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Dogged days of summer.
Author: Raine    Date: 07/27/2009 12:39:05

An interesting thing happened on the way to August recess. Once upon a time, congresscitters liked going on the August vacation. Hell once upon a time (back before 2006) our congresscritters has to work in DC a grueling 3 days a week. But this is not that once upon a time.

Over the weekend we learned that Nancy Pelosi was preparing to not recess the House of Representatives. Then we heard that Harry Reid would, and those glorious plans came apart. There would be no working through the August recess to get Health Care Reform Passed. Elected officials breathed a sigh of relief. They would get a government paid vacation!

Well guess what? They are leaving the comfort of the Beltway. It's not really a vacation, it is a recess. It is time for them to come back home to the states and districts they represent. In many cases, these are districts and states with very disgruntled constituents. There will be town hall meetings, people calling, people standing outside offices for a chance to talk with their representatives. I don't think this will exactly be a vacation for them. They are coming home to be dogged about a major issue in this country.

On one side, we have a huge movement in this country to get Health Care Reform enacted. Too many of our elected officials don't seem to understand how critical that issue really is. They will be coming home and will be forced to face this truly important issue. It is up to you and I to make our voices heard to our elected officials. It up to the people to show what the faces of the un & underinsured really look like. They need to hear the stories and be given the facts about Health Care Reform..

On the other side, and this perhaps is more sad than it is funny, they will be coming home to the face of the birther movement.
“I believe it is a serious concern and I hope that each and every decent American comes to town hall meetings with a video camera and demands action,” she wrote.

Having seen his colleague Castle come under attack, Rep. Pete Hoekstra (R-Mich.) is taking no chances.

“Before I got back to Michigan before the break, we’ll go through it, so that we’re versed in it,” Hoekstra said recently. “Just like anything else, if you see a hot issue ... it’s sort of like, ‘Let me go take a look at this and see what the status is.’”

Hoekstra believes there’s no “compelling case” questioning Obama’s origins. But after talking to Castle about his town hall, he knows that he’d better be ready with an answer.
A loud vocal group of insane nutbags have chosen to use precious time and money for THIS issue. Make no mistake -- they, like the Teabaggers, have made enough noise and raised enough fear to cause a distraction. This is coming back to bite the GOP in the arse. It will make it harder for us to get them to focus on Health Care Reform. Maybe the GOP likes that -- who knows.

So, I suspect that most of these congresscritters are not really looking forward to the Dog Days of Summer. I wonder, who would they would rather listen too? Screaming Birthers & Teabaggers or people who want to have a serious, sober & grown up conversation about Health Care Reform? I suspect the latter. Health Care Reform activists might be a sight for sore eyes after the Birthing Teabaggers. Don't let the wack jobs distract from the work that has to be done.

:peace: and
Raine
 

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Comment by wickedpam on 07/27/2009 13:01:09
Morning :hug:



Back to work this morning *sigh* its too easy to get used to not working...

Comment by TriSec on 07/27/2009 13:11:40
Morning, comrades!



Well....since I lost my vacation time and money earlier this year, we're not going anywhere in 2009.



But your loyal TriSec loves to plan, so I'm already looking at 2010.



On the list of possible things....heading Downcape, getting a cabin up in the mountains (of NH, VT, or NY) or the one that intrigues me most....touring Civil war sites through the Shenandoah valley and hitting the Skyline Drive.



What say you, Virginia delegation? Where does one stay in and around the ol' Skyline?



(I've already looked at the I-81 corridor, but avoiding a chain on the interstate would be much better.)



Of course, maybe we could all have a commune and rent a big ol, 7-bedroom house somewhere on the Jersey shore and have a big party for the week.





Comment by Scoopster on 07/27/2009 13:21:50
Mornin all.. Yeesh I feel like I'm still hung over from Saturday.

Comment by wickedpam on 07/27/2009 13:24:24
Not sure, don't get out to the Skyline Drive area very often - I did just go up to WV this week end - Harper's Ferry was really nice area - stayed at a slightly quirky Quality Hotel that over looked a flea market though

Comment by Raine on 07/27/2009 13:37:26
The other thing I learned this weekend?



Skip gate is married to A WHITE WOMAN!

Comment by Scoopster on 07/27/2009 13:48:32
Comment by Raine on 07/27/2009 13:52:37
:rolleyes: I am so over this dispute. To tell the truth-- I totally agree with Momma on this. I refuse to defend cops acting stupidly.

Comment by Raine on 07/27/2009 13:53:49
Well he could have simply created a fan page... Poor lil thing. NOT.



Comment by Raine on 07/27/2009 14:03:20
Inhofe Does it again. Poor Faye.... Regarding the Birthers:
Sen. Jim Inhofe has also tried to find the elusive middle ground.



“They have a point,” he said of the birthers. “I don’t discourage it. ... But I’m going to pursue defeating [Obama] on things that I think are very destructive to America.”


Comment by TriSec on 07/27/2009 14:12:30
Geez. You know what the problem is?



I was looking over my delightful "PG Tips" tea on the ol' wiki. Down the bottom of the page is a link to all the "Unilever" brands:



Ades · Axe/Lynx · Becel · Ben & Jerry's · Bertolli · Birds Eye · Boursin · Bovril · Breyers · Brooke Bond · Chicken Tonight · Cif · Colman's · Comfort · Conimex · Continental · Cornetto · Cup-a-Soup · Degree · Domestos · Dove · Elizabeth Arden · Fabergé · Findus · Flora · GB Glace · Golden Gaytime · Good Humor · Good Humor-Breyers · HB · Helene Curtis · Hellmann's/Best Foods · I Can't Believe It's Not Butter · Iglo · Imperial Margarine · Impulse · Kibon · Klondike · Knorr · Kwality Wall's · Lakme · Langnese · Lever 2000 · Lifebuoy · Lipton · Lux · Magnum · Maille · Marmite · PG Tips · Paddle Pop · Peperami · Persil · Persil Power · Persil Service · Pond's Creams · Popsicle · Pot Mash · Pot Noodle · Pot Rice · Prince Matchabelli · Q-tips · Ragú · Rexona · Rinso · Salon Selectives · Sana · Scottish Blend · Selecta · Signal · Skippy · Slim Fast · Snuggle · Solero · Spry · Squirrel · Suave · Sunsilk · Sure · Surf · Timotei · Twink · Vaseline · Vermonster · Viennetta · Vim · Wall's · Wish-Bone





Monopoly much?





Comment by Raine on 07/27/2009 14:13:07
Great AD!


Comment by Scoopster on 07/27/2009 14:15:00
Quote by Raine:

:rolleyes: I am so over this dispute. To tell the truth-- I totally agree with Momma on this. I refuse to defend cops acting stupidly.


Day 5 of Sports Talk Held Hostage.. And I've had enough of the crap. Here's my letter to VP/GM Tim Murphy:



I am a daily listener to your station during my afternoon commute - the Big Show gang are fantastic, knowledgeable and entertaining. I also sometimes listen to the D&C morning show for sports segments & stuff I might have missed the night before, but the moment they start doing opinionated nonsense and annoying political rants I immediately change the station because they make me literally sick; I usually tune back later for some actual sports talk.



For the past five days, they have not talked about sports AT ALL. Every time I've tuned in, which has been several times from 6:30-9AM each day. AN ENTIRE WORK WEEK. I am sure I'm not the only one who is sick of hearing nothing but the insane know-nothing Rush Limbaugh-wannabe rantings of sports talk VJs. And I'm sure I'm not the only one who is fed up with it either. I suggest you have a chat with the two morning dodos - either they get back to the sports talk IMMEDIATELY or start losing listeners to your new competition in town.


Comment by Raine on 07/27/2009 15:16:05
Getting some serious hits over at HCRM.org!

Comment by livingonli on 07/27/2009 15:25:24
Good morning everyone.



So, what's up everybody? I better get some things today for myself. But I will be around until I leave for work.

Comment by livingonli on 07/27/2009 15:27:38
Gee, this whole blog went through an hour of Momma without a single post.

Comment by Scoopster on 07/27/2009 15:31:24
Quote by Raine:

Getting some serious hits over at HCRM.org!




Comment by Scoopster on 07/27/2009 15:32:38
Heya livin.. yeah kinda quiet today, I've been chuggin away here at the office & gettin a jumpstart on my end-of-month stuff while I can.

Comment by livingonli on 07/27/2009 15:35:20
Where's Random?

Comment by wickedpam on 07/27/2009 15:42:37
Quote by livingonli:

Gee, this whole blog went through an hour of Momma without a single post.






catching up on work ;)

Comment by livingonli on 07/27/2009 15:45:58
Hey, Mala. How was your vacation?

Comment by Scoopster on 07/27/2009 15:48:58
No idea where Random is.. does he have any new posts on his Twitter feed or whateveritis?

Comment by wickedpam on 07/27/2009 15:52:26
Quote by livingonli:

Hey, Mala. How was your vacation?






taking it at home I find I don't get the things done I want too. Oh well. Went to Harper's Ferry and Charles Town over the weekend though - it was nice to get away for 24 hours

Comment by livingonli on 07/27/2009 15:57:01
The "Family" seems to be filled with hypocrisy and they seem to justify it because "God" put them in power. So, what happens when they get booted out of office? Is that God's will as well?

Comment by Scoopster on 07/27/2009 16:03:43
Wow Raine when did that website go live? It's gotten like 1500 hits since I first looked at it about a half hour ago! :o

Comment by livingonli on 07/27/2009 16:04:17
Sessions is going to be voting against Sotomayer. What a surprise.

Comment by TriSec on 07/27/2009 16:23:53
Interesting to note....Selig is considering reinstating Pete Rose.



Guess gambling doesn't look so bad anymore.





Comment by Raine on 07/27/2009 16:50:04
Quote by Scoopster:

Wow Raine when did that website go live? It's gotten like 1500 hits since I first looked at it about a half hour ago! :o
Friday!

This is all getting quite interesting!



Comment by Raine on 07/27/2009 16:51:26
Quote by wickedpam:

Quote by livingonli:

Gee, this whole blog went through an hour of Momma without a single post.






catching up on work ;)
Doing a lot of stuff with the Health care site today.



I guess that would be called work! :P



Comment by Scoopster on 07/27/2009 17:08:26
Pharma companies trying to make drug that has THC's medical benefits without the fun side effects..



Errr yeah they tried something like this when they made oxycontin, and failed. I think I'll stick to the real thing kthxbai.

Comment by trojanrabbit on 07/27/2009 17:12:00
Quote by Scoopster:

Quote by Raine:

:rolleyes: I am so over this dispute. To tell the truth-- I totally agree with Momma on this. I refuse to defend cops acting stupidly.


Day 5 of Sports Talk Held Hostage.. And I've had enough of the crap. Here's my letter to VP/GM Tim Murphy:



I am a daily listener to your station during my afternoon commute - the Big Show gang are fantastic, knowledgeable and entertaining. I also sometimes listen to the D&C morning show for sports segments & stuff I might have missed the night before, but the moment they start doing opinionated nonsense and annoying political rants I immediately change the station because they make me literally sick; I usually tune back later for some actual sports talk.



For the past five days, they have not talked about sports AT ALL. Every time I've tuned in, which has been several times from 6:30-9AM each day. AN ENTIRE WORK WEEK. I am sure I'm not the only one who is sick of hearing nothing but the insane know-nothing Rush Limbaugh-wannabe rantings of sports talk VJs. And I'm sure I'm not the only one who is fed up with it either. I suggest you have a chat with the two morning dodos - either they get back to the sports talk IMMEDIATELY or start losing listeners to your new competition in town.




Yup, wait until WBZ-FM comes on. While I'm saddened that one of the legendary FM signals (WBCN) is going away, it has been a shell of its former self for years, the only reason I'd tune there was to listen to Patriots games.



I've always considered WEEI to be nothing more than an extension of the Herald. Heck, they even read the Herald front page during the morning show.



Comment by Scoopster on 07/27/2009 17:13:10
Comment by Raine on 07/27/2009 17:13:50
Quote by Raine:

Quote by Scoopster:

Wow Raine when did that website go live? It's gotten like 1500 hits since I first looked at it about a half hour ago! :o
Friday!

This is all getting quite interesting!

Hey Scoop -- how many do you see right now? I am seeing 1300+



Comment by Scoopster on 07/27/2009 17:20:54
Quote by Raine:

Quote by Raine:

Quote by Scoopster:

Wow Raine when did that website go live? It's gotten like 1500 hits since I first looked at it about a half hour ago! :o
Friday!

This is all getting quite interesting!

Hey Scoop -- how many do you see right now? I am seeing 1300+



1:20PM EDT - 1333

Comment by Raine on 07/27/2009 17:22:10
Quote by Scoopster:

Quote by Raine:

Quote by Raine:

Quote by Scoopster:

Wow Raine when did that website go live? It's gotten like 1500 hits since I first looked at it about a half hour ago! :o
Friday!

This is all getting quite interesting!

Hey Scoop -- how many do you see right now? I am seeing 1300+



1:20PM EDT - 1333
:danke: Dawling!



Comment by Scoopster on 07/27/2009 17:23:40
Hehe.. some props for ya!



Originally Posted by Olo401



Found a really great clearing house website for debunking health care reform propaganda today.. I think they even allow people to submit stuff for the list:



Healthcare Reform Myths



Originall Posted by Jeryhn



I'm looking through this now, and it's an absolutely great web site.




Comment by Raine on 07/27/2009 17:32:17
Quote by Scoopster:

Hehe.. some props for ya!



Originally Posted by Olo401



Found a really great clearing house website for debunking health care reform propaganda today.. I think they even allow people to submit stuff for the list:



Healthcare Reform Myths



Originall Posted by Jeryhn



I'm looking through this now, and it's an absolutely great web site.




:party:

Comment by Raine on 07/27/2009 17:32:37
Scoop sending you PM on Facecrack...

Comment by Scoopster on 07/27/2009 17:36:23
Quote by Raine:

Scoop sending you PM on Facecrack...


@_@;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; jinkies!

Comment by Scoopster on 07/27/2009 17:54:38
Just saw this posted someplace...

Timeline:



January 21, 2009 - New York Times contacts all aides, secretaries, etc that worked in the Bush administration.

January 22, 2009 - NYT milks all these people for every political or military decision ever considered. NYT then puts all this stuff in a vault.



Then, every time Nancy Pelosi lies, Obama's health plan loses massive support, or any other damaging incident occurs, they release a story out of their vault to distract from the administration's deceptions.



Does anyone see a pattern here? Then again, I am just speculating. They probably aren't being dishonest journalists/political activists.






Comment by Raine on 07/27/2009 18:13:23
Quote by Scoopster:

Just saw this posted someplace...

Timeline:



January 21, 2009 - New York Times contacts all aides, secretaries, etc that worked in the Bush administration.

January 22, 2009 - NYT milks all these people for every political or military decision ever considered. NYT then puts all this stuff in a vault.



Then, every time Nancy Pelosi lies, Obama's health plan loses massive support, or any other damaging incident occurs, they release a story out of their vault to distract from the administration's deceptions.



Does anyone see a pattern here? Then again, I am just speculating. They probably aren't being dishonest journalists/political activists.




I want to start getting my hot little fingers on those emails...



Just saying...



Comment by wickedpam on 07/27/2009 18:17:21
Quote by Raine:

Quote by Scoopster:

Hehe.. some props for ya!



Originally Posted by Olo401



Found a really great clearing house website for debunking health care reform propaganda today.. I think they even allow people to submit stuff for the list:



Healthcare Reform Myths



Originall Posted by Jeryhn



I'm looking through this now, and it's an absolutely great web site.




:party:






OMG! I just realized ya'll put that together! It looks great!

Comment by wickedpam on 07/27/2009 18:18:09
okay those on twitter - who is Stellan and why is he a trending topic?

Comment by livingonli on 07/27/2009 18:31:07
Quote by wickedpam:

okay those on twitter - who is Stellan and why is he a trending topic?


It's starting to feel like I may end up joining twitter after all. One of my friends is starting a Doctor Who update on his twitter page as well as his facebook page.

Comment by TriSec on 07/27/2009 18:41:45
razzafrazzaGRUNT!



OK, so my Fast Lane transponder goes *kaplooey* and I picked up a lane violation last weekend.



I've spent more than 2 hours on hold (via 3 separate phone calls) trying to get to a live person so I can find out what happened.



And the government wants to run my healthcare plan?



rant, rave, spittle!









Comment by wickedpam on 07/27/2009 18:48:30
Quote by livingonli:

Quote by wickedpam:

okay those on twitter - who is Stellan and why is he a trending topic?


It's starting to feel like I may end up joining twitter after all. One of my friends is starting a Doctor Who update on his twitter page as well as his facebook page.




I have someone I work with who never posts but she follows people so she can keep up with the people she's interested in.



Join only if you want to - I talk to my geeky Heroes friends and a select group of others ;)

Comment by TriSec on 07/27/2009 19:08:08
Comment by livingonli on 07/27/2009 19:08:29
Off to the salt mine I go.

Comment by Mondobubba on 07/27/2009 19:31:55
Quote by TriSec:

Morning, comrades!



Well....since I lost my vacation time and money earlier this year, we're not going anywhere in 2009.



But your loyal TriSec loves to plan, so I'm already looking at 2010.



On the list of possible things....heading Downcape, getting a cabin up in the mountains (of NH, VT, or NY) or the one that intrigues me most....touring Civil war sites through the Shenandoah valley and hitting the Skyline Drive.



What say you, Virginia delegation? Where does one stay in and around the ol' Skyline?



(I've already looked at the I-81 corridor, but avoiding a chain on the interstate would be much better.)



Of course, maybe we could all have a commune and rent a big ol, 7-bedroom house somewhere on the Jersey shore and have a big party for the week.









Big Meadows Lodge along with others. Mrs Mondo had a summer gig there many years ago.

Comment by Scoopster on 07/27/2009 19:57:21
*snippy snip*

Of course, maybe we could all have a commune and rent a big ol, 7-bedroom house somewhere on the Jersey shore and have a big party for the week.


You know.. that's kinda funny cuz I'm goin' down to visit a friend who owns a gigantic house on the Jersey Shore like near Labor Day weekend for a end of summer blowout party :lol: