Here’s just a short list of some of the bills that Republicans have blocked, or attempted to block, since Obama became President:
Tax on Companies that ship jobs overseas- A bill that would have eliminated a tax break that companies get when they ship jobs overseas. Republicans blocked this, allowing companies to keep the tax break they receive when they ship jobs to other countries.
Political Ad disclosure bill- Would have required all donors to political campaigns to reveal themselves. Republicans blocked this, not once but twice.
Subpoena Power for the Committee investigating the BP Oil Spill – Give subpoena power to the independent committee responsible for investigating BP’s roll in the oil spill. Republicans attempted to block this.
The Small Business Jobs Act -would give LOCAL, community banks access to billions of dollars to loan to small businesses. Republicans blocked this, then attempted to block it a second time and failed.
The DREAM Act- Gives immigrant youth who were brought here as children a path to citizenship by earning a college degree or serving the military for 2 years. Republicans blocked this.
Repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”- Would have repealed the law that forces gay and lesbian services members to lie about their sexuality and gives the military the right to discharge soldiers based on their sexuality. Republicans blocked this many times and Democrats were finally able to pass it with the support of just 2 Republicans.
From Crooks and Liars - When John McCain led the filibuster of the Defense Appropriations Act yesterday, he blocked far more than the DREAM Act and repeal of DADT. Here are just a few of the other blocked provisions, courtesy of Mother Jones.
- No permanent military bases in Afghanistan.
- Report identifying hybrid or electric propulsion systems and other fuel-saving technologies for incorporation into tactical motor vehicles.
- Protection of child custody arrangements for parents who are members of the Armed Forces deployed in support of a contingency operation.
- Improvements to Department of Defense domestic violence programs.
- Department of Defense recognition of spouses of members of the Armed Forces.
- Department of Defense recognition of children of members of the Armed Forces.
- Enhancements to the Troops-to-Teachers Program.
- Fiscal year 2011 increase in military basic pay.
- Improving aural protection for members of the Armed Forces.
- Comprehensive policy on neurocognitive assessment by the military health care system.
- Authority to make excess nonlethal supplies available for domestic emergency assistance.
And those were just some of the progressive provisions. On the conservative side, there are these, and more:
- Prohibition on the use of funds for the transfer or release of individuals detained at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
- Prohibition on the use of funds to modify or construct facilities in the United States to house detainees transferred from United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
- Prohibition on use of funds to give Miranda warnings to Al Qaeda terrorists.
And here’s the bills that Republicans had blocked when we compiled our first list;
Senator Franken’s Anti-Rape Amendment to the Defense Appropriations Bill – Makes it so that women raped overseas while working for foreign contractors have the right to have their case heard in an American court instead of having their case mediated by the company they work for. Only Republican men voted against this, but it passed.
Benefits for Homeless Veterans- Would have expanded benefits to homeless veterans and homeless veterans with children. Republicans blocked this.
Affordable Health Care For America Act- Prevents insurance companies from discriminating against you on the basis of “pre-existing conditions”. Requires that insurance companies spend 85 cents of every dollar that you pay on your actual health care. Limits health insurance companies profit margins. Republicans blocked this for months before it finally passed and have vowed to repeal it if they are elected.
Health Care for the 9/11 First Responders who got sick from being at Ground Zero- Would provide billions of dollars in health care to help the 9/11 First Responders who were at Ground Zero on 9/11 and are now sick because of it. Republicans blocked this.
The Jobs Bill- Offsets the payroll tax for 1 year for companies that hire new employees, or people receiving unemployment insurance. Also gives other tax incentives to companies hiring new employees. Republicans attempted to block this.
Wall Street Reform- Puts stricter regulations on the banks, preventing them from becoming “too big to fail”. Curbs reckless spending practices that caused the banking crisis. Republicans attempted to block this.
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act- Pumped billions of dollars into state and local Governments to prevent us from sinking into a second Great Depression. Republicans opposed this but now want to take credit for the parts of it that we know are successful.
Oil Spill Liability- Raises the liability on what companies can be made to pay to clean up after an oil spill. Republicans blocked this.
Immigration Reform- Republican suggested comprehensive immigration reform until Obama supported it. Now they’re rabidly opposed to it and even voted against their own legislation. Republicans blocked this.
Unemployment extension bill HR-4213- Would provide additional aid to the millions of Americans still on unemployment who are just trying to support themselves and their families. Republicans blocked this bill for 8 weeks before it finally passed. Republicans blocked this for 8 weeks before it finally passed.
Fair Pay Act of 2009- Also called the Lily Ledbetter bill. Requires that women receive equal compensation to men for doing the same work. Republicans attempted to block this.
The next time someone tells you that the Republicans care about the American people just give them this list of all the bill Republicans wanted to fail.
Very true and well stated! I’m leaving the Republican party for the same reasons Democrats should leave their party: They don’t really represent the common man anymore. Just think what the political landscape would look like if most of us were registered independents! It would be a whole new ball game. You see we are doing exactly what the politicians want by “taking sides”.We fight each other while they pick our pockets and keep us dependent on them!! Wake up, register as a independent voter today!!
Too many people play semantics with the word “official” here. Of course English is not the official language but it is the “common” language of the United States. See I can play the semantic game too!
George Washington refused to join any political party even though they all wanted him-his entire “farewell” speech (2 1/2 hours)when he left office was on the evils he saw in the coming “party system.” In the speech he said “There is no right or left they are all just puppets on the same fat rich man’s hands!” what a brilliant man and with Supreme Court decisions, starting with “Buckley Vs. Valeo” (1977) all the nonsense that money=speech and that corporations are “people” etc what little remnants of democracy that remain are being destroyed. And Washington’s speech scared the wealthy so much that the Electoral College was up and running for the next election after his speech-picking every president instead of the people-that and the ignorant levels to which voters have sunk in this country is truly sad…
H.R. 5577 what happened to the labeling on gmo food ?
as far as i’m concerned, the republicans wouldn’t have been able to block what they did without the help of the democrats.
There is this thing in the Senate called a filibuster.. you can look it up. It allowed the GOP to poison America from a minority position without any help from the Democrats, though the DINOs have done their share on other matters.
I remember President Bush inherited the failings of the clitons .
Bush was aided by a DAMOCRAT House and Senate..
Go Figure who was really in power .
President Bush loved America and praised the troops.
What has ovomit done..he is un American Muslim Traitor.
He has not proved his eligability to be POUS..
Why Can’t you admit it is a big wrong done to Our country?
Then you remember wrong because Bush had a Republican majority up till the last two years. Only Republicans don’t remember that, largely because they live in a bizarre parallel dimension with no semblance to the one the other 7 billion of us on Planet Earth inhabit.
Jim, this is AMERICA and we speak ENGLISH here. Please learn the language if you are going to post comments here. Maybe it would also help if you learned AMERICAN HISTORY and got your head out of your ass, as well.
Stop quoting “Gangs of New York”. English is NOT the official language. We speak any language we want here. Better brush up on your Spanish culo.
Huh? Ummmm… Jamaal, English IS the official language of the U. S. of A. amigo. Honest to God! Look it up! iEquila chinga! What are they teaching kids in school these days? iSanta Maria! iMadre De Dios!
Actually, you’re mistaken, Julie. Although English is the de facto language in the United States, there is no official language. Numerous attempts have been made, mostly at the state level, to have English declared the official language but, thus far, those attempts have failed.
^ this is correct. We have no official language, no official religion. That’s how America differs from many countries. The next time someone tries telling you English is the official language of America or that Christianity is the official religion of America, show them the Constitution. I’d say any history book as well but we all know how crapped out the American Public Education System is. Its point is not to teach but to indoctrinate. I personally just barely escaped thispast june with my mind intact. Our failings start there people. That is our future, and we’re ruining it. We Wonder WHY so many kids today are disrespectful, are downright morons, its our faults. We send them to these schools which we have no problem gutting, and letting bad teachers stay on because of tenure, we let them listen to absolutely terrible music (that pop garbage) which encourages stupidity (read some of those lyrics), and some parents even encourage their children in these endeavors to “be popular”, because they’re living vicariously through their children. We need to put an end to it all before it’s too late.
You will be pleased to know, then, that a good-sized group of ALEC model laws deals with shutting down public education entirely and replacing it with fundie schools with no standards or rules for teachers.
If you indeed just graduated public school in June, then who is this “we” stuff, kid? Let’s see how smart you talk after you’ve had a couple of kids go through whatever school system you’re going to use with your kids. Good luck coming up with that tuition for 12 years…
Who said something about “official language”? English is what is spoken in this forum, and Jim up there clearly hasn’t mastered it. Besides all the other basic mental skills he hasn’t mastered. So do you think Jims Spanish is any better than his English? I have my doubts.
Seguramente es un vato muy tolerante el tio, y les tiene mucho amor a los latinos! /sarcasm
OK Jim, lets look at Clinton’s failings then…
More than 22 million new jobs
Highest homeownership in American history
Lowest unemployment in 30 years
Higher incomes at all levels
$360 billion of the national debt paid off
Largest budget deficit in American history converted to the largest surplus
Lowest government spending in three decades
Lowest federal income tax burden in 35 years
Higher stock ownership by families than ever before
WOW! Now that’s what I call a REAL FAILURE! Nothing like failing upwards!
THE REASON LIBERALS DON’T CARE IF THIS COUNTRY HAS AN AMERICAN CITIZEN AS THEIR PRESIDENT IS THAT AS LONG AS THE “FREE STUFF” KEEPS COMING THEY REALLY DON’T CARE. THEY, FOR THE MOST PART, BELIEVE THEY ARE ENTITLED TO EVERYTHING SOMEONE ELSE EARNS WHILE THEY SIT ON THEIR BUTTS. IF THE KING GIVES THE “MUSLIMS” A FREE RIDE, THEY JUST FIGURE THAT THEY WILL GET THEIRS ALSO. JUST WAIT UNTIL THE BEHEADINGS START.
Sorry, we couldn’t hear you over all that yelling. What did you say?
Damn, that was an awesomely stupid and ignorant post. Why don’t you simply shut up and bow down to your corporate owners a little more while you dream of being a millionaire?
Of course, first you’d need to finish high-school, and we all can see how likely that is going to happen, LOL.
The beheadings have already begun; witness the people who still watch Fox News.
Are you REALLY as ILLITERATE as you appear to be in print, or is this just a VERY SAD ATTEMPT at satire? EITHER WAY…
Jim, if you make up your mind first and then adjust the “facts” to fit your prejudice, you will ALWAYS be ignorant.
“President Bush loved America and praised the troop.” Let me get this straight if I love your house, you know the one I just broke into, and praised your wife while I raped her, how do I get points for that? Bush hated children and I can prove it. Why else would you send the parents of American children to fight and die in an unnecessary war? And to your point Obama is no different. Can’t you people recognize divide and conquer when you see it? They frame the argument and we pick sides. Enough is enough. It’s time people wise up.
Could you link to sources for these? I’m working a conversation/argument with a conservative and I want to have sources…
I hate to be the person to say “research it yourself”, but I don’t have time to look up the links for you and these are EASILY researched.
Sympathy, Matt. I’m amazed that with so much information available at the click of a mouse so many people don’t bother to avail themselves of it. (Sorry about the syntax.)
SOUNDS LIKE LIBERAL. DO IT FOR ME………..I HAVE NO FACTS, JUST CONJECTURE!!!
Hmm, you sound like a conservative: “I don’t know how to turn off caps-lock, because the bible doesn’t tell me how my computer works and I’ve never been to school”.
brilliant response. Seriously laughing out loud. How can people like this exist?
Wow that’s all I have to say is wow. Everyone on here sounds like a bunch of bickering old ladies. You obviously have no idea what is going on in this country because you get all your “Facts” if you can even call them that, from completely bi-est left winged sights. Why don’t you come back and have a real conversation when you after you have gone out and actually seen the real world. Then we’ll talk.
Really? Really? And where do you get your facts? The bills listed above are all researchable. As much as you would like, when the FACTS about something are not in your favor, it doesn’t mean they are wrong – it means YOU don’t know facts. And if you think the GOP is cooperating in our government, then YOU don’t know what is really going on.
It would be more in your interest to refute these facts with “other” facts, instead of inserting your opinion. I don’t need to “see the world.” as you say, just be alert while I live in it.
WELCOME TO YOUR KINGDOM “NICK”!!!
Eric, the word is “BIASED”! NOT “bi-est”. Do yourself a BIG favor, and take a REAL WORLD english class!!! THEN come back and argue your point!
here’s a good read- stop the partisan bullsh!t as both sides are at fault http://images.businessweek.com/mz/11/10/1110_mz_49meekerusainc.pdf
The president doesn’t create the budget nor do the spending. I hate hearing that. He’s just a puppet- a figurehead. Look at the deficit every year over the last 30 years and then look at which party controlled what in the legislative branch. Period. I’m waiting to hear it’s Obama’s fault for the gas prices because for a few years it was Bush’s fault when they were over $4/gallon. Morons!
Republicans care about Americans…as long as they are in the form of a corporation or LLC.
i really do miss farming but Clinton made sure tobacco farmers were gonna get killed off…And I miss construction work but Clinton opened our borders (NAFTA) and insured illegals would take my job because they could do it cheaper…BTW, don’t buy a house these days…i’ve seen the shortcuts the illegals take…not to mention a total lack of caring to follow our building codes…but they were good for our prosperity…even though they were able to suck up all of the welfare being undocumented workers & all
don’t blame your failures at life on others. you just sound pathetic
@ Tom…apparently you were suckin on the Republican hind tit & didn’t realize the surplus came from major economic policies that Reagan & his Repubs passed through legislation…That’s right…and good ol Bill took credit for it because the effects of those economic mandates that Reagan signed into law were felt under Clinton…who opened the doors to Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and our oh so wonderful unions to suck up the surplus and then distribute it to the rest of the societal leeches to spend & make it look like we were prospering…which, all of this was strongly expressed against by the republican controlled congress under Clinton…who were quickly relieved of their position of control when the Dems went on their campaign of telling the american public that the repubs were threatening to do away with their newfound prosperity…which brings us to our current sad state of affairs…thanks to Dems…who refuse to accept responsibility for destoying this nation still today
Just a quick correction: the republicans failed to block the DADT repeal. The repeal passed, and the military is currently beginning the process of repealing their anti-gay policies.
DADT has not been repealed. The ONLY thing that has happened sofar is DADT repeal training is being trickled down throughout the military ranks. It is not until all the training is finished that DADT will be repealed and even then Republicans have been trying to stop it by adding ammendments to hinder the process.
Here is a thought, I don’t know how many of you people that are spouting off know about the economy in the 90′s you were probably, (most of you) kids at the time. When Bill Clinton was voted out of office the United States Treasury had a record surplus of funds. Democrat. It took 8 years for them to accomplish this. George W. Bush took office and the first thing he did was take that surplus and start giving the money away to the American taxpayers. Not a bad thing, but the money could have gone to good use for health care and the education system. Then came 9/11. The invasion of Afghanistan followed and the spending of millions of dollars a day to find Osama Bin Laden whom they have yet to find. Defense of our homeland is important and that’s where that money should have been spent. Sealing the American borders. Instead, they want to leave the Mexican borders open to allow the infiltration of our country by illegal immigrants and dump the taxpayers money on a hunt they have yet to accomplish. Then came the idea that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction that we proven didn’t exist and the billions of dollars that were spent to go over to Iraq to find and kill Sadam Hussein. As always, the republicans played hero and killed someone for internal turmoil instead of allowing them to work out their own problems. The Bush family did this twice as they have large holdings in oil investments. PERSONAL gain at the expense of the American taxpayers. Guess those tax breaks at the beginning didn’t go very far. To this day, we are still there and in Afghanistan trying to fix the damage to the governments we decided to overthrow. Then Barack Obama takes office having to clean up the republican mess. After 2 years the righties expect the democrats to have the economy straightened out after 8 years of total destruction of the surplus of money they started out with. They left Obama with a record deficit in the United States Treasury. In 2 years time, the Auto industry that was in complete bankruptcy is now solvent again, due to the government loaning them the money they needed. That money has been repaid with interest. The republicans want to take away the American workers right to collective bargaining as a means to set wages. The democrats are fighting for the American worker to be able to make a fair wage instead of having to bow down to the big corporations who, if they had their way would ship the jobs all overseas where they can pay people in third world countries a subpar wage and then send their goods back to this country tax free and claim they are American companies. They are all about cutting educational funding and deregulating health care so the average American can’t afford to see a doctor. They are all about cutting help to the poor who by no fault of their own are out of work because the jobs that used to be here are now in Mexico and India. Yet there are people that think that the republican party has the answer. The Democrats are corrupt! Look at the State of Illinois and you can see that. The Republicans are corrupt! Look at the last administration and their record of self serving. We need a government that is elected by the people for the people. Not a government that lies to the people to get elected to work for themselves. It sickens me that people are too blind to see reality. There has not been an administration in my lifetime that hasn’t been self serving in one way or another except in my opinion the Reagan administration. Yes, they were a republican administration, but they worked for the American people and didn’t destroy the economy but actually did some good. In conclusion, it doesn’t matter what party is in office, it matters what the motives of the politicians are and if any one person posting here can tell me that there is an honest politician, I’ll rescind this whole post, but I can with confidence say not one of you can produce an HONEST POLITICIAN.
Conservatives are evil
What planet to YOU live on, kid? Whichever one it is, it has no manners and has an alternate history. A society takes care of its own. Unlike the place Republicans are working toward in which the wealthy pay no taxes while the working poor pay for everything and the poor are just supposed to die and get out of the way. I hear bitching about “entitlements” and “Tax-and-spend Liberals” but the only entitlements you believe in are for the wealthy (who you appear the believe are entitled to everything, including job destruction), and the Right-Wing spending spree of the past decade and a half ran through a government surplus in moments and has now dug into anything this country might have in the future so deeply that the next ten generations will owe more money than there is in the world! The Right has almost destroyed this country, it HAS destroyed the economy and now it’s after the last little bits of the Constitution! The Right of today has no loyalty to anything that doesn’t enrich them at the expense of everything and everyone else. The Republican Party is now the party of liars, thieves and destroyers. If America gets out of this somehow intact, I expect to see the Republican Party broken up, destroyed, never again to be permitted in this country.
“Conservatives” have simply hijacked the name. You divide, you appoint corporate officers to the posts that are supposed to regulate the industries they’re from endangering – and destroying! – lives, the Commons and what remained of America’s reputation. The only rights you’re for is the Right-Wing right destroy. Agenda 21 is backed wholly by Republicans; the law that removes accountability for poisoning people with their products from vaccine makers and the medical people who give them despite the known dangers and the lives they’ve destroyed. GMOs, massive pesticide use, government attacks on the organic foods and supplements industries, are Republican-backed, like undeclared war after war funded by the unwilling on the basis of lies, for the profit of corporations. The poisoning of the planet by radiation and careless toxic chemical releases and the endangered genetic structure of all life on the planet via GMOs and genetically altered diseases – all thanks to the Radical Right.
America IS under attack – by its own insane, hijacked government, and the rest of the planet is in the cross-hairs.
Ian
Debt and deficit per se is not the criteria for an economy healthy enough to have government spend. For example, if we have debt equal to over 100% of GDP, you could say we have high debt, but we also must take into account revenue and outlays and what such spending returns per dollar borrowed. So the isolated figure on debt or the isolated figure on deficit, only matters to ill informed teabaggers who hear a slogan and aren’t bright enough to do five seconds of internet research to see what the true meaning may be.
I suggest the grade school dropouts on the right check to see what percentage of our GDP is our debt and then look at historical figures on such matters to boot, then look at other economies around the world and their historical figures to see why your panties are not only in a bunch but are somehow also strangling the blood supply to your brains.
Have a lovely F’ing day.
I should be working but this blog about Bills Republicans Have Blocked | is great
I fling poo…
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA…the best remark on here.
@ terry l and holler
Steve was referring to “than we would KNOW you were lying”, which is incorrect.
The Know-It-Alls
To anyone on here proclaiming that this list is a lie, why don’t you actually LOOK up the bills and how everyone voted. It’s funny how you spit out lies constantly, and when we speak the truth, you claim the truth is a lie.
Re: election day
Yeah, a 1 trillion dollar deficit. Most of which is left over from 8 years of Republicans, say it with me “Republicans”, running up record deficits. Sorry sparky – anyone to the right has only themselves to blame for the deficit and ruined economy. What is it with you people and your short term memory?
Agreed Mike! Good Luck getting an answer. You Won’t get one. Ever.Remember, “Only the republiKKKlans Can!”
Possibly they all DID inhale?!
Short term memory loss….that sounds all too much like dementia. Isn’t that an old person disease? Republicans don’t like old people…they need Services & Socialism things! Instead, just pretend they don’t exist. It’s like Right wing Supply side Jesus…if you BELIEVE, it will be TRUE!
election day
1…trillion..dollars…the new deficit…say it with me…1 trillion dollars! really and you want to bash republicans? 1…trillion…dollars…*shakes head*
George W Bush inherited a budget SURPLUS when he came to office. Using the Republican Principle of “Borrow and Spend” he turned that surplus into a record deficit in just 8 years in office!
Nowadays everybody wanna talk like they got somethin to say
But nothin comes out when they move their lips; just a bunch of gibberish
And motherf*ckers act like they forgot about Bush
Democrat: Tweedle Dumb
Republican: Tweedle Dumber
ostensibly we have a two party system. de facto we have one party, the unifying principle of which is incompetence.
FUCK THIS SHIT!!!
WHERE WERE ALL THE REPUBLICANS SCREAMING ABOUT GEORGE BUSH SPENDING AND SPENDING AND SPENDING? WHAT THAT DOESN’T COUNT BECAUSE IT WAS IN THE NAME OF WAR???????????????????????????????
THIS COUNTRY DISGUSTS ME…..I TELL YOU DISGUST!!!!!
I’m glad they did!!!
We must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt. We must make our election between economy and liberty or profusion and servitude. If we run into such debt, as that we must be taxed in our meat and in our drink, necessaries and comforts, labors and amusements, we will have no time to think, no means of calling our miss-managers to account but be glad to obtain subsistence by hiring ourselves to rivet their chains on the necks of our fellow-sufferers. This is the tendency of all human governments. A departure from principle in one instance becomes a precedent for[ another]… till the bulk of society is reduced to be mere automatons of misery. Taxation follows that, and in its train wretchedness and oppression. – Thomas Jefferson… A Founder of the United States of America
Of course Ric, you’re right…And the $53 billion in big oil subsidies they unanimously voted for on Tuesday was especially needed to keep our dept down. Heck, it was for a good cause…the oil companies only made $435 Billion in profits, they needed the help. Even though former Shell CEO said they didn’t. What the hell does he know?
Screw the American people…the oil companies needed it more.
More BS from a left loving website. 1000 page bills broken down into 2 sentences. Damn those hateful Republicans, only democrats know what is best for you, and what is best for you is bigger governemnt.
Open your wallets…barney Frank needs a low interest rate loan!
Whine, whine, whine. Go crawl back into your Depends.
This is the appropriate response to Republican trolling tactics. Well done. :)
Flat-Out
Republicans are crazy and Democrats are pussies.. I’m sick of the bullshit being vomited up from the Republicans and the whiny dribble coming from the Democrats.. Everyone is aware that this country was not founded on this party system nonsense.. We need to stop picking one generic, carbon-copy, asshole to run our country.. God! What is wrong with you people!
MASTERS OF THE EMPTY RIGHT-HAND! LOL
Fuckin Republicans are so good at blocking things, they might as well teach Karate too! *smdh*
@Steve
Definition of then: subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors); “then he left”; “go left first, then right”; “first came lightning, then thunder”; “we watched the late movie and then went to bed”; “and so home and to bed”
Than is a grammatical particle analyzed as both a conjunction and a preposition in the English language. It introduces a comparison, and is associated with comparatives and with words such as more, less, and fewer. Typically, it measures the force of an adjective or similar description between two predicates. For example, “you have worse grammar than a 6th grader.”
Ciao.
johnie reconcilitation is NOT the nuclear option
So many people get this wrong. And Faux News was wrong so many times about this subject. Reconciliation is NOT the nuclear option. The nuclear option is explained here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_option
And reconciliation is explained here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reconciliation_(United_States_Congress)
As anyone who can comprehend english can see the two terms are not interchangeable.
all of this is a big joke.the democrats had enough for a nuclear option (reconcilliation)to pass a public option.bush and cheney used the nuclear many times.what’s the matter?!sounds like either our dems have no balls or they are no different than the righties and have more to gain by helping out the corporations.BIG JOKE!
I was wondering if anyone notice MY MISTAKE about Governor in California or isn’t anyone reading now? Should be Meg Whitman for those who noticed. Just testing. As long as we are talking about teachers.
Math Teacher
#1 They can’t pass a budget because the previous administration messed it up so much and put America in the Red. Remember they didn’t even include the wars in their budget. #2 Moreover, Republicans do threaten all the time. They certainly have done something to the brains of millions of Americans. I just can’t believe they would be so stupid to believe what the Tea baggers and Republicans are putting out there. Either stupid or brain washed. Oh, thats right, you need a brain to be brain washed. They have convinced many Americans they are about small government, free speech, Guns, guns and more guns, anti-everything and by GOD, they are Christian. They believe in the Constitution, even though they get it wrong. Hard working Americans are doing the grunt work for Big Corporations that took their jobs overseas. Go figure! And they are getting fat off it. Where are the jobs? Ask Carley, former HP CEO, now running for governor in California. She shipped many overseas. She also took subsides for HP for start up companies and has the gal to complain about government. Republican politics clearly supports the wealthy, allows them to outsource jobs, not pay taxes, while they are getting paid by the government. It is a big joke. Who cares if the grammar is correct. One doesn’t need to worry about that on here or Facebook. Get real, President Obama has done a lot with little support. I’m grateful he passed the Health care reform, although it would have been nice to have a public Option. I don’t like Insurance companies making healthcare decisions. That is what happens now. I need I go on. America will deserve what they get if they allow Republicans to take over. Then we will move close to a Country like Iran but it will be whako Christians telling us who to worship. I don’t want to worship their Christ, I want to worship my Christ. He’s much more compassionate and not hateful.
Accolades LaLo: Wish I could find you on a forum. Seems the old “Spelling over Truth” distraction works all to well here as in the media. To hell with the country & how it was & is again being Raped! Just Lie & correct (or try) someones spelling to divert attention away from the Raping of America! The Sheeple love it. News Flash: The Richest 2% in America have now gathered themselves into the Richest 1%! That 1% has Most of Our Money! And their republiKKKlan Cronies & Judges aren’t done with us yet! Hang onto your Constitution! ‘Cuz here comes bush’s butt!
Beautifully stated, LaLoba55! Let’s not get hung up in a “who’s grammar is best” contest while there are real issues that present REAL threats to our country needing to be addressed! We need to quit antagonizing one another and focus on antagonizing and calling to task those that would lull us into a false sense of righteousness and security while STEALING our freedom of choice!
@Math Teacher
Really? You’ve never heard of the filibuster? Which the Republicans in this Congress have used more than ever before in the history of the country? You’re actually a gym teacher, right?
The poster was correct using “than.” The word “then” has it’s meaning in referring to time. First this happened, “then” that happened. The word “than” refers to something different. “… worse ‘than’ a 6th grader.”
“..than a 6th grader”….is correct.
“At least you didn’t try to say you were an English teacher, than we would KNOW you were lying.”…than is incorrect….should be then.
@Terry L. You are incorrect. The correct usage would have been “then.” The sentence should have been written, “It’s (note the proper use of the contraction for “it is” and not the possessive form of the pronoun “it”) a good thing you didn’t try to say you were an English teacher; then we would have known you were lying.”
Don’t know if you looked back and noticed, but:
It wasn’t a than/then error on having “worse grammar THAN a 6th grader.
It was a than/then error on “to say you were an English teacher, THAN we would … ”
That is all.
And then of course I forgot my end quotes on the than a 6th grader part of my reply. Oopsy-daisy!
To the person who ripped on a poster’s “grammar,” you misspelled the word “then.” You wrote “than.” Ciao!
It’s not a misspelling, it’s a misuse of a correctly spelled word…
RE: “Math Teacher”s comments
Wow, it’s funny that you claim to be a teacher when you have worse grammar than a 6th grader. At least you didn’t try to say you were an English teacher, than we would KNOW you were lying. Your numbers are CLEARLY wrong, so anyone who reads this will know you have no idea what you’re talking about.
looks like you aren’t a very good teacher either…”then” not “than”………do you teach English or are you a coach?
Pass a budget, then you can complain
A Democratic 77 rep and 19 senator (was 20 before the Scott Brown numerical advantage exists. Republicans can block NOTHING. If you cannot pass these – of course I actually think you know this, which is why you say in the text “Attempt to block”. Still makes your headline a complete lie. Tell you what, next time you try to tell me what the Democratic Government knows what is best for me and the Country, explain why that can’t even propose, much less pass ANY budget appropriations. That is actually their principle job
To math teacher: ever hear of a little trick called “filibuster”? One anonimous senator can stop any legislation in it’s tracks. It then takes 60 votes to even discuss ending the filibuster. Oh yeah, the repubs used the filibuster hundreds of times, more than ever in history.
It’s Principal.
thanks for correcting this comment..why can’t ‘conservatives’ even begin to attempt to see or understand both sides? I brace myself before listing to Limbaugh or Beck or FOX .. so I can be certain of what I believe why I believe is still believable.
Correct you are Cecil! More History needs to be brandished along with our accounts of dismay. Last I heard, these historic bits aren’t even being taught in school. And in Texas, history is being re written to suit. And in the name of those that truly served, we get robbed of such greats as JFK, RFK, MLK< & Paul Wellstone. Go AWOL & the masses will follow you off of a cliff!
The rewriting of history in Texas is very serious because Texas has so much influence over the textbook publishing industry. Therefore, inaccurate or deficient texts adopted in Texas could well turn up in schools across the country.
Look up Secret Hold in Senate rules. One senator can block legislation indefinitely, remain anonymous and doesn’t even have to be present on the floor to do it.
Math Teacher – Apparently you are unaware of the arcane rules of the Senate. Under the rules now in place, all that is necessary to block a vote on a bill is for the Republicans to say the word “filibuster”. Once this has been said it takes 67 votes to move the bill to the floor where it can be voted on. The Republicans don’t even have to stand up and talk uninterrupted, the way it used to be. This is how they have been blocking legislation. The Republicans have rendered the Senate virtually disfunctional!
Republicans block not through a majority vote, but through parlimentary procedures. For appointments, no matter how insignificent, there is the secret block. For bills, there is a way (God only knows how it got in) to file a petition to filibuster one bill but business can continue on others.
And what is your job Math Teacher? What part do your degree play in this? What are your efforts?
It is hard to make headway when working for fair pay for good teachers, when there are teachers like you showing your ignorance so publicly. Take a refresher course if you think the GOP has a credible plan to deal with the deficit. Then again maybe you are a fan of Ronnie Raygun’s Voodoo economics. 2+2= billions in trickle-down benefits for the pitiful, lazy, working class.
If I read that right, “attempt” only applied to two of those. Please don’t exaggerate!
Are you really a teacher?
Hey math head: Had the republiKKKlans not Installed bushCo., we would still have a Record Economy & our 1st & Largest Surplus! We’d have continued UP, not in ‘R’everse! And what did the republiKKKlans leave us? No, Really! You’re the Teacher, do the Math! 1st you’ll need a receipt, but the republiKKKlan Injustice system deemed one non important. But NOW, WE have to pick up the tab! Thanks Boner, & Cantor, & Coburn &…. USA USA USA!
A lot of the “surplus” during the Clinton era was due to several things – two of the most significant was the fact a Republican Congress dragged Clinton into a balanced budget – he didn’t want to do that but had enough political savvy to tack back to the center and also diminish spending on welfare. The second reason was the ballooning of the hi-tech industry that provided the illusion of a surplus for a time.
Obama must know–the pattern is so clear –that ranting about deficit is a GOP tactic of long standing. If you look at the figures, you will see that big deficits and huge expansion of the debt take place ALMOST ENTIRELY under Republicans. They believe what Cheeney reflected, “Reagan proved deficits don’t matter.”
Deficits and debt are purely to hamstring Dem administrations. You watch; when there’s a Repub in office, the words aren’t even spoken publicly.
Math head: The “Democratic Government already showed us proof positive what was best for you & most all of us! Did you not notice? Record Jobs, Record Minimum Wage, record numbers of people off of Welfare, Unemployment, Out of Mom & Dads Place & into Apartments, out of apartments & into Record Home Ownerships.. World Peace, world economy, Record Education. Paid off RayGun/Bush Record Deficit & replaced it with our 1st Surplus. You have something Better? Show it! .
Obstructionists
Ditto!
Ignore that last comment. I misunderstood the context.
I agree with most of this. However, this:
“No permanent military bases in Afghanistan”
is a good thing. The U.S. needs to stop trying to police the world. I don’t want my tax dollars paying for the colonization of Afghanistan. We need to get out of the Middle East and stay out. Otherwise, we’re going to become bankrupt and collapse. There’s nothing progressive about military occupation in foreign lands while our people suffer and starve.
Especially after we spent how much money, and how many years, and lost how many lives, not to mention the ones we caused to be killed from other countries and Iraqis, themselves, to walk away with a country that is still not happy with their government, people still not getting their fair share of the money or jobs, or health and education they deserve… oh my, that is beginning to sound like the U.S.A. these days… Shocking!!
I think you’re being confused by double negatives.
Afghanistan isn’t in the middle east, genius.
Totally depends on who you ask GENIUS as Afghanistan lies both in central and southern Asia… it’s amazing what you can learn when you take a geography lesson ;)
I agree …. bring our troops and money back home where it’s needed now….they’re our taxes…spend them on us the American people….and our infrastructure…