Bangkoktraveler Posted February 26, 2009 Report Share Posted February 26, 2009 Is Joe the Plumber still working for what was the name of the News agency, pajamas? Haven't heard a peep from him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuckwoww Posted February 26, 2009 Report Share Posted February 26, 2009 Is Joe the Plumber still working for what was the name of the News agency, pajamas? Haven't heard a peep from him. I think so. He may even be working with Michel Malkin to promote the Teaparties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted February 26, 2009 Report Share Posted February 26, 2009 At Teapot Dome? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Hippie Posted February 26, 2009 Report Share Posted February 26, 2009 Fuck all these ass puppets' date=' time for another tea party...[/quote'] So whom do you want to throw overboard? By the way, the term "Tea Party" is a now a favorite term by the right wing conservatives. I find this quite interesting, since the subtext clearly says, "it us US (the conservatives, the 'real' Americans, the patriots) versus "Them", the outsiders, the foreigners." It was clearly the GOP strategy to paint Obama as the "Other", the alien, the elitist (despite not being born with a silver spoon in his mouth, and being non-white), the radikal left, whatever... Tea party is a term meaning start a revolt...actually the first tea party (which supposedly spark the revolt against the British) was actually not about the tea tax, but about a tax on paper and other goods (stamp act?)...apparently some of the participants were in the printing business... But I digress...the idea is to just revolt against all the crap from all parties...the only way to stop bad government is to stop reelecting the same old fuck wits...hence voting out ALL incumbents is a good start/peaceful revolt. As for the right wing having a monopoly on the term "tea party..." I should think not... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bangkoktraveler Posted February 26, 2009 Report Share Posted February 26, 2009 The Conservatives have to protest because they got to let the people they stand for something, exactly what that something is, is another story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted February 26, 2009 Report Share Posted February 26, 2009 Byrd: Obama in power grab Sen. Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.), the longest-serving Democratic senator, is criticizing President Obamaâ??s appointment of White House â??czarsâ? to oversee federal policy, saying these executive positions amount to a power grab by the executive branch. In a letter to Obama on Wednesday, Byrd complained about Obamaâ??s decision to create White House offices on health reform, urban affairs policy, and energy and climate change. Byrd said such positions â??can threaten the Constitutional system of checks and balances. At the worst, White House staff have taken direction and control of programmatic areas that are the statutory responsibility of Senate-confirmed officials.â? While it's rare for Byrd to criticize a president in his own party, Byrd is a stern constitutional scholar who has always stood up for the legislative branch in its role in checking the power of the White House. Byrd no longer holds the powerful Appropriations chairmanship, so his criticism does not carry as much weight these days. Byrd repeatedly clashed with the Bush administration over executive power, and it appears that he's not limiting his criticism to Republican administrations. Byrd also wants Obama to limit claims of executive privilege while also ensuring that the White House czars donâ??t have authority over Cabinet officers confirmed by the Senate. â??As presidential assistants and advisers, these White House staffers are not accountable for their actions to the Congress, to cabinet officials, and to virtually anyone but the president,â? Byrd wrote. â??They rarely testify before congressional committees, and often shield the information and decision-making process behind the assertion of executive privilege. In too many instances, White House staff have been allowed to inhibit openness and transparency, and reduce accountability.â? The West Virginia Democrat on Wednesday asked Obama to â??consider the following: that assertions of executive privilege will be made only by the president, or with the presidentâ??s specific approval; that senior White House personnel will be limited from exercising authority over any person, any program, and any funding within the statutory responsibility of a Senate-confirmed department or agency head; that the president will be responsible for resolving any disagreement between a Senate-confirmed agency or department head and White House staff; and that the lines of authority and responsibility in the administration will be transparent and open to the American public.â? Obama faces a decision as early as next week on whether to support a claim of executive privilege made by former President Bush in refusing to allow Karl Rove, the former deputy White House chief of staff, to be deposed by the House Judiciary Committee on the White Houseâ??s role in the 2006 firing of nine U.S. attorneys. Bush claimed â??absolute immunityâ? for top advisers in resisting such subpoenas, but Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.), chairman of the Judiciary Committee, filed a lawsuit over the issue. The case is on appeal, and the Obama administration is scheduled to file a motion next week laying out its stance on the issue. Link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Hippie Posted February 26, 2009 Report Share Posted February 26, 2009 The Conservatives have to protest because they got to let the people know they stand for something' date=' exactly what that something is, is another story.[/quote'] So if I get this right... "...Demoncrats Pushing the US Off a Cliff..." and it is a\ALL 100% Obama's and the Dem's fault. o.k. got it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kamui Posted February 26, 2009 Report Share Posted February 26, 2009 So if I get this right... "...Demoncrats Pushing the US Off a Cliff..." and it is a\ALL 100% Obama's and the Dem's fault. o.k. got it. Of course, he is running the country since Jan. 12, that's almost 6 weeks - and just have look at the unemployment rate and the stock market since he took office. GWB needed for such a crash almost eight years.* * I wonder when the GOP will start to use this argument... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coss Posted February 26, 2009 Report Share Posted February 26, 2009 Same in NZ, our new government has been in 2 1/2 months, the (now) opposition are having a hard time blaming any shit that hits the fan, on the new government, as the shit is the result of the laws and policies that the opposition put in place over the last 9 years. Ahaa ahaa ahaa..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bangkoktraveler Posted February 27, 2009 Report Share Posted February 27, 2009 So if I get this right... "...Demoncrats Pushing the US Off a Cliff..." and it is a\ALL 100% Obama's and the Dem's fault. o.k. got it. Of course' date=' he is running the country since Jan. 12, that's almost 6 weeks - and just have look at the unemployment rate and the stock market since he took office. GWB needed for such a crash almost eight years.* * I wonder when the GOP will start to use this argument... [/quote'] GOP: "Oh we need GWB back. Why, why, why didn't we change the rules so GWB could rule for 2 - 4 more terms? We should never have listened to Nancy Pelosia, what a bunch of asses are we." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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