Comments on: Pray Your Members of Congress Took Speed Reading Lessons (UPDATED: It’s Worse – Oh and Help a Little?)

By: On Content Theft and the Big Dogs

On Content Theft and the Big Dogs — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 20:09:32 +0000

[...] posts and used them in his shows without proper credit.Though the author didn’t contact me, I’ve had a post stolen by Beck as well. The only attribution I got was a context-free link on his web page, which Beck’s staff felt [...]

By: Morning Bell: Why the Rush? | The Foundry: Conservative Policy News.

Morning Bell: Why the Rush? | The Foundry: Conservative Policy News. — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 21:08:05 +0000

[...] voted to break that promise to the American people. Clocking in at 1419 pages, a Member of Congress would have to read 2.63 pages a minute without taking a break to read the whole bill before the House begins proceedings. Meanwhile, it appears that select [...]

By: Aren’t you supposed to READ the bill before you VOTE on it? « Dirty Democrats

Sun, 15 Feb 2009 23:21:23 +0000

[...] a comment » Aren’t you supposed to READ the bill before you VOTE on it?: “Hey, it’s only our country that is at stake. No [...]

By: Lemel

Lemel — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 03:50:47 +0000

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I am getting quite tired of the "Where were you when Bush…"

At best, assuming you are correct on the facts and ascribing the worst possible motives to Jimmie, that tells me that

1. Jimmie is a hypocrite

2. You concede that Jimmie's argument is correct.

Since I don't care about people's motives but rather about what is right for this country, such textbook ad hominem comments are worse than useless and are indeed part of the problem.

Oh, and S.o.G, since you "don’t know anyone who reads at less than 500 wpm," do provide them with the excerpt above and give them 20 seconds to read it (ignoring the cross-references). I'd love to hear your report on the great comprehension thereof they will no doubt exhibit.

By: Chris

Chris — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 11:36:42 +0000

I've considered the "many aides" theory. It would take just as long, in my opinion, because the aides would still have to give, at the very least, an up or down indication on their section of the bill they read. If they know what their boss feels up and down about, that would save on time, to be sure. However, the time it would take to still read that massive volume of law split between many, and also the time it would take to indicate up or down, plus (and please forgive my ignorance of this process) perhaps even discuss rationale over the up or down, still leaves nine hours an incomprehensible time to spend this much money wisely.

There was one thing that President Obama did not lie about. "This bill will not be perfect." You can absolutely guarantee that one.

By: Walter

Walter — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 04:03:13 +0000

What about the unconstitutionality of running the cencus from the white house? Wheres the transparency? Where is the new open process we voted for? Who really controls the White House?Nancy Frank Reid? Oh i meant Nancy Pelosi. Sorry ,bad joke.Walt

By: Jimmie

Jimmie — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 23:33:35 +0000

I don't ever recall the Republicans passing the largest spending bill in the history of the country (or even one half that size) within 9 hours of receiving the final language. Hell, they spent days going over the Prescription Drug Plan and that one has a worst-case projection of less than half the bill that passed tonight.

You can rationalize it all you want, but it's wrong and your defense of it is wrong as well.

By: fostert

fostert — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 22:44:11 +0000

I've been reading your post for a long time now. I don't ever recall you complaining when the Republicans did exactly the same thing. I don't like it one bit, but much larger bills were passed under Bush with even less time. It's always fun to see Republicans finding their principles again when they're in the minority. Unfortunately, the Democrats aren't really much better on that. But we should remember that this is a reconciliation, not one of the original bills. Nobody ever reads reconciliations. Well, except for Ron Paul and the late Paul Tsongas. Reconciliation is where the pig lips, cow brains, and chicken anuses get put into the sausage. You are either too stupid to have not recognized that in your 40 years, or you just suddenly start paying attention in the last three weeks. If this crap hadn't been going on continuously since when my grandfather was born, you might have a point.