Good riddance to these guys is right.
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Wednesday, December 13, 2006
Goofy Things Said in Senate's Final Days
I was actually at the Capitol late last week and, ironically, being just
steps from the Senate floor, I missed much of what was said in the final
days of the 109th Congress and am just now catching upŠ Senate Majority
Leader Bill Frist (R-TN) -- head of the do-nothing Republican Senate --
took to the chamber's floor on Thursday to tick off a list of nine
legislative accomplishments made by the GOP in the last Congress. Here
are some of Frist's proudest moments:
"We passed legislation securing the right to prayer in U.S. military
academies.
"We passed legislation protecting the Mount Soledad Memorial Cross.
"We passed the Broadcast Decency Enforcement Act, which allows for
the 10- fold increase of FCC fines for indecency violations.
"We passed Cord blood legislation that harnesses the power of stem
cells in cord blood to develop new cures for life-threatening diseases.
"We passed the Fetus Farming Prohibition Act, which prohibits the
gestation of fetal tissue in order to use it for research.
"We passed the Stem Cell Research Alternatives bill, which provides
federal funding for a variety of stem cell research that do not involve
destroying human embryos."
They didn't do squat about little things like jobs, health care, the
environment or performing even a shred of oversight on the executive
branch of government -- but, by God, they saved a cross, cracked down on
those ten-thousand-acre fetus farms springing up all over Kansas and
made sure TV stations will pay through the nose if we ever see Janet
Jackson's nipple again.
Heck of a job, Fristie. Enjoy your retirement in the Republican,
Wedge-Issue Hall of Fame.
Then we had the ever-goofy, Rick Santorum (R-PA) who, when talking about
the Iraq quagmire in his final days as a U.S. Senator, blamed the media
for reporting the news on the war...
"Lets look at other interested parties as we look at how we solve the
problem in Iraq and dealing with Iran. The American media seems to be
very focused and spends a lot of time talking about how poorly things
are going in Iraq," said Santorum. "They report daily not just recently
but repeatedly for the past 3 years, daily the body count in Iraq. It
is the lead and has been virtually every single day for 3 years."
Have a look at the take on Silly Santorum from Jon Stewart at The Daily
Show:
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Santorum didn't have much to say about the Weapons of Mass Destruction
(WMD) he claimed to magically uncover in Iraq over the summer, while
trying to shore up support for the war... It must have been that the
"WMD" were shell casings that were buried at least back in the first
Gulf War, followed by the fact that the Defense Department, the CIA and
the White House all said the casings were not relevant to the current
conflict.
Ouch.
It's nice that I dont have to be as magnanimous in parting as Frist and
Santorum's colleagues on the Democratic side of the Senate aisle wereŠ
I say good riddance to you both -- and take DeWine, Burns, Talent and
Macaca Allen with you on the way out.
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"Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities"
-Voltaire
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