And the lurkers wonder why a Jake’Off like you thinks anyone cares what st*pid things you have to say! You’re just a pathetic little coward, and complete piece of immoral sh*t, cloaking yourself in *fake* religious rhetoric. You know Hitler also claimed to be a Christian – jack*ss.

You really do think there are hundreds of people out there that support your stupid comments but don’t post, don’t you? Those phantom lurkers are the “Jake for president” group. You need to see a therapist.

This is the Senate organizing resolution of January 2001:

Relative to Senate procedure in the 107th Congress.

Resolved, That notwithstanding the provisions of rule XXV, or any other provision of the Standing Rules or Standing Orders of the Senate, the committees of the Senate, including Joint and Special Committees, for the 107th Congress shall be composed equally of members of both parties, to be appointed at a later time by the two Leaders; that the budgets and office space for such committees, and all other subgroups, shall likewise be equal, with up to an additional 10 percent to be allocated for administrative expenses to be determined by the Rules Committee, with the total administrative expenses allocation for all committees not to exceed historic levels; and that the Chairman of a full committee may discharge a subcommittee of any Legislative or Executive Calendar item which has not been reported because of a tie vote and place it on the full committee’s agenda.

SEC. 2. Provided, That such committee ratios shall remain in effect for the remainder of the 107th Congress, except that if at any time during the 107th Congress either party attains a majority of the whole number of Senators, then each committee ratio shall be adjusted to reflect the ratio of the parties in the Senate, and the provisions of this resolution shall have no further effect, except that the members appointed by the two Leaders, pursuant to this resolution, shall no longer be members of the committees, and the committee chairmanships shall be held by the party which has attained a majority of the whole number of Senators.

There was a rule change in 2001 not in 2007. This article explains it a little better.

The grave consequences for Iraq that McCain speaks about, were set into motion with the disastrous decision by Paul Bremer to disband the Iraqi army. That put thousands of armed men on the streets with no pay and no reason to support the Americans.

Ah, more *ignorant* request, from the *Tubes* gallery!!! You’re a st*pid little piece of work, aren’t you Jake-Off?

I just reviewed every Senate vote from January — what “rule change” are you referring to?

When you start reporting, let us know. Until then, we’ve all decided you’re an ignorant dweeb… Decision over, son.

When the GOP took control of Congress in 2001 they agreed to certain Senate rules at that time because Bush and Cheney were not yet sworn in and Al Gore was still Senate president. Jake is trying to equate this current situation to 2001 but they’re totally different.

I am not claiming to be an expert on this subject. But I think Nat is right about Reid keeping his majority leader status, and I’m sure that the Democrats would continue to control at least some of the committees, which have a lot of power to shape legislation.

“If the GOP prayers that Tim Johnson dies are answered along with a Lieberman switch then the Senate will flip to the republicans.”

Comment by Nat — March 27, 2007 @ 6:31 pm

“Obviously, I am not praying for Sen. Johnson to die.”

Comment by Jake — March 27, 2007 @ 6:38 pm

“Obviously that’s what you want, otherwise you wouldn’t have made this statement.”

Comment by ValiantVenusGrewFromUranus — March 27, 2007 @ 6:47 pm

I report, you decide.

Again it doesn’t really matter. Harry Reid will still be the majority leader; they’ll still have subpoena power and they’ll have the ability to investigate the executive branch. This is not the same situation as when Jeffords switched.

Obviously that’s what you want, otherwise you wouldn’t have made this statement.

Jake, get a life!!

As for your latest comments, why don’t you use that googly thing and find the section of the 9/11 commission report that talks about there being NO link between Saddam and Al-Qaeda.

I can’t believe you are so stupid that you believe this war in Iraq is somehow protecting us. There were NO WMD in Iraq, NO imminent threat. There was only a sovereign nation that we pre-emptively invaded based on false pretenses.

You are really annoying the f**k out of me with all of your crap. Is that your intent? Do you mind being such an annoying pr**k?

Comment by Zep Tepi

I’d say the argument stops right here. Great point.

LIEberman, your 15 minutes expired YEARS AGO.

They cannot change the rules.

You and VerbalKint are going to have to get your stories straight about Committee charis and then see me about the ever-increasingly-probable hypothetical I posed. Especially after a veto and if the Dems REFUSE to hold another vote to fund the troops.