“The worst of the tax-and-spend liberals”

Who could possibly deserve that label?

President Obama?  No.

Charles Shumer (D-NY)?  Close, but no.

Al Franken (D-MN)?  Not yet, anyway.

According to Dallas-Fort Worth’s ABC affiliate WFAA and Public Citizen’s Tom Smith, it’s none other than the recently re-elected junior Republicrat Senator from Texas, John Cornyn:

He’s now known as the U.S. Senate’s biggest spender on domestic travel, according to official travel records found in The Report of the Secretary of the Senate.

That’s right—to the tune of $152,766.63.  In the first six months of the fiscal year.  Granted, the left-populist watchdog group Public Citizen isn’t exactly the most politically conservative or even neutral organization, but I think they pretty much nailed this one.  The numbers pretty well speak for themselves.

For comparison, über-parasite Chuck Shumer came in second at $144,014.22.  Texas’ real fiscal conservative is Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, who was only the eighth-biggest spender.

[Cornyn's] amount is more than any other senator. “His excuse is, ‘Well, it’s a big state,’” said Tom Smith, of the watchdog group Public Citizen. “I agree senator. It is a big state, and most big cities where he’s spending most of his time have real good airline service. He should be flying coach with the rest of us.”

But, Texas’ senior senator, fellow Republican Kay Bailey Hutchison, only spent $88,000 during the same time period. That’s a little more than half of Cornyn’s bill.

Plus, California’s two senators combined spent a little over $101,000 on travel, according to the same record.

Senators Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) and Kit Bond (R-Mo.) all spent more than $100,000 on domestic travel for the first half of the fiscal year.

The remaining 95 senators spent less.

But at least we know it’s all well-spent, and in the public interest, right?

Wrong:

[Cornyn]’s biggest, and perhaps most questionable travel expense, was a retreat he took his staff on in February. For three days, the staff stayed in St. Michaels, Maryland, which is just outside D.C. It cost taxpayers more than $55,000.

That’s correct:  fully one-third of his exorbitant travel expenditures went to a retreat for his over-worked, under-paid “poor widdle staff.”

“He claims to be a fiscal conservative,” Smith said. “This to me is the worst of the tax-and-spend liberals in Congress. He’s spending more money than New York senators are on travel. If that doesn’t put a ring of shame on John Cornyn’s face, I don’t know what does[.]“

Apparently, the cretinous parasite knows no shame.  Still, though,

Cornyn can spend his travel budget however he wants and let voters decide if his trips are worth the price.

And please, Texas, let’s do weigh his expenses (not to mention his votes for government bailouts, illegal alien amnesty, and imperial warfare) and find him wanting.  And while we’re waiting to kick Cornyn out, let’s get rid of the rest of the bums, too.

#100… And It’s a Doozy!

Wow, the century mark.  I only wish it were under better circumstances…

Well, let’s just get to it.

The One The Chosen One The Messiah Brand-spanking new President Obama rolled out “The Beast,” aka the new presidential limousine this morning at the coronation inauguration ceremonies in DC.  The BBC did a story on this little number, here.  Take a look at this bad boy:

Obama's new ride: Harbinger of Doom?

A friend of this forum, Scotteriology, has uncovered Biblical references to both the new “leader of the free world,” and, amazingly enough, to his impressive new wheels.  But that’s only part of the story…

Through the magic of the “internets,” and something called “digital” technology, we have been able to discern even more disturbing information.  That God-fearing Americans couldn’t see this coming before voting this “man” into office is astounding.  All that is left to us now is to hope, and to pray.

What could possibly be so horrible a discovery as to send us running to the hills, not even going inside to grab our coats in this winter of impending disaster?

None other than this shocking discovery:

Shocking discovery on the new presidential limo

Yes, brothers and sisters, now that it is far, far too late, we have indisputable proof that President Barack Hussein Obama is, in fact, the Anti-Christ.

Look to your families in their time of need.  Look to yourselves, and your immortal souls.

Too Funny for Prime Time

Amy Poehler and Tina Fey opened SNL last Saturday.  I missed it because our house has about 10 more people in it than normal, thanks to Ike.  (The hurricane…?)

Anyway, I’m sure you’ve seen it, but in case you haven’t, it’s right here.

As a critic of both the Demopublicans and the Republicrats (aka, the Demopublican Unity  National Committee  for Elections, or “DUNCE”), I found the lampooning of both women to be hilarious.  My partisan friends all thought SNL was satirizing only the “other” party’s standard-bearer.  Silly rabbits…

A Conversation with John Carter — UPDATED

Turns out, he’s not actually from Mars…  Who knew?

I recently had the pleasure of contacting Mr Carter, the honorable US Representative for my Congressional district, in regards to the abhorrent levels of immigration our proud country now enjoys.  And make no mistake:  when I say, “immigration,” I mean both the legal and the illegal varieties.

The event that made this conversation both necessary and possible was the confluence of (1) a trip by the likes of none other than William T. “Bill” Gates to Washington, DC, and (2) the Mr Carter’s coming re-election bid.  I have come to realize that every time Mr Gates flies from Washington (the state) to Washington (the city) — if he’s not fending off charges of breaching antitrust laws — it’s to bemoan the  perennial dearth of “qualified” software and design engineers.

At this point in the discussion, one must be aware that when Mr Gates says “qualified,” what he in fact means is “willing to subject themselves to indentured servitude.” And of course, when he offers this gleaming opportunity to American software geeks, he runs up against a shortage of people willing to prostitute themselves out like $5 dollar whores after getting a highly technical four-plus year degree (something a younger, perhaps less savvy Bill Gates likely would have been hesitant to do, himself).

Anyhoo… I expressed my concern to the honorable Mr Carter that the H-1B levels were fine “as is,” perhaps even a bit high.  I expressed to him my further concern that perhaps the levels of immigration across the board might be a mite bit high as well.

I then suggested to this worthy that perhaps we should take a new tack on the entire immigration question:  border enforcement, deportation, and reduction in legal immigration levels (which currently exceed the “limits” by at least a factor of two).

This was Mr Carter’s response:

How Do You Spell “False Dichotomy”? (Updated)

A friend at work recently sent me the following email, which I’m sure has been bouncing around the ether for years and doubtless surfaces during the home stretch of every presidential campaign cycle:

As I was talking to this little girl Catherine, the daughter of some friends, she said she wanted to be President some day.

Both of her parents, liberal Democrats, were standing there with us - and I asked Catherine – “If you were President what would be the first thing you would do?”

Catherine replied – “I would give houses to all the homeless people.”

“Wow – what a worthy goal you have there, Catherine.”  I told her,”You don’t have to wait until you’re President to help the homeless, you can come over to my house and clean up all the dog poop in my back yard and I will pay you $5 dollars. Then we can go over to the grocery store where the homeless guy hangs out, and you can give him the $5 dollars to put toward a new house.”

Catherine (who was about 4) thought that over for a second, while her mom looked at me seething, and Catherine replied, “Why doesn’t the homeless guy come over and clean up the dog poop and you can just pay him the $5 dollars?”

And I said, “Welcome to the Republican Party.”