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On Hole Cards, Or, “Drill, Baby, Drill”? Why? Is Canada Out Of Sand?

May 25, 2011 By fake-consultant 3 Comments

In America, today, there are three kinds of drivers: those who look at the other gas pumps down at the ol’ gas station and think: “Oh my God, I can’t believe how much that guy’s spending on gas”, those who look at their own pump down at the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: Automotive, cars, congress, economy, election-12, energy, environment, green-energy, international, national-debt, science, transportation, white-house, wind-energy

On Sunday Drinking, Or, Has Satan Been Rendered Irrelevant?

May 17, 2011 By fake-consultant

I know better than to go drinking on Sundays, but it’s just been one of those weeks, and I figured I’d grab a few beers, no big deal, and then head hone and get some real work done. Of course, the reason I don’t drink on Sundays is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: campaign-12, comedy, culture, Doctor Who, election-12, elections, humor, republican, Satan, satire, snark, white-house

On Killing Medicare, Or, You Stand Up, They Run Scared

May 10, 2011 By fake-consultant 3 Comments

Oh, my, has there been a lot of news since we spoke last about the Potential Impending Death Of Medicare: obviously we’re going to have to talk about the implications of Osama Bin Laden’s death (but we’ll do that another day), President … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: campaign-for-americas-future, congress, economy, election-12, medicaid, medicare, social-security, white-house

On Living Up To Your Words, Or, Tornado? That’s Not In The Constitution.

April 20, 2011 By fake-consultant 5 Comments

"...For that was not true; his attitude was not to be explained by greed, or at any rate by greed alone, but rather by the touchiness which his great labors and their complete unsuccess had bred in him." --From the story "The Village School … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 10th-amendment, article-1-section-8, congress, constitutional-law, democrats, disaster, election-12, fema, law, law-and-lawyers, oklahoma, politics, republicans, tea-party

On Done Deals, Or, Sometimes Losing Is How You Win

January 26, 2011 By fake-consultant 1 Comment

Bachmann response now on CNN. Turn to SAP Channel 3 for English captions. --A Tweet posted by pourmecoffee, immediately following the 2011 State of the Union address If you have been in any way awake and alert over the past 18 months or so, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: activism, analysis, congress, democrats, election-12, filibuster-reform, national, obama, politics, republicans, senate-rule-reform, social-security, state-of-the-union

On Shame As A Tactic, Or, Betsie Gallardo: She Won…And So Can You!

January 6, 2011 By fake-consultant 1 Comment

Under heaven nothing is more soft and yielding than water. Yet for attacking the solid and strong, nothing is better; It has no equal. The weak can overcome the strong; The supple can overcome the stiff. Under heaven everyone knows … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: congress, democrats, election-12, framing, fred-upton, issues, national, obama, politics, republicans, shame, social-security, strategy, tactics

On How To Honor The Brave, Or, Why We Hate Republicans

December 22, 2010 By fake-consultant 1 Comment

"...no! You hear me? You go to Hell! You go to Hell and you die!" --"Mr. Garrison", as "Mr. Hat", talking to "Kyle", from the television show "South Park" It's HR 847, also known as the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act, that … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 9/11, congress, election-12, first-responders, john-kyl, national, politics, republicans, senate, tom-coburn, zadroga

On Pushing The Unwilling, Or, Laughter: A Tool Of Asymmetric Warfare?

December 9, 2010 By fake-consultant 1 Comment

"...Private Pyle has dishonored himself, and dishonored the platoon. I have tried to help him, but I have failed. I have failed because you have not helped me. You people have not given Private Pyle the proper motivation." --R. Lee Ermey, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: boehner, burnt-corn-bbq, congress, cornyn, democrats, election-12, national, obama, politics, republicans

Social Security: They Want To Cut, We Plan To Fight

November 10, 2010 By fake-consultant 136 Comments

He is always plotting and carrying out great enterprises, which have always kept his subjects bewildered and astonished, waiting to see what their outcome would be. And his deeds have followed one another so closely that he has never left … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: congress, democrats, economics, election-12, obama, peretson-foundation, politics, republicans, social-security

Social Security: The War Begins Tuesday, And You Better Say…Oh, No!

November 5, 2010 By fake-consultant 9 Comments

BIG MISTAKE MANY MAKE RELY ON HORN INSTEAD OF BRAKE BURMA SHAVE --Actual "Burma Shave" Message, 1945, from "Verse By The Side of the Road", Frank Rowsome, Jr. So here's the dish: a limited partnership corporation called The Blackstone … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: campaign-for-americas-future, democrats, economics, election-12, national, obama, peter-g-peterson, peterson-foundation, politics, privitazation, republicans, social-security

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“..it could become one of the most effective laws to fight poverty in a generation. Columbia University’s Center on Poverty and Social Policy estimates that the plan would reduce the poverty rate by more than a quarter for adults and cut the child poverty rate in half.”

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i hope that, when he speaks on its passage, Biden explicitly claims partisan credit for the bill. public should hear, loudly and clearly, that the money in their pockets is from the democratic party

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Does it matter that we sent this guy back to the Senate? YES

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My legislation for more than $7 billion in E-Rate funding is included in the rescue package. It provides the Wi-Fi hotspots and devices needed to help all students connect to classrooms from home, especially those in communities of color, low-income households, and rural areas.

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It has been a very long night but we are about to pass a $1.9 trillion relief package for the American people. This is only just the beginning.

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The "Stefanik" section is 34 pages, "Zeldin" 24 pages, "Malliotakis" 18

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New: Rep. Zoe Lofgren has released a nearly 2,000 page report documenting the social media posts of GOP colleagues leading up to Jan. 6th who voted to overturn the results of the election. The report includes a breakdown of members by state.https://lofgren.house.gov/socialreview

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