all know that Hastert the turd, is running opposed this congressional season. I have lived in the 14th district for my whole 23 years. John Laesch, the democratic nominee needs your money. GO TO HIS WEBSITE AND TELL DENNY HASTERT TO F*%*% OFF! GIVE YOUR MONEY UP TO JOHN LAESCH! HE’S A FIGHTING DEM TOO! http://john06.com/ http://john06.com/ http://john06.com/ http://john06.com/ http://john06.com/ http://john06.com/
September 12th, 2006 at 2:43 pmDefeat the Culture of Corruption!!!
http://john06.com/
September 12th, 2006 at 2:44 pmHasert brings home the pork? He is the pork.
September 12th, 2006 at 3:04 pmJudd,
Could you run a “Hastert Alert” somewhere near the top of TP?
Scrolling down only to meet that face, almost made me lose my lunch.
Damn…
September 12th, 2006 at 3:32 pmI can’t decide if he’s a fothermucking sockcucker or a sockcucking fothermucker (man, that was hard to type!).
September 12th, 2006 at 4:09 pmToo busy doing what, pigging out?
September 12th, 2006 at 4:33 pmObesity, thy name is Hastert.
September 12th, 2006 at 4:35 pmOddly he looks like he could be Drew Carey’s dad.
September 12th, 2006 at 4:41 pmIf they do this tomorrow, I don’t want to hear a single Republican complain that the Democratic Party is trying to “politicize 9/11.” There is no other term to describe what the Republicans are doing with this “bill”.
September 12th, 2006 at 6:08 pmHastert flubbed the words to the National Anthem..what doe that tell you about this ‘Patriot’
September 12th, 2006 at 6:10 pm#15
September 12th, 2006 at 8:32 pmThe good people of Illinois keep re-electing this empty suit becasuse he brings home the pork.
Fat Boy keeps getting re-elected because the Republican machine, the newspapers, and most election officials everywhere except in Chicago are Republican; and like the White House, they control the elections.
Of course pork plays a role - and Hastert has been found at the trough many a time, but politics is mostly the “good old boys” here in Illinois.
The Dem. Gov. was elected because the former guy was indicted and will begin his jail term soon - but that has not stopped the Republican noise machine from loudly criticizing the gov. while turning a blind eye to whom they have supported.
Hastert’s opponent, Laesch, is an Iraq vet, a nice guy who wants to make a difference - I support him, but I am not overly hopeful.
K. Olbermann just ran a video of Hastert flubbing the words of the national anthem - he couldn’t even get the first phrase right!!
September 12th, 2006 at 8:33 pmThat’s one of the dumbest bills I’ve ever heard of. They ratify it every year? And Pelosi wants it to be non-politicized? The whole resolution is political bullsh!t.
September 12th, 2006 at 10:02 pmWhy don’t they do something useful?
September 12th, 2006 at 10:47 pmHow sad that Haster does not know the words to the Star Spangled Banner! How sad that we are governed by people who want to hurt other people. How sad that we see the war as a horrible crime against huminit; Cheny would say I WOULD DO THE SAME TODAY. HOW SAD, HOW SAD! CAOS MUST BE WHAT THEY WANT!
September 13th, 2006 at 3:56 am#42- dlet- (*giggle, snort*) :)
September 13th, 2006 at 4:53 amhahaha i plan the 9/11 i
September 19th, 2006 at 4:47 am