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@nolaegghead talking politics

henapple

Obama's girls had this for lunch Snack: Edamame & Pita

Local Butternut Soup

Farmer's Salad

Earth Day

All Natural Rosemary Chicken

Farmer's Market Quinoa

Local Sautéed Chard

Basmati Rice Pilaf

Local Apple Crisp.

Everyone else got a corn dog and a carrot

nolaegghead

henapple said:

@nolaegghead. ..thanks for posting that diatribe. I'll print it off and use it for toilet paper. You don't think there was any PORK in those bills? Obummer had the Senate and house...yet he blames the rnc for everything. 

Tony, I don't know.  I picked one randomly and read it and it had no earmarks.  It cost 100mil for 5 years.  That's probably why it didn't fly.

https://www.congress.gov/congressional-report/111th-congress/house-report/323

henapple

I've looked up a few...most had conditions and/or the dems wouldn't make any concessions. So, while our veterans suffer both sides play politics.

nolaegghead

So let's hear them.  Be specific.

henapple

First..
 http://www.wsmv.com/story/28862590/lawmakers-vote-to-repeal-common-core

JohnInCarolina

henapple said:

First..
 http://www.wsmv.com/story/28862590/lawmakers-vote-to-repeal-common-core

LOL.  I'm kind of surprised they just didn't go ahead and vote to repeal mathematics outright.  

nolaegghead

Repeal pragmatic minimum standards for children's education based on the skill set needed for higher education.   And replace by ???  That makes sense.  Oh, crikey its a federal program!  Do away with it!  It rises standards, are kids ain't gonna graddate with dat crapola!  Weel jus hire moar engineers and doctors from countries with better edjukation!!!

henapple

The Hill.... McConnell charged that Reid, the Nevada Democrat, was playing election-year politics with the bill by refusing to allow votes on a GOP amendment that would have cut the bill's size and would have added penalties against Iran for its nuclear program.

The Iran sanctions measure was necessary because Reid would not allow the upper chamber to hold a separate vote, North Carolina Sen. Richard Burr, the ranking GOP member of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, told The Hill. 

Military.com

Burr warned that a provision opening up VA healthcare to veterans who do not have a service connected disability is inviting disaster. He said VA is already failing to meet the needs of those currently in the system, or will be entering it because of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan.

He also pointed out that a provision to have the VA sign leases with 27 facilities across the country and Puerto Rico in order to expand VA care will result in construction work that the VA cannot afford.

The Dems definitely underhanded the bill. It's our responsibility to take care of the veterans but we need to make cuts to afford it. How about stop sending 48 billion dollars a year to overseas countries and take care of our own.

As I said.. both sides are failing. Since when do liberals care about warmongers anyway? 

nolaegghead

Thanks for the supportive data, Tony.

henapple

I'm sure yours came off of The Onion or the Jon Stewart show. You believe Harry Reid sits up late praying for the vets while the Pubs stay up laughing at them. I'm not gonna change your mind and I'm too busy day drinking and playing Xbox to research.

nolaegghead

Nope it didn't.

henapple

Here's where dome of obama's money went. ..I know the vets need new LED lights in the parking garages..
. http://freebeacon.com/issues/obamas-va-spent-3-3-billion-on-the-agencys-buildings-as-vets-died-awaiting-care/

JohnInCarolina

nolaegghead said:

Repeal pragmatic minimum standards for children's education based on the skill set needed for higher education.   And replace by ???  That makes sense.  Oh, crikey its a federal program!  Do away with it!  It rises standards, are kids ain't gonna graddate with dat crapola!  Weel jus hire moar engineers and doctors from countries with better edjukation!!!

nolaegghead

henapple said:

Here's where dome of obama's money went. ..I know the vets need new LED lights in the parking garages..
. http://freebeacon.com/issues/obamas-va-spent-3-3-billion-on-the-agencys-buildings-as-vets-died-awaiting-care/

I have two BILs that are engineers at the VA hospitals in NOLA and Seattle and I called one of them and told them about the article.  After receiving an earful for 15 minutes, I learned congress approves all their requests and most of them were made 8 to 10 years ago.  Congress did nothing, sat on them for years, then when they finally get approved most of the projectsl go over budget because the estimates are so old and bad decisions were made in the VA.   Has nothing to do with the president, as much as you'd like to think, and everything has been in the pipe for much longer than he's been around.

And of the Free Beacon: Media Matters for America founder David Brock sent a letter to news organizations in 2014 saying, "If credible media outlets regard the unethical practices of The Free Beacon as valid, all of journalism will be debased."

DoubleEgger

NPHuskerFL

DMW

I got dropped off at the airport 2 hours early. 

Tony, I'm day drankin in your state.

JohnInCarolina

DMW said:

I got dropped off at the airport 2 hours early. 

Tony, I'm day drankin in your state.

I just got back late last night from a quick trip out to DC.  I've taken so many flights over the last month, I'm starting to think that day drankin is the only way to make flying commercial remotely tolerable.  

DMW

JohnInCarolina said:

DMW said:

I got dropped off at the airport 2 hours early. 

Tony, I'm day drankin in your state.

I just got back late last night from a quick trip out to DC.  I've taken so many flights over the last month, I'm starting to think that day drankin is the only way to make flying commercial remotely tolerable.  

No question there. I think that's something libs and cons (see what I did there) can agree on.

saluki2007

Eggcelsior

henapple

@nolaegghead. ...it's been in the pipe for a long time? So George Bush gets credit? 

Eggcelsior

henapple said:

@nolaegghead. ...it's been in the pipe for a long time? So George Bush gets credit? 

No, either Secretary Nicholson or Peake. These types of requests don't go above Cabinet-level approval before heading to the Appropriations Committee. This is just further evidence that Congress is a failure.

Eggcelsior

theyolksonyou

Eggcelsior said:

Congress is a failure.

Finally, something I agree with....

I'm starting to wish I had the willpower to ignore the little yellow box

Acn

shannonlcorum said:

Acn said:

Okay, I know Snow White, Belle, and Cinderella, but who's the chic with the unibrow?

Frida Kahlo.

Acn

nolaegghead

theyolksonyou said:

Eggcelsior said:

Congress is a failure.

Finally, something I agree with....

I'm starting to wish I had the willpower to ignore the little yellow box

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2014/05/21/the-gop-and-veterans-its-complicated/