What is your favorite Republican legislative achievement?

[BigLouie]

[Guest040616]

Originally Posted by BigLouie

What is your favorite Republican legislative achievement?

Uhhhhh? Is there any such thing as a "Republican legislative achievement?

I know there is bound to be one! Give me some time, I am sure I will come up with something.

[CJ7]

watching Ryan NOT brag about all the spending bills he voted for when Bush was the pez ...

now that the light is on his ass all of a sudden he's a fiscal conservative ...

[CuteOldGuy]

Civil Rights Act of 1964?

[Guest032516]

Originally Posted by BigLouie

At least some of those blocked bills are legislative achievements. The bills were bad to begin with. So stopping them is GOOD.

You don't judge a bill by its title, which clearly you do. They are have catchy monikers designed to gloss over the warts they cover. That is a common, insulting tactic played by both parties.

Immigration "reform"? What is that? Building a better wall and fining businesses that hire illegals? Or just saying "fuck it" and granting amnesty to everyone? Who says it's a good reform? Do I have to take your word for it?

Oil spill liability? What's that?

Anti-Rape Amendment? Normally you would say "Who can be against punishing rape?" But what if it is just Congress giving itself a general police power to punish rape? That is unconstitutional since the general police power to punish crime is a power that resides in the states. And I am against allowing the federal government to have a general police power.

Health care for 9/11 First Responders? Stop making laws on the basis that some victims are more deserving than others. Yes, it is tragic if firemen clearing rubble at Ground Zero develop lung problems. But it is also tragic if a volunteer fireman fighting wildfires in California suffers severe burns. Why do we single out one first responder for extra benefits from Uncle Sam, but not the other?

The Fair Pay Act? What is that about? If it provides for equal pay for men and women with the SAME LEVEL OF EXPERIENCE doing the EXACT SAME JOB, I'm all for it.

On the other hand, if it is one of those weaselly provisions in which activists demand that DIFFERENT government jobs that have similar education or experience requirements receive the same pay, then I am dead against it. This typically arises when a job position that is mostly filled by women is paid less than a different job position that is mostly filled by men. (Side note - you never hear them complain if it is the other way around). If the two jobs require, for example, a 4 year degree, then "progressives" demand to know why they are not paid the same - even though one is a nursing supervisor and the other is an IT specialist.

They act as if supply and demand do not exist. So, if there is an oversupply of nurses in the market places and wages are depressed (at least relative to the IT guy), then "progressives" will insist that the government overpay for nurses to match the pay of the IT specialists.

There is a big oversupply of lawyers in the country right now. Legal profession wages are depressed. Do you favor artificially inflating the pay of lawyers working in state government so they can keep pace with, say, doctors at state hospitals, because both professions require post-graduate degrees?

[IIFFOFRDB]

Originally Posted by ExNYer

Actually a whole LOT of those blocked bills are legislative achievements. The bills were bad to begin with. So stopping them is GOOD.

You don't judge a bill by its title, which clearly you do. They are have catchy monikers designed to gloss over the warts they cover. That is a common, insulting tactic played by both parties.

Immigration "reform"? What is that? Building a better wall and fining businesses that hire illegals? Or just saying "fuck it" and granting amnesty to everyone? Who says it's a good reform? Do I have to take your word for it?

Oil spill liability? What's that?

Anti-Rape Amendment? Normally you would say "Who can be against punishing rape?" But what if it is just Congress giving itself a general police power to punish rape? That is unconstitutional since the general police power to punish crime is a power that resides in the states.

Health care for 9/11 First Responders? Stop making laws on the basis that some victims are better than others. Yes it is tragic if firemen clearing rubble at Ground Zero develop lung problems. But it is also tragic if a volunteer fireman fighting wildfires in California suffers severe burns. Why do we single out one first responder for extra benefits from Uncle Sam, but not the other?

WELCOME to TEXAS, ExNYer! Thank You.

Ozambies please read this and see your therapist tomorrow.
Drinking the Kool-Aid

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For the Veronica Mars episode, see Drinking the Kool-Aid (Veronica Mars).
"Drinking the Kool-Aid" is a metaphor commonly used in the United States and Canada that refers to a person or group's unquestioning belief, argument, or philosophy without critical examination. The phrase typically carries a negative connotation when applied to an individual or group. The basis of the term is a reference to the November 1978 Rev. Jim Jones Jonestown Massacre,[1][2] where members of the Peoples Temple were said to have committed suicide by drinking Flavor Aid (not actually Kool-Aid) drink laced with cyanide.[3][4]
Some survivors of the incident object to the link between blind faith and the deaths of members of the People's Temple implied by the phrase, because some victims were murdered—forced to drink at gunpoint—rather than being convinced to commit suicide. In addition, Jim Jones had previously had many rehearsals for the event in which the drink contained no poison, which led to cult members believing the drink was harmless on the day that it did contain poison.[5]
Objections notwithstanding, the phrase has been used in a variety of contexts to describe blind, uncritical acceptance or following. This usage began in limited circles in the late 1990s, and reached mainstream use in the late 2000s.

[i'va biggen]

Tea sipping from the right will sour your stomach...

[Yssup Rider]

Their greatest achievement is conduct so unbecoming American representatives that they've guaranteed their own failure.

Crybaby motherfuckers!

[IIFFOFRDB]

Originally Posted by ekim008

Tea sipping from the right will sour your stomach...

Kool-Aid drinking will kill us...fucker

[IIFFOFRDB]

Originally Posted by Yssup Rider

Their greatest achievement is conduct so unbecoming American representatives that they've guaranteed their own failure.

Crybaby motherfuckers!

You are going to regret those silly words come Nov 7th. The Presidential election is up in the air. The House and Senate we WILL Dominate..

[Guest040616]

Originally Posted by IIFFOFRDB

You are going to regret those silly words come Nov 7th. The Presidential election is up in the air. The House and Senate we WILL Dominate..

My Granpappy used to say, "don't count your chickens before they hatch!"

[Submodo]

Repeal of that ol' nasty Glass-Stegal Act!

(Even though that Communist Clinton and his gang try to take credit for it.)

[TexTushHog]

Originally Posted by CuteOldGuy

Civil Rights Act of 1964?

Not really a Republican bill. Passed with support from both parties, including a majority of Dems in both the house and Senate. Plus, LBJ was the one that broke the filabuster ofSouthern Democrats.

If you mean just assed under Republican Presidents, I'd say the Occupational Saftey and Health Act or the Interstate Highway Act. But if it has to be fully Republican, we'll have to go way back to the Sherman Antitrust Act.

[Guest040616]

Originally Posted by TexTushHog

Not really a Republican bill. Passed with support from both parties, including a majority of Dems in both the house and Senate. Plus, LBJ was the one that broke the filabuster ofSouthern Democrats.

If you mean just assed under Republican Presidents, I'd say the Occupational Saftey and Health Act or the Interstate Highway Act. But if it has to be fully Republican, we'll have to go way back to the Sherman Antitrust Act.

I had forgotten about OSHA. Nixon signed that bill into law!

[TheDaliLama]

Reagans tax overhaul.

Seems like all the dems so called achievements were entitlements and give aways..

Look where it's gotten us.