Just came up with a fantastic response to the green advisor to British PM Gordon Brown who is suggesting that the UK must drstically reduce its population in order to avoid a climate disaster.
"After you, sir"
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Will Obama Ever Take Responsibility For Anything?
Judging from President Obama's presee conference last night, he's never going to assume responsibility for the Federal Budget. This is his response to Chip Reid's question about the federal budget.
"I suspect that some of those Republican critics have a short memory, because, as I recall, I'm inheriting a $1.3 trillion deficit, annual deficit, from them."
The last time I checked, the Democrats have been in control of Congress since January 2007 which means that no budget could have been passed without at least some of them going along with it. Yet no reporter called him on it. For a man who keeps stressing that we need to assume greater responsibility in our lives, he certainly isn't acting like it. This budget just kicks the can down on the road to the next generation of Americans.
I guess Obama will continue to blame Bush for as long as he can, especially since he his new ideas are simply old ideas consisting of higher taxes on the rich and cuts in defense spending.
I also find it disingenuous that President Obama continues to repeat that this budget does not represent the same tired ways that got us into this mess. Well, nobody is proposing a budget like that, not even the Republicans. Say what you want about President Clinton, and I have my quibbles with him, but the man could at least govern and had executive experience and knew that you need bi-partisan legislation on certain aspects. He even had a little humility as well.
I don't think Obama has any humility. I think he just listens really well, so that people feel that they've been heard, and then he goes off and does what he was going to do in the first place. I think his statement during the stimulus bill "negotiations" of "I won so I'm going to trump you on that" is more representative of his viewpoint than all the speeches about how important bi-partisanship is in Washington. I was really hoping Obama would be smarter than this but so far, my worst fear - that all he can do is read a speech off a teleprompter - has been confirmed.
"I suspect that some of those Republican critics have a short memory, because, as I recall, I'm inheriting a $1.3 trillion deficit, annual deficit, from them."
The last time I checked, the Democrats have been in control of Congress since January 2007 which means that no budget could have been passed without at least some of them going along with it. Yet no reporter called him on it. For a man who keeps stressing that we need to assume greater responsibility in our lives, he certainly isn't acting like it. This budget just kicks the can down on the road to the next generation of Americans.
I guess Obama will continue to blame Bush for as long as he can, especially since he his new ideas are simply old ideas consisting of higher taxes on the rich and cuts in defense spending.
I also find it disingenuous that President Obama continues to repeat that this budget does not represent the same tired ways that got us into this mess. Well, nobody is proposing a budget like that, not even the Republicans. Say what you want about President Clinton, and I have my quibbles with him, but the man could at least govern and had executive experience and knew that you need bi-partisan legislation on certain aspects. He even had a little humility as well.
I don't think Obama has any humility. I think he just listens really well, so that people feel that they've been heard, and then he goes off and does what he was going to do in the first place. I think his statement during the stimulus bill "negotiations" of "I won so I'm going to trump you on that" is more representative of his viewpoint than all the speeches about how important bi-partisanship is in Washington. I was really hoping Obama would be smarter than this but so far, my worst fear - that all he can do is read a speech off a teleprompter - has been confirmed.
Monday, March 23, 2009
Laugh of the Day
Best thing I've heard all day about the President Obama / Treasury Secretary Geithner "new and improved" rescue plan for the economy:
An analyst on CNBC just said that the Geithner plan ought to be called the "Collateralized Rescue Asset Plan" just for the acronym.
I'd be laughing harder if we weren't in such a serious situation.
An analyst on CNBC just said that the Geithner plan ought to be called the "Collateralized Rescue Asset Plan" just for the acronym.
I'd be laughing harder if we weren't in such a serious situation.
Saturday, March 21, 2009
Check out the current Drudge headline
"Obama will call for increased oversight of 'executive pay at all banks, Wall Street firms and possibly other companies' as part of sweeping plan to 'overhaul financial regulation', NY TIMES reporting Sunday, newsroom sources tell DRUDGE... Developing... "
That sound you're hearing is the sound of thousands of brilliant future Wall Street executives frantically changing their majors.
Smart move Barry.
I mean seriously... we're all getting punk'd right? Any minute now he's going to call a press conference to say "just kidding"... right?
That sound you're hearing is the sound of thousands of brilliant future Wall Street executives frantically changing their majors.
Smart move Barry.
I mean seriously... we're all getting punk'd right? Any minute now he's going to call a press conference to say "just kidding"... right?
Something to keep you up at night
We were told by our government that without massive Federal bailouts, firms like AIG would collapse, and along with them, the entire economy. And yet now we find ourselves in a situation where, because of the way our government has behaved over the course of the last two months, firms like AIG are either refusing or returning their bailout cash.
Assuming our government was telling us the truth (and here I'll pause a second for you to get your giggles under control), there's only one inescapable conclusion to be reached from all this information.
These firms are volunterily choosing to face death rather than get into business with the Federal Government. What an unbelievable indictment of the decision-makers in Washington.
Assuming our government was telling us the truth (and here I'll pause a second for you to get your giggles under control), there's only one inescapable conclusion to be reached from all this information.
These firms are volunterily choosing to face death rather than get into business with the Federal Government. What an unbelievable indictment of the decision-makers in Washington.
Friday, March 20, 2009
Shep Smith goes Howard Beale on Congress
I was going to write a post wherein I go Howard Beale on Congress and their AIG hearings. Turns out Shepard Smith of Fox News did that yesterday. So rather than write my post, I'm going to post his video since I couldn't have said it better myself. Enjoy!
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
North Koreans can't make pizza
Apparently.
10 years? 10 YEARS!?!?
That's just embarrasing. I'm fairly sure the Obama Adminstration could have gotten this done in 8 years... tops! And 7 of those years would have been spent searching for a cabinet-level secretary to run the whole program who WASN'T also a tax cheat.
My favorite quote is this one:
"Last year a delegation of local chefs was sent by Kim to Naples and Rome to learn the proper Italian techniques after their homegrown efforts to mimic Italian cuisine were found by Kim to contain "errors."
I just love that... "errors." Thank god Communism hasn't been completely banished from the Earth, else what would we do for comedy?
10 years? 10 YEARS!?!?
That's just embarrasing. I'm fairly sure the Obama Adminstration could have gotten this done in 8 years... tops! And 7 of those years would have been spent searching for a cabinet-level secretary to run the whole program who WASN'T also a tax cheat.
My favorite quote is this one:
"Last year a delegation of local chefs was sent by Kim to Naples and Rome to learn the proper Italian techniques after their homegrown efforts to mimic Italian cuisine were found by Kim to contain "errors."
I just love that... "errors." Thank god Communism hasn't been completely banished from the Earth, else what would we do for comedy?
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