There isn’t anyone on the planet better qualified to comment on the disastrous beginning of this new Administration.

rockmom on March 16, 2009 at 10:39 AM

Yep! I had the same thought.

John King cites Human Events headline, asks Cheney, “Is the president of the United States trying to brazenly deceive the American people?”

Freaking idiots.

I’m glad Cheney decided not to “play by the rules” of not commenting on the new Administration for a while. Bill Clinton didn’t play by that rule with George W. Bush, and Al Gore sure as hell didn’t either.

People forget that Dick Cheney was a White House chief of staff, a Congressman, and a Secretary of Defense before he was VP. There isn’t anyone on the planet better qualified to comment on the disastrous beginning of this new Administration.

Bernanke and his Keynesian BS helped create the cheap credit that caused this mess. In a sane world he and his cohorts would be looking for another job – instead we put them in charge of fixing the mess THEY CREATED. Ugh.

We’ll be in much worse shape because Obama IS listening to Bernanke. We’re going further and further into debt.. and soon the world will quit buying our debt. Then what? How will we pay our debt?

popularpeoplesfront on March 16, 2009 at 12:56 AM

No.. what got us into this mess was sub-prime mortgages and greed, Barney Franks, Maxine Waters et al.

I watched both the 60 Minutes interview with Bernanke and the Fox News special with Paulson, Bolten and Bush this weekend because I’m more interested in getting to the facts than letting others tell me what to think. The very fact that you think Bernanke is advising Obama on his spending plan demonstrates you don’t know what you’re talking about. And you don’t know what is the responsibility of the Federal Reserve.

Bernanke said last night that if things go the way he believes they should, the recession ought to bottom at the end of ’09. My prediction is that the markets will now settle down and start to improve just based on the confidence that Bernanke showed in that interview. The type of confidence that Obama just can’t muster.

Heh. He put a fine point on it with his “profit and earnings ratio”, demonstrating that he lacks skills in both market understanding and basic mathematics, all in one little phrase. Now, that was a demonstration of a real skill at stupidity.

progressoverpeace on March 15, 2009 at 11:47 PM

PROFIT and earnings ratio? That’s a good one!!! since profit and earnings are the same thing, it’s always one for the One.

He probably meant PRICE TO earnings ratio–stock price divided by earnings per share. Note to our brilliant Hahvid lawya community awganizah: it’s like a golf score, the lower the better. But it’s bad if it’s negative!

Anyone have a good buzzard recipe?

Limerick on March 16, 2009 at 12:03 AM

How about somebody cook up some crow for Barack?

I didn’t think he was all that competent even winning the primary. He had boatloads of money, and Hillary still managed to win over her key states as well as get the momentum going. Had it not been for the strange delegate counting system, it would have been over for him after Texas.

So none of this surprises me. He’s a hack.

“We need to take back America. I am tired of being ran by politicians. They’re not listening to what I’m saying and I see that this is the beginning and I want to be in on it,” said Cheryl Page who supports the tea party.

Scott Rasmussen was on Fox last night with a poll saying that 67% of Americans believe that Congress isn’t listening to them.

Ms. Page might be onto something here!

I was concerned when the first stimulus program wasn’t put together in the administration but, rather, was something they sort of chucked up on Capitol Hill and let the Congress write that legislation

Barack chucked up, taxpayers up-chuck.

- The more money the government spends, the more powerful the government becomes.–Geministorm

Completing that thought, the more money the government spends, the weaker the taxpayer becomes.

’m reading through the Cheney transcript and he is firing on all cylinders.

CHENEY:

But the key, I think, is the extent to which they fix the problem with the financial institutions in the society. That is a federal government responsibility. It’s the banks, it’s the Federal Reserve, it’s the FDIC, it’s all of the financial regulations and management of our currency that is a federal responsibility.

The monetary system is the issue, and yet, I don’t think I’ve heard The Precedent, or anyone from the administration, address our monetary system at all. One key to knowing who understands what’s going on and who doesn’t comes down to listening to who talks about the economy, as if we are suffering an economic crisis at root, and to who talks about the monetary system. While the economy is suffering, that is a result of monetary issues, and can only be fixed after those monetary issues have been taken care of.

progressoverpeace on March 15, 2009 at 11:31 PM

I just finished the Cheney transcript.
That’s the salient point I noted, too.

Cheney underscores the single “legitimate” premise that our government has (the Feds specifically) to sponsor any bail-out given the legislation that established the Federal Reserve, the FDIC obligation and purpose for existing.

You’ve hit the nail on the head.
Economy does not equate to monetary system.

I grumble the disconnect between rationale establishing the Federal Reserve, FDIC, vs. their actual performance of purposeful duty. In my humble opinion, these institutions have specifically enabled their own corruption that in turn has corrupted BOTH our monetary system and hence our economy. The FDIC could have abruptly opposed the Democratic legislation that produced our current $ crisis. They could have lobbied against the legislation before it was enacted into law; AND they could have produced their own protection against poor lending practices of banking institutions via their own written policy refusing to insure banks that irresponsibly lent money indiscriminately to insolvents.

– Do it quickly enough, and it can all be blamed on Bush.
– The more money the government spends, the more powerful the government becomes.
– The more money the government takes from the people, the more weak the citizens become.
– The larger the government grows, the more influence the government has on every citizen’s life.
– The more money the government lends to corporations and institutions, the more influence and control the government has over them (nationalization of private holdings).
– The more people that are dependent on the government for “help”, the more likely the citizens will retain the elected officials which support them.
– The more the government officials blame “the rich”, the more class warfare will result, thus dividing the nation against itself and the dream of becoming successful. Note that this requires the lowering of the standard for “rich” ($250k/yr is “rich” now?), which weakens every successful business and its employees.

The plan is working perfectly Allah, maybe you just don’t see it? Have you read Alinsky’s Rules For Radicals? Looks like things are going swimmingly…

Sorry old friend, but ya cant eat buzzard, it’s a carrion bird. Full of parasites and bad bugs and stuff.

doriangrey on March 16, 2009 at 8:50 AM

Perfect description of the Democrat Party and their bed partners in the media.

Thousands Support The Cincinnati Tea Party

* Cincinnati Tea Party Demonstrates Downtown

Group leaders refer to the Cincinnati Tea Party as a grassroots, non-partisan group opposed to wasteful spending.

Thousands showed up on Fountain Square in support Sunday afternoon to express their frustration with the government’s new stimulus bill.

“We need to take back America. I am tired of being ran by politicians. They’re not listening to what I’m saying and I see that this is the beginning and I want to be in on it,” said Cheryl Page who supports the tea party.

“This is where the financial status of America started. With the early revolution, and the taxation from the Brits. And it almost feels the same way but only in modern terms,” said Tea Party supporter Jay Piper.

“Irresponsible businesses and irresponsible people should be allowed to fail. That’s what is the foundation of our country. You find the bottom, you work your way back up,” said tea party supporter George Piper.

Yep, even the lowlife’s who call themselves the MSM are starting to cover the tea party’s taking place across the nation. MSNBC was advertising heavily (radio mostly) here in my area about their around the clock coverage of Obama’s first 100 days. I think they have pulled their ads, as I haven’t heard but a few in the past week. NoDonkey sums it up well; 2010 will be the first step, by retaking the house and tossing Pelosi out on her multi-million dollar face.

Anyone have a good buzzard recipe?

Limerick on March 16, 2009 at 12:03 AM

Sorry old friend, but ya cant eat buzzard, it’s a carrion bird. Full of parasites and bad bugs and stuff.

Now they’re slinking about and whispering like the little boys they are.

Reality has slapped them in the face.

This is the least competent administration ever and it won’t get any better. Obama is absurdly unqualified, Biden is a jackass, Clinton is another clown who has never accomplished anything on her own in her life, Emmanuel is a hack and the lot of them are corrupt.

The sooner this administration exits the stage the better. Throwing out the Democrat Congress in 2010 will be the first step.

I was concerned when the first stimulus program wasn’t put together in the administration but, rather, was something they sort of chucked up upchucked on Capitol Hill

Fixed

Take away the teleprompter and he doesn’t even have that.

Yah, though I doubt someone with the moniker “Proud Rino” would be able to understand that.

Bishop on March 15, 2009 at 11:13 PM

he is at the trough with the other democrats….

it worked and tax cuts shouldn’t be a partisan issue.

It’s OUR money.

I was concerned when the first stimulus program wasn’t put together in the administration but, rather, was something they sort of chucked up on Capitol Hill and let the Congress write that legislation which says, to me, there really isn’t a coherent approach at this point to try and improve the economy.

Great quote, but let’s face it, the honeymoon simply isn’t over until Obama gets more accountability than Bush gets blame. When that happens, THEN it’s over. Until then…it’s only starting to end.