Senate GOP screws you again

 

According to the Hill the Senate Republicans want to offer a plan that would raise the debt limit, and fold completely by funding the Government for a year at Sequestration levels. Notice it says nothing about defunding Obamacare, only removing the medical device tax.

Polls that make GOP squirm

So the AP released a new poll that will tell people what we already know. Nobody in the country likes anybody in Washington. The bad thing is that shockingly in this poll the GOP came out looking like the biggest losers.

Thanks for nothing Paul Ryan

 

In negotiations there is a saying "shoot for the stars and you might get the moon." Basically ask for everything you could dream about and you might be able to end up with close to what you really wanted. Republicans in Congress have never learned this lesson. They shoot for their nuts and typically end up shooting their own feet. Meaning they start out asking for less than they should dream about and end up with only looking spineless with a bloody foot.

We're Park Rangers and you're not allowed here!!

The National Park Service has entered its new role of totalitarian enforcement squad with vigor and enthusiasm not normally seen from government employees. After all that is where the phrase "good enough for government work" came from.

Of course I guess those people never got to live out the life of ardent ass-hat preventing seniors and tourists from seeing Old Faithful erupt. 

Captured AQ leader great news, but why do we know it?

I have read a few places this morning that we captured an AQ leader in Tripoli Libya. That news in and of itself is a great thing. We can interrogate him - turns out no Miranda issued yet - and hopefully get some real intelligence that can be used. That of course is a fallacy.

Yes, defunding Obamacare is worth shutting down the Government

In fact I think anything that prevents Congress from passing any laws for a while might be something worth looking into. Hell I would be willing to pay them more to just go away. But since they wont take that deal I guess we are stuck with them. The least they could do is something worth a damn for once. To that extent thank you, Senator Lee.