(01-09-2009 06:05 PM)firmbizzle Wrote:  Talk radio is Anti-American. All it does is divide people, and blame your problems on "fill in the blank" in America.

Holy cow, did someone actually write that? The rest of the country has the NY Times who prints national secrets on their front page and call it freedom of speech. CBS had Memogate in their lame attempt to influence a presidential election. Rosie Odonnell, Bill Mahr, Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, ...the list of devisive liberals who have an audience is endless. When the left that preaches hatred they call it free speech. And when conservatives speak up they're yelling fire in a crowded movie theater.

Limbaugh and Hannity are OK, but I have no use for Coulter.

Yep, Pelosi is right up there with Stalin. Come on people, get a clue.

Quote:John Fund Blasts Speaker Pelosi on 'Reforms'

Friday, January 9, 2009 12:25 PM

By: David A. Patten

The rule changes Speaker Nancy Pelosi is steamrolling through the House of Representatives contradict President-elect Barack Obama’s bipartisan promises, and also fly in the face of Pelosi’s own pledge to “insure the rights” of the minority party.

That’s the view of Wall Street Journal columnist and author John Fund, who documented Friday how Pelosi’s tune has changed in a bid to drown out the voices of Republican minority opposition in Congress.

The recent rule changes engineered by Pelosi, for example, end term limits for committee chairmanships. This is a major reversal of GOP reforms ushered in by the 1994 ”Contract With America.”

Term limits, Fund writes in a commentary titled “Pelosi Turns Back the Clock on House Reform,” helped “inject new ideas and merit into Congress.”

Pelosi’s rule changes partially restore the old Democratic, seniority-based system of chairmanships.

“Can this really be the ‘change’ that voters wanted last November?” Fund asks rhetorically. “Wags are already joking that Democrats are really delivering ‘senility you can believe in.’”

The rule changes passed Tuesday also severely restrict the legislative maneuver called a “motion to recommit” - a century-old maneuver that the minority party uses to send bills that reach the floor back to committees, where they can be endlessly debated.

GOP representatives used the tactic 50 times in the last session, mostly to stave off hidden tax hikes buried in larger bills.

Fund points out that Pelosi’s new rules sharply contradict positions she took before Democrats came to power. In 2004, Fund says, Pelosi rolled out a "Bill of Rights" to protect the interests of the party not in power.

"When we [Democrats] are shut out, they are shutting out the great diversity of America," Pelosi warned at the time. “We want a higher standard."

Just prior to becoming Speaker, Pelosi spoke of "bipartisanship" and her plans "to ensure the rights of the minority." Now that Democrats have consolidated their power, however, things are obviously different.

One of the ironies of Pelosi’s power grab, Fund points out, is that conservative “Blue Dog” Democrats are among the losers under the new rules because they often lack seniority.

Fund quotes Grover Norquist, president of Americans for Tax Reform, who observes: "All those nice pro-life, gun-owning young Democrats recruited to run by Rahm Emanuel will never have any real influence now. They were useful in getting Democrats a majority, but now they'll be in the back of the bus."

(01-09-2009 07:13 PM)Rebel Wrote:  

(01-09-2009 06:05 PM)firmbizzle Wrote:  Talk radio is Anti-American. All it does is divide people, and blame your problems on "fill in the blank" in America.

BS. Democrats are the ones dividing America. As for talk radio, if we didn't have it, there'd be a ton of information swept under the rug by the Democrats and their propaganda wing better known as the MSM.

Did you copy and paste that from Fauxnews.com?

(01-09-2009 07:38 PM)Paul M Wrote:  

(01-09-2009 06:05 PM)firmbizzle Wrote:  Talk radio is Anti-American. All it does is divide people,

So if everyone else would just give up their beliefs and become a liberal (the minority by the way), we wouldn't be divided any longer. If everyone agreed with me there wouldn't be division, either.

The differance is the libs say foolish things like "Talk radio is Anti-American. All it does is divide people" and wants to silence opposition and conservatives don't care if you want to be wrong all the time. You know, that little thing your side claims to be the sole owner of, FREE SPEECH.

You guys are delusional.

(01-11-2009 02:05 PM)SumOfAllFears Wrote:  

Quote:John Fund Blasts Speaker Pelosi on 'Reforms'

Friday, January 9, 2009 12:25 PM

By: David A. Patten

The rule changes Speaker Nancy Pelosi is steamrolling through the House of Representatives contradict President-elect Barack Obama’s bipartisan promises, and also fly in the face of Pelosi’s own pledge to “insure the rights” of the minority party.

That’s the view of Wall Street Journal columnist and author John Fund, who documented Friday how Pelosi’s tune has changed in a bid to drown out the voices of Republican minority opposition in Congress.

The recent rule changes engineered by Pelosi, for example, end term limits for committee chairmanships. This is a major reversal of GOP reforms ushered in by the 1994 ”Contract With America.”

Term limits, Fund writes in a commentary titled “Pelosi Turns Back the Clock on House Reform,” helped “inject new ideas and merit into Congress.”

Pelosi’s rule changes partially restore the old Democratic, seniority-based system of chairmanships.

“Can this really be the ‘change’ that voters wanted last November?” Fund asks rhetorically. “Wags are already joking that Democrats are really delivering ‘senility you can believe in.’”

The rule changes passed Tuesday also severely restrict the legislative maneuver called a “motion to recommit” - a century-old maneuver that the minority party uses to send bills that reach the floor back to committees, where they can be endlessly debated.

GOP representatives used the tactic 50 times in the last session, mostly to stave off hidden tax hikes buried in larger bills.

Fund points out that Pelosi’s new rules sharply contradict positions she took before Democrats came to power. In 2004, Fund says, Pelosi rolled out a "Bill of Rights" to protect the interests of the party not in power.

"When we [Democrats] are shut out, they are shutting out the great diversity of America," Pelosi warned at the time. “We want a higher standard."

Just prior to becoming Speaker, Pelosi spoke of "bipartisanship" and her plans "to ensure the rights of the minority." Now that Democrats have consolidated their power, however, things are obviously different.

One of the ironies of Pelosi’s power grab, Fund points out, is that conservative “Blue Dog” Democrats are among the losers under the new rules because they often lack seniority.

Fund quotes Grover Norquist, president of Americans for Tax Reform, who observes: "All those nice pro-life, gun-owning young Democrats recruited to run by Rahm Emanuel will never have any real influence now. They were useful in getting Democrats a majority, but now they'll be in the back of the bus."

The man is a rightwing nutcase. He collaborated with rightwing nutcases on books(Rush for one) and writes for the right wing WSJ. Could you please do us a favor and post something from someone with a little bit of credibility?