Comments on: Rahm Throws Pelosi Under The Bus To Save Stimulus Bill http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/05/rahm-throws-pelosi-under-the-bus-to-save-stimulus-bill/ Firedoglake weblog Sat, 28 Nov 2009 11:00:46 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: MarkH http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/05/rahm-throws-pelosi-under-the-bus-to-save-stimulus-bill/#comment-1819913 MarkH Thu, 05 Feb 2009 23:23:09 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/05/rahm-throws-pelosi-under-the-bus-to-save-stimulus-bill/#comment-1819913 <blockquote><p>We are a group of idiots led by clowns.</p></blockquote> <p>I’ll go with the clowns any day.</p> <p>Say, isn’t Rahm supposed to be a lion tamer? If I could collar him I’d tell him to spread the word that we’re gonna get this stimulus bill passed and claim victory.</p> <p>Nancy, front and center!<br /> Nancy: Yes?<br /> Did you lard up that stimulus bill?<br /> Nancy: Yes I did.<br /> Well alright then, back to work.<br /> Heh.</p>

We are a group of idiots led by clowns.

I’ll go with the clowns any day.

Say, isn’t Rahm supposed to be a lion tamer? If I could collar him I’d tell him to spread the word that we’re gonna get this stimulus bill passed and claim victory.

Nancy, front and center!
Nancy: Yes?
Did you lard up that stimulus bill?
Nancy: Yes I did.
Well alright then, back to work.
Heh.

]]> By: constantweader http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/05/rahm-throws-pelosi-under-the-bus-to-save-stimulus-bill/#comment-1819861 constantweader Thu, 05 Feb 2009 22:21:11 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/05/rahm-throws-pelosi-under-the-bus-to-save-stimulus-bill/#comment-1819861 <p>Sorry, I don’t believe 95% of the skullduggery nonsense, & I’m a cynic. Obama & Emanuel are dependent upon Pelosi. They’re not going to throw her to the wolves the first time out of the gate. That’s not Obama’s style, anyway. It might be Rahm’s, but he’s worked closely with Pelosi, so it would be ultra-crappy to take swipes at her now. Besies, at least one local Nashville blogger says Jim Cooper is a famous liar, & his assertion seems fairly nonsensical. I think the major-player Democrats are working together to get this bill thru in the best form they can.</p> <p>I’m just waiting to see what Joe Weasel Lieberman does.</p> <p>The Constant Weader at <a href="http://www.RealityChex.com" rel="nofollow">www.RealityChex.com</a></p> Sorry, I don’t believe 95% of the skullduggery nonsense, & I’m a cynic. Obama & Emanuel are dependent upon Pelosi. They’re not going to throw her to the wolves the first time out of the gate. That’s not Obama’s style, anyway. It might be Rahm’s, but he’s worked closely with Pelosi, so it would be ultra-crappy to take swipes at her now. Besies, at least one local Nashville blogger says Jim Cooper is a famous liar, & his assertion seems fairly nonsensical. I think the major-player Democrats are working together to get this bill thru in the best form they can.

I’m just waiting to see what Joe Weasel Lieberman does.

The Constant Weader at http://www.RealityChex.com

]]> By: Hugh http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/05/rahm-throws-pelosi-under-the-bus-to-save-stimulus-bill/#comment-1819694 Hugh Thu, 05 Feb 2009 18:32:42 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/05/rahm-throws-pelosi-under-the-bus-to-save-stimulus-bill/#comment-1819694 <blockquote><p>Why do GOP senators want to say No to their own governors and mayors and all the folks back home. Just curious?</p></blockquote> <p>Because they don’t give them as much money as banks.</p>

Why do GOP senators want to say No to their own governors and mayors and all the folks back home. Just curious?

Because they don’t give them as much money as banks.

]]> By: FreedomNow http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/05/rahm-throws-pelosi-under-the-bus-to-save-stimulus-bill/#comment-1819684 FreedomNow Thu, 05 Feb 2009 18:27:12 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/05/rahm-throws-pelosi-under-the-bus-to-save-stimulus-bill/#comment-1819684 <p>And the policy worked for FDR…that was HIS way of getting out of the Depression…after all the other things didn’t work.</p> And the policy worked for FDR…that was HIS way of getting out of the Depression…after all the other things didn’t work.

]]> By: dosido http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/05/rahm-throws-pelosi-under-the-bus-to-save-stimulus-bill/#comment-1819680 dosido Thu, 05 Feb 2009 18:24:49 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/05/rahm-throws-pelosi-under-the-bus-to-save-stimulus-bill/#comment-1819680 <p>Oh, I should have known you pups were on it. the video is upstairs for anyone who missed it. Just trying to cross reference and all that.</p> Oh, I should have known you pups were on it. the video is upstairs for anyone who missed it. Just trying to cross reference and all that.

]]> By: dosido http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/05/rahm-throws-pelosi-under-the-bus-to-save-stimulus-bill/#comment-1819677 dosido Thu, 05 Feb 2009 18:22:56 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/05/rahm-throws-pelosi-under-the-bus-to-save-stimulus-bill/#comment-1819677 <p>Why do GOP senators want to say No to their own governors and mayors and all the folks back home. Just curious?</p> Why do GOP senators want to say No to their own governors and mayors and all the folks back home. Just curious?

]]> By: dosido http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/05/rahm-throws-pelosi-under-the-bus-to-save-stimulus-bill/#comment-1819674 dosido Thu, 05 Feb 2009 18:21:56 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/05/rahm-throws-pelosi-under-the-bus-to-save-stimulus-bill/#comment-1819674 <p>Hey, this post just referenced by Shuster this a.m.!! woot!</p> Hey, this post just referenced by Shuster this a.m.!! woot!

]]> By: Jane Hamsher http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/05/rahm-throws-pelosi-under-the-bus-to-save-stimulus-bill/#comment-1819672 Jane Hamsher Thu, 05 Feb 2009 18:21:31 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/05/rahm-throws-pelosi-under-the-bus-to-save-stimulus-bill/#comment-1819672 <p>I’ll grant you that it’s probably not as bad as many have made it out to be, but even Nate admits it has eroded. Obama is not in the Washington Post and on my TV selling the bill today for nothing.</p> I’ll grant you that it’s probably not as bad as many have made it out to be, but even Nate admits it has eroded. Obama is not in the Washington Post and on my TV selling the bill today for nothing.

]]> By: Jane Hamsher http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/05/rahm-throws-pelosi-under-the-bus-to-save-stimulus-bill/#comment-1819665 Jane Hamsher Thu, 05 Feb 2009 18:19:14 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/05/rahm-throws-pelosi-under-the-bus-to-save-stimulus-bill/#comment-1819665 <p>He would so clean me out.</p> He would so clean me out.

]]> By: acquarius74 http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/05/rahm-throws-pelosi-under-the-bus-to-save-stimulus-bill/#comment-1819661 acquarius74 Thu, 05 Feb 2009 18:17:41 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/05/rahm-throws-pelosi-under-the-bus-to-save-stimulus-bill/#comment-1819661 <p>Hugh,</p> <blockquote><p>We need a stimulus that is spending-oriented to create jobs</p></blockquote> <p>IMO, putting people to work is the elephant in the room. It should come now, not after it’s too late.</p> <p>I saw a PBS program about China’s building the biggest dam in the world on the Yangtze River (The 3 Gorges Dam). It will produce 9 times as much electricity as our Hoover Dam (built in the Great Depression and put thousands to work).</p> <p>And the total cost (per PBS) of China’s big dam?? $25 BILLION. That is 1/28 of the $700 billion TARP that vanished into a black hole and so far has produced nothing that I can discern.</p> <p>So, if we built an electricity producing dam somewhere….say at the confluence of the Missouri River and the Mississippi River (where the huge floods occur) there would be much benefit produced in many areas. Yeah, being America it would probably cost 3 times the one in China; still only $75 Billion - a drop in the bucket compared to the Billions poured into the ever-hungry banksters greedy paws.</p> Hugh,

We need a stimulus that is spending-oriented to create jobs

IMO, putting people to work is the elephant in the room. It should come now, not after it’s too late.

I saw a PBS program about China’s building the biggest dam in the world on the Yangtze River (The 3 Gorges Dam). It will produce 9 times as much electricity as our Hoover Dam (built in the Great Depression and put thousands to work).

And the total cost (per PBS) of China’s big dam?? $25 BILLION. That is 1/28 of the $700 billion TARP that vanished into a black hole and so far has produced nothing that I can discern.

So, if we built an electricity producing dam somewhere….say at the confluence of the Missouri River and the Mississippi River (where the huge floods occur) there would be much benefit produced in many areas. Yeah, being America it would probably cost 3 times the one in China; still only $75 Billion – a drop in the bucket compared to the Billions poured into the ever-hungry banksters greedy paws.

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