"Are there any adults in charge of the House?...we had to conclude the answer to that is no."

[babylonsister]

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/17/opinion/17thu1.html?_r=1&ref=opinion

Out of Control in the House
Published: February 16, 2011


Are there any adults in charge of the House? Watching this week’s frenzied slash-and-burn budget contest, we had to conclude the answer to that is no.

First Speaker John Boehner’s Republican leadership proposed cutting the rest of the 2011 budget by $32 billion. But that wasn’t enough for his fanatical freshmen, who demanded that it be cut by $61 billion, destroying vital government programs with gleeful abandon.

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If the Republicans got their way, it would wreak havoc on Americans’ lives and national security. This blood sport also has nothing to do with the programs that are driving up the long-term deficit: Medicare, Medicaid and, to a lesser extent, Social Security.

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In all of their posturing, Republican lawmakers have studiously avoided making clear to voters what vital government services would be slashed or disappear if they got their way — like investment in cancer research or a sharp reduction in federal meat inspections, or the number of police on the street, or agents that keep the borders secure, or the number of teachers in your kids’ schools.

Those cuts will never get past the Senate, and, on Tuesday, Mr. Obama said he would veto such job-killing cuts if they arrive at his desk. That puts the House leadership on notice. Will they follow the mob and allow the government to shut down if the cuts are not enacted? Or will they take back control of the House and steer it toward reality?

[rocktivity]

1. "Mr. Obama said he would veto such job-killing cuts if they arrive at his desk."

Well! If that's true, that's the most refreshing thing he's said since in ages!

:woohoo:
rocktivity

[joeybee12]

2. The last sentence in your snip is a rhethorical question right?

Of course they won't steer in back to reality, at least not to a reality sane people live in.

[jaxx]

3. The pubs are looking worse by the day.

When the teabaggers vote against their stupidity, the GOP is in deep doo-doo.