Category: Congress (House & Senate)
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Nov 3, 2009 in ACORN, Bamboozling, Bush administration, California, Campaign promises, Chicago politics, Current Affairs, Dick Cheney, Energy Policy Act of 2005, Flip Flopping, General Election, George Bush, George Soros, Hillary Clinton, Hoodwinking, Lobbyists, MSNBC, Media Bias, MoveOn.org, Oprah, President Barack Obama, Richard Daley, Tax stimulus package, Ted Kennedy, Tom Daschle, Transparency, Unions, William Ayers, Women, World | 21 Comments
You may recall that when Bush was president, it was like pulling teeth trying to find out just who had visited the White House. Let’s just say he dug in his heels a bit on releasing that information. Maybe it had something to do with Cheney’s “secret” Energy Meeting, who knows, but it [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Oct 31, 2009 in Barney Frank, Current Affairs, Nancy Pelosi | 18 Comments
Well, it being Halloween and everything, I thought about doing some snarky kind of post about politicians who are particularly scary, like Nancy Pelosi, or Barney Frank. But then I thought, “Why ruin a perfectly nice holiday?” Ahem.
So - for your enjoyment, I have the following photographs, sent to me by my cousin, [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Oct 28, 2009 in Congress (House & Senate), Current Affairs, Florida, George Bush, John McCain, Pakistan, President Barack Obama, Sexism | 82 Comments
Tonight kicks off the World Series. The Phillies meet the Yankees at Yankee Stadium, with the game starting at 7:57 (why do they pick such weird times?). The game will be broadcast on Fox (sadly - that means having to listen to Tim McCarver and Joe Buck go on and on. No [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Oct 27, 2009 in Congress (House & Senate), Current Affairs, Democrats, Gender Bias, Health Care, Insurance Policies & Industry, Women and Children | 62 Comments
There has been a great deal of talk and debate about health care in the country recently as the Democrats push Heath Care Reform. A lot of animosity has been directed at the Health Insurance Industry as a whole. As it turns out, some is justified, but some is not. I was [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Oct 26, 2009 in Bloggers, Congress (House & Senate), Current Affairs, Democratic Party, Economy, Foreign Policy, Republicans, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Wall Street | 88 Comments
Since Obama likes Rap so much, I figured a title taken from Flo Rida’s “Low” song would be the perfect title for Obama’s current poll ratings. Let’s put it this way: they could be better. In fact, they could be a LOT better. You know, this is when the politician claims that [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Oct 25, 2009 in 9/11, Afghanistan, Bamboozling, Bush administration, Chicago politics, Congress (House & Senate), Current Affairs, Democrats, Economy, Flip Flopping, Foreign Policy, George Bush, Governance, National Debt, President Barack Obama, Stimulus Plan, Unemployment/Jobs | 112 Comments
(Bumped up from Saturday.)
General McChrystal’s proposal for Afghanistan has been on Obama’s desk for almost two months now. And what is Obama doing about it? Well, he appears to be deciding on how to decide what his decision will be, but he’s not there yet. Nope, instead, he is throwing up some smokescreen [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Oct 22, 2009 in ACORN, Chicago politics, Congress (House & Senate), Media, Mortgages | 57 Comments
Yes, indeedy - another videotape courtesy of James O’Keefe, the “pimp,” and his “prostitute girlfriend,” Hannah Giles, in a Philadelphia ACORN office. Only this time, O’Keefe is firing back at the ACORN employee who claimed she showed them the door tout de suite. But first, a round-up about this latest video at the [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Oct 22, 2009 in Afghanistan, Congress (House & Senate), Current Affairs, Insurance Policies & Industry, President Barack Obama, TARP | 98 Comments
You know, the night the Yankees clinch the American League Championship? They lead the series 3 - 1 over the Angels, and HOPEFULLY, will win again tonight to meet the Philadelphia Phillies in the World Series. The Phillies, in case you missed it, closed out the National League Championship over the LA Dodgers [...]
By Bronwyn's Harbor on Oct 19, 2009 in Barack Obama, Congress (House & Senate), Current Affairs, Employment, Gender Bias, Hillary Clinton, MSNBC, Media Bias, Misogyny, Morning Joe, Sarah Palin, Sexism, Women | 61 Comments
Co-written with Reverend Amy.
MSNBC is devoting the week to news and opinion stories on the dramatically shifting power and influence of women in America. The week’s reports, led by Maria Shriver and John Podesta, is called “A Woman’s Nation.” Below you’ll find videos of two segments that contain impressive statistics on the growing [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Oct 18, 2009 in Andrew Sullivan, Bamboozling, Bill Clinton, Bloggers, Campaign promises, Civil Liberties & Rights, Congress (House & Senate), Current Affairs, Democrats, Don't Ask Don't Tell, GLBT, Gay Rights, Hoodwinking, Human Rights, John McCain, Obama's Broken Promises, President Barack Obama, Rev. James Meeks | 30 Comments
Well, Obama is pandering to the GLBT community again. He gave a speech to the Human RIghts Campaign Friday, October 9th. Personally, I think he was trying to ward off the big-ass march planned against him in DC byt the GLBT community. It didn’t work, I might add. Seems some folks [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Oct 16, 2009 in ABC News, Afghanistan, Bamboozling, Campaign promises, Congress (House & Senate), Current Affairs, David Axelrod, Depression, Economy, Flip Flopping, Foreign Policy, Fox News, Governance, Harry Reid, Health Care, Hoodwinking, Housing & Housing Crisis, Insurance Policies & Industry, Iran, Iraq, President Barack Obama, Rahm Emanuel, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Unemployment, Unemployment/Jobs | 80 Comments
One just has to wonder what prompted the child in the video below to ask Obama the question he did. Maybe people in his household were decrying the lack of it, or maybe this child was picking up on the animosity in the air, or maybe he just wanted to share the good news [...]
By Pat Racimora on Oct 16, 2009 in Congress (House & Senate), Current Affairs | 31 Comments
I used to be against term limits. I thought the more experienced members of Congress would better understand our needs. But over the last few years it appears that instead they have become insulated from the people they are supposed to care about and represent.
Now the main motivation appears to be to just [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Oct 14, 2009 in Civil Rights Act of 1964, Congress (House & Senate), Current Affairs, Hillary Clinton, Michelle Obama, Race Card, Racism, South Carolina | 36 Comments
At least according to my representative, Jim Clyburn. Let me just say that this is not at ALL what I had planned to write about this morning. I was going to write about the Senate Finance Committee voting on a bill that hasn’t even been written out yet, more a theoretical bill, if [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Oct 8, 2009 in Congress (House & Senate), Crime, Current Affairs, Democrats, Sarah Palin, Tim Geithner, U.S. Treasury, treasury department | 32 Comments
That is basically the excuse Rep. Maxine Waters (of ACORN-loving fame) uses for why Rep. Rangel is not going to have any comeuppance for his tax fraud in this article, “Rep. Waters: ‘Many Members’ Suffer From Disclosure Problems Like Rep. Rangel.” Holy smokes.
BONUS look back at Rep. Charlie Rangel. Remember when [...]
By Ani on Oct 7, 2009 in Arrogance, Bank Bailouts, Barack Obama, Bush administration, Chicago politics, Congress (House & Senate), George Bush, Michelle Obama, Obama, Obama Administration, Obama's Broken Promises, Obama's Budget, Obama's Characteristics, Obama-Barack & President Barack (PARENT CATEGORY FOR ALL OBAMA REFS.!), Obamatopia Mirage, President Barack Obama | 165 Comments
I would like an answer to my question. How can someone be so determined to knock everyone else off the stage that he would spend nearly a billion dollars to do it, and when his waffling and doubling dealing in office don’t yield the desired result, blame President Bush and everyone else under the [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Oct 7, 2009 in Afghanistan, Armed Services Committee, Commander in Chief, Congress (House & Senate), Current Affairs, Flip Flopping, Foreign Affairs, John McCain, President Barack Obama | 39 Comments
Wednesday, October 7, 2009, marks the 8th Anniversary of the US War in Afghanistan. And, at this point, President Obama is trying to decide how he wants to go forward in Afghanistan:
On the eighth anniversary of the beginning of the war in Afghanistan, President Barack Obama is gathering his national security team for another [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Oct 6, 2009 in ACORN, Barack Obama, Chicago politics, Crime, Current Affairs, Earmarks, Louisiana, New York Times, Unions, Valerie Jarrett | 88 Comments
Oh, boy. This doesn’t look good for ACORN, not that much does these days. You may recall that Dale Rathke, one of the two founders of ACORN, had embezzled $1 million dollars, according to this NY Times article. That became the widely accepted amount, not that that embezzlement stopped our government from [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Oct 2, 2009 in Congress (House & Senate), Current Affairs, Education, Health Care, Jimmy Carter, Soldiers/Veterans, South Carolina | 31 Comments
The past few weeks, okay, MONTHS, have been fairly contentious: fights on Capitol Hill about Health Care Reform; the race card being played again, by a former president, no less; heightened concerns by those in the know about Afghanistan; our children being indoctrinated; and Hollywood Elite calling for the freedom of a convicted rapist and [...]
By American Girl in Italy on Sep 28, 2009 in Congress (House & Senate), Current Affairs, George Bush, Health Care, Media Bias, Nancy Pelosi, National Debt, Sara in Italy, Social Security | 70 Comments
“We are spending enough of our kids’ money,” the letter said. “Our country needs to get back to following the teachings of Romans 13:8, which says we should ‘let no debt remain outstanding.’”
“In our view, shifting financial obligations of this magnitude to future generations is immoral, unacceptable and unsustainable,” the senators’ letter said.
“All of us [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Sep 27, 2009 in ACORN, Chicago politics, Congress (House & Senate), Current Affairs, Earmarks, Harry Reid, President Barack Obama, Tax stimulus package | 31 Comments
Harry Reid has finally grown a backbone, it seems. His timing for it, though, is disturbing, to say the least. When he was first picked for Senate Majority Leader, I thought that maybe he really would be a stand up guy, a fighter, as his former boxing career would suggest. Well, he’s [...]
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By Sarah Palin (Release date: November 17. 2009)
