Tag: Teabaggers

What the Government Shutdown Really Means

Filed in National by on April 7, 2011 32 Comments

There has so much back and forth about what the shutdown of the Federal government really means, that I figured that as someone who stands to be furloughed, I would add in my two cents. Besides the cancellation of the Cherry Blossom Parade, the shuttering of the Smithsonian, and the closing of parks and monuments, […]

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Government Shutdown Is Coming!

Filed in National by on April 7, 2011 14 Comments
Government Shutdown Is Coming!

It looks like a government shutdown is coming, even if a deal is reached.

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Update on Sussex County GOP

Filed in Delaware by on March 15, 2011 23 Comments

It seems that the Ron Sams resignation is music to the ears of the teabaggers. But these folks aren’t done. Last week, Cape School Board member and 9/12 “Patriot” Sandi Minard, published a letter calling Sams a liar concerning the need to move the February and March meetings of the Sussex GOP. Our friends at […]

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Sheriff Jeff Wants to Be Supercop

Filed in Delaware by on March 15, 2011 22 Comments

Today was the day that Sussex County Sheriff Jeff “Supercop” Christopher (Teabag-Sussex) made his initial presentation to the County Council. Prior to this morning’s meeting, Supercop had never spoken to the Council, although he has accused them in emails to the 9/12 “Patriots” of blocking his agenda. I knew the day would start off well […]

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Sussex County GOP Chair Resigns

Filed in Delaware by on March 14, 2011 8 Comments

Sussex County GOP Chair Ron Sams has resigned. Sussex County Republican Chairman Ron Sams announced during a meeting of the party’s executive committee tonight he was resigning in May. Elbert Collins, of Laurel, whose wife works on the election committee, was at the meeting where the announcement was made. “Ron simply gave a speech, indicated […]

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PATRIOT Act Reauthorization Fails House Vote

Filed in National by on February 8, 2011 3 Comments

The PATRIOT Act renewal was blocked in the House. Twenty-six Reoublicans (including 8 GOP freshman) voted against reauthorization.

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Ayn Rand, The Perfect Teabagger

Filed in National by on January 29, 2011 7 Comments

No one represents the Tea Party more than the founder of objectivism, Ayn Rand. I’m sure you’re not shocked or surprised that Ayn Rand relied on Social Security and Medicare.

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Socialized Health Care Before There Was Socialism

Filed in National by on January 20, 2011 32 Comments

Who would have thought that the Founding Fathers were a bunch of Socialists! Teabaggers around the country are eating crow tonight. They just found out that our Founding Fathers, those gentlemen who teabaggers place on a pedestal and worship every night before going to sleep, mandated that private citizens purchase health insurance. In July of […]

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The Constitution Stunt

Filed in National by on January 4, 2011 12 Comments
The Constitution Stunt

The new Republican House has already decided that it’s first stunt is to read the Constitution out loud. The Republicans want to convince us that they are the one, true party of the Constitution. I agree with Greg Sargent’s take – that we should use this as an opportunity to talk about the Constitution instead […]

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New GOP House Leaders Dipping the Constitution in Tea

Filed in National by on December 30, 2010 9 Comments

It appears that the new GOP House majority is taking the Constitution “seriously.” I think we can now officially call the GOP the Teapublican Party. At the start of every Congress, each House must adopt rules which will govern how it will operate for the next two years. We’ve already heard that the Democrats in […]

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Dispatch From The Dark Side

Filed in National by on December 30, 2010 0 Comments

FVoshell at Delaware Politics points us to a post at American Thinker about conservative disappointment with the lame duck session and conservatives’ feelings of betrayal.

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Pre-Chanukah Asshats of the Day

Filed in National by on November 30, 2010 5 Comments

So I’m sitting here chilling to some Celia Cruz (Azucar!) and thought, hey, I haven’t honored anyone lately with an asshat award. And today we have two winners. Our first winner is Eugene Delgaudio, a Republican representing Sterling on the Loudoun County (VA) Board of Supervisors. I think we all read about Pandora’s experience with […]

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The GOP Has Boxed Itself In With Spending Hypocrisy

Filed in National by on November 24, 2010 10 Comments

GOP senators are already fighting about subsidies because some far right senators think they’re supposed to actually live up to their own rhetoric.

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