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Posted at 11:52am on May 14, 2008 Going Old Testament on the House GOP

Their Deserved Walk in the Wilderness

By Erick

"Not one of the men who saw my glory and the miraculous signs I performed in Egypt and in the desert but who disobeyed me and tested me ten times - not one of them will ever see the land I promised on oath to their forefathers. No one who has treated me with contempt will ever see it.

"So tell them, 'As surely as I live, declares the LORD, I will do to you the very things I heard you say: In this desert your bodies will fall—every one of you twenty years old or more who was counted in the census and who has grumbled against me. Not one of you will enter the land I swore with uplifted hand to make your home, except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun. As for your children that you said would be taken as plunder, I will bring them in to enjoy the land you have rejected. But you—your bodies will fall in this desert. Your children will be shepherds here for forty years, suffering for your unfaithfulness, until the last of your bodies lies in the desert. For forty years—one year for each of the forty days you explored the land—you will suffer for your sins and know what it is like to have me against you.' "

Numbers 14:22-23, 28-34

We've talked a lot here about the GOP being in the wilderness. That metaphor comes from this Old Testament passage. The Lord sent the Israelites into the promised land and the Israelite scouts reported back with fear and trembling that they'd never be able to defeat the occupants of the land. The Lord had provided many signs and wonders, yet the Israelites doubted.

In punishment, the Lord said the Israelites would wander for forty years until all the present generation of sinners who doubted him had died off. And here we find a parallel of the Republican Party and why I yet again must advocate bloody purges.

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Posted at 12:34am on Dec. 12, 2007 House Republicans Talk Tough on Spending

"Our Members Have Been Ready for This Fight All Year."

By Mark I

Republicans in the House held a conference call today on the appropriations process. The call was hosted by Minority Whip Rep. Roy Blunt and joined by Republican Study Committee Chairman Rep. Jeb Hensarling. The purpose was to lay out the Republican leadership’s strategy for dealing with the omnibus appropriations bill working its way through Congress.

Last night, the cantankerous Democratic Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, David Obey (D-WI), threatened to pull all earmarks out of the bill unless Republicans agreed to negotiate on spending levels. The White House called Obey’s bluff and said that it’s position on funding for domestic programs had not changed. Blunt and Hensarling wanted to make it clear to the assembled journalists and bloggers that Republicans has “gotten the message” on spending and intended, on the House side at least, to hold Democrats to their campaign pledges of fiscal responsibility.

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