Video: Michelle rips Obama’s stimulus plan and the GOP’s complicity in it
posted at 5:45 pm on January 9, 2009 by Allahpundit
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A timely clip as news breaks that Bush and Obama are hooking up to double-dip on TARP, even while 53 percent of Americans tell Gallup they’re ready for another $700 billion bite. On a related note, you’ll be pleased to know that that town in Alabama that wanted $375 million from the stimulus has quietly withdrawn its request. Some cynics perceived it as greedy, you see.
Here she is on Cavuto followed by The One speaking earlier today about how urgently dire our dire urgency is in passing the bill, a draft of which his team hopes to dump on Congress next week. Exit question: If/when blog advertising dries up later this year, which “makework job” in Obama’s WPA should I apply for? I’m thinking about pothole-filler. Out: Hot Air. In: Fresh air!
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We are being ripped off by our own government.
And there is no way to stop them.
Kini on January 9, 2009 at 5:46 PM
Interesting use of executive power… but so what if Bush uses his Veto? It goes back to the congress and they shut him down again?
Skywise on January 9, 2009 at 5:47 PM
Aloha, Kini.
1. From bondage to spiritual faith;
2. From spiritual faith to great courage;
3. From courage to liberty;
4. From liberty to abundance;
5. From abundance to complacency;
6. From complacency to apathy;
7. From apathy to dependence;
8. From dependence back into bondage
What stage are we in?
Number 7
Entelechy on January 9, 2009 at 5:47 PM
Two words: Tax Revolt
Vashta.Nerada on January 9, 2009 at 5:48 PM
I saw it. Loved it. Speaking truth to power!
And I volunteer to help the (already) bailed out pron industry.
rbj on January 9, 2009 at 5:48 PM
I think I’m going to build windmills. I figure that way I can spend some time out West. You’re welcome to join me.
meltenn on January 9, 2009 at 5:50 PM
To this question from a “subject”,
MR responded with this
Entelechy on January 9, 2009 at 5:51 PM
I dunno…it seems a rather quixotic endeavor.
Snowed In on January 9, 2009 at 5:52 PM
GWB provided Obama a perfect springboard, jumpsuit and excuse for socialism. For shame!!!
Entelechy on January 9, 2009 at 5:56 PM
We are definitely in stage 7-dependence–too many people on the take.
americanpatriot on January 9, 2009 at 5:56 PM
Probably cut a deal with the Dems after 2006 to avoid impeachment…
Just kidding… I hope…
Skywise on January 9, 2009 at 5:57 PM
Where are the Republicans? Hiding under their desks most likely. This WHOLE thing is being driven by FEAR. Fear the economy will totally collapse, fear that the MSM will completely misrepresent the facts, fear that the fickle American voter will blame all the wrong people.
My collie says:
CyberCipher on January 9, 2009 at 5:59 PM
Yes, sadly.
Problem with the big zero’s plan is that it’s been all done before and it’s didn’t work then. What’s to think it will work now?
Kini on January 9, 2009 at 5:59 PM
Two words: Galt’s gulch
batter on January 9, 2009 at 6:00 PM
True. ‘Building windmills for Obama’ is an inside joke between my dad and I. Every time Obama comes up in conversation we joke about me traveling around building windmills, and how there’s going to be a chicken in every pot and gas in every tank once The One is in office.
meltenn on January 9, 2009 at 6:03 PM
Speaking truth to FOX News.
I’d like to see this taken to hostile territory, where it could do some good.
wise_man on January 9, 2009 at 6:03 PM
Come with me, Allah. I’m gonna be a freelance traveling Guinness quality control officer. You should choose another beverage, of course, so we don’t step on each other’s toes.
You know what they say, “Find a job you like and you’ll never work another day in your life!”
IrishEi on January 9, 2009 at 6:03 PM
My understanding is that Congress has to block the use of TARP funds within 15 days. If they don’t, the Treasury can tap into them.
amerpundit on January 9, 2009 at 6:04 PM
Where does that come from?
jimmy the notable on January 9, 2009 at 6:04 PM
Excellent as always, and dead on. McCain and the republicans are now officially democrap lite.
Ronald Reagan, Pray for us!
Zorro on January 9, 2009 at 6:04 PM
But Michelle , they say there will be no problems , this time they’ll fix it. Promise .
Wounder if Obama will be really surprised if it doesn’t work , like he was surprised the surge did work.
the_nile on January 9, 2009 at 6:06 PM
Too much talk of the “American Dream”.How ’bout reality based solutions such as learning from past failures.
I cannot spend much past my means,but our govt seems to be able to without any accountability.
PS where’s my bailout?lol
Neal4007 on January 9, 2009 at 6:06 PM
But, you see, they’re abandoning free market principles…to save them.
I don’t understand what doesn’t make sense about that to some of you.
/sarc
jimmy the notable on January 9, 2009 at 6:08 PM
I doubt very much Michelle will have to beg for anything.
You on the other hand seem perfect for retail sales.
I’m sure there’s some shirts and pants for you to start folding.
And try not to contribute to employee theft
Kini on January 9, 2009 at 6:09 PM
Tell us why we should believe you, Ms. Malkin. The only thing I’m seeing here is the GOP wanting to set this up and then clear it away should they get in power again.
I wonder who your Hoover-FDR era equivalent was and what they were saying.
sethstorm on January 9, 2009 at 6:10 PM
I’m sensing a Don Quixote reference in there somewhere. Don Obama sets out on the land to build windmills which will slay the climate change dragon. But we know it’s all in his head!
InCali on January 9, 2009 at 6:12 PM
2009 Democrats = 1979 Communist Party
2009 Republicans = 1979 Democrat Party
angryed on January 9, 2009 at 6:14 PM
I think Snowed In beat you to it.
meltenn on January 9, 2009 at 6:14 PM
LOL… and I, will start La Mancha Industries…. Don Quixote Division…
“Tilting at Windmills since 2009″ has a nice ring to it…
Does mean I’ll have to buy a new horse… and pay the Greenhouse Fart Tax on it… but heck, there won’t be any gasoline anyway…
Romeo13 on January 9, 2009 at 6:15 PM
He’s dead. His ideology is the “walking dead”. God already has the role that you would suggest that he has, with no vacancies.
You can’t just sell out your nation, bash your citizens for complaining and then hope they’ll not hold you to task when they have enough to clean up after your mess.
sethstorm on January 9, 2009 at 6:16 PM
you all are missing the point. We have the oppurtunity for once and for all to show that big government does not work. when the $1 trillion passes and we have red ink for years to come when the gov goes bellyup and we have rampanet inflation, hunger, starvation when our empire crumbles into dust and the terrorists come knocking on our borders. then we can say that big gov does not work will never work and we must return to the founders orginal meaning of limited government.
It will be painfull but must be done.
unseen on January 9, 2009 at 6:16 PM
sethstorm on January 9, 2009 at 6:16 PM
you have Reagan and Bush confused. Idiot.
unseen on January 9, 2009 at 6:18 PM
They were saying, “He can’t really make this depression and unemployment over 20% last for a decade, and yet keep getting reelected over and over, can he?
FDR’s solution sucked. We forget that because of WWII.
Reagan actually ended a recession with tax cuts. But nobody with any power wants to remember that.
jimmy the notable on January 9, 2009 at 6:19 PM
sethstorm on January 9, 2009 at 6:10 PM
Simple question for you if bailouts are good why not give everyone $100,000. See what happens. It should be fun to see a loaf of bread go from $2.00 to $40.00 overnight.
unseen on January 9, 2009 at 6:21 PM
You’re kidding. What numbskulls in congress passed a law that says they have to actively BLOCK it from occurring and the President can veto it basically making it happen.
Oh wait… McCain and Obama…
(Although I still think they’ll get enough votes to override)
Skywise on January 9, 2009 at 6:21 PM
Here in Ohio,we build substandard roads and infrastructure that have to be rebuilt often to create a self serving “economy”.Orange barrels are our state symbol.)(summertime mostly)
Wind Power,what a concept?!Alert the politicians!
Neal4007 on January 9, 2009 at 6:22 PM
Why can’t we have politicians with Miss Malkin’s truthfulness in our party? They are so pathetic as a group…
Dritanian on January 9, 2009 at 6:22 PM
My collie says:
Doesn’t seem to keep’im from commenting though, does it?
My collie says:
They drive-up the page hit count. Hmmm. Let’s see. Yup. That’s pretty much it.
CyberCipher on January 9, 2009 at 6:23 PM
FACT: THINGS ARE AS BAD NOW AS IN…
1983 OR 1993…
TAKE YOUR PICK.
WE GOT OUT OF THOSE RECESSIONS WITH DEFICITS WHICH REMAINED BELOW 10% OF GDP.
WE CAN DO IT AGAIN.
WE MUST.
WE MUSTN’T LET THE DEMOCRATS USE THIS RECESSION TO PASS THEIR LONGHELD POLICY WET-DREAMS.
THE DEMOCRATS AND THEIR ALLIES IN THE MSM ARE BEING OVERLY NEGATIVE – HYPERNEGATIVE – ABOUT THE CURRENT RECESSION.
THIS IS THEIR M.O.
THE DEMOCRATS WERE OVERLY NEGATIVE ABOUT IRAQ AND THE SURGE, PREFERING GAIN A PARTISAN EDGE EVENM IF IT MEANT LOSING IRAQ.
THE DEMOCRATS ARE HYPERNEGATIVE ABOUT “CLIMATE CHANGE”, TOO, USING IT TO PROMOTE THEIR LONGHELD POLICIES.
WELL, WE WON IRAQ, AGW IS BUNK – AND SO IS THE NEED FOR A TRILLION DOLLAR “STIMULUS” PACKAGE.
JUST AS AL GORE AND THE AGW-ALARMISTS ARE TERRIFIED THAT THE EARTH IS OBVIOUSLY IN A COOLING PHASE NOW – WITHOUT KYOTO, AND WHIL CO2 LEVELS ARE STILL CLIMBING…
SO TOIO ARE OBAMA AND THE DEMS TERRIFIED THE ECONOMY WILL IMPROVE BEFORE THEY CAN PASS THEIR “STIMULUS” PACKAGE.
WE CONSERVATIVES MUST DO WHAT WE TO PREVENT THIS STIMULUS FROM PASSING – LIKE WE DID MIERS AND DUBAI AND IMMIGRATION FIASCOS.
WE CAN DO IT.
WE MUST.
reliapundit on January 9, 2009 at 6:25 PM
Yes, plus what the Collie said, but it’s hyped by the lefties, including the media, to excuse the welfare redistribution, to increase serfdom and dependency, which translate into votes/sustained power for the left, and to make any miniscule move upward appear as the Messiah’s doing. It’s so blatantly obvious. Only fools and blind peope in love with the One don’t see it. Unfortunately that’s most of today’s crazy socialized world.
~ ~ De Toqueville
Jimmy, saved it from an e-mail. I save things I like a lot. No idea of the source.
Entelechy on January 9, 2009 at 6:25 PM
Jimmy, I googled, and it appears here. The data on the nutty professor, on votes, and unrelated to the 7 steps, is controversial. Be careful on that.
Entelechy on January 9, 2009 at 6:26 PM
reliapundit, is your ALL CAPS a 2009 new year resolution?
Entelechy on January 9, 2009 at 6:28 PM
Reagan actually ended a recession with tax cuts. But nobody with any power wants to remember that.
jimmy the notable on January 9, 2009 at 6:19 PM
this recession is demand driven. It is due to the mistaken economics taught in schools across the country. that to increase profits you must decrease supply and raise prices. the think that these great CEO’s forgot is that everytime you raise prices you destroy demand. They thought that demand is a constant. Like the AGW thought that the Sun is a constant. Both their models have proved they are wrong.
To bring back demand you must lower prices. It is as simple as 1,2,3 yet the CEO’s don’t see it. F, GM Alcoa US steel are all cutting production trying to keep prices staple as they decrease supply. This will not work because demand is not there because the price is too high.
The only way out of this recession is to decrease prices, take a lower profit on the goods and stimulate demand. Obama and Bush and washington are still trying to stimulate demand from the top down. That is folly. Prices must come down. Wlamart has been a bright spot up until now because of this. yet their prices are too high esp with food. the decrease in gasoline and no corresponding uptick in gas usage tells the tale. Consumers are tapped out. the only way they will start buying agains is when prices come down.
GM and F should be flooding the dealers with cheap cars. start selling some striopped down models for 6,000 or 7,000 just enough to turn a slight profit. and see how well sales do.
unseen on January 9, 2009 at 6:28 PM
Atlas Shrugged time. Move to a conservative state and secede, see what happens.
John_Locke on January 9, 2009 at 6:34 PM
when prices for cars, food, energy, steel, ect all break then and only then will the recession be over. the longer companies try to hold on too theire price points the longer and deeper the recession will be and the more they will have to cut prices in the long run. You want economic activity lower prices.
unseen on January 9, 2009 at 6:35 PM
Mmhmm. That’s the market side. That’s why the newspapers are going under. Demand is decreasing for paper news, and there’s literally nothing they can do about it, which is why a bailout for them would be even more stupid than the other stuff. (not that all bailouts aren’t stupid, just this would be even more stupid.)
As a college student, I’m hoping the next pricing bubble to burst will be tuition, but I’m not holding my breath.
jimmy the notable on January 9, 2009 at 6:41 PM
Thanks. I think I saw that posted around here a few months ago, and I wasn’t exactly convinced…but now I’m worried.
jimmy the notable on January 9, 2009 at 6:41 PM
This is one of her better appearances. She speaks every word for me on this issue.
threeCents on January 9, 2009 at 6:43 PM
As a college student, I’m hoping the next pricing bubble to burst will be tuition, but I’m not holding my breath.
jimmy the notable on January 9, 2009 at 6:41 PM
college is expensive because the gov gives pell grants, student loans etc
As far as papers? Sure there are ways to save them. One would be to write for all customers not just liberal retards. Two would be to charge less for the paper. It is hard to justify $1.00- $1.50 a day for something you may not read all of.
unseen on January 9, 2009 at 6:49 PM
We should organize a bloggers’ budget and request a bailout. After all, the financial crises has hurt blogging, too.
{{ tiny violin }}
S on January 9, 2009 at 6:50 PM
I THINK it’s expensive (and continues to be so) because of faculty salaries and union workers. They all receive a lot of “benefits”…
S on January 9, 2009 at 6:52 PM
I don’t know about others here but I’d be willing to pay a small subscription fee to comment here if it helps keep HotAir alive. It may not be enough by itself but it might help make up some ad shortfall.
FloatingRock on January 9, 2009 at 6:55 PM
For all the Randers in here – the lady is turning convulsively in her grave.
‘Atlas Shrugged’: From Fiction to Fact in 52 Years
Entelechy on January 9, 2009 at 6:55 PM
I THINK it’s expensive (and continues to be so) because of faculty salaries and union workers. They all receive a lot of “benefits”…
S on January 9, 2009 at 6:52 PM
you are missing the point. where do those salaries and union workers get their paychecks. From the students. And where do the students get their money from the gov. If not for the gov. students would not be able to afford college which means that professors and colleges would have to cut their prices to attract more demand form students which means lower prices.
But instead of doing that what happens? The dems and gov gives them more money so stuedents are not harmed.
We have been artifically increasing demand for college by allowing the gov to pay for the expense. Same goes for healthcare. The law of supply and demand has been skewed do to gov intervention.
unseen on January 9, 2009 at 6:56 PM
Yeah, those are ways to save it in the short term, ways to stave off death, but there’s a reason its called the dinosaur media.
People can get all the information they need on the internet. Much more than a newspaper could ever provide.
Of course, catering to people other than high-class liberals couldn’t hurt. It would certainly increase their revenues. They really are excluding a huge part of their market. I know that if I read a website I really like, I register (for free) out of appreciation. I’m not sure if that gives them any more money, but its an effort I don’t take for websites I don’t like, like the NYT. If I come across one of those articles that requires registration, I just don’t read it.
jimmy the notable on January 9, 2009 at 6:59 PM
Shitstorm , read what she’s been written and you’ll see she’s been closer to reality than the group think of the econo-expert-elite.
the_nile on January 9, 2009 at 6:59 PM
At 1.2 trillion, the deficit will be well below 10% of GDP.
angryed on January 9, 2009 at 7:00 PM
The low interest rates has bubbled the tuition’s.
the_nile on January 9, 2009 at 7:01 PM
Anyone remember this old relic………….?
…………. didn’t think so.
Seven Percent Solution on January 9, 2009 at 7:04 PM
I’ve heard the deficit is going to go up to like 8 trillion or something like that.
jimmy the notable on January 9, 2009 at 7:04 PM
jimmy the notable on January 9, 2009 at 6:59 PM
Yeah but think about where all the news comes from on the internet. It just doesn’t happen. you have stories written by newswires, by big newspapers like NYT, Boton Blobe Washington Post etc. These stories are spread across the internet by bloggers and news sites etc. So if you want to increase readership you need to have more reporters not less which is what the likes of NYT and CBS etc have done. Now they relie on the newswires for a great amount of thier filler. This lowers costs but it also makes the news generic and therefore makes people leave your newspapaer since your news is the same all over the place.
The newspapers have a 24 hr news cycle. that can change. They could go to “press” every 8 hours. on line and once every 24 from print. they could add extras like a week in review magizene or newsletter. There are many many ways to increase demand. But the problem is that the newspapers CEO’s like those of GM, F, Alcoa all the top american companies have forgotten the other side of the law of supply and demand. They focus just on price and supply. They do not see their own demand destruction they cause. Gm offshoring jobs hurt their demand has their workers in China and Mexico could not afford their products unlike the workers in the USa that bought a new GM car every year.
Washington and Wall Street only care about profit MARGIN. I.e the amount of profit per good produced. This is the wrong way to look at it and has lead us to this place and this time.
unseen on January 9, 2009 at 7:12 PM
Your friend, Mr. McCain voted FOR the TARP bailout.
Do you agree of his vote?
omnipotent on January 9, 2009 at 7:16 PM
Do you agree of his vote?
omnipotent on January 9, 2009 at 7:16 PM
No.
unseen on January 9, 2009 at 7:17 PM
California is going to send us taxpayers that were overtaxed refunds in the form of IOU’s. I-frickn-OU’s!
California is known as the “trendy” state…maybe it is just a new trend the rest of the country will also enjoy this year!
jbh45 on January 9, 2009 at 7:30 PM
of= withPIMF
omnipotent on January 9, 2009 at 7:33 PM
The inmates are running the asylum. Either that or I fell into a black hole and am now in a parallel universe of lefties….
adamsmith on January 9, 2009 at 7:51 PM
I try soooo hard not to call him that even though that is was I think every time he posts.
thomasaur on January 9, 2009 at 7:51 PM
I live in a town that thinks Obama will save the world, along with my mother and her boyfriend. The job market is also bad as we are a tourist town. When folks to do not have money, they do not travel or spend money here.
So many people I talk to and hear talking think Obama is going to save us. What gets my goat, they sit around and complain, put the blame on everyone, will not listen to any other side but their own, and wait for the governments help. And it is all the republicans fault!
If you do not have satellite here you get NBC and maybe CBS if you are lucky to live on a hill with a mile high antenna. A few years ago I was one of those who also only listen to NBC and put the blame on all others. I am so glad I was not brain washed.
I guess the point I am trying to make is, I am glad we have folks like Michelle, like you all here. Who will stand up for the truth, and try to get the word out about how bad the MSM really is in only reporting what they want to. And how bad they bash the others who do not hold the same views they do.
I am still very much in the learning stage. I would have been blind to all of this if it was not for this site and a few others.
You all are really making a difference.
northwoodsgal on January 9, 2009 at 8:08 PM
Interested in a partnership? I’ll dig up the holes, you fill them in. Together we’ll make a mint. The franchise rights alone will make us rich …
PackerBronco on January 9, 2009 at 8:12 PM
And who will be left to say it to?
PackerBronco on January 9, 2009 at 8:17 PM
Not true. The way to stop these greedy politicians is to vote them out of office. We are about to usher in an administration which is the most corrupt in American history even before they take office. The voice of the people is the only thing that will check this theft and attempt at creating a permanant Democrat supermajority through radical change resulting in complete dependency on the government.
Sites like HA will be a valuable tool until Obama and the Congress shuts them down for subversion to the administration’s propaganda. Trust me the day will come when HA will be silenced by Obama and Ed/Michelle will be in some sort of litigation (if not incarcerated at GITMO) Allah will probably be OK since he has a long record of hating evangelical and social conservatives.
highhopes on January 9, 2009 at 8:18 PM
How long was Hoover’s Depression? A year or so until FDR replaced him? How long was FDR’s Depression? How many years did you say? And it probably would have gone on longer if war preparation hadn’t created jobs.
onlineanalyst on January 9, 2009 at 8:21 PM
Unseen: Even private colleges and universities get a hefty amount of federal dollars. Ironically, when those dollars go up, so do tuitions. Academia know how to bottom out the money well.
onlineanalyst on January 9, 2009 at 8:24 PM
Well…you could stop giving them your money.
LimeyGeek on January 9, 2009 at 8:33 PM
Not me. I’m going to start a corporation, (only on paper), and then sell all of the carbon shares I’m not using to make a killing. I can’t wait for the checks to start rolling in!
FloatingRock on January 9, 2009 at 8:48 PM
First of all, it is not the WPA — its the BPA (Blog Posting Authority) to which you will apply. You must fill out and submit a Form 911, which will be provided on the BPA’s website (http://911.change.gov/) in Microsoft .doc format (as partial repayment for Bill Gate’s support of Obama during the election). The form will contain your identity information, including a credit card number into which BPA will either deposit funds (if you are pro-Obama) or from which it will debit them (if you are not and the program runs out of money). The submittal process will require you to obtain a Twitter account so you can submit the form to the designated Blog Officer (B.O.).
All applicants will be required to adhere strictly to a Fairness Doctrine which will require each blogger (except Keith Olbermann, who will be specially protected by an addendum to the ADA [Americans with Disabilities Act] from having to do anything which would increase the unhealthful flow of saliva from his face) to provide posts which adequately address all sides of a blogged issue. The FBI will be tasked, as its new primary duty, with assuring strict compliance with this rule.
The Government will also be setting up a new award for blogging integrity called the Blogo. The award will be given on the TV station in Illinois which pays the most money to host the show, based on a government auction. That TV station will also be allowed to choose the recipient; the putative recipients will be allowed to contribute to the station during the competition, since the award is f***ing valuable.
unclesmrgol on January 9, 2009 at 8:56 PM
Entelechy on January 9, 2009 at 6:55 PM
sethstorm on January 9, 2009 at 9:08 PM
oops, meant that to close after Entelechy’s quote.
sethstorm on January 9, 2009 at 9:11 PM
I cannot fathom how. You’ll have to explain.
FloatingRock on January 9, 2009 at 9:14 PM
Border control, yes – where I don’t disagree with her.
Economy, not so much – her opinions on the economy seem to contradict her beliefs on border control.
sethstorm on January 9, 2009 at 9:08 PM
Oh look another one that believes in indentured servitude (I.e free flow of labor). I’m sure if the price were right you would sell the rope to hang your mother too.
unseen on January 9, 2009 at 9:20 PM
Unseen: Even private colleges and universities get a hefty amount of federal dollars. Ironically, when those dollars go up, so do tuitions. Academia know how to bottom out the money well.
onlineanalyst on January 9, 2009 at 8:24 PM
Yes and the more gov “helps” with college expense the more college costs. which means the more students “need” gov to get to school. You want to reduce college costs cut out gov. sure many students will not be able to go to school but the costs will come down. Added plus would be many liberal idiots out of a job.
unseen on January 9, 2009 at 9:22 PM
I’m not sure, but I think that Sethstorm is saying s/he is against illegal immigration to some extent, but thinks bailouts are somehow simpatico with this view.
FloatingRock on January 9, 2009 at 9:26 PM
There are many students who go to college to keep from going to work. These people use grants and loans (other peoples money)to get degrees that are useless once they graduate. They should go out into the world and do some of the jobs ‘that americans won’t do’ and grow up enough to figure out what actual degree would suit them in a productive society. And the sooner they spend time earning a living and paying taxes the sooner they are more likely to become conservative. (It worked with my daughters)
thomasaur on January 9, 2009 at 9:31 PM
In one place she defends securing the border, yet has economic beliefs that would allow that effort to be undermined.
One place being the Dubai Ports issue, where her opposition ran counter to “free market” beliefs.
sethstorm on January 9, 2009 at 9:37 PM
Yeah, #7 sounds about right I’m afraid.
I’ve done what I can to keep my country great and safe. I vote. I served in the military. I pay my taxes. I live within my means. I think of myself as a productive and law abiding citizen, a good American. I defend our traditions and values as have so many other fine Americans. Yet, despite all that, I feel as if our nations greatness is slipping away. I want to help my country but our govt seems hell bent on destroying it.
Yakko77 on January 9, 2009 at 11:05 PM
This makes me think of a survey that was done years ago with people who had back pain.
Mean time for back pain to go away with a doctor – 6 months.
Mean time for back pain to go away with a chiropractor – 6. months.
Mean time for back pain to go away if you just let your back get better on it’s own – 6 months.
This last option though has the distinct advantage of not putting you even deeper in debt.
MB4 on January 9, 2009 at 11:13 PM
I’ll be most happy when Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Alaska, Louisiana and a few other oil producing or refining states or other states that are fed up with the socialism that’s being shoved down our throats just say f it. We’re out of here. We’re going to something akin to the Fair Tax or a flat tax or something. The legislature will meet every other year and the top of the agenda will be defense and that’s just about it.
You keep your highway funds, SS, Medicare, your over bearing government that wants to control every part of our daily lives, etc. and we’ll stop sending federal taxes back to DC and stop joining the military. At least 1 fully automatic M16 will be mandatory in every home of law abiding adults.
By the way, we’re drilling anywhere and everywhere and building some nuke power plants and more oil refineries and to hell with the western-spotted-spooky-salamander.
Good luck.
BowHuntingTexas on January 9, 2009 at 11:27 PM
Bring Nebraska along too please. I want to live in a country with a govt that protects and practices true American values again.
Yakko77 on January 9, 2009 at 11:30 PM
Fight them all the way.
Johan Klaus on January 9, 2009 at 11:56 PM
Someone said that the porn industry needed a bailout. Would they be talking about congress?
Johan Klaus on January 9, 2009 at 11:58 PM
Have you noticed that the states that have the biggest deficits, are the states that cater to illegal immigrants.
Johan Klaus on January 10, 2009 at 12:04 AM
By the way, Michelle Malkin for president.
Johan Klaus on January 10, 2009 at 12:06 AM
The free market has to be tempered by national security concerns, of course. We had restrictions against sending computers and such to the U.S.S.R., but that doesn’t mean the policy was anti-capitalist. Quite the contrary.
FloatingRock on January 10, 2009 at 12:17 AM
Republicans have basically been Democrat light on spending over the past eight years. Kind of hard to be the party of fiscal responsibility when you’ve spent like drunker sailors and the national debt has sky rocket on your watch.
It’s the right move, but it’s going to take a while for Republicans to get their good name back. Personally, I believe there should NEVER been a year where Republicans control Congress where the budget isn’t balanced.
Being the party to outlaw pork barrel projects would be a good start too.
therightwinger on January 10, 2009 at 1:26 AM
“The only power we have is the power to say no” – Albert Camus
The world has had worthless money since Nixon finished the decoupling of the US currency from gold. Most of the bad times since then were reactions to the Fed and World Banks shenanigans and the “good” times were false reactions to government inflating the money supply and artificially lowering interest rates.
This road to a planned economy using corporations leads to fascism, a system that cannot last no more than other forms of socialism can.
Check out our monetary history and some advice at
http://mises.org/story/3265
Laurence on January 10, 2009 at 6:09 AM
Your government is about to take all your money and transfer it to Washington where they will control it! You won’t…they will…! If you support this you are a moron! You are being robbed by a massive transfer of wealth which will bankrupt this country!
sabbott on January 10, 2009 at 7:28 AM
I hope you folks are ready for the day when the world drops the greenback as Reserve Currency. It is coming sooner than you think. The debased dollar will be replaced and our baby steps into bondage will be a Great Leap Forward.
rhodeymark on January 10, 2009 at 8:32 AM
I need a government bailout to re-inflate my IRA. It wasn’t doing to well anyway, so I am thinking I only need $1 billion.
Dasher on January 10, 2009 at 9:05 AM
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