Author Archives: John Wallenfeldt

How congressional Republicans subvert the Constitution | Jay Bookman

“I hope the House considers my resolution as soon as we return to Washington so we can send a message to President Obama.” – Rep. Diane Black. Republican. Tennessee. Moron.

The GOP apparently really is as stupid as you sometimes imagine.

While complaining about the President’s recess appointments, the House is pretending to do business. Basically, Junior Rep from Nowheresville, Teabaggia sits alone in the House chamber and they call the House open. It is a lie.

Hell, it is a lie supported by Rep. Black demanding action on a bill condemning the President. You know, once they all make it back to D.C.

She even mentions in her statement that they’ve been in recess since December 17th.

In short, they are stopping the government from operating, at least the parts of it they don’t like. And don’t get me wrong, this is egregious behavior by ANY party and I would like to hope that Harry Reid would have been shamed for these games when he did it during the Bush years. You either recognize that people win office and earn their right to do good or ill or you abuse the Constitution in such a way that YOU are the problem. Do your job, even if the consequences suck.

You really cannot make this stuff up.

GPS: Romney’s Real Problem

Fareed Zakaria points out that Romney – and the rest of the GOP and ALL American politicians to be honest – aren’t paying attention to their real long term issues.

All these lamentations about “job creators” and jobs “saved” by stripping factories of most of their value to pad investor’s pockets are missing the point. Barring selling Starbucks beverages and building things on site, America has lost the touch of making jobs that complete on the global stage. Fix THAT and you can probably save this nation from itself.