If Rush Limbaugh Was Around for the Great Depression

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Tuesday March 03, 2009 · 1:35 PM PST

2009/03/03 · 13:35

March 1931 - Washington, DC

Radio personality Rush Limbaugh continued his assault against President Roosevelt's "First 100 Days" today. Mr. Limbaugh spent the day visiting a "Hooverville" and telling the recently unemployed that, "we need FDR's plan to fail." Attending members of the Republican party mostly echoed Limbaugh's charge for failure, while dissenters of Limbaugh's plan were booed out of the tent city. After a minor disturbance where a Hooverville resident succumbed to dehydration Limbaugh reminded the audience, "Our President is proposing to spend more money than seen during our Civil War, it is a theft of our generation." When asked later for his solution to the worsening economy, Rush Limbaugh offered up tax cuts followed by inaction as the only correct course of action. Today's events followed up yet another victory for Rush Limbaugh, as he gladly accepted the recent apology of the Republican Chairman.

Overlooked Legislation Pt. 1: The Fast Redress Bill

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Monday March 02, 2009 · 12:55 PM PST

2009/03/02 · 12:55

In the first of hopefully a continuing series, I would like to examine a piece of legislation in the US Congress that did not get much attention, but should have. With so much occurring on a daily basis, important items can be overlooked. This is especially true in Congress where only marathon C-Span viewers can truly be up to date.

The legislation I would like to bring to the Kos community is HR 559, or the Fair, Accurate, Secure and Timely Redress Act of 2009 (FAST Redress Act). In simpler terms, it is legislation to allow people incorrectly listed on the "no-fly watch list", a better method to get off of it. The legislation was introduced by Congresswoman Yvette Clarke from Brooklyn. It passed in early February by a vote of 413-3 with (from what I can see) very little notice from the traditional media. The only reason I even know about this piece of important legislation is because I have a friend who is wrongly included on the "no-fly" list.

Here is some more info from a Rep. Clarke press release:

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Friday February 27, 2009 · 9:45 AM PST

2009/02/27 · 09:45

The Oversight Committee's new Chairman, Rep. Edolphus Towns, had his first hearing yesterday. The topic? "How Convicts and Con Artists Receive New Federal Contracts." I haven't seen anything on this topic before, but I saw an article this morning that shocked me (which is also how I found out about the hearing).

First, here is the article for those interested - Firms defraud government but get new US contracts. Please give it a read.

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Wednesday February 25, 2009 · 7:39 AM PST

2009/02/25 · 07:39

There is already a great diary up about Jindal's flat out lie of the evils of bureaucrats, but I wanted to look at a different angle. How does this guy have the audacity to use Katrina as an example of how the federal government fails people??? When it is the very concepts he brings up later in his speech that cause a piss poor federal response to begin with. Furthermore, what should the role of our government be?

Here is the thing. I am not a believer that government can solve all problems, and I understand the pulse that the GOP is trying to reach these days...But there are certain things that our government is needed for (such as disaster responses and fighting off depressions). These (in my mind) crucial roles of government are crippled when people spouting the same rhetoric as Bobby Jindal are in charge. For God sakes Bobby, go back to at least bashing the extension of unemployment benefits or something.

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Is our government too big or too small?

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Is our government too big or too small?

It's too small!

18 votes

it's too big!

4 votes

it's just right!

7 votes

The role of government is too complex to be surmised in just three different choices

208 votes

Congress Should Stay Out of Sports

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Friday February 13, 2009 · 9:36 AM PST

2009/02/13 · 09:36

Some of you may have not been following the Alex Rodriguez story as closely as I have been, but I am a die-hard Mets fan, and love following negative press on the Yankees. Anyway, the one thing that I was concerned about was having another Steroid hearing in Congress that would become like the previous ones conducted by Rep. Waxman. Even Rep. Waxman, "...later regretted having the hearing, which played out like a circus on national television." I was relieved when the Oversight Committee's new Chairman, Rep. Edolphus Towns, announced that there were more important things to focus on right now, and he would continue to monitor the situation.

It seems to me though, that Congressman Cummings doesn't believe the same thing...

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Should Congress Subpoena A-Rod?

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Should Congress Subpoena A-Rod?

Definitely

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Never

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Only After The Economy Rebouds

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If Rush Limbaugh Was Around for the Great Depression

Overlooked Legislation Pt. 1: The Fast Redress Bill

Stopping Criminals From Getting Federal Contracts

Bobby Jindal Caught in a Web of Rhetoric

Congress Should Stay Out of Sports