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kpete (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 09:58 AM Original message |
Grrrrrrrrrrrr - Dems Kill Minimum Wage Increases |
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NightWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 09:59 AM Response to Original message |
1. so they accomplished nothing???? |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 10:13 AM Response to Reply #1 |
27. They caved in 100% and accomplished NOTHING. |
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liberaldemocrat7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 03:13 PM Response to Reply #27 |
67. Do you want the minimum wage increased? Go here http://wage.dmocrats.org/ |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 11:10 AM Response to Reply #1 |
49. A-yup. nm |
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MH1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 12:00 PM Response to Reply #1 |
53. Actually that is NOT the way I read it. |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-25-07 09:16 AM Response to Reply #53 |
74. you've got it right. some folks would rather continue to beat up on Democrats |
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AndyA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 09:59 AM Response to Original message |
2. If this is true, Pelosi is fast becoming an enemy, just like Bush is an enemy |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 10:00 AM Response to Original message |
3. So they gave him EVERYTHING he wanted |
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NightWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 10:01 AM Response to Reply #3 |
7. not even a speedbump |
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IChing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 10:06 AM Response to Reply #3 |
20. OH, shit I wake up and see even worse shit |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 10:00 AM Response to Original message |
4. Full impunity? I don't think so |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 10:04 AM Original message |
I agree. I'm guessing that was the plan. |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 10:04 AM Response to Reply #4 |
17. There won't be any whirlwind for a Bush veto. The people who ought |
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spooky3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 10:36 AM Response to Reply #4 |
37. I totally agree. |
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liberal N proud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 10:01 AM Response to Original message |
5. The Congress does not represent the people of the United States |
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enfield collector (821 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 01:36 PM Response to Reply #5 |
58. I totally agree |
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NotGivingUp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 02:15 PM Response to Reply #5 |
60. exactly. nt |
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n2doc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 10:01 AM Response to Original message |
6. Oh for the love of god...Why? |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 10:01 AM Response to Original message |
8. Let him veto the mimiumum wage |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 10:07 AM Response to Reply #8 |
24. Bush is insane |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 10:42 AM Response to Reply #24 |
38. He's Not the Only One! He's a Vector Spreading Insanity Across the Globe |
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wakeme2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 10:02 AM Response to Original message |
9. He will vote the minimum wage and blame it on the |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 10:02 AM Response to Original message |
10. Mark this day on your calendar. |
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Individualist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 10:03 AM Response to Original message |
11. I'm not at all surprised. |
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gravity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 10:03 AM Response to Original message |
12. Shouldn't minimum wage be it's own bill? |
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Nicholas D Wolfwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 10:15 AM Response to Reply #12 |
30. Repugs won't pass it without a crazy tax cut. |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 02:25 PM Response to Reply #30 |
63. That's the reason why it was attached to Iraq funding |
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OregonBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 10:03 AM Response to Original message |
13. I understand that it is two votes but will go to the Senate as one bill which will go to |
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Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 10:04 AM Response to Original message |
14. her talk is empty if this is the best she can do- * is on |
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bigscott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 10:07 AM Response to Reply #14 |
22. the new congress |
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Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 10:12 AM Response to Reply #22 |
26. 'new improved ' but when you come right down |
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Clovis Sangrail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 10:04 AM Response to Original message |
15. I thought they were being submitted as a single bill |
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wakeme2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 10:04 AM Response to Original message |
16. kick and nom nt |
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Neecy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 10:06 AM Response to Original message |
18. gee, what more can they hand Bush? |
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durablend (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 03:16 PM Response to Reply #18 |
68. How about a diamond encrusted gold crown |
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Beelzebud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 10:06 AM Response to Original message |
19. Reid and Pelosi BOTH have got to go. They are USELESS. |
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MessiahRp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 10:11 AM Response to Reply #19 |
25. I agree that Pelosi and Reid need to go and NOW |
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Nite Owl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 10:07 AM Response to Original message |
21. Can't find the link but |
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magellan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 10:07 AM Response to Original message |
23. WTF?!?! |
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snappyturtle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 10:16 AM Response to Reply #23 |
31. I think they just DO it...no protocol, no rules and definitely |
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MLFerrell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 10:14 AM Response to Original message |
28. I worked for five years to get THIS bunch of fucks elected? |
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IronLionZion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 10:15 AM Response to Original message |
29. What makes you think he'll veto it? |
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Roxy66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 10:17 AM Response to Original message |
32. If he vetos it.... He will look like an ASS |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 10:18 AM Response to Reply #32 |
34. We all know he's not afraid of doing that... |
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bamacrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 10:18 AM Response to Original message |
33. BOOO Crappy politicians..... |
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Gregorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 10:32 AM Response to Original message |
35. No wonder Congress elected to go to war in Iraq;. |
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Ganja Ninja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 10:33 AM Response to Original message |
36. "Thank You Sir! May I have another?" n/t |
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Mark Twain Girl (410 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 10:58 AM Response to Reply #36 |
42. Lordy, yes, no kidding... n/t |
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ananda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 10:53 AM Response to Original message |
39. It's a one party corporate state dictatorship. |
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Perky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 10:55 AM Response to Original message |
40. I understtod this was an amendemnt and not a a seperate measure. |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 10:57 AM Response to Original message |
41. Put the Republicans on the record on the minimum wage. |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 11:00 AM Response to Reply #41 |
45. You think so? With which voting demographic(s)? |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 11:09 AM Response to Reply #45 |
48. It is just another bit of evidence that the Republicans don't care |
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MrPrax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 01:30 PM Response to Reply #41 |
57. How? |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 10:59 AM Response to Original message |
43. What the Democrats miserably fail to grasp is that the 2006 Election results |
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Bake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 11:00 AM Response to Original message |
44. If it had been in the war spending bill |
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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 02:15 PM Response to Reply #44 |
61. I totally agree. With the "sweeteners" removed it makes it much easier to vote |
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sakabatou (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 11:01 AM Response to Original message |
46. WTF?! |
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Blue_Roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 11:06 AM Response to Original message |
47. It doesn't say that they took this out anywhere in the article |
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Blue_Roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 11:58 AM Response to Reply #47 |
52. Here's the bill |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 11:32 AM Response to Original message |
50. They're as useless as tits on a bull. |
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memory (163 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
51. They are focused on 08 |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 12:03 PM Response to Original message |
54. The minimum wage increase, as desirable as it is, should NEVER have been in the bill |
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TNOE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 12:04 PM Response to Original message |
55. Bastards. |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
56. We can't even get minimum wage increases for the poorest of the |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 01:47 PM Response to Original message |
59. ugh! |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
62. Unbelievable- even I didn't think it would get this bad |
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peaches2003 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
64. Reason there are TWO bills |
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boobooday (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
65. This makes me sick |
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Megahurtz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 02:40 PM Response to Original message |
66. Woo HOO!!!!!! |
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OneBlueSky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 03:26 PM Response to Original message |
69. "force a September debate" ????? . . . |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
70. Huh? It sounds like *McDermott* is ready to cave! |
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Herman74 (429 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 06:38 PM Response to Original message |
71. I don't think The Chimp will veto the minimum wage increase... |
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Polemicist (299 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-25-07 09:10 AM Response to Original message |
72. Naw, the minimum wage is still part of the deal... |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-25-07 09:15 AM Response to Original message |
73. That is INCORRECT... |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-25-07 09:18 AM Response to Reply #73 |
75. is it possible for folks to read and think before bashing the party? |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-25-07 09:19 AM Response to Reply #75 |
76. one of several that are incorrect.. |
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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-25-07 09:43 AM Response to Original message |
77. Time to impeach the whole effing Government. All of them. |
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