CrazyDrumGuy

Things Republicans “Never” Do

• An open-carry gun rally in Maine worried African-American and other residents who saw the prominently-featured Confederate flags waving above anti-Obama signs. But remember: Republicans “never” use President Obama’s race to provoke anger. (Portland Daily Sun)
• Democrats will keep the Senate in session overnight to force Republicans to actually filibuster financial regulatory reform after they voted for the third time in as many days to prevent bringing the bill to the floor. But remember: Republicans “never” obstruct legislation for political purposes. (The Hill)
• Since they can’t actually shoot President Obama, one Pennsylvania conservative group plans to fire bullets into Obama Care and other presidential policy initiatives. But remember: Republicans “never” encourage violent acts (Think Progress)
• The Arizona agency which trains law enforcement officers wants assistance from the federal government for training police officers to enforce the state’s new, and probably unconstitutional, immigration law. But remember: Republicans “never” complain about federal expansion into “states’ rights” issues. (USA Today)

4/28/10 1:40 pm | Comments disabled. | Permalink | Tags: Arizona, Barack Obama, Confederate GOP, Driving While Brown law, filibuster, financial regulatory reform, racism, Republican hypocrisy, Second Amendment, Senate

• Dear soldiers, you will face a court martial if your reason for refusing to deploy sounds something  like “THAT MUSLIN OBAMAR CANT MAKE ME DO NOTHIN.” (MSNBC)
• And speaking of the president, looks like his Kenyofascist Socialism has actually reduced the deficit. The tea bag brigade is not gonna like that. (WaPo)
• Democrats have asked Republicans not to filibuster judicial nominees. In strong language! Hahaha that is so cute   but they will probably do it anyway. (CNN)
• Twitter has come up with the totally unheard of, hi-tech, Web 7.0 money-making technique of just sticking text ads that look like tweets into your Twitter searches. How 22nd century! (AP)
• Apple is coming out with a new version of the Macbook Pro, which is basically just an iPad but with a keyboard and mousepad instead of a touchscreen. Lame. (CNET)

4/13/10 5:00 pm | Comments disabled. | Permalink | Tags: Apple, Barack Obama, birthers, deficit reduction, filibuster, judicial nominees, military, Supreme Court, Twitter

Only Republicans Can Accomplish Things

That’s basically the message I just got from Sen. Tom Carper (D-DE) on NPR. Asked what Democrats plan to do to end the Republican-caused gridlock in the Senate, Carper answered that there’s nothing we can do but wait for a Republican-controlled Congress and a Republican president in the White House, at which point Republicans will ensure that they get an up-or-down vote on their legislation. Ugh. Not what I’d expect to hear from a party that plans on being in power for any while longer.

Update: I’ll put up a transcript once I can find one. No transcript, but you can listen to the broadcast here.

2/15/10 1:44 pm | Comments disabled. | Permalink | Tags: filibuster, Tom Carper

• Rep. Patrick Kennedy will not run for re-election for the position of Congress’ token Kennedy. (Providence Journal)
• Democratic Senators, who couldn’t pass legislation when they had 60 votes, would like to end the filibuster, a move which requires 67 votes. Good luck with that! (The Hill)
• Missouri Sen. Gary Nodler wants to keep “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” because he’s worried gay soldiers would offend the terrorists. (STL Post-Dispatch)
• The White House is getting excited that a Supreme Court justice might kick off soon. (CNN)
• Lockheed Martin eulogized Rep. John Murtha in today’s Washington Post by reminding us just how deep the distinguished gentleman from Pennsylvania was in their pocket. (TPM)

2/12/10 3:36 pm | Comments disabled. | Permalink | Tags: Don't Ask Don't Tell, filibuster, Gary Nodler, John Murtha, Lockheed Martin, Patrick Kennedy, Supreme Court