Never go full retard. You go full retard, you go home empty handed.

Quote:Debt ceiling negotiators think they've hit on a solution to address the debt ceiling impasse and the public's unwillingness to let go of benefits such as Medicare and Social Security that have been earned over a lifetime of work: Create a new Congress.

This "Super Congress," composed of members of both chambers and both parties, isn't mentioned anywhere in the Constitution, but would be granted extraordinary new powers. Under a plan put forth by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and his counterpart Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), legislation to lift the debt ceiling would be accompanied by the creation of a 12-member panel made up of 12 lawmakers -- six from each chamber and six from each party.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/23...07887.html

(07-24-2011 04:21 PM)georgia_tech_swagger Wrote:  Never go full retard. You go full retard, you go home empty handed.

Quote:Debt ceiling negotiators think they've hit on a solution to address the debt ceiling impasse and the public's unwillingness to let go of benefits such as Medicare and Social Security that have been earned over a lifetime of work: Create a new Congress.

This "Super Congress," composed of members of both chambers and both parties, isn't mentioned anywhere in the Constitution, but would be granted extraordinary new powers. Under a plan put forth by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and his counterpart Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), legislation to lift the debt ceiling would be accompanied by the creation of a 12-member panel made up of 12 lawmakers -- six from each chamber and six from each party.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/23...07887.html

This is just f*ing crazy if it's true. I've often thought the budget should be managed by an non-partisan panel sort of like the base closure committee and then congress gets a up or down vote on the budget with no changes.

And our country slides deeper into the sh!tter. Will this place be recognizable 100 years from now?

(07-24-2011 05:10 PM)smn1256 Wrote:  And our country slides deeper into the sh!tter. Will this place be recognizable 100 years from now?

I'm worried about what it's going to look like in 2 years.

I thought you guy's would be gung ho about this. It's taking power away from the people.

(07-24-2011 05:23 PM)Machiavelli Wrote:  I thought you guy's would be gung ho about this. It's taking power away from the people.

Nope, that's what you lefties want.

Um, this is a VERY bad idea. Kill it now before it goes any farther.

(07-24-2011 05:37 PM)RobertN Wrote:  Um, this is a VERY bad idea. Kill it now before it goes any farther.

:ncaabbs:

Has anyone seen the movie Idiocracy??

I really wonder if we are witnessing the genesis of that actually happening right now in the 21st century.

A "super congress"??? Really?

What a bunch of sorry,sad, jack@ss individuals this country has sitting in Congress and Senate. On BOTH sides of the aisle. Seriously, vote them ALL out and draw names out of some national lottery. It can't be any worse.

(07-24-2011 05:37 PM)RobertN Wrote:  Um, this is a VERY bad idea. Kill it now before it goes any farther.

Wow! RobertN agrees with rational people.... :beammeup:

I can only hope the good people of Kentucky and Nevada are melting phone lines decrying this for the idiocy that it is.

If something were to pass like this without states granting authority, by god we will have another revloutation. Whoever signs up for this crazy batsh!t crap is done

(07-24-2011 05:47 PM)THE NC Herd Fan Wrote:  

(07-24-2011 05:37 PM)RobertN Wrote:  Um, this is a VERY bad idea. Kill it now before it goes any farther.

Wow! RobertN agrees with rational people.... :beammeup:

I normally agree with rational people. THis just happens to be one of a very few cases where I agree with people who are normally irrational.

(07-24-2011 05:37 PM)RobertN Wrote:  Um, this is a VERY bad idea. Kill it now before it goes any farther.

Who are you and what did you do with Robert?

(07-24-2011 06:07 PM)smn1256 Wrote:  

(07-24-2011 05:37 PM)RobertN Wrote:  Um, this is a VERY bad idea. Kill it now before it goes any farther.

Who are you and what did you do with Robert?

I fell 23 feet off a pole while hanging cable and I hit my head. :)

The resident retard ******* about repealing the 17th amendment. This falls right in line with that type of thinking. A lobbyists dream.

We can't keep the Bush tax cuts and be involved in 2 or 3 wars empire building. The tax cuts should be repealed for everyone.

Watch the Markets in Asia start tanking in minutes... And the wave will sweep West.

Its easy to come to the conclusion that this mess is deliberate. How can you agree to "budget cuts" when the Senate and House won't pass a damn budget that says how much, when and what program the cuts will be made from?

Where was this tea party during the medi care part B expansion?

I just checked the nikkei it's up.