Pelosi's Speech

After consulting with my experts, Frank and Gary the bartenders (bartenders make the best economists, trust me, they're the first to know), I now believe that Nancy Pelosi was way out of line. It was too partisan at a critical time.



After all, this was a Republican bill, initially drafted by a Republican administration, bailing out, initially, Republican Wall Street Fat Cats, from the Republican clusterfuck they created, enabled by Republican laissez-faire deregulation policies, programs and legislation.

So the Republicans might be a tad sensitive to the notion that for the good of the country, they would have to hoist the $700,000,000,000.00 (+) tab on the Average Joe taxpayers. However, without this bill, we are all now so screwed, so it was not the time for the Democrats to tweak the frazzled nerves of their twittering Republican compatriots across the aisle.

Even the President Bush gave a 3 minute speech to help sway the masses to support his bill, and Li'l Johnny McCain "suspended" his campaign to ride in on his white horse, storm the White House gate and twist some arms show some bipartisanship. I know this is true, he said so on my TeeVee. He gathered up the leaders in that White House Conference room for some bipartisan mavericky "straight talk" and said...

Nothing.

So shame on you Nancy, you heartless "San Francisco" liberal. How could you be so mean, picking at their last GOP nerve like that. Hey America! Call your Republican Congressmen. They need a hug today.

However, Barney Frank, you go!

Update:
OMG! This must be serious! Prez Bush gave another 3 minute speech!

We Are So Screwed!

And the CryBaby Republicans did it, again.

As Atrios sez: Lucy just yanked the football, again.

Thanks for all the help, Wise Ol', Experienced Man of Washington, Li'l Johnny McCain. "High-o, Silver!" You rode in on your white house to save the day. Key in William Tell Overture.

"High-O Silver, Awaaaaaaayyy!!!!!"

Sure liked how your influence cleared the way. How can you reach across party lines when you can't even influence your own assholes.

And, uh, Johnnie, How's your 401K, doin'? Oh that's right... You don't have one. Well at least your wife has some houses she can sell, if you can find them.

More Bush Incompetence

Well, you can't expect the people who don't believe in government to run anything efficiently, can you?

Via AmericaBlog & Crooks and Liars

In this case, I must quote the immortal Church lady, "How CONVENIENT!!!!!"

The Department of Homeland Security failed to prepare for a massive influx of applications for U.S. citizenship and other immigration benefits this summer, prompting complaints from Hispanic leaders and voter-mobilization groups that several hundred thousand people likely will not be granted citizenship in time to cast ballots in the 2008 presidential election.

Bush administration officials said yesterday that they had anticipated applicants would rush to file their paperwork to beat a widely publicized fee increase that took effect July 30, but did not expect the scale of the response. The backlog comes just months after U.S. officials failed to prepare for tougher border security requirements that triggered months-long delays for millions of Americans seeking passports.

Supporting Our Troops - With Bush Incompetence

Update:

KDKA contacted the Pentagon. Investigators there took a look. A military spokesman told KDKA's Marty Griffin the bill sent to Fox was a mistake.

...

The Pentagon will not comment on allegations that thousands of other soldiers just sent home from Iraq and other invasions, including Afghanistan, will not receive these sorts of bills. They cannot comment on those cases.

Bush's refurbished Pentagon just doesn't know what they're doing, I guess.

Stupid Assholes!

Supporting Our Troops - Bush Style

UN-F$#KING-BELIEVABLE!!

The U.S. Military is demanding that thousands of wounded service personnel give back signing bonuses because they are unable to serve out their commitments.

To get people to sign up, the military gives enlistment bonuses up to $30,000 in some cases.

Now men and women who have lost arms, legs, eyesight, hearing and can no longer serve are being ordered to pay some of that money back.

Well they won't be able to afford to get to those moldy VA hospitals, then would they?

I'm sure Michelle Malkin and Bill O'Reilly and all the folks at National Review will get right on it!

This is my treasonous post of the day.

Update:

FYI

I did not plagiarize this story from Rising Hegemon.

I borrowed it from Balloon-Juice.

(And the Li'l Scotty story below is on every blog I've read today.)