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WRESTLINGFAN

01-04-2007, 04:14 PM

Pelosi is Speaker, Reid is Senate Majority leader. There is rhetoric about "bi partanship" but will alot be accomplished or will it be a do nothing congress leading up to the 2008 elections ? One of their priorities is to raise the min. wage but theres going to be alot of bickering between the White House and the hill <a href="http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=elections&id=4906143">http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=elections&id=4906143</a>

FezPaul

01-04-2007, 04:16 PM

Hide your wallets

epo

01-04-2007, 04:41 PM

You've gotta give this Congress a chance.  The great thing for America is that with a Dem Congress & a Republican President is that it forces bi-partisanship to get things done.  Now let's see if they can get things done....

HBox

01-04-2007, 04:46 PM

I'm pretty sure that Bush or someone from the administration has already said they support a minimum wage increase. That's probably just a pre-emptive white flag on an issue they don't want to fight right now.

HBox

01-04-2007, 04:47 PM

FezPaul wrote: Hide your walletsAnd your bibles. And pregnant ladies, protect your uterus. The evil liberal abortion squads are out with their vacuums.

epo

01-04-2007, 05:06 PM

Of course Bush's little statement yesterday about how Congress needs to cut spending and make his tax cuts permanent didn't help. <a href="http://www.ajc.com/news/content/shared/news/stories/2007/BUSH_04_COX_W3430.html"> Here.</a>Bush telling anybody to hold down spending after his drunken spending spree the last six years is littered with irony.  Discretionary spending under Bush's first six years have risen in real dollars by 35%.  <a href="http://www.reason.com/news/show/34112.html">Source.</a>

scottinnj

01-04-2007, 05:10 PM

HBox wrote: I'm pretty sure that Bush or someone from the administration has already said they support a minimum wage increase. That's probably just a pre-emptive white flag on an issue they don't want to fight right now. That's probably right Hbox.  Plus the fact that a lot of states already have minimum wages laws that are higher now then what the fed wage is.  So showing "bi partisanship" on raising the minimum wage will make the republicans look like team players without doing much.  So we can go to the voters and say "Look, we played ball with the democrats on the minimum wage, but they want to <insert favorite gripe we repubs have about dems> and won't negotiate at all!"

scottinnj

01-04-2007, 05:13 PM

epo wrote: You've gotta give this Congress a chance.  The great thing for America is that with a Dem Congress & a Republican President is that it forces bi-partisanship to get things done.  Now let's see if they can get things done....I'd rather see gridlock.  When nothing gets done in Washington, only good things result from that.  No tax increases, no deficit spending, no dumb laws getting passed that piss off either a conservative or a liberal.  Gridlock = Good.Bipartisanship = we all get fucked whether we're Democrat or Republican

scottinnj

01-04-2007, 05:25 PM

I just got home like 20 minutes ago, and Sean Hannity and Bob Beckel (filling in for Alan Colmes) is on.  The dems have had power for what now, 12 hours? and the bitch-fest is heating up already.  CNN's Crossfire was the first douchey show for the screamfests, but Hannity and Colmes have to be the worst.After all, in the grand scheme of things, do we REALLY care if congressman Ellison swore an oath to the Constitution with his hand on the Koran instead of a Bible?  I mean, as a Christian, as long as that congressman OBEYS the Constitution, I have no worries.  Right?

epo

01-04-2007, 05:27 PM

scottinnj wrote: I just got home like 20 minutes ago, and Sean Hannity and Bob Beckel (filling in for Alan Colmes) is on.  The dems have had power for what now, 12 hours? and the bitch-fest is heating up already.  CNN's Crossfire was the first douchey show for the screamfests, but Hannity and Colmes have to be the worst.After all, in the grand scheme of things, do we REALLY care if congressman Ellison swore an oath to the Constitution with his hand on the Koran instead of a Bible?  I mean, as a Christian, as long as that congressman OBEYS the Constitution, I have no worries.  Right?Well put about Ellison.  Honestly this cable TV/talk radio tradition of distraction politics has to fucking end.

Bulldogcakes

01-04-2007, 05:28 PM

scottinnj wrote: epo wrote: You've gotta give this Congress a chance. The great thing for America is that with a Dem Congress & a Republican President is that it forces bi-partisanship to get things done. Now let's see if they can get things done....I'd rather see gridlock. When nothing gets done in Washington, only good things result from that. No tax increases, no deficit spending, no dumb laws getting passed that piss off either a conservative or a liberal. Gridlock = Good.Bipartisanship = we all get fucked whether we're Democrat or Republican  Amen, Scott. One thing I'll miss about the last congress is they actually had the workweek down to about a day and a half. Thats right, they went in for a full day on Tuesdays and did a partial day on Wednesdays. And that was it. Now I almost regret them losing power. Except that the little work they did, I wasn't a big fan of.

HBox

01-04-2007, 05:31 PM

Ellison pulled a slick move. He was sworn in on a copy of the Quran that was once owned by Thomas Jefferson.

scottinnj

01-04-2007, 07:43 PM

That is pretty cool.  I wish someone else could've sworn in simultaneously next to Ellison using a Bible, and broadcast that to the rest of the world to show people with different religions can work together without blowing each other up.But again, opportunity blown.

Snacks

01-04-2007, 07:45 PM

epo wrote: Of course Bush's little statement yesterday about how Congress needs to cut spending and make his tax cuts permanent didn't help. <a href="http://www.ajc.com/news/content/shared/news/stories/2007/BUSH_04_COX_W3430.html"> Here.</a>Bush telling anybody to hold down spending after his drunken spending spree the last six years is littered with irony.  Discretionary spending under Bush's first six years have risen in real dollars by 35%.  <a href="http://www.reason.com/news/show/34112.html">Source.</a> The problem is Bush spent so much money that the dems are going to have to fix the defecit and balance the budget. By doing this they will have to cut spending and raise taxes (hopefully to the rich) This make the dems look bad even though its what is going to be needed to fix all the fuck ups of the current administration.

scottinnj

01-04-2007, 07:49 PM

I don't think they have to raise taxes.  I think just cutting spending will do.  From what I heard, the Treasury is raking in the dough, up to 85 billion dollars a day.  Wish I had a gimmick to make money like that.

HBox

01-05-2007, 07:39 PM

<img src="http://www.newshounds.us/Pelosi%20Banner_0001.jpg" border="0" width="320" height="240" />Fair and balanced.

FezPaul

01-05-2007, 08:11 PM

HBox wrote: FezPaul wrote: Hide your wallets And your bibles. And pregnant ladies, protect your uterus. The evil liberal abortion squads are out with their vacuums.   Dear Jumping To The Wrong Conclusion Douche Bag,My comment was an old and generic joke about the behaviour of congress in general. It was in no way meant to be a slam against the democrats. I believe both parties have proven themselves over the years to be wasteful and self serving with the tax payers money. Perhaps if you weren't so smug and arrogant, you might be able to see that every political comment isn't pro or con one party or another. Some of us consider most congressmen to be bribe taking scum, and consider people who look to them for solutions to be naive at best, and possibly the biggest rubes of all.  Your friend and admirerer, FezPaul.PS Please bring back the skater chick sig pics.

keithy_19

01-05-2007, 08:29 PM

I think that both parties will never truley get together. Unless of courrse, another 9/11 like attack, to bring congress and America together for a little while, till someone makes a decision on how to handle it. Whether the decision is right or wrong.

HBox

01-05-2007, 08:37 PM

FezPaul wrote: HBox wrote: FezPaul wrote: Hide your wallets And your bibles. And pregnant ladies, protect your uterus. The evil liberal abortion squads are out with their vacuums. Dear Jumping To The Wrong Conclusion Douche Bag,My comment was an old and generic joke about the behaviour of congress in general. It was in no way meant to be a slam against the democrats. I believe both parties have proven themselves over the years to be wasteful and self serving with the tax payers money. Perhaps if you weren't so smug and arrogant, you might be able to see that every political comment isn't pro or con one party or another. Some of us consider most congressmen to be bribe taking scum, and consider people who look to them for solutions to be naive at best, and possibly the biggest rubes of all. Your friend and admirerer, FezPaul.PS Please bring back the skater chick sig pics.You got to be kidding me. I thought you were half kidding anyway and I just went with the bit. And if the Republicans over the last ten years proved anything its that they can be crooks and still lower your taxes.Really, come on, that was the #1 ad hominem attack against Democrats.[/size] 

This message was edited by HBox on 1-6-07 @ 12:37 AM

keithy_19

01-05-2007, 08:44 PM

HBox wrote: FezPaul wrote: HBox wrote: FezPaul wrote: Hide your wallets And your bibles. And pregnant ladies, protect your uterus. The evil liberal abortion squads are out with their vacuums. Dear Jumping To The Wrong Conclusion Douche Bag,My comment was an old and generic joke about the behaviour of congress in general. It was in no way meant to be a slam against the democrats. I believe both parties have proven themselves over the years to be wasteful and self serving with the tax payers money. Perhaps if you weren't so smug and arrogant, you might be able to see that every political comment isn't pro or con one party or another. Some of us consider most congressmen to be bribe taking scum, and consider people who look to them for solutions to be naive at best, and possibly the biggest rubes of all.Your friend and admirerer, FezPaul.PS Please bring back the skater chick sig pics.You got to be kidding me. I thought you were half kidding anyway and I just went with the bit. And if the Republicans over the last ten years proved anything its that they can be crooks and still lower your taxes.Really, come on, that was the #1 ad hominem attack against Democrats. This message was edited by HBox on 1-6-07 @ 12:37 AM Psh. You're just a liberal hippie baby killer. Get outta here.<img src="/messageboard/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/images/smoke.gif" border="0" width="46" height="20" />

FezPaul

01-05-2007, 08:54 PM

HBox wrote: FezPaul wrote: HBox wrote: FezPaul wrote: Hide your wallets And your bibles. And pregnant ladies, protect your uterus. The evil liberal abortion squads are out with their vacuums. Dear Jumping To The Wrong Conclusion Douche Bag,My comment was an old and generic joke about the behaviour of congress in general. It was in no way meant to be a slam against the democrats. I believe both parties have proven themselves over the years to be wasteful and self serving with the tax payers money. Perhaps if you weren't so smug and arrogant, you might be able to see that every political comment isn't pro or con one party or another. Some of us consider most congressmen to be bribe taking scum, and consider people who look to them for solutions to be naive at best, and possibly the biggest rubes of all.Your friend and admirerer, FezPaul.PS Please bring back the skater chick sig pics.You got to be kidding me. I thought you were half kidding anyway and I just went with the bit. And if the Republicans over the last ten years proved anything its that they can be crooks and still lower your taxes.Really, come on, that was the #1 ad hominem attack against Democrats. This message was edited by HBox on 1-6-07 @ 12:37 AM Hmmmm crooks, low taxes or crooks, high taxes?

Yerdaddy

01-06-2007, 01:10 AM

The public: "You're not being bipartisan you fascists!"The public: "Fuck you! You're not being bipartisan hippie america-haters!"The public: "Fuck you!"The public: "Eat AIDS!"The Congress: "WTF?"

HBox

01-06-2007, 01:27 AM

FezPaul wrote: HBox wrote: FezPaul wrote: HBox wrote: FezPaul wrote: Hide your wallets And your bibles. And pregnant ladies, protect your uterus. The evil liberal abortion squads are out with their vacuums. Dear Jumping To The Wrong Conclusion Douche Bag,My comment was an old and generic joke about the behaviour of congress in general. It was in no way meant to be a slam against the democrats. I believe both parties have proven themselves over the years to be wasteful and self serving with the tax payers money. Perhaps if you weren't so smug and arrogant, you might be able to see that every political comment isn't pro or con one party or another. Some of us consider most congressmen to be bribe taking scum, and consider people who look to them for solutions to be naive at best, and possibly the biggest rubes of all.Your friend and admirerer, FezPaul.PS Please bring back the skater chick sig pics.You got to be kidding me. I thought you were half kidding anyway and I just went with the bit. And if the Republicans over the last ten years proved anything its that they can be crooks and still lower your taxes.Really, come on, that was the #1 ad hominem attack against Democrats. This message was edited by HBox on 1-6-07 @ 12:37 AM Hmmmm crooks, low taxes or crooks, high taxes?Just because you were not paying for them pissing away your money the last 10 years doesn't mean you won't be paying for it for the next 20.

Bulldogcakes

01-06-2007, 04:14 AM

HBox wrote: <img src="http://www.newshounds.us/Pelosi%20Banner_0001.jpg" border="0" width="320" height="240" />Fair and balanced. Hilarious. And if they meant it, even more funny. BTW-What's Rachel Ray doing in Congress? ARE THEY GOING TO BAKE COOKIES??!! YAY!!!      

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A.J.

01-06-2007, 09:01 AM

Gvac

01-06-2007, 09:07 AM

This country is going to hell in a handbasket.  I blame the a) Blacksb) Jewsc) Mexicansd) Asianse) Italiansf) Polishg) Irishh) Germani) Frenchj) Native Americansk) Russiansl) Britishm) Canadiansn) Greekso) Turksp) Liberalsq) Conservativesr) Armenianss) All other Latinos besides Mexicanst) Arabsu) Christiansv) Atheistsw) The Presidentx) The Congressy) The Senatez) Everyone but me That's all for now.

FezPaul

01-06-2007, 09:16 AM

HBox wrote: <img src="http://www.newshounds.us/Pelosi%20Banner_0001.jpg" border="0" width="320" height="240" />Fair and balanced. I thought that was a photoshop. Then I traced the picture to the website source, and it looks like it's legit. I don't know if that's hilarious or sad. If they turn America into San Francisco does that mean those of us living far from the ocean can now get fresh seafood?

FezPaul

01-06-2007, 09:21 AM

Gvac wrote: This country is going to hell in a handbasket.  I blame the j) Native Americansl) Britishu) ChristiansThat's all for now.  On behalf of my peoples, I would like to apologize to all of you (except HBox).

HBox

01-06-2007, 03:01 PM

If that was some kind of Conservative Daily Show doing that pic I really would have laughed. But it's Hannity and Colmes so they meant it.

Bulldogcakes

01-06-2007, 03:09 PM

Gvac wrote: This country is going to hell in a handbasket. I blame the a) New Jerseyb) Catholicsc) half-Italiansd) half-Polishe) Guys who've lost a hat recentlyf) Over 40 g) Anyone who's name begins with a "G"  Fixed that for you

FezPaul

01-06-2007, 03:13 PM

HBox wrote: If that was some kind of Conservative Daily Show doing that pic I really would have laughed. But it's Hannity and Colmes so they meant it. What about the seafood part?

HBox

01-06-2007, 05:12 PM

FezPaul wrote: HBox wrote: If that was some kind of Conservative Daily Show doing that pic I really would have laughed. But it's Hannity and Colmes so they meant it. What about the seafood part?Sorry but if you want the seafood you'll have to go there and deal with the fags.

Tenbatsuzen

01-06-2007, 05:15 PM

HBox wrote: FezPaul wrote: HBox wrote: If that was some kind of Conservative Daily Show doing that pic I really would have laughed. But it's Hannity and Colmes so they meant it. What about the seafood part?Sorry but if you want the seafood you'll have to go there and deal with the fags.  WHat does Boston have to do with this?

FezPaul

01-06-2007, 10:06 PM

HBox wrote: FezPaul wrote: HBox wrote: If that was some kind of Conservative Daily Show doing that pic I really would have laughed. But it's Hannity and Colmes so they meant it. What about the seafood part?Sorry but if you want the seafood you'll have to go there and deal with the fags. There are fags in the sea?

Yerdaddy

01-06-2007, 11:06 PM

FezPaul wrote: HBox wrote: FezPaul wrote: HBox wrote: If that was some kind of Conservative Daily Show doing that pic I really would have laughed. But it's Hannity and Colmes so they meant it. What about the seafood part?Sorry but if you want the seafood you'll have to go there and deal with the fags. There are fags in the sea?close<img src="http://cafe.berkeley.edu/~wewiling/unit1/FindingNemo3.jpg" border="0" width="500" height="291" />

Ogre

01-07-2007, 05:03 AM

Bulldogcakes wrote: HBox wrote: <img src="http://www.newshounds.us/Pelosi%20Banner_0001.jpg" border="0" width="320" height="240" />Fair and balanced. Hilarious. And if they meant it, even more funny. BTW-What's Rachel Ray doing in Congress? ARE THEY GOING TO BAKE COOKIES??!! YAY!!!  This message was edited by Bulldogcakes on 1-6-07 @ 8:18 AM LMAO

FezPaul

01-07-2007, 07:32 AM

Yerdaddy wrote: FezPaul wrote: HBox wrote: FezPaul wrote: HBox wrote: If that was some kind of Conservative Daily Show doing that pic I really would have laughed. But it's Hannity and Colmes so they meant it. What about the seafood part?Sorry but if you want the seafood you'll have to go there and deal with the fags. There are fags in the sea?close<img src="http://cafe.berkeley.edu/~wewiling/unit1/FindingNemo3.jpg" border="0" width="500" height="291" /> Those are some fruity looking fish.