In The GOP TeaBagger Govt Shutdown ... TeaBaggers Take A Nose Dive
TeaBagger Nose Dive Across Party Lines:
TeaBagger Cruz takes a nose dive:
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
the teabaggers got done exactly what needed to be done....now it's up to the dems to not appear so far left.....
the yin and yang have left the building......ownership isn't something politicians are good at.....time will tell who will shoulder the outcome of any kind of budget deal/national health insurance etc......
...you are a product of your environment, your environment is a product of your priorities, your priorities are a product of you......
The replacement of morality and conscience with law produces a deadly paradox.
STOP BEING GOOD DEMOCRATS---STOP BEING GOOD REPUBLICANS--START BEING GOOD AMERICANS
When the given the choice of voting for raising the debt ceiling or a default, 18 Senate Republicans chose to vote in favor of destroying the US economy.
The final vote was 81-18, but it is amazing that 18 Republican senators would vote no.
The 18 Republicans who voted for a default were Coburn, Cornyn, Crapo, Cruz, Enzi, Grassley, Heller, Johnson-WI, Lee, Paul, Risch, Roberts, Rubio, Scott, Sessions, Shelby, Toomey, Vitter.
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
"Republican donors were horrified in November after pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into losing campaigns for president and Congress with nothing to show for it."
"A year later they're appalled by how little has changed, angered by the behavior of Republican lawmakers during a string of legislative battles this year capped by the shutdown, and searching for answers."
Politico
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
If this sounds all too familiar, it’s because Republicans were licking their wounds around this time last year after being blindsided by a presidential election whose outcome they should have seen coming a mile away. But ignorance was bliss as conservative politicians and talkers pushed bogus polls and political fairy tales to angry voters who were once again on the losing side of history. Media outlets that released polls showing President Obama winning were attacked as biased and conservatives who warned of Romney’s weaknesses were rhetorically burned at the stake as heretics. Barack Obama won again and Republican leaders swore that next time would be different.
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Well, next time came one year later, and one year later, way too many conservatives once again found themselves shocked by the obvious. The Shutdown Strategy was doomed from the start even though conservatives like myself, Scott Walker, Tom Coburn and Charles Krauthammer agreed with The Wall Street Journal’s editorial page’s early assessment that Ted Cruz’s approach would lead to political disaster. It did.
Politico
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
It appears that there are still sheople out there that have yet to realize that there is no two party system and that it is the COLLECTIVE GOVERNMENT that is playing ya all!!!
It's all staged you dimwits!!!
OMG!!
It's no different than the 'good cop/bad cop'! Come on folks.......ya all can't be that dense....can ya?
When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
“How fortunate for those in power that people never think.” Adolph Hitler
It appears that there are still sheople out there that have yet to realize that there is no two party system and that it is the COLLECTIVE GOVERNMENT that is playing ya all!!!
It's all staged you dimwits!!!
OMG!!
It's no different than the 'good cop/bad cop'! Come on folks.......ya all can't be that dense....can ya?
Bumbler sells this meme about once a day... I don't think anyone is buying!
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
Former Vice President Dick Cheney told 60 Minutes that in 2007 his cardiologist disabled his defibrillator's wireless function over concern that terrorists could use it to send a fatal shock.
Said Cheney: "I was aware of the danger...that existed...I found it credible. I know from the experience we had and the necessity for adjusting my own device, that it was an accurate portrayal of what was possible."
I wonder if the threat to Cheney was from 'foreign' terrorists, or from a 'domestic terrorist' who would like to see Cheney pay for a lifetime of war mongering.
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
corporate america is just the layer between everyone else and the elected who pretend to act in the interest of everyone...
it's a joke....corporate america didn't do anything wrong....the leaders failed to lead because they ARE the $$ machine...
corporate america are just tools and you are no different than a hebrew slave....where's your straw for the bricks?...being controlled by those in congress to tell you what your value is and therefore your fair share....
you are nothing more than a credit score and soon to be a health score....
...you are a product of your environment, your environment is a product of your priorities, your priorities are a product of you......
The replacement of morality and conscience with law produces a deadly paradox.
STOP BEING GOOD DEMOCRATS---STOP BEING GOOD REPUBLICANS--START BEING GOOD AMERICANS
so far only one party got eaten from the inside,,,,like rosemary's baby....don't worry the next 'baby' will come soon enough
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Making Laws and Making Money By BERNIE BECKER One industry that does not appear to have been hit all that hard by the economic downturn: Federal lawmaking.
Even as the nation’s unemployment rate was reaching its highest levels in about a quarter-century, members of Congress saw their wealth collectively rise roughly 16 percent from 2008 to 2009, according to a new study from the Center for Responsive Politics.
The center’s analysis of lawmakers’ financial disclosures found that median wealth for members of the House and Senate grew to roughly $911,000 in 2009, after sitting at about $785,000 the previous year. It also found a small increase in the number of Congressional millionaires, with that figure now sitting at 261 – or close to half of all members of Congress.
More than 20 percent of those millionaires — 55 — had an average estimated wealth of at least $10 million. And moving up to the highest end, eight lawmakers — five Democrats and three Republicans — had an average wealth that stretches into nine figures.
Members of Congress report their assets in broad ranges, from which C.R.P. calculates an average estimated wealth. In its release on Wednesday, the center noted that lawmakers are not required to report all of their assets, including the worth of their personal residences.
The report also lays out which corporations attract the most congressional investors (with General Electric coming in No. 1) and calls for the disclosure reports, which are now submitted on paper, to be turned in electronically. It comes as lawmakers are going back and forth over whether to extend the Bush-era tax cuts for higher-income individuals and families
...you are a product of your environment, your environment is a product of your priorities, your priorities are a product of you......
The replacement of morality and conscience with law produces a deadly paradox.
STOP BEING GOOD DEMOCRATS---STOP BEING GOOD REPUBLICANS--START BEING GOOD AMERICANS
go ahead box and tell me how much the Dems look at all those poor poor poor americans and want to 'do things better for them'
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How the Richest Members of Congress Made Their Fortunes By DAVID ZEILER, Associate Editor, Money Morning March 12, 2013 PrintEmailShareA++A+A Text size Capitol Hill is brimming with millionaires, but if you think that most of the richest members of Congress got that way from working hard, guess again.
When you browse through the list of the richest members of Congress, one of the most common themes is that many of them married into wealth, regardless of gender.
The best-known beneficiary of spousal wealth is former Sen. John Kerry, D-MA, who recently left the Senate to serve as Secretary of State in the Obama administration.
"); //]]> Kerry's massive wealth, estimated at somewhere around $200 million, derives almost entirely from the extensive holdings of his wife, Teresa Heinz Kerry, in the H.J. Heinz Company (NYSE: HNZ).
Others, like Rep. Jay Rockefeller, D-WV, and freshman Sen. Joe Kennedy III, D-MA, inherited parts of family fortunes built up by wealthy forebears.
Some have become millionaires while serving in Congress. While a generous salary of $174,500 per year certainly helps grow one's wealth, many savvy lawmakers are able to use their positions to make very rewarding investments that can add hundreds of thousands, if not millions, to their net worth.
In fact, the richest members of Congress do better than even other wealthy Americans. An investigation by The New York Times found that the median net worth of U.S. lawmakers grew 15% from 2004 to 2010, while the growth in median net worth of the wealthiest 10% of Americans was negligible.
And during that same period, the median net worth of the average American decreased by 8%.
It's little wonder that Congress has such a hard time relating to the financial struggles of the average American.
Here is a sampling of the richest members of Congress and where their wealth comes from:
Seven of the Richest Members of Congress
Rep. Michael McCaul, R-TX: According to the Center for Responsive Politics (CRP), McCaul has the greatest net worth among all the richest members of Congress, a fortune estimated at over $500 million. McCaul has risen from 25th place to first since he was first elected in 2005, helped in large part by the 2010 addition to his disclosure forms of "certain assets" that were gifts from the parents of his wife, Linda McCaul. Mrs. McCaul is the daughter of Clear Channel Communications CEO Lowry Mays. Rep. Darrell Issa, R-CA: The Chairman of the House Oversight and Reform Committee made the kernel of his fortune by turning around a failing car alarm manufacturer, Steal Stopper. He has since built that into a fortune totaling $480 million. His money is managed by such big names as Blackrock, Alliance Bernstein, Goldman Sachs, Invesco and JPMorgan. Issa also owns significant amounts of real estate in California. Rep. Jared Polis, D-CO: With an estimated net worth of about $215 million, Polis is like many of the richest members of Congress in that he has a large array of investments and real estate holdings. Before he was elected Polis founded two online businesses, Blue Mountain Arts and ProFlowers.com. He sold Blue Mountain in 1999 for $780 million and ProFlowers.com in 2006 for $477 million. He is a full or limited partner at several investment firms and venture capital funds. Rep. John Delaney, D-MD: Delaney is one of the freshmen among the richest members of Congress, having been elected in November. Still, he is the sixth-wealthiest lawmaker with an estimated net worth of about $139 million. Delaney co-founded HealthCare Financial Partners Inc. in 1993, which was bought by Heller Financial Inc. in 1999 for $483 million. Delaney founded CapitalSource Inc. (NYSE: CSE), a commercial lender in Maryland, in 2000. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-CT: Another wealthy member of Congress who married well, Blumenthal's estimated net worth of just over $100 million puts him eighth. Cynthia Blumenthal, his wife, is the daughter of Peter Malkin, a real estate mogul in New York. Most of Mrs. Blumenthal's assets are real-estate related and many are listed as worth over $1 million. That means the Blumenthal's net worth could be far higher, as spousal assets listed as "over $1 million" could be worth much more. Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-CA: House Minority Leader Pelosi also married into wealth. Her husband, Paul, is a real estate investor and venture capitalist. The couple also owns a lot of real estate, including a vineyard in St. Helena, CA, worth between $5 million and $25 million. Her net worth soared by 62% in 2010. Pelosi's purchase of 5,000 shares of Visa (NYSE: V) after its IPO in 2008 but during consideration of legislation concerning credit card companies landed her a prominent spot in "60 Minutes" segment on "soft corruption" in Washington. Sen. Diane Feinstein, D-CA: Veteran lawmaker Feinstein married Richard Blum, president and CEO of private equity firm Blum Capital Partners LP. As is the case with Blumenthal's wife, many of the assets listed as Blum's fall into the "over $1 million" category, so her net worth could be well above the $71 million estimate by the CRP. Blum's wealth includes investment partnerships, limited liability corporations and a stake in health club chain OZ Fitness Inc.
...you are a product of your environment, your environment is a product of your priorities, your priorities are a product of you......
The replacement of morality and conscience with law produces a deadly paradox.
STOP BEING GOOD DEMOCRATS---STOP BEING GOOD REPUBLICANS--START BEING GOOD AMERICANS
And you spend every day defending Obamacare, which is one of the largest giveaways to corporate insurance companies. One sixth of the US economy handed to a few large corporate insurance companies. Wall Street thanks you for your hard work box. Whose product will I be forced to purchase next?
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