Pathetic clowns

Turned on C-Span this morning, thinking I might the reading ot the Constitution on the House floor. Instead, I get a Rules Committee hearing on repealing socialized medicine.

Some guy who looks like a pig, named McGovern, from Taxachusetts, talked for 10 minutes about the doughnut hole. Then Alcee Hastings, from Florida, and really reminiscent of Colonel Sanders, or some stereotypical Col. Huffnpuff from the deep south... all he needed was a white suit and string tie. Anyway, he gets on reads a list of millions and millions of dollars that's already been spent via socialized medicine.

Ol' Alcee then looks up and says, "I'm glad you had cameras installed. I want the public to hear this."

I heard it, Alcee, and nearly threw up trying to keep track of those millions of my tax dollars going for pretty much bullshit. I kinda like those cameras, too. I thought I was pretty jaded about political fraud and corruption, but you've blown my friggin' mind on this one.

Alcee also thinks it's entirely laughable that the Republicans want to make it a rule that any proposed legislation has to cite the power granted to them by the Constitution to do it. He doesn't seem to recognize any limitations on government at all. So quite obviously he subscribes to the Santa Claus theory of government all the way around.

Saw just the end of Louise Slaughter -- yes, the one who hired the comic to "testify in character" about the border laws -- was complaining about not having hearings on the repeal. Then a Republican legislator -- can't think of her name, but she's from North Carolina -- presented a detailed list of the ONE SINGLE hearing given to the socialized medicine bill that was passed -- with no amendments. That was interesting.

Piggy McGovern from Taxachusetts kept talking about "process." How hypocritical the Republicans are for not having hearings and allowing amendments on the repeal. Rep. King (R cmte member) asked, "What kind of amendments would you want on a repeal?" Good question, no? I mean, are you going to amend it before you nullify it? Too little too late or what?

And the Dems just keep fist-thumping on the CBO report that supposedly "proved" that socialized medicine would cut expenses in the USA. That report is already an obsolete roll of toilet paper. Much of the calculations and future projections were based on an annual economic growth rate in the USA of 4.5% to 5%. That's already blown to hell. Didn't come close to that last year, and probably won't this year. So the CBO report only indicates that it was based on pie-in-the-sky assumptions in the first place.

So a couple interesting approaches. The Dems whining and pewling and playing pathetic -- and at the same time listing millions and millions and millions of dollars already expended on their behalf. And this before socialized medicine is fully implemented.

Anyway, I may write more, but I've got one or two other things to do.

Save the Republic!