Government by extortion.

[deminks]

"Gimme tax cut extensions for the rich, or the unemployed get it"

"Gimme what I want, or the world economy gets it"




Pass a clean bill to raise the debt ceiling, and stop the congressional terrorists.

[Skink]

1. There has got to be something in the patriot act we can use.

[Ruby the Liberal]

3. Ironically there is - within Homeland Security

See: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x1616780

[AzDar]

2. K & R

:kick:

[IndianaJoe]

4. Follow the money

The Tea Party is just a front for the Koch Brothers and Dick Armey. Add a dash of Fox News, Glenn Beck, and Jim DeMint and the rest of them are just a bunch of screwy zanies.

We do need to do something about them, however. There are around 60 of them in the House. Unfortunately 36 of these come from the Old South, so they're liable to be around a while. The rest of them, however, we can possibly target and get rid of.

Here's the list:

The Old South (36 Members)

Sandy Adams, Florida
Joe Barton, Texas
Gus Bilirakis, Florida
Robert Aderholt, Alabama
Diane Black, Tennessee
Michael C. Burgess, Texas
Paul Broun, Georgia
Rodney Alexander, Louisiana
John Carter, Texas
Bill Cassidy, Louisiana
Howard Coble, North Carolina
Ander Crenshaw, Florida
John Culberson, Texas
Jeff Duncan, South Carolina
Blake Farenthold, Texas
Stephen Fincher, Tennessee
John Fleming, Louisiana
Phil Gingrey, Georgia
Louie Gohmert, Texas
Jeff Landry, Louisiana
Kenny Marchant, Texas
Mick Mulvaney, South Carolina
Randy Neugebauer, Texas
Rich Nugent, Florida
Ted Poe, Texas
Tom Price, Georgia
Phil Roe, Tennessee
Dennis Ross, Florida
Steve Scalise, Louisiana
Tim Scott, South Carolina
Pete Sessions, Texas
Lamar Smith, Texas
Cliff Stearns, Florida
Allen West, Florida
Lynn Westmoreland, Georgia
Joe Wilson, South Carolina

The North (6 Members)

Michele Bachmann, Minnesota, Chairman
Dan Burton, Indiana
Mike Pence, Indiana
Tim Walberg, Michigan
Joe Walsh, Illinois
Steve King, Iowa

Border States (8 Members)

Todd Akin, Missouri
Roscoe Bartlett, Maryland
Vicky Hartzler, Missouri
Adrian Smith, Nebraska
David McKinley, West Virginia
Blaine Luetkemeyer, Missouri
Tim Huelskamp, Kansas
Lynn Jenkins, Kansas

The Mountain West (7 Members)

Rob Bishop, Utah
Mike Coffman, Colorado
Trent Franks, Arizona
Wally Herger, California
Doug Lamborn, Colorado
Steve Pearce, New Mexico
Denny Rehberg, Montana

Pacific Coast (3 Members)

Tom McClintock, California
Gary Miller, California
Ed Royce, California

[HereSince1628]

5. A week ago I thought a clean bill was possible, I don't think that so much now.

The brinksmanship is working.

[MyshkinCommaPrince]

6. Based on what I've read...

...many on the Right believe that government is extortion. I doubt it originated with her, but I believe it's in Ayn Rand. Government, the idea runs, has a monopoly on the use of force. It should be considered inherently violent and bullying. As with many RW ideas, perhaps there's some sort of inversion of ideas from the Left involved. "Property is theft" is converted into "government is theft". Looking at it this way, they seem to decide that government has no moral authority and is an abomination which must be fought, undermined, or subverted at every turn and by any means possible. So they feel absolutely untroubled about becoming part of government in order to use their power to destroy that government.

[RobertSeattle]

7. The Grand Old Extortion Party.