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MarkusQ writes "A few days ago a bi-partisan bill (PDF) to create a searchable on-line database of government contracts, grants, insurance, loans, financial assistance, earmarks and other such pork was put on 'secret hold' using a procedure that does not appear to be mentioned in the Constitution or in the Senate bylaws. This raised the ire of bloggers left and right and started an all out bi-partisan effort to expose the culprit by process of elimination. As it turns out it was our old friend the right honorable Senator from Alaska, Mr. 'Series of Tubes', Ted 'Bridge to Nowhere' Stevens."
Mr. Stevens put the bill on hold while waiting for the Internet sent by his staff member.
I believe he'll still be waiting when hell freezes over.
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I say we put Senator Stevens on double-secret probation.
No folly is more costly than the folly of intolerant idealism. - Winston Churchill
It's hard to keep an accurate count, the variable keeps overflowing.
The smoke is not from cigarettes, I know because I toured the Capitol Building. The smoke is actually from the candles light the place. The candles produce a lot of smoke because instead of being composed primarily of wax they're made of torn pieces of the Constitution, Bill of Rights and the Declaration of Independence.
Just to illustrate a little further where Sen. Stevens' priorities (and shame) lie, remember that this is the man who said, when the Senate voted NOT to allow drilling in ANWR earlier this year, that it was the "saddest day of his life." Remember also that his wife died in a plane crash in 1978.
Now, maybe his wife was a very nasty person, but when an 83-year old man thinks that the saddest day of his life is not getting Exxon into a wildlife preserve....
Damnit. And that was at the top of my Netflix queue.
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- Senator Stevens
Have you ever been to a turkish prison?
You've never been married, have you?
The Senator from Alaska is the primary funding assistance for the GOP candidate for the US Senate in WA State, too.
They're trying to sneak under the radar and pretend they're moderate, but they're not.
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put on 'secret hold' using a procedure that does not appear to be mentioned in the Constitution
Actually, it is, but it's a secret. It's printed on the back, in invisible ink, next to the map....
Some bring out the best in others, some the worst. Some bring out far more.
"Its a quid pro quo type of "good old boy" agreement among those in the majority parties."
There, I fixed your spelling mistake.
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Absolute power is kinda neat.
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double secret hold.
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Remember the government serves the people, not vice versa.
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That is actually a great idea, but it doesn't seem to work that way. You don't live here, do you?
On the other hand, you have bloggers. The name alone says enough about their power, prestige and effectiveness.
I'd say the scores are more like: Bloggers 1, Smoke-filled room 9,000,000,000.
... and then they built the supercollider.