tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post3277562467492075666..comments2024-03-28T10:15:57.792-04:00Comments on Social Security News: Government Shutdown: The Only Way To Resolve The Question Of Presidential Legitimacy?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post-53872344636216629792013-09-19T10:29:55.996-04:002013-09-19T10:29:55.996-04:00How about the first two years of His Excellency...How about the first two years of His Excellency's reign when the House was democratic? Why couldn't his own people submit a budget the Senate could endorse? too busy messing with health care to care about the budget?? No excuse for this period of time. Can't blame Bush, can't blame the Republicans.. If it looks like a turd, smells like a turd, and feels like a turd, it doesn't need to be tasted to be a turd..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post-81137187881093119792013-09-19T10:14:50.374-04:002013-09-19T10:14:50.374-04:00it's disingenuous to say the senate hasn't...it's disingenuous to say the senate hasn't entertained a vote on a budget in such and such years when the budgets they have been handed are literally insane. cuts totalling over 10% of spending, defunding the health care law the country wants and Congress passed (and SCOTUS upheld), cutting food stamps to the bone, etc. etc.<br /><br />you can't hold the senate in (at least complete) contempt for not bothering to vote on ayn rand's fantasy (especially since it would never pass). that's like saying i am to blame for not deciding what to eat for dinner when my spouse has only offered up "crap"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post-64350815678721777862013-09-19T09:42:11.097-04:002013-09-19T09:42:11.097-04:00to 2:24 - history is clear, the Democrats in the S...to 2:24 - history is clear, the Democrats in the Senate for years have not allowed a vote on a budget. They even recognize Obama's budget proposals have been DOA and reject them. Placing a label on a proposal is not a vote. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post-66012225642167703362013-09-18T14:24:02.765-04:002013-09-18T14:24:02.765-04:00@1:58
That is because each of those House budgets...@1:58<br /><br />That is because each of those House budgets were batshit crazy. LOL just LOL.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post-20206447862817147582013-09-18T13:58:45.129-04:002013-09-18T13:58:45.129-04:00The House has sent a budget to the Senate every ye...The House has sent a budget to the Senate every year for the past five years, but Senate Majority Leader Reid refuses to allow a vote on the budget bills (or any other legislation he personally dislikes).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post-88348529089046450562013-09-18T12:01:51.245-04:002013-09-18T12:01:51.245-04:0011:53- Sorry, but bringing up Obama's parents...11:53- Sorry, but bringing up Obama's parents and Kenya as a question of his legitimacy is not a 'point' that can be addressed. People that make that argument cannot be reached by reason and should be openly mocked.<br /><br />Also, the 8/11 Budget Resolution passed by the Dem Senate and Repub. House does qualify as a budget.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post-78861785835337187722013-09-18T11:53:57.906-04:002013-09-18T11:53:57.906-04:0010:47: address his or her points rather than makin...10:47: address his or her points rather than making ad hominems. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post-25433545524496605632013-09-18T11:53:21.451-04:002013-09-18T11:53:21.451-04:009:43- The House has to send a budget bill to the S...9:43- The House has to send a budget bill to the Senate, as all budget bills start in the US House, not in the US Senate, as ordered by the US Constitution.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post-43752442992542931122013-09-18T10:47:26.623-04:002013-09-18T10:47:26.623-04:009:43- You are representing the point of this arti...9:43- You are representing the point of this article perfectly. Loosen the tinfoil hat just a touch perhaps.Emilnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post-23620800633253125372013-09-18T09:43:56.138-04:002013-09-18T09:43:56.138-04:00The problem is, is that the Democrats do not feel ...The problem is, is that the Democrats do not feel that they need to provide a budget as the Constitution requires. Even when they had all Democrat House and Senate, they could not and would not provide a budget. If the Government shuts down, it is because the Democrats refuse to do a budget. Remember, your President said that there would be no sequester during his second Presidential debate.. By signing a budget, he could have prevented it, but nooooo, he knows best.. Five years without a budget. He has no legitimacy to lose. Since there is no bigamy allowed in Hawaii, his mother was never married to his dad as he was already married to a wife in Kenya. And that is the beginning of his legitimacy problems.. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post-89627649806382991362013-09-18T05:02:47.362-04:002013-09-18T05:02:47.362-04:00'The tension between the two parties is higher...'The tension between the two parties is higher now than ever before because they disagree not only on underlying policy but on the basic premises of shared governance." <br /><br />And it gets worse. Underlying the above is that they disagree on the legitimacy of governance itself in a broad sense (other than their own, of course, or when their constituents need federal help), and are unable to agree on simple factual bases upon which to construct their arguments.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post-87061806473315463842013-09-17T21:20:31.712-04:002013-09-17T21:20:31.712-04:00Our country was founded by compromise and anyone w...Our country was founded by compromise and anyone who thinks our government can work without compromise is an idiot. In my opinion, consistent with the above statement, there are many idiots today in the Republican party. However, I do not believe it represents anything close to a majority of Republicans - at least I hope not. <br /><br /> I think it is unfair to link to Larry Klayman as if to cite him as a typical republican. I think most thinking Republicans are disgusted with the Tea Party types and would have nothing to do with a person like Larry Klayman. <br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com