BRILLIANT!
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BRILLIANT!

Blake:

Do you think you could disagree with the woman without mentioning her weight? I noticed that Rush is getting a little porkier every time I see him, but somehow no one seems to care.

Terrye on March 23, 2009 at 11:04 PM

Have a Twinkie and shut up!

maybe the Republicans can embrace the “party of No” theme. the runaway spending by Congress can be cited as their first stand against it (well, some ofthem). but how about the Fed & the FDIC. that is truly taxation without representation though most people tune out before that discussion takes place.

i’m arguing with myself now.

kelley in virginia on March 24, 2009 at 8:18 AM

Massive deficit spending is the ultimate taxation without representation: placing huge tax burdens on people who aren’t even born yet. Your children and grandchildren will come of age to discover Obama has place unbreakable chains on them.

One of the things that most profoundly shaped my worldview was a study performed in the early 90s by a think tank, which computed the average tax burden for young workers in the 2020s, assuming government spending did not increase at all – in other words, the budget was not increased by any new programs for 30 years, and merely kept paying for existing programs such as Medicare and Social Security. The average tax rate for young workers circa 2020 was something like 60%, as they were forced to pay for the ballooning costs of FDR’s dying social programs. That just blew my mind – I could not imagine how a generation would agree to fork over that much of their income, entering the work force to take home two or three adjusted dollars per hour. Even though tax burdens are ratched up slowly by socialists, to keep public outrage from sweeping them out of office, I didn’t see how they’d ever be able to suck sixty percent out of the lower middle class (and vastly more out of the middle and upper classes, of course.)

Now we face a future in which 60% tax rates might seem like a bargain. Deficits can’t continue to mount forever, and the national debt must eventually be paid, or else government could just cut everyone a check for a million dollars and declare us a nation of millionaires. Some enterprising Republican should calculate the estimated tax bill for the poor kids who need to pay for Obama’s madhouse agenda, and start showing it to their parents.

but how about the Fed & the FDIC.

Kelley, that is the root to dig out. They’ve been given new shields that not only preserve their existence, but to massively compound the extension of their realm into what to date has been understood as “over-reach”. GWB issued that on his way out; his own progressive gift to Federal Socialism.

Bush’s socialism was a tempered fascism that maneuvered the foundation for Obama’s intemperate augmentation to destroy the sovereign nature of our nation. Though Obama is stuck as a juvenile playing the opposite game, each in their own fashion are globalists, though Obama has absolutely no affection for the USA and exposes HIS antipathy at all times. Obama compulsively eschews the American Dream whereas Bush sought the dream’s transition into the socialist global world holding strong affection for the ideal of democracy though Americans were given no sovereign protection on our borders and in our workplace and communities from massive illegal intrusions. Even Bush held that citizens must resign our American citizenship in favor of internationalism.

Manipulations hit home from the tangible pocket book. When you are hungry, you know it. But the intangible structure of LIBERTY understood and provided by our founding fathers is lost in Socialism. And no matter the good intentions of any leader, their corruption of American Liberty is their own condemnation.

Regardless of who bowled the first socialist ball, the fact of the moment is that statist Socialism is swallowing us whole.

Conservatives FEEL “Liberty or death,” our motivation to preserve our Constitution, our life’s happiness at home in the world.

Statists (Socialists) FEEL “Tyranny or death” motivating their destruction of our Constitution, to rule the world by force.

It doesn’t take intellect to sense hunger. And when deprived of happiness, it doesn’t take intellect to sense depression.

Elitists BELIEVE they can coerce our subjugation.

I bet my mustard seed against coercive destruction of life’s meaning.

meanwhile across the ditch,our twin city,Soo Michigan,
just recieved $560,000(if facts are accurate)to renovate
apartment buildings!

canopfor on March 24, 2009 at 7:39 AM

If so this would be the first money flowing into the UP that I am aware of. Our joke of a Dem Congressman has been missing-in-action for a long time. He has been spending all his time courting the green vote to keep his seat.

The UP has always been on the ragged edge of a depression, even in good times. We are already losing some of the few businesses left, and they will not be back. The environmentalists are blocking all attempts at any new resource-based projects. Two-penny Jenny forgot the UP exist during the time she has been such a success for the Michigan economy. Then again, maybe that’s good, or we might have been even worse off.

Five Schenectady police officers recently accused of everything from driving drunk to beating up a man are leading city officials to look at taking drastic action…

Schenectady Police Chief Mark Chaires named officers Darren Lawrence and Michael Brown, accused of driving while intoxicated.

Schenectady Mayor Brian Stratton said, “We believe there are five officers now who could face possible termination.” The mayor’s plans include disbanding the police department, declaring martial law. “It may be that as a stopgap measure, that you would need military forces – State Police, National Guard.”

Schenectady’s Corporation Counsel John Van Norden said, “If you abolish the police department you still have a need – not an obligation – but a need to police the community. You would need something in transition. Declaring martial law would be one way to bridge the gap.”

Steve Ference, Time Warner
Capital News 9

Talk about tossing the baby out with the bath water.

Liberty or Death, New York style.

i’m arguing with myself now.

The media is going to do everything it can to prop Obama up for as long as it can. If we expect his numbers to drop precipitously with that kind of wind at his back we’ll quickly become discouraged.

We need to keep picking at the Dodd-Geithner bonus business, though, because it hammers home what a sham the stimulus process was.

If you haven’t already started reading this book, do so. Brilliant and timely…

Look, the economy will turn around to some extent and Obama will be god and we have to learn to deal with that for a while…maybe, a long long time.

You’re exactly right. It will be manufactured to be on an upturn swing at precisely the most opportune political moment prior to the 2012 campaign. obama’s people control the reins completely.

I can’t believe this world. I want to kick this man.

Mommypundit on March 24, 2009 at 6:18 AM

A. Get in line behind me.
and
B. I guess the people that voted for Barry are the same people who think there’s a magic weight loss pill and a bucket of gold at the end of the rainbow. My Grandma used to call them “Rubes”.

Buckley’s in a tough spot. Conservatives don’t like him because he was wrong about Obama, and liberals don’t like him because he’s now right about Obama. Fortunately, I’m just fine with him being disliked by everyone.

Jim Treacher on March 24, 2009 at 2:30 AM

Amen to that… The so called “elites” on our side turned out to be nothing more than suckers, drinking from the DC insiders bowl of koolaid.

This will be no surprise to Power Line readers, who have followed Obama’s steady decline to near the break-even point, as recorded by Rasmussen Reports. It’s striking, though, that so far Obama’s return to campaign mode (e.g. his appearance on the Tonight Show) has not arrested the decline that has been precipitated by public alarm over his radical policies.(powerline)

Here in my area (Billings) no Liberal wants to talk about Obama right now; in fact, Obama stickers and sighs have been removed. I don’t know about the rest of the country, but in my area support for Obama and his radical socialist agenda is far below the 50% mark. I will be meeting with others this weekend to organize our first tea party. The people must take peaceful but aggressive action quickly. With Obama’s approval ratings dropping rapidly, the ability to bring his agenda to a halt is becoming possible. The elections of 2010 will be weighing heavily on many shoulders.

Buckley’s in a tough spot. Conservatives don’t like him because he was wrong about Obama, and liberals don’t like him because he’s now right about Obama. Fortunately, I’m just fine with him being disliked by everyone.

Jim Treacher on March 24, 2009 at 2:30 AM

Heh. Indeed.

meanwhile across the ditch,our twin city,Soo Michigan,
just recieved $560,000(if facts are accurate)to renovate
apartment buildings!

Limerick on March 24, 2009

Keystone Light. Not great, but at $3.95/sixpack it’s acceptable.

Oh please. Obama got zero votes for the bill because he refused to even let Republicans in on the planning of the bill. His response to their desire to be part of the process was a snotty I won.

I am reading Atlas Shrugged right now and one thing Ayn Rand stresses is the need for people to feel popular. Public opinion rules the day. But public opinion is transitory and shallow too. Anything can effect it.