OK, now I'm REALLY pissed off!

[03_SHOOTER]

I guess we all know that Congress just approved the $410 BILLION (http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/03/10/senate-ready-clear-huge-spending-obama/) spending bill that has so much pork in it that they can't even bring a copy of it anywhere near a Synagogue or a Mosque, but now, in the middle of an economic crisis of their OWN MAKING, when everyone in the country is having to tighten their belts or do without, not only do they not cut their own pay in order to show solidarity with the "humble masses", the incredible ASSHOLES have just voted to keep their automatic pay RAISE!!! (http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/03/10/senate-votes-congress-automatic-pay-raise/)

Folks, it's time to grab your torches, pitchforks (or whatever else you happen to have laying around the house), march on Washington and TAKE OUR COUNTRY BACK! It's only been 50 days since the Messiah has been in office (personally I'm thinking he's the frickin' Anti-Christ), and it's already abundantly clear that our elected mis-representatives have absolutely no morals, ethics, or intention to abide by their oaths of office, and it's time to clean house.




:devil:WHERE'S THE OUTRAGE???:devil:

[HairyEyeball]

Gee, do you think any of us has 'standing' with the Nine Black Robes to bring charges of malfeasance, misfeasance, lack of feasance, criminal stupidity, fraud, extortion, RICO violations and/or treason against this criminal enterprise - all 536 of them?

I doubt there are enough patriots who would just stand up and say no, and be prepared to back up their refusal to abide by these obviously illegal actions...but then, only less than 25% of the populace was in favor of the first American Revolution. Perhaps it's time to go out and buy a box of tea bags and send one to each of our 'hired help' in that reservation of 69 square miles surrounded by reality - along with a brief history of the 'original' Tea Party, in words of one syllable or less so they can understand it.

Any 'outrage' should be obvious, as should the fact that any overt expression of it will probably be read as a 'threat' and persecuted under the (also illegal) U.S.A. P.A.T.R.I.O.T. Acts. Need I say more?

[TruBlu]

Well not all of our members are a bunch of ass-hats, we still have a few republicans (and Democrats) willing to fight. This senator David Vitter (R) of Louisiana has the right idea in having a vote for the pay raise (Grassley Amendment No. 621), which almost made it in:

Pages S2920, S2927-30, S2936-37, S2939-40, S2944-45

Grassley (for Vitter and others) Amendment No. 621, to repeal the provision of law that provides automatic pay adjustments for Members of Congress. (By 52 yeas to 45 nays (Vote No. 95), Senate tabled the amendment.)

Here are the individual votes:

On this vote a "yes" vote was a vote to kill the amendment and a "no" vote was a vote in favor of the measure.

Voting "yes" were 45 Democrats and 5 Republicans and 2 independents.

Voting "no" were 10 Democrats and 35 Republicans.

Alabama

Sessions (R) No; Shelby (R) No.

Alaska

Begich (D) Yes; Murkowski (R) No.

Arizona

Kyl (R) No; McCain (R) No.

Arkansas

Lincoln (D) No; Pryor (D) Yes.

California

Boxer (D) Yes; Feinstein (D) Yes.

Colorado

Bennet (D) Yes; Udall (D) Yes.

Connecticut

Dodd (D) No; Lieberman (I) Yes.

Delaware

Carper (D) Yes; Kaufman (D) Yes.

Florida

Martinez (R) Yes; Nelson (D) Yes.

Georgia

Chambliss (R) No; Isakson (R) No.

Hawaii

Akaka (D) Yes; Inouye (D) Yes.

Idaho

Crapo (R) No; Risch (R) No.

Illinois

Burris (D) Yes; Durbin (D) Yes.

Indiana

Bayh (D) No; Lugar (R) Yes.

Iowa

Grassley (R) No; Harkin (D) Yes.

Kansas

Brownback (R) No; Roberts (R) No.

Kentucky

Bunning (R) No; McConnell (R) No.

Louisiana

Landrieu (D) Yes; Vitter (R) No.

Maine

Collins (R) No; Snowe (R) No.

Maryland

Cardin (D) Yes; Mikulski (D) Yes.

Massachusetts

Kennedy (D) Not Voting; Kerry (D) Yes.

Michigan

Levin (D) Yes; Stabenow (D) Yes.

Minnesota

Klobuchar (D) No.

Mississippi

Cochran (R) Yes; Wicker (R) Yes.

Missouri

Bond (R) No; McCaskill (D) No.

Montana

Baucus (D) Yes; Tester (D) No.

Nebraska

Johanns (R) Not Voting; Nelson (D) No.

Nevada

Ensign (R) No; Reid (D) Yes.

New Hampshire

Gregg (R) Yes; Shaheen (D) Yes.

New Jersey

Lautenberg (D) Yes; Menendez (D) Yes.

New Mexico

Bingaman (D) Yes; Udall (D) Yes.

New York

Gillibrand (D) Yes; Schumer (D) Yes.

North Carolina

Burr (R) No; Hagan (D) Yes.

North Dakota

Conrad (D) Yes; Dorgan (D) Yes.

Ohio

Brown (D) Yes; Voinovich (R) No.

Oklahoma

Coburn (R) No; Inhofe (R) No.

Oregon

Merkley (D) Yes; Wyden (D) No.

Pennsylvania

Casey (D) Yes; Specter (R) No.

Rhode Island

Reed (D) Yes; Whitehouse (D) Yes.

South Carolina

DeMint (R) No; Graham (R) No.

South Dakota

Johnson (D) Yes; Thune (R) No.

Tennessee

Alexander (R) No; Corker (R) No.

Texas

Cornyn (R) No; Hutchison (R) No.

Utah

Bennett (R) No; Hatch (R) No.

Vermont

Leahy (D) Yes; Sanders (I) Yes.

Virginia

Warner (D) Yes; Webb (D) No.

Washington

Cantwell (D) Yes; Murray (D) Yes.

West Virginia

Byrd (D) Yes; Rockefeller (D) Yes.

Wisconsin

Feingold (D) No; Kohl (D) Yes.

Wyoming

Barrasso (R) No; Enzi (R) No.


http://www.senate.gov/pagelayout/legislative/g_three_sections_with_teasers/legislative_home.htm

http://www.startribune.com/politics/national/congress/41058227.html?elr=KArks8c7PaP3E77K_3c::D3aDhUMEaPc :E7_ec7PaP3iUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUU

My representatives have been representing me well as of late. Mr. DeMint just recently addressed the Senate on earmarks and calling out everyone who supported the ability for earmarks to be made, to include the President. I found it interesting, and very disturbing that HR1 is about 2,000 pages, but the fact that over 9,000 earmarks are included is ridiculous. To compare the two (the bill and the accompanying earmarks) side by side was ridiculous: you could at least carry HR1 in one hand, but those earmarks made a stack that went up to his chest on the desk when he addressed the Senate. Just some other thoughts that popped into my head after my OP.