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badqatDec 30, 2010
Boehner has been in Congress for 20 years. It took him this long to realize they suck?
blinker1315Dec 30, 2010
Boehner should've been replaced as GOP House leader. He's a hack.
badqatDec 30, 2010
Agreed. Very disappointed with many of the committee picks as well, Ron Paul being a surprise, though.
norman619Dec 30, 2010
That's pretty much most of these people. When you can't ask "who's best for this position?" and instead have to ask "Who's the best of the worst?" you know things are bad.
blinker1315Dec 30, 2010
Eric Cantor would be fine by me for Speaker of the House.
bossm4nDec 31, 2010
He's at least a slight upgrade from SanFranNan.
norman619Dec 30, 2010
We need term limits on these clowns. He's been "aware" for a while like all the others have been. the only dif is that we are in bad times and people actually took action in this last election and kicked out quite a bit of dead weight. He knows he may be next so is just covering his ass. All these lifers need to be removed.
tao52nycDec 30, 2010
Every two years, we all get a chance at "term limiting" a hack. But we usually don't take it.
norman619Dec 30, 2010
Wrong. That would only work if a majority of the people actually cared enough about our government to vote. People here int he US only care when things are bad. When the s**t hits the fan they wake up, sorta. Like what we saw in this past election. Once things get back to good they will go back to sleep and not give a s**t.
samthurstonDec 30, 2010
We saw a mild uptick in voter activity this election. really. about 1.1% over the last non-presidential election. and things are REALLY bad. the hardest hit demographics in the economic picture, the young and minorities, actually decreased.
Sadly, things will probably never get back to good. 2000-2008 our treasury finally finished being looted, and people probably won't notice for another 10 years by which time it will be WAY too late to do anything about it.
norman619Dec 31, 2010
The young hardly ever care or know enough to care about voting.
You honestly think things will never get back to good? Sorry but that is the nature of things. Cycles. This mess was decades in the making. It came from decades of living on credit. This can no longer continue so things are bound to get better eventually. I don't feel we've hit bottom yet so we still have a ways to go.
cosmicsurferDec 30, 2010
He still hasn't realized that he sucks so how could anyone expect him to understand anyone else does.
martoqDec 30, 2010
People keep voting him in. Point the blame on them. Because ultimately it's the peoples fault for allowing these politicians to remain in office.
samthurstonDec 30, 2010
Thomas:
http://www.thomas.gov/
has been around for at least 10 years? what is revolutionary about boner's proposal?
diggorelseDec 30, 2010
Anyone who's used Thomas knows that it's notoriously behind. This is putting it up where people can see it sooner, I presume.
samthurstonDec 30, 2010
behind yes, but you usually can read legislation before it gets voted on, often while still in committee.. my point is that making it update faster isn't going to make more people read it.
hell, most congressmen don't actually read the legislation they're voting on, why should anyone else?
pinskiaDec 30, 2010
Can they then prove constitutionality of themselves then before pointing fingers at other bills and such? Because there are open question if most of the people in congress are here legally :). JK Anyways we all now almost everyone here is here illegally anyways.
novenatorDec 30, 2010
Bulls**t. They will grandstand for now, but mark my words, nothing will change. These politicians were elected with corporate money, and will now be expected to do their bidding against the American people.
*Fox news huh? No surprise his piece of propaganda is on there.
drmangrumDec 30, 2010
And the previous congress didn't kowtow to their corporate masters?
The HCR bill was bought and paid for by law firms, drug companies, insurance companies.
TARP was bought and paid for by banks and the auto industry.
Bailouts 1 and 2 were bought by banks and investment firms.
The Cap&Trade bill was being paid for by the "Green" industry and Al Gore (who stood to make BILLIONS if the law actually went forward).
novenatorDec 30, 2010
Tarp was passed under Bush.
HCR did nothing to reign in the pharmy corporations, you are right about that, but it was originally designed to stop profiteering by Big Insurance. Weren't you against the public option though, the linchpin of the whole effort to stop these greedy corps?
Bailouts 1 and 2? If you're referring to TARP, I agree, however the ARRA was about half tax cuts and half spending, and didn't do anything for banks.
Cap and Trade is the weak industry solution floated in the 70s, I think we need to force polluters to clean up after themselves by mandating HARD Caps, say 20% reductions per year in pollution.
falstaffDec 30, 2010
TARP was passed under Bush, by a Democratic congress. drmangrum was saying that Democratic congresses also pass laws designed to protect business and campaign donor interests, and you did little to refute that. Nice try though. Nice to see BDS is still alive and kicking.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
novenatorDec 30, 2010
Well, conservative Dems are guilty of promoting a corporate agenda too, just like their Republican comrades. Centrist Dems less so, but still take corporate campaign cash in exchange for some preferential treatment.
Progressive Democrats, not so much. This is where we should focus our effort, in helping these progressives fight back against the corporate machine. They are heavily outgunned.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
JamHammsterDec 30, 2010
The more things "change" the more they stay the same!
Both parties are guilty.
njdoo7Dec 30, 2010
I would like to call additional attention to all corporate media propaganda and all corporate owned politicians.
Not to imply that you said it was (i get impression that you might feel this way though), but this this is not unique to fox news or republicans.
Your statements are very true for fox news as well as all corporate mainstream media.
The same corporations that fund these corrupt politicians are the largest purchasers of advertising on the media networks, giving them the same financial leverage over the media as they have over the majority of the politicians. In some cases (GE) they own the media network. It is all a dog and pony show with two different varieties, red and blue.
afRetOneDec 30, 2010
Alright! He's going to change congress!! Wahoo!!!
<yawn>
addiktionDec 30, 2010
Does he think we are going to be so easily fooled this time around? I mean honestly we heard this story last election, and the one before that. Same crap, different day.
drmangrumDec 30, 2010
They'll have to carry through with some of their promises to gain the trust of the American people. Both democrats and republicans will have to enact legislation that limits their own power and is purely for the benefit of the American people, not some lobbyist.
With the way news cycles have changed over the last 20 years, politicians can no longer get away with hiding their indiscretions in 600 pages of bulls**t.
martoqDec 30, 2010
You plan on reading every bill? 3 days to read a pile of s**t from these ass clowns...and then what? You have issue with something what really are you going to do, contact them? Any time I have contacted my representation I get a bulls**t form mail back 3 months later.
bossm4nDec 31, 2010
There's a lot of very sad truth in what you said. Not all reps operate like this, but many do. I think my rep, S. Jackson-Lee might be the worst. In all my correspondence with her over the years, I think I've received one reply, in an election year, and it was an email form letter that I'm pretty sure was sent as a mistake.
njdoo7Dec 30, 2010
"With the way news cycles have changed over the last 20 years, politicians can no longer get away with hiding their indiscretions in 600 pages of bulls**t."
You must have missed this happening last year when nanci pelosi declared "we have to pass this bill to find out what's in it" after 300 pages were added to legislation the night before the vote.
Most politicians work for corporations not individual people, and the people have still be electing them for decades. Also, most of these laws require teams of lawyers to completely understand. In spite of changes in the past 20 years, as recent as this year and last year we got confirmation that this trend has yet to show signs of change.
iriemeditationDec 30, 2010
Breaking News: The Republicans plan to do something!
Hahahah i doubt it's true..... i'll believe it when i see it
PS.. Foxnews ? NEW DIGG SUCKS!!Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
iriemeditationDec 30, 2010
confirmed by my (currently) 8 buries, that yes, indeed, new digg is a joke! LOL
hanzoDec 31, 2010
Wait a minute... You mean the Republicans are going to stop complaining and finger pointing and actually do something? That's the only thing they're good at! (Well that and sucking the dicks of corporate interests)
Closed AccountDec 30, 2010
The word 'Politics' derives from the Greek word meaning 'For the People' - I wonder if any of these old git's know that, or even care?
JamHammsterDec 30, 2010
Obama promised to change a lot of things too. I hope these guys aren't all just talk.
norman619Dec 30, 2010
They are politicians so don't hold your breath.
addiktionDec 30, 2010
The last time I remember Republicans used to be about shrinking government and giving more power to the people. I haven't seen government shrink in 10 to 15 years, if not more.
duncan202Dec 30, 2010
The government hasn't meaningfully shrunk since it was formed.
dratmanDec 31, 2010
But you won't want government to be shrunken as soon as there is a big hurricane, or a giant financial crisis, or an out-of-control oil spill.
You can't have it both ways.
This whole "shrink the government" meme is pure deception by the corporate powers to lower spending so they can keep more money and impoverish the populace.
yaosioDec 30, 2010
Here's how they will determine if a bill is constitutional.
Is the bill from a republican? It is constitutional.
Is the bill not from a republican? It is not constitutional.
hipmanDec 30, 2010
And of course democrats are not like that at all.
hawkmoon78Dec 30, 2010
Each party seems to do their best to get THEIR way, and not the way of the majority. Over the last decade, I think the Republicans have been better at it than the Democrats (but that is changing too).
The frustration lies in seeing the majority's will get usurped by the minorities will.
If a politician represents a minority opinion, then they should certainly voice it, but they shouldn't use political trickery to advance their opinion to the disadvantage of the majority opinion. It is something that both sides do - in different ways, and with different results.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
TimochenkoDec 30, 2010
no comment - Kevin Timochenko
diggorelseDec 30, 2010
And what does Iúlia say?
smokedgoudaDec 30, 2010
FoxNews is not a legitimate news source. FoxNewsBlog must be complete garbage then.
hipmanDec 30, 2010
So is rawstory and politicususa, but that doesn't stop you from digging them.
smokedgoudaDec 30, 2010
That's not what we're talking about Einstein. FoxNews is financed and propped up as a legitimate, mainstream news channel. Neither of those you mentioned come even close.
That's the problem with most Republicans...you have no sense of proportion. The Mosque at ground zero is a world catastrophe, while invading Iraq based on disinformation is acceptable.
thebuddaDec 30, 2010
Hopefully the GOP will hold better to their word than the Pelosi crew did with their 'transparency' and not sneak stuff in and hold middle of the night rush votes. I don't like sneaky, deceptive
vogonpoetDec 30, 2010
You mean like how the GOP passed Medicare part D and the Bush Tax cuts with reconciliation, a rule meant to be budget positive? Don't hold your breath.
hawkmoon78Dec 30, 2010
I can't imagine how they could change something so complicated, inter-twined, and beyond themselves. Saying that you'll "change congress" is like saying that you'll "change the economy." It doesn't really work that way.
I'd be more impressed if these people said that they would change themselves (...and then actually did). I'd also be quite happy if the voting public were able to vote in someone who was truly different. With the right politicians in place, things can truly change.
cvquestyDec 30, 2010
No, no, no... A thousand times no.
WE are the agent of change. WE the people. At the state/local levels, WE dictate what goes on in Washington. Washington is screwed up because WE have allowed them (nay reveled in) to be exactly what they are.
WE have to rise up at our local levels and each and every intrusion into privacy and individual and state's rights needs to be thwarted at every turn.
Until we remember that Washington has NO power and WE are the ones with all the power (hello, 10th Amendment?) we will never see change.
Waking up is on the docket, but I think Americans are entirely too lazy to try and take their government back to where it should be.
tao52nycDec 30, 2010
That's it, man. Nullify, nullify, nullify. No more unfunded mandates. Hell, no more mandates, period. The states rediscovering the 10th Amendment may be our saving grace.
hawkmoon78Dec 30, 2010
Hmm... I thought I was making a relatively similar point - that change doesn't happen by people saying that they will change stuff, it comes from a change of those people (as in we band together and vote accordingly).
I suppose if I interpret your statement to mean that we shoudl rise up at our local levels with force, civil disobediance, etc... then I would suggest that first we try seeing what happens when we vote the right people in.
skews13Dec 30, 2010
I hear the orange man plans on reading the Constitution on the floor of the House to. I don't doubt his ability to read it, it's the interpretation part that is pause for concern. Given the fact he quoted from the Declaration of Independence, while holding up a copy of the Constitution at a rally last year, his ability to distinguish between documents is also a cause for concern, considering he wants new rules for proposed legislation.
mtnmusicmanDec 30, 2010
Are you kidding, he'll be crying the whole time and no one will understand him....lol
leftofthecenterDec 30, 2010
Wow, the proposal he is giving is actually quite... progressive.
It's just.... sniff, sniff... so great to see.... someone... <hard swallow>.... so committed, to... <tears>....the american dream, Waaaahhhhh!Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
atomheartmotherDec 30, 2010
Progressive? Like the Pelosi House, which shut out debate and passed s**t without opportunity for the public (much less lawmakers) to actually read it?
"It's just.... sniff, sniff..."
Yeah, unlike the arrogant f**k he's replacing, he's actually humbled by his position. Of course if he didn't show emotion, you and yours would be the first to call him a heartless, uncaring neanderthal.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
leftofthecenterDec 31, 2010
Well, I was actually commending him, and calling his idea progressive,... you know, as in "progress?" You repubs are too blocked to realize when youre being complimented.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
atomheartmotherDec 31, 2010
Sorry, but I don't subscribe to the view that "Progressive," at least in a political/philosophical sense, is anything more than a liberal label offering camouflage for a belief in bloated, overreaching government. Progress implies forward motion. But in politics as in outer space, you can't know what takes you forward until you know where forward takes you.
bcronosDec 31, 2010
Liberals have such a bad reputation that they're trying to rename themselves Progressives. The Liberal/Socialist/"Progressive" agenda has failed for a hundred years and still they keep pushing this crap. Go build your utopia in South America or the Middle East... or better yet, China...
leftofthecenterJan 1, 2011
Nope, we like it here. Fight it all you want, but time goes by, and problems need to be solved as they come along. This requires progress, and requires change.
jasoncoxDec 30, 2010
I have more faith that the sun is made out of ice cream than the Republicans will do anything to make government more transparent.
tao52nycDec 30, 2010
Aren't these the same Republicans calling for Julian Assange's head? For promoting transparency?
rzmudDec 30, 2010
New rule- Fox news can't quote Bill Maher
cosmicsurferDec 30, 2010
transperancy and accountability....two characteristics that have not become part of the description of the US under Obama to date but under the goppers with their tea baggie marketing arm?
That will never happen
martoqDec 30, 2010
What is the opposite on Progress? Congress?
reaper527Dec 30, 2010
FTA:
"They're going to put everything up on the web and they're gonna give people three days to actually scour through bills, to check all the titles and the sections to see if what the legislators say is in the bill is actually in the bill,"
the funny thing is, this is an obama promise that never happened. its ironic that republicans will implement it, and obama will probably take the credit for it.
njdoo7Dec 30, 2010
"They're going to put everything up on the web and they're gonna give people three days to actually scour through bills, to check all the titles and the sections to see if what the legislators say is in the bill is actually in the bill," says Matt Schlapp, a former political director in the Bush Administration.
Didn't obama say these same things while campaigning, only to have a 300 page addendum made to one of his key pieces of legislation the night before its vote? I remember nancy pelosi saying something like "We need to pass this bill so we can find out what's in it."
Maybe America will fall for it again; I definitely wont.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
mikelistDec 31, 2010
check the context and intended audience for rep pelosi's remarks, i won't do it for you. you already know.
njdoo7Dec 30, 2010
Even if they implement this policy, which I doubt they will follow through on, it would take a team of lawyers more than 3 days to understand all of the implications of most legislation that is passed.
Also, is three days even enough for congressmen to receive and analyze feedback from thousands if not millions of people? I would suspect that most feedback would come after 1 or 2 days since it would take while for the constituents to read the bills.
amadorusaDec 30, 2010
Buried for Fake News demagoguery
anomaly100Dec 31, 2010
Fake indeed.
stubearDec 30, 2010
Translation: "We don't like what Obama is doing because it's actually getting this country out of war and pointed in the right direction. We plan to put an end to these shenanigans."
internetguru7Dec 30, 2010
There approval rating says it all 16%
diggorelseDec 30, 2010
Whoever created this video did an absolutely AWESOME job... it looks real, like he's really saying it...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5t8GdxFYBU
mtnmusicmanDec 30, 2010
Both sides say they listen to the people...Bulls**t !
u2canfailDec 31, 2010
The GOP started with extending the Bush TAX Cuts for all. That simply means the pandering has begun. (Here is a tax cut, I need your vote. My campaign is ready for your donation today). WE HAVE A HUGE DEFICIT, gentlemen. I was against this cut, the first time, and more against it now. I do not care who spent the money, the money was spent, now we need to pay. Cuts in spending will not generate enough to pay down the deficit. Too many sacred cows. THIS IS A STUPID START.
mikelistDec 31, 2010
i can tell you one thing, if the gop implements single payer health care, they will own the american public, regardless of what else they do. so that's what i'm watching for, heh.
dratmanDec 31, 2010
Ha! Somehow I don't think Republicans will actually do this. If they do it at all, it will probably have some huge loopholes. I'm guessing is no way they will be able to live with that amount of transparency.
But if they do it, I'll be cheering, even though I feel deep disgust with Republicans most of the time.