Crazy Talk

Who said what?  No peeking until you finish:

1) “The Pepperoni Prophet wears pepperoni for underwear. He knows what he’s doing.”

2) “The run I was on made Sinatra, Flynn, Jagger, Richards look like droopy-eyed, armless children.”

3) “The pizza is so good, it makes you put on your clothes like a fish!”

4) “L.A. County is like a huge tortilla.  It spreads everywhere.”

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“Still more good news for filibuster reform: Harry Reid is in active discussions with his caucus about moving forward with reform in the new year, and is currently devising a plan to do just that.” All returning Demrat Senators have signed a vague pledge for reform. [WaPo]

Tea Party Nation prez Judson Phillips plays Amendment-Repeal Bingo, fills his card:

The Founding Fathers originally said, they put certain restrictions on who gets the right to vote. It wasn’t you were just a citizen and you got to vote. Some of the restrictions, you know, you obviously would not think about today. But one of those was you had to be a property owner. And that makes a lot of sense, because if you’re a property owner you actually have a vested stake in the community. If you’re not a property owner, you know, I’m sorry but property owners have a little bit more of a vested interest in the community than non-property owners.

Surprised? Oh, come now. It was only a matter of time.

Tea Party Nation President Says It ‘Makes A Lot Of Sense’ To Restrict Voting Only To Property Owners [ThinkProgress]

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“If Maes fails to get 10 percent of the vote on election day, his legacy… will be leaving Republicans with minor party status in Colorado until 2014.” Oh, and Hickenlooper’s leading by barely four points. [TPM]

“Despite expected losses this fall, Senate Democrats are not backing down on their commitment to filibuster reform.” (Fun detail: Ben Nelson is described as a “centrist”.) [The Hill]

So here’s how it works: The Senate parliamentarian sez the House has to pass the Senate healthcare bill before any reconciliation measure can be considered. The House, which doesn’t want to pass the Senate bill raw, wants to bundle the Senate bill into the reconciliation measure, so it can pass both with one vote.

Or something like that. Trust us, understanding Kant is easier.

Either way, the final bill passes both houses as amended, the President signs it into law, and everyone gets a pony.

Except in Minnesota:

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Saint Ronnie’s coming to the Fifty, if North Carolina’s Patrick McHenry has his way. We’d settle for Reagan on a three-dollar bill, just to validate one of our friend’s favorite sayings.

Proposal would put Ronald Reagan’s face on the $50 bill [LAT, via ThinkProgress]