Once again we are at that time of year.
Our hard fight and promise of REAL healthcare reform is being stalled and compromised down to Big insurance favors, our hopes of climate legislation is being ambushed by fake and misrepresented rhetoric and scandals, and we are ending a mistake of a war in Iraq to start another mistake in Afghanistan.
Oh.. and it's Christmas time!
And how can you NOT feel the Christmas spirit in the air this year? Despite the millions who are unemployed and probably cannot afford gifts this year for their families. Despite the ones who are uninsured and are one accident or illness away from unaffordable medical bills which leads to overwhelming debt. Despite the insured that were not covered even though they have paid for it. Despite the ones who may be spending next Christmas in Afghanistan fighting a war that has been "dithered" by the previous administration to the point where it may now be un-winnable.
Happy Holidays!
And for those of you who still can't feel the holiday joy and forgot what Christmas is all about, don't worry.....
The Republicans are on it as we speak!
What is that you ask?
Well no..... they are not proposing any ideas to fix the economy. They recommend tax cuts for the rich and deregulation, things that have failed every president to try them and helped create the economic crisis in the first place.
No..... they are not doing anything to fix our broken healthcare system. They presented their healthcare bill a little while back and the CBO wiped their ass with it and gave it back.
No... they do not want to end the war (duh). They actually want more troops and criticize the president for dithering. Even though the Republicans dithered for 7 years and never complained when Bush rejected Gen. McKiernan's request for 22,000 additional troops in Afghanistan. Obama later approved the request and the surge decision he "dithered" on would not take effect until 2010 regardless of when he made it.
Republicans are not doing much of anything about these things, except attempting to obstruct them. Besides, they are doing something much more important anyway....
The Republicans are working through a bill that tells us what Christmas is!
44 Republicans have introduced a Resolution to honor Christmas! And it goes something like this......
Whereas Christmas is a national holiday celebrated on December 25; and
Whereas the Framers intended that the First Amendment of the Constitution, in prohibiting the establishment of religion, would not prohibit any mention of religion or reference to God in civic dialog: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the House of Representatives–
(1) recognizes the importance of the symbols and traditions of Christmas;
(2) strongly disapproves of attempts to ban references to Christmas; and
(3) expresses support for the use of these symbols and traditions by those who celebrate Christmas.
Well at least this isn't one of those frivolous bills. Like in October, when Democrats passed a resolution to honor the birthday of the Chinese philosopher Confucius.
House minority leader John Boehner even gave the Democrats some heat for lack of priority and wasting congress's time....
"While Democrats get ready to celebrate the birth of an ancient Chinese philosopher, House Republicans will talk about our better solutions to create jobs and make health care more affordable and accessible for America’ s seniors. It is unacceptable for Congress to take it easy at a time when the nation’s unemployment rate is nearing 10 percent and millions of out-of-work families struggling to make ends meet are asking, “where are the jobs?”
I actually do agree with Boehner here to certain extent. In these uncertain times we are in at the moment, we should be more focused on the issues that matter most. I have no problem with honoring Confucius's birthday that I know of, but healthcare and the economy must get complete attention. All Boehner is saying is that we don't need frivolous resolutions like this......
H.R. 870: Resolution to officially commemorate the 9/12 taxpayer march on Washington
76 Republicans are on board with Glenn Beck. And much like Beck, they produce fact-less and extreme partisan hyper babble like this....
RESOLUTION
Expressing gratitude and appreciation to the individuals and families who participated in the Taxpayer March on Washington on September 12, 2009.
Whereas, on September 12, 2009, hundreds of thousands of American patriots, who refuse to sit idly by as the Federal Government advances skyrocketing deficits, taxpayer-funded bailouts, pork-barrel projects, burdensome taxes, unaccountable policy czars, command-and-control energy policy, and a government takeover of health care, came to Washington, DC, to show their disapproval;
Whereas individuals also wanted to convey their displeasure with the future tax increases that will be required to pay for deficit-financed spending;
Whereas these individuals understand that the fundamental American principles of limited government and personal liberty are under direct assault;
Whereas this dedicated group of freedom-loving Americans believe in open, accountable, responsible, constitutionally based government;
Whereas hundreds of buses, multiple caravans of cars from across the country, and many individually chartered flights, as well as thousands of lone-traveling cars and trucks, brought these patriots to Washington, DC, solely for this event;
Whereas these individuals endured considerable personal expense to get to the march, including transportation and lodging expenses, as well as lost wages in many instances;
Whereas estimates of the number of people who peacefully marched from Freedom Plaza to the West Front of the U.S. Capitol on September 12, 2009, range as high as 1,700,000 marchers;
Whereas all 50 States were represented in the march;
Whereas this event is considered to be the largest ever gathering of fiscal conservatives in Washington, DC;
Whereas special accolades are due to the grassroots citizens organizations across the country who helped individuals exercise their constitutionally protected First Amendment rights in the Nation’s capital; and
Whereas when the current trends of government expansion and freedom retrenchment are reversed, it will be due in large part to the efforts of the hundreds of thousands who marched on Washington, DC, on September 12, 2009: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the House of Representatives expresses its gratitude and appreciation to the hundreds of thousands of people who marched on Washington, DC, on September 12, 2009, to show their love of liberty and their grievance with recent government actions.
For the record, it was 60,000 to 70,000 in attendance by the Washington D.C. Fire Department's count, but the Fire Dept. is a socialist organization and known to have a rampant liberal bias. So they decided to trust the completely non bias reports of Fox "News" and Michelle Malkin, who got their numbers from counts done by photographs of the event.
Is this the kind of thing John Boehner was talking about?
Oh well, at least the Christmas resolution isn't frivolous or wasteful. Thank goodness the Republicans are there to educate us on what Christmas is, while the elitist left just insults our intelligence.
And who better to clarify how we should celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ than the Republicans? The party that is pro-war, pro-rich, pro-healthcare for profit, pro-death penalty, pro-rape (30 of them), pro-life (only until your born), pro-gun, anti-gay, and countless adultery at C-Street.
I'm sure Jesus is very proud of the Republicans these days.
However, maybe I'm being to harsh. I should reserve judgement until the CBO scores the Christmas resolution. So that we can see how many jobs it creates and/or saves, or how much it lowers healthcare costs.
And now the soldiers who will be sent to fight in an uncertain and possibly un-winnable war in Afghanistan will be fighting for America and fighting against the evil-doers who are trying to ban references to Christmas.
I just have one question.....
Exactly who is trying to ban Christmas?
