Why Everyone Hates Politicians Thread

[ImWithStupid]

Lets start here...

One challenge headed to the state so far in Plymouth

Posted on November 19th, 2008 – 1:47 PM

By James Shiffer

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The bubble beside Norm Coleman’s name appeared to have both an X and a squiggle in it, but the Al Franken campaign wants the state Canvassing Board to rule on whether it should count.

http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/whistleblower/2008/11/19/one-challenge-headed-to-the-state-so-far-in-plymouth/

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[Old Salt]

Q: How can you tell when a politician is lying to you?

A: When his/her lips are moving.

 

[ImWithStupid]

At this point, I can't decide who is the biggest idiot, the Franken and Coleman campaigns or the citizens of MN...

MPR: Challenged ballots: You be the judge

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[hugo]

At this point, I can't decide who is the biggest idiot, the Franken and Coleman campaigns or the citizens of MN...
MPR: Challenged ballots: You be the judge

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I wonder if everyone residing in that state is a total moron.

 

[RoyalOrleans]

At this point, I can't decide who is the biggest idiot, the Franken and Coleman campaigns or the citizens of MN...
MPR: Challenged ballots: You be the judge

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I wonder if everyone residing in that state is a total moron.

All the Jews in St. Louis Park are pretty smart, but I'd say that the bulk of Minnesotans are pretty dull.

 

[ImWithStupid]

Critics urge Congress to sacrifice its pay raise

MCCLATCHY NEWSPAPERS ? January 3, 2009

WASHINGTON -- When Congress begins a new session Tuesday, critics have an idea for the very first vote: Block the 2009 raise for all 535 senators and representatives.

The raise of $4,700 a year ---- or 2.8 % -- will increase most salaries to $174,000 a year.

"Certainly, the timing could be a lot better. ... When you look at the rest of the country, people are hoping to hang on to their jobs, much less get a salary increase or a bonus," said Steve Ellis, vice president of the watchdog group Taxpayers for Common Sense.

Other critics say that Congress has done nothing to deserve a raise.

"The general public can't help but think that lawmakers are patting themselves on the back and padding their wallets for presiding over the worst fiscal-policy blunders in recent history," said Pete Sepp, vice president for policy and communications for the National Taxpayers Union.

The issue is always sensitive for members of Congress, who have designed a way to raise their pay automatically without even having to vote. They call it a cost-of-living allowance that takes effect each year, unless members vote to turn it down.

Ellis said that Congress would be wise to delay its 2009 raise until the recession ended or unemployment declined. It would show that public officials are making a shared sacrifice during times of economic difficulty, he said.

Critics urge Congress to sacrifice its pay raise | Freep.com | Detroit Free Press

With a symbolic "self high five" for a great job done, Congress appears to be likely to keep their pay raise for 2009.

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[Ahhlee]

That is such a great cartoon, IWS.

I think all politicians and lawyers should be taken behind the woodshed and have a sense of decency beaten back into them with a giant switch.

 

[ToriAllen]

The problem with politicians is that they are all for change as long as it doesn't affect them.

 

[ImWithStupid]

The problem with politicians is that they are all for change as long as it doesn't affect them.

That and they only care about what happens up to the next time they are up for re-election, and could care less about the long term effects of those actions.

 

[ToriAllen]

That and they only care about what happens up to the next time they are up for re-election...

, they only care about that in the year leading up to elections. The sheep have short-term memory.

 

[RoyalOrleans]

Oh well...

If I bleat, it's because I was just freakin' fleeced.

 

[ImWithStupid]

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[ImWithStupid]

Feds spending millions on Kennedy legacy in Mass.
By STEVE LeBLANC, Associated Press Writer Steve Leblanc, Associated Press Writer ? 1 hr 38 mins ago

BOSTON ? More than one out of every five dollars of the $126 million Massachusetts is receiving in earmarks from a $410 billion federal spending package is going to help preserve the legacy of the Kennedys.

The bill includes $5.8 million for the planning and design of a building to house a new Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the Senate. The funding may also help support an endowment for the institute.

The bill also includes $22 million to expand facilities at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum and $5 million more for a new gateway to the Boston Harbor Islands on the Rose Kennedy Greenway, a park system in downtown Boston named after Kennedy's mother and built on land opened up by the Big Dig highway project.

Feds spending millions on Kennedy legacy in Mass.