JOHN BOEHNER SAYS HE IS STAYING ON AS HOUSE SPEAKER NO MATTER WHAT ANYONE HE REPRESENTS THINKS
December 22 2012 Scrapetv
Washington, D.C. – The Fiscal Cliff looms, something everyone in Washington and around the country are all too keenly aware of. Should the two sides trying to work out some kind of agreement not be able to do so before the end of the month, a week away, the country could be headed towards real financial trouble.
That, likely, will not be the only consequence of the failure to strike a deal, however. Already in turmoil after their miserable showing in the last election, the Republican Party is in further disarray over the Cliff and most believe, both inside and outside the Party, that if a deal is not worked out they will shoulder the bulk of the blame.
That could have long term consequences for the future of a Party that already has a murky future ahead of it. That could well be time for a change and after his failure to even muster support from within his own Party for his tax plan, John Boehner’s head could well be on the chopping block. Boehner, though, doesn’t think so and plans to stick around for a long time to come no matter what anyone inside or outside the House thinks.
“While we may have not been able to get the votes last night to avert 99.81 percent of the tax increases, I don’t think — they weren’t taking that out on me,” said Boehner.
Others, though, have been whispering about staging a coup against the House Speaker that could well result in him losing that position come the start of the New Year.
Boehner has of course blamed the President for the impasse, but his inability to pass a deal with members of his own Party could signify that a rebellion is already in action.
“The Republicans are in a tough spot right now and it isn’t something that is going to be solved easily. Even if they do work a deal over taxes most people will just look at that as doing what they were supposed to be doing and not something to be congratulated for, though it’s possible they won’t realize that,” said Scrape TV Political analyst Gabriel Kinsey. “The election was a massive rebuke of the Party and there were very ominous signs that unless they change, they will lose for a long, long time to come. The Party has started to realize that but acceptance of the changing electorate is causing quite a bit of trouble for everyone.”
Eric Cantor would likely take over as Speaker should Boehner be tossed out.
“Boehner is in tough even if they work a deal. He’s a part of the old guard and that old guard has to go, frankly. Even if they only want to get rid of him as a symbolic change they will do that. Things do need to change in the Party and Boehner will eventually have to be part of that, even if he doesn’t like that which of course he will not,” continued Kinsey. “Unfortunately for Boehner he only gets one vote as to who will be House Speaker and considering how little support he was able to muster for this bill, well, I doubt many other votes will follow him and that means he will be out. Obviously he doesn’t feel that is the case and certainly doesn’t want it, especially not with the country going over the Fiscal Cliff. It would be rough being kind of out of work in that case.”
Boehner apparently has no plans on trying again to work a deal and is leaving that with the Democrats.
It's a no brainer, out with Boehner.
ReplyDeleteIn the door, Raul Labrador.
December 23, 2012
ReplyDeleteObama Has to Fib Even at a Funeral
Jack Cashill
Post-re-election, reporters allow Obama to spin with impunity. They no longer seem worried that someone of the right will scoop them. They are confident that their media pals would ignore the scoop as well. They know that as long as they control the headlines, there can be no new Watergate -- and Obama is beginning to sense it, too.
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2012/12/obama_has_to_fib_even_at_a_funeral.html
We need a new Speaker willing to be remembered as Speaker Impeachment. No doubt found not guilty in the current Senate, but what the hell. Would at least shake things up a bit.
and on the third day we pray to the winter Goddess.
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watching over us as we sleep,
a layer of shining white,
covering the earth each night,
frost on the world and in the soul,
we thank you for visiting us.
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in the comfort of our homes and hearths.
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O mighty goddess
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This time of year I consider it antifreeze.
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ReplyDeleteFigure it was some evil outgrowth of your and BHO's "healthcare"
...had to give up quite a few pleasures so I could get back to beer following a bleeding ulcer.
ReplyDelete"High functioning is both a blessing and a curse, because it allows the drinker to keep a home and blah, blah, blah..."
DeleteWhat, she'd rather have me homeless?
...some shit I just heard on the radio.
"High functioning alcoholic"
Deletewtf does she think we use to fuel our function?
Sorry to hear about the ulcer, but hatin' on me and Obama sure ain't gonna make it better. Relax, and maybe sprinkle some red pepper on your food.
ReplyDeleteAnd, quit listening to the crazies on the radio. They're getting rich, and you're getting sick. Doesn't make any sense.
DeleteSon's Cardiac nurse girlfriend says pepper bad.
Delete...I was a tobasco freak.
Withdrawal Sucks.
Black pepper, yeah. Green peppers, also. Plain old chopped red pepper, I think just the opposite.
DeleteHope you're right.
DeleteThere's always a first time.
My food was always covered w/black pepper also.
...I'm tapering down a bit.
trade the black pepper for red pepper.
Deletehire a young girl to come in once a week. :)
and, quit listening to the crazy assholes on the radio all day long.
They have Medical Marijuana in Hawaii, right?
You ever see a Mexican with a bleeding ulcer?
DeleteRed pepper is a cauterizing agent. If it'll cauterize a wound on your finger, why wouldn't it cauterize an ulcer in your stomach?
...don't know about that.
DeleteDo know that wife's pot pills weren't the way too heavy shit they now sell on the street.
I used to like the lowest quality pot back in college following the Army.
One experience with hash in the far outback of British Columbia was kinda fun tho, I must admit.
You can always "cut it." Or, and I don't know shit about this, bake it in brownies, or something.
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Delete"You ever see a Mexican with a bleeding ulcer?"
How would I know?
I though that they discovered ulcers were caused by a bacteria?
Delete"You can always "cut it." Or, and I don't know shit about this, bake it in brownies, or something."
Delete...now I get it:
You want to get me so disoriented that I'll buy your and Barry's BS.
The bottom line is, you're too old to give a shit; relax, and let somebody else do all the worrying for a change.
DeleteYeah, just give our heritage away from our kids.
DeleteGive in to you and Barry's Socialist Hell.
...only over my cold, dead, body.
Don't be silly. You can't do shit about shit. No more than any of the rest of us can. Let the kids hammer it out; it's their turn.
Delete"I though that they discovered ulcers were caused by a bacteria?"
Deleteh-pylori
Doug ain't got the bug.
THOUGHT
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Egypt’s new Sharia-based constitution has been approved in a second round of voting, the ruling Muslim Brotherhood party said. The country’s opposition leveled accusations of fraud, saying it will appeal the referendum results.
ReplyDeleteThe new charter was approved by 64 percent of Egyptian voters in a “resounding victory,” state news agency al-Ahram reported on Sunday. The preliminary tallies were calculated from reports by polling station officials. Egypt’s election committee will confirm the final results on Monday.
Egypt's main opposition party the National Salvation Front (NSF) announced Sunday it will appeal the results of the referendum. NSF members alleged there were multiple instances of “fraud and violations” during the voting process.
“The referendum is not the end of the road. It is only one battle,” the NSF’s Abdel Ghaffer Shokr said, pledging to continue “the fight for the Egyptian people.”
The opposition has asked the electoral commission to “investigate the irregularities” before the vote’s official results are announced on Monday.
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Bringing Democracy to the ME.
DeleteSharia Style.
No wonder he invited that Gangland Style guy to the Whitehouse.
Good for them. Or, bad for them. Personally, I can't even "find" this one on my shit-o-meter. :)
Delete"Guangnam" (sp?) Style is a parody on the rich, "horsey" crowd in Guangnam (a rich, "horsey" place, evidently.)
Delete" my shit-o-meter. :)"
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...or faulty digital readout.
Maybe, it just has a high quality "signal to noise" filter. :)
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So how does massive deficit spending work in the long run, Mr. Socialist?
ReplyDeleteWith a "fiat" monetary system? Maybe some inflation in the "long" run. BUT, with no "Depression" in the short run.
DeleteCan Kicker Economics.
DeleteActuarial Realities be damned.
Inflation, right now, is running at about 2%. Take out Energy (oil) and you're at about 1.6%.
DeleteThe Government is borrowing money for 10 yrs at 1.6%.
Inflation is Not the prime concern at the moment. Not with Median Income below the level of 13 yrs. ago (and, basically, flat for 34 yrs.)
If you insist on worrying about such things (and, I suggest you don't,) you might consider that the last time we had a balanced budget (and about the only time in God I don't know how many decades) was under Bill Clinton's regime.
DeleteOn the ground, the groups that President Obama has recognized as the “legitimate representatives of the Syrian people” is beyond laughable.
ReplyDeleteBoth have no say whatsoever, and not even a pretense of having, the allegiance of any segment of the Syrian public.
When it comes to foreign policy, the Democrats and Republicans are reflections in their own mirrors.
The Elected members of Congress are expected to govern (for everyone -- not just their constituents), and in this country that means compromising to get the job done. The Tea Partiers refuse to govern, as their primary objective is to disrupt.
None of that will change or adversely affect the smell of my balsam fir christmas tree or the sprinkles on my butter cookies. - Betty fucking Crocker.
The President proposes, Congress disposes.
DeleteThe Senate has not passed a budget is almost four years.
It's not that the Tea Partiers "refuse to govern" - They refuse to bow down and be steam-rolled by Obama and the Social Democrats.
DeleteAlmost 6am.
ReplyDeleteThe Bed Calls.
About time.
DeleteA 2009 study by the Environmental Law Institute[5] assessed the size and structure of U.S. energy subsidies over the 2002–2008 period.
ReplyDeleteThe study estimated that subsidies to fossil-fuel based sources amounted to approximately $72 billion over this period and subsidies to renewable fuel sources totaled $29 billion. The study did not assess subsidies supporting nuclear energy.
Energy Subsidies
Note that the two ethanol subsidies are now history.
So, why can you install Solar PV in Germany for
Delete60% Less than in the United States?
2/5ths the cost. two fifths! 40%!
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Coal use set to surpass oil in a decade: IEA
DeleteCoal is set to surpass oil as the world’s top fuel within a decade, driven by growth in emerging market giants China and India, with even Europe finding it hard to cut use despite pollution concerns, according to a report published Tuesday.
Btw, about a hundred million tons of coal are mined on government lands, and exported (Powder River Basin, Wyoming.) It sells for about $100/Ton in China. Care to guess what the government (us) gets for that coal?
Delete$1.00/Ton.
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http://rt.com/art-and-culture/news/ikea-monkey-christmas-sanctuary-674/
Where's PETA when you need them?
During eulogy for war hero senator, Obama refers to himself 63 times...drudge
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Told ya.
And lied like hell while doing it.
Off to see 'Life of Pi' which got rave reviews from wife/daughter....wife never goes to a movie twice, but it's Christmas.
Egyptians girded for a new season of political discord after opposition leaders slammed a constitutional referendum they said was rigged by Islamists and that has unsettled the nation's Christian minority.
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The National Salvation Front, a coalition of political parties and former presidential candidates that represents the opposition, issued a stinging retort on Sunday ...
Emergency services rescued people swept away in their cars and in Umberleigh, near Barnstaple in Devon, a woman was saved by a lifeboat after she was found clinging to a tree on the banks of the swollen River Taw.
ReplyDeleteRobin Gisby, director at Network Rail, said: “We apologise to passengers who have had their journeys disrupted at this busy time and we are doing all we can to keep things moving. However, safety is our priority and where flooding has submerged tracks or damaged structures we cannot allow trains to run.”
The roads were also affected by flooding, with the eastbound A27 near Chichester and westbound slip road to Reading services on M4 both closed.
A constitution drafted by an Islamist-dominated assembly was approved by a majority of Egyptians in a referendum, rival camps said on Sunday, after a vote the opposition said drove a wedge through the Arab world's most populous nation.
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An opposition official also told Reuters their unofficial count showed the result was a "yes" vote.
Iran's oil minister claims his country has successfully circumvented sanctions on the sale of its oil.
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Iran's oil exports have fallen by about half in recent months due to the punitive oil and banking measures enacted by the U.S. and Europe over concerns Tehran is pursuing nuclear weapons. The currency has also plummeted.
The Center for Biological Diversity, an Arizona based environmental group, is planning to distribute no less than 50,000 condoms across the U.S at countless New Year’s Eve events.
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“The Center has given out 450,000 free Endangered Species Condoms, featuring polar bears, panthers and other species threatened by population growth, loss of habitat and consumption of natural resources. This year, the Center is providing condoms to college health centers, nightclub owners, environmental activists, women’s reproductive-health groups and other activists around the United States.”
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Interesting to note here that the Center received all these major fundings in 2008, upon which it launched a major population control campaign the year after. This suggests that the same old foundations headed by the same old elites are continuing to push their vision of a depopulated world.
Judges complained that county courts often do not have both a courtroom and a retiring room for district judges. This forces district judges to hear cases in their chambers, with those involved sitting in what is often uncomfortably close proximity, while the lack of a retiring room mean judges have nowhere to go if it became necessary to escape an aggressive parent.
ReplyDelete"If anything happens the only place to run is through an adjoining door between my court and that of the other district judge," said a family judge at a court in outer London. "People blow up in court – of course they do – we're taking their children away.
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There are no publicly available statistics for the number of attacks on judges but a spokesman for the judicial office at the Royal Courts of Justice said: "While we have noticed no recent increase in the level of significant incidents, security continues to be treated as a serious issue. The judiciary monitors security regularly, with input from a broad range of judges in different locations and courts."