Folks, this video includes Barack Obama saying he is for a “single payer system.” He also says that the government run “public option” will eliminate private insurance. The video also shows Jan Schakowsky bragging about tearing down the health insurance system–you may remember my post on that earlier this year…
Folks, the Air Force has released more of those flyover pictures. As you may remember, Air Force One did a little photo-op over Manhattan that scared thousands.
Ladies and Gentlemen, From both of us at the Harrington Report, Happy Fourth of July.
Folks, take time today to remember those who have fought for our right to have bratwurst and watermelon. Remember those who fought for our rights to life, liberty, property, and the pursuit of happiness.
Also, remember those who risked their lives by signing the Declaration of Independence. We tend to forget that that act was a death sentence if the Revolution were to fail.
Your time today should be spent with family and friends. Remember those who are off in some godforsaken place somewhere who can’t be with their families today.
Surrounding Michael Jackson, Farrah Fawcett, Mark Sanford, and Ed Sullivan, it might be hard to remember that THERE IS A VOTE ON THE LARGEST TAX INCREASE EVER on the floor today…
Yes, ladies and gentlemen, congress, in order to ram through the 1,201 page bill, they have decided to vote today.
This is ridiculous. How are they expected to read the bill? To put it in perspective, they are asking the other representatives to read Atlas Shrugged in one day…and UNDERSTAND IT!
Now, an organization called Let Freedom Ring has made a pledge card that asks congresspeople to vote on the healthcare bill, only after they have personally read it and it has been made available to the people.
And as a quick asside, two people have signed the pledge… Jim Demint and James Inhofe…
UPDATE: Greenpeace is against Cap and Trade? Who knew? So, it seems that the Congress is trying to put the screws to the economy for the sake of expansion of government…
UPDATE: They are really trying to pass a bill with a placeholder? It’s a circus.
Rangel supports horse-trading on House floor…
Carl Levin says C&T is moral imperative…
John Larson invokes the name of T. Boone Pickens…Which is odd…because T. Boone’s Prop 10 was voted down in California in 2008…
And someone needs to tell him to stop yelling…
Is anyone else worried about all these Democrats invoking the ideas of “terrorism” and 9/11 while trying to get votes for C&T?
The Cap and Trade bill costs $700 Million a page!
UPDATE: Representatives caught horse-trading…Barton said it best, “At least its transparent…”
UPDATE: Gohmert: “Where is a physical copy [of the 300 page amendment?]”
–silence–
That silence is so telling.
Apparently, they can’t find a physical copy of the 300 page amendment…
And also, there isn’t a rule that requires a physical copy to vote…or, if there is, the important sounding person at the big podium isn’t aware of one…
Barton: “If a bill for which there is no copy were to actually pass House, could bill be sent to Senate having no copy?”
Apparently there isn’t a copy…anywhere…even on the desk…
Will they recess to form a search party to find the 300 page amendment? Barton requested a short recess to find the official copy…
Markey says no.
It’s a circus…
Jason Chaffetz, Representative from Utah, said on tweeted, “Dems still don’t have a final finished hard copy of bill, 1,500 pages now. And we are supposed to vote on this? Nobody has read it in full.”
Representative Bilbray: “The biggest threat to environment is the smoke coming from backroom deals”
A representative wished to have a moment of silence for those who will lose their jobs had his request objected to…
UPDATE: Well, John Boehner is going to fillabuster! He is going to read every page of the 300 page amendment…
UPDATE: Matt Drudge is reporting that the Jackson family spokesperson said, “EVERYONE AROUND HIM WAS ENABLING HIM, ABUSE OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS”
Here is a statement from Michael Levine, Michael Jackson’s former spokesperson:
“As someone who served as Michael Jackson’s publicist during the 1st child molestation incident, I must confess I am not surprised by today’s tragic news.
Michael has been on an impossibly difficult and often self-destructive journey for years. His talent was unquestionable but so too was his discomfort with the norms of the world.
A human simply can not withstand this level of prolonged stress.”
Developing…
UPDATE: Paramedics spent 42 minutes trying to resuscitate Jackson.
Folks, after the jump, there is an email I sent to the Pennsylvania branch of ACORN. After no response to this email, I sent it to every ACORN email I could find. I still have not received a response.
The email was regarding an article in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review quoting Ian Phillips saying there was no quota system while registering voters, now, those of you who have been following the ACORN story here on the Report, you know that this is untrue, and that the Project Vote Training manual says to
“set clear numerical hourly expectations, retrain once, and then fire.”
I post this email with a request of you:
Would you please email this email to every ACORN email address you can find? Demand the truth. Ladies and gentlemen, this is your duty. It is your duty to not let these Chicago thugs get away with this racket any longer.
Please read, then copy, then send the email to every ACORN email address you can find.–I’m hoping that they cannot ignore this email if it got the proper volume.
There are two hundred-ish companies registered at the address-1024 Elysian Fields Ave–of the business Citizens Consulting (by the way, I’m going to call this company tomorrow):
Here is a picture of the building at the address…According to Glenn Beck.
Also, on the left, it gives a list of businesses…the ones that are featured…ACORN and the Affiliated Media Foundation?.
And…another organization that is at that address…the SEIU. SEIU local 100 is located at the same address as ACORN, the Affiliated Media Foundation, and other businesses…
Also, Barack Obama has chosen to not celebrate the National Day of Prayer publicly. And, of course, when Robert Gibbs was asked if Obama would choose a church, he responded, “He may.”
So, he publicly celebrates a Mexican military victory that happened over 140 years ago…But he won’t publicly celebrate the National Day of Prayer…
I guess there isn’t a satasfactory Black Liberation Theology church in DC…
“In a memo obtained by CBS 2 HD the Federal Aviation Administration’s James Johnston said the agency was aware of “the possibility of public concern regarding DOD (Department of Defense) aircraft flying at low altitudes” in an around New York City. But they demanded total secrecy from the NYPD, the Secret Service, the FBI and even the mayor’s office and threatened federal sanctions if the secret got out.”
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Yes, folks, Michael Jackson has died. He suffered a heart attack this afternoon and paramedics were unable to revive him.
