Post-Nuclear Option Holocaust Dinner: Rack of Lamb Anyone?

“...I am slow-thinking and full of interior rules that act as brakes on my desires....” F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

Senate Rule XXII has “guided and protected the chamber since 1789.” It was last revised in 1975 following a rancorous debate that lasted months, not minutes, to require three-fifths of the entire Senate, or 60 votes, to end a filibuster.

Oh sure, there has been some noisy posturing from both sides of the aisle from time to time about changing this. Butt until last week nobody was brave, or stupid enough, to actually launch the nuclear option. Primarily because, as Mark Levin explained, nuclear wars, once launched, generally result in mutual annihilation.

So that just goes to show you how ticked off Harry was by the tyranny of the minority that has been getting in his way. His sense of outrage forced him to employ the tyranny of the majority (aka “the nuclear option”) to break a few eggs in order to change the rules.

Because sometimes, getting what you want right now is more important that ensuring the long term integrity of the game.

We Can’t Wait! We Can’t Wait! To Sink the Ship of State!

So, without benefit of any debate, let alone a filibuster, Harry detonated the nuclear bomb (explained here) and changed the rules to require only a simple majority to end a filibuster from this point forward. The rule applies – for now - only to judicial and executive appointments; butt I assure you that’s not going to be “the final solution.”

With the exception of Big Guy, everyone from Dana Milbank:

If Congress wasn’t broken before, it certainly is now.

to Mark Levin has weighed in with scathing reviews. Even old Dem Senator Carl Levin scolded:

“We need to change the rules, but to change it in the way we changed it today means there are no rules except as the majority wants them,” Levin said. “This precedent is going to be used, I fear, to change the rules on consideration of legislation, and down the road — we don’t know how far down the road; we never know that in a democracy — but, down the road, the hard-won protections and benefits for our people’s health and welfare will be lost.”

Yikes! When a lifelong Democratic hangdog like Carl agrees - in any way - with Mark Levin we may have ourselves a bit of a problem…butt that would be down the road a piece. No worries today!

Not surprisingly, Big Guy is completely on board with Harry and his flock in the Senate.

Because Big Guy thinks the tyranny of the minority (the big “R” in “republic”) always trample on the rights of the tyranny of the majority (the little “d” in democracy). That’s why Big Guy is always for the little guy, see? It’s all about social justice…or something.

Democracy v. Republic

So I guess if you’re more interested in a country run by the rule of law instead of a mob, you may have to elect someone other than a little “d” a wolf next time.

Either that or get yourself one of those well-armed lambs.

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“...I am slow-thinking and full of interior rules that act as breaks to what transpires....”

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Nuclear Option: We Were “Againts” (sic) It Before We Were For It.

Don’t think for a moment that Big Guy has been taking it easy. He’s had the whole team working round the clock on damage control.

First he called Harry to provide some cover.

Yeah, Harry; I need to have you launch that nuclear football. Stat.

Harry was glad to comply. The attack was pre-announced at a press conference (so much for the element of surprise) complete with props to illustrate our grievances:

We were “againts” “fillibusters” before we were for them

The visual aid was prepared by one of the first interns who graduated under the Common Core Curriculuum (sp.). Don’t worry thogh, he wont be punnished for knot learning howto spell write. He dint do that on his own, somebuddy else did that that for him. Right?

The usual suspects

Bad news when even the teachers’ unions take the “O” out of negotiations

So anyway, here’s how it works: when Progs are in the minority, they object to the power of the majority, and when they are in the majority they decry the tyranny of the minority.

Take the filibuster for example; they were clearly, and vociferously, against it before they were for it.

Note: this was before Barry was the most intelligent, articulate man ever elected to the presidency (i.e. pre-TOTUS).

As soon as we had the nuclear option launched, we moved on to other pressing matters. Specifically we had to come up with an answer to “who’s responsible for the mess around here?” So far we’ve identified three guilty parties:

• The Media

- for pointing out that sometimes the cure is worse than the illness.

• The Insurance Companies

For refusing to go along with the Big Lie that what you received wasn’t a plan cancellation, it was a plan “renewal” – that added coverage that you did not ask for and do not want, raised your premium, raised your deductible, increased your copay, restricted the doctors you could see and the hospitals where you could be treated. You know, just your routine “renewal.”

And if you think the insurance company case manager is evil, wait till you meet the Obamacare “navigators,” aka “death panels.”

“Don’t take the brown acid pain pill, man!”

• The Republicans

How, you ask, are the Republicans responsible? Well, you are naïve aren’t you? First the R-words wrote pages and pages of administrative rules that required evil insurance companies to dump you from their plans…

Yikes! What on earth do you suppose is in all those rules and regulations!?

No wait, that was the Dems. Okay then, the R-words hired unqualified crony capitalists to write the programs for Obamacare that…no, wait; that was the Dems too.

Well, they have been bullying Big Guy a lot, and I think they should just stop it.

 

NOTE: November 22, 2013 marks the 50th anniversary of John F. Kennedy’s death in Dallas, Texas. So let’s all take a moment to reflect on that transformational event. Were you alive? If so, where were you when you learned JFK had been shot?

And where were you when you first realized that if JFK were alive today he would have been a conservative?

RUSH: What do you call a politician who is pro-life? What do you call a politician who is for lower taxes? What do you call a politician who is for a strong national defense? What do you call a president who is a proud nationalist, proud to be an American? What do you call that person?

The answer, of course, is “John Fitzgerald Kennedy” butt I would call such a politician a  blessing. Especially if he was president.

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MO Sightings Rise: Obamacare Craters.

Oh my goodness!

 After appearing in her zoot suit in early November to promote – of all things – Hollywood, MO went into hiatus for awhile.

She re-emerged recently to use her charms to offset the negative press we’ve been getting  lately. Not just over Obamacare, now even our signature “No Child’s Fat Behind®” program seems to be under siege. How can this be? After 5 full years of Lady M’s coaching and cajoling, our kids still can’t even run as fast as their parents? I find that disrespectful, and probably racist.

“There are still generations of people, older people, who were born and bred and marinated in it, in that prejudice and racism, and they just have to die.” Oprah

I know for a fact that MO can run faster than her parent, I’ve witnessed it.

Which is surprising because Mom might be related to the hardest working man in show business:

Not that being able to run faster makes you any happier, butt that’s another whole story.

Anyway, after Lady M came out of sequester last Friday we saw her first in some shadowy photos after celebrating ValJar’s 57th earth birthday at the chi-chi organic Restaurant Nora:

Looks like somebody didn’t love Nora’s 100% organic menu (What - no Kobe or Wagu?)

Then we had Presidential Medals of Freedom to award:

Some went to a few of our best pals; one to our first ostensible black president. Bubba appeared appropriately humble. For his part, Big Guy, I think, effectively disguised his desire to strangle him with it.

And next, Oprah was awarded hers: for keeping racism alive and well for the black half of  President BO, who may have to rely on it for cover in his last three and a half years.

Funny, I always thought it was the Republicans who just wanted you to die.

Then it was on to the Kennedy memorial, again with the Clintons:

In this rear-end close up you can see that this coat matches the dress we wore earlier at the Presidential Medals of Freedom ceremony:

I am well aware of the fact that the inverted “V” pleat should be closed when standing still. Butt even my refraction capabilities have limitations; any further criticism will be duly noted as racist.

Then we wrapped up the day with a special dinner for the Medals winners. MO sported an upswept ‘do and a black lace frock with a matching black tulle bib: very chic this year.

As you see here, Big Guy is gazing fondly on his former Secretary of State, no doubt wishing he had named her Secretary of Health and Human Services instead.

That way, instead of switching his eponymous “Obamacare” to the only marginally less ironic “Affordable Care Act:”

We could have just called it “Hillarycare.”

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Obamacare: Welcome to the Roach Hotel

Bad news galore this week. Following yesterday’s WaPo/ABC poll numbers (bad), CBS followed up with their own Hump Day bad news poll showing the lowest approval numbers for Big Guy ever. Butt here’s the good news: we’re still 2 points ahead of G.W. Bush, the most hated President in the history of the Republic! Well, in the “Approve” column anyway; we’re in a dead heat in the “Disapproval” category - butt we’re working on that.

Then there was all the bad news about our (new) Obamacare Website November 30th deadline: it looks like were going to miss that one too, due to a bit of unfinished business with the, uh, “design” aspects of the website.

It seems there are still a few other niggling items (can I say that?) that need to be fixed as well. Like website security holes big enough to swallow a car,

that are threatening the personal information of everyone who (tried to) sign up.

Monticello Dam drain: world’s largest (man made) disaster drain hole: it sucks

Perhaps most concerning though was the revelation that the payment system portion of the system hasn’t even been written yet. At least that explains why we’re counting as “enrolled” all those people who’ve put an Obamacare plan in their shopping basket butt haven’t actually checked out yet.

You see, it turns out that Obamacare really is a roach hotel: you can check in, butt you can’t check out.

No, not that kind of roach…this kind:

Where you check in butt you can’t check out.

So here’s the up to the minute status of Obamacare as I understand it: we currently have an incomplete, unstable system that – once functional – promises to provide everyone with just about everything they need or want, butt we haven’t yet identified any way  to pay for it.

That pretty much summarizes the rest of the federal government programs too.

Oh well, let’s just relax and enjoy a little musical interlude and forget about all this unpleasantness. Welcome to the Hotel California, and remember: “We’re all prisoners here, of our own device.”

Last thing I remember, I was
Running for the door
I had to find the passage back to the place I was before
'Relax' said the night man,
'We are programmed to receive.
You can check out any time you like,
But you can never leave!'

 

Oh, and by the way, according to our good man, Dan Pfeiffer, because Barry was busy handling the whole Healthcare.gov fiasco is the reason he was unable to attend yesterday’s 150th anniversary ceremony of the Gettysburg Address:

He was busy writing super-secret code.

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Obama,Lincoln,Gettysburg Address: Which doesn’t belong and why?

Why would a man as enamored of Abraham Lincoln, as Big Guy professes to be, pass up the opportunity to attend the 150th anniversary celebration of what is perhaps the most historic address in American history?  I’ll try to explain.

First, a brief review of how Barry has displayed his admiration for Lincoln, the man and the President, from the moment he decided he wanted to be the leader of the free world:

• Big Guy kicked off his 2008 presidential campaign with an eloquent 25 minute announcement at the old State House in Lincoln’s hometown of Springfield, Illinois.

• He returned there again, on the way to accepting his destiny at the Denver Democratic Convention, to announce Joey B as his Vice President pick (apparently he still owes Springfield $55,000 for that visit).

• And while many thought that DNC convention stage was designed to look like a Greek temple, it was actually designed to resemble the façade of the Lincoln memorial; because he thought that highly of Lincoln. The elaborate stage served as the set for BO’s eloquent 42 minute acceptance speech.

• He rode into Washington D.C for his inauguration on the train from Philadelphia, just like Lincoln did in 1861 - even though he doesn’t know a single soul in Philadelphia. Butt he’s been known to enjoy a cheese steak.

• He took the oath of office on Lincoln’s bible (twice):

And I can bear witness to the fact that, just like Hillary used to “commune” with previous FLOTUS Eleanor Roosevelt while she and Bubba lived here, Big Guy has been known to commune with Abe as well.

It started out well enough, with weekly consultations on matters of policy:

“You know son, a Team of Rivals should really include, well, a few of your rivals.”

And he even ran over to the Lincoln Memorial from time to time, to commiserate at the feet of President Lincoln.

Butt soon, Abe started to tell him things he didn’t want to hear:

“Get your feet off the furniture, son.”

And soon, Barry began to grow a little paranoid, complaining about Abe constantly looking over his shoulder,

in a judgmental way that Big Guy was neither used to or comfortable with. In fact, Abe started second-guessing some of the decisions BO wasn’t making,

“What on earth were you thinking, leaving our boys in Benghazi like that, son?”

…an some of the issues he wasn’t being advised of:

“Fast and Furious, the IRS and NSA: seriously? Nobody told you? Seriously?”

Soon their weekly coaching sessions began to be less productive than they once were:

“What do you mean that I can’t just take over a sixth of the economy? And no, I don’t think I’ve got things upside down.”

Shortly after that, BO began to find his little ad hoc discussions with Abe less and less fulfilling:

“Why are you handing out more candy when we can’t even pay for last year’s?”

And BO began to resent Abe leaving calling cards laying around the Big White House inscribed with cryptic little messages:

So as Barry reviewed the Gettysburg Address, and saw that Abe had managed to pack more import into a 2 minute speech than he has after 5 1/2 years of eloquent articulation, he started to feel…no, not inadequate; more like unappreciated. And you know how prickly people can get when they no longer feel like they’re getting their props:

Pic h/t to the enduring wisdom of Cripes Suzette

So, yes, Barry blew off the 150th Anniversary of the Gettysburg Address in order to address the Wall Street Journal’s annual CEO council meeting. The WSJ doesn’t mind if he uses TOTUS to help him with his words, and they don’t try to make him feel smaller for it. Unlike certain other people around here who have taken to criticizing almost everything Big Guy does lately.

“Speak from the heart, son; you’ll cast a much longer shadow.”

 

The Gettysburg Address, delivered on November 19, 1863, as inscribed on the South Wall of the Lincoln Memorial:

FOUR SCORE AND SEVEN YEARS AGO OUR FATHERS BROUGHT FORTH ON THIS CONTINENT A NEW NATION CONCEIVED IN LIBERTY AND DEDICATED TO THE PROPOSITION THAT ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL •

NOW WE ARE ENGAGED IN A GREAT CIVIL WAR TESTING WHETHER THAT NATION OR ANY NATION SO CONCEIVED AND SO DEDICATED CAN LONG ENDURE •

WE ARE MET ON A GREAT BATTLEFIELD OF THAT WAR •

WE HAVE COME TO DEDICATE A PORTION OF THAT FIELD AS A FINAL RESTING PLACE FOR THOSE WHO HERE GAVE THEIR LIVES THAT THAT NATION MIGHT LIVE • 

IT IS ALTOGETHER FITTING AND PROPER THAT WE SHOULD DO THIS • BUT IN A LARGER SENSE WE CAN NOT DEDICATE~WE CAN NOT CONSECRATE~WE CAN NOT HALLOW~THIS GROUND •

THE BRAVE MEN LIVING AND DEAD WHO STRUGGLED HERE HAVE CONSECRATED IT FAR ABOVE OUR POOR POWER TO ADD OR DETRACT •

THE WORLD WILL LITTLE NOTE NOR LONG REMEMBER WHAT WE SAY HERE BUT IT CAN NEVER FORGET WHAT THEY DID HERE •

IT IS FOR US THE LIVING RATHER TO BE DEDICATED HERE TO THE UNFINISHED WORK WHICH THEY WHO FOUGHT HERE HAVE THUS FAR SO NOBLY ADVANCED •

IT IS RATHER FOR US TO BE HERE DEDICATED TO THE GREAT TASK REMAINING BEFORE US~THAT FROM THESE HONORED DEAD WE TAKE INCREASED DEVOTION TO THAT CAUSE FOR WHICH THEY GAVE THE LAST FULL MEASURE OF DEVOTION~THAT WE HERE HIGHLY RESOLVE THAT THESE DEAD SHALL NOT HAVE DIED IN VAIN~THAT THIS NATION UNDER GOD SHALL HAVE A NEW BIRTH OF FREEDOM~AND THAT GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE BY THE PEOPLE FOR THE PEOPLE SHALL NOT PERISH FROM THE EARTH •

“I said scram!”

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