Like a retreating army, Republicans are tearing up railroad track and planting legislative land mines to make it harder for Democrats to govern when they take power in Congress next month.
Already, the Republican leadership has moved to saddle the new Democratic majority with responsibility for resolving $463 billion in spending bills for the fiscal year that began Oct. 1.
Democrats unveil massive spending bill
WASHINGTON – Democrats have unveiled a massive spending bill combining the budgets of 13 Cabinet agencies with increases in aid for lower-income college students, while cutting President Bush’s funding requests for foreign aid and closing military bases.
Contrary to popular opinion it turns out that Republicans are good at something. Too bad it isn’t governing.
pharniel
Fair and balanced reporting.
Pb
What maroons.
It’s called a freaking budget, and it happens every year (except when it doesn’t, see above etc.). But check this out (from the same article!):
Aha, the real reason for the GOP outrage comes out! Waah! I want my pork!
srv
Now you know the rest of the story:
What really happened in Najaf?
What a clusterfuck.
h/t to highclearing
Jake
Unless said taxpayers funds are being spent on PonyQuest (TM).
Boo-friggin-hoo.
Zifnab
Said Boehner, “If we don’t pass spending bills during our tenure in Congress, I don’t see why Democrats get to do it. Why are Democrats exerting their authority? Whaaaaaaaaaa!”
Pb
Iraqi Waco?
Paddy O'Shea
This is all besides the point now.
Jesus is here.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16840066/site/newsweek/
Elvis Elvisberg
KMBA tag, we hardly knew ye.
norbizness
I knew that the Strawbs’ song “The Man Who Called Himself Jesus” was a documentary, sang in real-time.
You know, with circus janitors cleaning up huge piles of elephant shit being a stock character in our national consciousness, you’d think that the narrative on the spending bills would be different.
Tsulagi
Yeah, but in their defense they’ve haven’t lit up the oilfields. Yet. They’ve got honor and integrity.
scarshapedstar
Isn’t he already sitting in the White House? He’s not just Jesus, he’s the Kwisatz Haderach!
dreggas
That would piss off their base at Exxon. After all they have contracts.
Pb
Hoo boy. I can settle this one in five minutes:
So ask him something in Aramaic.
Wait… he was Paul, and then he was Christ, and then the Antichrist? Gimmie a break. Pick one, Jose!
Oh, I get it. To quote George Carlin:
Bubblegum Tate
Oh, crap…everybody look piously busy!
AkaDad
If we just reinstated the Fairnes Doctrine, we wouldn’t have all this liberal bias in the media.
Tsulagi
Pretty good analogy. Yep, we’re fighting the Rapture nuts over there so we don’t have to fight them here.
But sweet Jesus, now we got a Puerto Rican Rapture nut who can’t decide whether he’s Christ or the Antichrist. Does Revelations say anything about Puerto Rico?
Jonathan
“The God I believe in isn’t short of cash, mister” –Bono
Jake
What a novel euphemism for “Hot n’ sweaty three-way.” I bet Ted sHaggard it jealous as hell.
ThymeZone could you please rein in your yard man?
cleek
A Puerto Rican minister says Christ ‘integrated’ with him. Others call him a cult leader and a charlatan.
right, there are always two sides to every story.
dreggas
Christ suddenly has Chris Rocks voice and screams “I HAVE JUST BEEN VIOLATED!”
Ryan S.
There are soooo many jokes that could be made about this.
Where to begin?
yet another jeff
Show us on the doll where the Christ figure integrated with you.
yet another jeff
Massive spending bill…Puerto Rican Psuedo-Christ on a Crutch.
How much debate should be allowed in how to clean up a mess that was left for you? Isn’t that like a deadbeat dad complaining about the college classes the kid he’s not supporting is taking?
Tim F.
oops. Fixed.
srv
This guy gives me hope.
I’ve been working on my own religion for 5 years now, integrating WWWF, Nascar and WeightWatchers.
Krista
ThymeZone’s yard guy?
Pb
Andrew Taylor, AP hack–RedState is pushing another misleading story of his–“Republicans Block House Pay Raise“. Bullshit. The real story: “Senate Democrats on Tuesday vowed to block pay raises for members of Congress until the minimum wage is increased”–CNN (via Daily Kos). Which is probably why the Republicans stopped filibustering the minimum wage bill…
srv
Actually, I think he has astroturf.
Bubblegum Tate
POTD
Dave
Well didn’t the people know that that by putting the Democrat party into power we’d get these big pork filled spending bills? I mean come on the GOP is the party of fiscal responsibility. The Democrat party is the party of Tax and Spend.
Zifnab
Gee. That totally don’t sound like the GOP “Blocking a House Pay Raise” so much as a GOP spite-fest. But far be it for the Washington Post to pitch a neutral story. Or to interview anyone other than Minority Whimp Roy Bunt.
Pb
Zifnab,
It’s an AP story–I don’t think WaPo even changed the headline. However, they ran with it, so they do share some of the blame. Of course, the RedState mischaracterization of it is way more ridiculous, but what else is new.
srv
A good many dramatic situations begin with screaming:
Barbarella Remake in the works
Jake
[Smacks forehead] Barbarella, Duran Duran. D’oh!
Sorry, just making a belated song/band connection. Yeesh.
Anyhoo, if this thing doesn’t scream “Get Pam Anderson’s agent on the phone!” I don’t know what does.
scarshapedstar
Furthermore, Duran Duran’s song “Electric Barbarella” kicks ass.
Jake
GWS
See? The movie already has a theme song. All they need is PA for the TnA.
ThymeZone
You know, he’s a man of his own mind. As he was cutting my grass today and turning some water into wine, which, frankly, is not that good for the lawn, I could see that he was deeply troubled ……..
Rome Again
BRB Keith Olbermann special comment
Krista
He must be a popular party guest, though.
Krista
Crispy crap…I meant to bold that, not blockquote it.
Jake
Especially when he starts “intergrating,” with anyone he can grab.
ThymeZone
Mostly, he irrigates … and I spoken to him about it.