They don't give a shit about us -- not one puny little pebble of a shit.
"Foreclosure rescue plan advances; Senate-backed program adds $300b for loans" by Associated Press | June 25, 2008
WASHINGTON - A massive foreclosure rescue bill cleared a key Senate test yesterday by an overwhelming margin, with Democrats and Republicans both eager to claim election-year credit for helping hard-pressed homeowners.
An 83-to-9 vote put the plan on track for Senate passage as early as today, but President Bush is threatening a veto. Lawmakers have been negotiating behind the scenes with the Bush administration to avert a veto.
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Why not just SHOVE IT DOWN HIS THROAT as this point, huh?
Good politically, and WHY are you guys AFRAID of this guy?
But it GETS WORSE:
WASHINGTON --House Democrats failed Tuesday to resurrect a bill to punish price gouging at the gas pump, while maneuvering to block Republican attempts to expand offshore drilling, an idea gaining in popularity amid $4-a-gallon gas prices.
Un-frikkin-believable!!!!
Here they DON'T CUT OFF the WAR FUNDING, they GIVE AMNESTY to TORTURERS and and IMMUNITY to LAW-BREAKING TELECOMS but they are going to BLOCK OIL DRILLING that the public wants!!!!
Is this Congress EVER going to do ANYTHING WE WANT, readers?!
This government should be TARRED, FEATHERED and HUNG for its OUTRIGHT NEGLIGENCE toward the American people.
This is OUT-fucking-RAGEOUS!!!!!
Action on legislation that would assure continuation of the ban on oil and natural gas drilling in most of the country's coastal waters was put off until later this summer after it became increasingly clear that Republican lawmakers may have the votes to lift the drilling moratorium.
This is the same bunch of whiny DemocraPs who complained about the Repugs doing this?
Yeah, so they are going to SHELVE something WE WANT!
And by "we," I mean the American people!!!
HOW MUCH LONGER are you going to put up with this shit, 'murkns?
Meanwhile, House Democratic leaders failed to get the two-thirds vote needed to push through a measure that would have made gasoline and diesel fuel price gouging a federal crime, with penalties of up to $2 million for individuals and possible jail time. The vote was 276-146.
So WTF else is new, huh?
The House has passed similar gouging legislation previously, as has the Senate, only to be abandoned. Supporters of the bill argued that gouging is widespread, while opponents said it is not and would be difficult to prove even if it occurred.
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Yeah, why bother to see if price-gouging oil profiteers are screwing us (especially with all the campaign contributions, 'eh)?
That would be like trying to track down WAR LOOT!!!
But this government needs to go up my ass with a carbon meter to see what is my fart print on the environment!!
FUCK CONGRESS!!!
LAMPPOST TIME!!!
