LOL

Ok, this is great. These are the people who are elected to lead New York State. The special session of the New York Senate goes like this. Two weeks ago, two democrats switch parties to the republicans. The democrat’s president of the Senate quickly has all the democrats leave the room and turns out the lights. The republicans with their two converts hold a vote to elect a new Senate President, 32 votes needed to pass, 32 votes cast, new President, a republican elected. The democrats have a cow and challenge the vote in court. The Judge in the case said basically; a Senate President needs 32 votes, they were cast, it was legal.

One of the two democrats’ who switched parties then switches back (I would like to say he did it because it’s funny as hell, but most likely he was pressured into it). The Senate is now tied 31 votes a side (only New York could be stupid enough to have a house with an equal number of seats, I mean really!). The democrats, who still do not have enough votes too legally elect (or re-elect, or what-ever) a President, simply refuse to recognize the republican President.

Two weeks of total grid lock follow. Well, one exception, the whole Senate did manage to get in one vote, a measure to insure that THEY STILL GET PAIDED was voted on and passed (go figure). The Governor, P.Oed that State Senators would be going on vacation (this normal session is over) without passing a number of ‘house keeping’ Bills to insure that the rest of the State continues to run, calls the Senate into special session (the Law says they HAVE to be at a special session). And has threatened (rightly so) to continue to call special session every single day (including weekend and holidays) until the Senate gets their job done.

So, day one of the special session: the republican President calls the session to order and everyone stands for the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag (apparently you can still do this in a government building), everyone that is except the democrats. They remain seated, apparently intending to pretend that the session is not really taking place because their President didn’t call it to order. Unfortunately, most of us voters, including democrat voters, care more about our country than our political party and you STAND during the Pledge (and when the National Anthem is sung, yah, I’m talking to you mooks at the Hockey games)! Day one ends with nothing being accomplished.

Day two: talks about power sharing break down earlier in the day, the republican come to the Senate chamber to find the doors locked. The democrats are already in the chamber and open the doors only when their President is at the podium with control of the gavel. The republican President tries to mount the podium but is stopped by the Master-at-arms (who is a democrat, as the republican haven’t had a chance as of yet to make any changes, so at least there is only one Master-at-arms (or is he called Sergeant-at-arms?)). So the republican President takes station in front of the podium and opens the session, but not really, because he has to bang the gavel, which he doesn’t have. The Secretary of the Senate (also a democrat) is not taking the minutes because ‘officially’ the Senate is not in session. The President calls roll, the republican answer, the democrats do not. Stuff happens, the democrats do not participate. The republican leave. The democrats then open their own session and make a big speech about how what just happened, didn’t happen and how nothing the Senate does right now would matter anyway because the Assembly is not in session and the Governor cannot call special sessions for the Assembly anyway.

So I have an idea, the democrats gave it to me. Let’s get all 62 of them into the chamber and LOCK THEM IN. Either they figure out how to do their jobs, or they all starve to death and we elect new ones.

American capitalism gone with a whimper

So, is it bad that RUSSIAN newspapers are telling their readers how far left into Marxist Communism American is becoming? Come on people, we did not end up as societies greatest accomplishment and the worlds lone super power and lone economic powerhouse by following Europe's lead! Especially when the lead we are following are failed policies that even Europe is trying to abandon!

http://english.pravda.ru/opinion/columnists/107459-0/

I'm going back to bed, somebody wake me in 4 years.

Let me get this straight,

Rod Blagojevich presided over the swearing in of the new Illinois State Senate, next week that same Senate will preside over his impeachment.

A New Jersey couple just had their son Adolf Hitler Cambel taken away from them by Children's Services. Children's Services claim it's not because of the child's name, but won't disclose why they took the couples three children.

President Elect Obama's choice to be Treasury Secretary, Timothy Geithner, is being investigated for Tax Fraud.

The Big Three Automakers, who just got a multi Billion dollar bailout of tax payer money, are lobbing Congress to raise the fuel tax to boost sales of smaller cars that they have to make because it's one of the conditions imposed by Congress for the bailout money.

The Pope plans to release guidelines to authenticate sighting of the Virgin Mary.

And a Man in California called police to help him get his 14-year-old daughter back from the man he SOLD her to, because the man missed a payment.

When did Rod Serling start running reality?

Proud to be a Republican

This is from Canada because you cannot even find the original American broadcast, go figure.

Illinois, A Governor, and the Sword of Power

Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich is not planning on resigning. After all, why should he? The people of Illinois want him there; they voted him into office, signifying by divine right, that he, Rod Blagojevich should wield Excalibur. That is why he is the King!

Eliot Spitzer had the decency to step down. But then he also had the benefit of the knowledge, that he gained when he was New York’s Attorney General and was actively prosecuting prostitution rings, that prostitution is illegal. Blagojevich doesn’t think he did anything wrong.

Sure, putting the appointment to a United States Senate Seat up on e-bay might be going a bit far, but even he didn’t go that far.

I’m sure the Kennedy’s, Cuomo’s and every single union in New York have ‘expressed interest’ with Governor David Patterson for the Clinton Senate Seat that is about to be vacant. During this ‘expression of interest’ I’m sure the interested parties let Governor David Patterson know what the ‘benefits’ are for their candidate of choice.

Surely some of these ‘benefits’ are what’s good (in their opinion) for New York or what’s good (in their opinion) for the Country. But some of it is just as surely what’s good for David Patterson.

So what’s the big deal? All Blagojevich did was define what ‘benefits’ he was willing to listen too. That and ask for cash. Oh, and start the conversation with those he really wanted to talk to.

So three differences, which one crossed the line? It cannot have to do with the taking of a bribe, oops, sorry, considering personal ‘benefits’, because, hell, that’s how we finance campaigns these days.

Was it the cash? We all know that once cash is involved it’s a dirty deal. Then again, politicians are programmed now days to take as much cash from as many people as possible. We call it fundraising to get elected and taxes once elected.

Was it having the balls to make the call first instead of waiting for them to come to him? Blagojevich was just being efficient, getting the ball rolling quickly so as to be able to get back to the work he was elected to do.

Or was is it defining what he wanted? Again, The Governor was just trying to be helpful, and not waste anyone’s time. After all, all those poor folks who were just interested in the good of Illinois and the Country but couldn’t afford the price would know right away not to even try.

No, I’m sure Blagojevich doesn’t think he did anything wrong. In fact, all he did was take what is currently the political norm and go one step further.

Rod, clearly the Chicago Mob/Corruption scene is to tame for someone with your vision and talents. I suggest you name yourself to the Senate Seat, you’d fit right in with the D.C. crowds. Besides, in Chicago you’ll have to put up with those ‘Moral High-Ground’ Illinois Supreme Court Justices, the U.S. Senate Committee will be more understanding.

Long Live the King.

Sometimes my sarcasm knows no bounds.

OMG - This is too funny.

I love Fred.

The Feel Good Philosophy of Failure

One of the hardest things about being a Conservative Republican is being hated, loathed and constantly made out to be the bad guy. Now I know how doctor feel.

Think about it. We as a society have become an emotional, feel good driven people.

How often do we do things just because it instantly satisfies our feelings? And how often are those things good for us? We want something sweet, we eat ice-cream. Given the choice between mashed potatoes smothered in gravy or rice with steamed eggplant, we take the artery clogging potatoes and gravy.

And we don’t do it just for ourselves; we feel the need to do it for everyone. Why look, the poorest of Americans cannot afford to buy their own home. We must make sure that there is a government sponsored program that helps them buy a house.

We conservatives are the ones who advocate not eating the ice-cream. We conservatives are the ones who said changing reality to allow the poorest of Americans buy a house is not a good idea. And we are hated for both.

It all comes down to consequences and results. Consequence is a four-letter-word now days. And results are no longer as important as intentions.

Someone gets heart disease from eating too much ice-cream and it’s the fault of the ice-cream manufacture. The U.S. economy goes into the toilet and greedy Wall-Street is to blame.

Pointing out that the heart disease victim had a choice of what to eat makes you unsympathetic and cold. Laying blame on the good intentions of mandatory government sponsored loan policies gets turned into accusations of Racism and Class-Warfare.

How do we respond to that?

We can do what many of our so called Conservative elected officials are doing, join the Liberals and try to make the irresponsible feel-good decisions they champions a little less destructive. Playing by the bi-partisan rules they so artfully created (that means sacrificing our ideals and beliefs).

Or perhaps we can take a page out of the past, a page out of Ronald Regan’s book. Educate Fight and Win!

I find it amusing that all the people Regan crushed are now claiming that the Regan Republicans are dead. That they cannot win elections anymore, that those ideas should be left behind and not tried again.

The enemy has a weak run defense and they are telling us, to beat them, we need to abandon the run and pass more.

The one thing that Liberalism and Socialism can never stand on is their results. That’s the one thing Conservatives can always stand on and win with.

Or is it just me?