Senate Committee Chairmanships announced

[Conan]

Lautenbergs on Appropriations!

[Conan]

Tester shouldnt get an appropriations committee seat. It was stupid of Reid to promise him that.  A senator has to work their way up to appropriations through seniority. Anyway I am happy that Lautenberg is on it so we can finally get much deserved money back to NJ. NJ gets the lowest back from Washington but we send among the highest $ to Washington.

[Conan]

Tester shouldnt get an appropriations committee seat. It was stupid of Reid to promise him that.  A senator has to work their way up to appropriations through seniority. Anyway I am happy that Lautenberg is on it so we can finally get much deserved money back to NJ. NJ gets the lowest back from Washington but we send among the highest $ to Washington.

Hmmm...., who's fault could that be? *cough* Menendez, Corzine and Lautenberg

Republicans can't be blamed w/that considering it's been 25 years since we sent a good guy to DC

It's called a minority party. And I dont know how long we have gotten the lowest back in return. And if they are to blame now, and now that they are majority if it doesnt change, I'll be happy to blame them or Byrd.

[Conan]

JUD is stocked with liberal democrats.  With Leahy leading them I'm worried things may get a little out of hand in that committee.

Hmm, every time the courts get to radical (either to far left or two far right) power seems to shift in Congress and/or Presidency

But we might actually have enough votes by now, finally, b/c the seriously the major of the American public thinks about SCOTUS for one reason

Can you put that in english. I have no idea what you are trying to say.

[Conan]

Bye, bye Roe v. Wade

Hello, Democratic victories.

I really wouldn't care as long abortions are illegal, nothing would be more crushing to femininists, gays, crazy lunatics, mental patients, and other peole who think murder is acceptable.  I would get such a long lasting high from that that no Democrat victory would phase me

Roe v. Wade isnt going anywhere. If Roberts votes against it, he can be impeached for perjury.  Plus it's pretty safe right now as long as Souter, Breyer, Kennedy, Ginsburg, and Stevens dont step down.

[Conan]

DownWithTheLeft, did your parents really do this thorough of a job of brainwashing you to hate those who you disagree with, or was this a voluntary choice?

I'm not trying to be mean, but the belief that the opposition is inherently evil is a very insular view.

My parent's anger me, especially my mom, b/c they don't see the dangers progressive liberal society presents

You are insane.

[Conan]

Corzine and Blunt do the same things:

Finance their campaigns through illegal means, and they win their elections with voting machines.

That is extremely false. How did Corzine finance his campaign illegally?

[Conan]

I think Down and everyone needs to calm down.

But If i move to NJ before 2009, I wont vote for Corzine.

But it is unlikely id move there before 2009 let alone ever.

Youre really missing out. If you've ever been to nice parts of NJ, everyone would want to live here. I have never been to MO so I can't make great judgement as to whether I'd ever move there. However, the word is that it sucks and everyone's on meth.

[Conan]

Corzine and Blunt do the same things:

Finance their campaigns through illegal means, and they win their elections with voting machines.

That is extremely false. How did Corzine finance his campaign illegally?

ah so you admit that he won his election with voting machines?since you just metioned the campaign

That's never been alleged and he led in every poll and it's a democratic state.

[Conan]

I think Down and everyone needs to calm down.

But If i move to NJ before 2009, I wont vote for Corzine.

But it is unlikely id move there before 2009 let alone ever.

Youre really missing out. If you've ever been to nice parts of NJ, everyone would want to live here. I have never been to MO so I can't make great judgement as to whether I'd ever move there. However, the word is that it sucks and everyone's on meth.

Conan, I believe you also live in Bergen County, what is so great?  A horrible county executive just got reelected w/60% of the vote and the world's largest terror target is miles away

I dont live in Bergen, I live in Sussex. However the towns in Bergen are great. It's convenient and theres a high standard of living. I plan to move there sometime.

[Conan]

I think Down and everyone needs to calm down.

But If i move to NJ before 2009, I wont vote for Corzine.

But it is unlikely id move there before 2009 let alone ever.

Youre really missing out. If you've ever been to nice parts of NJ, everyone would want to live here. I have never been to MO so I can't make great judgement as to whether I'd ever move there. However, the word is that it sucks and everyone's on meth.

Let's switch, I always wanted to live up there, now that's a nice place

Conan, I believe you also live in Bergen County, what is so great?  A horrible county executive just got reelected w/60% of the vote and the world's largest terror target is miles away

I dont live in Bergen, I live in Sussex. However the towns in Bergen are great. It's convenient and theres a high standard of living. I plan to move there sometime.

You live in South Bergen. I would like to live in North Bergen.

[Conan]

Because I live in NJ and being a conservative Democrat making a hardcore right-wing extremist.

With all due respect, don't give me that crap.  I live in a state that voted for Kerry more strongly than yours does, and I live in a strongly Democratic part of it, and I'm probably the most conservative person in the circle of people I know.  No one considers me a right-wing extremist.

And what does New Jersey being liberal have to do with defending the argument about the far-right existing only to counter the far-left?

I bet you live in a pleasant suburb that's not even that Democratic anyway.

Anyway, I like being part of the far-right because shouldn't you go where you agree w/people?  I think America needs to keep family values and not give my money to lazy poor people.

I'm not telling you not to be very conservative.  There are solid conservatives here who do not spit anywhere near as much venom as you do.

My point is that half your posts are complaining about far-left abortion activists and the people in the gay rights movement who, uh, do whatever it is that bothers you about what they do.  You admit that it's a tiny segment of the population, but haven't explained yet why you waste so much time talking about it.

NJ voted the same percent for Kerry as your state did. However Kerry received more votes then in Washington in NJ.

[Conan]

Lautenberg wanted to chair the Homeland Security Committee. It'd make sense being from NJ and we have the most dangerous 2 miles in America. But Lieberman is stupid and has to be chair or else he'd switch. So Lautenberg isnt on the committee anymore and he took a seat in the appropriations committee which I am happy about. Menendez increased his load adding the Foreign Relations committee to his bundle. If theres one thing we can agree on with Menendez he as a reputations for being a workaholic.

[Conan]

Lautenberg wanted to chair the Homeland Security Committee. It'd make sense being from NJ and we have the most dangerous 2 miles in America. But Lieberman is stupid and has to be chair or else he'd switch. So Lautenberg isnt on the committee anymore and he took a seat in the appropriations committee which I am happy about. Menendez increased his load adding the Foreign Relations committee to his bundle. If theres one thing we can agree on with Menendez he as a reputations for being a workaholic.

Is there a good website for finding all of the committee assignments?

Dem: http://democrats.senate.gov/
http://democrats.senate.gov/newsroom/record.cfm?id=265867&

Rep: can't find.

[Conan]

Well, obviously I'm a Democrat. A proud one at that, btw. Beyond that though, I'm liberal on a lot of things (education equality, choice, gay rights, trade, civil rights, taxes, healthcare, minimum wage, unions and labor), moderate on others (welfare, defense), even conservative on a couple things (immigration, affirmative action). I guess of all the tags that are thrown around these days I would say populist fits me pretty well, libertarian in the social sense, not the economic sense - as I do not believe in the power of the free market to magically solve all the world's problems. Oh, and most importantly, I agree 110% with the great Thomas Jeferson that a wall should be built between Church and State. Today's so-called 'Religious Right' is neither, IMO.

Hope that helps.

You have just described me too. I just say I'm liberal however.