The Bunning Blunder: Some local news stories from the past few hours.

[Barack_America]

Jonesboro, Arkansas:
More than 48,000 could lose unemployment benefits in area states

Lexington, Kentucky:
Bunning blocks unemployment extension bill again

Louisville, Kentucky:
Bridges financing plan delayed by Bunning action

Dayton, Ohio:
Unemployment benefits ending for some Ohioans

Keene, New Hampshire:
A U.S. senator sidelines 2,000 workers

Birmingham, Alabama:
Labor department: 3,600 Alabamians at risk of losing unemployment benefits

Denver, Colorado:
Kentucky Senator Could Halt Colorado Road Projects

Asheville, North Carolina:
Kentucky's Bunning again blocks jobless benefits

And my beloved Philadelphia, PA:
Jim Bunning: Thanks a lot, dickbag

[Liberal_in_LA]

1. Isn't he throwing in the towel?

[Barack_America]

5. We'll see what happens after his foolish little amendment gets voted down. nt

[NightWatcher]

2. they should all include Bunning's contact info

we unemployed have a lot of free time on our hands

[rhett o rick]

13. Here is his contact info. Please dont everyone contact at the same time

might jam his webmail.

http://bunning.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.ContactForm

[glinda]

3. Sen. Bunning needs a mental health exam

[aquart]

4. He doesn't need their votes. Why would he care?

[Barack_America]

8. He obviously doesn't, but the GOP may care.

Particularly considering the vast majority of those losing their unemployment benefits live in either Red or swing states.

[louis-t]

6. How long before faux puts a 'D' in front of his name?

In 5..4..3..2..

[liberal N proud]

7. Not all of them have Bunning's name in the headline

Too many Americans only read headlines anymore.

They see government broken, Democrats in power, vote the bums out. Mission accomplished for Bunning.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

19. Many of them don't mention his party affilitation, either

On CNN a reporter compared Bunning's actions to "when another senator (name and party not specified) held up the approval of several dozen of Obama's appointments." It was Republican Senator Shelby, and it was ALL of Obama's appointments, you twit, not "several dozen." 73 is not "several dozen."

[Cha]

9. Thanks for your research on this.. From the Colorado Road Projects..

"Among the construction sites where work will be halted: the $36 million replacement of the Humpback Bridge on the George Washington Parkway in Virginia; $15 million in bridge construction and stream rehabilitation in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho; and the $8 million resurfacing of the Natchez Trace Parkway in Mississippi.

“CDOT has to have all the cash in the bank, so we have all the state funds in the bank. We go and obligate a project and get under contract and then what happens is we front the money, we pay our contractors and then we bill the federal government and they reimburse us. So when they’re not reimbursing us for a period of time we’re OK, we can continue to pay our bills and front the money but at some point we need them to come back and pay the bill,” Stegman said."

[Barack_America]

10. The problem with many of those projects are...

...even though they may have funds in the bank, if they require oversight from federal inspectors, they're still SOL. 'Cause the federal inspectors have been furloughed. They cannot legally continue construction until this bill passes and the inspectors come back to work.

[Selatius]

11. He's like a natural disaster. His effects are being felt coast to coast, like a bad storm. nt

[Barack_America]

16. I like to think of him as a Poster Child for the GOP.

That guy who typifies what the GOP stands for and makes it easy for the average person to understand.

;)

[lame54]

12. how many teabaggers did he put out of work or deny benefits to?

[SCRUBDASHRUB]

14. I sent him an email earlier this afternoon.

[global1]

15. Everywhere They Use Bunning's Name They Should Say - Republicans......

let the people know that the Regressive's (formerly Repug's) are holding this up and Bunning is their poster boy.

[Hissyspit]

17. You know, people, there's nothing wrong with standing on principle.

If you ACTUALLY truly have that principle and apply it fairly in all circumstances and aren't a complete fucking hypocrite with ulterior motives.

And thus Bunning's fate:

Circle 8, subcircles 1-6, cantos 18-23

"Dante adorns the hypocrites in religious garb--hooded cloaks similar to the elegant ones worn by the Benedictine monks at Cluny (in France)--in accordance with the biblical condemnation of false piety: just as Jesus compares hypocritical scribes and Pharisees to tombs that appear clean and beautiful on the outside while containing bones of the dead (Matthew 23:27), so the bright golden cloaks of Dante's hypocrites conceal heavy lead on the inside (Inf. 23.64-6)."

[Barack_America]

18. Unfortunately, Bunning stands on his Senate salary and money from his faux charity...

...while unemployed Americans suffer his so-called "principles".

Funny that his concerns over the federal budget don't stop him from cashing his paycheck.