By DaysWithDave
Published: March 22, 2010
Riding high after he scored his historic win with the House passage of the Senate Health Care Reform bill, HR 4872, the Reconciliation Act of 2010, Obama quickly launched into his next domestic priority with the March Madness Correction Bill.
The President’s new priority is aimed at helping the millions of Americans that are still employed participating in office pools for the 2010 NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship Tournament, as well as the unemployed betting on college games through a bookie or online gambling.
“Millions of Americans have participated this year in this annual pastime of filling out a sixty-four slot bracket to predict who will win the NCAA men’s basketball championship,” Obama said to reporters after commenting on the House’s courage in moving the cause of universal health care coverage forward.
“We promised the country change,” the President went on and added, “and we delivered that change today. Now it’s time to move on to other issues the American people are deeply concerned about, as am I.”
President Obama then shocked the press pool by announcing that his next congressional priority will be to have Congress overturn some of the results of the first 4 days of the 2010 to help ease many Americans’ psyche’s as well as give them a fresh start at winning their office pools.
Obama went into campaign mode and offered, “I know many Americans are hurting right now. I’m hurting. I picked both Kansas and Villanova to be in the Final Four in my bracket. I know that many of you also picked these two teams to make it to the Final Four. I know the majority of all office pool participants picked the Jayhawks to win it all. That’s why I’m calling on Congress to pass legislation overturning the results of the games affecting most of America.”
Adding to the urgency of his call the President demanded that Congress pass this legislation by the time he returns from Asia as, “the Sweet Sixteen starts this Thursday and the American People are counting on us to get this done.”
President Obama appears to have close to a plurality of support in the House but is yet again going to have to deal with the Democrat’s Pro-Life wing led by their figurehead, Bart Stupak of Michigan.
Representative Stupak said in a press conference, “Although I agree with President Obama that the majority of the American people are suffering with the shocking losses by several top seeds in this year’s March Madness office pools, I can’t get behind this bill without the assurance that no current participant in the tournament be allowed to have or order an abortion.”
Republicans have already come out in opposition to Obama’s latest agenda. Minority Leader John Boehner was the first to speak up saying, “The American people are against this socialization of American Collegiate sports. If Democrats insist on altering the office pool brackets of proud Americans they will find themselves out of jobs come November.”
DaysWithDave is a contributing writer to The Internets.
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Monday, March 22, 2010
Thursday, February 25, 2010
GOP Unanimous In Their Criticism Following Health Care Summit
By DaysWithDave
Published: February 25, 2010
Following the unprecedented Health Care Reform summit today involving members of both parties of the House and Senate and the White House and its administration, Republicans were in lock step in their criticisms of the event.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R) was the first to speak in the Republican response and immediately pounced on a point he made earlier during the summit that, “Obama got to speak for 438 minutes while we only got to speak for 52 minutes. As Dr. Coburn and Dr. Barrasso pointed out as doctors, one needs to listen when it comes to health care. This was just another photo op that the Democrat president seems to prefer over actual bipartisanship.”
House Minority Leader John Boehner was the next to speak in the GOP response and reiterated complaints that he and other Republicans brought up earlier in the day. He recalled the complaint that Democrats are not listening to the party that was voted out of power. “I’ve gone around to my constituency and beyond and everyone is telling me the same thing,” Boehner said, “We don’t want this bill that was watered down to mean nothing as far as actual reform is concerned. They want us to scrap this bill and start from scratch so that the status quo is kept in place. The current bill is as popular as a sardine sundae, heh, heh.”
Many of the GOP leadership as well as other big named Republicans got a chance to speak. One of those names was Arizona Senator Jon Kyl. Kyl seemed to show the most anger when he stated that, “This was a total waste. This was just another attempt to have the Democrat party say to us, ‘Vote for out plan or shut up.' This wasn’t a bipartisanship event; it was a high profile event to play politics. The American people deserve better than this.”
Many of the remaining speakers on the GOP side cited Obama and the Democrat party’s lack of tax cuts in their plan.
Mike Enzi (R) of Wyoming hammered the point home when he asked, “How are people going to pay for this bloated, government controlled health plan when they’re paying higher taxes to pay for illegal immigrants’ free health care and their abortions?”
The Democrats as well as the White House have not yet responded as of this filing.
DaysWithDave is a contributing writer to The Internets.
Published: February 25, 2010
Following the unprecedented Health Care Reform summit today involving members of both parties of the House and Senate and the White House and its administration, Republicans were in lock step in their criticisms of the event.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R) was the first to speak in the Republican response and immediately pounced on a point he made earlier during the summit that, “Obama got to speak for 438 minutes while we only got to speak for 52 minutes. As Dr. Coburn and Dr. Barrasso pointed out as doctors, one needs to listen when it comes to health care. This was just another photo op that the Democrat president seems to prefer over actual bipartisanship.”
House Minority Leader John Boehner was the next to speak in the GOP response and reiterated complaints that he and other Republicans brought up earlier in the day. He recalled the complaint that Democrats are not listening to the party that was voted out of power. “I’ve gone around to my constituency and beyond and everyone is telling me the same thing,” Boehner said, “We don’t want this bill that was watered down to mean nothing as far as actual reform is concerned. They want us to scrap this bill and start from scratch so that the status quo is kept in place. The current bill is as popular as a sardine sundae, heh, heh.”
Many of the GOP leadership as well as other big named Republicans got a chance to speak. One of those names was Arizona Senator Jon Kyl. Kyl seemed to show the most anger when he stated that, “This was a total waste. This was just another attempt to have the Democrat party say to us, ‘Vote for out plan or shut up.' This wasn’t a bipartisanship event; it was a high profile event to play politics. The American people deserve better than this.”
Many of the remaining speakers on the GOP side cited Obama and the Democrat party’s lack of tax cuts in their plan.
Mike Enzi (R) of Wyoming hammered the point home when he asked, “How are people going to pay for this bloated, government controlled health plan when they’re paying higher taxes to pay for illegal immigrants’ free health care and their abortions?”
The Democrats as well as the White House have not yet responded as of this filing.
DaysWithDave is a contributing writer to The Internets.
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
President Obama To Address Joint Session Of Congress In Controversial Speech. Will Encourage Members of Congress To Stay In School And Work Hard.
By DaysWithDave
Published: September 8, 2009
Washington D.C. – In a controversial move President Barack Obama is going to address a joint session of Congress to welcome them back from their summer vacation. The speech has been planned for some time to give Congress a boost and encourage them to stay in school and reach their potential but some conservative critics have attacked the President’s motives for such an unprecedented speech.
Jim Greer, Chair of the Florida GOP has been one of the most vociferous critics of the President’s planned address.
“I believe it’s an unconstitutional waste of tax payer’s money to intrude on Congress to try and force his Socialist views on our elected representatives,” said Greer.
Critics have zeroed in on Obama’s suggested Socialist mandate that was initially proposed to be delivered to both houses of Congress to encourage them to write suggestions on how Obama could best achieve his goal to make America a Socialist country in the mold of France-Russia. To ease some of the concerns about Obama’s speech his administration have changed the suggested mandate to now ask members of Congress to write letters to themselves about their own goals.
Excerpts of President Obama’s address to the joint session of Congress have been released and they appear to reflect the changes brought about by the latest uproar over an Obama controversy.
“No one’s born being good at things, you become good at things through hard work. It’s the same with legislating. You might have to read a bill a few times before you understand it, or propose a few amendments before it’s good enough to send to the floor”
…………..
“Don’t be afraid to ask questions. Don’t be afraid to ask for help. Your government and constituents are here to help you. Help you make the right decisions. Both myself and my wife, Michelle, learned early on the value of education and how to strive for a higher goal. If you stay in school and try hard you too can rise up and be President some day like I was able to do.”
DaysWithDave is a contributing writer to The Internets.
Published: September 8, 2009
Washington D.C. – In a controversial move President Barack Obama is going to address a joint session of Congress to welcome them back from their summer vacation. The speech has been planned for some time to give Congress a boost and encourage them to stay in school and reach their potential but some conservative critics have attacked the President’s motives for such an unprecedented speech.
Jim Greer, Chair of the Florida GOP has been one of the most vociferous critics of the President’s planned address.
“I believe it’s an unconstitutional waste of tax payer’s money to intrude on Congress to try and force his Socialist views on our elected representatives,” said Greer.
Critics have zeroed in on Obama’s suggested Socialist mandate that was initially proposed to be delivered to both houses of Congress to encourage them to write suggestions on how Obama could best achieve his goal to make America a Socialist country in the mold of France-Russia. To ease some of the concerns about Obama’s speech his administration have changed the suggested mandate to now ask members of Congress to write letters to themselves about their own goals.
Excerpts of President Obama’s address to the joint session of Congress have been released and they appear to reflect the changes brought about by the latest uproar over an Obama controversy.
“No one’s born being good at things, you become good at things through hard work. It’s the same with legislating. You might have to read a bill a few times before you understand it, or propose a few amendments before it’s good enough to send to the floor”
…………..
“Don’t be afraid to ask questions. Don’t be afraid to ask for help. Your government and constituents are here to help you. Help you make the right decisions. Both myself and my wife, Michelle, learned early on the value of education and how to strive for a higher goal. If you stay in school and try hard you too can rise up and be President some day like I was able to do.”
DaysWithDave is a contributing writer to The Internets.
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