Quotes of the day
posted at 9:40 pm on March 21, 2009 by Allahpundit
“A central aspect of the plan, which has already been announced by the administration, would give the government greater authority to take over and resolve problems at large troubled companies not now regulated by Washington, like insurance companies and hedge funds.
That proposal would, for instance, make it easier for the government to cancel bonus contracts like those given to executives at the American International Group, which have stoked a political furor. Under the proposal, the Treasury secretary would have the authority to seize and wind down a struggling institution after consulting with the president and upon the recommendation of two-thirds of the Federal Reserve board.”
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“You take a look around you, the genuinely successful people that you see who you want to be did not check their individualism at the door when they started their work. They didn’t check their self-interests at the door, and they didn’t check their self-respect, and they didn’t turn over the belief in themselves to somebody else. That’s all I’m talking about and that’s under assault by this administration, which wants to control and limit freedom, ’cause the only way Obama can get the power he wants and the Democrats can get the power they want is if you willingly turn it over to them, by getting rid of your self-interest, your self-respect and holding your best interests at heart. Your best interests do not coincide with your government’s, especially now.”
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Nanny state President Omamma.
jgapinoy on March 21, 2009 at 9:43 PM
OK, so let’s run him out of office. But then, look at the line of succession.
flipflop on March 21, 2009 at 9:44 PM
What a peculiar corner he is painting himself into…
He is getting everyone riled up with angst towards the banks.
What is he going to do when he must do TARP Two?
Will he fold like a card? Or lie like a shrew?
The people will catch on, as they eventually do!
blatantblue on March 21, 2009 at 9:44 PM
War on Prosperity
daesleeper on March 21, 2009 at 9:45 PM
The left’s Reichstag moment ? They have to seize control of everything to save this country ?
I would be very worried about a government takeover of anything.
William Amos on March 21, 2009 at 9:45 PM
Rugged individualism has to be preserved.
carbon_footprint on March 21, 2009 at 9:45 PM
Don’t worry about Nanny Pelosi ever getting closer than she is. If Joetox becomes POTUS, he’ll pick his VP. And Joetox wouldn’t last any longer than BHO.
jgapinoy on March 21, 2009 at 9:47 PM
Wow. You know what? With the Treas. Sec. being given a personal purse of hundreds of billions of dollars to do with what he sees fit, and with this new “power” being proposed where he can “seize” what he thinks is a “struggling” institution, I’m beginning to think it’s no accident that of all the appointees who had tax problems, he’s the only one who made it through at Treasury. All right, I will now take off the foil hat.
Weight of Glory on March 21, 2009 at 9:47 PM
Ah, no.
I bet they think by designating the Treasury Sectary that it’s just going to slide by because very president has one and so there is no agenda. And who thinks the Fed has been doing such a Cracker Jack job lately?
Cindy Munford on March 21, 2009 at 9:49 PM
“Danger Will Robinson. Danger Will Robinson. Danger. Danger, Danger, Will Robinson”.
/there, I dated myself.
Key West Reader on March 21, 2009 at 9:49 PM
Yeah, someone terrorized us with those facts in an earlier thread. It doesn’t get any better and that’s just really had to imagine.
Cindy Munford on March 21, 2009 at 9:50 PM
This shows why the Obama administration went after Rush Limbaugh. People standing up for their freedom is a threat to their plans.
Right_of_Attila on March 21, 2009 at 9:51 PM
Careful…that’s illegal in many states.
flipflop on March 21, 2009 at 9:51 PM
How about WE THE PEOPLE take over his failed presidency?
Mercy4Me on March 21, 2009 at 9:51 PM
That’s okay it’s stands the test of time. Very funny.
Cindy Munford on March 21, 2009 at 9:52 PM
Golly, I sure hope they decide to cap the pay of the big name actors here in LA so their multi-million dollar contracts trickle down to the rest of the production to us poor IATSE union schlubs and raise our pay. That’s be great. Because it’s not FAIR how it works now.
oddjob1138 on March 21, 2009 at 9:53 PM
money, time, and kindness….
we neet in 2010 let’s roll…
sven10077 on March 21, 2009 at 9:54 PM
Dow is gonna be hurting Monday.
Maquis on March 21, 2009 at 9:54 PM
I was at WalMart tonight scavenging through their dwindling supply of ammo, and I ran into someone I know from the university. She works in housekeeping. She’s bought the Obama garbage, hook-line-and-sinker. “Why did President Bush do this to us?” My wife corrected her nicely before I had the chance to backhand her.
This nation is in trouble, folks.
AubieJon on March 21, 2009 at 9:54 PM
Everything is falling into place perfectly….
All those years of planning is finally paying off..
katy on March 21, 2009 at 9:54 PM
The nutroots bitched and moaned about Bush and called him King George and Bush was going to make himself Dictator.
Good Lord, look at what this dickhead is asking. To be anointed overlord of all aspects of the economy. Do they not see what they have done.
PappaMac on March 21, 2009 at 9:55 PM
he literally doesn’t care…
while strangling them is fun in the short term, perhaps you can ask why Me$$iah the Lightworker is going on Leno instead of “undoing all this Bush damage” if she thinks he is that caring????
we have to keep some of the proles….
sven10077 on March 21, 2009 at 9:56 PM
i love coming on this site, and i would never stop, but could someone reccomend a movie, or t.v. show to watch to calmmy nerves, my anger, and my hatred everytime i read about yet another horrorfest that concerns this fraud? i mean, i’d certainly get drunk, but i don’t drink. maybe drugs. will hard drugs help? i’ll seriously try anything these days. what do you all do? how do cope?
Ghoul aid on March 21, 2009 at 9:57 PM
The paiiiin. OH THE PAAAAIIIIIN!
ericdijon on March 21, 2009 at 9:58 PM
Idiocracy on the way.
Who do these putzes think will run America’ corporations if they have Treasury Secretary Doogie Howser second guessing their every move and setting their salary?
rockmom on March 21, 2009 at 9:59 PM
Not on my watch. Not on my watch. Not on my watch.
/Toastmasters says always make a point by saying it three times. I wonder if TOTUS agrees.
Key West Reader on March 21, 2009 at 10:00 PM
Incorrect. And the difference is huge. He is getting everyone riled up with angst towards a handful of executives. He is personalizing the crisis. That is right out of the communist handbook. As his chief of staff said, “never let a good crisis go to waste”. He is distracting the public by turning any anger they have at their financial situation into a net positive for him by distilling and focusing their anger into class warfare aimed at “the rich”. Classic pincer movement for socialist revolutions. The socialists want to take over the banks for their own purposes, but demonize the private sector individuals who work at them, also for their own purposes. It’s Marxism 101.
keep the change on March 21, 2009 at 10:00 PM
The liberal Nutroots kept screaming about Bush wanting to be King or Dictator for life.
Look at what this D!CKHEAD is asking for. Ultimate power over all business sectors. To make sure everything runs as HE sees fit.
Now who wants to be KING & DICTATOR?
PappaMac on March 21, 2009 at 10:00 PM
westerns, 80s comedy, and the film “The Pentagon Wars”…..
sven10077 on March 21, 2009 at 10:01 PM
Shaddup, Dr. Smith.
/heh
Key West Reader on March 21, 2009 at 10:01 PM
Ghoul:
Immerse yourself in your family and friends. Take recess and entertain yourself with classic movies from time to time. Seek out comedy anywhere you can find it.
carbon_footprint on March 21, 2009 at 10:02 PM
Not on My Watch.
Key West Reader on March 21, 2009 at 10:02 PM
Ghoul aid on March 21, 2009 at 9:57 PM
Drowning Mona.
DrStock on March 21, 2009 at 10:03 PM
I vent on HA.
This administration is like no other. It’s like they’re pulling a giant rubber band and I can only hope that some day it’s going to snap and bounce them all into the Atlantic.
scalleywag on March 21, 2009 at 10:05 PM
Just came from a gun show. It was packed. Talked to a bunch of folks and they said the rumor that’s running through gun rights groups and NRA circles is a MASSIVE DC demonstration is the making.
These people are pissed off. Their looking at a million people just to start things off…
Depending on how bad things get and how soon they’re looking at next year. Some agreed that would be too late. Perhaps sooner.
Something is bubbling up…
katy on March 21, 2009 at 10:05 PM
Ghoul:
Also, go to YouTube and search Brian Regan.
Watch his routines and you will laugh so hard you will cry.
carbon_footprint on March 21, 2009 at 10:05 PM
Ghoul: May the Lord Bless You and Keep You. May The Lord Make His Face to Shine Upon You and Be Gracious Unto You. May The Lord Lift Up His Countenence Upon You. And Give You Peace.
Peace Be With You.
Key West Reader on March 21, 2009 at 10:05 PM
If you’re just looking for a superficial escape through cinema, here are my recomendations:
“We’re No Angels” (Humphry Bogart)
“Mr. Blandings Builds his Dream House”
“Rear Window” (wont calm your nerves but will take your mind off Obama)
“Ferris Bueller’s Day Off”
“The Quiet Man” (one of the best movies ever ever made)
“She Wore a Yellow Ribbon”
“Goonies”
“Ghostbusters”
Weight of Glory on March 21, 2009 at 10:06 PM
I like old Cary Grant comedies. They’re harmless.
Cindy Munford on March 21, 2009 at 10:07 PM
;o)
katy on March 21, 2009 at 10:07 PM
Look, Madoff is the perfect example of why the Government is incapable of effectively handling anything much beyond collecting taxes and the military.
The SEC, staffed to the brim with well educated lawyers and accountants was handed the Madoff case on a silver platter. They had everything they needed to catch him around 2000 and it was handed to them in fine detail. All they needed to do was a little work, like simply confirm a single trade and they didn’t even do that. So, anybody who thinks the Government can solve anything is living in a dream world since they can’t even find a $50B fraud when in is repeatedly pointed out to them.
TheBigOldDog on March 21, 2009 at 10:09 PM
i feel the same.
i have been watching a lot of old westerns lately.
trailortrash on March 21, 2009 at 10:09 PM
This nonsense can not be Constitutional. Last time I looked there were property rights, etc.
Terrye on March 21, 2009 at 10:11 PM
Have y’all gone over to instapundit and seen the tea parties from Orlando and Lexington, KY. Pretty impressive.
Cindy Munford on March 21, 2009 at 10:11 PM
May I suggest a day at the shooting range for all those who are a feeling a wee bit angst.
It does a patriot good!
katy on March 21, 2009 at 10:11 PM
Cynthia Tucker. Soak the rich that send their children to college while the poor send theirs to the military
Should have run this BEFORE the 2008 election CYNTHIA. Explain Obama vs McCain ???
William Amos on March 21, 2009 at 10:12 PM
thanks to all who have responded. although i posted somewhat in jest, i was and am very serious. please believe me when i say that all of you who post on here, with the exception of the daily kos trolls, make me very happy and lighten my heart in these dark times (was that racist?). may God bless all of you and your loved ones.
Ghoul aid on March 21, 2009 at 10:12 PM
It needs to be sooner rather than later.
msmveritas on March 21, 2009 at 10:12 PM
I read my Bible. I put my faith in Christ’s promises. God is sovereign and nothing catches Him off guard, not even the evil all around us. For those who believe, He will supply the grace you need. God bless you.
PrincipledPilgrim on March 21, 2009 at 10:12 PM
Dear God, this man is making it so easy for Hillary to run in 2012. She could clean up with the democrats after four years of this radical socialist crap. I bet she resigns a year from now.
sherry on March 21, 2009 at 10:12 PM
BoD +10you get the gag…
Government is God to moonbats but sadly it is a blind, toothless ‘god’….
sven10077 on March 21, 2009 at 10:12 PM
ah what could go wrong?
Ampersand on March 21, 2009 at 10:12 PM
Strangely therapeutic, but write the name of the person, or the caption of the problem that is troubling you on the rolled sheets of bathroom tissue. Then when you are ready, wad or fold, back to front or front to back.
ericdijon on March 21, 2009 at 10:12 PM
I’d recommend getting a dog! They can take your mind off anything. Cats? meh.
scalleywag on March 21, 2009 at 10:13 PM
Ghoul:
I do not recommend The Fountainhead with Gary Cooper. That would only make you more unhappy.
I suggest Arsenic and Old Lace.
Or Rebecca.
Terrye on March 21, 2009 at 10:13 PM
Ghoul:
Watch True Grit…
Dhuka on March 21, 2009 at 10:14 PM
Good ol’ Cynthia. They totally don’t get it that most of the outrage is on DC, not AIG. DC caused AIG.
PrincipledPilgrim on March 21, 2009 at 10:15 PM
Aubie Jon:
Most of the people I know blame everyone in Washington, NYC, and just about everywhere east of here. Not just Bush.
Terrye on March 21, 2009 at 10:16 PM
Watch the Outlaw Josey Wales
thomasaur on March 21, 2009 at 10:16 PM
Don’t live under the legalism bridge until you’ve come to it.
This is what the commies are counting on.
Do you want them to have already accomplished their purpose before laws actually go though?
yellow_railroad on March 21, 2009 at 10:16 PM
Thanks. I needed that…
katy on March 21, 2009 at 10:17 PM
We must all understand that we are together. We are far apart geographically but we are shoulder to shoulder. Don’t be fearful! Do not fear. Whatever you do, don’t be fearful. We have children and families. NOW is the time to stand strong.
In my entire, miserable life, I have never taken up a cause. I never even thought of attending a rally. I always thought those things were for the Cindy Sheehans and Code Pink and ACORN thugs.
I’ll tell you what. This is My Country. This is My Future. These are my Children. These are my Parents. These are my Neighbors. I will not. Not. Not. Not Go down without a fight.
Get together and fight.
Key West Reader on March 21, 2009 at 10:17 PM
*through
yellow_railroad on March 21, 2009 at 10:17 PM
President TelePrompter is planning on limiting executive pay beyond banks.
No longer in office, Democrats like Daschle and Bill Clinton will have to forgo their big pay bonuses including limo’s.
There will be much less big contributions from rich liberals elites to Democrat campaigns.
Hollywood executives, producers and actors will no longer make huge piles of money.
Sports executives will have to curb mega signing bonuses.
President TelePrompter will have to return his $500,000 book signing bonus he got 2 days before taking office.
Curb all the bonuses and tax revenues-Federal and Local- will fall by 75%. Can state and feds afford this now?
One wonders if President TelePrompter is in over his head….
TN Mom on March 21, 2009 at 10:17 PM
Once again, let me ask; does this truly concern us? When the f@#$ does the serious revolution begin, cause if this guy/administration doesn’t warrant it, then nothing does, and just STFU cause you’re just a whining, foppish weasel, or things really aren’t as bad as some say they are.
Personally, I think they’re worse than some say they are, and the time for literal violent revolution is here; not just simpering sackless whimpering and hoping things go better in the next election (they won’t).
Midas on March 21, 2009 at 10:18 PM
I’m sure the left still believes that “dissent is the highest form of patriotism,” right??
Star20 on March 21, 2009 at 10:18 PM
Ghoul aid on March 21, 2009 at 9:57 PM
Strangely therapeutic, but write the name of the person, or the caption of the problem that is troubling you on the rolled sheets of bathroom tissue. Then when you are ready, wad or fold, back to front or front to back.
ericdijon on March 21, 2009 at 10:12 PM
wow, so many names to write down. barry, michelle, barney, chris, chrissy, nancy…..i love the idea and i think it will help. i will eat more White Castle hamburgers to speed up the process. thanks!
Ghoul aid on March 21, 2009 at 10:18 PM
Is Obama Commander in Chief,of the Free World,where all
men, and woman are created equal,and justice for all,
or, is Obama Commander in Agitator,Freedom for some,and
selected justice only to be carried out by the Liberals who think they know best in their Liberal world!
Is the job,of the President to keep Americans safe on
American soil,and the playgrounds and neighborhoods,
area’s of peace,
or is it the job,of the President,Agitator in Chief,to
rile up,the jealous,the bitter,and the poor,to wage wars
in American neighbourhoods in the form of twisted Liberal
logic of their form of justice!
Mr.President,are employee’s of AIG,TERRORISTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
canopfor on March 21, 2009 at 10:18 PM
Ghoul: If the fluff movies don’t work, go over to Ace of Spades were you can swear your brains off.
jcheney on March 21, 2009 at 10:19 PM
“The most intelligent and most efficient administration ever”. With them running the country, what could possibly go wrong?
Hahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!
GarandFan on March 21, 2009 at 10:19 PM
One doesn’t wonder this; one knows this. The question is, what is one going to do about it?
Personally, if all one wishes to do is blog and comment about it, I’d prefer one shut the f@#$ up about it.
Do something, or please, just shut the f@#$ up.
Midas on March 21, 2009 at 10:19 PM
“The end is near” Those crazy guys on LA street corners maybe aren’t so crazy after all.
watson007 on March 21, 2009 at 10:20 PM
that was easy
thomasaur on March 21, 2009 at 10:20 PM
Clearly! It’s in no way Uncle Sam’s fault.
Upstater85 on March 21, 2009 at 10:20 PM
These people are pissed off. Their looking at a million people just to start things off…
Depending on how bad things get and how soon they’re looking at next year. Some agreed that would be too late. Perhaps sooner.
Something is bubbling up…
katy on March 21, 2009 at 10:05 PM
How about 1.5 million sportsmen travelling to DC for the 4th of July weekend, with their rifles/sidearms.
Not to be too threatening, but 1 bullet just to make sure they are all armed…..or is that nuts?
OneEyedJack on March 21, 2009 at 10:21 PM
Honest to God, I’m so worked up I could go now and it wouldn’t be soon enough. I’d camp out there as long as need be.
I think when that time does come, people will be ready to sacrifice whatever it takes to get our voices heard and take it all back.
When it comes it will be like a human sunami.
katy on March 21, 2009 at 10:21 PM
I was at the Orlando Rally today. We said the Pledge of Allegiance. We sang the National Anthem. We sang the Battle Hymn of the Republic. We saluted our Veterans. We were 5000 strong. Shoulder to shoulder. Heart to Heart. We Must Stand Together.
Please go to MichelleMalkin.com. She’s been carrying the baggages and lifting the heavy load. Find a group in your area.
Love Ya Michelle Malkin!!!!
Key West Reader on March 21, 2009 at 10:21 PM
Midas:
I don’t think so. I actually have relatives in the military and I don’t much like the idea of people in this country shooting at them.
I remember Tim McVeigh. Not a roll model.
Terrye on March 21, 2009 at 10:21 PM
**Wipes tears from eyes**
**Picks up pitchfork**
TN Mom on March 21, 2009 at 10:21 PM
What’s your suggestion?
scalleywag on March 21, 2009 at 10:22 PM
Maybe they’ll live up to their oath and be on the correct side, and no one would be shooting at them.
I have confidence in them enough to hope that they’d do so.
Midas on March 21, 2009 at 10:22 PM
Meanwhile predator srikes in Pakistan are destroying Al Qaeda
William Amos on March 21, 2009 at 10:23 PM
I think as someone mentioned above July 4, Independence Day. Mailing tea bags is not going to do spit. MSM ignores individual tea parties. Mass numbers in DC on July 4th, thats my suggestion
msmveritas on March 21, 2009 at 10:23 PM
Now that would be something to see!
I can just see Uh-bomb-a with the assistance of TOTUS:
“Now, you know, uh, that I uh, well, would love to shoot a gun, uh someday, but uh, my uh, mother uh… Well, you all try not to uh hate…”
Upstater85 on March 21, 2009 at 10:23 PM
Eek.
Hank Rearden, call your office.
Tanya on March 21, 2009 at 10:24 PM
and if you don’t have one, then “just shut the f@#$ up.”
scalleywag on March 21, 2009 at 10:24 PM
And Capitalism.
Maxx on March 21, 2009 at 10:24 PM
Protest. Revolution. Physical, violent action. Whatever it takes.
Whining on a website isn’t it.
Midas on March 21, 2009 at 10:24 PM
Midas:
Oh please, you think that if we start a revolution and start killing people and taking up arms that the US military will join the people shooting at them? Because that is who you would be shooting at.
Terrye on March 21, 2009 at 10:24 PM
“In this world, you will have trouble, but fear not, I have overcome the world.” –Jesus Christ
This is how.
jimmy2shoes on March 21, 2009 at 10:24 PM
I’m ALREADY there! Attended on Tea Party protest. Will attend my second on April 15th in Nashville,TN.
Oh, and I ordered my Tea Party buttons at teapartyday.com!
oh, and, Blogs mean something!!!!!!!!!!
TN Mom on March 21, 2009 at 10:25 PM
Midas:
Count me out. I am not whining, but I am no traitor. No siree. Not me.
Terrye on March 21, 2009 at 10:25 PM
Was it “Fill you hands you, son of b!tch!”
Cindy Munford on March 21, 2009 at 10:25 PM
I’m spelling it out, maybe you can’t read.
Midas on March 21, 2009 at 10:26 PM
Well said. I, too, have never felt compelled to protest anything. Not until now. I’m looking for the next tea party, the next march on DC, or the next whatever. Whatever it takes. If 0 thinks he was “stunned” about AIG, I want to know how he feels when he sees 1 million plus on the Mall.
DrStock on March 21, 2009 at 10:26 PM
Really? Our forefathers/founding fathers were traitors?
There were a bunch of people over 200 years ago that thought so. You’d count yourself among them, I see.
Midas on March 21, 2009 at 10:27 PM
funny how the war is now going swimmingly eh?
That’s the key we have to force Ogabe to order the military to shed civillian blood that is merely exercising the right to assembly and speech….
he does that and blood gets shed he’s done.
sven10077 on March 21, 2009 at 10:27 PM
AS Key West Reader suggests…. We all repeat this plan over and over and over and it becomes attainable.
katy on March 21, 2009 at 10:27 PM
Someone explain to me how someone who has never ran a business is now suppose to run every single business in the US from the White House ?
Or is that the Obama jobs program to hire millions of oversight nazis to watch their fellow Americans at work ?
William Amos on March 21, 2009 at 10:27 PM
msm:
Glenn Reynolds at Instapundit made the point that local TV covers these events all over the country and that is not such a bad thing. I know more people who listen to local news than national.
Both would be good. But look at the thousands of people who show up for mass pro life rallies, they get very little attention.
Terrye on March 21, 2009 at 10:28 PM
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