September 27, 2005
Instead, a small group of House Republicans have come up with a plan. It is being hailed as genius in some corners and most everyone agrees that it is a good idea. Of course I don't read liberal publications very much, but I have yet to read anything bad about it (and again, I'm not going to pay $50 just to hear Krugman talk about how it sucks). Everyone seems to be amazed at the ingenuity of the plan. So what is this plan? Act like a conservative. That's right, go back to the original conservative values of not spending more money than you have. These House Republicans want to start bringing government spending under control. And they want to start by reopening the atrocious highway bill that was just passed and removing 6,000 pork projects from it. There are many other changes involving cutting out excessive spending in many other areas as well, but this one stands out because most people are familiar with it.
But I have a problem with this plan. My problem is that we haven't been screaming for it from day one. How long now have we had a Republican controlled Senate, Congress and White House? Where was this group of brave Republicans when this highway bill was first passed? Honestly, some of them may have voted against it. But certainly not all Republicans did. If that were the case, it never would have passed. And our Republican President certainly didn't veto it. We would have heard about that. And what about all the other pork projects? Proponents of this plan are saying that we could save $1 Trillion dollars over ten years. Wow. That kind of money could sure go a long way toward making Social Security solvent. Or paying off our national debt. Or make one hell of a lot of tax return checks for us poor working stiffs.
So I'm asking you, is your Republican Senator or Congressman acting like a Conservatve? If not, maybe he needs a small reminder that elections are coming up very soon. And even if they aren't up for reelection this time, they are sometime. We've got Republicans back in office. Let's make sure now that we've got Conservatives.
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Bluto was asking about yer other blog yesterday he is updating links and specifically inquired about you.
Posted by: Howie at September 27, 2005 09:03 AM (D3+20)
Posted by: Drew at September 27, 2005 09:05 AM (Ml8z/)
I've been perusing TTLB's PorkBusters project and found some really interesting things. One instance is linked from there to punditeria.com.
One rep, Senator Salazar(D) Colorado, has automated responses which are triggered by key words in the email they recieve. And the responses haven't even been updated. Sorry, I don't have time to respond personally. I'm busy learning Pig Latin.
This is going to be a real uphill fight.
Posted by: Oyster at September 27, 2005 09:23 AM (fl6E1)
Posted by: Brian B at September 27, 2005 09:44 AM (CouWh)
Posted by: jesusland joe at September 27, 2005 09:59 AM (rUyw4)
Posted by: Drew at September 27, 2005 10:02 AM (Ml8z/)
Posted by: Bohemian at September 27, 2005 10:08 AM (M7kiy)
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Posted by: Howie at September 27, 2005 12:44 PM (D3+20)
Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at September 27, 2005 01:02 PM (0yYS2)
I just got back from Texas. nice people, crappy weather, too flat. Better idea: Move all the Texans here. Best of both worlds.
I think Imp is onto something, and I shudder to say this, but maybe a stronger, healthier, more rational left is exactly what we need to make conservatives act like, you know, conservatives.
Posted by: Brian B at September 27, 2005 05:06 PM (CouWh)
THROW. THE. BUMS. OUT.
Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at September 27, 2005 06:05 PM (0yYS2)
I don't think Oregon is ready for a bunch of rowdy Texans to hit town. My, my, what a doing that would be, as my grandma used to say.
Posted by: jesusland joe at September 27, 2005 08:22 PM (rUyw4)
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