Congress

I really don’t know how their Unilocal rating is higher than Comcast’s. I mean if you want to pay top dollar for people who give you substandard service and attitude at every request, your cable company seems like a likely target. The legislative body governing your country? I, for one, expect more from Congress.

i’ll update my review to five stars if Bernie Sanders and his Political Revolution can get wall street out of the kitchen, exxon out of my car, coal out of my utility bill, and monsanto pesticides out of my food. I’d also like the usa out of the middle east.
otherwise, i won’t be back!

It’s congress… Can I really write a review on this? I guess so.
So… I had a the Tennessee State Society Happy Hour here. It was fun and the room we used was not enough room for everyone to fit. I think that was a mistake on our state society, but regardless it was fun to venture inside of the Congressional wing and see everything.

This Congress is so yesterday…
Song parody of Hillary Duff’s 2004 ong «So Yesterday»
You can change your strife — if you wanna
If you change your vote — if you wanna
They won’t change their mind
Well, that’s the way it goes
But I’m gonna vote out these
Cause they old hat-​and I wanna
They not good for me
You know you never want them back
At least not today, not today, not today
’cause
If it’s over, let it go and
Vote them out and they will seem
So yesterday, so yesterday
They’re bunch of punks, taking the dream away
Laugh it off but go and vote and
When you wake up they will seem
So yesterday, so yesterday
Haven’t you heard our nation will be okay
They will say they are broke– lie allota
But they get paid enough– cause they wanna
I say your act is worn
and I’ve heard enough
Thank you… you made my mind up for me
When the last recession tore me
Then you try to install fear
It isn’t gonna happen here
At least not today, not today, not today
’cause
If it’s over, let it go and
Vote them out and they will seem
So yesterday, so yesterday
They’re bunch of punks, taking the dream away
Laugh it off but go and vote and
When you wake up they will seem
So yesterday, so yesterday
Haven’t you heard our nation will be okay
They getting over me, I should do them too
After all they done, what is lef to do
Think their time is up, being so well fed
If they want to swerve, we one step ahead
Time for moving on, before we are gone
If the light is off then we are not on?
At least not today, not today, not today
’cause
If it’s over, let it go and
Vote them out and they will seem
So yesterday, so yesterday
They’re bunch of punks, taking the dream away
Laugh it off but go and vote and
When you wake up they will seem
So yesterday, so yesterday
Haven’t you heard our nation will be okay
If it’s over, let it go and
Vote them out and they will seem
So yesterday, so yesterday
They’re bunch of punks, taking the dream away
Laugh it off but go and vote and
When you wake up they will seem
So yesterday, so yesterday
Haven’t you heard our nation will be okay

What a joke. If the Democrats had to pass a resolution saying that once in a while food is good for you and you shouldn’t try to breathe in water, Republicans would be all like «says who!?»
Gridlock for gridlock’s sake Is madness. Re-​election of any of these buffoons is madness.

0 Stars! Running this country into the ground. They should be ashamed of themselves.
Words that come to mind: Disastrous — Dysfunctional — Self-​Interested — Apathetic — Useless — Abysmal.
Feel free to add your own words. .. .

The most inefficient and inept Congress I’ve ever seen in this Country. Neither party will put aside thier affiliation for the good and betterment of the country.

With the time I spent writing a review of Congress, I really could have talked to an intern at the congressman’s office on the phone, or written him a letter. Or even gone on the Huffington Post and ranted about corporate personhood. Or had a debate about modern democratic values. Hopefully, without making anyone mad; people are so defensive these days.
Nah.
I’ll tell you what I’m really looking forward to: checking the useful, funny, and cool points on this review the next time I log in.
This is as good as it gets for a citizen like me.

It’s really just one massive circle jerk. If they had to choose between vanilla ice cream and French vanilla ice cream, they’d reach gridlock on that, too. They’re too beholden to the vocal extremists in their groups, rather than on common sense processes, like working to reach a compromise that can help the country run better.
(And heaven forbid if they had to work harder, at the risk of it cutting into their vacation. In the interest of catering to the zealots and to their own personal/​professional interests, they’ve lost touch with working America.)

Pass me the suntan lotion. I’d hate to get burned.

Congress has put political rivalry and their own respective party’s ideology ahead of the welfare of the American People. Republicans think Democrats are evil. Democrats think Republicans are evil. The end result is bickering on a scale that would make elementary school kids blush at the ridiculousness of it all.
Similarly, who needs logic, statistics, data, and logical deduction when you have emotion and ideology to fall back on. And let’s not forget all the argumentative tricks that were popular in Jr. high school like «the straw man» and «the slippery slope» and the good old «Nazi» comparisons.
So shameful. We need to clean house and vote out 85% of all incumbents across the board.

These bastards don’t deserve to even have jobs. Right or Left, it’s all about corporate interests. We need a term limit on Congresspersons. In fact, there should be a random lottery of citizens (with some stipulations) and everyone should have to do Congress Duty. Anything would be better than the current system. Boo-​hiss.

Superman where are you now?
There’s too many men, too many people making too many problems… and theres not much love to go around.

Riddle me this: When the govt shuts down, our troops in harms way don’t get paid until Congress passes a bill authorizing them to get paid.
However, when the govt shuts down, Congress members will still get paid UNLESS they pass a bill authorizing their paychecks to be withheld.
FAIL.

The Republican filibuster of Zadroga bill (benefits for ⁹⁄₁₁ first responders) earns the GOP a one star. If Unilocal would let me, I would give them 0 stars.
Shame on all of them. You selfishly invoke ⁹⁄₁₁ when it benefits your agenda but now when those brave first responders need the help of this country, you turn your back on them. SHAME ON YOU ALL!
What else did the GOP prioritize below tax breaks for the wealthiest 2% of the US?
1. Zadroga bill — This bill is designed to improve health services and provide financial compensation for ⁹⁄₁₁ first responders who were exposed to dangerous toxins and are now sick as a result.
2. START — bilateral treaty between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)
3. DREAM ACT — bill would provide certain illegal and deportable alien students the opportunity to earn conditional permanent residency if they complete two years in the military or two years at a four year institution of higher learning

Doing a poor job representing the working class of America. More focused on a Plutocracy than anything else!
The only Senators really working for the People are Bernie Sanders, and Bob Casey! The rest work FOR multinational corporations, special interests, China, and the Religious Fundamentalists.

I can not believe what the current Congress and it’s disdain for the citizens who put these people in office.
Time to vote the current bunch out and replace with freshly elected people who actually represent the people. Not oppress the people with more taxes for useless projects.
Oh and as for Congress building itself. Awesome, but again, a place paid for by the people for the people. Not a a friendly place to visit. You would think you are a visitor at a prison and treated poorly by the thugs that guard this place. God Bless America. I don’t believe this is what our founders had in mind.

What a bunch of jokers.. .
Is it in their job description to make my life miserable???

This is more specific to the T.A.R.P Committee run by Senator Dodd.
The reason I am doing this review under congress is that the majority of the intelligent and compelling QA from the TARP committee is mainly coming from (both dem and rep) congress reps. But Dodd is running the show and he’s been awesome.
Its time to take a new look at Congress. I can’t explain to you everything that is happening, and I can only speak for what I am watching live every morning and when I can on C-​SPAN. Dodd and Co. are doing an incredible job right now grilling everyone involved in this crisis, and all those who seem to be fucking up such as the big 3. Want some real entertainment? Watch one of these dailies. Last week and my catch up this week re-​instilled my faith in our congress men and women. With all honestly, I am reaching out to let you know, they currently have our best interest in hand. You’ll see if you look… and listen.
They slammed Paulson and Bernanke this week for lying to them about spending, as well as the big 3 Auto CEO’s with incredible questions. The interview of Neil Barofsky (who was appointed to Special Inspector General of the Troubled Assets Relief Program (TARP) was incredible as well. He wasn’t appointed by Bush as most reviews say, he was grilled by the TARP committee and it was awesome to see how cool, collected and knowledgeable he was. Hopefully he’ll do right by us. i actually believe he will.
Go Congress… I believe in you right now.
Honestly I would give them 0 stars for signing away our privacy, and this fucking TARP bill without earlier oversight (allowing Paulson to spend $ 290B before putting it to committee), but its obvious they know their mistake and doing what they can to correct it. Watch and you’ll see.
If you don’t believe in this that’s ok; but we all need to be Patriot’s right now. I’m just trying to let you know something good is happening. Hopefully they will follow it through all the way. It’s looking good so far.
X-​fingers.

Anyone paying any attention at all could have seen this economic crisis coming, but do any of these asshats do anything about it? No, they wait until the credit markets are completely frozen and we are on the brink of a depression, and then in 48 hours they decide it makes sense to fix it by spending an amount equal to more than the entire Defense Department Budget, more than has so far been spent in the entire Iraq war.
But wait, it gets better. Because, at this point, it probably does make sense to do this. And yet, they can’t get it done. Why? Because the far right Republicans are now refusing to cooperate due to their ideological distaste for anything that alters free market forces.
But wait, it gets better. Because, guess what? The Democrats don’t need the Republicans. They control the House and the Senate. They can get this done all by themselves. But they won’t. Because politics — their jobs — is more important than anything else apparently.
I really wanted to like this place, but really, it just disgusts me.