Republican lawmakers seem to suffer from a serious case of bi-polar disorder. The Party of No (because they vote NO on every bill in the U.S. Congress that would throw a life line to we the little people) suddenly say YES when major $$$$$$$$$ federal bucks will flow to their districts.
Bringing big bucks to Republican districts pleases both voters and the politician's fat cat donors. Republican lawmakers somehow believe they can vote NO in Washington but take credit for YES results that come from the evil doing Democrats in the U.S. Congress.
I guess Republican lawmakers assume their constituents are both stupid and uninformed.
We have a fresh load of Republican award winning hypocrites who join Senators Hutchison and Cornyn in the GOP Hall of Hypocritical Shame.
All voted against the recovery act but all behave as if they personally delivered stimulus money to their home districts.
• Representative Pete Sessions (TX-32) - Representative Pete Sessions showed his hypocrisy after asking the Obama Administration for three billion in funds for NASA from the economic recovery act, which he voted against. Members of the Texas delegation signed the letter, including two Republican Senators and 19 House Republicans who all voted against the recovery act in February. [Texas delegation wants stimulus money for NASA, Houston Chronicle, 10/5/09]
• Representative Michael McCaul (TX-10) - "I didn't support final passage but at the same time I wanted to make sure if we are spending that kind of money that much of that gets directed to Texas." [KVUE News; 2/22/09]
• Representative Michael McCaul showed his hypocrisy after asking the Obama Administration for three billion in funds for NASA from the economic recovery act, which he voted against. Members of the Texas delegation signed the letter, including two Republican Senators and 19 House Republicans who all voted against the recovery act in February. [Texas delegation wants stimulus money for NASA, Houston Chronicle, 10/5/09]
When I learn of the appalling and pervasive corruption that has overtaken our state and U.S. government, not to mention our society, I have to admit that I feel as if I've been punched in the gut and kicked really hard in the butt.
Just when we think we've heard the absolute worst of the very worst, inevitably something even more awful will emerge.
The recent exposure of the Bush Administration's pervasive corruption, the Bush Administration's lies, the ginned up war in Iraq, Halliburton's criminal overcharges, Blackwater that prides itself on offing innocent Iraqis, and its bribes to the Iraqi government to buy silence, the deregulated banks, sub prime loans, Wall. St. and its U.S. government enabled reckless gambling casinos, at taxpayer peril, thank you, the discovery of FOX News as the undeniable propaganda arm for the GOP, the self-serving teabagging front groups that pretend to be grassroots movements that use and abuse well-meaning and misled teabaggers, and on and on...It is enough to suck all of the breath out of my lungs.
What would St. Ronnie say if he knew? Gee whiz, what happened!? Or, I know it all sounds terrible and really scary, but in the end, all of the above will be really good for the American people. Trust me folks, there will be 25 chickens in every pot next year and a pony in every back yard. Be patient. Work harder. You don't have a job? You are not working hard enough, you lazy, shiftless bum! Go to the mall. Buy a house full of garbage you don't need. Just be happy and all of of our troubles will disappear.
But the grand old actor wizard and the master of deep deception has long since departed. And there is no St. Ronnie today who can sugar coat the awful and the scary.
What truly sends chills down my spine this time is the discovery that a group of Christian Republicans and Democratic U.S. lawmakers, thank you, seem to be on a crusade to turn our U.S. government into one that is "led by God."
Why does this imperative remind me somehow of the Taliban and the so-called God run governments Iran and Saudi Arabia?
It all starts with pro-slavery driven and unfettered corporate imperatives.
I noticed a very interesting post on Daily Kos today concerning AARP and its political clout in Washington.
The No Party may have really blown it big time when it turned its back on The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. AARP, along with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Labor and numerous state governors supported the stimulus bill. AARP had warned Washington's lawmakers that failure to vote for the bill would result in consequences.
AARP happens to be one of the biggest lobbyists in Washington. It wields a lot of influence because it has a huge membership comprised of the largest segment of the U.S. population - the baby boomers. And many of we the baby boomers are not happy with the way W. & Co. ran the country especially since our life time savings, i.e. our retirement nest eggs have been decimated. We also cannot help but wonder what would have happened to us had Bush been allowed to turn our social security funds over to the Wall St. fat cats as he and Cheney had originally intended. Would we all be living with our kids or under freeways in our ripe old age? Many of us view both as very likely outcomes for our generation. No matter how young or old a baby boomer happens to be, a majority of us know that Bush was an unmitigated disaster for our (and possibly our children's) long-term financial security.
AARP is not happy with the No Party and it has taken action to punish it. This effort along with President Obama's brand new transparency web site is going make a little trouble for the GOP naysayers and doom and gloom fabricators.
