Petition to Legalize 4th Trimester Abortion

Found this over at the Grouchy Old Cripple.
These are the young adults that Congress wants to give cheap money to.
Forget the pandering, they're too young recognize bullshit for what it is
Manipulation.

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Coal Ass Death

Thoughtless comments will be added in italic blue....

Congress.org presents: MEGAVOTE, July 29, 2013 for Georgia's 13th Congressional District:

Recent Congressional Votes:

• Senate: Student Loan Interest Rates  Passage
• House: Defense Appropriations  NSA Phone Record Collection Amendment
• House: Defense AppropriationsFinal Passage
• House: Coal Ash Regulations  Passage

Upcoming Congressional Bills:

• Senate: Transportation & HUD Appropriations
• House: Transportation & HUD Appropriations

Recent Senate Votes:

Student Loan Interest Rates  Passage
Vote Passed (81-18, 1 Not Voting)
Senators moved to end a months-long partisan standoff over federal student loan interest rates by passing a bill July 24 that would tie rates to the governments cost of borrowing. Sixteen Senate Democrats opposed the plan over concerns that the move to a variable rate would burden students with more debt in a couple of years. The bill would link student loan interest rates to the 10-year Treasury note. Senators adopted a substitute amendment by voice vote that would add 2.05 percentage points to the note rate for both the subsidized and unsubsidized portions of undergraduate loans, 3.6 points for graduate loans and 4.6 points for PLUS loans. As amended, the bill would cap the rates for undergraduate loans at 8.25 percent, graduate loans at 9.5 percent and PLUS loans at 10.5 percent. The current bill differs only slightly from the original version, which also set the interest rates on the 10-year Treasury note and passed the House, 221-198, in May. The House is expected to clear the measure this week. The White House, which threatened to veto the original House bill, backs the Senate compromise.
Sen. Saxby Chambliss voted YES
Sen. Johnny Isakson voted YES
Government price fixing fosters inefficiency and political pandering. As said before, a college education is a privilege that is expensive and made more expensive by the government adding cheap money to the equation. Shame on the Georgia Senators for giving young adults their first taste of the government teat.

Recent House Votes:

Defense Appropriations  NSA Phone Record Collection Amendment
Vote Failed (205-217, 12 Not Voting)
An unlikely pair of Michiganders, Republican Justin Amash and Democrat John Conyers Jr. united to ensure a House floor vote on the Amash sponsored amendment to the fiscal 2014 defense appropriations bill that would restrict collection of telephone records through Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court orders to only data involving people under investigation. 94 Republicans and 111 Democrats supported the bill; however, a group of 134 Republicans and 83 Democrats voted to kill the amendment. Republican John A. Boehner of Ohio voted no, a rare vote from the House Speaker that showed how close the vote was. The White House opposed the amendment.
Rep. David Scott voted NO
The Speaker voted against limiting the governments reach into private information. After all, there has to be some limit to the extents a government, by the people and for the people, has to work to pry into the private lives of citizens. Boehner, Scott, Obama the unholy trinity.

Defense Appropriations Final Passage
Vote Passed (315-109, 9 Not Voting)
After clearing numerous amendments, the House passed the C.W. Bill Young, R-Fla. sponsored legislation funding the Defense department for fiscal year 2014. After a split on the NSA amendment, 220 Republicans were joined by 95 Democrats in support of the bill with only 8 Republicans in opposition. It would provide $512.5 billion in non-war discretionary funding and $82.3 billion in contingency funds to support operations in Afghanistan and the general war on terrorism. The bill also includes a 1.8 percent pay raise for military personnel. The White House has already threatened to veto the legislation over provisions intended to limit executive branch budgetary and policy options, including effectively barring civilian furloughs in the next fiscal year, forbidding cuts in the strategic weapons arsenal and preventing spending to implement reductions required by the New START nuclear-arms agreement. The Senate likely wont take up the legislation until after the August recess.
Rep. David Scott voted YES
More Senatorial obstruction on the horizon, why doesn't the press ever talk about this.  Reid threatens Republicans blocking nomination votes with changes to filibuster rules on nominees and the press is all over it.  The Senator kills house bill after bill and hardly a peep.  Do you think it could be because the press agrees with the Senator's obstructions?  Scott is again on the right side.

Coal Ash Regulations  Passage
Vote Passed (265-155, 13 Not Voting)
In the last vote of the week, the House passed a bill that would allow states to create and implement their own permit programs for coal combustion residuals, removing that authority from the Environmental Protection Agency. The EPA would still be able to review state permit programs in a limited manner. The Senate is unlikely to consider the legislation.
Rep. David Scott voted YES
So the Senate will let this die a quiet death, a bill that relinquishes rights to the states that the states already possess by definition in the Constitution. The perversion of the commerce clause is an excellent example of how central government will increase is power through the smallest of loopholes. Thanks to David Scott for getting this vote on the proper side of the issue.  The White House, the EPA and the Senate Democrats are all wrong on this issue.  Their posture is already costing consumers billions of dollars at the gas pumps and electric bills are soon to follow as soon as the natural gas industry is helped to a position of monopoly.

Upcoming Votes:

Transportation & HUD Appropriations - S.1243
The Senate is scheduled to debate legislation that would fund the Transportation and Housing and Urban Development departments.
Money for people who wouldn't mow the lawn.  The Senate will give money away and we've little to say about it.

Transportation & HUD Appropriations - H.R.2610
The House is schedule to consider its version of the legislation that funds the Transportation and Housing and Urban Development departments.

Money for people who can't keep a check book.  The House will  fall all over themselves to help damn fools buy house they cannot afford. And who will pick up the tab for the bankruptcies?  Why, you and I, of course.


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And that's when the fight started...

My wife and I were watching Who Wants To Be A Millionaire while we were in bed.

I turned to her and said, "Do you want to have sex?"

"No" she answered.

I then said, "Is that your final answer?"

She didn't even look at me this time, simply saying, "Yes."

So I said, "Then I'd like to phone a friend."

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Kennesaw Mountain

Kennesaw Mountain
Sherman, Johnston and the Atlanta Campaign
Written by Earl J. Hess
Published by the University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill

The book is an academic study of the events leading up to the battle for Atlanta.
The author details, using diary accounts, personal letters, autobiographies, topography and military records, to describe the events starting at the march south through Dalton, up to the stage where Sherman is preparing the siege of Atlanta from the banks of the Chattahoochee River.
Basically the South, under the direction of Johnston, took a defensive line that spanned about ten miles, from Big Kennesaw Mountain on the north to Powder Springs on the southern edge.  Sherman had superior numbers and looked constantly to use his advantage to flank the CSA and force them from their strong position.  Frontal assaults basically led to disproportionate numbers of deaths for the Union Army.  The area south of the Dallas Highway defended by Major General Benjamin Cheatham's division, now called Cheatham's Hill was well fortified and the rebels inflicted many casualties.
Eventually the rebels retreated to Marietta and in a series of planned moved to the river and then over the river into Atlanta. The battle for Kennesaw Mountain is judged to be victory for the south, but in the end really only delayed the inevitable successful siege of Atlanta.
For his apparent success, Johnston was rewarded by being replaced by John Bell Hood.
Many Union soldiers were bitter about Sherman ordering frontal assaults on strong fortifications.
I have enjoyed this book for it took place all around the place I live, locals described exist still today, my sister-in-law's home is a small farm where they still find artifacts from the battle.
Not an easy read, you better  like the subject because the book is pretty dry.

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Skittles Run

You are sitting around after WVU practice and get the munchies.  Yes, you can get hungry even if the man won't let you smoke dope.  In search of something to eat that wasn't on the training table, you decide rob a house.  You get identified, caught, arrested for armed robbery.

Former Bartram star Korey Harris arrested, kicked off team at West Virginia | StAugustine.com

Next time you get the urge to commit a crime, take off your team uniform, you dumb bastard.
Scholarship done.
NFL future done.
Just kidding about the munchies, but the rest is real.

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Ouch

Fond this site on the recommend of a co-worker. Perhaps he should be spending more time on his tasks.

The web site YourJewishNews has a story titled

Man dies after neighbor shoves foot up his rectum while fighting over girl 

The article address is:  http://www.yourjewishnews.com/2013/04/w6897.html

Apparently this was a fight over some girl, fueled by alcohol.

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Nomination Contamination

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Congress.org presents: MEGAVOTE, July 22, 2013 for Georgia's 13th Congressional District:

Recent Congressional Votes

• Senate: Cordray Nomination Confirmation
• Senate: Perez Nomination Confirmation
• Senate: McCarthy Nomination Confirmation
• House: Employer Health Insurance Mandate Delay  Passage
• House: Individual Health Insurance Mandate Delay  Passage
• House: Education Law Overhaul  Passage

Upcoming Congressional Bills

• Senate: Transportation & HUD Appropriations
• House: Defense Appropriations

Recent Senate Votes

Cordray Nomination  Confirmation
Vote Confirmed (66-34)
After an intense debate over a potential rules change to ban filibusters on executive branch nominations, the Senate proceeded to confirm several nominees offered by President Barack Obama. Richard Cordray of Ohio was confirmed as Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, ending a two year confirmation process that included a recess appointment in the beginning of last year. Twelve Republicans and the entire Democratic caucus voted in support of the nomination.
Sen. Saxby Chambliss voted YES
Sen. Johnny Isakson voted YES
Freaking Senators flip flop on the threat to change filibuster rules when the minority decides to drag ass.  We have plenty of examples of Harry Reid extolling the virtues of the filibuster when the Senate was ruled by the Republicans.  This is all just big bunch of posturing.

Perez Nomination  Confirmation
Vote Confirmed (54-46)
On Thursday, President Obamas nomination for Secretary of Labor, Thomas E. Perez, was confirmed by the Senate in a strictly party-line vote. Perez previously served as an Assistant Attorney General leading the Justice Departments civil rights division.
Sen. Saxby Chambliss voted NO
Sen. Johnny Isakson voted  NO
This dude is a union sycophant, plain and simple. The load of crap the Obama administration has germinated in the NLRB over the last 4-1/2 years, the NLRB's willful defiance of court orders, reeks of executive tyranny. 

McCarthy Nomination  Confirmation
Vote Confirmed (59-40, 1 Not Voting)
After confirming Perez, the Senate quickly moved to confirm Gina McCarthy as administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. McCarthy had served as the head of the EPAs air and radiation office since 2009. Joe Manchin III of West Virginia was the only dissenting Democrat vote, and six Republicans voted in favor of the nomination.
Sen. Saxby Chambliss voted NO
Sen. Johnny Isakson voted NO
Reid in his truculent threat to change Senate rules, failed to acknowledge that the candidates offered are egg sucking sycophants. Manchin no doubt has a bone to pick with the EPA over coal emiisions rules that will hurt his state's economy. 

Recent House Votes

Employer Health Insurance Mandate Delay  Passage
Vote Passed (264-161, 8 Not Voting)
The House passed this bill that would delay a requirement from the 2010 health care overhaul for one year until the start of 2015. The requirement would mandate businesses with at least 50 full-time employees provide health insurance to their workers or pay a penalty. Morgan Griffith of Virginia was the only Republican to vote against the bill.
Rep. David Scott voted NO
Chicken shit Representative ought to un-fund the whole thing, but they won't. 

Individual Health Insurance Mandate Delay  Passage
Vote Passed (251-174, 8 Not Voting)
After postponing the employer insurance mandate, the House moved a bill to postpone the same requirement of most individuals to maintain health insurance coverage or pay a penalty until the beginning of 2015. Once again, Griffith of Virginia was the only Republican to vote against the bill. Both the employer and individual mandate delays are unlikely to receive a vote in the Senate.
Rep. David Scott voted NO
Chicken shit Representative ought to un-fund the whole thing, but they won't. 

Education Law Overhaul  Passage
Vote Passed (221-207, 6 Not Voting)
In the last vote of the week, the House passed its updated version of federal education policy despite a veto threat from President Obama and unified Democratic opposition to the legislation. The bill would extend for an additional five years the elementary and secondary education law that was last reauthorized in 2001 as part of President George W. Bush's No Child Left Behind initiative. The bill would reduce the federal governments role in education and give state and local officials more authority to develop their own standards and accountability assessments. The House adopted by voice vote an amendment from Republican Steve Scalise of Louisiana that would eliminate a requirement that states develop teacher evaluation systems. The Senate will most likely take up the legislation after the August recess.
Rep. David Scott voted NO
The Federal government is too overbearing on education and the state governments are too inconsistent.  Either way you loose. I say the Federal curricula be simplified, to core elements, writing, language, science and mathematics.  The states can address the peripheral subjects like civics, home economics, industrial arts, computer skills, arts and music. By allowing each to have domain, the Federal government can set standards that are measurable and the states can address skills according to local needs.

Upcoming Votes:

Transportation & HUD Appropriations - S.1243
The Senate has planned cloture votes this Tuesday on legislation that would fund the Transportation and Housing and Urban Development departments and related agencies.

Defense Appropriations - H.R.2397
The House may vote later this week on a bill sponsored by Republican C.W. Bill Young of Florida that would fund the Defense department and related agencies.

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Campaign 2012: 'Detroit Style'

Just until I get elected, you Detroit, are my biggest concern.  
The decision to let the city go bankrupt is the correct one. 
The suggestion that the government, led by the President, saved the city, was total bullshit.

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Really Dumb

Being an engineer, I know well my literary limitations.  The following story is insipid to the nth degree. If I could obliterate the path that got me into this website, it would be done.
A story with the title..

There Are Far Fewer Presidents Alive Today Than There Were in the 1830s

at the site of The Atlantic Wire, suggests that...

There are fewer presidents alive today than at any other point in history — but, again, that's only because we don't know who's next.

Being the highly trained writers that they are, graphics are included to drive home the point.

Why, well that's easy, the article (replaced 'study') is counting Presidents that born but had yet to be elected. One might ask, "when have a thought, have you ever considered taking a nap rather than acting on it?"

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Falcon Fever

"F---ing Zimmerman got away with murder today wow what kind of world do we live in. All them jurors should go home tonight and kill themselves for letting a grown man get away with killing a kid."

--Atlanta Falcons player Roddy White

The above statement is proof that being a well paid athlete is not evidence of a successful education.  As an Atlantan, my opinion of the athlete had been that he was a gifted, hard working football player.  Now, not so much.

Racial Demagogue

"I think it's possible if the police had got a black Zimmerman, the question would be whether they would have beat him to death and then threw handcuffs on him and dragged him into the precinct."

--Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demagogue
A demagogue or rabble-rouser is a political leader in a democracy who appeals to the emotions, prejudices, and ignorance of the less-educated citizens in order to gain power and promote political motives. Demagogues usually oppose deliberation and advocate immediate, violent action to address a national crisis; they accuse moderate and thoughtful opponents of weakness. Demagogues have appeared in democracies since ancient Athens. They exploit a fundamental weakness in democracy: because ultimate power is held by the people, nothing stops the people from giving that power to someone who appeals to the lowest common denominator of a large segment of the population.

The above definition nails it. Inflamatory statements like this perpetuate anger between followers on one side, and exasperated citizens on the other. It is hyperbole.

No Free Money for Students

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Congress.org presents: MEGAVOTE , July 15, 2013, for Georgia's 13th Congressional District:
Recent Congressional Votes -

• Senate: Student Loan Interest Rates  Cloture
• House: Energy-Water Appropriations  Passage
• House: Farm Bill  Passage

Upcoming Congressional Bills -

• Senate: Executive Branch Nominations
• House: Affordable Care Act Implementation

Recent Senate Votes:

Student Loan Interest Rates  Cloture
Vote Rejected (51-49)
Senators failed to broker a temporary deal to maintain federal student loan interest rates, which rose automatically on July 1 to 6.8 percent. Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., could not muster the 60 votes needed to invoke cloture on a bill that would have extended the previous interest rate of 3.4 percent for subsidized undergraduate loans for one year. Proposed by Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., the plan would have cost $4.25 billion, offset by changing the tax treatment of certain inherited IRAs and 401(k)s. The bill received no Republican support, ensuring under current Senate rules that it would not receive a final vote for passage.
Sen. Saxby Chambliss voted NO
Sen. Johnny Isakson voted NO
There is no argument that college tuition rates are prohibitive to middle lower class students.  That said it is not the governments responsibility to make sure the cost of that is constant.  The government encourages me to you natural gas and green energy systems, If I invest my money in those and they do not work, I am screwed not the government.  Interest rates have been unnaturally low for a decade and to depress the rates from equilibrium pushes the real cost onto other persons, namely taxpayers.  Also, there is strong evidence that government college loan system inflates the cost of tuition. My experience is that education systems are extremely inefficient, caused by conflicting bureaucratic policies and overindulgent administration staffing.  College education support should be administered by the states and reflect the dynamic regional needs.  If a state wants to support college education, the taxpayers can authorize their elected officials to do so.  The current system is cheapening the the value of higher education and running up debt in the process.  

Recent House Votes:

Energy-Water Appropriations  Passage
Vote Passed (227-198, 9 Not Voting)
After voting on more than two dozen amendments, the House passed the fiscal 2014 energy-water spending measure on Wednesday. A mostly party-line vote, with only 8 Democrats in support and 9 Republicans in opposition, the legislation would provide $30.4 billion for the Energy and Interior Departments and the Army Corps of Engineers, which is $2.9 billion less than the enacted level for fiscal 2013 and $4.3 billion less than legislation currently being considered in the Senate. The measure would combine renewable-energy and electricity delivery programs into a single account funded at $958 million, about a 50 percent reduction from this year. Ohio Republican Rep. Michael R. Turners amendment to prohibit funds in the Energy Departments nuclear-weapons program from being used to reduce the U.S. nuclear stockpile below levels in the New Start Treaty was adopted by voice vote. Turner said it would prevent President Barack Obama from implementing his plan to reduce the nuclear arsenal. The legislation will now likely be taken up by the Senate.
Rep. David Scott voted NO
The bill must be worthwhile because the Democrats are not threatening to table it.  The reason for that may be more selfish in that they can use such  uniform support to keep the greens in the Democratic fold while keeping the nuclear stockpile at a rational level.  

Farm Bill  Passage
Vote Passed (216-208, 11 Not Voting)
After failing last month to approve a five-year $939 billion reauthorization of both agricultural and nutrition programs, the House decided to take a different approach and approved only agricultural programs through fiscal year 2018. The legislation passed without a single Democratic vote and twelve Republicans in opposition. The House will now try to pass a separate bill for nutrition programs that include the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP). The Senate passed its version of the comprehensive legislation a month ago including $4 billion in reductions to SNAP; House Republicans have proposed $20.5 billion in cuts during committee mark-ups. Ultimate outcomes for the bill include either a conference committee between the Senate and House to negotiate a compromise or possibly another one-year extension like Congress had to do last year.
Rep. David Scott voted NO
The separation of a nutrition program, designed by pigs, was proper.   

Upcoming Votes:

• Executive Branch Nominations:  The Senate has planned cloture votes this Tuesday on seven federal nominations, including Thomas E. Perez and Gina McCarthy (nominees for Secretary of Labor and Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency respectively).
• Affordable Care Act Implementation - H.R.2267&H.R.2668: The House is scheduled to vote on two bills sponsored by Republican Reps. Tim Griffin of Arkansas and Dave Camp of Michigan that would delay implementation of the mandate to have minimal health care coverage by individuals and employers until 2015.

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Gang Kills in Mableton Georgia

The story does not say it but I have little doubt,  knowing the area where this took place, that the attack was racially motivated.

• Jekari Strozier (19-year-old male from Mableton, Georgia)
• Antonio Pass (18-year-old male from Mableton, Georgia)
• Johnathan Anthony (18-year-old male from the Mableton, Georgia)
• Kemonta Bonds (18-year-old male from Mableton, Georgia)

The attack happened ten days before the Zimmerman verdict in Florida and appears to gang style beat-down gone wrong, or maybe right by the standards of the attackers.  This is a story that I will be following with great interest. Learned of the story by way of the Patriot Post, whose editor has suggested the President's statement could be...

If I had a son, he would look like those thugs...who murdered Josh Chellew last week.

4 teens charged in death of Mableton man

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Don't Haze Me Bro

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But Will They Shake

This is a little weird for the news but here goes.  Clever Latvians have figured out a way to use grey water. 
Sink waste water is used to fill the tank. Actually, I am assuming the grey water goes to a tank, maybe it means to take a leak there has to be a person above washing their hands, or the urinal smells until the next person washes their hands.
Did not see it in Germany, but I've heard places in Europe just have a hole in the floor, how will that work?

The 'Sink-Urinal' Saves Water, Encourages Men To Wash Hands

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Dominicans Promise to Out Gay Ambassador

We shouldn't give crap if the ambassador is gay or not, but the blindness of our state department is so total that the situation has become nothing more than a comedic mess.  Common sense should lead the decision maker to select a candidate that is suitable for the country he is work within. 
President Obama probably had little more to do with this, other than a rubber stamp approval, John Kerry should be the person who is embarrassed.  Who knows, from my personal experience of Kerry, the arrogant bastard, is that probably endorsed it as exporting  political cultural philosophy, like the neo-cons trying to spread democracy to the middle east, excluding, of course, that in the ass thing.

Dominicans Freak Out Over Obama's Gay Ambassador Pick | The Cable

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Just Up the Road

This a billboard set up in Atlanta, inviting illegal aliens to move to South Carolina.
If only our visitors gave a crap about learning English, they would be able to read about the sarcastic opportunity.

Perhaps this is what John Calhoun was talking about when he was pushing for state's rights to nullify. Elected government officials are obligated to protect the citizenry per their oaths when taking office.  Then you have usurpers like Lindsey Graham nullifying the primary purpose of their chosen station in life. 
A Davis Cup man, but I don't have the time to work up a toilet seat halo picture for LD. 

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Stand or Be Consumed

This is all over the web and really there is no need to repeat other than enjoy this former candidate's clarity.  The subject and clip is talked about over at the The Blaze.

We live in a society of wolves, you do not fight back by creating more sheep.

-Dan Bongino

Mr. Bongino represents Guns Across America, is a recently defeated Senate candidate and Former Secret Service Agent. I agree with the premise that God given rights are not for the government to take away. If you haven't seen the flowing clip, give it a whirl.

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On the Mark?

Found and copied from http://www.sondrakistan.com/. There is a good list, check it out.

A physicist, an engineer, and a statistician are out hunting. The physicist calculates the trajectory using ballistic equations, but assumes no air resistance, so his shot falls 5 meters short. The engineer adds a fudge factor for air resistance, and his shot lands 5 meters long.

The statistician yells, "We got him!"

The physicist would add a parameter.
The engineer would adjust his fudge factor.
The statitician would wait for the results.
Statiticians are like accountants; they count what other people do.

Green Card Bonanza!

Get your green cards, get your green cards, paste them in your S&H booklet, save ten and get free food stamps for the children. Pithy comments added in italic blue by the smart-assed blogster....

Congress.org (congress.org) presents: MEGAVOTE for July 1, 2013

In this MegaVote for Georgia's 13th Congressional District:

Recent Congressional Votes:

• Senate: Pritzker Nomination  Confirmation
• Senate: Foxx Nomination  Confirmation
• Senate: Immigration Bill  Passage
• House: Offshore Drilling Bill  Passage

Editor's Note:  The House and Senate are in recess until Monday, July 8.

Recent Senate Votes:

Pritzker Nomination  Confirmation
Vote Confirmed (97-1, 2 Not Voting)
The Senate confirmed President Obamas nomination of Penny Pritzker to be Secretary of Commerce.  Sen. Bernard Sanders, I-Vt., was the only vote against the Chicago real estate and investment executives confirmation. She had served on the Presidents Council on Jobs and Competitiveness and Economic Recovery Advisory Board. Secretary Pritzker was sworn in one day after her confirmation, June 26.
Sen. Saxby Chambliss voted YES
Sen. Johnny Isakson voted YES
All right, who is the stinker from Vermont?  Was he having a Rand Paul moment?

Foxx Nomination  Confirmation
Vote Confirmed (100-0)
In their second Cabinet level vote of the week, the Senate unanimously confirmed current mayor of Charlotte, N.C. Anthony Foxx to be Secretary of Transportation. Mr. Foxx should be sworn in later this week after his planned resignation in Charlotte on July 1.
Sen. Saxby Chambliss voted YES
Sen. Johnny Isakson voted YES
Hey Sanders, why is this guy acceptable and the other dude not so?

Immigration Bill  Passage
Vote Passed (68-32)
After months of negotiations led by a bipartisan group of eight lawmakers, the Senate passed a sweeping overhaul of immigration policy by a vote of 68-32. Fourteen Republicans joined all Democrats in supporting the bill, which gained traction after a compromise amendment providing $42.5 billion for border security initiatives passed the day before. The measure would expand the number of both permanent resident and temporary visas available annually to highly-skilled professionals and entrepreneurs. The bill also would create a program to allocate green cards, up to 250,000 each year, on a merit-based system that would consider family ties in the United States along with the country's economic needs. It mandates use of the E-Verify electronic employment verification system and requires the Department of Homeland Security to begin removal proceedings for at least 90 percent of people who stay beyond the duration of their visas. Perhaps most importantly, it offers an incremental 13-year path to citizenship for most of the 11 million immigrants living in the United States illegally, with expedited processes for some agricultural workers and young immigrants. Conservative House members have expressed opposition to this portion of the bill.
Sen. Saxby Chambliss voted NO
Sen. Johnny Isakson voted NO
I am pleased with the vote by the two Georgia Senators. The real test is yet to come. 


Recent House Votes:

Offshore Drilling Bill  Passage
Vote Passed (235-186, 13 Not Voting)
Before leaving for the July 4th recess, the House passed a bill that would direct the Interior secretary to implement a five-year oil and gas leasing program off the Atlantic and Pacific coasts, including areas off of California, South Carolina and Virginia. The vote largely broke along party lines, with 16 Democrats voting in favor of the bill and 6 Republicans voting no. Five of the six GOP no votes came from the New Jersey delegation. The bill would make at least half of the unleased costal areas with the most potential for energy production available for exploration and would create a nationwide revenue sharing system for all coastal states. Before passing the bill, the chamber narrowly defeated (209-210) a Democratic amendment by Alan Grayson of Florida that would prevent the bill from affecting states authority to restrict leasing and natural-resource development beneath states navigable waters. Reps. Peter A. DeFazio, D-Ore. And Lois Capps, D-Calif. also offered amendments to protect sensitive coastline in Alaska and California. Both were defeated. The House adopted (217-202) a Paul Broun, R-Ga., amendment that would place a 60-day limit on judicial review of claims arising from projects in the leasing program. It would place restrictions on appeals and institute a "loser pays" requirement on individuals or entities filing suit, except in specified circumstances.
Rep. David Scott voted NO
To a degree, I am surprised that the President has not threatened to veto this bill. There is little doubt that with the situation as it is in the middle east, the United States would be, at least in the short term, moving forward with as many energy independence threads as possible.  Do the pipeline, apply green where feasible and increase nuclear capacity. We do not want to be beholden to an unstable region.  If only the President would let up on this boner he has to rid to world of coal use.

I think that Paul Broun is going to be the next Georgia Senator.  

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Erotic Zoos

Now that the Supreme Court is more interested in the happiness of citizens rather than the outline of the Constitution, who can really expect that this can be far in the future for the United States?
Follow this link, where MailOnline reports that bestiality is becoming a business in Germany.
Human depravity discovered with hidden cameras on a sheep ranch:

Ms Martin told of one case where a farmer rigged a CCTV camera in the rafters of his barn after finding his normally friendly sheep refusing human contact, to discover multiple men sneaking in in the dead of night to sexually abuse his beloved livestock.

So the rancher sees that the sheep are reacting oddly to men.  This should be evidence enough to continue holding this behavior continue illegal.

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