The following creatures have been bagged, stuffed and mounted for the pleasure of the morons who instigated the financial meltdown in the first place. Please note that a metaphorical disaster for the wealthy gets immediate attention and lavish aid while actual disasters for the rabble are politely ignored. This is who is in charge now. The table below lists name (with linked home page), district, and a quick Google News link to identify possible challengers. Feel free to drop actual challenger names and home pages in the comments or an email; I may do some updates, especially if I receive lots of names. The raw HTML for the table may be downloaded here . Feel free to paste it into your own posts, though I ask for credit and a link to Pruning Shears if you do so. Data was grabbed from here . Some thoughts on strategy: If the representative is retiring vote against the party’s successor. If there is token or no opposition then write someone in. Even if i...
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The Train Rushes ByFrom: pruningshears.squarespace.com
Post Date: 2008-03-06 13:39:28
The primaries came roaring through this week (I live in Ohio) so I got the same heavy dose of campaigning many of the rest of you already received. One of the strongest impressions it left is that this election season has many of the bad features of previous ones, only more so. As a result we have not had a discussion of many issues of substance. First, a few kind words. One of the highlights was the start of the Democratic debate in Cleveland. It began with a question about health...
more How Congress Could Lead On IraqFrom: pruningshears.squarespace.com
Post Date: 2008-03-13 17:08:41
One of Congress’ many recent failures is that it has allowed the 2002 Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) to expand to meet the President’s every new demand on Iraq. Since the Constitution empowers Congress with declaring war it is perfectly valid to say any use of soldiers in war without one is illegal, yet as a body it doesn’t seem to care. This is a tangential issue since we haven’t had a formal declaration of war since World War II, but the willi...
more Break Out the ShovelsFrom: pruningshears.us
Post Date: 2008-03-20 13:33:41
The President has one thing in common with his predecessors: He claims to not care about his legacy. Most seem to say that at one point or another; in this case “[w]e are still arguing about the record of the first president…I’m sure they will take their time when it comes to judging my record.” It is one of the more benign lies he has told, maybe because it only reveals his comprehensive inability to understand history. There is no harm in that kind of ignorance,...
more How Congress Could Lead On IraqFrom: pruningshears.us
Post Date: 2008-03-13 17:08:41
One of Congress’ many recent failures is that it has allowed the 2002 Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) to expand to meet the President’s every new demand on Iraq. Since the Constitution empowers Congress with declaring war it is perfectly valid to say any use of soldiers in war without one is illegal, yet as a body it doesn’t seem to care. This is a tangential issue since we haven’t had a formal declaration of war since World War II, but the willi...
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