{"id":22474,"date":"2013-09-22T22:01:25","date_gmt":"2013-09-23T02:01:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=22474"},"modified":"2013-09-22T22:01:38","modified_gmt":"2013-09-23T02:01:38","slug":"the-daily-gouge-monday-september-23rd-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=22474","title":{"rendered":"The Daily Gouge, Monday, September 23rd, 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s Monday, September 23rd, 2013…but before we begin, three quick items which explain how everything wrong with America is of<\/em><\/span> the government, for<\/em><\/span> the government and attributable to policies designed solely by<\/em><\/span> the government:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chicago Police Chief Calls for Nationwide Assault Weapon and High-Capacity Magazine Ban<\/span><\/h1>\n

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“They’re already<\/span> illegal?\u00a0 Well as of now, they’re double-secretly<\/span> illegal!”<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

On Thursday, 13 people were shot and injured in a park in Chicago. The shootings were carried out by an \u201cassault style rifle\u201d with a high-capacity magazine, both of which are already banned in the city of Chicago.<\/span><\/strong> Nevertheless, Chicago Police Superintendent Garry F. McCarthy has called for a nationwide ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIllegal guns drive violence.<\/strong><\/span> Military-type weapons, like the one we believe to have been used in this shooting, belong on a battlefield, not on a street or in a corner or in a park.<\/em>\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Sooo…making what’s already<\/em><\/span> illegal twice<\/em><\/span> as illegal will somehow cause criminals to suddenly adhere to gun laws…how?!?\u00a0 This is a\u00a0man with no effective plan to curtail the violence in his own city looking to cast the blame anywhere<\/em><\/span> other than where it belongs.\u00a0 And saving his bacon means depriving hundreds of millions of law-abiding Americans of their Constitutional rights, so be it.\u00a0 Then again, he’s learned… <\/strong><\/p>\n

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…from two experts!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Next, as Roll Call<\/em> reports…<\/strong><\/p>\n

House CR Forks Over $174,000 for Late Senator\u2019s Wife<\/span><\/h1>\n

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There are many things House Republicans liked about the government continuing resolution. It defunds Obamacare, locks in the sequester spending cuts and keeps the government running. But there\u2019s one provision tucked into the CR that may anger constituents back home:\u00a0Among the various sections of the House-passed CR are 28 words that would pay $174,000 to the widow of the late Sen. Frank R. Lautenberg, D-N.J<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cSec. 134. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint\u00a0resolution, there is appropriated for payment to Bonnie Englebardt\u00a0Lautenberg, widow of Frank R. Lautenberg, late a Senator from New\u00a0Jersey, $174,000.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The death gratuity \u2014\u00a0a\u00a0long-practiced, little-known, unofficial perk of office\u00a0\u2014 has been a staple of congressional deaths. A Congressional Research Service report on members who die in office says:<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2026it has been the typical practice of\u00a0the House to provide a death gratuity\u00a0equal to the member\u2019s annual salary, payable to the\u00a0deceased member\u2019s widow or widower, or children\u00a0<\/em>either in the annual legislative branch\u00a0appropriations act or a measure providing supplemental funds for the legislative branch. By\u00a0statute, a death gratuity is considered a gift.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Before Lautenberg\u2019s death, he was No. 8 on Roll Call\u2019s 50 Richest Members of Congress with a net worth of at least $56.8 million<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

And hey, $56.8 million only gets a grieving widow so far!\u00a0 $56.974, on the other hand…!\u00a0 Tell us again why we can’t afford an effective Military under sequestration?!?
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Lastly, come October 1st, it’s Toyota Time for the Feminazis: they asked for it…<\/strong><\/p>\n