Part of me wants to move to Alabama just to vote for this guy.
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05/24/2010 13:03 ||
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What are they putting in the water down in Alabama? Whatever it is, it seems to grow backbones. Ship it to other states!
Posted by: No I am the other Beldar ||
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No, a few of my jackass liberal Alabamans on facebook are total liberals and I get to read their huffpo postings (yay, not.) The U.S. is divided, and the divisions aren't North-South, that would be way too easy wouldn't it?
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The U.S. is divided, and the divisions aren't North-South
Yeah, I think the divide is much more finely grained than North vs South. The People's Republic of Michigan, for example, is regarded as a blue state but if you look at election results by county you see the rural areas are red and the (unionized) urban centers like Detroit and Flint are blue.
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N.Y: liberal. Didn't used to be this way. Alot of the Greatest Gen were Republican, and Manhattan was a beautiful large town with a state of nice green pasture and nice farmers. Nowadays if you're a Repub here, you might as well have Herpes and if you're a farmer you better be vegan. And our economy sucks and our libs still don't get it. California and New York; evil twins separated at birth.
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you see the rural areas are red and the (unionized) urban centers like Detroit and Flint are blue.
Flint and Detroit are like cities in some 3rd world country. They have been sucked dry. California and New York have been sucked dry. New Jersey has been sucked dry. New Jersey is trying to get better. Seems like a Red vs. Blue thingee.
Whaddaya know. Looks like Sen. Sessions is a lurker here. :-)
The top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee warned Monday that he would seek to slow Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan's path to confirmation unless senators get full access to her files as a Clinton administration aide.
"We're heading to what could be a train wreck," Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama said. "I don't believe that this committee can go forward with an adequate hearing" without all records from Kagan's tenure as a White House counsel and then domestic policy adviser to President Bill Clinton.
Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., the Judiciary Committee chairman, last week set hearings to begin on June 28. Sessions said Republicans would ask for a delay unless senators get access to the tens of thousands of pages of Clinton-era records by then. We gotta have her confirmed NOW! It can't wait a couple months! It's impossible! So what if the repercussions of this decision is something that can last fop another 30+ years?! We can't find anyone else with a brain who can read to help rifle through the Clinton Library records! We can't find a couple more lawyers to help review this stuff! We can't find the budget for it! We already scheduled it! Oh no, can't change it! Got school plays to go to all the other days! And if we have something to hide, well, that's just a coincidence.
Posted by: Steve White ||
05/24/2010 17:18 Comments ||
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When in session, the Supreme Court normally hears two weeks worth of argument then takes two weeks off with an extended break at the Holiday season. Thus, you will have an early October docket, an early November docket, an early December docket, a late January/early February docket, a late February/early March Docket, a late March/early April docket, and a late April/early May docket. Arguments are typically heard on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday with 2-3 cases per day. - from a simple Google of "Supreme Court session"
So, all the cases for 2009-10 are already worked. That means she doesn't have to take her seat to hear cases till the first week in October. What's the rush? /rhet question
Another poll puts Charlie Crist ahead in a three-way race for Florida Senate, but I suspect Marco Rubio will catch up in this survey eventually, just as he caught up in Rasmussen's. No, what's jumping out at me now is the share left for Democrat Kendrick Meek: 15 percent.
His share in the three preceding polls? 17 percent, 19 percent, and 18 percent....I tend to think some Florida Democrats will come home' as the election approaches Otherwise, this would be a strikingly bad performance for a major party in a swing state.
Posted by: Mike ||
05/24/2010 15:02 ||
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The mystery is why anyone would vote for that twofaced oompaloompa looking liar, Charlie Crist.
Posted by: No I am the other Beldar ||
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Crist the Arlen Specter of Florida. No principles. The only motivation is to get re-elected.
Taxpayers could be on the hook for another $165 billion if a bill to bail out private union pension funds makes it through Congress.
A Democratic senator is introducing legislation for a bailout of troubled union pension funds. If passed, the bill could put another $165 billion in liabilities on the shoulders of American taxpayers. The bill, which would put the Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation behind struggling pensions for union workers, is being introduced by Senator Bob Casey, (D-Pa.), who says it will save jobs and help people.
As FOX Business Networks Gerri Willis reported Monday, these pensions are in bad shape; as of 2006, well before the market dropped and recession began, only 6% of these funds were doing well. Although right now taxpayers could possibly be on the hook for $165 billion, the liability could essentially be unlimited because these pensions have to be paid out until the workers die.
Its hard to say at the moment what the chances are that the bill will pass. A hearing is scheduled Thursday, which will give the public a sense of where political leaders sit on the topic, said Willis.
Just last week President Obama said there would be no more bailouts. We know who the Unions own. I'm absolutely boggled. Puting us Taxpayers on the hook for the Unions' private pension funds. I hope to heck it won't pass. There's a promise with an expiration date measured in hours ...
Posted by: Deacon Blues ||
05/24/2010 14:51 ||
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Then do we own the unions like we own the banks, so who ever is the 'finger pointer in chief' can tell union leaders and pensioners what is acceptable pay and what isn't? /rhet question
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Patronage. The teachers are up next to loot the Federal Treasury as well to maintain the manner of life they're accustomed to. There hasn't been this level of open looting of the Treasury building since the British burned Washington.
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Fuc& them. The unions are supposedly private. The unions got greedy but the members stuck with the unions anyway. They didn't do their due diligence, they pay the price. Why should I have to work so hard if all that is going to happen is that someone else makes me pay the price for some other guy's mistakes?
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Well the government can just take over all the Pensions, IRA's, and 401k and put them into a government program - to make sure everyone gets their fair share.
I mean is not fair that you, who worked and slaved and planned for your retirement should be able to live in comfort while some union worker, who's union mismanaged and raided their pension, should suffer for supporting the same union management.
Or that you enjoy the benefits of your planning and sacrifice while your neighbor, who blew his money on Boats, Fancy Cars, and flatscreen TV's, has to do without.
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Well the government can just take over all the Pensions, IRA's, and 401k and put them into a government program - to make sure everyone gets their fair share.
Russia did it. But Russia kept the peace by having armed troops at every intersection. But wait, Obama had legislation buried in the health care bill approving his private army . . . .
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