Irony just called and is more than a little pissed off it keeps getting abused by Republicans:
Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) had a few choice words about House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-Calif.) landmark climate-change bill after its passage Friday.
When asked why he read portions of the cap-and-trade bill on the floor Friday night, Boehner told The Hill, "Hey, people deserve to know what’s in this pile of s–t."
As we all know, the Republicans spent the last eight years doing nothing but passing legislation that benefited the American people, not lobbyists and corporations, and gave the bills enough time for honest and spirited debate on the House floor so that everyone had the opportunity to read the bills before they voted on them.
AH-HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Don’t get me wrong — the bill that was passed on Friday night leaves a metric assload to be desired. But this pretty much sums up Boehner’s position:
[O]ne Democratic aide quipped, "What do you expect from a guy who thinks global warming is caused by cow manure?"
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Global warming is not spread by cow manure. It is lobbyist manure that does most of the damage.
John, John, John. (Marcia, Marcia, Marcia)
i still say he’s got eyeliner tattooed on.
Where is the damn clown car? Somebody, anybody needs to pick this guy up and take him to THE home. Jeebus Gawd Almight. Heal him, paaallllleeeese! And do something about his hair. It hasn’t moved since 1991. How can one person be that stupid?
The “strong gravitational force” comes in play. It may also cause the discoloration by attracting so many gamma rays.
Quick! Get him an Argentine sweetie. The man needs some relief.
This is very unfair to Boehner. I watched him on CSPAN Friday night as he systematically ripped apart the climate change bill (Waxman-Markey), by pointing out, among other things, that the bill created vast new federal bureaucracies to implement new energy efficiency and environmental programs. In particular, he noted the creation of of something called “federal power marketing agenicies” (FPMAs), which would somehow get involved in private markets for electricity sales, and he wondered why on earth we need these.
Unfortunately, a colleagued whispered in his hear that, uh, we already have FPMAs, but that didn’t seem to register and Boehner continued with his withering attack.
Boehner is from Ohio and spends his time in DC, so it’s understandable that he might NOT be aware of the Tennessee Valley Authority, which runs a vast hydro electric system built under the New Deal to bring electricity to several mid-southern states. Nor would he know that WAPA provides electricity for smaller communities in Nevada and Northern California, and I’m sure he’s too far away from the BPA, which runs a vast dam and hydro electric system that serves Oregon, Washington, Idaho and parts of California.
And he’s probably never seen this, but that’s okay, because it was built by Americans who needed jobs and would become Democrats. It too was developed by FDR because he understood that providing jobs, energy and economic stimulus and investing in the public infrastructure would create the foundation for economic development of the Pacific Northwest for the next 70 years. But hey, that idea was a piece of . . . too, and John Boehner would never vote for that idea.
“Not the hair! Don’t touch the hair!”
Sorry folks. I have been cooped up in a small room with a small a/c for two days. It is 109 outside and 90 in the rest of the house. (When night falls I am allowed outside.)
That’s a hilarious picture.
It’s a pretty good flute embouchure, actually….
Naw, he just has prissy lips.
Reminds me of the Howdy Dooty Show?
when he’s not weeping at the latest Democratic outrage, he’s looking like that.
Outstanding rant, Scarecrow.
I vote with you…..
One more day.
Well, its either that or mildew from all the tears.
I wonder what kind of world he really lives in? Must be sort of squishy.
I’m surprised Boehner read that much of the bill. When you’re the Party of NO, actual knowledge of legislation probably isn’t a high priority.
It wasn’t a problem cause he didn’t comprehend any of it. Density is a perfected art form with these dudes.
I actually think the picture on this post makes Boehner look more like this from my childhood: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howdy_Doody
Given my decrepit state, I can’t be sure I have this correctly — but I think youngsters these days might use the puppet’s family name to refer to that substance with which Boehner opines expertise in characterizing this House bill.
I recognize Boehner probably must go to pains to ensure his own family name isn’t mistakenly rhymed with calcified animal tissue [Really, I wasn’t thinking of erectile tissue … maybe a little.]. I also think we should avoid cheaply demeaning public figures, at least without need or provocation. And in any event we ought to ensure everyone’s name is pronounced as they wish [frosty Vivian Fuchs, for example; it’s actually pronounced “Horace”].
But it seems to me this House minority leader is just asking for it:
Doody Boehner, anyone?
Of course the isane clown posse is full of shit. It surely is ironic that the republics are too stupid to realize they are getting the same they gave.
Hell, any denser they’d be a singularity.
See 18. Great minds.
Boner is such a good little r-droid… he’s angling to be the Speaker that Newt Was. There is not enough Stoopid Food to feed someone like him, really.
I promise you that if there were proposals to fund and “administer” the present incarnation of the “New Deal” via Bechtel, Boeing and CheneyBurton etc. he’d not only be leading the charge to fund the programs, he’d be raking in the graft as fast as his sticky little fingers could pass it into his congressional till to keep it going. Because it’s all about the little people (keeping them in servitude to their corporate masters)…
Ah, right. He was able to say NO with
a clear conscienceno thought at all.They think they are still giving it. They haven’t noticed yet that their numbers are dwindling. Soon there will be a very few lone republic voices echoing through the capital building. “Anybody out there?…. there…there….there?”
Awwww. Thanks for remembering…she is so pretty.
Aw, be kind to Howdy Doody. He was perpetually cheery (carved from happy wood), if a little loose-limbed. Howdy and Alfred E. Newman and Michele Bachmann. Trifecta!!
Really? It seems to me that the Dems still knuckle under at least once a day just to stay in practice. Well, maybe more so in the Senate than the House.
The Dems just don’t feel right unless they are being abused by the Republics.
So? More space for Ms Palin,
The Dems definitely do knuckle under far too much. But when they complain about Dems passing crappy legislation I just laugh. Could the republics really be that stupid? I’m thinking bonner spent a lil too much time in the tanning bed.
She needs more? I thought she had plenty of space between her ears.
B: I heard this am that this is likely the week for Franken? Dare I say that? For the reason that your court will be out of session. I know…I may be wrong;)
Yes.
This has been another installment…
Well, one thing is abundantly clear. The MNSC is in no way influenced by public opinion. And it’s a tight-lipped little group. Rumors fly just about every day . . . gonna check one of my “sources” . . . brb
Just once? I thought that Nancy and Harry had made an art of genuflecting to the ideals of “bipartisanship” and repub-love…amazing, isn’t it?
Such leadership deserves to be richly rewarded… with new jobs not involving legislation or lawmakers.
Everybody’s twiddling their thumbs, waiting, waiting. Meanwhile, Keith Ellison (MN CD5) says he will not vote for any health bill that does not include the public option. So we do have something going here besides Coleman/Franken and Bachmann/Bachmann/Bachmann. And Jesse. P.S. And Governor Timmy, who is positively salivating as his rivals, ummm, hike the Appalachian Trail.
Well, it is not dull up there, is it? And tomorrow NBC will have a MJackson special….as the world turns. Im turning in. See you tomorrow. Thanks for the update.
Is there something wrong with that?
And if so, where do I go to get it removed?
Great post!
Interesting, isn’t it, that the MN Supremes appear to have waited until SCOTUS goes away for the summer before issuing their ruling. Makes it harder for Norm’s team to find Strip-Search-Sammy to issue an injunction while the pressure builds on Smilin Tim to sign Al’s certification.
Eggzacktly.
It’s more of a Goth look. With that spray on tan, Boner just looks . . . well, like one of the Real Housewives of New Jersey.
WT! You da bomb! *G*
To misquote that great investigative philosopher Clouseau, “M’sieu, my cow farts in your general direction!”
FRRRRRPPPPPPPPPPPPP . . .
here’s the dood!!
looky here.
lol!
Cow farts, cow burps, they are a real problem.
day-um that’s an amazing resemblance… howdy-doody rides again … lol
Working to reduce the effects of Global Warming would hurt my bottom line. Therefore, Global Warming is a lie.