(2009-10-13) — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid ended days of speculation this morning by releasing the text of a so-called “Trojan Horse” bill which he’ll use to bypass Republican filibuster attempts, amending it later to include the full text of the Democrat health care reform legislation.
The “vapor bill” would ban “concealed, or open, carry of any farm implement comprised of sequential, lateral, equidistant metal tines mounted on a wooden pole anywhere within the District of Columbia, or within 1,000 yards of any government office building in the United States.”
“Given the way this session of Congress has gone,” said Sen. Reid, “I feel confident that a pitchfork ban will enjoy wide, bipartisan support, and provide the ideal platform on which to affix our health care reform amendment.”
Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-KY, called the measure “a cynical move by Democrats who know that Republican Senators will always vote to protect the American people, especially to protect those precious few who answered the call to serve their nation as legislators.”
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1 boberinyetagain // Oct 13, 2009 at 2:41 pm
Ah, the "precious few" indeed! Very good
2 onlineanalyst // Oct 13, 2009 at 6:58 pm
Ah, Scott, that dig had the perfect pitch.
Reid wants to make hay where there is no sunshine.
3 Beerme // Oct 13, 2009 at 10:06 pm
As long as there's Snowe in Maine, no trickery will be needed. Too bad Winter's here!
4 Obamacare to increase cost, Who’s Benefiting? « Moonbat Patrol // Oct 13, 2009 at 7:01 pm
[...] Reid Unveils “Trojan Horse” Bill To Contain Health Reform ScrappleFace [...]
5 onlineanalyst // Oct 13, 2009 at 11:33 pm
What is this call of history that Snowe apparently is responding to? Is she hearing voices in her head?
Seriously, NO fiscally ignorant person, regardless of party, should be serving on the Finance Committee.
Is our Congress so unaware that the dollar has been relegated out of its reserve currency status? (Check out the Drudge Report red headline story.) The "stimulus bill" and Bernanke's Fed policies have been attributed to the continuing decline of the dollar.
And we want to add Cap and Tax, as well as a federal "health-care" bill to this idiocy?
6 camojack // Oct 14, 2009 at 5:37 am
“Given the way this session of Congress has gone,” said Sen. Reid, “I feel confident that a pitchfork ban will enjoy wide, bipartisan support, and provide the ideal platform on which to affix our health care reform amendment.”
I think they'll add a provision regarding torches, too…
7 boberinyetagain // Oct 14, 2009 at 12:06 pm
Don't forget the tar and feathers! Might want to ban those too
8 Hawkeye_R // Oct 14, 2009 at 12:39 pm
I hear Obama T-shirts aren't selling as well as they used to either.
9 boberinyetagain // Oct 14, 2009 at 12:47 pm
Everyone already has one?
10 Hawkeye_R // Oct 14, 2009 at 1:05 pm
(:D)
11 ScrappleFace // Oct 14, 2009 at 1:51 pm
I don't recall deleting any petroleum or poultry.
12 boberinyetagain // Oct 14, 2009 at 2:00 pm
Apparently you didn't. I posted the comment and went away. When i came back it was gone which inspired the deletion post. I went away again and when I cam back, the post I thought was deleted was back…so I deleted the deletion post.
Confused yet? Me too…because your post about not deleting it was not there (here) until long after all of this happened…and I'd already deleted the comment you just replied to…
My head hurts…too much thinking…never good for you (me)
13 Reid’s Trojan Horse « Justbkuz // Oct 14, 2009 at 1:51 pm
[...] Now satirist Scott Ott reveals the Trojan Horse bill the Senate is sure to vote for: [...]
14 JamesonLewis3rd // Oct 14, 2009 at 7:32 pm
OT:
MLK and Limbaugh.
15 onlineanalyst // Oct 14, 2009 at 11:15 pm
OT: Obama takes away the missile shield in Poland and the Czech Republic. He sends SoS Hillary over to continue the "smart power" reset button, and here is what Russia has to say:
http://hotair.com/archives/2009/10/14/russian-sec...
All of the big boys on the world stage, whether foe or ally (and we are losing those latter fast) have Barry the Ineffectual figured out. Maybe some of them laundered campaign funds to put him into office.
Our Adolescent Emperor is driving us into bankruptcy with his fascistic takeover of huge sectors in our economy and leaving wide gaps in our national security.
16 JamesonLewis3rd // Oct 15, 2009 at 11:54 pm
On October 14th, President Obama observed the auspicious holiday of Diwali, or festival of lights, in the East Room of the White House.
17 onlineanalyst // Oct 16, 2009 at 3:28 am
Anita Dunn, the WH spokeswoman who fired off the criticisms of Fox News, is captured on video, speaking to the high school graduation, where she expounds on her admiration of Chairman Mao's philosophy..
http://hotair.com/archives/2009/10/15/video-fox-b...
Bill Ayers is on record espousing the philosophy of Mao over Marx.
There is a reason why I refer to our own Dear Leader as ObaMAO. I have judged him by the company that he surrounds himself with.
18 The Party of Not Just No - Socrates’s blog - RedState // Oct 17, 2009 at 10:32 am
[...] is to be avoided. We should instead be the Party of Not Just No, But (Mabel, Grab My Pitchfork) [...]
19 Brian Gallimore // Oct 18, 2009 at 5:45 pm
ahhh, the IntenseDebates plugin at work I see!
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