Tag: Congress
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Pre, Post, and During Late, Late Xmas Post
Xmas is a time for traveling. After traveling 900 miles in a mere 60 hours to Illinois and back, I find myself longing for some non-car oriented time. Thankfully, I don’t have to work, unlike the lovely and talented s.mac, however, I find myself reflecting on the gifts that Santa couldn’t fit into his mighty…
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Pelosi Gives Up
As reported in The Hill, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has given up on legislation that would mandate the redeployment of troops from Iraq. The article, from an exchange on Sunday’s Fox News Sunday, says that voters want the war to end and had an expectation that Congress had that power. “You know we can’t without…
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Ohh Gonzo, you should have been gone sooo long ago…
If you’re not at work today, let me suggest you break out the bubbly, and raise a glass to the departure of the WORST USAG EVAH! That’s right, unless you’ve been living under a rock, or trying to avoid the media, you know that Gonzo resigned. And there was much rejoicing. Don’t get too excited…
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I Can't Take Much More of This
My frustration level with the Congress has been building for months now. It started back in December, right after the election, when Speaker Pelosi took impeachment off the table, a move that yanked the teeth out of the body, without a sufficient denture order. In May, I was very annoyed with the big chicken-out on…
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Still Stewing over Scooter
So now that I’ve had the night to sleep on this whole thing, I’m still just as angry as I was yesterday. Sure, I’ve wiped the foam from my mouth and I’ve lost most of the twitch, but the impact of the double standard, and the callous disregard for our legal system is just plain…