If they want to cut the deficit, why not start by cutting their salary and benefits…No, that would be just another way to harm the rich in this country….
The GOP violated their own rule by putting up the health care repeal and forbidding debate or revisions. They also had two congressmen who were not sworn in (they were at a fundraiser), but who proceeded not only to join the House and vote, but to take part in the reading of the Constitution. One is on the Rules Committee.
You can’t make this stuff up. It wouldn’t be believable.
They’re rewriting the rule book for this Congress, which might give one pause to think about “hedge fund deregulation” and other fine points. So far the draft only shows marginal openings for graft and stupidity– then there’s Issa’s 150 letters to corporate interests while he’s on the “ethics” witch hunt.
They should be evicted for fraud & malfeasance. They obviously believe that fund-raising takes precedence & the actions required by governance are mere formalities. I wish the bunch of money-grubbers that my fellow voters keep electing would channel those skills toward paying off the debt.
fennec, it wasn’t quite the way you say. They invalidated the votes, but also made the actual violation go away, as well as ignoring all the other violations, e.g., being chair of the Rules committee.
Oh, yes, and the new “transparency” roles call for three days notice before votes. Repiublicans allowed for minutes of debate on this particular resolution.
Broke their promise right off the bat…not that I’m surprised or anything.
Lots of potential flaws. You can’t draw conclusions from this study about relative intelligence. There’s no correlation between brain size and IQ, for example.
HOWGOZIT, it’s not whining when we point out the truth about the GOP’s hypocysy. I know you don’t like to hear the truth and you never acknowledge when you’re wrong. Get over it. Creating new rules about “transparency” and then breaking those self-same rules the first day out of the gate is shear hypocrisy!
WarBush over 13 years ago
To the point of non-existence.
keechum over 13 years ago
If they want to cut the deficit, why not start by cutting their salary and benefits…No, that would be just another way to harm the rich in this country….
Motivemagus over 13 years ago
The GOP violated their own rule by putting up the health care repeal and forbidding debate or revisions. They also had two congressmen who were not sworn in (they were at a fundraiser), but who proceeded not only to join the House and vote, but to take part in the reading of the Constitution. One is on the Rules Committee. You can’t make this stuff up. It wouldn’t be believable.
Motivemagus over 13 years ago
Well, thank Heaven for small favors!
Dtroutma over 13 years ago
They’re rewriting the rule book for this Congress, which might give one pause to think about “hedge fund deregulation” and other fine points. So far the draft only shows marginal openings for graft and stupidity– then there’s Issa’s 150 letters to corporate interests while he’s on the “ethics” witch hunt.
pirate227 over 13 years ago
“The invisible and the non-existent look very much alike.”
ChukLitl Premium Member over 13 years ago
They should be evicted for fraud & malfeasance. They obviously believe that fund-raising takes precedence & the actions required by governance are mere formalities. I wish the bunch of money-grubbers that my fellow voters keep electing would channel those skills toward paying off the debt.
Motivemagus over 13 years ago
fennec, it wasn’t quite the way you say. They invalidated the votes, but also made the actual violation go away, as well as ignoring all the other violations, e.g., being chair of the Rules committee. Oh, yes, and the new “transparency” roles call for three days notice before votes. Repiublicans allowed for minutes of debate on this particular resolution. Broke their promise right off the bat…not that I’m surprised or anything.
believecommonsense over 13 years ago
^ yup, hypocrisy abounds. Tea Party and GOP can’t maintain their promises for 24 hours.
back to toon: I see lots of transparency in the minds of GOP … there’s no there, there.
rockngolfer over 13 years ago
http://www.datelinezero.com/2011/01/05/as-humans-evolve-our-brains-are-actually-getting-smaller/
I posted elsewhere that I think the story is flawed.
^ That’s funny, too.
Motivemagus over 13 years ago
Lots of potential flaws. You can’t draw conclusions from this study about relative intelligence. There’s no correlation between brain size and IQ, for example.
rockngolfer over 13 years ago
If Democrats violated the Constitution the way the TPers did, hate radio would light up with foaming idealogues for 2 years.
Bluejayz over 13 years ago
The emperor’s new clothes.
Motivemagus over 13 years ago
^I think you had a typo, HOWGOZIT. You mean “the legitimate complaints about the right’s hypocrisy continues from the left.”
Bluejayz over 13 years ago
HOWGOZIT, it’s not whining when we point out the truth about the GOP’s hypocysy. I know you don’t like to hear the truth and you never acknowledge when you’re wrong. Get over it. Creating new rules about “transparency” and then breaking those self-same rules the first day out of the gate is shear hypocrisy!