Eric Cantor Get’s Smoked

Maybe now the RINO bastard will stop sending me spam for money.
BREAKING: Eric Cantor Get’s Smoked by Tea Party Primary Rival
Now who will be Bohner's butt buddy?

All for More Recess

Say AYE!!!!
Not much going on here, we'll try to get something insulting in place.

Congress.org (congress.org) presents: MEGAVOTE, June 9, 2014, for Georgia's 13th Congressional District:

Recent Congressional Votes

• Senate: Burwell Nomination - Confirmation

Upcoming Congressional Bills 

• House: Fiscal Year 2015 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act

The House was in recess last week.

Recent Senate Votes:

Burwell Nomination - Confirmation Vote Confirmed (78-17, 5 Not Voting)
The Senate confirmed President Barack Obama's nomination of Sylvia Mathews Burwell of West Virginia to be secretary of the Health and Human Services Department.
Sen. Saxby Chambliss voted YES
Sen. Johnny Isakson voted YES
Generally I would mistrust any appointee of the President, but it appears a bipartisan vote puts the right man in the right place. That or the wrong man in a spot where nobody gives a rat's ass.

Upcoming Votes:
Fiscal Year 2015 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act - HR4745
The bill would make appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015.
They will not pass a budget, but spending money on Departments can always be argued as a necessity.

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We've Feigned Listening

Now we are going to repeat what we want, claim it is based in scientific truth, and deflect expected criticism by claiming some folks are going to be more healthy because of it.
Yes, it is White House spam again, normally I would applied the political label to this post but now I am considering changing the classification to Junk Mail.
Today's email from the Environmental Protection Agency under the banner of the White House...

Hi, everyone --

This past Monday, the Environmental Protection Agency proposed national limits on carbon pollution from existing power plants for the first time.

Since then, folks across the country -- on editorial boards, in classrooms, on front porches -- have been weighing in on why this is so important. And with that in mind, here's something I want to make clear:

We’re already experiencing the effects of climate change today -- but don't just think about this proposed rule in terms of the country we're living in right now. Think about the one we and our children are going to be living in by 2030.

Thanks to these limits, that country will have a 30 percent reduction in carbon pollution from the power sector. It will also have 25 percent less smog and soot, meaning children will have an estimated 150,000 fewer asthma attacks each year -- and they'll miss an estimated 180,000 fewer days of school. Americans across the board will have up to 3,300 fewer heart attacks a year.

And now that the rule has been proposed, you can participate in the process.

Right now, we're accepting comments from the public about the proposed power plant rule.

So if you've got something to say, you can submit a public comment here.

And if you want to get some more details about why this is good for the environment and public health -- or spread the word about why it's a big deal -- you can take a look at this infographic, and then pass it on.

Right now, we're in the process of developing the policies that will keep our planet clean and our kids healthy for years to come.

You can participate in that process right now. So if you've got a comment, you can make it here.

Thanks,

Administrator Gina McCarthy

Environmental Protection Agency

Never mind the fact that there has been no increase in planetary temperature in the last 17 years. Never mind the fact that Congress refused to pass legislation of similar construct.  The President believes it, so he is going to do it.  This is poor decision making based on the conclusions of scientists fighting over government grants. Conclusions by nonobjective scientists that manipulate statistics in a manner that common sense would preclude.
Georgia generates a lot of electricity from coal, one of the largest generating plants in the country is less than 50 miles from my house.  This misguided overreaching is going to hurt the state of Georgia and cost me money.
I don't have asthma, nobody in my family does.
And I don't see any damned smog in the air.
These folks pretend like they have their ear to the pulse of the country; they do not.
Thanks for fucking us over you sanctimonious assholes.

War Over President Hugging

Normally I think of Joe Scarborough as a puppet of the MSNBC leadership, and by that pawn in White House strategic planning. This conversation, disagreement, with Chuck Todd strikes at the heart of some typical liberal attitudes toward criticism. It is the reporter's position is that to be critical of the parents is off bounds. I am in agreement with Mr. Scarborough on this one, it is normal to have empathy for the parents of a child at risk, it is not acceptable to use that as a shield for deflecting all criticism.
We see this over and over.
Chuck Todd And Joe Scarborough Go To War Over President Hugging Bergdahls Dad | Truth Revolt

Dutch Courage

Ten years ago a great President passed away.
The country, if not the entire world, could benefit by a person with his belief system and the drive to realization.
Mark Steyn writes....

 Dutch Courage

I Have Flight Next Week

Hope my seat isn't next to this bitch.

Never Say I Kill White People Like You When Asked To Turn Off Your Phone Post-Takeoff | The Smoking Gun

Democrat to Replace Chambliss?

She has the pedigree, does Michelle Nunn have the staying power to get elected?
I doubt it.

Election 2014: Georgia Senate

Election 2014: Georgia Governor

The bride and I were encouraging folks to vote for John Barge, a Republican candidate that was hammered by Nathan Deal in the May primary. A good man that did not have enough horsepower to get attention and votes.
Word is that Barge decided to run when Deal blamed the traffic problem and school buses being stuck on the State School Superintendent.
Deal did not even bother to act like he considered either Barge or Pennington a threat. He declined to show up for debates against two candidates that were both better men.
Nathan Deal was under ethics investigation when he left the House of Representatives; I have little doubt this man has the stink of corruption.
Even if Carter is like his grandfather, I might vote for my first Democratic governor since Zell Miller.

Election 2014: Georgia Governor

Tough Number

Foreign Policy newsletter includes a story indicating the United Nations is not happy with the democratic choices of Colorado and Washington states.

The United Nations' International Narcotics Control Board criticized 2012 moves by Colorado and Washington State to legalize marijuana, urging the United States to ensure its drug treaties were "fully implemented on the entirety of its territory."

As a domestic Libertarian, I figure the the citizens save themselves a lot of trouble by treating marijuana like alcohol.  Let the people do what they want.  Don't think for a minute that the reach of the small arms treaty is not intended for a similar all encompassing oversight. The United States is a sovereign nation, and the internal machinations of a sovereign nation are not the business of global bureaucrats.   

Good Job

Today I opened an email sent yesterday by the White House.

Wednesday, April 30, 2014

What Senate Republicans did today:

Earlier today, Senate Republicans blocked a vote to raise the minimum wage for 28 million hardworking Americans.

Whether or not this issue personally affects you, chances are you know someone for whom this would make a difference.

So if you believe raising the wage is the right thing to do, it's time to add your voice to this debate.

Share this graphic with your family and friends and let them know you think this is important.

We know what the folks who stand to benefit from raising the wage actually look like -- and the answer might surprise you: The average worker who would benefit is 35 years old, and more than half are women.

It's a single mother trying to make sure her kids have enough to eat. It's a college student working to pay her way through school. And they deserve a raise.

Help us get the word out. This issue is too important to ignore.

 Hey dude, I thought you had the nuclear option in your tool belt.  How could Republicans have blocked something that you do not need their vote on?  My bet is that your did not have full support of your own troops.  But what the heck we all know that this was more about setting up a class warfare topic for the next election wasn't it? The whole topic seems like a load of hooey anyway, people don't get 40% raises staying the same unskilled labor position, not without serious repercussions.
Reading through the comments on the website, it appears that most of the content is from either the White House or Democratic politicians. I would have to guess that the comments are being scrubbed because they were all positive.  This is one from a John-Q Public type.

He makes the comment...

That nobody who works for a living should have to live in poverty.

Which to me begs the question, what is poverty, I think by the governments terms it is a line where income would provide for a family, food shelter and medical care.  Since those factors are driven by market forces they are by nature dynamic and there would always have to be a lowest standard portion of the population. Therefore by construct there will always be poverty, it is as inescapable as people are different.  None of this even addresses the fact that work must add value to a product to receive payment in return.