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As opposed to you Plantagenet-
Who would consider such moronic
And obvious posturing theatrics which
Have nothing to do with 'reading' the bill
As time well spent in the House?

Face facts, Rita squared
Try to be honest, if you dare
The dems are so stupid they pass through bills
Without bothering to read the bills, making them shills

Nancy Pelosi needs to step down. She is destroying out country with bills to oppress taxpayers who actually do work hard for what little the government lets them keep. Nancy is divisively partisan.......as she flies home with glee in her taxpayer paid jet.

quite simply, because the amendment was finished until 2:59. It was a last minute addendum - a compromise. To gain the support of Peterson and the Ag committee, the bill needed to concede control of the offset program to the Department of Agriculture, not the EPA.

Last minute - Yes. Unread or unexpected? Hardly.

This bill has been released in draft form for months. Any citizen could have downloaded and read through it. In fact, its required by law. Its known as the notice and comment period. EVERY bill MUST go through one.

Don't be fooled by the red herring. EVERY CONGRESSMAN PRESENT KNEW EVERY PART OF THAT BILL. It went through over a dozen House committees and has been analyzed by the right and left for months. It has been hotly contested and both sides were trying to rally support up until the very end. Thats what Boehner was doing. Very savvy, in my opinion. By stalling, he is giving other congressmen in his party, as well as interested third parties, to continue hounding the fence-sitters.

Saying that there is not enough time to read through this is a complete DIVERSION. This bill was known through and through.

thank you, squid, for that cogent explanation. I think a sharp contrast can be made between this bill, ACES, and the PATRIOT act as far as congressional review

Bhonehead never had time to read it; he was too busy writing the amendments.

I agree, the more you have the more you have to lose so paying for the benefit of protection ie FDIC for money, police and fire for bigger and more expensive property, all the way down the line, the middle class have been hit hard, the poor and wealthy exempt. How much is health care worth to you? If you have a lot more to lose then you will pay for it. No loopholes! Redo tax structure to account for this! Flat tax would be good!

California is a terrific example of a stupid, corrupt and poorly managed state. It was the equivilent of the 7th largest economy in the world, and yet, they still mismanaged the money by being "daddy" to everyone and everything, and have done so for decades.

The people in California vote in representatives who make them "feel good" about the things they are going to "give them". However, when things go off course, which has happened during every Governors term they have had, the legislature never has to deal with the problems they created in the first place.

It all comes down to ovrespending by people who should never have that much in the first place. Come on, would you give your paycheck to your 4 year old to manage? Would you give it to a complete stranger? Well, that is what they do there. They give Billions to elected officials who stay for 4 years then either leave or get voted out, and also to unelected "appointees" to manage things that are too controversial to deal with.

California should be an example of what is great about our country, but it repeatedly shows irresponsibility in everything they do. Schools, drugs, energy, riots, naked bike rides, 1800 sq foot homes that cost millions, poor water supplies, sewage leaks into Santa Monica bay, gangs, overcrowded highways, social services that are an embarrassment to all, the list goes on and on.

Sorry all, but that is not what I want for our country. Freedom means doing the right thing for yourself and your family, not trying to force feed your ideals to everyone. Too much government to do "the right thing" is always what breaks the bank. I'll give to my causes, you give to yours. The government should only be the referee, and protect our borders. That is what the founding fathers had in mind, not creating a "rich uncle" to solve all of our worldly troubles.

Constitution, have you ever been to CA? Having been born and raised in CA and traveled to 27 other states during my life, with the exception of Florida, there's no other state in which I'd reside. There is no other place in the US where on the same day you can surf at 6am, be snow skiing at 11am, take in a game of any major sport, have any type of food in the world that you want for dinner and finish the night off at an amazing nightclub.

Our biggest mistake was, for the second time, voting into office an ex-actor (hack even) and thinking he'd be able to foresee or even deal with, the catastrophe Republicans would unleash on this country and the world. Economies everywhere are struggling because of the Bush years and events that really took root during Reagan.

Next time you decide to open your pie hole, try a big ol helping of "humble".

billyboy949

as an extremely long time resident of cal and at one point a budget director for a 200,000 city i can tell you exactly what the problem with cal and it's finances are, it's one party control. but i'm with you on all the nice things that are here. hope it lasts.

Have you read the bill, or are you relying on what you've been told? Hell, nobody has read the bill. That's part of the problem.

amen darrelb!

Darrel-
If it were appropriate
To tell someone to go post somewhere else
Because I didn't like their opinion
I would have given you that advice
A while ago.

right be behind you rita, it's OK to give an opinion and it's OK to disagree but it's not OK to attack someone and tell them to get off, you know how I feel about it, I tell them to bugger off themselves!