Are you kidding me?
You know, it is no surprise to hear a US Senator compare the sitting president to a mass murdering dictator. Especially if that Senator has already proven to support that kind of authoritarianism, in Cuba no less. What is surprising, of course, is that it was a comparison to Josef Stalin, not Hitler, and it was a so called Republican that did it.
Of course, what the soon to be former Senator from Arizona didn't mention, was that he had no chance in the primary race for re-election, let alone the general. His pro-Amnesty stance and his Never-Trumper position (in a state where Trump's approval rating has increased) were death to the pseudo conservative.
Stalin, was responsible for tens of millions of deaths. His show trials, which the left in this country fawned over, were just that. Show. I don't care how much you hate Trump, that is a little much.
Shifting gears.
Another government shutdown looming. Democrats are confident that the GOP will take the blame, and because the GOP sucks at messaging could be right. So, here are the facts.
The House has passed to the Senate all appropriation bills for 2018. Yes, that is true. Back in September.
The Senate will not take them up, as the Democrats have said they will filibuster unless it is one big Cromnibus, and unless there is an increase of spending for social programs (already at $60,000 annually for every family below the poverty line) which is equal to the increase in military spending.
I posted an article from FOXnews http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2018/01/18/hey-republicans-if-want-to-avoid-government-shutdown-its-time-to-go-it-alone-without-democrats.html that essentially advocated for leaving the filibuster in the ash bin of history. If the Senate were functioning as the Founders intended, I would be against the idea, but it isn't. And the GOP might as well do it, as the Democrats will when they get control.
The Democrats are willing to shut down the government over a clean amnesty, er, DACA bill. By clean they mean. Pathway to citizenship, allowing family immigration, and no security. They see voters, and that is it. They don't care about them as individuals, just like they never saw the blacks as anything but a voting block, so they are just moving on. And yet the blacks still vote 90% or more for them. No wall. Anything else, and they are willing to shut down the government.
If I were the Speaker, I would say to the Senate. "We passed our bills, we are in recess until you do your versions and we conference on them". Oh well.
Finally.
So, the Senate today passed S. 139 to reauthorize FISA surveillance. Unbelievable. No, it is all about power. We have been sold this idea that we can trade liberty for security. Seems that I have read something about that, somewhere. Senators Paul (R-KY) and Wyden (D-OR) and others worked to try to amend the bill. The filibuster was overridden. The final passage was 65-34. Here is a listing of those who voted to suspend your 4th amendment rights.
Alexander (R-TN), Barasso (R-WY), Blunt (R-MO), Boozman (R-AR), Burr (R-NC), Capito (R-WV), Carper (D-DE), Casey (D-PA), Cassidy (R-LA), Cochran (R-MS), Collins (R-ME), Corker (R-TN), Coryn (R-TX), Cortez-Masto (D-NV), Cotton (R-AR), Crapo (R-ID), Cruz (R-TX), Donnelly (D-IN), Duckworth (D-IL), Enzi (R-WY), Ernst (R-IA), Feinstein (D-CA), Fischer (R-NE), Flake (R-AZ), Graham (R-SC), Grassley (R-IA), Hassan (D-NH), Hatch (R-UT), Heitkamp (D-ND), Hoeven (R-ND), Inhofe (R-OK), Isakson (R-GA), Johnson (R-WI), Jones (D-AL), Kaine (D-VA), Kennedy (R-LA), King (I-ME), Klobuchar (D-MN), Lankford (R-OK), Manchin (D-WV), McCaskill (D-MO), McConnell (R-KY), Moran (R-KS), Nelson (D-FL), Perdue (R-GA), Peters (D-MI), Portman (R-OH), Reed (D-RI), Risch (R-ID), Roberts (R-KS), Rounds (R-SD), Rubio (R-FL), Sasse (R-NE), Schumer (D-NY), Scott (R-SC), Shaheen (D-NH), Shelby (R-AL), Stabenow (D-MI), Thune (R-SD), Tillis (R-NC), Toomey (R-PA), Warner (D-VA), Whitehouse (D-RI), Wicker (R-MS), Young (R-IN)
They say that they still have to get a warrant from a secret court to access the data that they have already collected, but do you trust them, since they ALREADY HAVE THE DATA?
Update, even as I am writing, there is a memo from the Intelligence committee detailing some gross violations of even this lax regulation on the spies. I guess this is what bipartisanship looks like.
Of course, what the soon to be former Senator from Arizona didn't mention, was that he had no chance in the primary race for re-election, let alone the general. His pro-Amnesty stance and his Never-Trumper position (in a state where Trump's approval rating has increased) were death to the pseudo conservative.
Stalin, was responsible for tens of millions of deaths. His show trials, which the left in this country fawned over, were just that. Show. I don't care how much you hate Trump, that is a little much.
Shifting gears.
Another government shutdown looming. Democrats are confident that the GOP will take the blame, and because the GOP sucks at messaging could be right. So, here are the facts.
The House has passed to the Senate all appropriation bills for 2018. Yes, that is true. Back in September.
The Senate will not take them up, as the Democrats have said they will filibuster unless it is one big Cromnibus, and unless there is an increase of spending for social programs (already at $60,000 annually for every family below the poverty line) which is equal to the increase in military spending.
I posted an article from FOXnews http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2018/01/18/hey-republicans-if-want-to-avoid-government-shutdown-its-time-to-go-it-alone-without-democrats.html that essentially advocated for leaving the filibuster in the ash bin of history. If the Senate were functioning as the Founders intended, I would be against the idea, but it isn't. And the GOP might as well do it, as the Democrats will when they get control.
The Democrats are willing to shut down the government over a clean amnesty, er, DACA bill. By clean they mean. Pathway to citizenship, allowing family immigration, and no security. They see voters, and that is it. They don't care about them as individuals, just like they never saw the blacks as anything but a voting block, so they are just moving on. And yet the blacks still vote 90% or more for them. No wall. Anything else, and they are willing to shut down the government.
If I were the Speaker, I would say to the Senate. "We passed our bills, we are in recess until you do your versions and we conference on them". Oh well.
Finally.
So, the Senate today passed S. 139 to reauthorize FISA surveillance. Unbelievable. No, it is all about power. We have been sold this idea that we can trade liberty for security. Seems that I have read something about that, somewhere. Senators Paul (R-KY) and Wyden (D-OR) and others worked to try to amend the bill. The filibuster was overridden. The final passage was 65-34. Here is a listing of those who voted to suspend your 4th amendment rights.
Alexander (R-TN), Barasso (R-WY), Blunt (R-MO), Boozman (R-AR), Burr (R-NC), Capito (R-WV), Carper (D-DE), Casey (D-PA), Cassidy (R-LA), Cochran (R-MS), Collins (R-ME), Corker (R-TN), Coryn (R-TX), Cortez-Masto (D-NV), Cotton (R-AR), Crapo (R-ID), Cruz (R-TX), Donnelly (D-IN), Duckworth (D-IL), Enzi (R-WY), Ernst (R-IA), Feinstein (D-CA), Fischer (R-NE), Flake (R-AZ), Graham (R-SC), Grassley (R-IA), Hassan (D-NH), Hatch (R-UT), Heitkamp (D-ND), Hoeven (R-ND), Inhofe (R-OK), Isakson (R-GA), Johnson (R-WI), Jones (D-AL), Kaine (D-VA), Kennedy (R-LA), King (I-ME), Klobuchar (D-MN), Lankford (R-OK), Manchin (D-WV), McCaskill (D-MO), McConnell (R-KY), Moran (R-KS), Nelson (D-FL), Perdue (R-GA), Peters (D-MI), Portman (R-OH), Reed (D-RI), Risch (R-ID), Roberts (R-KS), Rounds (R-SD), Rubio (R-FL), Sasse (R-NE), Schumer (D-NY), Scott (R-SC), Shaheen (D-NH), Shelby (R-AL), Stabenow (D-MI), Thune (R-SD), Tillis (R-NC), Toomey (R-PA), Warner (D-VA), Whitehouse (D-RI), Wicker (R-MS), Young (R-IN)
They say that they still have to get a warrant from a secret court to access the data that they have already collected, but do you trust them, since they ALREADY HAVE THE DATA?
Update, even as I am writing, there is a memo from the Intelligence committee detailing some gross violations of even this lax regulation on the spies. I guess this is what bipartisanship looks like.
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