How about J. C. Watts? On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 11:02 PM, Zebnick <[email protected]> wrote:
> > New York City indulged its liberal side one time by electing David > Dinkins as its Mayor. The result was a near catastrophy. People almost > gave the city up for lost. They compared it to Detroit. They said it > was ungovernable. It became so bad that one of the most liberal cities > on the planet went out and got a hired gun out of sheer desperation. > Rudy saved the city. As Reagan had saved the country before him. Who > will save us now? > > > On Jul 17, 9:59 pm, Travis <[email protected]> wrote: > > * * > > > > *http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=32718* > > > > * * > > > > * * > > > > *Pelosi Censors Republicans *** > > > > *by Rep. John Carter * > > > > *07/16/2009 * > > > > * * > > > > *Monday night Democrats voted to shut down the U.S. House Representatives > > rather than allow a handful of Republican Congressmen to speak on the > floor. > > What could have been so offensive or frightening about our discourse that > > Speaker Pelosi felt she had to protect her party by gagging free speech > in > > the House? > > > > In fact, we had planned to speak on the lack of transparency of the House > > since Democrats took control. We had planned to criticize Speaker Pelosi > for > > repeatedly denying Members, the media, and the public to right to read > > legislation before it was voted on. We were set to discuss House Majority > > Leader Steny Hoyer’s statement last week that if his Members were > required > > to read the Democrats’ healthcare reform package before it was voted on, > it > > would fail. > > > > So the Speaker obviously feels that if the public is truly aware of her > > party’s agenda, they will reject it. She is now making sure the public is > > kept in the dark by trampling the centuries-old democratic traditions of > the > > House. > > > > What are those traditions? Every day that the House is in session, > following > > the final vote of the day, representatives are allowed the privilege of > free > > speech on the House floor in what is known as “Special Orders.” They may > > speak for one minute, five minutes, or one hour segments, and must > request > > their time in advance. Time is allocated equally to both parties on a > > first-come basis. > > > > Since the advent of live C-SPAN coverage of the House, this has provided > a > > national televised outlet for both Republicans and Democrats to speak to > the > > nation on topics they feel were not adequately addressed during regular > > order in the House, during which the Democrat majority has the > parliamentary > > ability to limit debate and speeches. > > > > Special Orders therefore frequently serves as a political safety valve if > > the party in the majority becomes too dictatorial during debate, using > their > > majority status to truly oppress the minority’s ability to debate and > offer > > amendments. > > > > That is now the case in the House, with the Democrat majority under > Pelosi > > repeatedly rejecting House rules to ram a far-left agenda through before > the > > public has time to learn what is actually in the bills. > > > > This is what we were committed to bring to public light. > > > > House rules require a bill be publicly posted for three days before it > can > > be voted on. That basic rule was written by none other than Thomas > Jefferson > > as part of the original rules package of the House, as it is essential to > > the survival of representative democracy. > > > > The House can waive that rule if it chooses on specific occasions. The > > Republican-controlled House chose to waive it when considering the > Patriot > > Act in 2001 following the terror attacks of 9-11. They thought there was > > enough of a national defense emergency to just bring the bill to the > floor > > for a vote. > > > > But Nancy Pelosi and her House Democrats have chosen to ignore the rule > on > > every major issue taken up by the House this year, including: > > > > The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act - The Obama Stimulus: This one > > just had to pass that very day because time was a-wastin’ in getting > those > > new jobs coming. We couldn’t wait for Members to read it. But then the > > President waited four days to sign it into law while he spent the weekend > in > > Chicago, and months later none of the new jobs have come into existence. > > > > The Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization (SCHIP): Speaker > > Pelosi couldn’t wait on this one either, although the deadline for > > reauthorization was still two months away. > > > > The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act: Lilly was peddled as covering > decades-old > > wage discrimination cases, but after waiting 20 years, Congress couldn’t > > wait one more day to let Members actually read the thing. > > > > The Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009: No excuses at all on this > > one. They just didn’t want the details known. > > > > The Omnibus Appropriations Act of 2009: This one has been languishing > since > > last October, but we suddenly had to pass it that day. > > > > The AIG Bonus Tax Act: This had to get through right then, don’t mind the > > details, we just had to go after those bonuses. Only when we read what > > passed after the fact, the bill contained waivers for all of the same > > executives the bill was supposed to reign in, many with curiously close > ties > > to Treasury Secretary and tax cheat Tim Geithner. > > > > The Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2009: No rush whatever on this one > > time-wise, the Democrats just didn’t want people talking about the > hundreds > > of billions given to foreign banks that should have gone to our troops. > > > > The American Clean Energy and Security Act/National Cap-and-Trade Energy > > Tax: > > No excuse was offered on this one, the Speaker just didn’t want anybody > > reading Henry Waxman’s 300 page amendment he sneaked in overnight before > we > > were forced to vote. Three weeks later, the Senate shows no intention of > > taking up the bill before the opening day of dove season, if then. > > > > There’s a reason all these bills are listed. The list constitutes every > > major policy bill undertaken by Congress this year. House Democrats are > not > > just waiving the three-day rule -- they have destroyed it, and are > > intentionally pushing their agenda to the floor with blindfolds on the > media > > and the public. > > > > This constitutes an astonishing and chilling acceleration of the assault > on > > representative democracy that began in earnest this January. > > > > Representative democracy works when a U.S. Representative listens to the > > input of their constituents, and votes the way the majority of their > > district would vote. Only a Representative can’t listen if no one has > ever > > seen the bill, or had time to provide input. They have to vote blind, > which > > for too many, is voting the way their leadership tells them. > > > > This is what Republican House Members were going to the floor to say > Monday > > night. We were set to decry the loss of openness in the House. > > > > Instead, we were met with a slammed door by Democrats, who are now > committed > > to burying truth along with democracy. > > > > The Democrats are the majority -- for now. They chose to silence debate > on > > the floor by gagging House Republican Members from using their historical > > right to speak after the close of the day. But they cannot stop us from > > speaking outside the halls of Congress and letting the American public > know > > the truth about their ongoing attack against the very foundations of a > free > > Republic.* > > > > * * > > * > > ------------------------------ > > * > > > > *Mr. Carter, a Republican, represents the 31st District of Texas in the > U.S. > > House of Representatives.** * > > * > > ------------------------------ > > * > > > > __,_._,___ > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. 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