GAH, it’s 12:37 a.m. and Harry Reid’s up there saying, “You know, none of these amendments have been passed, I don’t think any of them are going to be,” etc., he is tired, but he runs marathons, so whatever. Now Mitch McConnell is back, saying of course Republicans only want to “improve” the bill, which the Senate already passed. Jim Bunning has just proposed an amendment … for some water? He wants water. They must have ORDER. (Everybody just starts coughing and yawning when Bunning appears, because he is not only an idiot, but he is hated by both Republicans and Democrats.) Anyway, he will help wealthy old people opt out of Communist Medicare. What?
Man what is wrong with these people.
Do you want to watch CSPAN, and enjoy this with us, in the night?
ALSO: Do not leave the web video from CSPAN going while the DirecTV CSPAN is going because it’s off by five or ten seconds and GAH just don’t do that. Here’s a Washington Post article that is sort of about whatever is going on here, good night.
UPDATE: It’s 2 a.m. now, in Washington. Which senator will be the first to keel over dead? That’s the point, right? That causes a “recess,” by arcane Senate procedural rules, we think, maybe? And every Republican amendment is tabled or defeated or whatever, and Max Baucus just says the same thing after every one, “This violates section something-something,” and then it fails, the end, forever and ever, amen.
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“Enjoy”? Ken, you need another scotch.
It’s only 12:37 AM on the elite liberal east coast.
Isn’t it like 5 PM or something where you are, Ken?
It’s one in the afternoon here in Singapore. Usually Congress has finished looking stupid at this point in the day, but keep it up guys. “Freedom” is still on the list of non-exportable commodities to this part of the world, thanks to this kind of quality craftsmanship.
Well, looks like the seismic social change part is over, and we’re back to business as usual.
Ahem-
FUCK ALL OF THESE DINGBAT REPUBLICANS IN THEIR DROOPY FUCKING ASSES
What’s the point of holding this bill up exactly? The actual healthcare bill already passed and was signed into law.
Night Y’all.
[re=540053]BarackMyWorld[/re]: Point? There was supposed to be a point? Somebody alert McConnell.
Now it’s on to an amendment regarding the gay-marriage-pay-as-you-
gaygo act.[re=540053]BarackMyWorld[/re]: If they could get the Dems to pass any of the poison pills, the entire bill would have to go back to the House. Again.
Keep ‘em up all night, Harry, and make it hurt in the morning. That Harry Reid — I never thought I’d say this — but he’s a badass.
Ken, can you tell us exactly where the testicle repository which the Democrats seem to have suddenly located, is located? I’m guessing it’s Pelosi’s office…
I’m watching right now. Hey, where’s all the black people?
a registered sex offender with no viagra is like a teabagger with no sidearm. NO ONE CARES YOU’RE JUST CREEPY.
It’s like watching paint dry. No, it’s more like watching dry paint peel.
[re=540061]SayItWithWookies[/re]: maybe he realized that leading with your balls(after pelosi and barry did the hard part) is a better play than kicking sporadically whilst balled up into the fetal position.
Can’t wait to see this on the History Channel Documentary “Great Moments In American Democracy: the Bloopers”
I <3 Ken. Unfortunately, it’s late AZ time and I have a date with Miles Edgeworth.
[re=540074]Hooray For Anything[/re]: complete with GOP SAD TROMBONE SOUND.
Vitter: “mobile mammography”. Heh!
Mobile mammography times 3! Nice work, Vitter.
11:14 in California and Al Franken is serving as President of the Senate while David Vitter introduces an amendment allowing mobile mammography units to buy gas without paying the federal fuel excise tax. Max Baucus moves to table the amendment. The Senate clerk performs what seems to be a roll call voice vote. imissopus munches a tasty Granny Smith apple and contemplates the possibility that he has absolutely no life and may never get laid again.
[re=540080]imissopus[/re]: Yeah, what a weird scene, with Franken with the gavel and Diaperman squeaking some lie.
[re=540081]Ken Layne[/re]: [re=540080]imissopus[/re]: Now is the time for a Dem Senator to propose that all Senators must wear their nappies on the outside, á la Vitter…
[re=540076]obfuscator[/re]: I’m still waiting to see which Republican member of the Senate gets something kicked at his balls. My money’s on McCain
Franken doesn’t know how to adjourn. Why are they letting this junior Senator run the place?
[re=540081]Ken Layne[/re]: I came back to it just now to see Harry Reid moving to adjourn. Holy Christ does he look tired, and they’re reconvening in seven hours. This has to be another sign of our government’s dysfunctionality when seventy-year-old men are still wearing suits and working at three in the morning.
The Sen from Rhodes Island just demanded a Quorum count – so how many of the ReThugs have gone off to suck cock in the Gent’s lavatories?
And they still haven’t left. Something about “the absence of a quorum” was suggested.
If I remember my _Purgatorio_ correctly, No-Balls Reid and Seat-for-Life-Regardless Pelosi have only 117,000 years (each) left to serve in Limbo before they accumulate the karma of a wood louse, or stingless bee. Then they can start working their way back up to the the shining tower of warm-blooded-ness. With the President pushing with two chicken feathers and the proles pulling with a chain winch, what the hell do these gutless turds merit, the Silver Star? Why did things even get to this point?
Starvation is averted; the shit sandwich has arrived. But for the love of Saint George let’s not start singing the praises of Reid and Pelosi. If a slightly less useless alternative existed in either case, I’d contribute in his or her favor. There are no Dinos in foxholes.
Really, fuck Harry Reid right in the ear, in particular. Frisco will un-ass Pelosi when the Mayan calendar comes to an abrupt end, but Reid is just another federal prosecutor with tiny balls. Every time he steps up to the mike, it begins to feel a lot like Fitzmas. Joe Biden has more “kiss my ass regardless” in his left pinky fingernail than Reid has in his whole body.
For those of you who like to punish yourselves, the Kiwi Parliament and the Aussie Senate will broadcast some different boring shite in a short 15 hours:
http://www.parliament.nz/en-NZ/AboutParl/SeeHear/PTV/
http://webcast.aph.gov.au/livebroadcasting/
Jesus Fucking Christ, they made a change to the bill and it has to go back to the House for another vote. Can the Senate not fuck anything up? Do we have to do this for another week or so? Is it too much to ask the Republicans to just say “screw it, you guys got this anyways, go ahead?”
In the night, Ken? Whatever god or mammon you worship it’s obviously a bad religion…
Whilst you wait for the Antipodian legeislators to begin their business, here’s a quick past-time:
Solve ⌠xlog(x)log4(x+1)dx =
A change of speed, a change of style,
a change of scene, with no regrets…
[re=540088]GreenHalo[/re]: Basically, yeah. Now, back to bed…
[re=540091]Mr Blifil[/re]: Maybe it needs to be Banned in DC, with these Bad Brains
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=bad+brains+banned+in+dc&aq=1
[re=540093]ElitistMarxist[/re]: We’ll share a drink and step outside
An angry voice at one who cried.
Different clothes, different shades
And over each mistakes were made,
I took the blame
[re=540095]Radiotherapy[/re]: Yeah i didn’t wanna go quite that far…
Wake Up Sheeple, Its Back to the House.
Jesus\Pelosi fuckin christ.
Yeah, back to the house to approve some minor changes. It shouldn’t cause too much trouble to get it passed.
Huffpo is saying they should use the opportunity to slap a public option to the bill.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/25/byrd-rule-sends-health-care-back-to-house_n_512609.html
Coburn’s boner pill bill is just so illogical.
First of all, is this something that happens? Doctors subscribing viagra for known sex offenders? How many known sex offenders did Coburn give viagra to when he was practicing medicine?
Also too, if it’s just some guy asking for viagra, and the doctor doesn’t know he’s a sex offender, how are we supposed to stop him, even if we passed Coburn’s stupid amendment?
I don’t suppose Judd Gregg keeled over or anything?
Yes, House. Do add the public option. If nothing else, the wingnuts will learn how to spell “apoplexy.”
[re=540105]Papas got a brand new teabag[/re]: Coburn’s boner pill bill also calls for sex offenders to all get a cock drawn on their faces, in INDELIBLE ink (Sharpie), by Coburn. To help with the IDing, yes, but also Coburn has a freaky thing for drawing big veiny cocks all the time, like in Superbad.
Ahh the repugs. Always good for an ammendment to stop the illegal importation of invisible pink unicorns.
Uh oh, you know when Repugs want to “improve” something that means they want to kill, torture, destroy it, i.e., see Iraq, U.S. economy.
[re=540095]Radiotherapy[/re]: Christ, I think I was at that show, I can’t believe I survived it. I can’t believe this country produced that.
You forgot “world without end,” NO AMENDMENTS I mean it don’t make me come down there.
[re=540050]Noodle Salad[/re]: So if I live in Singapore I only have to work until 1:00? Sweet!
This just gives Nancy Pelosi one more chance to bitchslap Republicans over in the house, how can that be a bad thing? A few more amendments and Nancy will have them bleeding out of their eyes.
And Al Franken running the senate? How great is that? Did he make funny noises every time an amendment was defeated? Waaaa Waaaaaa….OH TOO BAD, thanks for playing.
Who is the person reading the roll in the Senate? After a while, her voice becomes very soothing.
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