Midknight Review -- new and revised: That "farm bill" congress was trying to pass? 700 billion dollars of its 900 billion total, went to food stamps. So why is it called a "farm bill?" It failed and I say, "Good riddance."

That "farm bill" congress was trying to pass? 700 billion dollars of its 900 billion total, went to food stamps. So why is it called a "farm bill?" It failed and I say, "Good riddance."

Pete Kasperowicz / The Hill:

House rejects farm bill, 195-234 — In a blow to House GOP leaders, the House on Thursday rejected a five-year farm bill. — Members voted down the $940 billion bill in a 195-234 vote that only won 24 Democratic votes. Most Democrats voted against the bill because it cut food stamp programs by more than $20 billion.

Editor’s notes: If you do not read this Review, you will not be aware of this fact: in spite of the $20 billion cut in food stamps appropriations, this 900 dollar “farm” bill set aside 700 billion for food stamps. This bill was NOT a “farm bill,” it was a “food stamps appropriations” bill, plain and simple.

What is shocking to this editor is the fact that the Democrats voted against this bill, simply because they only got 98% of what they were demanding, instead of 100%. Good grief. No "compromise" in that bunch of complainers.

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The Stated Nonsense from the Left now includes these Progressive goals:

July 2, 2008, Obama had this to say: "We cannot continue to rely only on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that we've set. We've got to have a civilian national security force that's just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded."

MICHELLE OBAMA: "Barack knows that we are going to have to make sacrifices; we are going to have to change our conversation; we're going to have to change our traditions, our history; we're going to have to move into a different place as a nation."

“ . . . . . . they have become a generation of activists possessed with that most American of ideas – that people who love their country can change it.” -- Obama the Radical

On September 30, Van Jones told MSNBC "I think everybody should hold onto your seats. October is going to be the turning point when it comes to the progressive fight back."

Midknight Review -- new and revised

That "farm bill" congress was trying to pass? 700 billion dollars of its 900 billion total, went to food stamps. So why is it called a "farm bill?" It failed and I say, "Good riddance."

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