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Voting in a church? seperation of church and state?

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Recently I was voting in the Texas caucus and I had no clue were to vote, so i called up the voters registration and they said it was at a local church, I was like hmmm odd………. I ended up voting and had my eye raised the entire time as to why a public event was taking place in a church?

Funny because when i went to vote it was right next to a public school, So I wrote a letter to my congressman asking as to why this public event was being held on religious grounds, when it should have been held at the public school, I have yet to receive a response but, with it being on religious grounds, they now have to pay taxes, so who exactly do i contact to see if they are paying there taxes?

Are conservatives disappointed that Republicans have already reneged on THREE promises?

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Or will you start rationalizing their backsliding on budget-cutting, bipartisanship and transparency?

House Republicans dial back on promises

By: CNN’s Dana Bash and Deirdre Walsh

Washington (CNN) – Even before House Republicans took control of the chamber Wednesday, there were at least three areas where they appear to be backtracking on promises made: Cutting $100 billion in the first year, allowing opportunities for the minority party to offer amendments on bills, and making public attendance records for committee hearings.

The Republicans ran for office in 2010 on a platform they titled “The Pledge to America,” which states they would reduce government spending to 2008 “pre-stimulus, pre-bailout levels” and cut “at least $100 billion in the first year alone.”

House GOP aides are now backing off that $100 billion figure. They insist they will still cut spending back to 2008 levels, but it won’t add up to $100 billion. They insist the reason is because they made the $100 billion calculation based on the budget that President Obama offered, and that budget was never enacted. Therefore, the government is currently running on lower, 2009 spending levels and that will make the dollar figure of the GOP cuts smaller.

Republican aides confirm the “back of the envelope” number they will now use is about HALF the original estimate – $50-60 billion in cuts.

“House Republicans remain committed to fulfilling their Pledge; this has not changed,” said Conor Sweeney, spokesman for the House Budget Committee.

“House Republicans will continue to work to reduce spending for the final six months of this fiscal year – bringing non-security discretionary spending back to pre-stimulus, pre-bailout levels – yielding taxpayers significant savings and starting a new era of cost cutting in Washington,” he said.
Being generous to those in the minority was always an objective of the new majority, as articulated by the incoming GOP Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy back before the election:

“Bills won’t be written in the back of the room, where the bills have to be laid out for 72 hours, where bills actually have an open rule, where people can bring amendments up on the floor, which any freshman congressman that’s sitting there today has never even seen that happen under the rule of Nancy Pelosi and the Democrats,” McCarthy said on CNN “State of the Union” on October 10, 2010.
BUT – the health care repeal legislation, the first major bill that will move through Congress, will be a closed rule – meaning no one will be able to offer an amendment.

When asked about the this contradiction Tuesday night, Boehner said, “it’s not like we haven’t litigated this for years.”

And, finally, the initial rules package that House Republicans will pass Wednesday had a provision to make committee attendance public. But the House GOP conference voted last night to strip that out (a move by Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Texas). The goal had been transparency – who is at these hearings? But making that public will no longer be a requirement.

The reason? Some GOP lawmakers say they were concerned about getting slammed for missing hearings when they may have extenuating circumstances, like a death in the family.

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/01/05/house-republicans-dial-back-on-promises/

THREE broken promises on the FIRST day?

Tracking Obama’s promises

Promise Kept 123
Compromise 39
Promise Broken 24
Stalled 85
In the Works 232
Not yet rated 3

http://www.politifact.com/

Why are democrats hiring people to show support for Obama care?

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Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2009 08:56:47 -0700
From: moveon-help@list.moveon.org
Subject: This is getting ugly

Dear MoveOn member,

It’s getting ugly out there.

All across the country, right-wing extremists are disrupting congressional town-hall meetings with venomous attacks on President Obama’s plans for health care and clean energy.

* Last night in Tampa, Florida, a town hall meeting erupted into violence, with the police being called to break up fist fights and shoving matches.1
* A Texas Democrat was shouted down by right-wing hecklers, many of whom admitted they didn’t even live in his district.2
* One North Carolina representative announced he wouldn’t be holding any town-hall meetings after his office began receiving death threats.3
* And in Maryland, protesters hung a Democratic congressman in effigy to oppose health-care reform.4

We’ve got a plan to fight back against these radical right-wingers. We’ve hired skilled grassroots organizers who are working with thousands of local volunteers to show Congress that ordinary Americans continue to support President Obama’s agenda for change. And we’re building new online tools to track events across the country and make sure MoveOn members turn out at each one.

So Nancy Pelosi says that anti-Obama care people are astroturf. So does this mean that anyone supporting this bill is astroturf now?

Am I astroturf since I have a green hat on my avatar?

The Mortgage crisis has been blamed on Fanny, Freddie,Barney Frank and the Borrowers,what about Phil Graham ?

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On a December evening, December 15th, 2000, around 7:00, Phil Gramm, Republican senator of Texas, then chair of the Senate Finance Committee, walked to the floor of the Senate and introduced a 262-page bill as a rider to the 11,000-page appropriation bill, which excluded from regulation the financial instruments that are probably most at the heart of the present meltdown.
He not excluded them from all federal regulation, but he excluded them from state regulation as well, which is important because these instruments could be viewed to be gambling instruments, where you’re betting on whether people will or will not pay off their loans. And he announced at the time that this measure would be a boon to the American economy and be a boon to Wall Street, because they would be freed of any supervision in this regard. And that lack of supervision freed Wall Street to essentially shoot itself in both feet.

Now I know Rush won’t tell you this.. and neither will MSNBC..

But it’s the truth and it happened on the eve of a Republican presidents signing in with both the House and Senate fully controlled by Republicans…

I’m not a Democrat, they are NO BETTER, generally speaking.. but there’s a a lot of false debate and name calling going on. Couple this with Bush Appointee Chris Cox and Hank Paulson.. and I believe it becomes fairly difficult for any rational person to lump the melt down on a Gay congressman from the North East..

Are you interested in root causes or are you satisfied kicking dirt at one another ?
Gramm, excuse the spello

http://www.democracynow.org/2009/9/2/american_casino_doc_investigates_roots_of

No Clint.. I’m sorry perhaps you missed this memo as well ?
Bush argued, and more prosperous. “America is a stronger country every single time a family moves into a home of their own,” he said in October 2004. To achieve his vision, Bush pushed new policies encouraging homeownership, like the “zero-down-payment initiative,” which was much as it sounds—a government-sponsored program that allowed people to get mortgages without a down payment. More exotic mortgages followed, including ones with no monthly payments for the first two years. Other mortgages required no documentation other than the say-so of the borrower. Absurd though these all were, they paled in comparison to the financial innovations that grew out of the mortgages—derivatives built on other derivatives, packaged and repackaged until no one could identify what they contained and how much they were, in fact, worth”

Oh yea Bush’s Ownership society act ? Did you forget that one? or maybe you never even heard of it ?

http://www.newsweek.com/id/163451

America’s Political Practice. The Electoral College and Popular Vote. The People.?

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I strongly disagree with the way America’s Political System operates. A presidential candidate (PC) can win the popular vote and still lose the election. This is because the electoral college (EC) chooses the next president. The people vote in their state. Then the members of the EC choose the candidate corresponding to the majority party vote by the people. I now see this on going pattern in presidential elections. If the candidate wins the EC votes of California, New York, Texas, Montana and Florida he is almost guaranteed victory. I believe this is unfair to everyone. This is a proposition that I hope does not occur but then again, how could you stop it. — The presidential candidate makes deals and gives the EC of states opportunities if they just vote for him. “The people don’t choose me, you choose me.” So I believe the PC just has to suck the dicks of the EC and he wins. It’s political injustice to not let the people’s choice win if the PC won the popular vote.

I believe in proportional representation like in Norway. If 13% of the people living in the state want Nazism or Radical Totalitarianism as the political system than 13% of the seats in the house or congress will be occupied by politicians that can speak for those people and their ideology.

America has a two party system. And as the way things go, the independent party or green party or whatever 3rd party that vies for control will never come close to the presidency. Teddy Roosevelt’s Bull Moose party was the closest to gaining the presidency and that was over 80 years ago.

I think this country needs a change in it’s political practice. The government is made by the people and for the people. It should change when the people ask for it. But you and I both know, asking gets us nowhere in today’s society. We do not have the money. We are not political elites. We are unimportant in the eyes of those in power. We are expendable. Your congressman does not care if you die tomorrow. Paying taxes to the state is more important than your physical health.

I am no democrat or republican. The political ideology is one of radical ideology. I like Totalitarianism and Authoritarianism.

I would like to hear what others have to say.

Time for Rachel Maddow to call her lawyers?

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http://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/jack-coleman/2010/10/19/rachel-maddow-most-shameless-claims-gop-congressman-received-advance-n

The above link takes you to a video and article where MSNBC host Rachel Maddow accuses a Texas politician of knowing in advance about the Oklahoma City bombing. It’s a blatant smear, designed to cripple his chances for re-election and one that is refuted by the FBI and local newspaper sources.

So how much is Ms. Maddow going to pay for this? How much will the libel claim be? It happened on National TV and is directly related to an election so the minimum she’s on the hook for has to be 2 million.

Do Democrat claims of electoral victories this fall faith in their messiah Obama or ACORN’s voter fraud plan?

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“YOU HAVE ME” – that was Obama’s answer to a Democrat congressman’s concerns that history was repeating itself and the Democrats would suffer massive losses in congress and lose control of the House & Senate as they did in 1994 losing 54 house and 8 Senate seats. His response was that “THINGS ARE DIFFERENT THIS TIME, YOU HAVE ME”.

2nd – ACORN has a history going back to 1986 when 12 members were convicted of voter fraud in Missouri. Since then they have continued a campaign of voter fraud registering one man 72 times in exchange for beer & cigarettes.

At least 14 states have investigated ACORN for their 2008 voter registrations. In Harris County, Texas (Houston) the 30,000 V.R. turned in by ACORN 20,000 were fraudulent including some who listed Harris County Jail as their home address.

DESPITE – polls showing Obama approval ratings in low 40s
DESPITE – polls showing 11 Democrat Senate seats in danger
DESPITE – polls showing 57 House seats in Republican’s reach
DESPITE – the organizing of the TEA party to oppose them
DESPITE – REALITY

Despite all these things the Democrats are acting confident in holding the House and Senate.

SO MY QUESTION IS WHY?

Is it truly a FAITH BEYOND UNDERSTANDING IN OBAMA – The man who declared the oceans began to lower at his nomination for President?

OR IS IT FAITH IN ACORN? – Faith in the Fraud that beat Hillary in the Primaries and created havoc for Voter Registrars trying to determine legitimate from fraudulent. Estimates run about 600,000 fraudulent V.R.s were turned in by ACORN.

MORE INFO

http://hotair.com/archives/2010/07/12/video-2008-primary-election-irregularities-alleged-in-new-documentary/

A new documentary that shows how Obama beat Hillary with documented fraud and intimidation.