Michele Bachman - don't they send these people to school?

I know someone of you have seen this all over the internet already. It makes me wonder how such a person could just sleep through civics class and then get elected to serve 600,000 constituents. Michele Bachmann is dangerous, not because shes tactical, but because she is so misinformed and controversial. They need her to read the constitution.

Article I, section 8 says, "The Congress shall have Power - To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof."

That includes the passage of the Federal Reserve Act of 1913, creating the central banking system. It also includes the legislation passed by Congress that gives th Treasury dept. executive power and money.

The Republicans need to vet this lady before she opens her mouth. It just becomes awkward and embarrassing to the entire minority party.

Omnibus Hypocricy in the Senate

It is nice to hear that Senators saying things along the line of "no more bridges to nowhere." I agreed to an extent with the Republican leadership that there were to many solo earmarks in the Omnibus spending bill. What I do not agree with is that out of the Omnibus bill is that they have become hypocrites.


MSNBC Reported

"Indeed, of the 35 U.S. senators who opposed the omnibus spending bill last night -- in the form of a "no" on the cloture vote -- 28 of them had solo earmarks in the legislation.

In total, according to Taxpayers for Common Sense, these 28 senators had a combined 307 solo earmarks totaling nearly $240 million. The breakdown is below."

I commend the 7 principled legislator without earmarks in the bill, but as you can see (from list below) the leadership had more earmarks than any other naysayer. McConnell the minority leader has a lot of answering to do.

McConnell simply said “this spending spree needs to come to an end.”

'Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) called the spending bill a "missed opportunity" and urged President Obama to veto it. "The bill costs far too much for a government that should be watching every dime," he said.'

But what Sen. Mitch McConnell doesn't mention in his comments about spending is that he himself (a member of the Appropriations Cmte.) secured 75 million in earmarks in the bill and 51 million in solo sponsored earmarks.

If you ask me it seems like complete talking point Fraud. Saying one thing, and doing the exact opposite. This is why republican talking points are sometimes effective but often wrong and not founded in reality.

Many point out this bill is bloated but forget to mention, it is bloated with their own pet projects.

Here is the Obama response to the earmark hypocrisy.




Here's the breakdown:
Barrasso (4 earmarks, $2.7 million)
Bayh (4 earmarks, $1.2 million)
Bennett (23 earmarks, $18 million)
Brownback (21 earmaks, $12 million)
Bunning (5 earmarks, $735,000)
Burr (3 earmarks, $1.3 million)
Chambliss (7 earmarks, $4.3 million)
Collins (1 earmark, $380,000)
Corker (1 earmark, $760,000)
Cornyn (5 earmarks, $2.5 million)
Crapo (1 earmark, $100,000)
Enzi (5 earmarks, $1.7 million)
Graham (14 earmarks, $9.5 million)
Grassley (8 earmarks, $350,000)
Gregg (19 earmarks, $10 million)
Hatch (7 earmarks, $700,000)
Hutchison (35 earmarks, $9.9 million)
Inhofe (34 earmarks, $53 million)
Isakson (2 earmarks, $1.4 million)
Kyl (3 earmarks, $5 million)
Lugar (10 earmarks, $3.3 million)
Martinez (8 earmarks, $18.8 million)
McConnell (36 earmarks, $51 million)
Roberts (11 earmarks, $2.2 million)
Sessions (12 earmarks, $4.3 million)
Thune (6 earmarks, $4.3 million)
Vitter (16 earmarks, $4 million)
Voinovich (6 earmarks, $13.5 million)

Republicans - Idealists or Obstructionists?

Sack


I see this as a perfect example. Republican are complaining about the stimulus as a giant pork package. Many including ll of the republican Minnesota delegation have complained that this will do nothing to help the economy and is just filled of pet projects. That being said, you don't hear anything from them about the projects this package that will be done in their districts. If there is such an idealistic opposition to the package, they should lobby MNDOT and othter state agencies to not spend money in their districts. If they really oppose this bill, then they should take stand. Instead, it looks like they will beb glad to welcome the money when it comes to benefit their constituents.


Furthermore, it seems that the stimulus will help the Minnesota Deficit. Pawlenty will be acceting money to help ofset the states budget troubles. Isn't that convenient.