The Paycheck Fairness Act

[tursiops]

And my point is that tursiops does not seem to understand how the federal government actually works.

You may be right. i only spent twenty years working in it. Twenty very long years.

[FiremanBob]

Obviously not on the political side.

[dorminWS]

And my point is that tursiops does not seem to understand how the federal government actually works.

You may be right. i only spent twenty years working in it. Twenty very long years.

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In that case, don't ever try to tell us again that you appreciate what is going on in or are connected in a meaningful way with the real world that we mere citizens live in. You've just admited not only that you do/are not; you've also explained why.

[scott9050]

FiremanBob, you are trying much too hard to make my posts and attitudes into something they are not. My point is that one should not use stupid things Congress does as reasons to hate Obama. That's as useless as claiming that he is responsible for gasoline prices (which only happens when the prices are going up, I've observed, not when they are going down, like now).

You don't honestly believe that the Democratic machine and Obama did not give their blessing and pull the strings behind this bill, do you? Nothing happens without the approval of Godfather Obama.

[scott9050]

And my point is that tursiops does not seem to understand how the federal government actually works.

You may be right. i only spent twenty years working in it. Twenty very long years.

The janitor at NASA can probably claim the same, but does that mean he knows how to fly the shuttle? My dad worked for 42 years for the Feds and he never would have made that claim if he were alive.

[tursiops]

So now I was a janitor?
LOL

i was a Senior Executive in two different cabinet departments (Commerce and DOD), and spent most of my time working with (and against!) political appointees. I served under four administrations, both parties.

I'm 70, I spent 20 years in Gov (retired in 2007). So I have plenty of experience outside of gov, and now run a small consulting company.

And what gives you guys the experience and background to make your all-encompassing statements? Fox News?

[ratherfish]

So now I was a janitor?
LOL

i was a Senior Executive in two different cabinet departments (Commerce and DOD), and spent most of my time working with (and against!) political appointees. I served under four administrations, both parties.

I'm 70, I spent 20 years in Gov (retired in 2007). So I have plenty of experience outside of gov, and now run a small consulting company.

And what gives you guys the experience and background to make your all-encompassing statements? Fox News?

Re-read the comment.

Your assumption is false.

[FiremanBob]

Then why would you give us a high-school civics version of how laws get made, despite thousands of pages and hours of video in memoirs, biographies, and investigative reporting that provide the real story? We weren't born yesterday.

[ratherfish]

He doesn't realize that at least 15 here are reading the comments with the same or better credentials.

[dorminWS]

A wise man once said , "He who rests on his laurels is wearing them on the wrong end."