Standing In The Way Of ‘Progress’ And Proud Of It

9 Responses to “Standing In The Way Of ‘Progress’ And Proud Of It”

1. Joe Kirkpatrick writes
   November 6th, 2009 9:20 am

   NO THEY CAN’T!

2. Mickey writes
   November 6th, 2009 11:57 am

   Marsha Blackburn conservative? You crazy man!
   Why, she support big federal government healthcare, just look what she and the republicans did:
   Prescription Drug Benefit.
   The final version (conference report) of H.R. 1 would create a prescription drug benefit for Medicare recipients. Beginning in 2006, prescription coverage would be available to seniors through private insurers for a monthly premium estimated at $35. There would be a $250 annual deductible, then 75 percent of drug costs up to $2,250 would be reimbursed. Drug costs greater than $2,250 would not be covered until out-ofpocket expenses exceeded $3,600, after which 95 percent of drug costs would be reimbursed. Low-income recipients would receive more subsidies than other seniors by paying lower premiums, having smaller deductibles, and making lower co-payments for each prescription. The total cost of the new prescription drug benefit would be limited to the $400 billion that Congress had budgeted earlier this year for the first 10 years of this new entitlement program. The House adopted the conference report on H.R. 1 on November 22, 2003 by a vote of 220 to 215 (Roll Call 669).
   Marsha Blackburn Voted FOR this bill.
   Marsha Blackburn is my Congressman.
   See her unconstitutional votes at :
   http://tinyurl.com/qhayna
   Mickey

3. Brawndo the Thirst Mutilator writes
   November 6th, 2009 1:27 pm

   Marsha is one of the most conservative members of Congress. Very conservative.

4. Mickey writes
   November 6th, 2009 2:19 pm

   Please, Marsha is the Queen of Pork and votes for less freedom, more government most all the time.
   Marsha Blackburn Voted FOR:
   Omnibus Appropriations, Special Education, Global AIDS Initiative, Job Training, Unemployment Benefits, Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations, Agriculture Appropriations, U.S.-Singapore Trade, U.S.-Chile Trade, Supplemental Spending for Iraq & Afghanistan, Prescription Drug Benefit, Child Nutrition Programs, Surface Transportation, Job Training and Worker Services, Agriculture Appropriations, Foreign Aid, Vocational/Technical Training, Supplemental Appropriations, UN “Reforms.” Patriot Act Reauthorization, CAFTA, Katrina Hurricane-relief Appropriations, Head Start Funding, Line-item Rescission, Oman Trade Agreement, Military Tribunals, Electronic Surveillance, Head Start Funding, COPS Funding, Funding the REAL ID Act (National ID), Foreign Intelligence Surveillance, Thought Crimes “Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act, Peru Free Trade Agreement, Economic Stimulus, Farm Bill (Veto Override), Warrantless Searches, Employee Verification Program, Body Imaging Screening.

   Marsha Blackburn Voted AGAINST:
   Ban on UN Contributions, eliminate Millennium Challenge Account, WTO Withdrawal, UN Dues Decrease, Defunding the NAIS, Iran Military Operations defunding Iraq Troop Withdrawal, congress authorization of Iran Military Operations.

   Marsha Blackburn is my Congressman.
   See her unconstitutional votes at :
   http://tinyurl.com/qhayna

5. Brawndo the Thirst Mutilator writes
   November 6th, 2009 2:32 pm

   Can you cut and paste that again? I didn’t quite catch all of that.

6. Brawndo the Thirst Mutilator writes
   November 6th, 2009 2:33 pm

   Mickey, conservatism generally means less freedom, particularly on social issues.

7. Mark Rogers writes
   November 6th, 2009 3:09 pm

   Mickey,

   Unless you are Antonin Scalia writing under a nom de plume, please don’t presume to judge the Constitutionality of legislation.

   To quote Mr. Justice Holmes to an attorney who insisted that the Court had to find in his favor because his position was what the Constitution said, “Young Man, Young Man (the attorney being in his 60s), This Court will decide what this Court wants to decide and then go out and find ample precedent for doing so.”

   Or words to that effect.

   The point being, if you think Marsha’s votes are bad policy, then make your case. But calling things unconstitutional, however accurate, is also meaningless. And, to be honest, kind of annoying.

8. mickey writes
   November 6th, 2009 6:49 pm

   I can read the Constitution and I can see that there is no mention of education. So any thing that has to do with education is unconstitutional. get it?

9. mickey writes
   November 6th, 2009 7:33 pm

   I keep forgetting that this Nashville politics post is like the memphis flyer, Trash (except for Jackson Baker and Kleinheider.)
   Burn papers burn!