Because he was focused on health care reform

Post #326,378 by lincoln 5/17/10 12:21:07 PM Reply	Because he was focused on health care reform Removing the RepubliCANT drones in places like MMS was much lower on his priority list. "Chicago to my mind was the only place to be. ... I above all liked the city because it was filled with people all a-bustle, and the clatter of hooves and carriages, and with delivery wagons and drays and peddlers and the boom and clank of freight trains. And when those black clouds came sailing in from the west, pouring thunderstorms upon us so that you couldn't hear the cries or curses of humankind, I liked that best of all. Chicago could stand up to the worst God had to offer. I understood why it was built--a place for trade, of course, with railroads and ships and so on, but mostly to give all of us a magnitude of defiance that is not provided by one house on the plains. And the plains is where those storms come from." -- E.L. Doctorow
Post #326,380 by boxley 5/17/10 12:23:19 PM Reply	yup, it shows shoving bad legislation down peoples throats while ignoring real world events describes this administration to a T If we torture the data long enough, it will confess. (Ronald Coase, Nobel Prize for Economic Sciences, 1991)
Post #326,452 by mhuber 5/18/10 2:21:54 AM Reply	Maybe yer side should have taken him up on the offer to work with them, rather than announcing that they were going to oppose everything no matter what. Your side went with the pure win/lose, no compromise, we don't care what the legislation is we just don't want a win in the other side's stat's strategy. Traded the opportunity to make a difference for a cynical shot at a box score. Played horserace politics when there was real work to be done, and lost. Suck it up. Your side is dedicated to the President of the United States failing, and if that means disaster for the United States, well, gee, that's just too bad isn't it? ------------------------- A little thought experiment for you. Let's pretend that Obama had made MMS a priority, and brought it to the state you demand, where it was able to prevent the disaster. What would your side be saying about that? --------------------------------------- I think it's perfectly clear we're in the wrong band. (Tori Amos)
Post #326,465 by boxley 5/18/10 8:32:38 AM Reply	maybe you shoud have been paying attention my "side" as you put it wasnt even addressed by either the republicans or the democrats and I discussed at length here how it should be done. As a reminder the last time I voted for a republican was for reagan. As for MMS a reform has been overdue for years and if a reform had been done, and the well blew anyway I dont think the head of the agency would have taken a whitewater rafting trip during the first 3 days of the spill. He might have even thought about doing his job, you know the thingy they give you money in exchange for

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