1. Senator Ben Nelson of Nebraska is going to filibuster one President Obama’s appointments because he is an anti-labor douchebag.  Nelson is also notorious for being anti-health care, and for having voted for the health bill in the Senate only after securing a giant payout to Nebraska. Today, Nebraska’s Senator Ben Nelson announced that he will oppose a cloture motion to proceed to a vote and will vote no on the nomination of Craig Becker to be a board member of the National Labor Relations Board. The five-member board serves as a quasi-judicial body in deciding cases under the National Labor Relations Act. Just what we need! Democrats filibustering their own party!

    Senator Ben Nelson of Nebraska is going to filibuster one President Obama’s appointments because he is an anti-labor douchebag.  Nelson is also notorious for being anti-health care, and for having voted for the health bill in the Senate only after securing a giant payout to Nebraska.

    Today, Nebraska’s Senator Ben Nelson announced that he will oppose a cloture motion to proceed to a vote and will vote no on the nomination of Craig Becker to be a board member of the National Labor Relations Board. The five-member board serves as a quasi-judicial body in deciding cases under the National Labor Relations Act.

    Just what we need! Democrats filibustering their own party!

    1 year ago | Tagged wouldnot

  2. tedr: fred-wilson: “I’m very frustrated with some of the habits around here. What happens around here is that so many people are more focused on getting everybody to love them and getting re-elected than they are on solving the really hard stuff. Because when you solve hard stuff, you make people mad” Senator Claire McCaskill, my favorite Senator (via Gotham Gal)

    tedr:

    fred-wilson:

    “I’m very frustrated with some of the habits around here. What happens around here is that so many people are more focused on getting everybody to love them and getting re-elected than they are on solving the really hard stuff. Because when you solve hard stuff, you make people mad”

    Senator Claire McCaskill, my favorite Senator

    (via Gotham Gal)

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  3. From McClatchy: An attempt to blow up a trans-Atlantic flight from Amsterdam to Detroit on Christmas Day would be all-consuming for the administrator of the Transportation Security Administration — if there were one. The post remains vacant because Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C., has held up President Barack Obama’s nominee in opposition to the prospect of TSA workers joining a labor union. As al Qaida claimed responsibility Monday for the thwarted attack and President Barack Obama made a public statement about it, Democrats urged DeMint to drop his objection and allow quick confirmation of nominee Erroll Southers, a counterterrorism expert, when the Senate reconvenes in three weeks.

    From McClatchy:

    An attempt to blow up a trans-Atlantic flight from Amsterdam to Detroit on Christmas Day would be all-consuming for the administrator of the Transportation Security Administration — if there were one.

    The post remains vacant because Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C., has held up President Barack Obama’s nominee in opposition to the prospect of TSA workers joining a labor union.

    As al Qaida claimed responsibility Monday for the thwarted attack and President Barack Obama made a public statement about it, Democrats urged DeMint to drop his objection and allow quick confirmation of nominee Erroll Southers, a counterterrorism expert, when the Senate reconvenes in three weeks.

    2 years ago | Tagged wouldnot

  4. More evidence that Barney Frank is totally doable.

    More evidence that Barney Frank is totally doable.

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  5. Congressman Barney Frank represents the 4th district of Massachusetts.   He is also the chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, where he has been working to pass credit card reform so that Bank of America can no longer charge you $37 for the pleasure of accidentally over-drafting your debit card while buying a $4 cappuccino.   So I am already hot in the pants area when I show up for this debate. Frank is a rolly-polly fat guy whose media appearances frequently trail off into an adorable sort of “jub jubba jubba” sound when his buttery neck rolls start getting in the way of his mouth.  At least, I imagine they’re buttery, because I also imagine him naked, puffing on a joint, rolling around in a bed covered in fancy pillows, eating cupcakes. And he’d be all, “Leggo my Eggo!” in bed, and you wouldn’t be able to help yourself, you’d just love him.

    Congressman Barney Frank represents the 4th district of Massachusetts.   He is also the chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, where he has been working to pass credit card reform so that Bank of America can no longer charge you $37 for the pleasure of accidentally over-drafting your debit card while buying a $4 cappuccino.   So I am already hot in the pants area when I show up for this debate.

    Frank is a rolly-polly fat guy whose media appearances frequently trail off into an adorable sort of “jub jubba jubba” sound when his buttery neck rolls start getting in the way of his mouth.  At least, I imagine they’re buttery, because I also imagine him naked, puffing on a joint, rolling around in a bed covered in fancy pillows, eating cupcakes.

    And he’d be all, “Leggo my Eggo!” in bed, and you wouldn’t be able to help yourself, you’d just love him.

    2 years ago | Tagged would

  6. House Minority Leader John Boehner from Ohio’s 8th District is your girlfriend’s disappointed father.   He is very upset with the situation, upset with himself and with you and with his daughter.  He just can’t believe it.  But he has to sit and be polite and eat Thanksgiving dinner next to you, even though he would rather take you out into the back yard and “accidentally” shoot you.  And when he comes back in, his wife says, “Oh, John, you didn’t shoot another one of her boyfriends, did you?” and then the whole family giggles because everyone knows daddy loves his guns and is filled with hate. Boehner probably sobs gently while screwing because he can’t figure out what to do with ALL THESE FEELINGS!   And I am so not into cryers.

    House Minority Leader John Boehner from Ohio’s 8th District is your girlfriend’s disappointed father.   He is very upset with the situation, upset with himself and with you and with his daughter.  He just can’t believe it.  But he has to sit and be polite and eat Thanksgiving dinner next to you, even though he would rather take you out into the back yard and “accidentally” shoot you.  And when he comes back in, his wife says, “Oh, John, you didn’t shoot another one of her boyfriends, did you?” and then the whole family giggles because everyone knows daddy loves his guns and is filled with hate.

    Boehner probably sobs gently while screwing because he can’t figure out what to do with ALL THESE FEELINGS!   And I am so not into cryers.

    2 years ago | Tagged wouldnot

  7. Senator Amy Klobuchar, Senior Senator from Minnesota, without need for any public debate, is hearby named the hottest member of the 111th Congress. She wants to stop cellphone companies from charging you exhorbitant fees when you cancel your contract. She’s a frequent guest on the Rachel Maddow show. She’s got a Minnesota accent. Glasses. Let it be known that I, the editor of this blog, would totally fuck Senator Amy Klobuchar for the above stated reasons.

    Senator Amy Klobuchar, Senior Senator from Minnesota, without need for any public debate, is hearby named the hottest member of the 111th Congress.

    1. She wants to stop cellphone companies from charging you exhorbitant fees when you cancel your contract.
    2. She’s a frequent guest on the Rachel Maddow show.
    3. She’s got a Minnesota accent.
    4. Glasses.

    Let it be known that I, the editor of this blog, would totally fuck Senator Amy Klobuchar for the above stated reasons.

    2 years ago | Tagged would

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