Do-Nothing Congress

bradclark1 · 10-23-06, 09:19 AM

Hopefully this thread will pass censorship.:hmm:

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story...C-RSSFeeds0312

Everything thats been going on and bills needing to be voted on and these scum work 100 days or less over a year!!!
This isn't a thing that can be placed squarely on the republicans shoulders. All democrat's would of had to do is raise a little hell to bring peoples attention to it and it would have forced them to do their jobs but they must like making $165,000 + a year for working part time too.

What a cesspool!

SkvyWvr · 10-23-06, 10:08 AM

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Originally Posted by bradclark1

Hopefully this thread will pass censorship.:hmm:

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story...C-RSSFeeds0312

Everything thats been going on and bills needing to be voted on and these scum work 100 days or less over a year!!!
This isn't a thing that can be placed squarely on the republicans shoulders. All democrat's would of had to do is raise a little hell to bring peoples attention to it and it would have forced them to do their jobs but they must like making $165,000 + a year for working part time too.

What a cesspool!

Vote them all out and lets start over.

10-23-06, 10:17 AM

The article leaves me conflicted. On the one hand we as citizens are usually better off when congress does nothing. Many laws are useless, knee jerk reactions thought up for political gain and only help a very few people and cause trouble for others.

On the other hand these people are being over compensated. professional politicians who seem to want little more than spend my money, give themselves raises, and live the life of a celebrity.

Government employees (congress included) have forgotten that they work for us not the other way around.

August · 10-23-06, 10:22 AM

To be fair not all of their job is in the Capitol building. They need to have some time back in their home states staying in contact with their constituents.

August · 10-23-06, 11:18 AM

Actually a do-nothing congress is sometimes better than the alternative:

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In his book, which came out this week, Kengor focuses on a KGB letter written at the height of the Cold War that shows that Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) offered to assist Soviet leaders in formulating a public relations strategy to counter President Reagan's foreign policy and to complicate his re-election efforts.

http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewNation.asp?Page=/Nation/archive/200610/NAT20061020b.html

bradclark1 · 10-23-06, 11:33 AM

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Originally Posted by August

Actually a do-nothing congress is sometimes better than the alternative:

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In his book, which came out this week, Kengor focuses on a KGB letter written at the height of the Cold War that shows that Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) offered to assist Soviet leaders in formulating a public relations strategy to counter President Reagan's foreign policy and to complicate his re-election efforts.

http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewNation.asp?Page=/Nation/archive/200610/NAT20061020b.html

One thing about State of Denial and this book is that Woodward backs up his claim with documents. This guy just makes some pretty far out there claims with nothing to back it up with.

Takeda Shingen · 10-23-06, 04:33 PM

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Originally Posted by waste gate

The article leaves me conflicted. On the one hand we as citizens are usually better off when congress does nothing. Many laws are useless, knee jerk reactions thought up for political gain and only help a very few people and cause trouble for others.

On the other hand these people are being over compensated. professional politicians who seem to want little more than spend my money, give themselves raises, and live the life of a celebrity.

Government employees (congress included) have forgotten that they work for us not the other way around.

For once, we agree. I would go further and say the same not only for Congress, but the federal government at large. We live in a system of inequality. Legislation and judicial action to remedy the inequality only shifts it to a new set of citizens. All the while, real problems go ignored until needed to assure re-election. All the while, the minimum wage is left to rot while the politicians, many of whom are already millionaires, vote themselves a pay raise. It sickens me.

You are right: They have forgotten who's taxes pay that salary.

Yahoshua · 10-23-06, 05:44 PM

Well that was a short-lived ideal.

The Avon Lady · 10-23-06, 10:14 AM

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Originally Posted by bradclark1

Hopefully this thread will pass censorship.:hmm:

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story...C-RSSFeeds0312

Everything thats been going on and bills needing to be voted on and these scum work 100 days or less over a year!!!
This isn't a thing that can be placed squarely on the republicans shoulders. All democrat's would of had to do is raise a little hell to bring peoples attention to it and it would have forced them to do their jobs but they must like making $165,000 + a year for working part time too.

What a cesspool!

I illustrated this earlier today here.

Ducimus · 10-23-06, 06:36 PM

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Originally Posted by bradclark1

Hopefully this thread will pass censorship.:hmm:

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story...C-RSSFeeds0312

Everything thats been going on and bills needing to be voted on and these scum work 100 days or less over a year!!!
This isn't a thing that can be placed squarely on the republicans shoulders. All democrat's would of had to do is raise a little hell to bring peoples attention to it and it would have forced them to do their jobs but they must like making $165,000 + a year for working part time too.

What a cesspool!

Don't forget that they also voted to raise their own pay, while ignoring the minimum wage for the common person.

10-23-06, 09:19 AM	#1
bradclark1 Ocean Warrior Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Connecticut, USA. Posts: 2,794 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 0	Do-Nothing Congress Hopefully this thread will pass censorship.:hmm: http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story...C-RSSFeeds0312 Everything thats been going on and bills needing to be voted on and these scum work 100 days or less over a year!!! This isn't a thing that can be placed squarely on the republicans shoulders. All democrat's would of had to do is raise a little hell to bring peoples attention to it and it would have forced them to do their jobs but they must like making $165,000 + a year for working part time too. What a cesspool!

10-23-06, 10:22 AM	#4
August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 23,197 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	To be fair not all of their job is in the Capitol building. They need to have some time back in their home states staying in contact with their constituents. __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.

10-23-06, 05:44 PM	#8
Yahoshua The Old Man Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 1,493 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Well that was a short-lived ideal. __________________ Science is the organized unpredictability that strives not to set limits to mans' capabilities, but is the engine by which the limits of mans' understanding is defined-Yahoshua

10-23-06, 10:17 AM	#3
waste gate Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	The article leaves me conflicted. On the one hand we as citizens are usually better off when congress does nothing. Many laws are useless, knee jerk reactions thought up for political gain and only help a very few people and cause trouble for others. On the other hand these people are being over compensated. professional politicians who seem to want little more than spend my money, give themselves raises, and live the life of a celebrity. Government employees (congress included) have forgotten that they work for us not the other way around.