Again and Again
The 113th Congress is back in session again.
The Republican-led House is doing it yet again.
They’re starting off
Right where they left off,
They’re voting to defund Obamacare — again.
Day: January 6, 2014
Ex-Florida GOP Chair Greer Now Sells La-Z-Boy Recliners
$8/hour
“Jim Greer, the disgraced former chairman of the Florida GOP, is now selling La-Z-Boy recliners for $8 an hour plus commission at an Orlando-area furniture store as part of a prison work release program,” the Orlando Sentinel reports. “Greer still has seven months left on his prison sentence for stealing $125,000 from the state GOP.”
Romney Still Living a Rich Fantasy Life
I don’t know. I wish I could go back and turn back the clock and take another try.
— Mitt Romney, in an interview on Fox News, when asked if he felt he would have won the 2012 presidential election if President Obama had not lied about Americans being able to keep their health insurance.
Schweitzer Mulling Prez Run … Kind of
It would ruin my life.
— Former Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer (D), quoted by Politico, saying he hasn’t decided whether he will run for president in 2016.
Pastafarian Christopher Schaeffer Takes Oath of Office
Back in October, Christopher Schaeffer announced his candidacy for election to the Pomfret Town Board in New York. He was elected the following month and was sworn in Thursday.
Why is any of that relevant to the rest of you?
Because of how Schaeffer took his oath of office: With a strainer on his head as a representative of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster…
When the OBSERVER asked afterward why he wore a colander on his head, Schaeffer said he was a minister with an even more unique organization – the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster.
“It’s just a statement about religious freedom,” he said. “It’s a religion without any dogma.”
Bill Moyers Reports on Tea Party Takeover of North Carolina
State of Conflict: North Carolina from BillMoyers.com on Vimeo.
And here’s an interesting factoid to keep in mind: According to the N.C. Board of Elections, voter registration in North Carolina breaks out this way:
- Democratic: 2,764,383
- Republican: 1,991,376
- Libertarian: 22,330
- Unaffiliated: 1,703,108
Koch Brothers Order Rachel Maddow to Read Their Talking Points on the Air
On Friday night, Rachel Maddow delivered a blistering reply to a letter from attorneys representing billionaire conservatives Charles and David Koch. While she has always been willing to make corrections on the show, she said, the Kochs’ current quibble is about a matter of actual verifiable fact and as such needs no correction.
Liz Cheney Pulls a Palin: Quits Race for Wyoming U.S. Senate Seat
The AP is reporting that Liz Cheney, the right-wing extremist daughter of George W. Bush’s vice president, has quit her bid to oust Wyoming’s equally conservative senator, Mike Enzi:
Cheney cited “serious health issues” that “have recently arisen in our family” as the reason for her decision, according to a statement quoted in The New York Times.
The GOP official confirming Cheney’s decision spoke on condition of anonymity because the official was not authorized to speak on the record.
Cheney moved her family from Virginia to Wyoming to run for the seat. Her effort to replace Enzi, a Senate veteran, angered and upset many Republicans and her campaign faced a number of problems.
