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Okay, now Mitch McConnell is simply funnin’ with us, providing a level of performance art not seen on the Senate floor since, well, since I don’t know when. After his extraordinary filibuster of his own bill last week, the Senate Minority Leader presented some examples of ‘wasteful, out-of-control federal spending’ that contribute to President Obama’s trillion dollar deficits ‘as far as the eye can see.’
What was the prime example of wasteful spending that McConnell featured in his recap of contributors to the trillion dollars of deficit? A $325,000 grant to develop a robotic squirrel.
“Named robo-squirrel!”
Everyone knows the Japanese appear to be kicking America’s ass in robotics development, so any effort to stimulate study in American universities to further our own knowledge in this area is suspect — because learning.
Watch Mitch rail against robo-squirrel spending. I wonder if I can find a calculator with enough screen and memory to calculate the percentage of a trillion-dollar deficit this $325,000 grant represents.
h/t Raw Story
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Because, you know, robotics is a completely useless project for the federal government to fund, since the soldiers Mitch sent to war in the last decade are coming home entirely whole and all.
Moron.
What’s ‘obvious to most Americans’ is the fact that R’s are only interested in cutting the safety net and anything which helps people suffering from the Depression they engineered, while handing even more unnecessary tax breaks to Millionaires.
I completely agree that we should not fund McConnell or any other robo-squirrel.
True. There is also the fact that most of that funding went to support students, not to building the fracking squirrel, which only cost a few hundred dollars. Cthulhu knows, the last thing we want to do in this country is fund education and students.
I like Mitch citations of what “most Americans” support, which are unsupported by any poll numbers I’ve seen. The things he’s opposing are overwhelmingly supported by most Americans. He’s whistling out his ass — which is, I think, what got him thrown out of the military after four days at boot camp.
Lurnin’ is EVUL.
I really wish the robo-squirrel was named Bullwinkle. Or Rocky Jay.
Or Mitch.
Yes, you know it’s bullshit when they start mentioning the ‘American People.’
Mitch is angry because the Rs already have a perfect robot. He was their candidate for President.
Mitch looks like he needs a little more curry or turmeric in his diet. Might help to dislodge the plaque buildup on his cerebral cortex and actually think, opposed to regurgitation of fascist’s talking points?
So Mitch keep on, keeping on, in the protection of oil. Protect the waste of $427,000,000,000 worth of economic value by Americans this year, driving America of a cliff while the oil boys you represent seem to have quite the monopoly on energy, as slave owners had monopoly on slave. NO servitude here. Just go shopping….
Talking about fiscal cliffs, while Americans are driven off a cliff by design, by the likes of Mitch, is double speak bullshit…..
Mitch never mind the a rape of Americans using gasoline, Fuck head!
The late and not too lamented Senator from Wisconsin William Proxmire used to do the same song and dance, but was much more entertaining.
Mitch McConnell can go fuck himself up the ass sideways with a blunt screwdriver.
Of course, its performance art! That makes a lot more sense, and it makes sense that “The Turtle” is the least clever and entertaining of the Yes Men.
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I’m not sure Mitch knows yet, though — he was entirely nonplussed when Harry Reid called his bluff and he (Mitch) had to ask for a 60-vote threshold on his own debt-ceiling-elimination bill. Not a bit of self-awareness shown on his turtle-y visage.
Ah but backed by the nuclear “industry” as he did everything he could to keep Paducah busienss-as-usual!
I had promised Cassie that I would come down to work for her campaign but I might pre-empt that if Ashley Judd runs against this Turd.
Teddy !
I, too, am very excited about Ms Judd’s potential campaign against Mitch. And I think he is very worried about it, worried enough to send his co-Senator Rand Paul out to bad-mouth her in public speeches lately.
Which I take as a very good sign. I hope she does too.
Rand Paul’s comments will only embolden Ashley’s campaign, the tide has finally turned against turdblossom & co.
Undoubtedly “Turtle” needs to work on his improv skills, what I noticed was the incredible tell when his bluff was called, wish I could get in a poker game with him, I could be the King of Louisville.
…for what that’s worth!
But, yeah, I’m always amazed at these guys in the public eye all the time, and how easy it is to see when they are LYING their asses off.
Teddy, I’m afraid you have captured the new darling of the twatterworld, and it will be Robo Squirrel. I wonder if it will get as big as monkey-son.
Also, too. It would not be important to have such thing as a Robo Squirrel when we have our own Fukushima, which even as well with the Japanese learning and such is still not far ahead enough of The Radiation.