House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) said he would not include language to defund Obamacare in the continuing resolution bill when it returns to the House, stating, “our goal” is “not to shut down the government.”
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) offered an amendment to the Senate version of the CR that would have defunded Obamacare. However, the Senate is controlled by Democrats and, on Wednesday, Cruz's amendment failed.
Cruz pointed out, however, that if the Senate CR differs at all from the one passed previously by the House, the House would have another chance to vote on it, and could amend it then to defund Obamacare.
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All my "old" friends are over seventy years and will still keep voting Republican. I consider them to be psychological slaves, habituated to a past that no longer exists. I hold to the heritage of Lee and Jackson, which will never be non-existent or invalid, just temporarily suppressed.
ReplyDeleteI like it better when you vet my comments before posting them. Makes me feel better about repeating myself, like this.
Major R. E. Wilson, formerly of the 1st North Carolina Battalion of Sharpshooters, spoke the southern mind when he said, “If I ever disown, repudiate, or apologize for the cause for which Lee fought and Jackson died, let the lightnings of Heaven rend me, and the scorn of all good men and true women be my portion. Sun, moon, starts, all fall on me when I cease to love the Confederacy. ‘Tis the cause, not the fate of the cause, that is glorious.”
From Southern By The Grace Of God, Michael Andrew Grissom, p. 164.
Reading that will still thrill me on my last day.
Horace Smith
NCSU class of 1955
& the Dems do the same, because their fathers did.
DeleteI've always loved that quote. My great uncle was in charge on the retreat to Appomattox.
http://www.namsouth.com/viewtopic.php?t=94&highlight=appomattox
Before reaching Appomattox on the memorable retreat of our army from Petersburg, the half starved division of General Bryan Grimes, of which I belonged, was halted after dark for a short rest, and some of the *sharpshooters in the skirmish line, commanded by my brother, Lieutenant George T. Leach, also of Company C in the 53rd NC Regiment, collected and drove to our bivouac two or three cows with the intent of butchering them, believing, as they certainly had reason to believe, that the poor cattle would soon fall into the merciless hands of our pursuers.
Reaching our stopping place, for we had no encampment there, Lieutenant Leach sent to headquarters to get permission to butcher the cows for his Corps of Sharpshooters, stating that his men were suffering from food. They had been constantly on the flanks and in the rear of the retreating army since the evacuation, marching, counter marching, retreating and fighting without food or rest. General Grimes peremptorily refused to allow the cattle to be killed, because to allow it would violate one of Lee's well-established rules prohibiting plundering at any cost.
He ordered the cows to be returned to the field from which they were driven, a mile or two back. The order was instantly executed as far as possible - the cattle were driven within range of the federal pickets and turned over to our pursuers. We marched on with empty stomachs and continued to hold the front line in an attempt to open the way for the retreat of the Army.
* Shock Troops of the Confederacy
http://astore.amazon.com/souhernewvie-20/detail/0964958554
"......the sharpshooters of the Army of Northern Virginia played an important and sometimes pivotal role in many battles and campaigns in
The decision to vote Republican or democrat is all about illusion. The two parties have successfully convinced the voters they have a choice. When in reality the are simply two sides of the same coin. Both are controlled by the same elites and Banksters. So vote Democrat or Republican just do not be surprised when nothing changes.
ReplyDeleteI am almost 61 and have seen every combination of Democrats and Republicans controlling Washington. Where Republicans controlled everything to where Democrats controlled everything and every combination in between. Can you name ONE time where the course of the country changed. I know I cannot. The direction of the country was charted by the elites and no matter which party was in charge, nothing changed.
I hate to agree with a Marxist but Mao had it right when he said, "All political power comes from the barrel of a gun." Why do you think they are frantic to disarm Americans. They know with our guns we hold true power.
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