Political quotes of the moment

[LMNO]

Well, that was quick.

Mere hours after taking control of the House, the new GOP leaders are already imposing exceptions to their promises. Democrats say Republicans are "exempting more than 1 trillion dollars in proposed tax cuts and higher spending over the next 10 years from a promise to cut federal deficits," writes the Associated Press.

In order to help fulfill their campaign promises to cut the deficit and increase transparency the Republican lawmakers passed a series of changes in House rules yesterday, but they exempt several specific bills from that effort. "The new majority is already showing these promises aren't exactly set in stone," notes Politico. The bill that would repeal the health care law, for example, will not go through a regular committee process. Same goes for the promise to have a more open amendment process. Plus, initial promises to post committee-attendance lists online were all but ditched. Republicans defend the moves, but many have been quick to point out that they show how difficult it will be to keep campaign promises when faced with the realities of running the House.

Meanwhile, Democrats have also accused the new majority of making it clear through their rules rewrite that the Republicans are "more interested in cutting taxes for monied special interests than in restoring the government's fiscal health," reports the Washington Post. "Those with long memories may have the feeling they've seen this movie before," writes the Associated Press. After the GOP victory in 1994,  most of the promises outlined in the "Contract With America" failed to get anywhere.

http://slatest.slate.com/id/2280214/entry/2/

[Aucoq]

Well, that was quick.

Mere hours after taking control of the House, the new GOP leaders are already imposing exceptions to their promises. Democrats say Republicans are "exempting more than 1 trillion dollars in proposed tax cuts and higher spending over the next 10 years from a promise to cut federal deficits," writes the Associated Press.

In order to help fulfill their campaign promises to cut the deficit and increase transparency the Republican lawmakers passed a series of changes in House rules yesterday, but they exempt several specific bills from that effort. "The new majority is already showing these promises aren't exactly set in stone," notes Politico. The bill that would repeal the health care law, for example, will not go through a regular committee process. Same goes for the promise to have a more open amendment process. Plus, initial promises to post committee-attendance lists online were all but ditched. Republicans defend the moves, but many have been quick to point out that they show how difficult it will be to keep campaign promises when faced with the realities of running the House.

Meanwhile, Democrats have also accused the new majority of making it clear through their rules rewrite that the Republicans are "more interested in cutting taxes for monied special interests than in restoring the government's fiscal health," reports the Washington Post. "Those with long memories may have the feeling they've seen this movie before," writes the Associated Press. After the GOP victory in 1994,  most of the promises outlined in the "Contract With America" failed to get anywhere.

http://slatest.slate.com/id/2280214/entry/2/

That sounds about right. 

[Phox]

Well, that was quick.

Mere hours after taking control of the House, the new GOP leaders are already imposing exceptions to their promises. Democrats say Republicans are "exempting more than 1 trillion dollars in proposed tax cuts and higher spending over the next 10 years from a promise to cut federal deficits," writes the Associated Press.

In order to help fulfill their campaign promises to cut the deficit and increase transparency the Republican lawmakers passed a series of changes in House rules yesterday, but they exempt several specific bills from that effort. "The new majority is already showing these promises aren't exactly set in stone," notes Politico. The bill that would repeal the health care law, for example, will not go through a regular committee process. Same goes for the promise to have a more open amendment process. Plus, initial promises to post committee-attendance lists online were all but ditched. Republicans defend the moves, but many have been quick to point out that they show how difficult it will be to keep campaign promises when faced with the realities of running the House.

Meanwhile, Democrats have also accused the new majority of making it clear through their rules rewrite that the Republicans are "more interested in cutting taxes for monied special interests than in restoring the government's fiscal health," reports the Washington Post. "Those with long memories may have the feeling they've seen this movie before," writes the Associated Press. After the GOP victory in 1994,  most of the promises outlined in the "Contract With America" failed to get anywhere.

http://slatest.slate.com/id/2280214/entry/2/

Raise your hand if you are surprised.

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I thought not.

[Juana]

Go figure.

[Cain]

Ah, National Review.  I return to your articles like a dog returneth to his vomit, and a fool to his folly

http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/256043/mother-nature-vs-nanny-charlotte-hays

The blizzard is definitely a force for conservatism...

That on it's own is crazy sounding, but with context it only becomes more so.

... and not only because it has had the global-warming crowd scrambling for explanations. The blizzard reveals something basic: Liberals in government want to tell us what to eat, counsel us about how and when to die, and in general attempt to engineer our lives. But when reality knocks, they can't do the basic stuff such as clearing the streets so that newborns don't die in bloody apartment-building lobbies. Mayor Bloomberg may be receiving an unfair amount of criticism for his lackluster performance in coping with Mother Nature, given the almost unprecedented nature of the storm, but the unplowed city streets provide a metaphor for the nanny state: It can order us to do anything, but it can't take care of the basic obligations of government.

At least those who died in the Great Blizzard of 1888 can take solace in the fact they were not killed by socialism.

[Phox]

Ah, National Review.  I return to your articles like a dog returneth to his vomit, and a fool to his folly

http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/256043/mother-nature-vs-nanny-charlotte-hays

The blizzard is definitely a force for conservatism...

That on it's own is crazy sounding, but with context it only becomes more so.

... and not only because it has had the global-warming crowd scrambling for explanations. The blizzard reveals something basic: Liberals in government want to tell us what to eat, counsel us about how and when to die, and in general attempt to engineer our lives. But when reality knocks, they can't do the basic stuff such as clearing the streets so that newborns don't die in bloody apartment-building lobbies. Mayor Bloomberg may be receiving an unfair amount of criticism for his lackluster performance in coping with Mother Nature, given the almost unprecedented nature of the storm, but the unplowed city streets provide a metaphor for the nanny state: It can order us to do anything, but it can't take care of the basic obligations of government.

At least those who died in the Great Blizzard of 1888 can take solace in the fact they were not killed by socialism.

That entire statement is contradictory and stupid. I love it. 

[Cain]

Oho!  http://transparency.aljazeera.net/document/2003

Israel's former foreign minister, Tizipi Livini, speaking with members of the Palestinian Authority in 2007

I was the Minister of Justice. I am a lawyer...But I am against law -- international law in particular. Law in general.

[Adios]

No. Just no. How......

[Cramulus]

[Juana]

Oho!  http://transparency.aljazeera.net/document/2003

Israel's former foreign minister, Tizipi Livini, speaking with members of the Palestinian Authority in 2007

I was the Minister of Justice. I am a lawyer...But I am against law -- international law in particular. Law in general.

and

[Nephew Twiddleton]

Dude that's awesome. Is it yours?

[Cramulus]

no, I found it while researching postergasm


This quote is from facebook, in reply to a quote from Cain:

"Twitter is not driving the revolution. FFS. Get over the social media fetish, people, it's a fucking tool. Telegrams did not incite WWI and Twitter does not 'cause' anything."

James: Remember the election protests in Iran all thanks to Twitter? It was all a load of shit: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jun/09/iran-twitter-revolution-protests (the money quote being that there were only about 1k twitter users in Iran... at that time). Twitter was fantastic for keeping abreast of the news while traditional news outlets took their routine time to publish developments.

So, no. I don't think Twitter has significantly influenced events in Iran, Tunisia, or Egypt. Why are we talking about Twitter's influence when it was Wikileaks the revealed Tunisia's dictator to be corrupt and supported by the US. The same has been common knowledge regarding the Mubarak regime.

Americans have a lot of fucking gall to wonder why many Muslims nations hate us when we support dictators who should be tried for crimes against humanity, and then when they do revolt we wank off about how our Twitter helped those poor backwards sods finally shake off the yolk.

Twitter is great for keeping up with Roger Ebert's new chin, or finding out what Sarah Silverman thinks about her vagina today. But the revolution is not yet tweeted.

[Cain]

A unionized public employee, a teabagger, and a CEO are sitting at a table. In the middle of the table is a plate with a dozen cookies on it. The CEO reaches across and takes 11 cookies, then looks at the teabagger and says "Watch out for that union guy—he wants a piece of your cookie!"

Source unknown.

[Telarus]

A unionized public employee, a teabagger, and a CEO are sitting at a table. In the middle of the table is a plate with a dozen cookies on it. The CEO reaches across and takes 11 cookies, then looks at the teabagger and says "Watch out for that union guy—he wants a piece of your cookie!"

Source unknown.

I've been seeing this everywhere. A very very good meme/joke.

I wonder if we can dig up a source with Google timeline, or anything like that.

[Requia ☣]

I think there's a good case to be made that taxing people to protect the Earth from an asteroid, while within Congress's powers, is an illegitimate function of government from a moral perspective.

Apparently there is no limit to the insanity of libertarianism.