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Contract with America RIP?
The Corner on National Review Online — [image] [image] NRO BLOG ROW | THE CORNER | ARCHIVES SEARCH E-MAIL PRINT RSS [image] Monday, January 05, 2009 [image] Contract with America RIP? [Iain Murray] This needs more publicity. 01/05 02:00 PM [image] [image] [image] © National Review Online 2009. All Rights Reserved. Home | Search | NR / Digital | Donate | Media Kit | Contact Us

In a true spirit of bipartisanship...
Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys.. — Here's more proof that the Speaker believes she has a mandate for single party rule. In short, the Dems can jam a fork in the opposition Party's eye at any time without fear of any negative consequences. I find this puzzling. Not only does it ignore the Law of Unanticipated Consequences (like what happens when the political winds inevitably shift), it doesn't even take into account normal human responses to overt threats--I think (check that...I hope) Republican members of Congress will choose "fight" over "flight."I may be completely off base here, and I realize that the Legislature has always been able to establish it's own operating ...

Democrats Fair? No Way; and We Pay
SCSUScholars — US Speaker of the House, Democrat Nancy Pelosi, has decided to re-write the House rules today to ensure that the Republican minority is unable to have any influence on legislation. Her proposals are so draconian and will so polarize the Capitol, that any thought President-elect Obama has of bipartisan cooperation will be rendered impossible. (Hmmmm - is Obama in on this scam?) Democrats had controlled the US House of Representative for decades before the Gingrich Revolution of 1994. During that time they implemented abusive practices that: had no term limits for committee chairs; encouraged backroom deals; denied debate on ...