The Senate just got a whole lot funnier!

The Democrats have finally got the 60 votes in the Senate they needed to block any filibuster put on by the Republicans. This magical 60 gives them even more power to ram through legislation that is not beneficial to our nation or it's people. The Stimulate nothing plan, Cap and Tax, Health Care "Reform" so on and so forth. To keep things streamlined we can just bundle these things into a tiny little package and top it off with a big Socialist ribbon! Hooray for Marxism!

Aside from a majority party severely abusing it's powers in a nation built on transparent, honest, and bipartisan debate, the road to the magical 60 has been the great laugh that we struggling Americans needed, especially in a time of great economic woes lead by politicians who are more often than not self-serving, secretive, dishonest, and diametrically opposed to passing on a nation that is better, to the next generation, as has been our great American tradition since 1776.

Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) is the lucky number 60 for the Democrats. How fitting and proper that the last contested seat in the Senate goes to a comedian and the former host of Saturday Night Live. Since, after all, the Democrats and the political establishment in Washington needed another clown to make decisions that affect every American regardless of party affiliation or ideology. 

The Democratic list of clowns continues to grow:

President Barack Obama (D)

Vice President Joe Biden (D)

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV)

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)

Sen. Arlen Specter (D-PA)

Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA)

And the newest clown to the circus!

Sen. Al Franken (D-MN(SNL))

Forgive my briefness, that was an extremely short list of the "esteemed" politicians that are a great collaborative representation of mainstream America...yeah right!

Pervasive inaccuracy.

Nancy Pelosi(D-CA) the current Speaker of the House has said in reports earlier this year that she did not know that tactics such as waterboarding were used to interrogate terrorist under the Bush Administration. She was a leading congressional member that called for indictments of former top U.S. officials regarding what has been dubbed by the mainstream media as torture.

In February 2003, Michael Sheehy, Rep. Pelosi's intelligence aide attended a briefing in which the CIA's use of waterboarding was discussed. When Pelosi was informed by Sheehy that the tactic was in use, she did not object.  

Aside from waterboarding not actually being torture, in both the connotation and denotation of the word, there is a bigger issue here. Speaker Pelosi has lied to the American people, repeatedly on the subject to aid in the concoction of a negative attitude towards Bush 43's policies that has kept this nation safe post-911. As the third most powerful person in the world she has bamboozled the American people, and created an unnecessary distraction at a time when the focus should be on the outrageous spending, the debt we have left to our posterity and the march towards socialistic government that her party, and our president have rammed through congress, and signed into law. 

Speaker Pelosi's willingness to deceive the American people in order to further advances her far-left idiosyncrasies says something about the person she is. Congress ought to censure her if they are to gain the trust and respect of the people. Last time I checked, the House and Senates approval rating's were hovering around 30%--this will sure lead to a loss in points. We need a legislative body that we can trust.

Madam Speaker you knew and mislead the people you serve. Shame on you!

Thanks for your service but...

Although I admire the service of General Colin Powell, I don't think that he is a reliable source when it comes to what the Republican party needs to do, and which direction it needs to head. Gen. Powell lost all his credibility when he endorsed Barrack Obama for President. As the former Secretary of State to the Bush Administration, that endorsement negated everything I thought he stood for when he was in actual service to the nation. He flip-flopped on policies that he convinced the American people as well as the rest of the world about. His endorsement of a "change" in agenda was an endorsement for an agenda that was the antithesis of everything I knew of him. He went from a defender and perpetuator of capitalism, to a crony of socialism. 

He's at it again! His attacks on Ann Coulter, Rush Limbaugh, and Governor Sarah Palin are unfounded and probably play a key note to the ultimate goal of the company he is currently keeping. The total destruction of the party he once claimed close ties to. I'm not sure how moving more to the left would help Republicans. They tried it in the last four years of George W. Bush's administration, and the Democrats took majorities in the house and senate for the last two years of Bush's term in office. Then they tried it again with the nomination of John McCain, and the Democrats won that election. Moving farther away from conservatism, and closer to a one party system is not a plan for victory. 

The plan should be to go back to Republican ideals. Ideals of fiscal responsibility, smaller government, less taxation, less spending, accountability, social conservatism and liberty that stand in stark contrast to the current administrations agenda. The only way to achieve victory in 2010 and 2012 is by returning to the party of true conservatism. Conservatives, independents, and moderates are fired up, they are fed-up, and they want real change. That change needs to come with the replacement of pseudo Republicans like Olympia Snow and Susan Collins--thank goodness Arlen Specter took the initiative already--and a strong fiscally and socially conservative agenda coupled with a continuous opposition to the expansion of government already in play by congressional Democrats and the current administration.

Of course if the Republican party wants to absolutely purge itself from the political picture, and become just another story from the past, they can always take the advice of General Powell. What the party needs is a leader. Not some washed-out, flip-flopper, thinking he has enough credibility to convince conservative Americans that conservatism is dead.

Mr. Powell, conservatism is definitely not dead!

All for fame and glory.

Arlen Specter is the epitome of modern American politics. When you might not win with your current party tag (R-PA) behind your name, change it and hope you can get get elected with another tag.

Which ones is he going to try?

(D-PA)
or
(I-PA)

Whichever will further his political career.

Sen. Patrick Leahy a democrat from vermont said Tuesday that he was notified of Specter's decision that morning and that he got the impression that "a great party left him, not the other way around."

That party Sen. Leahy speaks of left it's ideals a long time ago, but they were on the brink of making the same mistakes Sen. Specter did. Hopefully, the Pensylvanians from his district will replace him with someone who believes in the ideals of this country, and will work FOR the people.

I think it's about time that all American's realize that the government works for us. We do not answer to them, they answer to us. We need to hold politicians accountable to their constituents, and when neccesary replace them when they fail to speak for the people, and work only to further their political gain.

Sadly, I am not surprised or hurt concerning the party jump of Specter. It is about time the wolf came out of the sheep's clothing.

Even more sadly, is the potential loss of the balance of power between the Halls of Congress and the White House.