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“Conservatism is the antidote to tyranny precisely because its principles are the founding principles.” --Mark Levin in Liberty and Tyranny
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Posted on 07/26/2011 2:42:55 PM PDT by Fudd Fan
The Legacy Lives On! Mark’s Lost Dog & Cat Rescue Foundation “Conservatism is the antidote to tyranny precisely because its principles are the founding principles.” --Mark Levin in Liberty and Tyranny Welcome to “The Levin Lounge”… Step in and have a virtual FRink.
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Mark Levin: I said he has a screw loose. It is impossible to lie that effortlessly.
MARK: Read FR more often. We have been screaming that with sourced footnotes since before the election.
Furthermore, the entire Democratic Party is pathological. It’s a criminal organization. And the Repubs are acting like it’s business as usual.
Who is this on the phone? Paul Ryan?
Sorry, had to leave. Just got back. Sounds like him, but Ryan supports the Boehner plan. Did you hear him do that?
Can’t be Ryan; just said he doesn’t support the Boehner Plan.
Jim Jordan, I love him.
He tore up my critter POS Chris Van Hollen.
Ah...Jim Jordan, Chairman of the Congressman’s Study Committee.
He was one of the first to say he won’t back Boehner’s Plan.
lol; I’ve heard you express your disgust for Van Hollen before.
Here is some late news....
An important message from Sen. Jim DeMint
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2754310/posts
I like the way Hewitt put it. It’s like cutting 6.00 out if a 3500.00 budget, BFD.
TY - pasting it here too
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2754310/posts
An important message from Sen. Jim DeMint
http://charlestonteaparty.org/an-important-message-from-sen-jim-demint/ ^ | 7/26 | charlestontea party and demint
Posted on Tuesday, July 26, 2011 8:00:49 PM by RummyChick
Fellow Conservatives:
I have troubling news. I’m very careful about criticizing my party’s leaders, but what is happening in Washington right now cannot be ignored. House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) has abandoned the Cut-Cap-Balance Act and is now pushing a new plan that is nearly identical to the one proposed by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV).
The Boehner-Reid plan gives the President an immediate increase in the debt limit and only promises to cut spending in the future. It violates all three principles of the Cut-Cap-Balance Pledge because it does not substantially cut current spending, it does not truly cap future spending, and it does not require the passage of a strong Balanced Budget Amendment before raising the debt limit.
In short, I oppose the Boehner-Reid plan because it won’t balance the budget and stop the debt that is destroying our country.
The Boehner-Reid Plan
You will hear many claims about this plan over the next few days as it is pushed through the House and Senate. Some of these claims will be true, but many will be false. Here are the facts. The Boehner-Reid plan:
* Provides two increases in the debt limit — $900 billion and $1.6 trillion — totaling $2.5 trillion. It gives the President an immediate $900 billion increase given that Congress does not vote to disapprove it. It gives the President another $1.6 trillion increase next year if a bill written by a new Super Committee passes both houses and becomes law.
* Reduces spending by only $1.2 trillion over the next ten years. This amount won’t even come close to balancing the budget, as the debt is expected to grow by as much as $10 trillion over the next decade. The plan also reduces spending by only $6 billion in 2012. Considering that our government currently spends $10 billion a day, $6 billion is far too little to cut over the first year of the plan.
* Calls for a vote on the Balanced Budget Amendment but does not require its passage. Without passage of a strong Balanced Budget Amendment, Congress will never break its addiction to spending.
* Makes it virtually impossible to stop the debt limit from going up. The debt ceiling increases can only be stopped if Congress passes a resolution of disapproval and then votes to override the President’s veto with two-thirds support in the House and Senate.
* Creates a new, 12-member Super Committee to write another “grand bargain” to reduce the deficit by at least $1.6 trillion. It does not, however, prohibit the Super Committee from writing a bill to raise taxes and destroy jobs. The bill can then be fast-tracked through the House and Senate with no amendments.
Why It Should Be Rejected
After reviewing the details of Boehner-Reid plan, I cannot support it. It won’t balance the budget and stop the debt. Even if the cuts called for in the plan were real, the debt will still increase by $7 trillion over the next ten years.
* It won’t protect our AAA bond rating. According to financial reports, this plan will not reduce long-term spending by enough to prevent a downgrade. If we lose our AAA rating, it will create higher interest rates and cause our debt to grow even faster.
* It will likely result in higher taxes that will destroy even more jobs. The unemployment rate is over 9 percent. We cannot afford to lose more jobs when so many Americans are struggling to find work.
There are some in my party who think I should ignore the flaws of the Boehner-Reid plan, bite my tongue, and support my party’s leaders. If I thought this were a political game, that might make sense. But the future of our country is at stake, I don’t believe this plan will save it, and I have a moral obligation to say so.
The Way Forward
Fortunately, there is a much better solution.
The Cut-Cap-Balance Act would balance the budget, stop the debt, and protect our AAA bond rating. This legislation passed the House with bipartisan support but was blocked by Democrats in the Senate.
The votes in the Senate for Cut-Cap-Balance are there if Republicans stand firm. 23 Democrats in the Senate have expressed support for the Balanced Budget Amendment at some point in their careers. They’re blocking it now because they believe Republicans will blink and agree to something much less.
And that’s exactly what will happen if the Boehner-Reid plan is passed. It gives the big spenders in Washington everything they wanted — an increase in the debt limit, phony spending cuts, and a mechanism to pass tax increases.
Please call your senators today and urge them to oppose the Boehner-Reid plan and to demand passage of the Cut, Cap, Balance Act.
As my father would say.........
“The P is silent............like in swimming” ;-)
Pelosi’s face is pulled tighter than a gnats ass over a rain barrel
It is a toss up if her dentures are loose, she is drunk,dumb as a brick, or D, all of the above
REID:
1)Boehner’s plan was written for the Tea Party
2)It is NOT a compromise
3)It will not pass the Senate
Interpretation? Exact opposite?
1) Boehner’s Plan was NOT written for the Tea Party.
2) It IS a compromise
3) It WILL pass the Senate?
And Flame Thrower Pelosi:
“This isn’t just about them saying we should reduce the deficit,” Pelosi said, adding: “This is an excuse. The budget deficit is an excuse for the Republicans to undermine government plain and simple. They don’t just want to make cuts, they want to destroy. They want to destroy food safety, clean air, clean water, the department of education. They want to destroy your rights.”
I am LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!! I LOVE the Mumblers!!
Caller reads Liberty & Tyranny to Levin, pg 15
Paragraph on the statist ends with “And so he must destroy...piece by piece.”
Mark Levin says he was thinking about Chuck Schumer when he wrote that paragraph.
Either this thread has died, or I need to leave so people can start posting again....
Have a good evening, all.
lol; Just the usual drop-off in last hour. Good evening.
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No I'll never, no, I'll never love again.
What was the song and who was the artist? Any idea? Anyone?
I get it - we all feel like that. (Pepsi? Been there done that - had the icy fingers of guilty wrapped around my aorta. But then I knew. That that one loved me so much, he'd never want me to be without the pleasure and love of this one. So, yeah you will, Mark. Juan Williams can't come close to having your taste in music. Hit him with “One Mint Julip” by our man Ray, my brother.
I'm showering to:
Clowns to the left of me
Jokers to the right
Here I am - stuck in the middle with you....
Obama urged to invoke 14th Amendment as debt ceiling deadline nears
POLITICO ^ | JENNIFER EPSTEIN
Posted on Wednesday, July 27, 2011 2:28:58 PM by Cheerio
Rep. James Clyburn and a group of House Democrats are urging President Barack Obama to invoke the 14th Amendment to raise the debt ceiling if Congress can’t come up with a satisfactory plan before the Tuesday deadline.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2754668/posts
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