LIVE THREAD: SENATE FILIBUSTER!! Call Capitol Swtchbrd 1-800-648-3516 to Protest Dem Obstructionism

www.freerepublic.com | November 12, 2003

[Howlin]

FILIBUSTER BEGINS AT 6:00 P.M. EST!!!!

[sausageseller]

Should the Senate exercise its Constitutional duty to provide the President's judicial nominees with an up or down vote?

Yes:

14%
No:

86%


1860 total votes

[Oldeconomybuyer]

Howlin

The King of Pings.

[Little Bill]

They had a script kiddie working on it, they have done that before.

[sarasmom]

placemark

[Howlin]

From Fox News:

Each year, Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW), a non-partisan research group, releases its so-called “Pig Book,” identifying what it describes as federal pork and wasteful spending.  The group says West Virginia Sen. Robert Byrd (D) is “the largest porker in history.”

The group estimates that Byrd, who has served on the Appropriations Committee for 40 years, today brings home $128 worth of pork per constituent in West Virginia.  This compares favorably with his neighbors: residents of Maryland receive less than $17 per person in spending and Virginia residents receive $27 per person.

“He enjoys every minute of taking our money and stuffing it back in West Virginia,” said CAGW President Thomas Schatz.

But Byrd has never been bothered by such criticism.  Instead, he wears it as a badge of honor.  "He has more than two dozen facilities, roads, bridges schools, awards named after him," Schatz noted.  "He once said, 'you may as well slap my wife as to take highway funds from West Virginia.'"

[Petronski]

Howlin would be the Queen of Pings, no?

[Dolphy]

I got XM Radio last week and can listen to this at the office which seemed exceptionally cool to me until I realized that it was 7:00. So I am headin' home and will rejoin a bit later...

[woodyinscc]

Glad to have you back. Thanks for the ping.

[Amityschild]

You gotta love that XM! I have it too...

[Howlin]

OH MY EYES!!! Warn a woman, won't you?

[At _War_With_Liberals]

How did you get that pic so fast?

[primeval patriot]

Hatch: Steady (legislative) slowdown since we became the majority.

[diotima]

Nice find.

Byrd says OINK!

[Oldeconomybuyer]

Dunno.

If you say Howlin is the Queen of Pings, so be it!

[Howlin]

Is that neat? I've been thinking of giving that to the hub for Christmas!

[At _War_With_Liberals]

Hatch is a nice guy.

[FranklinsTower]

You got that absolutly right.

[Petronski]

Howlin, XMRadio is simply the finest thing to come along since CDs: clear channels no matter where you go. Good stuff, and better than Sirius.

[Howlin]

I know a lot of people here don't like Hatch, but I like him -- even though he goes off on a wild hair once in a while.

But NOBODY can pitch a fit like he can!

[Miss Marple]

Oh, I am so glad you are back!! Thanks for the ping. I can't watch until my husband goes to bed (he thinks we are certifiable for watching this) but I think it great fun. I am SO sorry I won't get to see Orrin going ballistic.

Frist must have done some serious arm-twisting because even Lincoln Chaffee is going to participate! He doesn't think this will do any good, but he's going along, which is something.

I also learned that Chaffee spent a year at a horse-shoeing school in Montana, and still shoes his own horses. How weird is that?