Grayson began by informing Ms. Batshitcrazy that:

“There’s nothing in the Senate rules that prevents reconciliation. It’s been used 22 times overall and 14 times by Republicans. If it’s good enough to provide tax cuts for the rich – twice under Bush – it’s good enough to provide health care for all Americans.”

Read more over at CNN and watch the video below. Notice how Bachmann never goes off on one of her psychotic tears? She knew damn well Grayson would spank her with her stupidity if she did. I must say, she really did behave somewhat normally. Too bad it won’t last.

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U.S. Sen. Jim Bunning blocked the extension of unemployment and health insurance benefits for a second time on Monday.

Bunning (R-Ky.) said that the legislation still wasn’t funded in the budget, and that he didn’t want to keep adding to the debt. The benefits covered in the legislation—which affects about one million Americans stopped on Sunday night after Bunning blocked the measure from coming to a vote last week.

In the Senate, legislation must receive unanimous consent for it to move to a floor vote. To block this bill’s progress, Bunning simply objected every time unanimous consent was called for.

Bunning insisted that, under a “pay as you go” law that was enacted in February, all legislation has to be paid for before it can be made into law—even though he didn’t vote for that bill when it was before the Senate.

Read more about this idiot over here.

Have you heard about Bunning’s declaration of “Tough shit” on the Senate floor last week? Oh yeah! You can read about that little stunt here.

And check out what happened when he was asked a couple of questions. Somebody! Call the waaaamublance!!

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Check out the video below.

Enzi’s flub came during a filibuster against the confirmation of Craig Becker, President Obama’s nominee to the National Labor Relations Board. Becker’s confirmation was ultimately blocked despite a vote of 52-33 in his favor.

Props to the Huffington Post!

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Huffington Post |  Danny Shea First Posted: 01-13-10 02:45 PM   |   Updated: 01-13-10 03:14 PM

Televangelist Pat Robertson said Wednesday that earthquake-ravaged Haiti has been “cursed” by a “pact to the devil.”

“Something happened a long time ago in Haiti, and people might not want to talk about it,” he said on Christian Broadcasting Network’s “The 700 Club.” “They were under the heal of the French. You know, Napoleon the third, or whatever. And they got together and swore a pact to the devil. They said, we will serve you if you will get us free from the French. True story. And so, the devil said, okay it’s a deal.”

Robertson said that “ever since they have been cursed by one thing after the other” and he contrasted Haiti with its neighbor, the Dominican Republic.  Source Article

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Courtesy SFGate:

(11-20) 21:44 PST BERKELEY, CALIF. — Forty protesters who barricaded themselves inside Wheeler Hall for 11 hours Friday didn’t win back the 38 custodial jobs they demanded, nor did they persuade the UC regents to rescind their decision to increase tuition by 32 percent next fall.

But their daylong protest spoke directly to the mood of students, faculty and university workers, who demonstrated their frustration with ever-increasing fees and ever-decreasing jobs.

The occupation of the two-story building on the Berkeley campus ended Friday night as Alameda County sheriffs deputies escorted the protesters, all but two of whom where students, out of the building and past more than 2,000 chanting supporters. The protesters will face misdemeanor trespassing charges.

The third and most tumultuous day of protests reflected the anger being displayed on many UC campuses Friday, a day after the regents voted to increase undergraduate tuition and graduate-level fees to help make up a $535 million budget gap brought on by reduced state funding and inflation.

At Berkeley, the daylong occupation of Wheeler Hall began at 6 a.m. when the group entered the second floor of the building. Three students were arrested immediately for burglary as they moved heavy furniture to block doorways, according campus police.

“We decided it was necessary to take action,” said Andi Walden, a Middle Eastern studies and political science major. “A lot of people have been saying, ‘Whose university? Our university.’ So we decided to put that into action.”

Speaking to The Chronicle by phone, she said the protesters had enough food and water to last four days. She also estimated the group as 60-people strong, but later in the day, police said there were 40 protesters inside.

-Article continues @ Source.