Why did they do this? Good question. I called Mr. Tiahrt’s office in DC. Apparently, the minority Republicans are going to stop votes on EVERYTHING until they get what they want in the Emergency Supplemental Bill. The goopers will be doing Motions To Reconsider on every bill presented until they get what they want in that supplemental.

This is what our government has become. The minority stops government from functioning until they get what they want.

Additionally, for anyone who thinks that this supplemental bill might be about anything but the war, read this: http://www.house.gov/apps/list/press/az02_franks/supplementalletter.html

This is ALL about the war, no matter what this pr!cks say!

How much money was wasted with this effort? Ok, math is not my strong suit but this is what I calculated (feel free to correct).

- Average Salary of a Congressperson: $160,000
- Average Days Worked: 150
- Average floor time for a bill (based on what my idiot Rep Kirk’s office told me and this is excluding time to write the bill): 5-15 minutes - I will use 10 minutes
- Floor time to motion to table and motion to untable bill: 20 minutes (using above number)
- Number of bills affected this week (From the Library of Congress Thomas site): 37

Total wasted tax payer money: $715,333; amost THREE QUARTERS OF A MILLION DOLLARS in playing games to get their war funding.

In addition, this is from the bill:

Whereas mothers have made immeasurable contributions toward building strong families, thriving communities, and ultimately a strong Nation;

Whereas we honor ourselves and mothers in the United States when we revere and emphasize the importance of the role of the home and family as the true foundation of the Nation

Not the greatest of bills, IMHO. It's not about mothers, it's about a woman's role in the home. More sexist and theological stuff.

OT: Read about executive order to keep all of his records from the public forevera>

What else do the Republicans and Norman Bates have in common?