GOP Voters Think Republicans in Congress Out of Touch

And yet we continue to hear things out of the mouths of Republican Congressional leaders like Mitch McConnell about how they are going to drive the Tea Party element out of the picture.  Drive the same populist movement that has placed them at the threshold of control, to obscurity! Was there ever a better reason to leave these entrenched farts in the dust. They won't take a serious stand on illegal aliens, they won't take a principled stand on the budget and there isn't a leader in the bunch.


GOP Voters Think Republicans in Congress Out of Touch

Republican voters feel disenfranchised, they hate the Democrats for expanding government without reason beyond wanting to build a power base and dislike the Republicans for being Democrats-lite. After short tenures all Federal politicians become slaves to the bureaucracy Democrats are just more honest about it.

Republicans will probably continue to get our votes in the short run because the Democrats are completely in left field.  The choices are the completely left and left of center.  The Libertarians have got no shot with the majority of Republicans because their foreign policy aligns with the Democrats, non-nonsensical ostrich head in the sand stuff.

You Should Feel So Proud

Congress.org presents MEGAVOTE September 22, 2014 for Georgia's 13th Congressional District:

Recent Congressional Votes -

• Senate: Equal Pay - Cloture
• Senate: Fiscal 2015 Continuing Resolution - Passage
• House: Fiscal 2015 Continuing Resolution - Passage

Both chambers are in recess until the week of November 10.

In the during they will by lying their asses off and begging for votes.

Recent Senate Votes:

Equal Pay - Cloture Vote Rejected (52-40, 8 Not Voting)

The Senate failed to invoke cloture on a bill that would require employers to demonstrate that wage gaps between men and women with similar qualifications and in similar jobs have a business justification. It would prohibit employers from retaliating against employees who share salary information and authorize the Labor secretary to seek additional compensatory or punitive damages in a sex discrimination action.

Sen. Saxby Chambliss voted Not Voting, WTF, highlighted in pink for being a pussy

Sen. Johnny Isakson voted NO

I am glad this did not pass cloture vote, the damned thing is preposterous. Laws set up to protect special groups generally mean some other group is going to get the raw end and probably the bill. 

Fiscal 2015 Continuing Resolution - Passage Vote Passed (78-22)

The Senate voted to clear for the president's signature a joint resolution that would provide funding for federal government operations until Dec. 11, 2014, at an annualized rate of $1.012 trillion. It would provide $88 million for government efforts to fight the Ebola virus, provide U.S. border agencies with budget flexibility to maintain current border protection and enforcement activities and extend the Export-Import Bank's operating authority through June 30, 2015.

Sen. Saxby Chambliss voted YES

Sen. Johnny Isakson voted YES

This is what you come back to work for, to spend more money, what about all the shit you fucked up, or didn't address at all.

Recent House Votes:

Fiscal 2015 Continuing Resolution - Passage Vote Passed (319-108, 4 Not Voting)

The House voted to pass a joint resolution that would provide funding for federal government operations until Dec. 11, 2014, at an annualized rate of $1.012 trillion. It would provide $88 million for government efforts to fight the Ebola virus, provide U.S. border agencies with budget flexibility to maintain current border protection and enforcement activities, and extend the Export-Import Bank's operating authority through June 30, 2015.

Rep. David Scott voted YES

Everybody drones on and on about how they are going to control costs, yet in the end elected politicians feel trapped into maintaining the inertia flow of government spending. I do not blame Mr. Scott for the vote, the Republicans in their desire to appear 'considerate' jumped on this like a trout on a mayfly. They are for evermore eager to prove how they can bring the bacon home, all while currying favor with business representatives to get the cash for reelection campaigns. Yes you guys should be so proud of spending more beyond your means in such a statesmanlike and bipartisan manner, only proving that you are in the majority, roughly 75%, of the whole who ignore your responsibility.

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That Dude Looks Like Chucky Schumer

That due is Chuck Schumer.
Where's my car.
And the question still holds, is he an ally or an enemy.
Turkey: What Ally?

Seriously, those folks in Pakistan and Turkey cannot make up their mind where their allegiance should be. Or they have decided to align with the religious zealots and are simple taking our money because they figure we deserve to have it taken from us. A fool and his money are soon separated. Well, John Kerry here is a damned fool who is not even playing with his own stack.
And Schumer, we know who he is aligned with, the Democratic Party, that even before god and country.

Cloture Rejection

Congress.org presents: MEGAVOTE September 15, 2014, for Georgia's 13th Congressional District.
Recent Congressional Votes:

• Senate: Campaign Finance Constitutional Amendment - Cloture
• House: Water Regulation - Passage
• House: Health Plan Extensions - Passage

Upcoming Congressional Bills -

• Senate: Pay Check Fairness Act
• House: Continuing Appropriations

Recent Senate Votes:
Campaign Finance Constitutional Amendment - Cloture Vote Rejected (54-42, 4 Not Voting)
The Senate failed to invoke cloture on a joint resolution proposing a constitutional amendment that would allow federal and state lawmakers to set limits on money raised and spent by candidates and others to influence elections. The amendment would give Congress and the states the power to distinguish between people and "corporations or other artificial entities created by law" and to block such entities from spending money on elections.
Sen. Saxby Chambliss voted NO
Sen. Johnny Isakson voted NO
Who ever said that Democrats were for free speech.  They claim to be but then try do define who has free speech and you can bet your bottom dollar that unions and liberal causes are all in the "acceptable" group. Hypocrites they are.

Recent House Votes:
Water Regulation - Passage Vote Passed (262-152, 17 Not Voting)
The House voted to pass a bill that would prohibit the EPA and Army Corps of Engineers from finalizing an expansion of the federal water pollution law.
Rep. David Scott voted YES
Little David Scott voted with the right side on this one, anything to stop unilateral decisions by government bureaucrats that are more an more outwardly progressive leaning.

Health Plan Extensions - Passage Vote Passed (247-167, 17 Not Voting)
The House voted to pass a bill that would allow health insurers to continue providing any group health plans offered in 2013 to existing or new enrollees, even if the plans do not comply with the coverage requirements under the 2010 health care law. The measure also would consider those plans as grandfathered and thus not subject to penalties for not complying with the law's individual mandate.
Rep. David Scott voted NO
That is the little Democrat that I remember. A vote to extend gap coverage insurance and he votes against it. It is almost as if Democrats are yearning for a health care apocalypse, they craft a flawed law and resist remediation.  

Upcoming Votes:
Pay Check Fairness Act - S2199
The Senate will consider a bill that would require employers to demonstrate that wage gaps between men and women with similar qualifications and in similar jobs have a business justification.
I smell a stinker, something that is going to cost businesses extra whether they play fair or not. 

Continuing Appropriations - HJRes124
The House will consider a resolution that would provide continuing appropriations for government operations through December 11, 2014.
I would always vote to stall the government. Then the president would have to focus on foreign affairs while no extra money is given away by idled representative.

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Voters Still Say No to D.C. Statehood

The Constitution was crafted with intent to block this move.  That some people think they have  even have a right to change the system reveals ignorance.  What do you expect from a city that re-elected Marion Barry.  The people of Washington DC are represented in the Federal government, they are in many ways dependent on that government  for sustenance. To grant statehood would only assure the the placement of two Democratic Senators, for a stinking city built on a swamp.

Voters Still Say No to D.C. Statehood

National Lawyers Guild Serves as Proxy for Those Against Isreal

Alan Dershowitz writes about a lawsuit this American club has brought against the President and his Secretary of Defense.  Using the liberal tactic of calling the enemy what itself actually is, these  lawyers prove that bigotry exists within the professional ranks of America.
National Lawyers Guild seeks to indict Obama for helping Israel build Iron Dome
These are the folks that would like to see US laws subordinate to global power. The problem with that being that politics takes place in all systems and in all systems work best when those governing are closely ties to those being governed. When groups are silenced, overwhelmed, within a system, the potential for terrible things exist, we've seen it in the Americas to the Indians, in Germany to the Jews, in Africa to different tribes, in Russia to the serfs and in China to those supporting the monarchy.
These lawyers suggest that it is fostering genocide to reinforce an ally with tools of preservation.  I guess their argument is that if Israel could not protect themselves the issue would solve itself.  The President has danced with these folks in the past and when the shit hit the fan he was forced to drop childish things.

Tough on Citizens

But not on terrorists.

It seems that government officials threatened prosecution of the parent of James Foley if that made any attempt to pay the $132,000,000 ransom demand. 

The grief stricken mother, Diane Foley, was interviewed by CNN's Anderson Cooper.

"Three times he intimidated us with that message. We were horrified he would say that. He just told us we would be prosecuted. We knew we had to save our son, we had to try".
"We were asked to just trust that it would be taken care of,  we were just told to trust that he would be freed somehow miraculously, and he wasn't was he?"

ABC News questioned an NSC representative who confirmed the reporter's family was made aware of U.S. law that prohibits financing terrorism. The same denied the family was threatened with criminal charges if they paid the ransom.

"Without getting into the details of our private discussions with families, the law is clear that ransom payments to designated individuals or entities, such as ISIL, are prohibited. It is also a matter of longstanding policy that the U.S. does not grant concessions to hostage takers. Doing so would only put more Americans at risk of being taken captive. That is what we convey publicly and what we convey privately," 

Yes, government always does privately what they promise publicly. Not.

In the end some tactless government thug threatened the parents of the victim. As always, threatened with the implied point of a gun that their freedom was going to be taken away. At what point will this chicken shit administration start taking the fight to the enemy?

Greetings from the White House

Last night the President gave a speech, apparently having the purpose to assuage the growing perception that "leading from behind" yields the position of always being behind.

Good evening, I just addressed the nation about what the United States will do with our friends and allies to degrade and destroy the terrorist group known as ISIL. Let's be clear: While this group may call itself the "Islamic State," it is not "Islamic." No religion condones the killing of innocents, and the vast majority of ISIL's victims have been Muslim. Nor is it a "state." It is not recognized by any government, nor by the people it subjugates. This is nothing but a terrorist organization with no vision or goal other than to slaughter all who stand in its way. While we have not yet detected specific plotting against our homeland, these terrorists have threatened America and our allies. And the United States will meet this threat with strength and resolve. Already, our military has conducted more than 150 successful airstrikes over the past month against ISIL targets in Iraq -- strikes that have protected American personnel and facilities, killed hundreds of ISIL fighters, and helped save the lives of thousands of innocent men, women, and children. Going forward, our objective is clear: We will degrade, and ultimately destroy, ISIL through a comprehensive and sustained counterterrorism strategy. Here is what that strategy looks like. First, we will conduct a systematic campaign of airstrikes against these terrorists. Working alongside the Iraqi government, we'll expand our efforts beyond protecting our own people to hit ISIL targets as Iraqi forces go on offense. And we will continue to hunt down terrorists who threaten our country, whether in Iraq or Syria. They will learn what leaders of other terrorist organizations have already learned: If you threaten America, you will find no safe haven. Second, we will increase our support to the forces fighting these terrorists on the ground. We will send an additional 475 service members to Iraq to support Iraqi and Kurdish security forces. These American forces will not have a combat mission. But they are needed to support Iraqi and Kurdish forces with training, intelligence, and equipment -- and tonight, I again called on Congress to give our military the additional authorities and resources it needs to train and equip the Syrian opposition fighters. Third, working with our partners, we will continue to draw on our substantial counterterrorism capabilities to prevent ISIL attacks. Working with our partners, we will redouble our efforts to cut off its funding, counter its warped ideology, improve our intelligence, strengthen our defenses, and stem the flow of foreign fighters into and out of the Middle East. And fourth, we will continue to provide humanitarian assistance to the innocent civilians displaced by this terrorism organization. This includes Sunni and Shia Muslims who have borne the brunt of this terror, as well as tens of thousands of Christians and other religious minorities. I have the authority to address the threat from ISIL. But I believe we are strongest as a nation when the President and Congress work together. So I welcome congressional action to support this effort in order to show the world that Americans are united in confronting this danger. This mission will not be like the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. It will not involve American combat troops fighting on foreign soil. This effort will be a steady and relentless approach to take out terrorists who threaten us, while supporting our partners on the front lines. This is American leadership at its best: We stand with people who fight for their own freedom. And we rally other nations on behalf of our common security and common humanity. When American forces helped prevent the massacre of civilians trapped on Mt. Sinjar, here is what one of them said: "We owe our American friends our lives. Our children will always remember that there was someone who felt our struggle and made a long journey to protect innocent people." That is what the United States of America does. That is the difference we make in the world. And moving forward, our own safety and security depends upon our willingness to do what it takes to defend this nation, and uphold the values that we stand for. Thank you, President Barack Obama The White House • 1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW • Washington, DC 20500 • 202-456-1111

It is fascinating to me that the President thinks it so important to make the point, that he leads off with the instructive definition of of what ISIS is not....

Let's be clear: While this group may call itself the "Islamic State," it is not "Islamic." No religion condones the killing of innocents, and the vast majority of ISIL's victims have been Muslim. Nor is it a "state." It is not recognized by any government, nor by the people it subjugates.

First of all there are religions that condone the killing of innocents.  Behaviors and customs foreign to a religion are often castigated in scripture, marked for death. Such persons may be plainly innocent in a worldly view but are categorized as in-humane in religious regimen.  There is evidence of this within the scriptures of both Islam and Christianity. 

In a debate about the Muslim faith, the President would probably win, but the win comes by splitting hairs between what a religion is in terms of an enlightened objective and what a religion is as a component of society.  Our society understands and has incessantly reinforced; that in the Islamic faith there is no line of demarcation between people of great faith and other people that do horrible things in the name of their faith. They may not be alike, but they cannot be separated, that will have to come from their own reformation. Does anybody think that is going to happen before the end of the President's term of office; before the next President's term of office?

Senator Cruz Slams Effort to Repeal First Amendment

42 Democratic senoters sign in support of this.
It seems their desire to silence conservative coalitions is greater than their loyalty to principles protected by the beloved ACLU.

Flashback: Cruz Slams Effort to Repeal First Amendment

Voters Strongly Oppose Obama's Amnesty

Yes, but he is doing anyway.
By ignoring legalities and depositing alien children around the country against the wishes of localities affected. That has and is happening here in Georgia.
Voters Strongly Oppose Obama's Amnesty Plan for Illegal Immigrants
Only one in four voters actually support the actions taken by the president.
Those are the folks that we keep yelling "we are all the children of immigrant", and taking the position that no law is valid. The position is preposterous on is face, and is simpatico with the President's actions.

Hamas's War Crimes and Crimes against Islam

I could not agree more.
Israel has been intentionally telegraphing its strikes in hopes of preserving human life, whether that be of Hamas or Gazan citizenry. The strikes are intended to take out munitions and tunnels both of which are the tools of an enemy of state.
Hamas's War Crimes and Crimes against Islam