Quote:This congress is least productive in American history. If they were just giving in as you suggest I doubt this would be the case.
The House of Representatives has actually been quite productive. There's a stack of bills a mile high sitting on the Senate Majority Leader's desk that he refuses to send to the floor, or even to committees to debate. The logjam in Congress starts and ends on his desk. I think I read somewhere earlier this week that there are more than 300 bills that are sitting waiting for him to do something, and he's chosen to ignore them.
The republicans have given in on many issues in an attempt to try to get something done only to have it languish in the Senate without ever being reviewed, debated, or voted on.
Quote:He's articulate when using a teleprompter. But there are many times when he sounds anything but articulate when not using a teleprompter.
As for Bush 43, I'm no fan of his either but he's far less of the evils. At least Bush 43's less than stellar grades were public knowledge.
Lol now Obama is evil. This is too much.
Anyways, show me any link to any time in any type of venue where Obama is inarticulate in any degree.
Quote:The House of Representatives has actually been quite productive. There's a stack of bills a mile high sitting on the Senate Majority Leader's desk that he refuses to send to the floor, or even to committees to debate. The logjam in Congress starts and ends on his desk. I think I read somewhere earlier this week that there are more than 300 bills that are sitting waiting for him to do something, and he's chosen to ignore them.
The republicans have given in on many issues in an attempt to try to get something done only to have it languish in the Senate without ever being reviewed, debated, or voted on.
Very interesting, have a link to the list of bills?
Quote: An aspect of what far too many Republicans and Republican organizations that bothers me is related to what you mentioned. Instead of doing everything possible under the law to resist the agenda and tactics the Democrats are using, they are either comfortable with it and/ or are afraid to truly challenge them. Sometimes they pretend to resist but it's obviously for show. Along with his policies, the other reason why I'm thrilled with Ted Cruz, is he truly stands up to the opposition.
They are always a step behind when it comes to dealing with the agendas of the left. They get so caught up in the minutia of one thing that they fail to recognize they're being played on another. They're paralyzed to oppose, and more content to cow tow to the wishes of the other side. You're right. They feign resistance, and anyone who genuinely stands up for what should be the core principles of the party are tamped down at every turn. Ted Cruz may be considered an extremist by some, but at least he has his convictions, and if you listen to his positions, and actually study them, he's more reasonable than most would believe. He just recognizes that when the word compromise is bandied about in DC, it usually means the republicans have caved to the wishes of the democrats, and it's never the other way around. This nation is lacking in true leaders who are willing to stand up for their convictions, and it's been that way for quite a while now.
Quote:Very interesting, have a link to the list of bills?
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you ask for the dumbest stuff, I'm starting to think you're trolling everyone.
Quote:Lol now Obama is evil. This is too much.
Anyways, show me any link to any time in any type of venue where Obama is inarticulate in any degree.
Obama lost without a teleprompter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omHUsRTYFAU
Quote:Lol now Obama is evil. This is too much.
Anyways, show me any link to any time in any type of venue where Obama is inarticulate in any degree.
Yes both Obama and Bush are evil. Next.
Quote:Very interesting, have a link to the list of bills?
Does Google not work for the high minded liberals?
Not to worry. I'll help you out because when work needs to be done, you have to wait on a republican to take care of it. I know the drill. We earn, and you drain.
Here you go.
Quote:They are always a step behind when it comes to dealing with the agendas of the left. They get so caught up in the minutia of one thing that they fail to recognize they're being played on another. They're paralyzed to oppose, and more content to cow tow to the wishes of the other side. You're right. They feign resistance, and anyone who genuinely stands up for what should be the core principles of the party are tamped down at every turn. Ted Cruz may be considered an extremist by some, but at least he has his convictions, and if you listen to his positions, and actually study them, he's more reasonable than most would believe. He just recognizes that when the word compromise is bandied about in DC, it usually means the republicans have caved to the wishes of the democrats, and it's never the other way around. This nation is lacking in true leaders who are willing to stand up for their convictions, and it's been that way for quite a while now.
Adding to what you expressed, when there is a true leader who's willing to stand up for his/ her convictions, they get attacked from most directions. I saw this happen against Michele Bachmann and now it's happening to Ted Cruz.
Quote:Does Google not work for the high minded liberals?
Not to worry. I'll help you out because when work needs to be done, you have to wait on a republican to take care of it. I know the drill. We earn, and you drain.
Here you go.
Okay, that's not a list of the bills, that's an article about pictures that Marsha Blackburn posted on twitter.
It's not that I don't believe they've passed bills, the republicans have the votes to ram anything through that they want, but I'm interested in what those bills are actually for.
So it's not that I don't believe you, I just want to see a list of what those bills are.
Quote:Does Google not work for the high minded liberals?
Not to worry. I'll help you out because when work needs to be done, you have to wait on a republican to take care of it. I know the drill. We earn, and you drain.
Here you go.
350 bills! Probably 349 of them are to end Obamacare, and the other one is a flag burning amendment.
Quote:Does Google not work for the high minded liberals?
Not to worry. I'll help you out because when work needs to be done, you have to wait on a republican to take care of it. I know the drill. We earn, and you drain.
<a class="bbc_url" href='http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2014/08/01/do-nothing-congress-house-passed-more-than-350-bills-that-sit-on-harry-reids-desk-says-congresswoman/'>Here you go.</a>
Here you go.
<a class="bbc_url" href='http://m.dailykos.com/story/2012/09/16/1132504/-Why-is-the-Republican-Record-Breaking-use-of-the-Filibuster-Not-a-topic-of-the-News#'>http://m.dailykos.com/story/2012/09/16/1132504/-Why-is-the-Republican-Record-Breaking-use-of-the-Filibuster-Not-a-topic-of-the-News#</a>
Quote:Obama lost without a teleprompter
<a class="bbc_url" href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omHUsRTYFAU'>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omHUsRTYFAU</a>
Lol that's pathetic. Notice he is using full sentences, although, ::gasp::, he lost his train of thought a couple times.
Quote:Lol that's pathetic. Notice he is using full sentences, although, ::gasp::, he lost his train of thought a couple times.
Defending the indefensible must be challenging.
The following is what's really pathetic:
No Teleprompter - No Speech! Obama at a Total Loss!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fF84E5n5u6I
Keep going guys...but please....the Teleprompter? After Mr Sauve Dubya?
That's an issue? Rather a screen that's read from than Daffy Duck impersonations.
One golfs too much. The other cleared too much brush on the ranch.
Yawn.
Quote:http://thomas.loc.gov/home/LegislativeData.php
For anyone who wants to find the information for themselves.
I know about the actual .gov site for browsing what's been done in congress. I'm not interested in having to sift through it and interpret every bill listed.
If there just isn't a simple list of what the bills they've passed are, preferably organized by intention, (jobs bills, appropriation bills, tax reform bills, etc) then they really ought to just shut up along with their peanut gallery.
I could claim to have done 250 home improvement jobs this past month, but if every one of those is just me taking a beer out of the fridge (thus cleaning out the fridge) it's just intellectual dishonesty, kind of like the house claim of the democratic minority-majority of the senate being the problem.
Quote:That's right. Us vs. Them. He has made millions with this schtick and some buy it hook line and sinker. Division. Boogeymen. Injustice. Hate.
He didn't start the fire. In fact, our current president has done more to fan those flames than anyone in our lifetime.
It's the only power a professional organizer has. Generate civil unrest, while profiting off the backs of others' hard work.