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Not a concept I’d considered before, but Bill Maher has got it right.

The only member of Congress to vote against the abomination has a petition to motivate its recission. Kudos to Barbara Lee.

Or is Rep. Broun simply delusional? According to the record kept by the Office of the Clerk of the House, Broun got the attention of the House with two proposed Amendments to the bill making military appropriations:

3:42:52 P.M. H.R. 2216 An amendment, offered by Mr. Broun (GA), to reduce real property for agencies by $38,513,000, and apply the savings to the spending reduction account.
3:42:57 P.M. H.R. 2216 DEBATE – Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 243, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the first Broun (GA) amendment under the five-minute rule.
3:50:32 P.M. H.R. 2216 POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS – At the conclusion of debate on the first Broun (GA) amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Broun (GA) demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
3:52:21 P.M. H.R. 2216 An amendment, offered by Mr. Broun (GA), to reduce the Military Construction Authorization funds to $0, and apply the savings to the spending reduction account.
3:52:35 P.M. H.R. 2216 DEBATE – Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 243, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the second Broun (GA) amendment under the five-minute rule.
4:02:15 P.M. H.R. 2216 On agreeing to the Broun (GA) amendment; Failed by voice vote.

Reducing real property by thrity eight million dollars is apparently a euphemism for selling some national asset off and reducing military construction to zero dollars is just grand-standing. Wasting time.

I was looking for a vote on de-funding ACORN yet again. Perhaps that is scheduled for today.

Apparently, Broun is not alone.

Struggling with the bad publicity and loss of federal funds, ACORN dissolved in early 2010. Just to be sure, however, Rep. John Culberson (R-Texas) included this language in a government funding bill introduced on May 28 of this year: “None of the funds made available in this Act may be distributed to the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) or its subsidiaries or successors.”

It should not come as a surprise that, with a Democratic executive in charge, the Cons in Congress aren’t keen to seat more judges. After all, the “law and order” crowd are only in favor of the rule of law when they can be in charge and dole out favors to their cohorts in crime.
Delegating their obligations to the law suits them just fine.
We need to elect better public servants.

Duh. People, who are into being, don’t do.

Platitudinous partisans = wrong way Republicans
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46 U.S. Senators voted against public safety to protect the interests of the weapons industry. The Washington Post calls them cowards. I think that’s wrong. Might as well call the fellow who keeps pit bulls snarling in his yard a coward.
I keep wavering. I used to think the fear espoused by politicians was manufactured to make themselves look protective and strong. Then it seemed that the fear-mongers were genuinely fearful themselves. Now, it looks like a goodly number of politicians have come to rely on delegated threats to keep the electorate in line. Makes sense. If there are no avoidable threats, then there’s nothing for the “protectors” to protect us from. The cop relies on the crook for his livelihood. If there are no crooks, he’s got to invent them. That’s why protection is a racket, regardless of the level at which it is played; regardless of whether it’s legislative or judicial.
Of the four Democratic traitors, three are up for review in 2014. That’s Baucus and Begich and Pryor. Heitkamp is sitting pretty for 5.5 years.
Now, if their argument were that the manufacture, importation and sale of assault weapons should simply be banned, I could go with that. That would be a sign that they’re on track to elevating human over property rights.
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The Bible says, “Give unto Caesar the things that are Caesars.” That’s really not a suggestion. It’s a directive.
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Representatitve Broun has publicly announced that he doesn’t want a sex-change operation to account for why he doesn’t want to pay for someone else’s under the Affordable Care Act, either. He’s obviously a self-centered prick. Moreover, since Broun is a medical doctor, one can reasonably conclude that delicate surgery is not his forte. Otherwise, he’d be all for it being covered.
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How did they get elected to the Senate? Good question. They’re triangulators, specializing in mis-direction and playing megaphone for the merchants of death.

Richard Burr (NC): (202)224-3149
Daniel Coats (IN): (202)224-5623
Mike Crapo (ID): (202)224-6142
Ted Cruz (TX): (202)224-5922
Michael Enzi (WY): (202)224-3424
James Inhofe (OK): (202)224-4721
Ron Johnson (WI): (202)224-5323
Mike Lee (UT): (202)224-5444
Jerry Moran (KS): (202)224-6521
Rand Paul (KY): (202)224-4343
James Risch (ID): (202)224-2752
Pat Roberts (KS): (202)224-4774
Marco Rubio: (FL) (202)224-3041