OFFICIAL C-SPAN THREAD #3 (LATE NIGHT EDITION)

[Viva_La_Revolution]

previous threads here..

#1 http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x5632190

#2 http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=5632961&mesg_id=5632961

[Kire]

1. Christmas is coming; the goose is getting fat

Please to put a penny in the old man's hat;
If you haven't got a penny then a haypenny will do;
If you haven't got a haypenny then God bless you!

[Kire]

2. I'm scared.

the vote is coming soon, isn't it?

[Moochy]

3. Pelosi

to minister to the needs of gods creation is an act of worship
to ignore those needs is to dishonor the god that created us.

nice quote pelosi!

[EFerrari]

5. She got applause. Even at this hour. n/t

[Bluebear]

4. Here comes Opie.

Why isn't he in Iraq?

[Viva_La_Revolution]

9. Good Morning Bluebear....

:donut:

[Bluebear]

12. and to you VLR

[doublethink]

10. Opie is a Hypocrite ....... just listen to him.

:puke:

[Viva_La_Revolution]

17. Hey... You said you were going to bed....

fibber! :P

[doublethink]

23. ............

:yoiks:

[doublethink]

29. Okay ya caught me .....

I thought twice about it ...... I really should go now though ..... zzzzzz goodnight and thanks for all the insight in these threads tonight, it was fun! Never give up never surrender! :boring: :)

[EFerrari]

11. LOL!

[Moochy]

6. R Adam Putnam

"I came prepared for the wrong debate"

I have only happy news, I'm a happy pants.

"the other side brought dr. seuss"

Oh shut him up good god. strike this man with some temporary speech impediment.

[Craig3410]

7. It's the SmarmyPrick! (TM)

Whatever the hell this fucking redheaded dickhead fucktard asshole RW Bushmonger's name is (and I don't even particularly care)

[Moochy]

8. I blame Jeb Bush

and Ireland.

Adam Putnam

"cant be summed up in some cute litle nursery rhyme
but by golly
its important.... blah blah"

He is not Opie, he's a 1950's charicature.
By golly gee whillickers Mr Peepers!!

[Craig3410]

16. No he's not; I like Opie! :) -nt-

[EFerrari]

20. Opie was a Democrat.

:)

[Viva_La_Revolution]

13. facetious Repugnican applause..... nt

[Craig3410]

14. They vote voice like this?

There was WAAAAAAAAAY more No's then Ayes in that one.

[EFerrari]

19. We were louder but maybe there are more bodies on their side.

Here we go, the vote.

Goodbye, Christmas.

[Kire]

15. the no's were louder

but the aye's have it
:banghead:

[Moochy]

18. Here comes the votes

AYES HAVE IT! SURPRISE!! they are going to vote.

15 minute vote on
"HR 1815 defense appropriations bill"

electronic device ... and the fat lady sings.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

22. I feel so Patriotic....

[EFerrari]

26. Are you sure that isn't just indigestion.

:)

[Craig3410]

21. And it passes.`

Where have our representatives WITH SPINES gone?


:(

[EFerrari]

25. Edit: Who the hell are all those Democrats

voting with the Cabal?

[Viva_La_Revolution]

27. should we leave out soldiers in the desert with no $$$??

and all this crap legislation gets tagged along with it.

:mad:

I forgot :sarcasm: oopps. this one :puke:

[EFerrari]

30. John Spratt calling the Thugs on their bs.

The Dems are going on record against the skulldruggery. Good.

[Moochy]

24. Democrats press conference

starting picture in picture on CSPAN-1

[Panda1]

Good speeches

Skelton, Spratt, Meehan, and now Ortiz. Too bad none of this PIP part will see the light of day on the Gnus.
"For us to use this as a game is not fair to our soldiers...and it's not fair to our country"-Ortiz.
Skelton again..."I am sorely distressed"

[Reciprocity]

28. Wow I looked up the FDR reference about being frozen.

Thanks Beam Me Up for your knowledge of FDR.

We do not see faith, hope, and charity as unattainable ideals, but we use them as stout supports of a nation fighting the fight for freedom in a modern civilization.

Faith — in the soundness of democracy in the midst of dictatorships.

Hope — renewed because we know so well the progress we have made.

Charity — in the true spirit of that grand old word. For charity literally translated from the original means love, the love that understands, that does not merely share the wealth of the giver, but in true sympathy and wisdom helps men to help themselves.

Governments can err, presidents do make mistakes, but the immortal Dante tells us that Divine justice weighs the sins of the cold-blooded and the sins of the warm-hearted on different scales. Better the occasional faults of a government that lives in a spirit of charity than the consistent omissions of a government frozen in the ice of its own indifference.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

31. kudos for the research....

[Lasher]

32. What is this stealth legislation about?

Seems to be about 527 groups but nobody but repukes know for sure, is that right? It's not too hard to guess that this 'thief in the night' maneuver is designed to help repukes and their wealthy campaign donors.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

33. Rate it up for the morning crowd....

let them know what they missed...


sleep is over-rated anyway.

[Lasher]

35. OK, it's got 3 votes now (EOM)

[EFerrari]

38. Thanks for the reminder n/t

[Lasher]

44. OK, 8 votes now. The morning crowd will be blessed. (EOM)

[TruthStream_dot_org]

34. Emailing CNN for not having anything on home page

NOTHING at ALL on their site about this legislation - here is my letter to them.

I was wondering why it is that you are not reporting on your site that the Republican leadership is once again in late night session passing a budget bill that is outrageously irresponsible and is nothing more than a handout to the rich and special interests. This is typical of this congress - overnight sessions to slide through legislation when they know CNN and the other networks wont say a word. It will end up in small print with minimal readership the next day. Shame on you.

[flyarm]

36. this is disgusting...look how many dems have signed onto this piece

of bullshit...

i am going to take the D off of the end of my name..i am reregistering now as an I...i have had it..this bill will allow Anwar drilling ..and the killing of all American peoples rights to sue drug companies..i am worst than disgusted..

the dems knew they were fucked with and yet they sign this piece of crap..i give up...i really do..what a bunch of fucking wimps..and how do the rethugs vote ..in unison...i now hate the dems as much as the rethugs...i really do...and i am washing my hands of the lot of them!

thi is my rant and i am sticking to it!

fly

[RepublicanElephant]

37. lot of scared dems voting tonite. support the troops...

...vote for this piece of crap, sham bill!

[EFerrari]

39. It's too bad, too, because this time, they didn't need to do that.

The country is with them, not with the Thugs.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

40. Taylor (D)

"This puts alot of us in a horrible position"

[Panda1]

42. I agree

Especially since we KNOW the conference report had been changed. This would have been a "safe" time to vote no.

[Moochy]

43. The dems were bought

by "sprinkling enough money around to get it passed"

Quoting George miller from earlier tonite (i think)

[flyarm]

41. what a filthy outrage!! i am furious at dems..just furious! n/t

[fooj]

45. WTF is going on?

Just thought I'd check in before I catch some z's!

[Viva_La_Revolution]

47. Evening...

we're having a DU CPAN Geek party.

Have a beer?

[fooj]

51. Thanks.

:toast:

After reading some of these posts it sounds like I've missed something...

[EFerrari]

50. The Democrats are steamed about this Grinchy budget

but LOOK at the votes. Despite all the protesting sound bites, they vote with the Thugs.

[fooj]

53. So...I should be tuning in to C-Span I'm assuming.

I'm on it.

[EFerrari]

62. Better pour a still one. They're selling us down river again. n/t

[Moochy]

46. Another part of the bill, that nobody knows about

Parts of the Pence Bill, that is designed to gut the Campaign Finance Reform.

Intended to blow off the limits on presidential race spending through state parties

WHY THE HELL is Campaign Finance Report stuck onto the DA?

Oh yeah because these fucking thug republicans and their sell-out buddies, (154 so far) dont care about rules or so called "deliberation"

[RepublicanElephant]

48. ...and even more backroom deals...

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/12/19/ap/politics/mainD8EJ4V788.shtml

Democratic critics attacked the bill's chief advocate, Sen. Ted Stevens of Alaska, for adding the oil provision to legislation providing $453 billion for the Pentagon. They also said he had weakened environmental standards and accused him of offering enticements to skeptical senators in the form of funds for hurricane relief and other programs.

The legislation includes provisions to spend $2 billion for five hurricane-hit states, as well as $3 billion for homeland security funds and $2 billion for low-income heating assistance for the poor. Officials said some of the money could be borrowed if it didn't materialize as anticipated.

"Isn't that what the game really is here?" said Rep. David Obey, D-Wis. He said Stevens was "trying to make Gulf Coast states an offer they can't refuse."


the senate votes on this disgrace later today.

[EFerrari]

56. I love Obey. He has sand. n/t

[Moochy]

49. Ruh Roh

Agent mike took out my Direct TV satellite :((

[Viva_La_Revolution]

52. all hail Moochy...

I wish I could keep track like that!

[Moochy]

57. The Secret is the Pause button

Aww shucks thanks! :blush:
The secret is a tivo with a pause button, that and skipping over the (R) speakers :D thanks though had a blast keepin track of these bastids.

[Panda1]

61. Seriously

That was awesome! Thank you, Moochy.

[jsamuel]

54. CSPAN said that they removed the ANWR Drilling

[fooj]

55. Yippee!!!

Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays...

:woohoo:

[jsamuel]

63. wait a second, I don't know if they know what they are talking about

because they just went on and on about ANWR after that and talked about a Filibuster in the Senate if the ANWR drilling is included...

GEEZ!

[Viva_La_Revolution]

58. Votes are changing!

Now 170 nay, 185 yea...

[Bluebear]

59. this is some new vote now I think?

[EFerrari]

60. This is a new vote, isn't it? Now they are voting

-- a procedural vote directly on Defense spending, no?

[flyarm]

66. wow i am now confused..i dosed off for a few minutes and awoke

here on east coast...and they were voting and the dems were giving the farm away..i thought that was the defence bill what was the first bill they all signed about??

wow i have sleepy dust in my eyes..and am confused ...is this one the defence..the second vote??

beem me up...

fly

[TruthStream_dot_org]

64. CSpan should use yellow not white...

...for the vote counts...ther is always some damned piece of paper that makes it impossible to see a number.

[EFerrari]

69. You're right! Welcome to DU, TruthStream

:hi:

[Moochy]

70. oops self-delete

[Viva_La_Revolution]

65. passed by 13. damn nt

[EFerrari]

67. CSPAN cut the mics for a couple of minutes.

What was that about?

And it passes by 13 votes. :pukes:

[Bluebear]

68. "Whah me, Lord? Wishes and prayers..."

Congress has turned into a church.

[EFerrari]

71. Worse, a hypocritical church.

:puke:

[TruthStream_dot_org]

72. wtf was that about?!?!? nt

[Bluebear]

75. "We are the greatest institution on earth.....if we do say so ourselves"

:crazy:

[Lasher]

84. I think he'd just been reading Frist's book

Good corporations beget a good Congress. And did he say, "God bless God?" My favorite part was where he suggested that we should all work together, right after he and his cronies stabbed all real Democrats in the back.

[Moochy]

73. Joe Barton, survived heart attack

Rep. Joe Barton of Texas Stable After Heart Attack
From Times Wire Reports

Rep. Joe L. Barton (R-Texas), chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, was hospitalized after a heart attack.

Barton, 56, had three stents inserted, Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mich.) told colleagues on the House floor. Stents often are used to open blocked arteries.

"He is alert, resting and in stable condition," said Barton spokeswoman Karen Modlin. "He is also unhappy to be absent, and we expect his return to work as quickly as his doctors complete their evaluation and release him."

[TruthStream_dot_org]

77. gotcha. thx. nt

[RepublicanElephant]

74. barton had a heart attack... that's why they were applauding his return.

[Bluebear]

78. Continued good recovery, Congressman . . .

now stop voting to rape our earth.

[blogslut]

76. bastards

[EFerrari]

81. I want that on a Christmas card.

:(

[Viva_La_Revolution]

82. Me too..

wake up the Sheeple! (that would be a reference to my fundie relatives :) )

[EFerrari]

Imagine their faces on opening that card.

Lol!

[EFerrari]

79. They are voting to express concern for election irregularities

in EGYPT

Is that a beam in your eye or are you just glad to see me?

:rofl:

/typin'

[RepublicanElephant]

83. typical repub hypocrisy...

...like all the "safeguards" in iraq's elections.

[EFerrari]

85. I think they do it to drive us crazy -- watching all those

PAPER BALLOTS in the Iraqi ballot boxes.

[TruthStream_dot_org]

80. we're voting to 'express concern' - time well spent

[RepublicanElephant]

86. ack! cruella in the house!

hide the dalmatians!

[RepublicanElephant]

88. murtha in the house! n/t

.

[fooj]

97. Constitutional Democracy...

WTF does he know about that?

:mad:

[Moochy]

87. H.R. 2863: Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2006

http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h109-2863

[RepublicanElephant]

90. thanks! n/t

[blogslut]

89. Murtha up and demanding time for speakers!

Awesome

[EFerrari]

91. Hoyer: "This bill has been misused."

I've never heard this gentleman speak before.

[fooj]

92. You tell those rat bastards, Obey!

Fuck them. I'm sick of their deviant, loathsome behavior. I don't want their protection. I'd rather bet my house on black IN VEGAS!!! These SOB's aren't interested in protecting anyone but themselves and their bank accounts.

WTF does ANWAR have to do with a Defense Dept. bill? Why more $? Don't tell me it's for the troops, either. Grrrrrrrrrrrr...

Peace.

[Moochy]

93. D- David Obey

The republican leadership has decided the DA is the appropriate vehicle

There's something especially outrageous and callous about the willingness of the majority party leadership to allow the Defense Authorization (DA) in a time of war to be held hostage to special interest items.

The Defense Authorization ought to be about delivering equipment, and used to support our troops, but instead its being used to give a multi-billion dollar bonanza to the oil companies.

That act represents a fundamental corruption of the legislative process by sprinkling money around various parts of this bill to ensure passage in the Senate.

senate tax cuts, the house has become an assembly line.

It slashes crucial activities for the govt. it cuts 8 billion dollars,
4 billion from defense.

"Dont worry about it, we'll add it back later" some say, if that is the case this bill is the fraud.

1 billion dollars less : no child left behind, cuts to speical education ,FBI, new hires counterintelligence
local law 315 million,

pell grants 31 million below last year.

education 1.4 billion less, with this years cuts 3 billion dollars in education cuts.

The SENATE TOTALLY MISREPRESENTED the language in ANWR. They were erroneous and contrary to what he was told.

42 pages added, prepared at 11:20 SATURDAY. They LIED to obey about the vaccine manufacturers indemnity fund. (zero'd out the fund of course)

Obey is urging a vote for recommittal.

A motion to recommit, if this vote fails, they will move on to final vote on defense appropriations.

[EFerrari]

95. That's pretty amazing, Moochy!

I'm going to have to get one of those TIVO deals. :)

[Moochy]

100. I love mine

I sometimes go fumbling for the rewind button on my radio, usually the
NPR talking heads.

What did they just say?? oh wait nevermind this doesnt have a rewind button.

[Lasher]

94. Roll call votes

Roll Call 665 On Agreeing to the Conference Report on National Defense Authorization Act, FY 06 http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2005/roll665.xml

Roll Call 666 Waiving points of order against the conference report on H.R. 2863, Department of Defense Appropriations, FY 2006 http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2005/roll666.xml

[EFerrari]

96. Oh, help me! It's fink boy.

:puke::puke::puke:

[fooj]

98. Constitutional democracy...

WTF does Little Lord Pissypants know about that?

:mad:

[fooj]

99. This entire Homeland Secuirty BS isn't about terrorism...

it's about dissent.

[EFerrari]

103. You betcha, fooj.

We know who this "war on terra" is being waged against.

[EFerrari]

101. "This has attracted al Qaida to Iraq."

No, you @ss, YOU attracked al Qaida to Iraq.

:nuke:

[Moochy]

102. Bush is hijacking this thread!!

no fair!!

[EFerrari]

105. Interesting that CSPAN decided to air him and

not something in any way related to what Congress is doing tonight or this weekend. :eyes:

[Moochy]

107. Oh to be a nonpartisan fly on the wall!

Everyone taking turns sitting on Santa Frist's lap and saying what they want for Christmas morning

[EFerrari]

114. You can hear the contracts going out from here. n/t

[Moochy]

109. dupe.. darn internets

[Lasher]

104. I just hit mute

No need to sicken myself by listening to Dumbya say the same old shit he's said over and over.

[EFerrari]

106. Good idea. I can't listen to him. n/t

[Bluebear]

108. Jazz hands!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=5632225&mesg_id=5632225

[Moochy]

110. For those who dont clickthrough

:rofl: jazz hands...

[EFerrari]

112. LOL!

I have to send that to my bro. He's a sax guy.

:rofl:

[Lasher]

111. I'm using this to help follow the proceedings

CURRENT HOUSE FLOOR PROCEEDINGS http://clerk.house.gov/floorsummary/floor.html

[EFerrari]

113. That's awesome, Lasher!

I do the same here in San Francisco. When the Supervisors' offices are too busy to update me, I call the Clerk's Office. They know their stuff. :)

[EFerrari]

115. Should we start a new thread or just shot the television? n/t

[Moochy]

116. Kill your Television

!! I read that on a bumper sticker !!

[EFerrari]

120. Blow up your TV

Blow up your tv

She was a level-headed dancer on the road to alcohol
I was just a soldier on my way to Montreal

Well, she pressed her chest against me
About the time the jukebox broke
She give me a peck on the back of the neck
And these are the words she spoke

Blow Up Your TV, throw away your paper
Go to the country, build you a home

Plant a little garden, eat a lot of peaches
Try and find Jesus on your own

I sat there at the table and I acted real naive
Cause I knew that topless lady, she had something up her sleeve
She danced around the room awhile and she did the hoochy cooch
Yea sing a song all night long tellin' me what to do

Blow Up Your TV, throw away your paper
Go to the country, build you a home

Plant a little garden, eat a lot of peaches
Try and find Jesus on your own

But I was young and hungry and about to leave that place
Just as I was going she looked me in the face

I said "You must know the answer"
She said "No, but I'll give it a try"
And to this day we've been livin' our way
Here is the reason why

We blew up the TV, threw away the paper
Went to the country, built us a home

Had a lotta children, fed 'em on peaches
They all found Jesus on their own

[Moochy]

117. What are these guys using to stay awake?

Coffee? Coke? Tea? Red Bull? When was the last time this many elderly crooks were up this late?

[Lasher]

118. Jolt? I think they quit making Jolt. (EOM)

[EFerrari]

119. It's the Spirit of the Season.

lol

[Lasher]

121. Rep Spratt just told it like it is

Cuts in Medicade & student loans to pay for tax cuts for the rich.

[EFerrari]

122. I'm older than dirt and don't remember ever seeing

such raw greed in our Congress.

It's like a vector in the environment. :(

[Lasher]

123. I've never seen it this bad either

and I'm almost 57. It's not only Congress either, this greed is widespread. How many times have you been subjected to repuke screams of "MY MONEY!! MY MONEY!!" when they're slobbering for more and more tax cuts for the rich?

[EFerrari]

125. We've become Guatemala.

So much for The Great Society.

Remember National Lampoon's "Radio TV Dinners" --


"Gracefully surrender the things of youth,
clean air, Taiwan . . ."

[nofurylike]

124. perfect words for it, sfexpat2000. "like a vector in the environment."

yes.


peace

[Lasher]

126. What an asshole!

That repuke just bragged that unemployment is 5%, lower than the average of the last 3 decades. Wonder if he knows it was 3.8% when Dumbya took office? http://ibew.org/legislative/Rev042304-JustFacts.pdf

Rep Hoyer is killing him now with the FACTS

Hey, I'm listening, Rep McDermott! I'm awake!

[EFerrari]

127. Hoyer is awesome.

And, here's Jim McDermott again.

We're awake, Jim!

[joanski0]

128. That's what I wanted to tell him.

We're awake and watching the destruction of democracy.

[EFerrari]

129. Tonight I learned something, though.

Spratt and Hoyer are both news to me. We have some responsible, tough and good fighters on our side. Let's support them in any way we can.

[EFerrari]

130. New thread here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x5633552

[nofurylike]

131. THANK YOU, ALL, for these threads and camaraderie!! peace! eom