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• Clearing the Browser Tabs – Fabulous Friday Edition
• Is Today My Birthday? House Votes to Defund the Czars
• When Voting Raised Its Ugly Head, Dems Bravely Turned Their Tails and Fled

Clearing the Browser Tabs – Fabulous Friday Edition Posted: 18 Feb 2011 03:10 AM PST My agenda is simple today. I have one project to finish at work, then I’m free and clear the rest of the day. So, if I can get that done by noon, I’ll be able to take the rest of the day off to enjoy what looks to be a scrumptious day. I plan to get a good bit of blogging in as well, and might even record a Right this Way this evening if things go well. I hope your day goes well and you speed into the weekend happy and healthy! And now, links! Does the left really want to make an issue of Congressmen, most of whom are Republicans, who work so hard they sleep in their offices? Yes. yes, they do. If Obamacare is so wonderful, why are politically-vulnerable Democrats afraid to talk about it? Perhaps they’re a bit daunted by the multitude of IRS agents the administration wants to hire to enforce the act. Several former car dealers have filed a lawsuit against the federal government for the actions the administration took to shut down their businesses. I hope they win, and win big. Look which party is going exactly the wrong direction on public sector unions. I admit I’m not consumed with pity for Billy Ray Cyrus and his family. They chose a shot at stardom and, even when the fame started doing them real damage, kept the pedal to the floor. Want to see the biggest solar flare in four years? Here you go.

Is Today My Birthday? House Votes to Defund the Czars Posted: 17 Feb 2011 08:34 PM PST Today must be my birthday. Somehow I wanged my head and was unconscious for a couple months and it’s now late April. How else to explain the wonderful gifts I’ve received today. The weather today was gloriously sunny and near 70 degrees; the progressive movement is falling apart and in near-panic mode thanks to several gutsy conservative Governors; and Republicans in the House voted to give President Obama’s Czars the old heave-ho. Republicans successfully added an amendment to the continuing resolution that would leave President Barack Obama's senior advisers on policy issues including health care, energy and others out of a job. The vote was 249-179. Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.) offered the amendment that blocks funding for various policy advisers to combat what he called "a very disturbing proliferation of czars" under Obama. What’s even better is that 13 Democrats crossed their party’s line of death to defund the Czars, which made the vote bipartisan (via memeorandum). Per Allahpundit, this isn’t likely to get through the Senate Democrats, who would rather gargle with a broken glass and razor blade cocktail than stand up to Barack Obama, but these days, you never know. We’re living in an age of wonders, friends. Anything is possible.

When Voting Raised Its Ugly Head, Dems Bravely Turned Their Tails and Fled Posted: 17 Feb 2011 08:03 PM PST In a day, the situation in Wisconsin has gone from merely ridiculous to bizarre. The state Senate was set to vote on Governor Walker’s “budget repair bill” except that all the Democrats were gone. Senate rules require a quorum of 20 and when the Republican Leader called the quorum, only the 19 Republicans showed up to conduct the people’s business. The Democrats had made like Sir Robin and bravely ran away. After an intense search of several hours, which included law enforcement officers, a few reporters found a number of the runaways… …in a Best Western in Racine, Ill, from where they called CNN with a list of demands as if they were the Sheriff in Blazing Saddles. Eventually, a band of concerned citizens showed up and the Democratic Senators scurried away again, in the general direction of Wisconsin. There current whereabouts are unknown, however rumors that an Amber Alert has been broadcast for them is entirely unfounded. So is the rumor that the Ghost Adventures crew is using their “spirit box” to pick up any communications from them in the progressive aether. Meanwhile, Governor Walker has kindly asked that the Democrats return to the work and participate in the legislative process like they were hired to do. Then again, given the thousands of teachers who decided to leave tens of thousands of families in the lurch when they ducked out of school this week, we should not hold out any hope that they will suddenly discover their adult responsibilities or the truth. As an end note, let’s not forget what this is really about. If the bill passes, the amount of money a Wisconsin teacher will have to contribute toward their retirement will equal the national average. The amount one will have to contribute to health care benefits will still be half the national average. The union will still survive and will be able to negotiate wage issues for teachers, though not for benefits or leave. These are the rather modest sacrifices the teachers refuse to even consider.

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