Kansas Crimson

CNN
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Democrats and comedian and activist Jon Stewart railed against Senate Republicans who voted against legislation to help veterans suffering from ailments related to toxic burn pits, calling it a “gut punch” to the veterans who had come to Capitol Hill to celebrate the legislation.

“So ain’t this a bitch?” Stewart said Thursday at a news conference on Capitol Hill. “America’s heroes, who fought our wars, outside sweating their asses off, with oxygen battling all kinds of ailments, while these motherf**kers sit in the air conditioning walled off from any of it? They don’t have to hear it. They don’t have to see it. They don’t have to understand that these are human beings. Did you get it yet?”

https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/28/politics ... index.html

Procedural bullshit

The world would be a better place if both the US Senate and the modern version of Republican Party just vanished into thin air. Nothing but obstacles to progress.

RainbowsandUnicorns wrote: ↑Sat Jul 30, 2022 8:21 am

The GOP (Gerrymandering Obstructionism Party) has stood in the path of progress for many years now. It is clear that this was solely done as punishment for Manchin and Dems working together to get other measures passed this week. Cruz by all accounts seems to be lying about the reasoning being given as I have found zero people who agree with their reasoning so far.

Absolutely stunned that FoxNews chose to run this article today:

https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/exposed ... s-veterans

"Patriots don’t attack veterans who suffered injuries or illness from being around those toxic pits. And what really grinds my gears about this whole thing is that a bunch of these Republicans spent years voting to keep us in forever wars, lying to the American people about what was really going on over there, and getting rich off their defense contractor stocks that skyrocket when we’re at war.

These people profited off of sending us over there only to screw us when we came back messed up. It’s criminal.

If Republicans don’t have a patriotic bone in their spine, then we need to step the heck up as Democrats and do something about it. "

In fairness, the GOP has offered to let veterans work for chicken only compensation at Chick-Fil-A.

twocoach wrote: ↑Sat Jul 30, 2022 11:02 am Absolutely stunned that FoxNews chose to run this article today:

https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/exposed ... s-veterans

"Patriots don’t attack veterans who suffered injuries or illness from being around those toxic pits. And what really grinds my gears about this whole thing is that a bunch of these Republicans spent years voting to keep us in forever wars, lying to the American people about what was really going on over there, and getting rich off their defense contractor stocks that skyrocket when we’re at war.

These people profited off of sending us over there only to screw us when we came back messed up. It’s criminal.

If Republicans don’t have a patriotic bone in their spine, then we need to step the heck up as Democrats and do something about it. "

Damn