Chris Christie lashes out at GOP House, Boehner

Keep Up the Good Fight!

January 2nd, 2013
5:15 pm

Christie did a good job of laying it out…but the GOP leadership is generally shameless as are many of its base.

Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes

January 2nd, 2013
5:16 pm

There is only one group to blame for the continued suffering of these innocent victims: the House majority and their speaker, John Boehner.

Holy crap on a cracker!

Christie just violated St. Ronnie-of-the-Raygun’s 11th commandment.

Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes

January 2nd, 2013
5:16 pm

SECOND!!

Keep Up the Good Fight!

January 2nd, 2013
5:16 pm

This is the party demanding birth certificates, thinking ACORN stole an election, and claiming any number of repeated conspiracies without basis (remember the job numbers claims)

DebbieDoRight - Conned And Confused

January 2nd, 2013
5:21 pm

Dangit! Keep! First again!!! No Fair! i want a recount! I’m really first, this blog is rigged! Someone stole my post — I was looking for the enter key and a bright shiny object made me loose my train of thoughts!!

It’s not fair i tell ya!! NOT FAIR!!!

Towncrier

January 2nd, 2013
5:21 pm

“Looks like a certain con forgot to use the kook disclosure statement regarding satire, dry humor, mocking humor, etc. to let the kooks know that a fictional cartoon character really can’t be elected president.”

Oh yeah, Jay, what about the so-called “sock puppet” rule Kamchack has harped upon on many occasions. Does that mean that none of us can adopt personae for satirical purposes? When do “sock puppets” go “over the line”?

Towncrier

January 2nd, 2013
5:24 pm

You’re batting 1000, Jay. 3/3 articles bashing the GOP by whatever means possible. You must have something like the eye of Sauron,

barking frog

January 2nd, 2013
5:24 pm

Towncrier
When do “sock puppets” go “over the line”?
……………………………………………………………..
Everyone here is a sock puppet, except Jay.

barking frog

January 2nd, 2013
5:26 pm

towncrier
btw, I am not really a barking frog….

getalife

January 2nd, 2013
5:27 pm

Looks like the gop are bashing themselves.

Redneck Convert (R--and proud of it)

January 2nd, 2013
5:28 pm

Well, the Republicans better listen to Christie. If he sets on you you’re a goner—that is, if he don’t eat you first.

Have a good night everybody.

TaxPayer

January 2nd, 2013
5:29 pm

But… but… principles.

DebbieDoRight - Conned And Confused

January 2nd, 2013
5:29 pm

Who thinks that Christie is running for Prez in 2016? That was a classic speech he gave!

This was good enough for 62 United States senators of both parties to vote for this package. This was good enough for a majority of the House of Representatives. It overcame all the factual challenges. It just could not overcome the toxic internal politics of the House majority.

barking frog

January 2nd, 2013
5:30 pm

Christie just wielded a nuke to the Party hierarchy…remains to be
seen what the tea party will do with it…..

TaxPayer

January 2nd, 2013
5:31 pm

I really am a Taxpayer.

TBS

January 2nd, 2013
5:31 pm

16th or so

JamVet

January 2nd, 2013
5:32 pm

We ran off most of the sock puppets and twinks.

And as almost always, getalife is right; it is members of the GOP that are bashing the GOP.

I expect that this is just the beginning of their four year long circular firing squad.

GREAT stuff…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hCOnuYpjG8

barking frog

January 2nd, 2013
5:32 pm

Taxpayer
o.k. I lied.

Keep Up the Good Fight!

January 2nd, 2013
5:33 pm

sockpuppets go over the line when you use your new alter ego to start commending your own genius

But insanely referring to yourself in the 3d person and commending your own supergenius in your own blog name is acceptable, just insane.

DebbieDoRight - Conned And Confused

January 2nd, 2013
5:34 pm

I really am a Taxpayer.

Thats not what we heard!

JamVet

January 2nd, 2013
5:35 pm

But insanely referring to yourself in the 3d person…

JamVet and Bob Dole don’t find that funny.

barking frog

January 2nd, 2013
5:35 pm

Keep Up
But insanely referring to yourself in the 3d person and commending your own supergenius in your own blog name is acceptable, just insane.
…………………………………………………………………..
I resemble that remark!!!!

Jhunt163

January 2nd, 2013
5:36 pm

Shame on the Senate for filling the bill full of pork

“Although the bill’s supposed intent is to provide emergency assistance, the Congressional Budget Office contests that only one-third of the money would be spent over the next 21 months — in turn lessening the emphasis on emergency relief.”

http://www.policymic.com/articles/21010/hurricane-sandy-relief-bill-contains-billions-in-wasteful-spending

Towncrier

January 2nd, 2013
5:37 pm

“Crier, sockpuppets go over the line when you use your new alter ego to start commending your own genius or when you use it to converse with yourself. Otherwise I have no problem with it.”

Thanks for the response. What if you are truly schizophrenic? Is there any leniency in that case?

Darned if the 47% isn't at it again, those silly sheep...

January 2nd, 2013
5:37 pm

Woman Tries Buying iPad with Food Stamps

http://nation.foxnews.com/food-stamps/2013/01/02/woman-tries-buying-ipad-food-stamps

JohnnyReb

January 2nd, 2013
5:38 pm

Christie can kiss any chance of him advancing in the party good-bye. He played to the hysteria instead of calming the waters and in doing so threw the party under the bus.

The reason the House did not take up the bill is, it is loaded with pork other than disaster money for the North East. For example, it has millions in it for the EPA.

The House had they taken up the bill would have modified it. It would have been sent back to the Senate. The Senate went home after approving the cliff bill. Therefore, taking up the bill in the House was useless. It will be taken up soon, revised and sent back to the Senate. It will be approved, the North East will get the money.

Once again the Democrats along with the sickening liberal legacy media makes the Republicans look like fools over something that is not true.

paulo977

January 2nd, 2013
5:38 pm

DDR ..” It just could not overcome the toxic internal politics of the House majority”
______________________________________________

Debbie ,it really is scary to realize that human beings who are in a position to help fellow travelers on the planet are refusing to help …..”TOXIC” describes it perfectly!!

DannyX

January 2nd, 2013
5:40 pm

“towncrier
btw, I am not really a barking frog….”

Very funny.

Jeffrey

January 2nd, 2013
5:41 pm

I never watch tv news but saw Christie answering questions about this today. He was right all the way around and in this instance his bombastic style was just what was called for. Could Christie be the first republican this independent has liked since 1998? Could be

Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes

January 2nd, 2013
5:41 pm

Woman arrested trying to buy iPad with food stamps…

drudgey spam.

Joe Hussein Mama

January 2nd, 2013
5:42 pm

Towncrier — “Thanks for the response. What if you are truly schizophrenic? Is there any leniency in that case?”

I suspect Jay is going to require a doctor’s note for that.

Towncrier

January 2nd, 2013
5:42 pm

“Drudgey spam.”

So it is true, then?

saywhat?

January 2nd, 2013
5:42 pm

TC- ” 3/3 articles bashing the GOP by whatever means possible”
———————————————————-
Seems to me Jay is agreeing with members of the GOP in his last two columns. Some people are never happy, are they?

getalife

January 2nd, 2013
5:42 pm

reb,

Looks like your memo has arrived.

Towncrier

January 2nd, 2013
5:42 pm

“I suspect Jay is going to require a doctor’s note for that.”

I have one. But I wrote it.

Granny Godzilla

January 2nd, 2013
5:43 pm

So do you think Boehmer holding up the bill has anything to do
With his upcoming fight to be re-elected ?

He’ll need the NJ and NY delegations……

Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes

January 2nd, 2013
5:43 pm

So it is true, then?

It is truly drudgey spam.

DebbieDoRight - Conned And Confused

January 2nd, 2013
5:43 pm

JamVet and Bob Dole don’t find that funny.

OMG !! Too funny– that reminded me of something…..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtP8rO7kYIA

JamVet

January 2nd, 2013
5:44 pm

Christie can kiss any chance of him advancing in the party good-bye.

Excellent.

The last thing the GOP needs is to support, much less nominate anyone with the moral courage and conscience to stand up to the operatives and their machinery that run the political party. (Filthy RINO).

REAL conservatives (LOL!!) are MUCH more comfortable with…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcRYdVlGXNQ

Towncrier

January 2nd, 2013
5:44 pm

It is truly drudgey spam.

So it is true, then?

DebbieDoRight - Conned And Confused

January 2nd, 2013
5:46 pm

JR: Once again the Democrats along with the sickening liberal legacy media makes the Republicans look like fools over something that is not true.

Johnny — whats it like in your world? Are the skies blue, the water pure, and the streets paved with gold?

Is there no government, no rules and everyone has an assault weapon to protect them from ……heck nobody! Because there aren’t any “others’ in your world, so your world is perfect!!!

Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes

January 2nd, 2013
5:47 pm

So it is true, then?

Is it drudgey spam?

Yes, yes it is drudgey spam.

Jhunt163

January 2nd, 2013
5:47 pm

The bill in question, among other things, provides $150 million for Alaskan fisheries”

DannyX

January 2nd, 2013
5:47 pm

“Woman arrested trying to buy iPad with food stamps…”

The Black Panther member she was with was able to escape, police said he ran into a nearby Whole Foods where he used food stamps to buy 10 pounds of filet Mignon then escaped in his BMW.

Towncrier

January 2nd, 2013
5:48 pm

“Yes, yes it is drudgey spam.”

Yes, yes – you’ve said that.

But is it true, then?

TM

January 2nd, 2013
5:49 pm

Jay don’t worry about Christie your the one that said his failure to address his fatness shows he has a character flaw that will never make him relevant in main stream politics.

Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes

January 2nd, 2013
5:50 pm

But is it true, then?

Truly drudgey spam.

Brosephus™

January 2nd, 2013
5:50 pm

The reason the House did not take up the bill is, it is loaded with pork other than disaster money for the North East. For example, it has millions in it for the EPA.

Darn… You mean to tell us that the GOP leadership is so ineffective that they can’t write legislation to aid Americans who help fund their salaries, even when given two months do do that one thing? It’seven worse than Christie thinks. Why do they even earn a salary when they obviously can’t do their job?

Towncrier

January 2nd, 2013
5:53 pm

“Jay don’t worry about Christie your the one that said his failure to address his fatness shows he has a character flaw that will never make him relevant in main stream politics.”

It didn’t stop Taft. But, then again, that was a different era (Gold’s Gym was still in its infancy and Weight Watchers meant something different).

Towncrier

January 2nd, 2013
5:54 pm

Alright, all….I’m Out. Goodnight.

TM

January 2nd, 2013
5:54 pm

go back and look at Jay’s blog where he called him a fat slob with no discipline before you care what he said today.

josef

January 2nd, 2013
5:54 pm

Christie? Now there’s a GOPer who might just have gotten a begrudging nod of approval from my Granny!

barking frog

January 2nd, 2013
5:55 pm

TM
Jay don’t worry about Christie your the one that said his failure to address his fatness shows he has a character flaw that will never make him relevant in main stream politics.
…………………………………………………………………………………………………….
Did Jay say that or was it Towncrier?? or is Jay a sock puppet for Towncrier?
or is Towncrier a sock puppet for Jay? or do great minds think alike? or is one
plaigirizing the other? Inquiring minds want to know….

Adam

January 2nd, 2013
5:55 pm

The Democrats are in trouble if this guy runs in 2016. He won’t be facing Hillary, that’s for sure.

DebbieDoRight - Conned And Confused

January 2nd, 2013
5:55 pm

Kam — PROBABLY is Drudgery spam (I’m saying this because the posting of her “mugshot” is shaky; as well as researching all known links — every link comes back to a FoxNews type source. Also, her “mugshot” is significantly different from all the other mugshots at MUGSHOTS.COM. AND I tried to find her booking number in the Louisville Police database but couldn’t. IOW, this could be another “set up”).

TRACY BROWNING

Tracy Browning was arrested by police in Louisville, Kentucky and charged with robbery, shoplifting, and trespassing in connection with her iPad heists at two local Walmart stores. According to news reports, Browning attempted to purchase several iPads at a Walmart with her food stamp card. When the transaction inevitably was denied, she assaulted the clerk and shoved another employee to the ground as she fled the store with the purloined iPads. Apparently marveling at how well things had gone at the first Walmart store, she visited a second Walmart and again attempted to purchase several iPads with her food stamp card. Of course, the transaction was once again denied, so Browning reportedly employed her familiar modus operandi scooping up the iPads and attempting to rumble out the door to freedom several iPads richer. However, she was apprehended at the scene and place under arrest.

The following Official Record of TRACY BROWNING is being redistributed by Mugshots.com and is protected by constitutional, publishing, and other legal rights. This Official Record was collected on 1/02/2013.
Mugshots.com ID: 36377285

Doggone/GA

January 2nd, 2013
5:55 pm

“It didn’t stop Taft”

Taft was big, but he gained a LOT of weight after he was elected…and lost it again after he left the White House

Brosephus™

January 2nd, 2013
5:56 pm

I saw Christie’s press conference, and I agree with him. If the GOP were truly interested in governing sensibly and effectively, they would have had that legislation within a month of the storm. It’s a shame that we put politics above helping fellow citizens.

Adam

January 2nd, 2013
5:57 pm

And just for the record, from what I can tell the practice is much less pervasive than many here seem to assume.

I once did this to rip Wow, if anyone remembers him.

Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes

January 2nd, 2013
5:57 pm

go back and look at Jay’s blog where he called him a fat slob…

Jay specifically called Christie a “fat slob”?

You can substantiate this, yes?

Adam

January 2nd, 2013
5:57 pm

Speaking of the main topic, I am getting popcorn as I watch the GOP eat their own…. BRB

TM

January 2nd, 2013
5:58 pm

Barking -it was Jay loud and clear

Real Scootter

January 2nd, 2013
5:58 pm

Towncrier

January 2nd, 2013
5:48 pm

In case you haven’t figured it out already,Kam will never answer your question.You may as well be torturing a prisoner with a tissue. Jus sayin……….

Adam

January 2nd, 2013
5:59 pm

Woman arrested trying to buy iPad with food stamps…

Well whaddya know, you CAN’T buy iPads with food stamps, and the system that is so full of fraud and abuse CAUGHT HER.

A win for liberals who say government works.

JamVet

January 2nd, 2013
6:01 pm

Debbie, what a hoot, huh?

I think Tricky Dick used to do it too.

And of course there is always the megalomaniac Rickey Henderson!

You have to be trusted by the people that you lie to
So that when they turn their backs on you
You’ll get the chance to put the knife in

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bqZFp7dWbg

Granny Godzilla

January 2nd, 2013
6:01 pm

I like drudgey spam, drudgey spam, eggs and drudgey spam

Truly

josef

January 2nd, 2013
6:02 pm

one more time

Caesar…

“Let me have men about me that are fat,
Sleek-headed men, and such as sleep a-nights.
Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look.
He thinks too much. Such men are dangerous:

Julius Caesar, Act I, scene 2

DebbieDoRight - Conned And Confused

January 2nd, 2013
6:03 pm

Adam -check out the posts over the weekend, either Sunday or MOnday’s. Your old pal WOW seemed to show up and then preceded to curse everyone who ever hurt his itty bitty feelings out!

Good fun was had by all.

Real Scootter

January 2nd, 2013
6:03 pm

The Democrats are in trouble if this guy runs in 2016. He won’t be facing Hillary, that’s for sure.

Just a thought Adam,but maybe Cristy will be running as a Dem. You never know!

Granny Godzilla

January 2nd, 2013
6:03 pm

Enter your comments here

getalife

January 2nd, 2013
6:04 pm

The cling to drudgey spam, failed ideology and guns.

Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes

January 2nd, 2013
6:04 pm

DDR

I don’t doubt the veracity of the account, but this incident will be turned into a case of, “See, I told you so — woman buys ipad with food stamps”, when in fact no such transaction occurred.

She tried to buy an ipad with food stamps and failed.

Aquagirl

January 2nd, 2013
6:04 pm

Apparently marveling at how well things had gone at the first Walmart store

Biased or not, give that writer a raise, lol.

Adam

January 2nd, 2013
6:04 pm

DDR: LOL that’s funny

josef

January 2nd, 2013
6:06 pm

TM

That’s simply not true. Big Daddy would never be so direct and to the point. It’s not his style. He prefers parsing, inuendo and circumlocution to make such points.

getalife

January 2nd, 2013
6:06 pm

Real Scootter,

She will probably retire but has history of blood clots.

Christie lost the cons so doubt he will run.

Brosephus™

January 2nd, 2013
6:06 pm

“Good fun was had by all.”

Not by me. I actually felt pity for whomever that was. It has to be bad when you have to resort to such stuff just to get attention.

TM

January 2nd, 2013
6:06 pm

for those with short memory, you must remember when Jay praised Mr. Fatso

http://blogs.ajc.com/jay-bookman-blog/2012/12/13/is-christies-weight-a-problem-unfortunately-it-probably-is/

josef

January 2nd, 2013
6:08 pm

DDR

“Good fun was had by all.”

Indeed, it was…

josef

January 2nd, 2013
6:09 pm

TM

Now where in all that did he call him “a fat slob?”

Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes

January 2nd, 2013
6:09 pm

for those with short memory, you must remember when Jay praised Mr. Fatso

http://blogs.ajc.com/jay-bookman-blog/2012/12/13/is-christies-weight-a-problem-unfortunately-it-probably-is/

And no where in that account did Jay use the words “fat slob”.

Your concession is noted.

getalife

January 2nd, 2013
6:10 pm

And they thought the twinkie was dead.

TM

January 2nd, 2013
6:10 pm

He sure didn’t call him skinny Minne

barking frog

January 2nd, 2013
6:11 pm

josef
Big Daddy would never be so direct and to the point. It’s not his style. He prefers parsing, inuendo and circumlocution to make such points.
…………………………………………………………………………
and thus he gains my admiration..little ol’ circomlocuter me ♥ ♥

Banner123

January 2nd, 2013
6:11 pm

Jay,

These comments from Gov. Christie and Rep King are just ridiculous. The SENATE just passed a pork laiden relief bill last week. WHY wasn’t anyone up in arms the PAST 2 months that nothing has been past.

Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes

January 2nd, 2013
6:11 pm

He sure didn’t call him skinny Minne

Moving the goalpost.

Deflecterbation.

A further concession.

Real Scootter

January 2nd, 2013
6:12 pm

Christie lost the cons so doubt he will run.

That’s why I’m thinking he will run as a Dem getalife! If he runs at all?

josef

January 2nd, 2013
6:12 pm

getalife

On Christie running in 2016…don’t count him out. What he lost on the lunatic fringe, he more than made up for with the moderates and no small few independents and Democrat “swing voters.” It depends on who the Dems field, but a lot of average Joe Shmos can relate to Christie and he to them…

JohnnyReb

January 2nd, 2013
6:13 pm

Jay, let’s wait and see who is correct, you or I. I say the pork will be stripped from the bill whereupon it will be sent back to the Senate and approved into law. If the House refuses to vote aid to the North East without protracted spending cut debates, then I will admit you are correct. Quit believing everything you get from the NYT and Politico.

TaxPayer

January 2nd, 2013
6:13 pm

If Palin were in the White House, would we have death panels or not. I’m so confused about those so-called Republican principles.

TM

January 2nd, 2013
6:14 pm

“And unlike Christie, both Bush and Obama are pretty serious about staying in good physical shape. It’s perfectly legitimate, even necessary, to consider health when electing a president, and although Christie has never revealed his actual weight, it’s pretty clear that he would fall in the far right category in the chart below”
I GUESS HE WAS CALLING HIM SOMETHING OTHER THAN A FAT SLOB IF SO WHAT??:

DebbieDoRight - Conned And Confused

January 2nd, 2013
6:15 pm

Why I said what i did is that this “mugshot” of the woman is possibly bogus and the story made up. Mugshots.com don’t give “speeches’ with the mugshots. Just the briefest of facts.

Height
Weight
Age
Hair color
Offense

Etc. This gives NONE of those. And that “booking number’ doesn’t exist in the Louisville police databases YET, if ever.

This reminds me of the, Shirley Sherrod made up hysterics, or the ACORN scandal where the guy went into about 50 ACORN offices, but only had enough “data’ on 4 of them.

JohnnyReb

January 2nd, 2013
6:15 pm

“I’m so confused about those so-called Republican principles.”

I understand. The Left does not have any, so it makes it difficult for Moonbats to reconginze.

JamVet

January 2nd, 2013
6:16 pm

TM, liars don’t do well on this blog.

We eat them, skinny or fat…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQxAAWnzpc8

josef

January 2nd, 2013
6:16 pm

FROG

Oh, I grant you, he’s not only naturally gifted, he’s honed his skill thereat…being an amateur devotee of the form, he does get my admiration and, on occasion, my respect even…

TaxPayer

January 2nd, 2013
6:17 pm

So share those principles with us all, JReb. Are you for death panels or not?

barking frog

January 2nd, 2013
6:17 pm

Christie’s backside is on the line here also..he is the Governor and
of the get the Federal government out of the State’s business persuasion
of Republican. gonna bite him in the butt at the next election.

Common Sense isn't very Common

January 2nd, 2013
6:17 pm

Jay

The following map is the congressional districts in New Jersey.

It looks like a majority of Republicans live nearest the coast.

It ought to be interesting come re-election time LOL

http://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/NJ

Redneck Convert (R--and proud of it)

January 2nd, 2013
6:19 pm

And no where in that account did Jay use the words “fat slob”.

Your concession is noted.

Well, I just wish y’all would get off of this topic. It’s—-a—very personal around my place. I see you make no allowance at all for people that are naturally big-boned. Get on to some ~~weightier~~ more worthwhile topic. Just remember, one day people may be calling you Two-ton Tessie or Big Butt Bro. Just keep eating that stuff alot of you cook up and you’ll find out.

getalife

January 2nd, 2013
6:19 pm

reb,

cons never admit they are wrong.

Bad deal but Jay is right.

Jhunt163

January 2nd, 2013
6:20 pm

And if this is truly an emergency spending bill, why does the CBO contend only 30% will be spent in the first 21 months?

DebbieDoRight - Conned And Confused

January 2nd, 2013
6:21 pm

From Mugshots.com:

DISCLAIMER: ALL ARE PRESUMED INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY IN A COURT OF LAW. EVERY EFFORT IS MADE TO ENSURE THE ACCURACY OF INFORMATION POSTED ON THIS WEBSITE. HOWEVER, MUGSHOTS.COM DOES NOT GUARANTEE THE ACCURACY OR TIMELINESS OF THE CONTENT OF THIS WEBSITE. NAMES MAY BE SIMILAR OR IDENTICAL TO OTHER INDIVIDUALS. FOR LATEST CASE STATUS, CONTACT THE OFFICIAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHICH ORIGINALLY RELEASED THE DATA.

Mugshots.com is a LOT like Wikipedia — anyone can post and/or update posts there. Sometimes its accurate, sometimes its not.

You have to dig deeper to get to the real truth.

In saying, that, I noticed that under her “mugshot” is an ad for an advertisement. I’m not a Private Eye, but i know how to investigate, and this just screams;

Made Up Sh##t!!

http://mugshots.com/Current-Events/TRACY-BROWNING.36377285.html

This may be some of the BEST drudgery spam yet! I think FauxNews may have gotten punked with this one.

Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes

January 2nd, 2013
6:24 pm

I GUESS HE WAS CALLING HIM SOMETHING OTHER THAN A FAT SLOB IF SO WHAT??:

WHEN YOU HAVE TO LIE TO MAKE A POINT, YOU REALLY HAVE NO POINT.

Aquagirl

January 2nd, 2013
6:26 pm

one day people may be calling you Two-ton Tessie or Big Butt Bro. Just keep eating that stuff alot of you cook up and you’ll find out.

Well, RB did point out we’re fat and cookie-laden so the “find out” in there seems unnecessary.

DebbieDoRight - Conned And Confused

January 2nd, 2013
6:28 pm

JR why are you upset with Jay for posting CHRISTIE’s words?

Why aren’t you blogging over there on Chistie’s website? Did the storm knock it down?

Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes

January 2nd, 2013
6:28 pm

Just keep eating that stuff alot of you cook up and you’ll find out.

Maybe I should just go to Ryan’s instead?

TM

January 2nd, 2013
6:30 pm

Pretty simple: Because rebuilding billions of dollars worth of devastated roads, schools, sewage treatment plants, subways, post offices, storm-protection systems, etc., can’t be accomplished within 21 months. But the commitment to finance that work has to come now.

Too bad the hurricane did not hit Atlanta.my water bill would no longer be the highest in the Nation

Soothsayer

January 2nd, 2013
6:32 pm

I know everyone will be able to sleep better now that that nasty ol’ “fiscal cliff” has been averted. What’s better is that we don’t have to worry about deficits or the national debt anymore, right? Well, you may be interested to learn that of the more than $1 trillion of debt that we run up each year, the fiscal cliff “deal” will reduce it by $73.5 billion! Wow! Think of it — less than 1/10th of the deficit! No wonder they’re celebrating! Oh! and that tax increase on those “evil” rich making more than $400,000/yr? That will only affect around 1 million people. Yessir, I know I’ll sleep better tonight!

Great chart by the way!

Finn McCool

January 2nd, 2013
6:36 pm

Christie might be the one to bring us all back together. Let’s watch…

Granny Godzilla

January 2nd, 2013
6:38 pm

Do our right leaning posters deny the obvious chasm developing on their movement?

What is the rights prognosis?

Granny Godzilla

January 2nd, 2013
6:39 pm

In not on

Peasant fingers on iPad

getalife

January 2nd, 2013
6:41 pm

cnn is holding fox accountable for their attack on Hillary.

cnn is changing.

Christie just told the truth to fight for his voters.

cnn used to call that a gaffe.

Fred ™

January 2nd, 2013
6:41 pm

So did Jay ever share why he’s so grumpy after a long peaceful holiday or is that the wrong question to axe?

Common Sense isn't very Common

January 2nd, 2013
6:42 pm

I doubt if ANY incumbant Republican congress critters are going to ask for Christie’s endorsement

josef

January 2nd, 2013
6:43 pm

GRANNY

iPad…it’s a great little gizmo for lots of things, but not the best for blogging. Six months on, and I still can’t use that bloody keypad fast enough…

Common Sense isn't very Common

January 2nd, 2013
6:44 pm

Fred

Jay probably saw twinkies posts and his blood pressure spiked

Krystal'sBalls

January 2nd, 2013
6:45 pm

Go get em Governor Christie!

I could vote for that guy. Nothing like telling it like it is, sans hyperbole, distortion and outright propagandic lunacy. That counts for a lot in my world.

josef

January 2nd, 2013
6:45 pm

FRED

He’s just been plumb nasty tempered ever since he got back, and nary of word of thank you to his chirren who DID behave properly while he was off in the land of the Puritans…ungrateful wretch, thass what he is…

DannyX

January 2nd, 2013
6:46 pm

Christie Lashes Out At House Of Pancakes

“The pancakes were half size. The syrup too runny. They ran out of pork. I had to wait 11 minutes for my order to arrive. The pancakes were way to small. They were out of chocolate chip pancakes. They tried to serve me orange juice, I ordered chocolate milk. The french toast was soggy. The pancakes were no bigger than a half dollar coin. For me, it was disappointing and disgusting to watch…. I’m switching to Denny’s.”

josef

January 2nd, 2013
6:46 pm

Common Sense

Well, if that’s the case, how come he decided to take it out on me and Bro?

Common Sense isn't very Common

January 2nd, 2013
6:47 pm

josef

Cause you should know better

F. Sinkwich

January 2nd, 2013
6:47 pm

Something stinks to high heaven here.

Why would the House Republicans squash a spending bill crafted to help victims of a natural disaster knowing full well the weep-easy, lib ilk MSM including Jay and his amen commie choir here will blow a gasket accusing them of heinous indifference of historic proportions? Add in some quotes from NE RINOs and it’s a dumpster fire.

$60 BILLION? That’s a bunch of bucks. Who’s getting it? Union thugs, who are known to slither in abundance around them parts?

Who controls disbursements – NLRB? The mob?

How ’bouts authorizing 5% of that to see what happens? With accountable oversight, of course.

Like Jay’s acolytes, something just ain’t right.

yuzeyurbrane

January 2nd, 2013
6:48 pm

I don’t know about the legalities but I hope that someone is looking into the feasibility of initiating recalls against all of the House Tea Party anarchists. I don’t know if America can wait 2 years to cut this cancer from our midst.

josef

January 2nd, 2013
6:48 pm

DANNY

You might should’ve oughta put a smiley with that one… but, good…

Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes

January 2nd, 2013
6:48 pm

Well, if that’s the case, how come he decided to take it out on me and Bro?

Ben got the worst of it.

midtownguy

January 2nd, 2013
6:49 pm

I have voted in eight Presidential elections and have never voted for a Republican. But damn if I might not vote for Christie.

josef

January 2nd, 2013
6:50 pm

Common

I guess he just holds some of us to a higher standard than others…

Jhunt163

January 2nd, 2013
6:50 pm

News just reported that 9 Billion in immediate relief will be passed on Friday and sent to the Senate which has already scheduled time to take action on the 9 Billion. They will take up additional spending in a second process. Sounds like the speaker might have just saved the taxpayers $51 billion, but when you find the time to find credits for Nascar, Hollywood, and other pork in your Fiscal Cliff bill, who really cares.

josef

January 2nd, 2013
6:50 pm

K’CHAK

Yeah, but Ben deserved it…

Common Sense isn't very Common

January 2nd, 2013
6:52 pm

Kam

Ben got the worst of it
————————————-

Maybe not, he can read all the posts but doesn’t have to worry his/her pretty little head about responding for a day LOL

Marietta Al

January 2nd, 2013
6:52 pm

Wait, I thought insurance is what people get to insure their personal belongings. So, basically this relief these Governors want is American taxpayer dollars to pay for those who live near the coast and don’t insure their property. Um, sorry.

TaxPayer

January 2nd, 2013
6:55 pm

Governor Christie must have had an Epiphany. I heard it is the latest in the line of “so you thought you could have your cake and eat it too” products from Hostess.

indigo

January 2nd, 2013
6:56 pm

On the news tonight, Republican Congressmen from New York and New Jersey were blasting Boehner for not acting on Govt. Sandy relief.

Priceless.

Just priceless.

It’s clear no one does hypocrisy better than Republican politicians.

getalife

January 2nd, 2013
6:56 pm

We don’t play politics after a disaster cons.

We unite to fix it.

Playing politics with everything is silly.

Fred ™

January 2nd, 2013
6:57 pm

josef: Jay was prolly on you cause I was absent. I’m his favorite target because I have broad shoulders and can handle it. Also, when I’m banished I STAY banished lol. I don’t come back like an egg suck dog. That’s why I’m his favorite person to banish.

Personally I think he’s grumpy because the Governor of Pennsylvania came out and said he advocates the rape of little boys and is suing the NCAA for sanctioning Penn State. He’s (Jay) embarrassed.

Soothsayer

January 2nd, 2013
6:57 pm

Not in any particular order:

The U.S. economy continues to trade good paying jobs for low paying jobs. 60 percent of the jobs lost during the last recession were mid-wage jobs, but 58 percent of the jobs created since then have been low wage jobs.

Our trade deficit with China in 2011 was $295.5 billion. That was the largest trade deficit that one country has had with another country in the history of the planet.

The United States has lost an average of approximately 50,000 manufacturing jobs a month since China joined the World Trade Organization in 2001.

The value of the U.S. dollar has declined by more than 96 percent since the Federal Reserve was first created.

Back in the 1970s, about one out of every 50 Americans was on food stamps. Today, about one out of every 6.5 Americans is on food stamps.

[A]pproximately one out of every four American workers makes 10 dollars an hour or less.

Here’s the link. Of course this author wants to hang all of this on Obama. What’s new about that?

Doggone/GA

January 2nd, 2013
6:57 pm

“Um, sorry.”

Fortunately…it’s not YOUR call.

Redneck Convert (R--and proud of it)

January 2nd, 2013
6:57 pm

Well, it was bound to happen. We got Cheney II this past weekend. Seems like the Boner met Hairy Reid in the hallway at the White House and told him to go f____ hisself. The Boner never took kindly to Reid calling him a dictator.

Fred ™

January 2nd, 2013
6:58 pm

josef

January 2nd, 2013
6:50 pm

K’CHAK

Yeah, but Ben deserved it…
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

The post was pulled before I saw it. Was it really that bad?

luckjoe

January 2nd, 2013
7:00 pm

The bill was full of BS and should not have been passed by the Senate. $130 million for Alaskan fish hatcheries & new roofs for the Smithsonian buildings that, to mention just a bit of the pork. Get over it Christie… Push for a good bill that addresses the problem not the pork.

josef

January 2nd, 2013
7:01 pm

FRED

Oooohhh…I hadn’t thought of that!

Brosephus™

January 2nd, 2013
7:02 pm

Well, if that’s the case, how come he decided to take it out on me and Bro?

Well, I almost don’t want to know what Ben said given the differing repercussions handed down. I will openly acknowledge that my yellow card was deserved.

josef

January 2nd, 2013
7:03 pm

FRED

Well, I have to admit that it wasn’t me at my most diplomatic…but by no means some of the worst I’ve seen (and been subjected to) here…and, well, it was a legitimate question of scientific inquiry!

Aquagirl

January 2nd, 2013
7:04 pm

Get over it Christie… Push for a good bill that addresses the problem not the pork.

Chris Christie has no control over members of Congress. If some Rep. loads pork into the bill, he can’t do anything about it—except call them out as incompetent, selfish do-nothings who hold up help for their political gain. And that’s exactly what he’s doing.

F. Sinkwich

January 2nd, 2013
7:06 pm

“Personally I think he’s grumpy because the Governor of Pennsylvania came out and said he advocates the rape of little boys…”

Wow.

I think that the most despicable post of the year.

You should be ashamed, but I know that’s not gonna happen.

josef

January 2nd, 2013
7:07 pm

Marietta

I take it you’ve never been through a wide scale disaster. We are not talking just private homes and businesses here, but the public infrastructure and institutions as well. Even when you have insurance, you are going to have a lot of out of pocket expenses involved in getting the place back to habitable. This requires emergency loan funding. This is not a hand out. That money has to be paid back. But it first has to be available for loans…

TaxPayer

January 2nd, 2013
7:07 pm

Dang it! I must have missed the BenMelt. Is it going to be put on Denny’s menu?

Soothsayer

January 2nd, 2013
7:07 pm

Labour Unrest and a Slowing Economy in China: Unpaid Wages Spark Strikes

In a clear sign of a slowing economy, many employers in China, including foreign-owned factories and state-owned enterprises, have been unable or unwilling to pay their employees for months. Strikes and protests by workers have erupted to demand unpaid wages.

On December 10-11, more than 1,000 subcontracting workers at Eastern Heavy Industries in Jiangsu province’s Jingjiang city struck over the company’s failure to pay them for 5 to 6 months. Workers rallied at the Shanghai-Beijing expressway, causing massive traffic jams and forcing municipal officials to negotiate.

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) regime is once again resorting to police-state measures against workers. In the aftermath of the subcontracting workers’ strike, contingents of police vehicles have been at the shipyard each day in an attempt to intimidate the workforce and prevent further stoppages.

A 12-day strike by 600 workers at a shoe factory in Foshan in Guangdong province ended on December 22, after they were forced to accept half the payout they had been demanding. The stoppage at the Shyang Ho Footwear began on 10 December after its private owner prepared to sell the factory and move to the inland city of Chengdu, where labour is cheaper. The workers demanded the compensation required by law, namely one month’s salary for every year of employment.

On Monday, 4,000 workers at the Hong Kong-owned Wong’s Electronics Co in Shenzhen downed tools over the lack of compensation for the “restructuring” of the company, which changed its name and legal representative. Large numbers of police were deployed at the factory. On Wednesday, workers marched to the local Shajing township government with banners demanding justice, but the authorities responded with more armed police.

Could it be that the whole f*cking neo-liberal/globalization model is wrong? Where will global capital find the final lowest paid workers? Where will they find the last people with jobs that allow them to consume?

Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes

January 2nd, 2013
7:11 pm

Could it be that the whole f*cking neo-liberal/globalization model is wrong?

If the goal is sustaining that model, then yes.

If the goal is to siphon off as much wealth as they can get away with before the whole thing crashes, then no.

Doggone/GA

January 2nd, 2013
7:11 pm

“I take it you’ve never been through a wide scale disaster”

I’m trying to figure out where people like Marietta think others should live. Not near water…might flood. Not along the coast…might have hurricanes. Not in tornado areas (are you listening Marietta?) – might get destroyd. Not where there are earthquakes – for sure! Not in deserts, not enough water for everyone.

We’re running out of places to live!

Fred ™

January 2nd, 2013
7:16 pm

Well I’m gonna wuss out since Brother Jay has his knickers in a knot. Headed out for a long while I may or may not get to post. I’ll have my iPad but never learned how to post on that. I’d buy an AJC subscription but why the hell would I do that when three asses, Schultz, the food blog for God’s sake have banned me/ Why the hell would I pay money for something I’m banned for when I’ve been banned for no reason other than they are petty little people?

LOl I told Schultz that he had a weak column one day when he had a weak column. I said I’d excuse him, maybe his dog or his mom was sick. He banned me for that. No sht. Was sanctimonious about it when I asked him why about a year later (that was the next time I tried to post a comment on his blog lol). I guess his mom had died this century and not only was I supposed to know but…… well I’m not sure but what. My mom’s been dead 20 years I missed his point. He has a poison pen and a big belly of self importance anyway. He’s what Kyle aspires to be.

Anyways, I’ll see you all next week sometime. Try to get that corn cob out of Jay’s ass before I get back or I won’t last a day……….

Adam

January 2nd, 2013
7:16 pm

Jay: But the commitment to finance that work …. will mean nothing if we default. Which is the whole point of raising the debt ceiling. I know that’s a completely separate issue, but the cons love them some brinksmanship.

moonbat betty

January 2nd, 2013
7:19 pm

The hardest hit were repubs from NJ?

Meanwhile, Obama chills on the beach and the DOW soars.

Life is good

Fred ™

January 2nd, 2013
7:19 pm

F. Sinkwich

January 2nd, 2013
7:06 pm

“Personally I think he’s grumpy because the Governor of Pennsylvania came out and said he advocates the rape of little boys…”

Wow.

I think that the most despicable post of the year.

You should be ashamed, but I know that’s not gonna happen.
+++++++++++++++++

Why should I be ashamed? I didn’t come out and advocate the rape of little boys, the Governor of Pennsylvania did. HE’S the one suing the NCAA because they laid down sanctions on Penn State for covering it up for what……. 15, 20 years? How many little boys did Sandusky rape in that time?

http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/8802975/pennsylvania-gov-tom-corbett-wants-toss-ncaa-sanctions-penn-state-nittany-lions

Brosephus™

January 2nd, 2013
7:19 pm

Doggone @ 7:11

Don’t scare him into panic mode.

Adam

January 2nd, 2013
7:19 pm

Obama should veto any debt ceiling bill that doesn’t come with tax increases. And he should threaten to do so. And actually do it. Don’t worry, Congress will override that, but it’ll show that Obama is willing to shoot the hostage and force Republicans to take the position that increasing the debt ceiling is good.

He won’t do that of course. But don’t worry, better things are on the horizon:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/01/02/calm-down-liberals-the-white-house-got-a-good-deal-on-the-fiscal-cliff/

[A]fter diving deep into the arguments that Democrats and Republicans are using to justify this deal to their members, I actually think the White House got a pretty good outcome, and I think they’re well positioned going into the next negotiation.

Thulsa Doom

January 2nd, 2013
7:20 pm

“See, I told you so — woman buys ipad with food stamps”, when in fact no such transaction occurred.

“She tried to buy an ipad with food stamps and failed.”- Kamspam

Reminds me of when channel 11 reported that TANF cards were used to the tune of over $97,000 at one Jaxx liquor store in Albany. But don’t worry. We can rest easy that no liquor was probably bought. BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Thulsa Doom

January 2nd, 2013
7:22 pm

http://www.11alive.com/news/article/241356/3/Tax-dollars-for-needy-cashed-in-at-liquor-stores-strip-clubs-tobacco-shops

That’s some good drudgeyspam it is.

Granny Godzilla

January 2nd, 2013
7:22 pm

Sink

I want governor Corbett probed. (Pun intended)

I smell something fishy in his response to the rapes and abuse.

Kinda slow.

Adam

January 2nd, 2013
7:22 pm

Reminds me of when channel 11 reported that TANF cards were used to the tune of over $97,000 at one Jaxx liquor store in Albany.

Did they happen to report what happened to the person or persons who conducted the transaction?

SouthernGent

January 2nd, 2013
7:22 pm

Jay, you can Christie need to go and kiss Obummer ring again. This problem is a State of New Jersey problem, not a US taxpayer’s problem. Christie is nothing but a RINO who looks a lot like a liberal ninnie in this rant.

Jhunt163

January 2nd, 2013
7:22 pm

Wow, watching Larry Kudlow and Charlie Rangel just conceded it was sad that the Senate stuffed the bill with pork.

josef

January 2nd, 2013
7:22 pm

FRED

Banned from the FOOD BLOG…now, you gotta admit, that’s not something just anybody can lay claim to!

And I ain’t going no where near that part of Big Daddy’s anatomy…

Have a good time wherever it is you’re going…

Soothsayer

January 2nd, 2013
7:22 pm

No Particular Place to Go

Doggone/GA

January 2nd, 2013
7:24 pm

“Don’t scare him into panic mode”

I’m still waiting for them to tell us where that disaster free planet is, so we can all move there!

Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes

January 2nd, 2013
7:25 pm

Wow, watching Larry Kudlow…

There’s your sign.

Thulsa Doom

January 2nd, 2013
7:26 pm

Hmmm. The governor of PA. advocates rape of little boys because he opposes the sanctions at Penn St. that penalize people and players that had not a damn thing to to with something that happened over a decade ago?

Fredspam.

Thulsa Doom

January 2nd, 2013
7:27 pm

“There’s your sign”

The repetitive post bunny getting a good start on the new year.

josef

January 2nd, 2013
7:27 pm

SOUTHERN GENT

Uh, New Jersey is one of those states that pays in more than it gets back. They are our neighbors and our fellow citizens and they’re now on hard times…show some compassion…

Granny Godzilla

January 2nd, 2013
7:29 pm

Thulsa

How dynamic would you make an investigation into the rape of your boy?

Soothsayer

January 2nd, 2013
7:29 pm

Jay, I think josef will agree with me when I say the correct word is chutzpah. And you really have to rub that “ch” against the roof of your mouth when you say it!

Mr Right

January 2nd, 2013
7:29 pm

How much of our (my) money did Obama and family spend for their vacation this past two weeks?

getalife

January 2nd, 2013
7:29 pm

I think we can organize resources and action teams better for the next hurricane.

We should be getting better on response not worse.

Granny Godzilla

January 2nd, 2013
7:30 pm

Repetition is a great tool for learning

Soothsayer

January 2nd, 2013
7:31 pm

Oh Noes! Not another Texas Cage Match between Doomy and Keep! I don’t think I can stand the excitement!

Peter

January 2nd, 2013
7:31 pm

Republican’s can’t make any money here so why give the money to American’s in need ?

Boris Badnoff

January 2nd, 2013
7:31 pm

There is more genuine passion in the average professional wrestling match that the current political squabble. C^2 is the Big Show and the guy from Ohio is The Undertaker. This is distracting from the news that Our Beloved Messiah has dealt with the Gun Control problem more effectively that anyone in the history of politics.

http://www.ajc.com/news/ap/defense/fearful-of-ban-frenzied-buyers-swarm-gun-stores/nThL5/

Thanks to Our Beloved Messiah it’s is impossible to buy a gun in America. You have to go to Mexico.

Thanks Great One. How did we manage without you?

Thulsa Doom

January 2nd, 2013
7:32 pm

“Did they happen to report what happened to the person or persons who conducted the transaction?”

Its the “evil bidnessman’s fault card”. I think the report said the tanf cards were mostly used at the ATMs inside of the stores although from the report I think some of them were used in the actual purchase of liquor. I don’t think a bidness owner can stand over someone’s shoulder at an ATM to monitor what card they are using. Do you know of anyone who watches you at an ATM to monitor your use of various atm cards?

Doggone/GA

January 2nd, 2013
7:33 pm

“How much of our (my) money did Obama and family spend for their vacation this past two weeks”

Ugly goes clear to the bone.

Granny Godzilla

January 2nd, 2013
7:34 pm

Mr right

About the same amount as we would have paid for Vice President Palin to go home to Wasilla.

Elks need to be shot from helicopters regularly.

Peter

January 2nd, 2013
7:34 pm

With Katrina Republican’s sent toxic trailers for American’s to live in… when the American’s got sick, the Republican’s sided with the trailer makers……

That is real family Values, by the Republican’s ! We continue to see more with this issue…….

Republican’s don’t care about American’s really… just a few of the rich who might take advantage of the situation.

Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes

January 2nd, 2013
7:34 pm

Thanks to Our Beloved Messiah it’s is impossible to buy a gun in America.

Not intended to be a factual statement.

Recon 0311 2533

January 2nd, 2013
7:36 pm

Big so what…the Obama administration didn’t do, dodo for the Sandy victims and Jay wants to blame Republicans. LOL

Peter

January 2nd, 2013
7:36 pm

The demise of Republican’s will continue as the so called party of ” Religion ” lets American’s suffer for a few Rich !

Soothsayer

January 2nd, 2013
7:36 pm

See, now I’m rooting for the “pink” team. Fat lot of good it did me!

Peter

January 2nd, 2013
7:37 pm

Big so what…the Obama administration didn’t do, dodo for the Sandy victims and Jay wants to blame Republicans. LOL

Not meant to be a factual statement !

Fred ™

January 2nd, 2013
7:37 pm

Jay, YOU could ban me with a clear conscience. But what I said about Schultz was the truth, the whole truth and nothing BUT the truth. I have the emails to prove it. Did YOU see anything there that was a banning offense?

I know you like to have a hard on towards me and you like but don’t like that you can’t bully me but really. That’s the BEST you can do?

I’ve told you before, you don’t have to ban me or stalk me. Just grow a set and ask me not to post on your blog any more. I’ll be gone so fast you’ll have to hold on to your hair piece to keep it from the breeze.

But really, you are sounding like td or Doomy with that other crap. As to the food blog? Kessler got mad because HE like Schultz is a little prima donna. He gave the Woodfire Grill a mediocre review because Kevin Gillespie didn’t kiss his ass enough and I told him so. He didn’t like that.

You folks here on these blogs are little martinets, you can do what you want. You know that. Rules vary from blog to blog. You, at least, are one of the few sane ones. Your buddy Maureen is as well. Just be honest Jay. you don’t want me here, say the word, but I will NEVER compromise my honor, integrity or values.

You hate that don’t you? I never have and I never will. This is my life it’s what I’ve chosen to do. There’s no free rides no one said it’d be easy. The old man told me this my son I’m telling it to you.

I will ALWAYS talk to you and defend myself against your bullying like I will against anyone else. You take the easy way to victory that’s your choice, but I will not bow down. Not even against stupid unsubstantiated crap like in your 7:24. Nice twisting of words Mr. Wordsmith. Be proud, be really proud.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oN-jaqezWBU

getalife

January 2nd, 2013
7:37 pm

del,

Seriously?

Did you watch the news today?

Thulsa Doom

January 2nd, 2013
7:38 pm

Soothsayer

January 2nd, 2013
7:31 pm
“Oh Noes! Not another Texas Cage Match between Doomy and Keep! I don’t think I can stand the excitement!”

Sooth,

You found a ref yet? Like I told you I refuse to take on keep all by himself. It would end way too quickly and even keep doesn’t deserve that kind of humiliation. If you match keep and kam against me then keep’s odds of winning increase dramatically from 6 trillion to 1 to only 500 billion to 1 if he has kam as his partner. Plus they get to wear headgear. Doomy don’t need no stinking head gear against them 2.

josef

January 2nd, 2013
7:39 pm

IMAM

“That takes a certain panache.”

Which is why we like him so much here on the verandah…

….but hold himself “blameless?” Now that’s just not true…he doesn’t deny it at all…unlike some people I could name but won’t…

Thulsa Doom

January 2nd, 2013
7:40 pm

“But really, you are sounding like td or Doomy with that other crap”

In his thrashing about and spreading of fredspam Fred inadvertently compliments Jay while trying to offend him.

Mick

January 2nd, 2013
7:41 pm

Civics 101 – congress appropriates money, not the president…

Aquagirl

January 2nd, 2013
7:42 pm

There’s no free rides no one said it’d be easy. The old man told me this my son I’m telling it to you.
….I will ALWAYS talk to you and defend myself against your bullying like I will against anyone else…I will not bow down.

FREEEEEEDOOOOOOOMMMMMM!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLCEUpIg8rE

getalife

January 2nd, 2013
7:43 pm

Jay wears a hair piece?

SouthernGent

January 2nd, 2013
7:43 pm

Josef, I have a lot of compassion, but New Jersey needs to seek to reform the federal government’s taxing system, not aggravate it by seeking federal help for a local problem. The same was true with Katrina. The US taxpayer is not an insurer of risks of coastal living.

josef

January 2nd, 2013
7:44 pm

SOOTH

Yep…he’s got chutzpah! And that’s a good thing.

—-

And here come’s Peter with that superior non Georgia education still having problems with the nominative plural and the genitive singular!

Thulsa Doom

January 2nd, 2013
7:44 pm

“Not intended to be a factual statement.”

Its still early folks but at this torrid, frenetic pace the repetitive post bunny is well ahead of last year’s number of repetitive posts. Go Kam Go!

Adam

January 2nd, 2013
7:45 pm

Thulsa: You said the report was $97k in a single transaction. If so, that WOULD be the business’s fault, or the ATM’s fault for having that much money and allowing it, and the government’s fault for allowing someone to have that much on their TANF balance.

If you are now contending this was done over time with multiple people and multiple transactions, then I have to wonder how many people and what transactions? Because that seems to quite possibly dilute the entire point of the sensationalism.

Soothsayer

January 2nd, 2013
7:47 pm

Jay don’t wear no hairpiece. Heck, you can look right up there at the top of the page and tell that!

I want you to stay, Fred! And, I think ol’ Jay wants you to stay.

Aquagirl

January 2nd, 2013
7:49 pm

Jay don’t wear no hairpiece. Heck, you can look right up there at the top of the page and tell that!

No kidding. If that’s a hairpiece, he should get his money back. Plus damages for pain and suffering.

Doggone/GA

January 2nd, 2013
7:52 pm

“Its still early folks but at this torrid, frenetic pace the repetitive post bunny is well ahead of last year’s number of repetitive posts”

We need some cheese to go with that whine

F. Sinkwich

January 2nd, 2013
7:52 pm

“You take the easy way to victory that’s your choice, but I will not bow down.”

Ol’ Freddie sure is full of himself.

Bless his heart.

Adam

January 2nd, 2013
7:53 pm

Fred: I recommend learning some tact and diplomacy. You don’t need to fight every fight just because you perceive that you’ve been slighted.

Recon 0311 2533

January 2nd, 2013
7:53 pm

Been out of town…what do we have here this evening a little liberal family spat? Must be a split in the far-left exposing jack asses.

josef

January 2nd, 2013
7:53 pm

Marietta

You are completely missing the point of what is entailed in the response to widespread disaster. There is no “hand out” involved in what is being asked for.

And this, like New Orleans, is not a “local problem.” The impact of a disaster of this magnitude on any part of our country is not confined to just the local area.

But why, as Doggone asked, are you just seeing the coastal areas? What if this were, say, the big one along the New Madrid?

getalife

January 2nd, 2013
7:54 pm

I have been banned on many blogs and deserved it.

Doggone/GA

January 2nd, 2013
7:55 pm

“What if this were, say, the big one along the New Madrid?”

Or, closer to home, a tornado through the heart of downtown Atlanta? This is, after all, “Little Torndao Alley”

Maybe we should all move to Marietta’s backyard. Must be safe there.

barking frog

January 2nd, 2013
7:55 pm

Fred ™
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3H6YE-40xg

TBS

January 2nd, 2013
7:56 pm

josef

Happy Hour must have just ended

Thulsa Doom

January 2nd, 2013
7:56 pm

Granny Godzilla

January 2nd, 2013
7:29 pm
Thulsa

“How dynamic would you make an investigation into the rape of your boy?”

Granny Godzilla,

Stop your emotionalism parade for just a moment and do some reading. The gov. is suing because he felt the sanctions against PSU are too tough. The sanctions for the most part only punish students and athletes today who have absolutely nothing to do with what Sandusky did decades ago. Do you think its fair to punish innocent people for the actions of other people?

Soothsayer

January 2nd, 2013
7:58 pm

Well, I’ve only been banned on one blog — Kyle’s — and I don’t think I deserved that. Were it not for a certain P*SSY there, it wouldn’t have happened. Heck, cain’t a feller have a little fun onced in a while?

barking frog

January 2nd, 2013
7:58 pm

getalife
I have never been banned on any blog and I didn’t deserve it.

Thulsa Doom

January 2nd, 2013
7:59 pm

“Fred: I recommend learning some tact and diplomacy”

Adam,

While that sounds like sage advice to Fred you came off as a little condescending and belittling. That’s my department and I would appreciate you staying off my turf.

Thulsa Doom

January 2nd, 2013
8:01 pm

Dang if Jay does’t have a mighty fine hairpiece. I hope I get one that nice when I get to be an old ass decrepit fart. Not saying Jay is an old ass decrepit fart mind you.

Recon 0311 2533

January 2nd, 2013
8:02 pm

I have never been banned on any blog and I didn’t deserve it.

Frog, that’s a good one.

JamVet

January 2nd, 2013
8:02 pm

To Jay’s point to Marietta Al, I guarandamntee you that if a natural disaster hit a Republican’s home or community, they would be the first in line screaming for immediate help from Uncle Sugar.

And they would, with a completely straight face, say that is so because………………….. they have already paid in their fair share for all of the mooches in this country.

Soothsayer

January 2nd, 2013
8:03 pm

Al-Jazeera buys Current TV from Al Gore

LOS ANGELES —

Al-Jazeera, the Pan-Arab news channel that has struggled to win space on American cable television, has acquired Current TV, Al Gore confirmed Wednesday.

Gore and his partner Joel Hyatt announced the sale in a statement.

WHOA SHYTE! I can already hear it now!

josef

January 2nd, 2013
8:03 pm

TBS

I caught that, too!

THULSA
@ 7:59

Welcome to the Occupation

January 2nd, 2013
8:04 pm

“But as he suggested in his comments, this is merely the latest egregious example of the ideological preening ”

What makes liberals like Jay assume that the actions of House Republicans are merely about “preening”, I wonder.

These people are clearly ideological insurgents, and as such they do not comport to what the mainstream and liberals believe should be the guiding principles of what politics should be. They are not interested in working with the system but in tearing it down.

Doggone/GA

January 2nd, 2013
8:04 pm

“guarandamntee you that if a natural disaster hit a Republican’s home or community, they would be the first in line screaming for immediate help from Uncle Sugar”

What do you mean IF? When it happened right here in “River City”, they DID.

barking frog

January 2nd, 2013
8:05 pm

Thulsa Doom
Do you think its fair to punish innocent people for the actions of other people?
………………………………………………………………………….
Happens all the time and is called collateral damage. This was not many years
ago, it began many years ago and continued until recently.

Thomas Heyward Jr

January 2nd, 2013
8:06 pm

Hey to Christie……….and all you other New jersey federalie prostrating boot-licking cabbage-heads———-
.
Buy insurance, you blood sucking entitlement headed shi#t heads.!
.
And to the few Decent folks left up there that are being thwarted, screwed, and/or red-taped by your respective criminal insurance companies because of the Washington cesspool fema/crook negotiations ……………good luck..and…remember………this TOO will pass.
The Freedom Brigade grows.

.

Recon 0311 2533

January 2nd, 2013
8:06 pm

Not saying Jay is an old ass decrepit fart mind you.

Doom, Jay’s in show biz and only trying to make a living. Seconds have a rough life.

Thulsa Doom

January 2nd, 2013
8:06 pm

“You said the report was $97k in a single transaction”

Adam,

If I wrote that then its obvious I was just typing too fast. Hopefully we’re all smart enough to realize that no one person has a $97,000 tanf card. It was multiple transactions done by many people over one year.

guy

January 2nd, 2013
8:07 pm

Why can’t we have a dollar in tax increases and at the same time have a dollar in spending cuts? People would rather bash each other than bash those in Washington. No wonder things are getting worse.

F. Sinkwich

January 2nd, 2013
8:08 pm

” I guarandamntee you that if a natural disaster hit a Republican’s home or community, they would be the first in line screaming for immediate help from Uncle Sugar.”

Jammie likes to project a lot.

He knows everything.

Don’t believe me? Just ask him.

moonbat betty

January 2nd, 2013
8:08 pm

Recon,

You haven’t missed a thing.

The libs are partying over their huge win today at doing nothing.

4 more years.

Doggone/GA

January 2nd, 2013
8:08 pm

“Why can’t we have a dollar in tax increases and at the same time have a dollar in spending cuts?”

Great idea…now what would you suggest be cut? Because, in case you haven’t been paying attention, the issue is not THAT we need cuts…it’s WHERE we make those cuts.

Peace

January 2nd, 2013
8:11 pm

Wish someone would explain how it was determined that $60+ billion was needed to pay for Sandy’s damage. Does that amount cover damage to PUBLIC property only, or does it include money to rebuild private homes and businesses that should have been covered by private insurers? And those that didn’t have flood insurance….

Welcome to the Occupation

January 2nd, 2013
8:12 pm

“Why can’t we have a dollar in tax increases and at the same time have a dollar in spending cuts?”

Because the American political elite — both parties — have decided that there must be anywhere from 6-8x the number of cuts as spending increases.

That simple.

Got a problem with it? (I do.)

Doggone/GA

January 2nd, 2013
8:13 pm

“does it include money to rebuild private homes ”

If it does, they will be in form of loans – as is usual – not in the form of grants, except, possibly, in truly special situations.

Recon 0311 2533

January 2nd, 2013
8:13 pm

moonbat betty,

4 more beers times 365 days times 4. Lets start early so we can get through it.

Thulsa Doom

January 2nd, 2013
8:13 pm

barking frog,

Sandusky retired from Penn St. almost 14 years ago in 1999. I’m not saying Penn St. shouldn’t be punished at all. I’m saying that the penalties are excessive and for the most part punish people that have nothing to do with a guy who left back in 1999.

I can’t agree with calling it collateral damage or that its somehow ok that people who had nothing to do with it are the ones paying such a hefty price. Punishing the wrong people serves no purpose in my opinion.

getalife

January 2nd, 2013
8:14 pm

moonbat,

The compromise is not nothing.

It is a giant step forward.

Immigration reform is next.

It will pass .

.

josef

January 2nd, 2013
8:14 pm

Let’s be rational here. The Mississippi Gulf Coast was back up and taking care of business in a matter of days after Katrina and work on rebuilding has been pretty much on schedule. There’s a good reason for this. Following Camille, they got their sh*t together and made preparations not for “if” it happens again, but “when” it happens again. That Haley Barbour was governor at the time was a decided advantage since he knew which buttons to push and had the know how to get it done.

This type of thing is new to New Jersey and New York. They’ll learn, but it’s simply not something they were ready for. Cut ‘em some slack.

barking frog

January 2nd, 2013
8:15 pm

$1 in tax increases hurts the economy $1 in spending decreases
hurts the economy more but $1 in tax increases on the rich has
practically no effect on the economy.

moonbat betty

January 2nd, 2013
8:15 pm

Is anyone “happy” about what is going on in our congress and executive branches right now?

Doggone/GA

January 2nd, 2013
8:16 pm

“Cut ‘em some slack”

Slack they’re willing to give. It’s money and compassion that they prefer be in short supply

barking frog

January 2nd, 2013
8:17 pm

Thulsa
Were you aware of the Sandusky affair 14 years ago ?

Recon 0311 2533

January 2nd, 2013
8:17 pm

guy,

We now have $41.00 in tax increases for $1.00 in spending cuts. Welcome to the constipation.

moonbat betty

January 2nd, 2013
8:18 pm

It will pass .

getalife, “reform”, sure. Quit Bogarting, pass it on over, homeboy.

Aquagirl

January 2nd, 2013
8:19 pm

Does that amount cover damage to PUBLIC property only, or does it include money to rebuild private homes and businesses that should have been covered by private insurers?

There’s a breakdown at Jamie Dupree’s blog. He’s the go-to guy for stuff like this.

http://blogs.ajc.com/jamie-dupree-washington-insider/2012/12/12/senates-hurricane-sandy-relief-plan/

Thulsa Doom

January 2nd, 2013
8:19 pm

“The libs are partying over their huge win today at doing nothing.”

Moonbat betty,

Yep. I remember last year when the Rs made a stand about raising the debt ceiling and they eventually caved. The libs on here were gloating as if they’ld just won a million dollars. Strange that they were gloating so much over bankrupting the country further and doing nothing about the debt. They do love they do nothing parties they do!

Barney

January 2nd, 2013
8:20 pm

Okay gang, let’s all sing the Thulsa Theme Song!

I love me,
You love me,
You’re all my happy family.
99 bottles of beer on the wall,
88 bottles of beer…
Hiccup!
Where am I.

barking frog

January 2nd, 2013
8:20 pm

Thulsa Doom
Retired but,
In 1977, Sandusky founded The Second Mile, a non-profit charity serving Pennsylvania underprivileged and at-risk youth.[4] After Sandusky retired as assistant coach at Penn State, he continued working with The Second Mile at Penn State; even maintaining an office at Penn State until 2011.

Welcome to the Occupation

January 2nd, 2013
8:20 pm

Isn’t it interesting that this supposedly “liberal” president just made a large swatch of the despised Bush tax cuts permanent?

Just so that bloodthirsty thug Romney didn’t get to do it!

moonbat betty

January 2nd, 2013
8:21 pm

Recon,

8:17, apparently, that’s the new definition of “compromise”.

josef

January 2nd, 2013
8:22 pm

DOGGONE

That, too…

JamVet

January 2nd, 2013
8:22 pm

What’s been done in the name of Jesus?
What’s been done in the name of Buddha?
What’s been done in the name of Islam?
What’s been done in the name of man?
What’s been done in the name of liberation?
And in the name of civilization?
And in the name of race?
And in the name of peace?

Everybody
Loves to see
Justice done
On somebody else

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9uBiXTlIMg

Fred ™

January 2nd, 2013
8:22 pm

Doomy: I really have no desire to address you BUT I think you are the local “expert” on what I wish to know, (no, I don’t wan the price of xxxxxlarge speedos with xxxlsmall cod pieces).

Arent’ you an insurance guy? It’s my recollection that when the President declares an area a “disaster area” that absolves all the insurance companies their liability in that area and makes the payment now incumbent on the US Gov’t.

Am I right or wrong?

Fred ™

January 2nd, 2013
8:23 pm

Recon 0311 2533

January 2nd, 2013
8:17 pm

guy,

We now have $41.00 in tax increases for $1.00 in spending cuts. Welcome to the constipation.
+++++++++++++++++++++

We got that Rush/FOXBOT spam 2 threads ago but thanks for repeating it.

Thulsa Doom

January 2nd, 2013
8:24 pm

“Were you aware of the Sandusky affair 14 years ago ?”

Barking frog, that is irrelevant to the point that I’m making- that the punishment is excessive and mostly affects people that had nothing to do with any of this.

If a man murdered someone 14 years ago and gets convicted of it today do we punish as a matter of routine other people for something he did- people who in no way, shape, or form were connected to the man or the murder he committed?

Doggone/GA

January 2nd, 2013
8:27 pm

“We now have $41.00 in tax increases for $1.00 in spending cuts. Welcome to the constipation.”

Sure. because having passed THIS bill…they are prevented from EVER passing anything else, right?

Welcome to the Occupation

January 2nd, 2013
8:27 pm

“The libs are partying over their huge win today at doing nothing.”

Really? I don’t see any confetti.

td

January 2nd, 2013
8:27 pm

It is funny how you progressives over here do not get it. This is a two fold effort.

1: Punishment for Christie and his hugging up on Obama and giving him legitimacy when he needed it the most in the election.

2: It is the continued battle and maybe the last as to which faction will actually lead the Republican party. Will it be the old raise taxes and spend establishment led by the northern country club republicans or will it be the less government, less taxes and less spending tea party movement led by mover southern republicans.

The conservative side has had two elections in a row where the establishment said “we can only win with a moderate candidate. We must be moderates and can not put forward a true conservative agenda. Well that has not turned out to well.

The same thing happened to the Dems in 04/05 after Bush won his 2nd term and the Dems purged themselves of all the blue dogs and Clinton conservative Dems.

Thulsa Doom

January 2nd, 2013
8:27 pm

You’re all a bunch of mindless Foxbot/Rush/Hannity/Boortz listening chicken headed crackpot right wingers!

There! I feel better already.

Keep Up the Good Fight!

January 2nd, 2013
8:27 pm

“I was chasing the Speaker all over the House floor last night, trying to talk to him and his staff,” King said on CNN on Wednesday morning. “He kept telling me, wait until the vote is over, wait until the fiscal cliff vote is over, everything will be taken care of. And then he was gone. He refused to meet with us. He actually yelled at Congressman LoBiondo, saying, ‘I’m not meeting with you people.’”

So much for the veracity of the “it was because of pork” claim.

But then the conned have no credibility or shame. Only lies and stupidity.

Recon 0311 2533

January 2nd, 2013
8:29 pm

Fred , sure I understand that you had to run out for awhile because Jay got your makeup running and you had to pull yourself together but that ratio of tax increase to spending cuts unfortunately appears to be accurate.

barking frog

January 2nd, 2013
8:31 pm

Thulsa Doom
The University Administration was aware that Sandusky was
molesting children and continued to provide him a place to do it.
They are being punished and rather lightly. I cannot sympathize
with people who wish to benefit from their association with
child molesters or who whine about being damaged by their
association with child molesters or those that support child
molesters or their associates.

josef

January 2nd, 2013
8:31 pm

Let me weigh in here for a minute on Penn State, Sandusky and “the innocent bystanders.” The students. alumni, politicians and what have you elevated him to some near G-dly image. He was, like the infamous priests, “above reproach and suspicion.” Then when it turns out that the idol had feet of clay and was a scuzzbucket of a human being, yes, they were at fault too.

If this is, and I believe it is. a social problem, then the enabling of that society are also at blame and should be held guilty.

But. then, I don’t expect anyone to see it my way.

Thulsa Doom

January 2nd, 2013
8:32 pm

“Sure. because having passed THIS bill…they are prevented from EVER passing anything else, right?’

I expect the Dems to propose all sorts of spending cuts and elimination of duplicative and wasteful gubment programs that don’t work. Just like they did the last 4 years. KD

Fred ™

January 2nd, 2013
8:34 pm

If a man murdered someone 14 years ago and gets convicted of it today do we punish as a matter of routine other people for something he did- people who in no way, shape, or form were connected to the man or the murder he committed?

If his wife knew about it and washed the blood out of his clothes and lied to the police yes. If he murdered someone at work and his boss knew it and helped clean up the blood stain and lied to the police yes.

If the boss reported it to the CEO and the CEO had security come down and take the dead body and drop it off company grounds then yes.

You used a really piss poor analogy. It was reported and then covered up by folks that were STILL THERE when it came to light.

PennState should have gotten the football death penalty.

Doggone/GA

January 2nd, 2013
8:35 pm

“I expect the Dems to propose all sorts of spending cuts and elimination of duplicative and wasteful gubment programs that don’t work”

Yeah, while the GOP sits on their hands and bitches, while doing nothing.

getalife

January 2nd, 2013
8:35 pm

“I’m not meeting with you people.’

Sounds like a dictator to me.

Fred ™

January 2nd, 2013
8:37 pm

Recon 0311 2533

January 2nd, 2013
8:29 pm

Fred , sure I understand that you had to run out for awhile because Jay got your makeup running and you had to pull yourself together but that ratio of tax increase to spending cuts unfortunately appears to be accurate.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++

You have sources to link to both your claims or only your “belief?” Because I KNOW your first one is a bunch of mindless crap……… what hope have I based on your first lie that you told the truth in the second?

barking frog

January 2nd, 2013
8:38 pm

Thulsa Doom
If a man murdered someone 14 years ago and gets convicted of it today do we punish as a matter of routine other people for something he did- people who in no way, shape, or form were connected to the man or the murder he committed?
………………………………………………………………………………………….
the innocent at Penn State are not being punished. They do not
have anchors tied to their ‘leg’ and can leave at anytime.

Keep Up the Good Fight!

January 2nd, 2013
8:40 pm

Well since some of the conned still don’t understand where we are today with the tax deal, 7 things you need to know

As for what is coming: <a href="https://my.barackobama.com/page/share/fiscal-cliff?utm_medium=email&utm_source=obama&utm_content=httpmybarackobamacomFiscalCliffAgreement&utm_campaign=em12_20130102_jm_nda&source=em12_20130102_jm_nda"<catch the video

Fred ™

January 2nd, 2013
8:42 pm

Great. Al Gore sells his TV network to Al-Jazeera so they can get their message out better. Shame TC isn’t here as we were discussing what a scumbag Gore is……..

http://news.yahoo.com/al-jazeera-buys-current-tv-al-gore-002839067–finance.html

Recon 0311 2533

January 2nd, 2013
8:42 pm

Gee Fred, most can compute that ratio but evidently you’re having some difficulty. There are remedial courses that could help you catch up. Good luck to you and Happy New Year.

Keep Up the Good Fight!

January 2nd, 2013
8:43 pm

$600 BILLION: The amount of new revenue raised by the deal after accounting for money saved by decreased borrowing costs. An additional approximately $130 BILLION is saved through decreased interest on the debt.

– $1.8 TRILLION: The amount of spending cuts put in place by President Obama so far, resulting in a roughly 2.5:1 ratio of programmatic spending cuts to revenue.

Fred, looks like we are getting “unskewed bullcrap” but typical conned math I guess.

TBS

January 2nd, 2013
8:43 pm

td

hhahahahahahaha

Obama was going to win NJ regardless

But keep doing what you do; fool yourself

Maybe tell us how Republicans could have won OH
Republicans were going to gain seats in the Senate and House
And how the pollsters were so far off that Romney was probably up by as many as 10pts…….

All those things sound familiar? I hope so because you posted that crap for weeks

Keep Up the Good Fight!

January 2nd, 2013
8:45 pm

Let’s see. $600 billion to $1.8 Trillion. Conned math says that is 41:1?

Doggone/GA

January 2nd, 2013
8:46 pm

“Let’s see. $600 billion to $1.8 Trillion. Conned math says that is 41:1?”

Isn’t that the ratio that Romney won by?

Thulsa Doom

January 2nd, 2013
8:46 pm

josef,

That’s an interesting take. But those people were highly supportive of Joepa when there was no evidence that he had done anything wrong at the time. People rightly changed their minds about him, his culpability, and his status.

Speaking of that though I was always fascinated with the left’s admiration of Bill Clinton. I saw the 60 minutes interview of Juanita Broderick’s account of Clinton’s rape of her. The NOW women found her to be very “credible” in their words and I think most people watching that interview of her with an objective mind found her to be credible as well. And then there is Clinton’s seduction of a stargazed 22 year old, his various alleged affairs, etc.

I find myself thinking the same thing about a lot of people in this country who have an admiration for a man that at worst is a rapist and at best is a serial adulterer. I’ve seen many on here take note of Gingrich’s adultery but they are strangely silent in regards to Mr. Clinton.

Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes

January 2nd, 2013
8:46 pm

Maybe tell us how Republicans could have won OH

They could’ve nominated Huntsman immediately leaps to mind.

Welcome to the Occupation

January 2nd, 2013
8:46 pm

Recon:

If the hatchet-wielders in the House of Representatives got their way, we would quickly plunge into depression.

We may do that anyway, of course, but the austerity measures advanced by the House GOP would seal our fate.

Recon 0311 2533

January 2nd, 2013
8:49 pm

1.8 trillion in spending cuts by Obama equals terminal belief in the tooth fairy. Good grief, what pathetic ignorance.

Fred ™

January 2nd, 2013
8:49 pm

Keep: We are getting the best of what Del could remember from Fox and friends. That’s enough for him by God it should be enough for you.

BTW, did you see where Hannity has lost at LEAST 50%of his viewership since the election? People (the ones who THINK) are mad about his lies. Del is watching double though to try and make up for it lol.

Oh well. I guess I was wrong about Doomy and he’s NOT the insurance expert. I would have sworn that he was. I guess my memory has failed me on that matter. Sorry Doomy, I got you wrong.

getalife

January 2nd, 2013
8:51 pm

The cons are not even trying to come close to the truth anymore.

Time to find a hobby and leave politics to the adults cons.

Fred ™

January 2nd, 2013
8:51 pm

Damn. It’s game time. Ya’ll be cool. I’ll see you when I get back next week……. or not. I’m sure someone will tell me if Jay asks me to leave or banishes me forever……….

Welcome to the Occupation

January 2nd, 2013
8:52 pm

Thulsa Doom: “I expect the Dems to propose all sorts of spending cuts and elimination of duplicative and wasteful gubment programs that don’t work”

Do you pay attention to anything?

By the time all is said and done the current president will have presided over a shrinking of government (non-defense discretionary) to a size not seen in over a half century.

So, tell me again, what are you yappin about exactly?

josef

January 2nd, 2013
8:52 pm

THULSA

The point I am rather inarticulately trying to make is that those people up to and including “the masses” enabled Sandusky (et al. imeoiauo).and, no, they are not the ones who committed the crimes and they are not the ones cooling their heels in the pokey. but, yes, they are getting what they deserve and, again just the way I see it. getting off pretty cheap.

Thulsa Doom

January 2nd, 2013
8:53 pm

“the innocent at Penn State are not being punished. They do not
have anchors tied to their ‘leg’ and can leave at anytime.”

Barking Frog,

That’s easy to say and in the case of the football players they can. Not as easy to do for students or for local businesses that depend on the business that football season brings for their livelihoods.

Elections Have Consequences

January 2nd, 2013
8:54 pm

“The “pork” argument is a smokescreen, pure and simple.”

Some non-pork, c/o of the Democratically controlled Senate:

Farm Service Agency, Emergency Conservation Program
Senate bill: $25.1 million. The Senate bill fully funds the Administration’s request and includes an additional $10.1 million.
Administration request: $15 million to rehabilitate farmland damaged by Hurricane Sandy.

Farm Service Agency, Emergency Forest Restoration Program
Senate bill: $58.9 million. The Senate bill fully funds the Administration’s request and includes an additional $35.9 million.
Administration request: $23 million to clear debris, implement emergency conservation efforts, and plant trees in an effort to restore and enhance non-industrial forestland damaged by Hurricane Sandy.

Natural Resources Conservation Service, Emergency Watershed Protection Program
Senate bill: $125 million, $54.9 million below the Administration request. The Senate bill does not include mitigation funding.
Administration request: $180 million, including $30 million for flood mitigation by cleaning stream channels, stabilizing stream banks, and repairing water control structures. $150 million was requested for mitigation of future flood risk, including purchase of floodplain easements.

Ad Nauseum. And my favorite:

National Aeronautics and Space Administration Construction and Environmental Compliance and Restoration
Senate bill: $15 million, $11 million greater than the Administration request.
Administration request: $4 million for repairs at Kennedy Space Center in Florida and Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.

I’m disappointed, however – I fully expected to see today’s blog as an exercise in political spiking of the football, based the recent vote to raise taxes, thereby rescuing the middle class, and cutting the deficit. Perhaps tomorrow?

Brosephus™

January 2nd, 2013
8:55 pm

Keep

I was wondering if the 41:1 ratio didn’t include the previous bills that were all cuts with no revenue. Seems as this is one of those instances where the pendulum swung in both directions over a period of time. GOP got cuts in 2011 and 2012, and the Dems got revenue in 2013.

I just wish they would have left everything as it was set to expire. Then, they would have truly gotten what they wanted, and the country would have likely gone to hell as a result. When Congress has an approval rating hovering around single digit numbers while having a re-election percentage near 90%, the problem is quite easy to see. The problem doesn’t reside in DC. The problem actually votes on the people who go to DC to do this stupid crap.

Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes

January 2nd, 2013
8:58 pm

BILL STUFFED WITH PORK…

drudgey spam.

Thulsa Doom

January 2nd, 2013
9:00 pm

josef,

I think I get what you’re saying and to a lesser degree frog also. It seems to me that your issue is with the general football culture at PSU that enabled him to get away with this for so long. I understand that but I still put the onus of the problem not on that culture but specifically on the handful of men at the top of the university who knew what was really going on and who did nothing. I think they need some serious jail time.

I’m a crazed crimson tide fan. But if I found out tomorrow that Nick Saban molested a kid I would want his ass fired and prosecuted immediately. My passion for Alabama football would not cloud my basic judgment about something as heinous as enabling a child molester. And I think most people upon knowing the full story would react the same way. At least I hope to God they would.

barking frog

January 2nd, 2013
9:00 pm

Thulsa Doom
That’s easy to say and in the case of the football players they can. Not as easy to do for students or for local businesses that depend on the business that football season brings for their livelihoods.
…………………………………………….
The students can transfer. The local businesses flourished during the
corruption so they can suffer from the punishment if they decide to stay.

Brosephus™

January 2nd, 2013
9:01 pm

1.8 trillion in spending cuts by Obama equals terminal belief in the tooth fairy. Good grief, what pathetic ignorance.

There are some ignorant people at townhall.com then. Oh, wait a minute, that’s a right-wing site, so they’re the smartest people ever. From Apr 12, 2011:

http://townhall.com/columnists/rachelalexander/2011/04/12/new_tea_party_and_boehner_alliance_triumphs_in_government_shutdown_showdown/page/full/

Some conservatives and Tea Parties are criticizing the budget deal Republicans agreed to with Democrats and the Obama administration on Friday. Should they be? It averted a government shutdown, extending funding for government through the end of the fiscal year, September 30, 2011. It is the largest spending cut in American history in terms of dollars, $38.5 billion, spending $78.5 billion less than what Obama had originally requested. It actually decreases domestic discretionary spending this year by 4%, setting it at $1.049 trillion. In previous years, domestic discretionary spending increased. It grew by 6% in 2008, 11% in 2009 and 14% in 2010. This budget deal begins to end the stimulus spending binge that began in 2009.

Brosephus™

January 2nd, 2013
9:02 pm

http://www.gop.gov/indepth/pledge/cutspending

barking frog

January 2nd, 2013
9:04 pm

Thulsa Doom
I’m a crazed crimson tide fan. But if I found out tomorrow that Nick Saban molested a kid I would want his ass fired and prosecuted immediately. My passion for Alabama football would not cloud my basic judgment about something as heinous as enabling a child molester. And I think most people upon knowing the full story would react the same way. At least I hope to God they would.
………………………………………………………………………………………………
At Penn they didn’t, not until they were discovered.

Mr Right

January 2nd, 2013
9:04 pm

What did the CBO say this bill will do to the deficit?

Brosephus™

January 2nd, 2013
9:05 pm

frog

I’ll 2nd that 9:04 post.

Keep Up the Good Fight!

January 2nd, 2013
9:06 pm

Brosephus, possible but they didn’t show their work and skewed their claims with intentional distortions.

Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes

January 2nd, 2013
9:07 pm

deficit?

But…but…but…Cheney said that Reagan proved that deficits don’t matter.

Translation: IOKIYAR

josef

January 2nd, 2013
9:08 pm

THULSA

I’m following you…but…if I buy stock in highly respected XYZ corporation and then it turns out that it is involved in working children in slave conditions, do I have a leg to stand on when that stock plummets? No. I enabled them in my own penny ante fashion and I’m paying for it in a penny ante fashion.

I’ve no sympathy for those who bought the brand name. If XYZ Corporation or Penn State can redeem the brand name, good, and I wish them luck and G-dspeed. But PSU is pretty much getting a slap on the wrist when a slap across the face was called for.

F. Sinkwich

January 2nd, 2013
9:15 pm

66.7% of that $60 billion has been earmarked for union thugs, local pols, and the mob. It’s common knowledge. Business in lib ilk hell holes like NJ is done that way.

Need proof?

Compare that new Giants/Jets stadium to Jerry World in Dallas. Both cost the same to build. Giants/Jets stadium = crap like the old Fulton County POS. Jerry World = best stadium in the world.

Nuff said.

Alex

January 2nd, 2013
9:19 pm

new year, same old bias, I’ve gone for a while, Jay -same old stuff, got to get boring writing the same angles, Bye again..

Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes

January 2nd, 2013
9:19 pm

Jerry World

There’s your sign.

Nuff said.

pete

January 2nd, 2013
9:20 pm

Awww…the RINO is mad because all the pork is gone. Go on a diet you slob.

Lynnie Gal

January 2nd, 2013
9:21 pm

Nobody likes Republicans anymore because they’re generous with rich people and corporations and cheapskates with everyone else, including children, the sick and the poor . Now, even Republicans are starting to hate Republicans. When Republicans won’t even let legislation come forward in the House to help disaster victims in our country, every decent person turns against them. The Koch Bros. money machine has turned these hard core Republicans into hard headed, hard hearted war mongers who don’t want to pay for the wars they voted for, started and charged on our credit cards, even as they slashed taxes for the wealthy. Mainstream, reasonable Republicans (if any remain) need to isolate and force these hard right lamebrains into the dark margins of irrelevance.

F. Sinkwich

January 2nd, 2013
9:23 pm

“There’s your sign.”

Is that KammieSpam?

And what is that iokiyar thing?

KammieSpam too?

getalife

January 2nd, 2013
9:23 pm

“Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) is signaling that at least one thing will change about his leadership during the 113th Congress: he’s telling Republicans he is done with private, one-on-one negotiations with President Obama.”

The crybaby got owned by our President/

barking frog

January 2nd, 2013
9:24 pm

Lynnie Gal
You..are correct.

barking frog

January 2nd, 2013
9:26 pm

getalife
our president is a tricky man…

getalife

January 2nd, 2013
9:26 pm

alex,

Lets see you write something better.

F. Sinkwich

January 2nd, 2013
9:26 pm

“Mainstream, reasonable Republicans (if any remain) need to isolate and force these hard right lamebrains into the dark margins of irrelevance.”

Then of course you would vote for them huh, Lynnie?

Bwaahahahahahahaha

getalife

January 2nd, 2013
9:27 pm

frog,

The ole divide and conquer worked again.

getalife

January 2nd, 2013
9:28 pm

“need to isolate and force these hard right lamebrains into the dark margins of irrelevance.”

We are marginalizing the kooks.

barking frog

January 2nd, 2013
9:29 pm

getalife
yep. and probably will again as the wedge is driven deeper.

Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes

January 2nd, 2013
9:29 pm

And what is that iokiyar thing?

Let me google that for you, ilk-boy.

It’s painfully obvious you don’t have the capacity to do so.

Granny Godzilla

January 2nd, 2013
9:32 pm

Thulsa doom

Stop your manly man preening peacock sea captain macho crap.

Review the governors handling of the situation and ask yourself if it was your boy
How dynamically would you react.

I detest enablers.

Jackie

January 2nd, 2013
9:32 pm

Tomorrow at 12:00 noon there will be fewer kooks in the House and Senate.
The sun is beginning to peek from behind the clouds.

Brosephus™

January 2nd, 2013
9:32 pm

Keep

moonbat betty

January 2nd, 2013
9:32 pm

barfing frog.

Sorry, I just felt like sayin that.

Keep Up the Good Fight!

January 2nd, 2013
9:33 pm

Kam, he may need 2x the help. We can bing that for him too. http://tinyurl.com/a53g548

pete

January 2nd, 2013
9:33 pm

2 states run by dems for years gets hit by a hurricane 3 months ago, and they are still trying to figure out what to do while its residents who lost everything have gotten very little assistance. Hmmm…where have I heard that before. Oh yeah, New Orleans and hurricane Katrina. Well, would you look at that, another state run by dems. I think I am seeing a pattern here.

Cherokee

January 2nd, 2013
9:34 pm

Then of course you would vote for them huh, Lynnie?

I for one sure would. We need a sane conservative party in this country – as opposed to the whackadoodle Republicans of today.

I’d vote for Christie in a New Jersey minute, if he would continue to take on the morons in the House Republican caucus, like our very own Tom Price…

Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes

January 2nd, 2013
9:35 pm

Keep

barking frog

January 2nd, 2013
9:35 pm

moonbat betty
iokiyhah (It’s ok if you have a hangover.) I could be bar king frog.

Welcome to the Occupation

January 2nd, 2013
9:36 pm

Mainstream, reasonable Republicans (if any remain) need to isolate and force these hard right lamebrains into the dark margins of irrelevance

They’re actually pretty easy to find. Very easy in fact. They all have “D” by their names.

Tall

January 2nd, 2013
9:39 pm

Mr. Bookman:

Have you ever visited Manasqaun or Long Beach Island or Spring Lake or Bay Head? If you haven’t I can volunteer that they are beautiful seaside towns in the summer. However, at best they are no more than a foot or three above sea level. Tough darts on them!!! If you live next to the ocean this can happen.!!! Why should taxpayers in Sandy Springs subsidize their flood insurance?

My younger brother had his house washed out on the south sore of Long Island. He is a construction worker and is rebuilding the house himself. When he is done, he is selling the house. No more living at sea level.

Does that make sense?

F. Sinkwich

January 2nd, 2013
9:40 pm

Tom price believes in the greatness of America.

Doofuss named Cherokee?

Not so much…

moonbat betty

January 2nd, 2013
9:40 pm

Barfing frog,

I ate your legs in a cheese and bacon omelette this morning.

lol

Tall

January 2nd, 2013
9:41 pm

Christie should join the Democrats. Please.

barking frog

January 2nd, 2013
9:43 pm

moonbat betty
Barfing frog,

I ate your legs in a cheese and bacon omelette this morning.

lol
…………………………………………………………….
Was #5 saltier than the other four ?

Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes

January 2nd, 2013
9:44 pm

Christie should join the Democrats. Please.

There’s your sign.

Welcome to the Occupation

January 2nd, 2013
9:44 pm

In fact, a pretty darn good description of the Democratic party of today is “Mainstream, reasonable Republicans”

moonbat betty

January 2nd, 2013
9:50 pm

Ha Ha. snort.

Welcome, you made my day!

Thank you.

YOU WISH…

moonbat betty

January 2nd, 2013
9:54 pm

No, no, barfing frog,

I ate the 5th leg first, and it was many feet long so you keep the other 4.

I hear they “called” you tripod?

barking frog

January 2nd, 2013
9:59 pm

moonbat betty
I hear they “called” you tripod?
………………………………………..
actually my nickname was ‘xtra’

moonbat betty

January 2nd, 2013
10:03 pm

I’m sorry for calling you “barfing frog”, barking frog.

I’ve just always wanted to do it.

Even when Kamchak thinks about it in the shower. LOL

DownInAlbany

January 2nd, 2013
10:03 pm

I agree that the Replicans are dying a painful death by self-inflicted wounds and to deny the citizens hit by Sandy is, well, I don’t even have the words. But, if you think the fiscal cliff “deal” is good for our country then, I guess you are satified with DC at it’s very worst. Tax hikes got traded for spending increases. That about sums it up. You can point fingers at the Republicans, who are pointing fingers at each other, but, at the end of the day, to paraphrase Big Jake, “…your fault, my fault, no bodies fault…it all ends the same…” And, I would add, “…nothing changes in DC, regardless of who is steering the wagon…”

For either side to declare victory, as if they rode back into to town and heroically saved the day at the last minute is just political theater.

barking frog

January 2nd, 2013
10:06 pm

moonbat betty
it’s o.k., Mary Elizabeth called me barking dog for a long time.

Welcome to the Occupation

January 2nd, 2013
10:07 pm

Glad to have made somebody’s day, moonbat. Now remember. You owe me one.

Tall

January 2nd, 2013
10:08 pm

Down in Albany:

Most of those folks who got hit in NJ are the “rich” that need to pay their “fair share”.

If you want big government and high taxes – vote Republican. If you want bigger government and higher taxes – vote Democrat.

Those are your choices.

Marietta Al

January 2nd, 2013
10:10 pm

Funny I never said a word about Dems or Pubs getting the help. Look I say the same thing when mostly Pub Florida panhandle people or ultra wealthy Carolina coast residents don’t have insurance. If you can’t afford the insurance don’t live on the water! And when people of my resident Republican dominant county get hit with tornadoes, all I can say is be responsible and get insured. I don’t like paying for insurance but know it is necessary. But thank you all for making everything about what party you fall in.

Cherokee

January 2nd, 2013
10:14 pm

Tom Price only believes in getting a bigger piece of the pie for himself, sink.

And I’ll refrain from sinking to your level and insulting you.

moonbat betty

January 2nd, 2013
10:16 pm

Lol .

It ain’t easy being green, frog.

Cherokee

January 2nd, 2013
10:16 pm

I have no idea of the breakdown, Al, but much of the money must go for infrastructure – highways, bridges, post offices, public buildings, sewer and water systems – all destroyed by hurricanes, and uninsurable for the most part.

getalife

January 2nd, 2013
10:22 pm

al,

It is not about you.

Insurance companies turn down claims.

Then what al?

DownInAlbany

January 2nd, 2013
10:22 pm

Tall

January 2nd, 2013
10:08 pm

Down in Albany:

Most of those folks who got hit in NJ are the “rich” that need to pay their “fair share”.

If you want big government and high taxes – vote Republican. If you want bigger government and higher taxes – vote Democrat.

Those are your choices.

On this we are in total agreement.

Thulsa Doom

January 2nd, 2013
10:25 pm

granny Godzilla,

What does enabling by a handful of men from 14 years ago have to do with the students at people at psu 14years later who had not a damn thing to do with enabling sandusky? And enough with the irrelevant preening manly man peacock gobbledegook you wrote. It’s irrelevant what your personal feelings have to do with this point.

getalife

January 2nd, 2013
10:28 pm

doomy,

Your love for child molesters is creepy.

Cherokee

January 2nd, 2013
10:33 pm

One other bit of hypocrisy by the House whackadoodle Republicans – they voted to keep spending our tax dollars to defend the unconstitutional Defense of Marriage Act.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/02/defense-of-marriage-act_n_2399383.html

Cutting spending is one thing, but it’s always secondary to another chance to stick it to the gays….

Uh Huh

January 2nd, 2013
10:33 pm

@DownInAlbany

January 2nd, 2013
10:22 pm
If you want big government and high taxes – vote Republican. If you want bigger government and higher taxes – vote Democrat.

Those are your choices.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

If you want to LIVE like a CON………

VOTE for a Democrat.

Welcome to the Occupation

January 2nd, 2013
10:43 pm

Oh and by the way, corporate lobbyists made out like bandits in Obama’s “cliff” deal.

And like the “fiscal cliff” charade exercise, it was something your dear “liberal” Barack Obama insisted on.

http://washingtonexaminer.com/tim-carney-how-corporate-tax-credits-got-in-the-cliff-deal/article/2517397?custom_click=rss#.UOT9huRQVRJ

getalife

January 2nd, 2013
10:46 pm

Florida is getting crushed like the gop.

Old Goober

January 2nd, 2013
10:46 pm

What does enabling by a handful of men from 14 years ago have to do with the students at people at psu 14years later who had not a damn thing to do with enabling sandusky?

It is hardly necessary for me to point out that in every case in which the NCAA imposes sanctions on a team, it is always the innocent who get punished. That’s the nature of the beast. Most of the players at Southern Cal were completely innocent of the hijinks that drew sanctions on that team, and yet those players suffer the sanctions. Ditto for Ohio State. Most of the players on that team were completely innocent of getting free tattoos, etc., and yet they suffered deprivation of an opportunity for winning a national championship in the 2012 season.

By agreement, NCAA members accede to the requirement that institutions either maintain control of their athletics or else submit to NCAA sanctions. Penn State obviously did not maintain such control. No matter how far in the past the violations occurred, it is always the current team that suffers the effects of the sanctions. To argue for it to be otherwise is to deny the NCAA any control whatsoever over its member institutions.

Fair in all respects? No. But as I say, that’s the nature of the beast.

Thulsa Doom

January 2nd, 2013
10:47 pm

Getalife,

Your statement that I love child molesters is beyond stupid even for you. But if you’re gonna lie then lie big.

WAW

January 2nd, 2013
10:54 pm

JohnnyReb: “Once again the Democrats along with the sickening liberal legacy media makes the Republicans look like fools over something that is not true.”

The Republicans don’t need any help to “look like fools”. If it walks like a duck and quacks like duck it must be another Republican trying to deny reality.

Thulsa Doom

January 2nd, 2013
10:58 pm

old goober,

True. My argument isn’t that psu should escape punishment. I’m simply saying that the punishment is excessive, especially given that most of the people there 14 years later have nothing to do with what happened. Also Ohio states problems were dealt to a group of people still at and associated with the school. It got the head coach fired and I think a couple of the players who got tattos were seniors on this years team unless they went pro early.

getalife

January 2nd, 2013
11:01 pm

Thanks doomy.

Why dwell on it.

That con guv was for it before he was against it.

It should have been the death penalty so stop enabling child molesters.

It is sick.

Old Goober

January 2nd, 2013
11:06 pm

I’m simply saying that the punishment is excessive, especially given that most of the people there 14 years later have nothing to do with what happened.

Given the national outrage over the Sandusky affair, did you really expect the NCAA to be suicidal enough to give the institution a slap on the wrist? The NCAA already has enough legal problems; it doesn’t need Congress to get involved in yet another “investigation” of NCAA operations.

And sorry, but the “You didn’t catch us in time, so go suck it” justification doesn’t work in NCAA matters. If your Alabama is ever caught in committing a serious NCAA violation, you can bet that the NCAA won’t lighten the penalties merely because the violation occurred a few years before a current team was formed.

WAW

January 2nd, 2013
11:07 pm

Really hate that I’m so late tonight Jay, this is a good one. My thought: Maybe the next time Speaker Boehner sees Harry Reid, he can share the pleasure of experiencing the suggest feat.

Thulsa Doom

January 2nd, 2013
11:07 pm

Getalife,

Saying that I love child molesters is about as down in the sewer as you can get. You really diminished yourself by making such a lowdown statement. Stay classy Getalife.

getalife

January 2nd, 2013
11:08 pm

Family values and all that con crap.

Accountability.

Deal with it.

Thulsa Doom

January 2nd, 2013
11:16 pm

old goober,

You ever done any reading on the NCAA? As Danny Sheridan of usatoday writes it is an arbitrary, capricious, and corrupt organization that would not withstand congressional nor public scrutiny. This is a thug organization that once threatened a unlv bball player with deportation back to war torn Sudan where he and his family would be killed if he didn’t go along with fabricated evidence against Jerry tarkanIan. There is a reason why tark took the NCAA to court and won a multi million dollar settlement against them.

getalife

January 2nd, 2013
11:18 pm

“The expansion of the bill was a way to provide a financial incentive for senators from red states–”two Republicans senators from Alabama, Mississippi, and Texas, and the one Republican senator from Louisiana”–to vote for the bill. “The Sandy kickbacks provide an incentive for those Republicans to vote on the bill,” we wrote.

Imagine that.

getalife

January 2nd, 2013
11:21 pm

Now doomy attacks the NCAA for deflecterbation.

Give it a rest doomy.

td

January 2nd, 2013
11:28 pm

getalife

January 2nd, 2013
11:08 pm

Family values and all that con crap.

Accountability.

Deal with it.

If I get a timeout from Jay then so be it. You went over the effing line accusing another blogger of being a child molester when you have no effing clue. You are a low life scum bag and I hope you rot in h3ll.

Thulsa Doom

January 2nd, 2013
11:29 pm

Getalife,

Stay down in the sewer where you belong Getalife.

Thulsa Doom

January 2nd, 2013
11:33 pm

td,

Jay will see it I’m sure. Some of the libs have no sense of decency. In Getalifes case though it could be he’s just not smart enough to realize how sick of an accusation that is.

getalife

January 2nd, 2013
11:34 pm

td,

Why do you cons have a problem with accountability?

Is that the new family values?

jack be nimble

January 2nd, 2013
11:38 pm

Why no mention of the conservatives who have no decency?

Anyone can read crap from all sides each day on these blogs.

Selective condemnation much?

Guess you have never went over the line

getalife

January 2nd, 2013
11:38 pm

Did you cons lose your ability to determine right from wrong?

You don’t get anything right and think you know everything.

Just stop. You are embarrassments.

getalife

January 2nd, 2013
11:41 pm

Who wants to argue about child molesters?

Good grief get a grip on reality.

td

January 2nd, 2013
11:41 pm

“The “fiscal cliff” legislation passed this week included $76 billion in special-interest tax credits for the likes of General Electric, Hollywood and even Captain Morgan. But these subsidies weren’t the fruit of eleventh-hour lobbying conducted on the cliff’s edge — they were crafted back in August in a Senate committee, and they sat dormant until the White House reportedly insisted on them this week.”

“The Family and Business Tax Cut Certainty Act of 2012, which passed through the Senate Finance Committee in August, was copied and pasted into the fiscal cliff legislation, yielding a victory for biotech companies, wind-turbine-makers, biodiesel producers, film studios — and their lobbyists. So, if you’re wondering how algae subsidies became part of a must-pass package to avert the dreaded fiscal cliff, credit the Biotechnology Industry Organization’s lobbying last summer.”

http://washingtonexaminer.com/tim-carney-how-corporate-tax-credits-got-in-the-cliff-deal/article/2517397#.UOULmqxzwrI

jack be nimble

January 2nd, 2013
11:42 pm

td

Are you a Christian? Is it your duty as a believer to hope other rot in hell?

what denomination believes that?

jack be nimble

January 2nd, 2013
11:45 pm

td

Did that blogger do what you claimed he did?

While going over the line, you bore false witness and lied about what he said.

Is your God proud of that?

If you are going to call him out don’t be a liar about what was said.

getalife

January 2nd, 2013
11:46 pm

“The expansion of the bill was a way to provide a financial incentive for senators from red states–”two Republicans senators from Alabama, Mississippi, and Texas, and the one Republican senator from Louisiana”–to vote for the bill. “The Sandy kickbacks provide an incentive for those Republicans to vote on the bill,” we wrote.”

Thulsa Doom

January 2nd, 2013
11:47 pm

Getalife,

Embarrassing is when you say ultra stupid things another poster loves child molesters.

getalife

January 2nd, 2013
11:47 pm

Run along.

No con echo chamber here at night.

getalife

January 2nd, 2013
11:49 pm

dommy.

Stop lying.

I said your love for child molesters is creepy because who want to talk about that?

td

January 2nd, 2013
11:50 pm

jack be nimble

January 2nd, 2013
11:42 pm

td

Are you a Christian? Is it your duty as a believer to hope other rot in hell?

what denomination believes that?

I am a Christian and I sin daily and fall short of the glory of God. I will have to say a special prayer tonight and ask for forgiveness for the sins in my heart. The poster is lucky he did not say it in my presence or my prayer would have been for my actions and not my thoughts.

getalife

January 2nd, 2013
11:51 pm

td,

Do you want to take it to a blog with no rules boy?

jack be nimble

January 2nd, 2013
11:54 pm

Oh the irony

td sinned when he lied about what another blogger said and in the same post said he hoped the blogger rotted in hell

Must go to the Hypocrite Church of faux Christians

td

January 2nd, 2013
11:57 pm

getalife

January 2nd, 2013
11:51 pm

td,

Do you want to take it to a blog with no rules boy?

I actually come to these blogs for an intellectual exercise in discussing political philosophy. Why in the heck would I want to go to a blog with no rules for people like you can do nothing but cuz and cut down people. If I wanted to do that then I would go see you in the jail boy.

jack be nimble

January 2nd, 2013
11:57 pm

Thulsa Doom spoke of “decency” when another blogger went too far, yet didn’t say a word when td lied in regards to getalife’s post.

Guess he is a deacon at the same church that td attends

getalife

January 2nd, 2013
11:58 pm

Florida loses .

SEC is slipping.

td

January 2nd, 2013
11:58 pm

jack be nimble

January 2nd, 2013
11:54 pm

So which blogger are you using a new hidden name instead of your normal screen name? Are you ashamed of you antics?

getalife

January 2nd, 2013
11:59 pm

jack,

Both claim to be Christians but seldom act like it.

jack be nimble

January 3rd, 2013
12:00 am

td

Say a prayer that your God helps you work on the hate and malice you have in your own heart.

Thulsa Doom

January 3rd, 2013
12:01 am

Getalife,

If you had an ounce of reading comprehension you would have known we weren’t talking about the molester. We were talking about whether or not the punishment to the university was excessive or fair.

getalife

January 3rd, 2013
12:02 am

td,

You could let me know how you really feel then I could respond.

Man up.

getalife

January 3rd, 2013
12:02 am

doomy,

Why?

Because the guv is gop?

jack be nimble

January 3rd, 2013
12:03 am

td

Why did you purposely lie about that blogger?

One thing to call him out. It is another to be a liar.

Thulsa Doom

January 3rd, 2013
12:04 am

td,

Yeah it was kinda obvious jack is a sock puppet. Man up and post under your real handle jack.

getalife

January 3rd, 2013
12:05 am

We just passed a huge compromise.

Sandy debacle.

Immigration and guns and plenty of stuff to talk about other than child molester no accountability.

That is creepy.

Thulsa Doom

January 3rd, 2013
12:07 am

Jack be a sock puppet.

getalife

January 3rd, 2013
12:08 am

td is yours.

td

January 3rd, 2013
12:09 am

Thulsa Doom

January 3rd, 2013
12:04 am

Cowards never actually show their true self. They know Jay will not call them out for being a sock puppet. .

jack be nimble

January 3rd, 2013
12:09 am

Man up and call out your fellow conservative for lying you hypocrite.

You speak of “decency” yet didn’t day a word to the lying td.

You have none except when it suit your little mind.

Thulsa Doom

January 3rd, 2013
12:11 am

jack be a sock puppet,

I’ve no idea what the hell post you were talking about between td and Getalife. I don’t follow every little tit for tat on the blog. Sheesh.

getalife

January 3rd, 2013
12:11 am

Jay posted the rules on sock puppets.

Did you read them?

I like arguing with cons with no rules.

jack be nimble

January 3rd, 2013
12:14 am

Getalife apologize to Thulsa for going too far in your post.

Td apologize to getalife for being a liar.

After that, you all have a cyber group
hug and go to bed.

Old Goober

January 3rd, 2013
12:14 am

You ever done any reading on the NCAA? As Danny Sheridan of usatoday writes it is an arbitrary, capricious, and corrupt organization that would not withstand congressional nor public scrutiny.

I’m not defending the NCAA at all, Thulsa. I’m trying to point out that bringing the hammer down on Penn State was essentially a political decision, made under national pressure. Anyone who thinks that the decision was politics-free lives in la-la land. The public would have been outraged if the penalties were perceived as light. Even some of the comments on this blog are indicative of the public attitude.

But let’s also remember one other thing: It was Penn State that proposed the penalties. The NCAA was spared from having to formulate them. All the NCAA did was accept the proposed penalties—and probably gladly. If nothing else, the NCAA is a political animal.

Thulsa Doom

January 3rd, 2013
12:17 am

Jack be a sock puppet,

I can’t call out td for something where I don’t know what the hell went on.

As for decency a lot of stuff gets said on here. But I’ve never stooped to the level of accusing someone of loving child molesters.

And btw Jay did have a little something to say earlier today about sock puppets.

getalife

January 3rd, 2013
12:23 am

PA’s governor is an idiot bringing this back in the news..

He is a con so to be expected.

It will get tossed.

I guess you cons need that distraction after that compromise.

Redcoat

January 3rd, 2013
5:13 am

Our government is broken, the treasury and our children’s future is being looted as we comment. We are asleep and still see what is going on, but let it continue. Both repubs and dems have there roles. Deals are being readied right now and put on the shelf for the next “emergency” later in the year. Our “elected” politicians do know what is in these spending bills, the bills are now plug and play. The majority of taxpayer have no idea what their taxes are totally paying for or the “credits” that others receive. What a scam and what a mess.

stands for decibels

January 3rd, 2013
6:03 am

mornin’.

What Club Did You Think You Joined

It’s a bit amusing watching Peter King and Christie freak out because the a##holes in their a##hole club are acting like a##holes. And it’s too much to ask for them to generalize their current situation – sometimes people are down and need help, even without a hurricane.

Jack ®

January 3rd, 2013
6:04 am

Christie is making re-election noises. Maybe even presidential-hopeful noises. I’d rather not vote for a guy that’s dangerously overweight.

stands for decibels

January 3rd, 2013
6:05 am

For UnU, if she’s around this AM (pm for her), from same link as my post @ 6.03:

There’s something about inexplicable about austerity madness. Even liberalish people who should have known better would say stupid things like, “Gordon Brown is spending like crazy…even in a recession!” Criticize him for spending like crazy before, perhaps, but spending like crazy during a recession is what you’re supposed to do. And their economy was turning around, until the Tories came in and said AUSTERITY! SMASH!

And we’re about to follow.

stands for decibels

January 3rd, 2013
6:07 am

I’d rather not vote for a guy that’s dangerously overweight.

Doubt that NJians care much. I agree that it’s (unfortunately–for the same reasons Jay pointed out a few weeks back) an issue for any national aspirations.

/drive-by

TaxPayer

January 3rd, 2013
6:23 am

Billionaires donated less to charity in 2012. But… But… What about those historically low tax rates.

Common Sense isn't very Common

January 3rd, 2013
6:52 am

TP

What is charity? Isn’t giving and getting nothing in return?

They gave that money to the GOP Superpac that gave it to Romney.

If that wasn’t getting anything in return I don’t know what is.

HAHAHAHAHAHA

TaxPayer

January 3rd, 2013
6:54 am

Good point, common sense.

Fred ™

January 3rd, 2013
7:04 am

They donated to their FAVORITE charity, talk radio. It failed them.

Fred ™

January 3rd, 2013
7:07 am

I hope Jay is in a better mood while I’m on vacation. If not, without me here to harrass the rest of you are gonna have a hard time. get ready for the ban hammer Stands. I think you are the next in line as far as crossing the line. As an old friend told me years ago as he was pointing behind him……….

See that over there? No WAY back over there. That was the line. You crossed it a LONG time ago………

Common Sense isn't very Common

January 3rd, 2013
7:08 am

Fred

I do have to wonder how many of the fright wing entertainers made out like bandits in the last 4 years by selling their swill to their piglets.

Fred ™

January 3rd, 2013
7:09 am

Oh and Florida ONCE AGAIN embarrassed the SEC by losing to a crappy team in a bowl game. Thank God. It takes the pressure off of us (UGA) who did the same thing two years in a row.

LSU and Florida shame the conference………

Fred ™

January 3rd, 2013
7:11 am

Common: Rush Limbaugh didn’t get a 100 million dollar SIGNING BONUS, (his salary was never disclosed) from ad revenue……….

Granny Godzilla

January 3rd, 2013
7:42 am

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/01/03/1175907/-Lawrence-O-Donnell-Segment-about-what-Harry-Reid-just-did

Makes a granny smile!

Does it matter?

January 3rd, 2013
7:46 am

Christie is fat! How can anyone listen and have respect for a person that has a preventable condition – obesity but fails to do anything about it cause he lacks discipline. It’s similar for Obama, can he help it if he doesn’t have the acumen to understand political negotiations? Shamefully he had 4 years to learn. The thought that Boehner had to request of al people ” what am I going to say stupid today” Biden is comical! Politics never learns!

mike thompson

January 3rd, 2013
7:47 am

It’s amazing if the Republican Teabagger Party was saving the 1% the money would be a done deal before sunrise today. Their policy is to take care of the rich the hell with everybody else!!!

stands for decibels

January 3rd, 2013
7:47 am

For those just tuning in:

go back and look at Jay’s blog where he called him a fat slob with no discipline before you care what he said today.

our “TM” lied, and was called out on his lie.

Jay never wrote any such thing, nor anything remotely like it.

Fred ™

January 3rd, 2013
7:52 am

Patti Page died. RIP

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdfDnE59Q7I

Does it matter?

January 3rd, 2013
7:52 am

I just wish that “getalife” would not be so angry sounding in 2013, dem or con. Make your comment with facts and not emotions. When he states facts and has a solid point, actually worth reading!

Granny Godzilla

January 3rd, 2013
7:54 am

Does it matter

please reread your own 7:52 and then your 7:46

facts and emotions indeed.

Fred ™

January 3rd, 2013
7:56 am

My favorite song that Patti did was a duet with George Jones who I also love:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnvlFFUaQ5U

USinUK - not very ladylike (and former Girl Scout)

January 3rd, 2013
7:57 am

dB – 7:47 –

this is why I’m glad I miss the night crew drama

Fred ™

January 3rd, 2013
8:00 am

this is why I’m glad I miss the night crew drama

dang USinUK, you miss my fainting couch drama queen moment then………..

UNCLE SAMANTHA

January 3rd, 2013
8:00 am

liberals are so funny
go ahead and push JOHNNY boy out

Cantor is not who you want to go against………….. he is a little more shrewd than JOHNNY

its the same principal when the republicans cheered when they pushed HILLARY out

stands for decibels

January 3rd, 2013
8:03 am

Cantor is not who you want to go against………….. he is a little more shrewd than JOHNNY

Remember, it is us silly emotional liberals who believe in messiahs, not rock-ribbed conservatives.

Granny Godzilla

January 3rd, 2013
8:03 am

Uncle Sam

Cantor? Boehner? Ryan?

Moe? Larry? Curly?

independent thinker

January 3rd, 2013
8:04 am

Danny X-yesterday at 5:47:
“”"”"”"”“Woman arrested trying to buy iPad with food stamps…”

The Black Panther member she was with was able to escape, police said he ran into a nearby Whole Foods where he used food stamps to buy 10 pounds of filet Mignon then escaped in his BMW.”"”"”"”"”"”"
Typical white Southern trash talk from the mainstay of the Republican Party- Long live the Southern Strategy started by Nixon-screw the Northeast liberals.

stands for decibels

January 3rd, 2013
8:07 am

UnU, not to re-play the original post from Jay and the discussion it spawned. But here is the money graf:

Some have raised the question of whether Christie’s weight reflects a character flaw or lack of personal discipline, but I’m with the governor on that one: “It’s ridiculous.” That alleged “lack of discipline” doesn’t show up in other aspects of his life, and as Christie aptly noted, it doesn’t affect his work ethic.

That is perhaps quite literally as far as calling an overweight politician “a fat slob with no discipline” as one can be, I think.

TaxPayer

January 3rd, 2013
8:08 am

Cantor! He’s still in training pants.

UNCLE SAMANTHA

January 3rd, 2013
8:12 am

poor granny

doesn’t remember when she laughed at reagan and he buried her

or when gingrich came in and she said she was crazy and wouldn’t last

she’s dancing after drinking the coolaid that democrats will win elections for eternity now

she probably believed during the internet bubble when they said we would have surpluses as far as the eye can see

trouble was we took off our glasses and realized we can’t see far

the book of the year
GULLIBLE’S travels

Madmax

January 3rd, 2013
8:12 am

A. The immediate needs on the ground have already been taken care of so it is not an impending disaster.
B. The annual budget for NJ is $30 billion
C. The request is for $60 billion
D. This is not Obamacare; let’s read the bill before we pass it and see how much waste can be cut before we authorize it.

GT

January 3rd, 2013
8:13 am

One of the great things about this wing nut faction, the longer they stay around to demonstrate their total lack of sensitivity, or anything else you can think of, the more they teach the American public why being a red just ain’t cool. The very people that can’t seem to pull themselves out of this hole of ignorance are the ones that want to keep everybody else in it with them.

stands for decibels

January 3rd, 2013
8:13 am

Makes a granny smile!

Lawrence O’Donnell is kind of hard to take at times (more of a style, vs. a substance issue, for me), but I see a segment like that and I remember just how good he can be.

And yes, I was not even remotely aware of those “unanimous” confirmations, and probably would not have been, had he not troubled himself to point them out.

Escaped from Email Purgatory

January 3rd, 2013
8:15 am

Might we be seeing the coming out party for a true national leader?

Might Christie be the guy we’ve been waiting for? A competent, results-oriented, no-nonsense pol who suffers not the fools on both sides of the aisle.

A guy who appeals to moderates and alienates the fringe elements who’ve paralyzed our political process?

At long last. Somebody with true national appeal who embraces pragmatism rather than ideology.

Chris Christie, our nation turns its lonely eyes to you. But 2016 is a long time away. By my reckoning, it will mark 16 years of suffering incredibly incompetent leadership from our president as we shift from a plutocracy to a nanny state.

By 2016, what kind of a cluster-f— of a country would Christie be assuming responsibility for?

Here’s hoping he’s still interested. Here’s hoping he can push away that third hoagie and stay healthy so he’s around for the job.

Jm

January 3rd, 2013
8:17 am

Christie is a moron

And he also happens to probably be shooting himself in the foot for prez

Granny Godzilla

January 3rd, 2013
8:18 am

Uncle Sam has apparently lost it.

fair and balanced

January 3rd, 2013
8:21 am

Here’s how it works when you have a con as President and a con as NY governor; federal funds and tax breaks for NY is no problem-screw the deficit:
“”"”"”"”"”ov. George E. Pataki has asked President Bush to allow New York to use billions of dollars in unspent Sept. 11 aid to build a rail link connecting the former World Trade Center site to the Long Island Rail Road and Kennedy International Airport, according to the governor’s aides.

In a rare direct appeal to the president, Mr. Pataki urged Mr. Bush, a fellow Republican, to provide cash in place of unused parts of a $5 billion tax-incentive package that Washington allocated to help spur construction of new office towers, residential buildings and retail shops in Lower Manhattan.

Mr. Pataki has yet to specify the precise amount that he is seeking from the federal government. But his aides say that he may ask the president and Congress to convert about $2 billion in unused tax breaks into hard cash for the $6 billion project. The money, if approved, would provide significant financing for the rail link, which has been promoted by the governor as a way to reinvigorate downtown while solving the riddle of providing direct access to the airport from Manhattan.

olitically, the timing of Mr. Pataki’s request is intriguing, coming two months before national Republicans gather in New York City to nominate Mr. Bush in a party convention that is scheduled to coincide roughly with the third anniversary of the Sept. 11 attack.

As one of the main hosts of the event, Mr. Pataki appears to have some leverage with the White House, though the governor’s aides dismissed such assertions, saying that the president had already been extremely helpful in New York’s recovery effort. The governor has also been a major fund-raiser for the president, traveling the country in recent months on his campaign’s behalf.”"”"”"”"”"”"”"

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/30/nyregion/pataki-asks-bush-for-city-rail-aid.html

Ah, those were the good old days for the cons in the Northeast when pork was on the plate every day

stands for decibels

January 3rd, 2013
8:22 am

Here’s hoping he’s still interested. Here’s hoping he can push away that third hoagie and stay healthy so he’s around for the job.

I’m not going to allow myself to go overboard and erase from memory the nearly-unforgivable things CC has done, to wit: Equating firing PATCO workers with fighting the Soviets; halting badly needed rail tunnel construction under the Hudson; and being both anti-choice and anti- marriage equality.

But he’d likely be an improvement of most any other national GOPer, and in any case, I do hope for his own sake that he manages to get himself into better physical shape.

stands for decibels

January 3rd, 2013
8:24 am

The annual budget for NJ is $30 billion
The request is for $60 billion

One of these things is not like the other.
One of these things, doesn’t belong

Jm

January 3rd, 2013
8:26 am

No more yanks in office please

stands for decibels

January 3rd, 2013
8:26 am

No more yanks in office please

WTF?

can I have some of what you’re injecting?

bob

January 3rd, 2013
8:29 am

If Christy can explain why his people need millions for a fish hatchery in Alaska then I will listen.

Adam

January 3rd, 2013
8:30 am

Anyone else notice td is deciding on being the blog tattle tale?

*GASP* Did I just call him a name? OH NO!

*Runs away in fear*

Sorry, but I have done far worse than merely call people names, and I’ve been called out for it without td’s help, and I’ve had posts taken down. I don’t say it as a point of pride, but to point out we don’t need a tattle tale.

Keep it up and I’ll hound the conservatives on here by tattling on all of THEM just so you guys can feel again like you are more persecuted than the liberals. Because anything less than free speech for you and censorship for the rest of us is unfair, apparently.

UNCLE SAMANTHA

January 3rd, 2013
8:30 am

democrat blue book rule # 86

when you are confronted with your own ignorance and cannot find a way out
accuse the other person of something

use terms like: so and so has lost it

it will deflect the emphasis away from you lack of logic and knowledge

GT

January 3rd, 2013
8:31 am

The Republican Party is showing up with a better candidate than they have in the last eight years. They cannot carry a country on the diet they are feeding them with McCain or Romney. Christie sees an opening, first sign of intelligence, Jeb Bush is right there with him. The next presidential debates for the Republicans won’t look like a freak show at the county fair, for once their will be some real substance. You can get all the religion you need in church, this crowd is over that pretty package no substance junk.

AU Liberal in ATL

January 3rd, 2013
8:32 am

The t-bags will be the death of the GOP. Sometimes you get what you deserve.

Granny Godzilla

January 3rd, 2013
8:34 am

uncle sam

sorry, i hurt your feelings

but honestly that 8:12 was a silly mish mash

Adam

January 3rd, 2013
8:35 am

Actually I take some of that back. It’s quite possible I may simply go away if this blog becomes a liberal censorship frenzy because of a conservative tattle tale or two being loud about the incorrect perception that they are persecuted. Hell, I’ve never even been to Kyle’s blog and I hear stuff on here all the time about liberals being banned just because they’re liberal. And that’s why I continue to stay away. If he did it to conservatives, it would be the same.

I come here because both sides can freely speak. Screw that up, and I’m going to let you stew in your own epistemic closure because frankly I like winning elections and I will only sparingly spend my time in such vitriolic hate-filled pockets of the bubble.

skipper

January 3rd, 2013
8:38 am

Christie may in fact run for prez…..who knows. He apparantly can work with folks, as he showed when President Obama showed up after Sandy. However (the devil made me do it) if Candy Crowly does an interview with him, what size lens will be needed for the cameras?????????? Can one lens get both if them in the same shot?????

Escaped from Email Purgatory

January 3rd, 2013
8:38 am

One rule of thumb for identifying a good leader is that he pisses everybody off. Maybe Christie’s that kind of leader. A point in his favor in a country with an electorate as diverse as ours.

Maybe he’ll leave the GOP. Not saying he’d jump to the dems, but perhaps become independent.

If Christie has to pass muster to win the 2016 GOP primary process, he’ll come off as extreme. The RINO’s burden, I guess you can call it.

Any candidate who passes all your personal litmus tests will be considered an anathema by your neighbor. That’s the dance we’ve been doing for four PTTUS elections now.

stands for decibels

January 3rd, 2013
8:39 am

O’Jays SHEETZ.

ITS ALL BUSH'S FAULT

January 3rd, 2013
8:42 am

GOP , Red state vs Blue state = Dumb asses from north to south

GT

January 3rd, 2013
8:42 am

Al Jazeera buys Current TV, will launch new channel

The competition for nuts watching television has just risen. There use to be a time in this country where an even hand was appreciated, now nuts of all kind are looking for endorsement of their insanity.

tiredofit

January 3rd, 2013
8:49 am

So the GOP (the party of higher taxes) can’t help their fellow Americans in need, how fiscally responsible of them. If they are worried about funding, just take it from the bloated DOD.

UNCLE SAMANTHA

January 3rd, 2013
8:56 am

rule 86A

use again and again rule 86 to deflect your ignorance

eventually your enemy will tire and move on to something else and you will not have to face yourself

GT

January 3rd, 2013
9:22 am

One of the things this budget battle does is throw the American public off the real problem in America, Wall Street. You got cancer over there but we are taking vitamins for a cold over here. Wall Street threw the right out of office by abusing its freedom, and then paid lots of money for the right to think the bullies was the government. We should have never bailed WS out of the last recession, we would have this problem fixed by now, but we did and it still out there ticking away in its not so capitalistic way, while the state of New Jersey, who is a surplus state of giving to receiving rots.

AmericaShrugged

January 3rd, 2013
10:28 am

The guv has seen the relentless tide of liberalism and doesn’t want to drown in it. Watch for him to switch parties and run as a Dem Presidential candidate in 2016!

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