The White Man's Burden--The House

++I'm tempted to rant after a run-in this morning with a fat, short, rich white man who backs the "Cooch" in Virginia's governor's race. But I must try to rehabilitate the reputation of white males, who have brought this country to its knees.

++Last night's booze fest at the House was amazing. Nancy Pelosi celebrated her fiftieth wedding anniversary so she stayed away. So, the tea baggers egged on by Calgary Cruz, who undercut Speaker Boehner decided their "compromise" would be to postpone Obamacare's exchanges set to launch October 1,end taxes on medical devices and allow companies to invoke a "conscience clause" to avoid providing coverage for contraceptives. Remember this is all for only two months of funding.

++The House has had since last March to prepare a funding bill and they haven't done it. The current CR by the House would add $50 billion to the deficit. What is it with the GOP that everything they propose always adds to the deficit without producing anything for the American people.

++The President and Harry Reid said "Nix,Pix". Dead on Arrival in the Senate. So the government will shut down for the first time since the mid-1990s. The irony is that the federal government is almost exactly the same size now as then. 800,000 federal employees will be furloughed. It is unclear whether they would get back pay when they return to work. 

++An employee at DOJ told me he is half-tempted to fill up his van of criminals and drop them off at the Capital if the government shuts down. He,however, is an essential employee.

++Tipsy House Republicans boasted their act was like the passengers storming the hijackers on 9-11. More like Al Qaeda seeking the destruction of the U.S. economy. 

++John Boehner, who has totally lost control of the House,complained that President Obama negotiates with Putin and Rouhani but not him. The difference is that the House is threatening to blow up the world economy and they aren't. 

++Paul Ryan proclaimed last night that Obama would in fact negotiate over the debt ceiling. Please, President Obama, don't. Call the Congressional leaders in and sign it in front of them. Let the courts decide and let the House do what they have always wanted--impeach the first black President. Let the world know what a menace the House is.

++I have told conservatives that their fascists are so inept,they couldn't even create an Autobohn. 

++The sabotage of the American economy by the GOP has been awesome. Mark this day. We have 7.3% unemployment--maybe the last two days when we actually will know the economic figures of the country. If President Obama's Jobs Act had not been filibustered,we would be enjoying a 5.8% unemployment rate and estimates are that it would be 5.0% by 2014.  In other words,the economy would have completely healed by next year and the economy would have soared. With the House antics,it is very unlikely that this would ever occur.

++The civil war within the Republican Party will cause massive collateral damage to the country. Progressives are kidding themselves if they think they can overcome gerrymandering and voter suppression to take back the House. The only way the poison can be purged from the system, is if high-rollers and normal Republicans start waging primary fights against tea baggers. The Koch Brothers' wing of the GOP has to be defeated from within. Consider this awful fact--155 GOP congress critters will not be facing any opponent in the next Congressional election.