A Republic, If You Can Keep It
Posted by Andy on November 8th, 2007
I am having a back breaking hell streak here at work (storm sewer flushing the last 2 days), but this line from a story about the Veto Override of the pork filled water bill, pretty much makes me wish I could wash the power hungry career polititions out of DC as easily as I can the leaves out of our storm sewers.
Now he confronts a more hostile, Democratic- controlled legislature, and Thursday’s vote showed that even many Republicans will defy him on spending matters dear to their political careers.
“spending matters dear to their political careers”
Here I am busting my ass to try to bring home some dough, and the politicians in Washington can’t help themselves but to waste billions and billions of taxpayer money on their own little pet projects to help keep them in office.
That folks is exactly why term limits are so desperately needed. Every single Republican who voted to override the President’s veto on this bill should be ashamed of themselves. Oh and you had better nor even try to call yourselves fiscally conservative after this. You don’t have the right to call yourselves that.
Pork pork pork pork pork. Good little piggies, i sure hope you realize people like me won’t forget this. You wasted money, simply to save your and your fellow aristocrats in Congress’s collective arses.
All 3 Minnesota House Republicans voted for the pork bill. Bachmann, Kline, and Ramstad stood side by side with the Democrats to spend like drunken sailors. The House tally was 361 to 54.
In the US Senate, Sen. Norm Coleman (RINO MN) voted in lockstep with liberal Amy Klobuchar (Strib MN) to waste taxpayer dollars on reelection pork. The Senate tally was 79 to 14.
What can we learn from this? That the power in Washington is so corrupting, that no one can truly be trusted.
Shame on you Bachamnn, Kline, Coleman, and Ramstad. I expect liberal Democrats to waste taxpayer dollars like this, but seeing how you 4 voted today, really chaps my hide.
Can I get an earmark to get some lotion? Maybe one for some TUMS as the stress of watching my Government turn into the personal reelection machine for politicians is sickening.
I’m so terribly disgusted in my Government today, but moreso with the Republicans who failed to protect the taxpayers.
Shame on you all.
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November 8th, 2007 at 3:52 pm
So who do you suggest pay for things like lock and dam improvements?
Local units of government? Maybe build lemonade stands on docks along the rivers?
The city of Goodview should have to foot the whole bill on the unfunded mandate to improve drinking water to the tune of $4 million?
Oh, but then you conservatives would complain property taxes and local fees are going up.
November 9th, 2007 at 7:39 am
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