Month: March 2017
Republicans Lose, Bigly
From Iron Knee at Political Irony:
The Republicans have been trying to repeal Obamacare for seven years. While Obama was president, they passed bills over 50 times repealing the ACA, only to have them vetoed by the president (or die in the Senate). Back then, that was easy because they knew it wouldn’t ever become effective, so they would not have to suffer the blowback from 25 million people losing their health care.
But now, the GOP controls both houses of Congress and the White House, and they failed. Wasn’t even that close. It was so bad, they didn’t even dare bring it up for a vote.
Of course, immediately afterward Trump tried to blame the Democrats because none of them voted for a bill that would dismantle one of Obama’s greatest achievements:
Another Trumpworld Grab Bag
From Vixen Strangely at Strangely Blogged:
News Alert: @POTUS spending weekend working at the White House. pic.twitter.com/kAtZVQE2Mr
— Fox News (@FoxNews) March 26, 2017
I just want to point out that this weekend is another weekend where President Trump visited a couple of his golf courses to hit the links and schmooze in familiar surroundings, like he does most weekends since he became president, and Fox Mushroom Farm is being a little less than honest in pretending that he literally spent the whole weekend at the White House. There is photographic proof he did not. Just because he went to the golf course that he owns closest to the White House does not mean he worked at the White House. He smacked a little white ball around. And I get that Republicans have very little trouble with Trump always being golfing. So Eisenhower! Very suburban! Oddly, they never liked to see Barack Obama smacking little white balls around.
But you know, this is Fox News, after all, the official sponsor of saying stuff out loud that Trump doesn’t want folks to know came from him, except that you do.
Kindness or Cruelty? “If Your Animal Needs You, You Gotta Be There”
From Michael John Scott at MadMikesAmerica:
Life can be filled with unkindness and in some cases unkindness can often be the best kindness, as is the sad case of Michael Whalen and his beloved dog Allie.
Whalen was charged by the Virginia Beach patrol for animal cruelty after allegedly shooting Allie, his dog of 15 years. He says it was an act of kindness, not abuse.
Fondly Remembering Obama – 3/28/2017
Wondering why a few conservative friends are less than impressed.
Dems Stop Being ‘Polite’ In The Face Of GOP Policies
From Frances Langum:
#TrumpCare steals billions from Medicaid and cuts taxes for the richest Americans. This is shameful. #PayMoreForLess #ProtectOurCare pic.twitter.com/CzkMwhC5hH
— Alcee L. Hastings (@RepHastingsFL) March 24, 2017
Here is how you make a point in Washington DC.
Rep. Alcee Hastings, a Democrat from Broward County, Florida, showed his temper in a committee discussion over Medicaid cuts mandated in TrumpCare.
We’re Not Done Yet
From PZ Myers:
The crappy Republican version of health care went down in flames (yay!), but don’t get cocky, kids. We’re not done. The Republicans still control everything, and they’ve got less flashy, less public, sneakier plans to destroy everything you hold dear.
Like science.
Who to Trust More: The GOP Deregulationists or the Statists
From Libertarian Michael A. LaFerrara at Principled Perspectives:
The credibility of this rant against deregulation collapses with a single statement; “Odd, we thought . . . people were learning that burning fossil fuels threatens everything we value.”
If this is the mindset of the people making environmental regulations—and there is every indication that it is—then every environmental regulation is suspect.
The fossil fuel industry is a heroic, morally virtuous industry that provides, and will be needed for the foreseeable future to provide, the vast bulk of the energy that drives our industrial economy, and thus the well-being of human beings. The benefits far outweigh the negatives, yet the environmentalist mindset is blinding hostility toward the fossil fuel industry, despite its huge value.
Just who is the fossil fuel industry? Its investors, employees, and customers—in other words, all of us. If we value our lives—and the Star-Ledger apparently believes nobody values their lives—then it is the enemies of fossil fuels who threaten everything we value.
Ding, Dong, the Bill is Dead
From Infidel753:
Epic fail. Epic pwnage. Obama gets the last laugh.
For the second time in as many days, the House vote on the bill to take away 24 million people’s health insurance was canceled because defeat was certain. The solid opposition of House Democrats was a necessary precondition for that defeat, but the Republican majority still couldn’t pass it, because they were not similarly united. And it’s important to remember why.
Fondly Remembering Obama – 3/27/2017
Wondering why a few conservative friends are less than impressed.