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Pass. This. Bill.

In case you had the misfortune to miss the president’s speech tonight, here is the Cliff’s Notes version:

(via National Journal)

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   09/08/11 21:37

Speech writer did a terrific job staying on message.

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less.tx
   09/08/11 21:44

And apparently Valerie Jarrett told Maddow that they are still WRITING this bill that must be passed immediately so...smoke and mirrors!

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   09/08/11 21:49

We can call this the "Bride of Stimulus", or B.S. for short.

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   09/08/11 21:53

Proud to say that I was working, hard, tonight. I wouldn't trade two plops of manure to listen to the meaningless trope Obama has to offer.

He has made the journey from empty rhetoritician to insufferably sanctimonious tool in a little under 3 years.

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Ms. Nobodyyknow
   09/09/11 09:54

I went to dinner during the speech but left the TV on...tuned to one of those UFO are real shows. Those shows are just about as anchored in reality as is the POTUS' speeches.

Also, I wanted to make sure my viewing time was clearly allocated to something other than the POTUS' speech. I didn't want to be accidentally counted in his ratings.

BTW, any ratings news come out?

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   09/08/11 21:58

Obama has become the Commodore Decker of American fiscal policy.

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 Huey
   09/08/11 22:00

There should really be a way to "like" a post. LMAO at hokkoda.

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TheRealJH
   09/08/11 22:04

He's attempting to use a Jedi mind trick on the two chambers. Must...resist...the power...of...the...dark...side!

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   09/08/11 22:37

Misfortune? I slept through most of it, woke in the middle (a bad dream? No same old sameold) and went back to sleep. Woke up just now to see that slimey-tanned Huntsman with that smug smile on his face on Greta and decided the whole evening is shot. Dinner. Movie via Roku/Netflix, and bed again.

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   09/08/11 23:06

The Car-Salesman-In-Chief, with no disrespect to honest car salesmen.

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Ben Murphy
   09/08/11 23:48

That's the same text as found in the upcoming book "The Wit and Wisdom of Joe Biden."

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   09/09/11 00:20

Good lord but this president has the most sophomoric rhetoric and attitude.

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   09/09/11 03:19

Keep the GOP primary discussion and debate focused on policy. Forget about quibbling over "electability". Anybody would beat this guy.

It's getting bad enough, I wouldn't be surprised to see a Democrat grow a pair and primary BHO with some measure of success.

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   09/09/11 05:08

He called Congress in to give this?

Amazing how far, fast, embarrassingly the Obama "Hope and Change" has fallen. An utter predictable flop of staggering proportions.

We all knew it was going to be dreadful, but few could have imagined this amount of juvenile sophistry.

Harvard really should be questioned heavily - it is not worth the money.

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   09/09/11 08:39

RE: "Harvard really should be questioned heavily - it is not worth the money."

Quite the opposite. The BHO family has done very well and definitely got a great return on whatever investment they had to make in his education.

Oakley may make the shades that can transform a tool, but the Ivy League issues the sheepskins that can elevate a fool.

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RightStuff
   09/10/11 09:21

Harvard didn't get him this job. America's weak-minded affirmative action mentality got him the job. Harvard is a communist-producing mill. And, if you can believe it, Harvard started out as a religious endeavor.

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Patrick Corrao
   09/10/11 09:12

"pass it and then read it!!."
Where have I heard that before....Hmmmmmm

Can you repeat that!

I guess we really must be DUMMED DOWN???????

"If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in five years there'd be a shortage of sand." - Milton Friedman

"Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery." Winston Churchill

So what have we learned in 2,066 years?

"The budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled, public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed lest Rome become bankrupt. People must again learn to work, instead of living on public assistance."

Cicero - 55 BC

Apparently nothing.

We have a complete fraud (4-5 lawyers protecting his papers) sitting in the Office of the President. Clearly the most corrupt (puppet of Soros), inexperienced, and ignorant (as a fox) President in the history of the United States who’s only quality is that he can lie (Muslims allow it) with a straight face.

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Felonius Monk - Tell it like it is (YouTube)
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Remember when President put his wedding ring is in for repair

Since when does a plain wedding band need repairs, along with your watch, for a whole month?
Another piece falls into place. In a press conference last week Obama was not wearing his wedding ring nor was he wearing his watch.
When noticed, his staff said his ring was out for repairs. No reason was given for the missing watch.
So it's just a coincidence that Muslims are forbidden from wearing jewelry during the month of Ramadan.
Can't possibly be that, because although he hasn't gone to a Christian church service since entering the White House,
we know he's a committed Christian "cause he said so during his campaign!" ...........
And I've got a bridge to nowhere to sell you also.

This is the same president that spent the Christmas holidays in Hawaii to avoid religious obligations as
PRESIDENT at the White House. His children do not receive Christmas presents.

Let's just face the facts and quit trying to distort the truth, we have a Muslim for president in the White House, and he has no knowledge of American history.

Hey guys, we're not paying attention, Muslims will soon rule the world.

Oklahoma is leading the way and many other states will follow. fIND OUT WHAT THEY JUST DID. You won't read it in the mainstream media......

To be truthfull both paries have alot to be desired. the demo’s are giving our country away to legals and illegals, and the Repubs just don’t know how to let people live the way they want, to hippocritical for me. Neither party works, so in 2012 lets vote for the true independants, and send the rest of the liars, cheats, hippocrits,theives home once and for all.
Then we can as Americans demand term limits for Congressmen, and Senators, which gives us the power back to throw out the trash more often and take our country back.

How to FIX CONGRESS:

The 28th Ammendment — Will not be passed unless the People demand it….and consistently make it an issue.
This is something I will fight for.
The 26th amendment
(granting the right to vote for 18 year-olds) took only 3 months & 8 days to be ratified! Why? Simple!
The people demanded it. That was in 1971… before computers, before e-mail, before cellphones, etc.
Of the 27 amendments to the Constitution, seven (7) took 1 year or less to become the law of the land… all because of public pressure.
Congressional Reform Act of 2011:
1. No Tenure / No Pension. A Congressman collects a salary while in office and receives no pay when they are out of office.
2. Congress (past, present & future) participates in Social Security (SS). All funds in the Congressional retirement fund move to the SS system immediately. All future funds flow into the SS system, and Congress participates with the American people. It may not be used for any other purpose.
3. Congress can purchase their own retirement plan, just as all Americans do.
4. Congress will no longer vote themselves a pay raise. Congressional pay will rise by the lower of CPI or 3%.
5. Congress loses their current health care system and participates in the same health care system as the American people.
6. Congress must equally abide by all laws they impose
on the American people.
7. All contracts with past and present Congressmen are void effective 1/1/12. The American people did not make this contract with Congressmen.
Congressmen made all these contracts for themselves. Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career. The Founding Fathers envisioned citizen legislators, so ours should serve their term(s), then go home and back to work. THIS IS HOW YOU FIX CONGRESS!

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RightStuff
   09/10/11 09:23

There is no one in the Obama administration that is capable of writing "this bill". It will be the unions that will write "this bill".

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