Hang on, folks. The next few weeks are going to be wild.
āLet the internecine blood-letting beginā¦ā
Iām conflicted. Those poor people in southeast Texas need help, many of them desperately. And the environmental destruction from the storm will threaten all of us. But I do love to see the Republicans got at each other, knowing it hastens the day when they will be thrown out of power.
Texas has a $10 billion rainy day fund. If Congress canāt get its act together, Austin could open the spigot on that.
The GOP is "chock full o nuts.
So ā¦ let me get this straight: Walker wants to hold the debt limit hike hostage to controversial (and economically damaging) structural reforms, which could imperil passage of the debt hike bill - but heās against pairing the hike with a Harvey aid bill that most people on both sides of the aisle agree is necessary and which wonāt threaten the equally necessary debt ceiling increase?
It never ceases to astonish me that the GOP seems to self-select for arrogant clueless assholes that somehow get elected, despite running on a platform that embodies both the strategic and ideological what-the-fuckery of a village idiot.
Itās a mystery to me.
[Walker] worked in business and finance for several years. Walker eventually returned to college to pursue the ministry and attend Piedmont Baptist College, now Piedmont International University, graduating with a B.A. in Biblical Studiesā¦In 2008, Walker started with Lawndale Baptist Church in Greensboro as its Pastor of Arts and Worship.
That ārainy day fundā is for emergency tax cuts or direly needed $70 million high school football stadia only!
Or religious school vouchers, Praise Cheeses!
āPraise Cheesesā 
No mystery: Party and power is more important that citizens and country. Get elected by having generations of preachers weld together church and GOPstate among the religious right. Throw in Citizens United, Gerrymandering, and the Rightwingindustrial media complex (propoganda) = the state of toxic politics.
The reason they canāt get anything done anymore - is that they have pushed so far to the reactionary right - that they always try to go far to far for even their constituents to stomach.
Piedmont Baptist College? When will the āgoodā Christians denounce these fundamentalist madrasas?
Why does the Freedom Caucus hate America?
Their concept of āamericaā is far different than ours
Now what happened to that thing calledā¦itās on the tip of my tongue-sequoia, no thatās not it. Umm semester? That doesnāt sound right. Ok Iāve got it-sequestration.
So if I remember my sequestration rules to deal with an outlay there must be cuts in other areas that donāt include defense, Medicaid, Social Security, federal pensions, and veteranās benefits. Who is for cutting healthcare for Members of Congress, cutting SS for non official business by Pres. and start charging Trumpās kids for their protection?
Their concept of America is not based on history or the times that we live in. Itās like itās the anti-Camelot.
Oh, i think itās based on certain eras in history:
the Standard Oil Trust, and the Inquisition come readily to mind
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Texas has a $10 billion rainy day fund.[/quote]
True, but Abbott would have to call a special session of the Texas Legislature if he wanted to use any of the billions in the Rainy Day Fund before 2019 and he has already said a special session wonāt be necessary to deal with the response to Hurricane Harvey. Iām sure he and the rest of the Statesā Rights politicians in Texas are relying on the evil federal government to fund 100% of the reconstruction costs plus a 10% management fee.
Tax relief for the wealthy is pretty irresponsible considering thereās yet another big hurricane coming in a week, Irma, whose trajectory seems similar to Katrinaās, and could be just as messy.
Also, the debt ceiling has no place else to go but up, due to the method that the federal reserve created their central banking rules.
What happened in Texas is a tragedy and it needs an urgent Congressional response. Congress is united behind this effort, but I worry about jeopardizing an agreement with such legislative games"
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Walker voted for the border wallās funding.
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The RSC is backing that McClintock sponsored act.
āprioritiesā