What the shit

This list reads like a teabagger talking-points list

And this one... this really takes the cake:

"To ensure that the financial well-being of future generations is not compromised by the activities of the current generation."

Uhh?? Yeah... That went out the window long ago. Perhaps the day Bush signed the taxcuts for the wealthy into law.

Fuckers

more proof they care nothing about real governance

It's like the repubs elected all the characters from Lil' Abner.

Woody Woodpecker!!! Don't even joke. That shit aint funny.

If they don't want to compromise the financial well-being of future generations then they need to go with single payer.
Just sayin'

It must be difficult to solve life and death crisis-level problems, that have been neglected and obstructed for decades, with an opposition party spawned from the tobacco-stained spittoon of splooge left behind after a Yosemite Sam, Foghorn Leghorn, and Kenneth Parcell evil twin circle-jerk.

Reading those "amendments" is like reading, "We talk good."

Those are either the amendments of a party that feels they've already lost and are just phoning it in, or a party that feels they've already won and are just piling on adding insult to injury with an ignorant list of prickish demands.

And listening to the way the GOP seems to get respect in the media as a "loyal opposition," you'd think this was some new and improved GOP.

But it's not. It's the same shit in a smaller box.

The republican party is still the same party that crippled the economy, neglected and exploited its vulnerable citizenry with tax cuts for the wealthy, wars and war profiteering and decisions based on war, torture...Katrina...

There's John Boehner, Lindsey Graham, Roy Blunt, Mitch McConnel, David Vitters, on and on. The only real change, or new edition I've seen, is Confederate Jim Demint and the rise of Sarah Palinites.

I mean, there's Tom Delay Dancing With The Stars, Karl Rove on Fox spouting off about the character of America, Dick Armey mobilizing a corporate Jihad, and Newt Gingrich rounding them out.

These are exactly the same old assholes trying to sell America a new product, or "Re-branding," the same debunked domestic agenda while preaching the same failed foreign policy.

There's NOTHING new here.

And if you're one of those courageous tough decision-making torture advocates, like the vast majority of the arrogant and belligerent minority, you're a sick sonofabitch that shouldn't be allowed near children or their minds.

Watching the Republicans negotiate from a position of weakness only reinforces my belief that they can't be allowed to ever negotiate from a position of strength.

This one is killing me:

"To ensure that if people like the hometown hospital they have, they can keep it."

I have one local hospital in my area that serves as the only hospital in a 30 mile radius. After failing to negotiate rates with Horizon Blue Cross last year, they cut all their patients off. They will accept them in the emergency room, but will transfer them and not take them for any other treatments.

On the day the contract expired Horizon called all of their patients in the hospital and told them to transfer out.

Will this amendment force Horizon to pay reasonable rates to a non-profit hospital? Does Ensign even know that we can't choose TODAY?

Just another example of how Republicans have no CLUE as to how we peons live....

I have two proposed Amendments myself:
* Anyone proposing an amendment must provide proof of the cheese for the cracker being added.
* We want a......shrubbery!