In 2008, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell declared that his top priority was to ensure that Barack Obama was a one-term president. In his failed pursuit of that goal, he has lead his party to unprecedented obstructionism, abusing the filibuster to bring all Senate business to a halt.
In the 2012 election, Americans overwhelmingly re-elected President Obama, cast more votes for Democrats than Republicans, and increased the Democratic majority in the Senate.
Millions of Democratic voters urged Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to change the Senate rules in response to Senate Republican’s unprecedented filibuster abuse.
Unfortunately, Senator Reid ignored the warnings of his own party and the Democratic base. Unfortunately, Senator Reid reached a meaningless agreement with Senator McConnell that has done nothing to restore the rights of the majority. The Senate is as dysfunctional as ever, and Senate Republicans are even filibustering cabinet nominees for the first time in history.
Senator Reid has threatened to revisit the rules several times since the toothless agreement was reached and Republican obstructionism continued, but so far nothing has changed. In fact, a small group of Republican senators, representing less than 11% of the population, is capable of completely controlling all Senate business. Due to this historical abuse of the filibuster, a minority of Republican Senators frequently goes further than just preventing votes on bills: they don't even allow bills to be debated. This is wrong. This is undemocratic, and it needs to stop.
It’s time to tell Senator Reid we told you so, Harry.
It's easy to be cynical and think that nothing will ever change, but you miss one hundred percent of the shots you don't take, and we have to try something. Please visit this website my friend Sean and I made, and send Senator Reid a postcard demanding he take action to restore the rights of the majority in the Senate, so that unprecedented Republican obstructionism is no longer able to prevent the governing of America.
In the 2012 election, Americans overwhelmingly re-elected President Obama, cast more votes for Democrats than Republicans, and increased the Democratic majority in the Senate.
Millions of Democratic voters urged Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to change the Senate rules in response to Senate Republican’s unprecedented filibuster abuse.
Unfortunately, Senator Reid ignored the warnings of his own party and the Democratic base. Unfortunately, Senator Reid reached a meaningless agreement with Senator McConnell that has done nothing to restore the rights of the majority. The Senate is as dysfunctional as ever, and Senate Republicans are even filibustering cabinet nominees for the first time in history.
Senator Reid has threatened to revisit the rules several times since the toothless agreement was reached and Republican obstructionism continued, but so far nothing has changed. In fact, a small group of Republican senators, representing less than 11% of the population, is capable of completely controlling all Senate business. Due to this historical abuse of the filibuster, a minority of Republican Senators frequently goes further than just preventing votes on bills: they don't even allow bills to be debated. This is wrong. This is undemocratic, and it needs to stop.
It’s time to tell Senator Reid we told you so, Harry.
It's easy to be cynical and think that nothing will ever change, but you miss one hundred percent of the shots you don't take, and we have to try something. Please visit this website my friend Sean and I made, and send Senator Reid a postcard demanding he take action to restore the rights of the majority in the Senate, so that unprecedented Republican obstructionism is no longer able to prevent the governing of America.
Spent the weekend in Kansas City, Missouri at Planet Comicon. Great con, great people, in a surprisingly beautiful city. I had no idea that KC was as gorgeous as it turned out to be.
Got home late last night, and I've been coughing and sneezing my balls off since the plane landed. Looked at the pollen forecast just now and found out why:
FML. If you need me this week, I'll be drowning in misery and scratching my skin off.
Got home late last night, and I've been coughing and sneezing my balls off since the plane landed. Looked at the pollen forecast just now and found out why:
FML. If you need me this week, I'll be drowning in misery and scratching my skin off.
So this is a thing that is happening:
Drew Curtis (my friend and founder of Fark.com), Greg Koch (my friend and co-founder of Stone Brewing Company) and I are collaborating on a limited-release beer that will come out just around Comicon in July.
It's an Imperial Stout, made with pecans, some wheat malt, a ton of rye, and aged in bourbon barrels. It's going to be called Farking Wheaton Imperial W00tstout.
Here's the label:
I brewed at Stone yesterday, and I have to tell you that, as a homebrewer, getting to work in a professional brewhouse was one of the most amazing experiences of my life. I also brought some of my homebrew to share with people at Stone (and to get feedback from pros), and they all quite honestly loved the beers I brought them. I even got to put some of my Tripel into their lab for chemical analysis, to find out specifics on the ABV and SRM. My notes calculated the ABV to 7.8%, and the lab showed that it was 8.0, so I wasn't as far off my TG as I thought it was, which is awesome and makes me feel pretty proud of myself.
Translation for those of you who aren't brewers: I made good beer that people liked, and I made it pretty close to exactly how I wanted it to turn out. Also: SCIENCE!
Drew Curtis (my friend and founder of Fark.com), Greg Koch (my friend and co-founder of Stone Brewing Company) and I are collaborating on a limited-release beer that will come out just around Comicon in July.
It's an Imperial Stout, made with pecans, some wheat malt, a ton of rye, and aged in bourbon barrels. It's going to be called Farking Wheaton Imperial W00tstout.
Here's the label:
I brewed at Stone yesterday, and I have to tell you that, as a homebrewer, getting to work in a professional brewhouse was one of the most amazing experiences of my life. I also brought some of my homebrew to share with people at Stone (and to get feedback from pros), and they all quite honestly loved the beers I brought them. I even got to put some of my Tripel into their lab for chemical analysis, to find out specifics on the ABV and SRM. My notes calculated the ABV to 7.8%, and the lab showed that it was 8.0, so I wasn't as far off my TG as I thought it was, which is awesome and makes me feel pretty proud of myself.
Translation for those of you who aren't brewers: I made good beer that people liked, and I made it pretty close to exactly how I wanted it to turn out. Also: SCIENCE!
