Category Archives: Rep. John Boehner

Eric Cantor and the Midlife Crisis that saves America…

Posted on June 12, 2014 by theragingcelt

Today, the dust settled has settled over Virginia and Washington and everyone has absorbed the news that Eric Cantor, The Majority Leader of the House, the terribly named “young gun”, the man whom John Boehner daily fantasizes about dipping in … Continue reading →

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John Boehner: Cheaters never starve.

Posted on March 23, 2014 by theragingcelt

Via The New York Daily News: WASHINGTON — New York Democrats lashed out at House Speaker John Boehner Thursday after he accused New York and four other states of “cheating” and “fraud” for sidestepping billions of dollars in federal food … Continue reading →

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The Debt Limit vote and how Greg Walden failed the Kobayashi Maru.

Posted on October 19, 2013 by theragingcelt

Well, it’s over. After weeks of stalemate that shuttered the government for 16 days and brought the nation within hours of a key deadline to renew its borrowing authority, the standoff is finally over. President Barack Obama has signed into … Continue reading →

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@RepGregWalden lies on Fox News.

Posted on October 13, 2013 by theragingcelt

At 1:40 of this segment on the October 10th episode of “Hannity”, Rep Greg Walden comes right out of the gate lies by saying this country “We have a huge deficit problem, a huge spending problem”. When actually, we didn't. … Continue reading →

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Week two of the shutdown and I’m a spent force.

Posted on October 9, 2013 by theragingcelt

The post you are now reading is not the one I was planning on writing. The post I was going to write was an open letter to John Boehner demanding a clean CR vote. It would have been a screaming, … Continue reading →

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The shutdown continues and the pressure is on us.

Posted on October 7, 2013 by theragingcelt

We are now entering the second week of this shutdown and Boehner is dug in like an Alabama tick. (Via HuffPo.) House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) said Sunday that there are not enough votes in the House of Representative to … Continue reading →

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Fight (for) the Future.

Posted on September 30, 2013 by theragingcelt

Well…On the plus side… The new camera has been ordered and is set to arrive on Tuesday. The time off for my vacation has been approved. I will be going to Seattle on the 20th. The night before, I have … Continue reading →

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Food stamps, The threat of shut down and reaping the whirlwind of 2010.

Posted on September 21, 2013 by theragingcelt

I warned you. I warned you in 2010 and you let it happen anyway. I’ve said this before and I will say it again.  The current incarnation of the GOP can’t be trusted to run a Goddamn lemonade stand let alone this … Continue reading →

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A nickel’s worth of free advice to @SpeakerBoehner.

Posted on September 17, 2013 by theragingcelt

Dear Mr. Speaker: If you are reading this, (Assuming that one of your staffers caught this in the mention column of your office’s Tweet Deck or what ever you use to monitor your feed.) I’m going to assume that you … Continue reading →

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Obama, Chained CPI and the War of Attrition.

Posted on April 6, 2013 by theragingcelt

Via Alex Seitz-Wald at Salon… Today may mark a nadir in the often strained relations between President Obama and the “professional left,” as Robert Gibbs derisively called the progressive movement, which has been pushing for months to prevent Obama from … Continue reading →

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