Nice crowd you’ve got there , Grayson . When you are thrown out this fall , head over to MSNBC . They are always looking for creepy , Satanic looking , deranged commentators .

Do you get a lot of reverb from the voices in your head ? Get one of those Canadian -type hats with earflaps . It will look good when you’re wearing one of your Nathan Detroit suits .

Now we know where KO decided to go for vacation.

Maybe you RW cowards can cry a little more for the bush tax cuts to the wealthy to stay in place. oh please, please don’t make the rich pay taxes, tax the middle class more, who cares if our kids futures are riuned, just boo don’t hoo tax the hoo rich. Puleeze LEAVE THE RICH ALONE, boo hoo hoo.
You will act against your own best interests and the interests of this country just because the geezer channel fox news tells you to. Pathetic!

Making headlines where, exactly? (besides Mediaite)

Had you not posted this literally no one, according to the empty chairs, would know he said this.

Who cares what crap he makes up, what he *thinks* Republicans are asking…. That is like the dumbest thing I have ever heard.

(i’m reacting to Grayson, not Frances)

Grayson is a bad ass and the best thing in the house.

I bet when this guy was a kid, his mom had to tie a pork chop around his neck, just to get the dogs to play with him. He makes Frankenstein look quite handsome, in comparison.

What will people like Iris cling to when the Bush tax cuts do expire and everyone, including me in the middle class, see taxes go back up? Yes, the tax cuts have benefitted the rich (and that should never happen in America where we beleive in social justice for all but the wealthy); but those cuts have also helped us middle classers out too. They will expire and my federal tax will go up – all the way to 31% if my research is right. 25% to 31% . . .

So what will Iris do when those evil Bush tax cuts expire and we all see a drop in our take-home pay?

Is there a chance in hell we might get the candidate from South Carolina that won the democratic primary to replace this bozo? He makes stupid people sound like geniuses.

Danimal, are you really that stupid or just pretend to be.. Ohw8, you must be a graduate of Glenn Beck U

Grayson is a more unpleasant , barely functioning , older version of Eddie Haskell , if Eddie had grown up to look and act like Satan’s bookie . At some point , he will likely come on this board under an assumed name to argue each poster’s point and maybe threaten to sue them . The people in is district won’t get fooled again .

In case any of you are wondering what OBAMA’S ECON ADVISOR, Larry Summers says about unemployment benefits, here it is:

The Concise Encyclopedia of Economics on Unemployment,
To fully understand unemployment, we must consider the causes of recorded long-term unemployment. Empirical evidence shows that two causes are welfare payments and unemployment insurance. These government assistance programs contribute to long-term unemployment in two ways.
First, government assistance increases the measure of unemployment by prompting people who are not working to claim that they are looking for work even when they are not. The work-registration requirement for welfare recipients, for example, compels people who otherwise would not be considered part of the labor force to register as if they were a part of it. This requirement effectively increases the measure of unemployed in the labor force even though these people are better described as nonemployed—that is, not actively looking for work.

The second way government assistance programs contribute to long-term unemployment is by providing an incentive, and the means, not to work. Each unemployed person has a “reservation wage”—the minimum wage he or she insists on getting before accepting a job. Unemployment insurance and other social assistance programs increase that reservation wage, causing an unemployed person to remain unemployed longer]

Dave Noland said:
Grayson is a bad ass and the best thing in the house.

Every time you comment, you prove to the world what a complete idiot you are.

Iris, do you dispute that the Bush tax cuts set to expire include cuts for the middle class too? Do you dispute that my middle class rates went down and wouldn’t rise with the expiration? Or are you just going to strike out with dumb statements based not in fact?

Or are you just going to strike out with dumb statements based not in fact?

DING, DING, DING, we have a winner!

I mean, I know the current “plan” (read – hopes and dreams but not legislation) of the Democrats is to keep the lower and middle tax rate cuts while raising the ‘rich’ rates, but that isn’t legislation signed into law yet.

And I doubt it will be.

Alan Grayson makes Michele Bachmann look non-partisan.

With elections only 3.5 months away, it was always politically foolish for Republicans to oppose the extension of unemployment benefits.

BTW:

Ending weeks of stalemate, the Senate cleared the way Tuesday for Congress to extend federal jobless benefits through November’s elections for millions of long-term unemployed.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0710/39967.html#ixzz0uFsgszGq

Danimal98367 said:
I mean, I know the current “plan” (read – hopes and dreams but not legislation) of the Democrats is to keep the lower and middle tax rate cuts while raising the ‘rich’ rates, but that isn’t legislation signed into law yet. And I doubt it will be.

There are two answers for why Iris doesn’t care about the tax cuts, either she/it doesn’t work, or if she/it does work, it’s for the government. She obviously has no car payment, no mortgage, no kids, no kids in college, etc…She’s blissfully unaware that we in the middle pay the freight for the losers while struggling to keep our head above water.

Single, unemployed or government employed white zombies living in cities.

Grayson makes me want to hurl, but he got this one right.

MichelleF said:
In case any of you are wondering what OBAMA’S ECON ADVISOR, Larry Summers says about unemployment benefits, here it is:

The Concise Encyclopedia of Economics on Unemployment,
To fully understand unemployment, we must consider the causes of recorded long-term unemployment. Empirical evidence shows that two causes are welfare payments and unemployment insurance. These government assistance programs contribute to long-term unemployment in two ways.
First, government assistance increases the measure of unemployment by prompting people who are not working to claim that they are looking for work even when they are not. The work-registration requirement for welfare recipients, for example, compels people who otherwise would not be considered part of the labor force to register as if they were a part of it. This requirement effectively increases the measure of unemployed in the labor force even though these people are better described as nonemployed—that is, not actively looking for work.

The second way government assistance programs contribute to long-term unemployment is by providing an incentive, and the means, not to work. Each unemployed person has a “reservation wage”—the minimum wage he or she insists on getting before accepting a job. Unemployment insurance and other social assistance programs increase that reservation wage, causing an unemployed person to remain unemployed longer]

All the Marys in Heaven! We’ve reached the point that we’re repeating these tedious, dreary, largely irrelevant copy and paste jobs throughout the day. At long last, have you no decency, woman?

Today he spoke in favor of extending unemployment benefits,”

And as a typical lib, he didn’t want to pay for it.

Yet you still have no comment on it royal race-baiter.

sarainitaly said:
Making headlines where, exactly? (besides Mediaite)

Had you not posted this literally no one, according to the empty chairs, would know he said this.

Who cares what crap he makes up, what he *thinks* Republicans are asking…. That is like the dumbest thing I have ever heard.

(i’m reacting to Grayson, not Frances)

Our Expatriate reacting to things of which she has no direct knowledge, once again. If you want to share your knowledge with us, give us the Fusilli Futures.

MichelleF said:
Yet you still have no comment on it royal race-baiter.

Deal with it toots. I don’t respond to copy and paste jobs from ridiculous source materials.

Off topic from Grayson of course, but since you mentioned unemployment benefits extension…answer me this TRRK, why would we want to borrow money from the Chinese (or anyone) to pay the 34 billion for unemployment compensation extensions when we have 450 billion sitting there in unused stimulus money?

Does that seriously make any sense to you?

The Real Royal King said:
Deal with it toots. I don’t respond to copy and paste jobs from ridiculous source materials.

You dont respond to articles written by Teh One’s top economic advisor?

Grayson, Harry Reid and Barney Frank all look so much like sexual pedophiles… I would not be comfortable with them around my kids.

The liberal left can claim them all …no loss for the rest of us.

The Real Royal King said:
Our Expatriate reacting to things of which she has no direct knowledge, once again. If you want to share your knowledge with us, give us the Fusilli Futures.

She’s right, you seriously think Graysons rant is going to be on ABC, NBC, or CBS? They don’t need his shenanigans….The only place I’ve seen or heard this is here. They love Grayson here.

timzank said:
She’s right, you seriously think Graysons rant is going to be on ABC, NBC, or CBS? They don’t need his shenanigans….The only place I’ve seen or heard this is here. They love Grayson here.

I would be delighted if Grayson weren’t mentioned, but I have little tolerance for the remote and removed ramblings of expatriates, be they Kim Philby, Alice B. Toklas or Sara N. Italy.

The Real Royal King said:
At long last, have you no decency, woman?

You picked the wrong person to paraphrase.

Joe Welsh himself outed Fred Fisher as a commie to the NYT’s prior to Tail-gunner Joe .

From the NYTs two months prior to the Army-McCarthy Hearings

‘Mr. Welch today confirmed news reports that he had relieved from duty his original second assistant, Frederick G. Fisher, of his own Boston law office, because of admitted previous membership in the National lawyers Guild, referred to by Attorney General Herbert Brownwell ,Jr. as ‘ the legal mouthpiece of the Communist Party.”

King, ya got to find better commies. Try Van Jones or Anita Dunn.

I attributed no one. It’s just a good quotation. And, an applicable one.

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh, try this:

Mr. WELCH.: Let us not assassinate this lad further, Senator. You have done enough. Have you no sense of decency sir, at long last? Have you left no sense of decency? ”

I rest my case.

notsofast said:
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh, try this:

Mr. WELCH.: Let us not assassinate this lad further, Senator. You have done enough. Have you no sense of decency sir, at long last? Have you left no sense of decency? ”

I rest my case.

I don’t dispute your history, and it is a time which fascinates me, a time during which by Blessed Mother, of fond memory, shook off her Republican patrician roots and became an ardent liberal firebrand. Similarly, slander not my poetic license.

Danimal it looks like you really are that stupid, the republicans and fox news and rw’ers because foxnews tells them to are trying to keep the bush tax cuts to the wealthy. If that happens the burden will continue to be on the backs of the middle class and not to mention haliburton and the corporations that have an offshore po box because they are so freakin un American that are not paying corporate taxes cause neil cavuto and the repubs are crying for them too. So you gonna shed some more tears for them danny boy.

newzmaker said:
I bet when this guy was a kid, his mom had to tie a pork chop around his neck, just to get the dogs to play with him. He makes Frankenstein look quite handsome, in comparison.

Yes lets attack his looks. That has so much to do with unemployment benefits. This coming from a party who nominated an air head beauty queen.

Deal with it toots. I don’t respond to copy and paste jobs from ridiculous source materials.

In other words Royal Race-Baiter, you can’t think of a good way to spin it so you will just ignore it. Got it, thanks!

Iris said:
Danimal it looks like you really are that stupid, the republicans and fox news and rw’ers because foxnews tells them to are trying to keep the bush tax cuts to the wealthy. If that happens the burden will continue to be on the backs of the middle class and not to mention haliburton and the corporations that have an offshore po box because they are so freakin un American that are not paying corporate taxes cause neil cavuto and the repubs are crying for them too. So you gonna shed some more tears for them danny boy.

Seriously dipshit, the tax cuts expiring aren’t ALL on the rich. If you have a real job, your taxes are going up as well.

The Real Royal King said:
Similarly, slander not my poetic license.

It ain’t “slander” when it’s true.

Grayson is a “backbencher” you would not normally be able to find with a GPS, if he had an antenna attached to his ass.
He figured out that if he made stupid outragious satements about the GOP on the House Floor he would immediately be invited on Ed, Ralphy, Tingles, or Bathtub Boy to elaborate. Still, few people know who this idiot is because NO viewers on MSNBC.
He could star in a remake of “ONE FLEW OVER THE CUKOOS NEST”
Wild eyed crazy shit is Mr. Grayson !!!

We need more politicians like Alan Grayson. He speaks the truth, anywhere he can (and especially on the floor) regardless of how it may affect his political career. And he fights for people like me – not rich, not poor, just an average person.

timzank said:
Seriously dipshit, the tax cuts expiring aren’t ALL on the rich. If you have a real job, your taxes are going up as well.

I’ll give you a ball park figure: any given year, I earn between $85k and $90k – just earnings. My taxes have gone down across the board. So even if they go back up a bit, I’m fine with that.

So long as the wealthy have their cuts revoked so we can get those $660+ billion we’ve been missing since Bush.

This Grayson dude get attention when he makes comments because we love people willing to stand up and spout stupid.

The Real Royal King said:
All the Marys in Heaven! We’ve reached the point that we’re repeating these tedious, dreary, largely irrelevant copy and paste jobs throughout the day. At long last, have you no decency, woman?

Find someone to read the information to you and then comment. Spare us your ‘thoughts’ until then.

Some__Dude said:
I earn between $85K and $90K–just earnings.

Not bad! Upper Middle! IF true!
My experience is when someone feels compelled to state earnings on some web site, he or she is trying to impress self or fibbing just a TAD. No one else knows who the hell you are, so who do you think gives a damn.
Now quit playing with that computer and get your ass back in the Drive-thru! You can watch Grayson on Ed tonight!

“Yes lets attack his looks. That has so much to do with unemployment benefits”

I guess you missed the comments from the looney left regarding Gov. Christie? The no whining light is lit, deal with it. This guy is the most repugnant excuse for a human that has graced the halls of our Congress. His psycho-babble should be an embarrasment to any individual with a functional brain.

As a New Zealander, I am wondering where Alan Grayson gave this address, with all those empty seats. Was it at midnight, in a rented hall, with the doors locked to ensure no visitors? I am pretty sure it could not have been to the Congress. Because if this IS the Congress, please tell me, where are the Representatives actually at work getting things done?

And yes, the Depression has been upon the US since the 4th quarter 2009. Take the food off millions of tables, and watch the real Tea Party begin!

snoozemaker: “I bet when this guy was a kid, his mom had to tie a pork chop around his neck, just to get the dogs to play with him.”

YOUR mom had to tie the DOG around your neck.

Thanks for your profound insights. Sheesh.

“What will people like Iris cling to when the Bush tax cuts do expire and everyone, including me in the middle class, see taxes go back up?”

The stimulus bill included tax cuts for those earning less than $250K, which probably includes you. After the Bush “cash for kings” tax cuts expire we can start whittling down the colossal debts he burdened us and future generations with.

“Alan Grayson makes Michele Bachmann look non-partisan.”

Grayson works for average Americans. Bachmann works for Bachmann.

“With elections only 3.5 months away, it was always politically foolish for Republicans to oppose the extension of unemployment benefits.”

Repubs want to bring Congress to a halt, then turn around and blame the Dems for it in Nov. Sounds foolish to those who follow the news closely, but not to the less-informed, who are often too busy just trying to survive to pay attention.

“we have 450 billion sitting there in unused stimulus money”

That money was designated for particular uses under the original legislation. You can’t just bust open this piggy bank.

“Grayson, Harry Reid and Barney Frank all look so much like sexual pedophiles”

You find making slanderous, unfounded accusations preferable to offering solutions? You’re obviously a Repub – and they can HAVE your vile, useless hide.

DimBob: “Grayson is a “backbencher””

Grayson has received national attention for his bluntness and passion.

Dude: Hold it, fella! This is a Grayson-bashing fest! We don’t need your kind showing up with actual life experiences and reasonable expectations from the wealthy. No sir-ree!

Phoccup: “we love people willing to stand up and spout stupid.”

Take a bow.

Punkguin00: “I guess you missed the comments from the looney left regarding Gov. Christie? ”

Translation: Two wrongs DO make a “right.”

I’m not concerned with the fat around Christie’s waist. It’s the fat between his EARS that worries me.

“This guy is the most repugnant excuse for a human that has graced the halls of our Congress.”

Sorry, Mitch McConnell and the preternaturally-orange John Boehner slithered in to share first prize.

“His psycho-babble ”

Grayson speaks bluntly. There’s no “babble” about it. You’re so used to hearing all the baseless “fear-speak” from the right that you don’t recognize straightforward, from-the-hip honesty any more.

Taxes likely wouldn’t be necessary, if the gov had the gumption to stand up to the banks (as opposed to bailing them out). Back in the day, the government was in charge of the issuance of currency. Today, the government ‘prints’ it and then hands it over to the privately-owned Fed (who then lends it out at 0.25% interest to their friends who THEN lend it to you for 10, 15, 20%). All of that profit could/should be going to the government to fund its operations.

They also lend it back to the government! Granted, the government pays a lower interest rate then the rest of us. But you see my point.

Make no mistake, my wingnut and moonbat brethren. The banks run this country. And they don’t care what color you are, what side of the political spectrum you fall on or what religious beliefs you may hold.

FYI: there was another option, when the economy tumbled. Instead of giving the banks $700B, the government could’ve let them go down, opened back up their own bank, and with a modest 10:1 lending ratio had $7>>>Trillion<<< to lend directly to the people. Instead, they gave your tax dollars to the banks who are now hoarding the money, as they cut off credit to the populace. When the economy takes its second nose dive, which will make this one look like a blip on the radar, the banks will be ready to buy your homes and businesses for pennies on the dollar (with your money).

@Dave Noland, I watched the video and that guy got spit on. The guy that did it should've been arrested for assault.