how I rilly hate teh stupidz

Somehow tell people in Richmond VA that Mark Warner voted against funds for the VA Museum and people in Baltimore Maryland that Cardin and Mikulski voted against the Baltimore Aquareum.

I really don't know what to do.

and if that doesn't work, picket, call, fax, write and generally raise hell with them.
They're DEMOCRATS. They should ACT LIKE Democrats. That fails, raise hell with the voters who sent 'em to do this stupid stuff instead of representing their constituents.

Where's that translation I saw of this language ...

None of the amounts appropriated or otherwise made
available by this Act may be used for any casino

Casino = Indian gambling = not keeping the Indians in their place = bad

or other gambling establishment,
gambling = letting some schmuck outside Our Kind win = bad

aquarium, zoo, golf course, swimming pool, stadium,

got all those in place, just raise the entry fees to keep the riffraff out

community park,
community = brown people working together for their rights = bad

museum, theater, art center, and highway beautification project.

arts = gays = bad

Really, it's not that hard to see the rest of the named Dems buying into that line of thought, although Stabenow's a disappointment in the list. I guess I ought to be mad at Bingaman, but he's a whole state line away from me. The rest of 'em have no excuse, though, especially the Udall boys. WTF did they get offered, to vote for this piece of crap?

Oh, right. Money to run again. How could I have forgotten that?

since day one, one of the original "bipartisan" types and anyone who lives here could've told people this is what she could be "counted on for." i really don't like her, you can probably tell.

nice analysis Sarah. that's more or less how i see it. or as a friend of mine puts it (and you can substitute "black" for a lot of IDs) the republican party platform: no money for black people, ever and at any political cost.

no money for anybody else, ever, at any political cost.

'Cause, you know, epidermal pigmentation aside, I ain't that different from you.

Neither one of us is or ever will be a reliable GOP voter, no?

Debbie Stabenow has been such a disappointment, but just as much, a riddle. She was a social worker, and while in the Michigan legislator authored a bill to increase penalties for domestic violence, but she can be rather "bipartisan" on the things she shouldn't be bipartisan on. She's highly acomplished (minority house leader in the Michigan legislature, I believe, chosen to be on a gubernatorial ticket, first woman to be an incumbent elected Senator, etc...) But, she's never a reliable vote. She replaced Michigan's moderate Republican senator, but she's never been the senator to count on in this state.

Levin, on the other hand, has been a solid and unabashed liberal on most things. But, then, it's understandable that Michigan has a good cop/bad cop thing going on. Levin is effectively Detroit's senator, and Debbie is the senator for the rest of the entire state, in practice.

have come up with?

Just saw on C-Span tail end of live presser with Lieberman and some others* talking about their great bipartisan breaththrough.

Which, per Holy Joe, Rahmbo said was just wonderful.

OMG, what is up with those idiots?

Anyone think experience might be a good thing in a president of the US? We're now on our second one with little actual experience, this one even less....

Help!

*Saw Nelson, Mary Landrieu, Collins (I think). How many in this new Screw the People group--14? 16? 20? More?

I just called his office today. Now I'm going to have to call again on Monday. Jeff is a liberal. I don't understand why he voted for Coburn's little snitty amendment. Maybe it's because Jeff is new and is just finding his way around. I hope.

senators stood strong against this crap. That Kirsten Gillibrand voted no is quite interesting, but then she's the one who has to build up her cred with NY voters. Schumer? WTF?

Some of the most lasting and cherished accomplishments of FDR's New Deal programs are the parks and improvements to parks. My childhood is filled with memories of wonderful hours spent in Milwaukee County parks developed mostly during the Great Depression with WPA labor and Federal funds. Milwaukee had a great history of beautiful parks (Frederick Law Olmstead designed several), but much was added during FDR's time.

What is wrong with our current Dems? Well, I predicted Dems would not be able to stand up to Obama and right now Obama wants to be the bipartisan savior, so I'm betting some pressure was brought to "support the party's standard bearer" -- who doesn't support many Democratic standards!

Yes, we will get tasty morsels, some tidbits, some crumbs, on some things. SCHIP was not something Obama would not have signed. I'm still waiting to learn what Obama really wants to accomplish as prez. If it's bipartisanship, we are all SOL.

Some damn stimulus.
'I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around the banks will deprive the people of all property until their children wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered.'
Thomas Jefferson 1802

the long tradition of suckage maintained by Allard and Salazar.

The problem is that since they had things the Right uses (golf courses? WTF?) and everyone else uses (parks? c'mon!), they thought they were being pleasingly bipartisan.

Thanks for the praise, CD. I do try.