Politics As Professional Wrestling
March 19th, 2009 at 4:38 pm by Preston Taylor HolmesAnyone who has paid attention to the AIG circus for the past few days and has believed the faux outrage from the lying bastards in congress must have been Obamessiah voters. It takes a certain level of frothing class-envy and naiveté to believe that any of what has gone on is (1) authentic or (2) useful.
This afternoon the U.S. House decided (once again) to throw out the U.S. Constitution and tax executive bonuses at a 90% rate for companies who receive government bailout blood money. Government money? Government control.
“The American people demand protection and that’s what we’re doing today,” said Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., chairman of the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee.
But Minority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio, called the bill “a political circus” diverting attention from why the administration hadn’t done more to block the bonuses before they were paid.
The bonuses, totaling $165 million, were paid to employees of troubled insurer American International Group over the weekend, including to traders in the unit that nearly brought about the company’s collapse.
The class warriors won this vote 328-93. Tennessee Congresswoman Marsha Blackburn was not among the Yes votes, fortunately.
President Hussein knew about these contractually-mandated bonuses way before he started to pretend to be outraged by them. Christopher Dodd ok’d the AIG bonuses weeks ago. They knew about this and have had this bullshit stunt planned ever since.
In a retreat from earlier statements, Dodd said Wednesday that U.S. Treasury Department officials had approached him last month, urging him to modify an amendment to the federal stimulus bill that capped bonuses for executives at companies receiving aid.
On Tuesday, Dodd said that he was not a member of the conference committee that crafted the final compromise bill and said that the exception had not been in the bill as he drafted it.
It’s always the same game with these assholes. Work in conjunction with the leftist media to create an enemy that the idiotic, half-awake American public can hate and blame for their economic circumstance – rooted heavily in class-envy and hate-the-rich rhetoric. The over-the-top news coverage will feature stories of the anger on the street about those greedy white collar criminals so that you will know it’s okay to be angry too. Then you can watch sanctimonious congressbastards grandstand and beat up a CEO while you cheer them on in an envy-fueled and moronic rage.
Continuing with the professional wrestling angle, how can you not be amused when Congress puts Edward Liddy in charge of AIG, then brings him back to Congress so they can yell at him. The whole thing is a joke and the joke is on us.
Then, on top of everything, this circus is being run by Barney Frank (who is one of the primary reasons we’re moving towards a full-on economic depression), who self-righteously demands to know the names of the individuals receiving bonuses so America’s Dim-O-Crack-voting mental patients will know where to focus their homicidal anger and death threats.
I demand the names of all the boy toys who came by the Frank estate to have their rumps pumped while his “roommate” was running the male prostitution ring out of his basement. Tit for tat? Poor choice of words.
The hypocrisy of Congress attacking any private industry executives for their “Arrogance, Incompetence and Greed” is so enormously high that it cannot even be measured by the best scientists Nasa has to offer. There is no group more Arrogant, Incompetent or Greedy than the Federal Government – from the Communists in the White House to the boob at the Treasury Department to the Cowards in the Senate to the Crooks in the House.
Yes, there are a handful of quality Constitutionalists in Washington, but they are VASTLY outnumbered.
The whole bullshit act is meant to distract you while they continue pushing the rest of their Marxist agenda in the background. Don’t buy it. Stay focused on the stammering, conniving Alinskyite behind the curtain.
MORE: AIG Kabuki Theater.
EVEN MORE: With the notable exception of Blackburn (who, mysteriously, being female, has more balls than the rest of the TN House Delegation combined), the Tennessee House delegation failed miserably today.
Jimmy Duncan is usually a solid vote – I guess he wanted to get in on the tax money confiscation while he had a big group to hide behind.
And Zach Wamp, who was kind enough to meet with some of us bloggers this past Monday night, demonstrated that his testes may have not yet descended. This is a disappointment.
This is why so many of us are ready to get out of the GOP. We have a one party system, like it or not.
MORE YET AGAIN: Krumm reminds us why we had a Constitution to begin with. I emphasize the “had” since our “leaders” have apparently never read it, opting instead for Alice Walker’s The Color Purple.
March 19th, 2009 at 5:02 pm
Perfect analogy, Holmes. This is just like WWF “golden days”, circa 1982. Barney Frank is playing a limp-wristed Capt. Lou Albano, Chrissy Dodd is Ted Dibiassi, Bob Corker is playing “Mean” Gene Aukerlund. I’m trying to figure out who is “Rowdy” Roddy Piper…
March 19th, 2009 at 6:34 pm
Just reading this old outdated rag. Am I understanding it correctly?
Maybe we should add some sub-clauses.
Section. 8.
Clause 1: The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;
sub-clause: (Unless of course, they are nasty banker-types who take big bonuses and refuse to come forward with their names. We can target them specifically with a 90% tax. If you can get enough of the population riled up about it, then it’s okay.)
Section. 9.
Clause 3: No Bill of Attainder or ex post facto Law shall be passed.
sub-clause (Unless of course you passed a gigantic bill that nobody read and realize that you left a gaping loophole after the fact that’s not in the government’s favor.)
Section. 10.
Clause 1: No State shall enter into any Treaty, Alliance, or Confederation; grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal; coin Money; emit Bills of Credit; make any Thing but gold and silver Coin a Tender in Payment of Debts; pass any Bill of Attainder, ex post facto Law, or Law impairing the Obligation of Contracts, or grant any Title of Nobility.
Question: Can the federal government make laws impairing the obligation of contracts? If the state can’t do it, then the Federal government shouldn’t be able to. Am I being a dummy here?
March 19th, 2009 at 6:55 pm
It’s funny that you put this up as I left a comment over at Just One Minute a second ago about the same topic.
All the leftard bloggers were harping on the same note the day before about how the Rightwing Smear Machine ™ was trying desperately to say Chris Dodd is the one who inserted the loophole bonus language in the Generational Theft Act the day before Dodd came out and admitted that he was, indeed, the one who asked for the language to be included.
They’re all reading from the same cheat sheet and it’s all tied to the advertising in their sidebars. Journolist is the new Townhouse. Melissa Clouthier’s noting the same comparison.
So-called journalists, leftwing policymakers and public officials, combined with leftwing bloggers to form a closed, invitation only forum to drive certain stories and define one particular narrative. Straying from the official party line is grounds for dismissals and cutting off your ad revenue stream. It’s deja vu all over again.
March 19th, 2009 at 9:16 pm
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March 19th, 2009 at 10:23 pm
Mrs. Holmes said I needed to lose the “rumps pumped” line. I just can’t seem to control myself when I get on a roll. Oh well, it’s not like the powers-that-be take me seriously anyway.
March 19th, 2009 at 10:43 pm
Marsha showed up at the Williamson County Republican convention tonight. I had a chance to speak with her and thanked her for having the balls to vote no unlike her male counterparts who apparently have no balls. She said she even spoke with Wamp and tried to convince him to vote no especially since he’s running for governor. When we did the blogger meet with Wamp he was talking about his free market creds and his conservative creds. He just lost my vote in the primary. I’m like an elephant, I never forget. This was a purely political move for Wamp and I think he chose the wrong move; I guess time will tell.
March 19th, 2009 at 10:50 pm
Wamp was selling the same thing to us. I was ready to bite, because he brought the red meat. Actions speak louder than words. He’s lost mine as well. He could have voted with the Constitution that he claimed to be such a fan of, but went the other way. I’m glad Marsha tried to sway him at least.
March 20th, 2009 at 12:26 am
I still like saying that Barney Frank is joined to the mortgage crisis by the Fannie.
Ask Marsha if she’d like to be a Senator. I can think of one or two of ours that I’d be willing to trade. Have her put on a plaid, pleated skirt and watch Lamar defending his vote for a bill that he concedes he didn’t read.
March 20th, 2009 at 12:27 am
It’s funny how Rep. Bart Gordon calls himself a “blue dog” but is basically walking in lock-step with the expansion of government while also wasting taxpayer money on trips to Europe for him and his wife.
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mB
March 20th, 2009 at 9:19 am
Thanks mB. It’s all about power and abuse for these pricks. That’s why I’m unable to avoid using expletives when discussing them.