How Do They Sleep At Night?

What a glorious week of unabashed obstruction for the GOP. Senate Republicans, through the use of the filibuster, blocked aid for struggling small businesses and campaign finance reform. House Republicans blocked medical help for 9/11 emergency responders, despite the fact that 900 have since died, and thousands more are sick. Mitch McConnell and John Boehner must be so proud of themselves. However, Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY) was having none of it. He wailed on Republicans on the floor of the House today in a fierce tirade, calling them out for voting against medical aid for the 9/11 heroes and hiding behind procedure. The vote took place under suspension rules, which require two-thirds vote for passage and did not allow Republicans to delay voting by adding endless poison-pills (amendments designed to make supporters of legislation seem like they support something that they don't during campaign season) to the bill.

Earlier today, I was watching The Ed Show on MSNBC, and a writer from The Nation pointed out that even when the nation was in arms about President Lyndon Johnson's plan to implement our Medicare program, 13 Republicans did the right thing and voted with Democrats to approve the measure in a bipartisan way. There didn't used to be so much obstruction coming from the Republican ranks, but I guess today's Republican Party just isn't what it used to be.

...unless you're listening to Phyllis Schlafly. In that case, nothing's changed.

Look it up.

A Compelling Arguement

Paul Rosenburg with the Open Left Blog has written what I find to be an interesting take on "making policy from the bench." With no further delay a quote and a link.

Faces? Vases?

The answer, of course, is both. But what if that option is not available? What if you have to choose? There is nothing in the picture itself that definitively tells you it's one and not the other. Whatever you interpret the picture to be, that's what it is. This is the very root of the most fundamental flaw in the argument against judges "making law." Because the very essence of what judges do--what no one disputes--is the act of judicial interpretation. And although most of the time one can simply follow earlier interpretations, this cannot always be the case. Those earlier interpretations had to origianlly come from somewhere.

Indeed, the process of interpretation repeatedly encounters situations where there is no cut-and-dried right answer, where (a) there is no earlier interpretation to follow, or (b) two or more previous interpretations clash with one another, or (c) (less commonly) situations have so changed that the earlier interpretation seems anachronistic, out of step with the broader sweep of the law.

Read the full article @Open Left

A True American, A Great Choice for Governor

David Poythress, the General, a great man and hopefully the next Governor of the Great State of Georgia.

This is who I am supporting and this video is a stirring response to this Republican secession mess.

The Democratic Candidates for Governor

• Thurbert Baker (D) - Attorney General & Ex-State Rep.
• DuBose Porter (D) - State House Minority Leader, Newspaper Editor & Attorney
• David Poythress (D) - Ex-State Labor Commissioner, Ex-State Adjutant General, Retired USAF Lt. General & '98 Candidate

Karen Handel...is stronger than an ox?

So more evidence that Sonny Perdue is driving Handel's Campaign Bus....

I need a fact check on this video...especially the parts where she claims to have saved the tax payers $100 million in Fulton County, and that SHE masterminded Jackie Barret's demise. Also last time I checked Fulton County doesn't have a CEO, It has a chairman/chairwoman (Part-time job vs full-time CEO).

Oh, and about that budget...her original budget was going to eliminate police, fire, ambulance and park service for most of South Fulton county...

And FYI the rat on top of the state house is supposed to represent former Gov. Roy Barnes, it's from an old Sonny Perdue ad.

I'm not a Republican by any means but If I were I would vote for that Ox (John Oxendine) before I voted for her.

Republican Candidates for Governor

• Nathan Deal
• Karen Handel (R)
• Eric Johnson (R)
• Ray McBerry (R)
• John Oxendine (R)
• Austin Scott (R)

How Republicans Mold the Message

Does anyone want let the man make a point?!

Video from Talking Points Memo TV