Tuesday, March 02, 2010

SENATOR BLOCKS DOLE PAYMENTS, “TOUGH SHIT”












Every election we – the sheep – vote these pigs into power, so they can immediately pick up their bribes and serve the interests of their corporate paymasters. If you have any doubts, just read on…

“Tomorrow, unemployment benefits will officially end for hundreds of thousands of Americans, thanks to maneuverings by Senate Republicans to prevent a vote that would have extended those benefits. Unless the extension is passed soon, some 1.1 million of the nation’s unemployed will see their unemployment expire in the coming month, and 5 million will lose benefits by June. The House finally voted to extend benefits on Thursday, after several days of stalling and posturing. But in the Senate, the measure was blocked by Kentucky’s Jim Bunning. Politico reported that late into Thursday night, Bunning held out against repeated Democratic attempts to pass the extension by unanimous consent. In response to entreaties from colleagues across the aisle, other Republican senators rose to defend Bunning’s right to obstruct the vote, and Bunning himself was heard to utter, “Tough shit.” (Click here for more.)

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2 comments:

Grubbermeister said...

Quite maddening, indeed.

garage 66 & mojo repair shop said...

There's no making sense of anything anymore.