Quotes of the day
posted at 10:30 pm on May 4, 2009 by Allahpundit
“Much as I admire President Obama, I believe with something approaching certainty that his spending will bring this country to its knees. ‘Sustainability’ is all the rage as a buzzword, but a $3.6 trillion budget is not ‘sustainable.’ Doubling the national debt is not ‘sustainable.’ Inaction in the face of $77 trillion in unfunded liabilities (Social Security, Medicare, entitlements) is not ‘sustainable.’ This is math, not ideology.
The Republican Party once could lay claim to the mantle of being the fiscally responsible, or ‘Daddy Party.’ That reputation was squandered some time ago, but it could be regained if the party would content itself with that all-important goal, and not instead fight doomed skirmishes over gay marriage, stem-cell research, abortion and creationism, Ten Commandments in the courtroom, and other such issues that the country has by and large already decided upon. The GOP once liked to call itself the party of ‘the Big Tent.’ But America itself is the bigger tent. ‘Much as I admire President Obama, I believe with something approaching certainty that his spending will bring this country to its knees.”
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“It’s especially unsettling for a free speech girl like me. The First Amendment is important — but lately, it feels like my right of self-expression is being squashed.
One example: Obama’s comment to Jay Leno on ‘The Tonight Show,’ comparing his bowling abilities to someone in the Special Olympics.
Can you imagine the uproar had Bush said that? He’d be banished from bowling alleys for eternity. His bowling average and IQ would have immediately been compared in Twitter messages demanding his resignation.”
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“Changing the tone in Washington is not something Obama or Congressional Republicans will do either. The entire political class, which has grown to include the press, the internet, Hollywood, the music industry and God knows who else, thrives on confrontation, the more vitriolic the better. Rachel Maddow sneers at Democrat Evan Bayh for taking seriously the concerns of fiscally conservative Hoosiers, and working with Republicans to restrain just a little government spending that will likely bankrupt the next generation of Americans. She calls him and other Democrats like him, ‘conservadems,’ much like conservative talk show hosts branded John McCain a RINO for objecting to torture or advocating campaign finance reform. Ed Shultz accuses Dick Cheney of hoping for another terrorist attack, and it hardly merits a furrowed brow by the press or any Democrat.
Politicians, pundits and even many beat reporters don’t want more civility in public debates. Because if it were ever to occur, it would leave many of them with nothing much to say, and only swing voters would be happy about that.”
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This is just begging for an double entendre response.
Blake on May 4, 2009 at 10:34 PM
Hi, Hawkdriver! Prayers and best wishes from HA.
Cindy Munford on May 4, 2009 at 10:35 PM
I dunno about some of those as being “decided upon”, as per the CNN poll pointed out in another thread. But I don’t recall any of those being at the forefront of many campaigns.
ddrintn on May 4, 2009 at 10:35 PM
Wow. A potent trio of quotations.
It seems to me that we need unity here. We need to do what is best for our beloved nation. Reach out and talk to a liberal soon. Talk some sense, talk about debt. We all understand debt, and it’s consequences.
Dr. Manhattan on May 4, 2009 at 10:37 PM
For a long time, news coverage is more about the conflict than putting things into perspective. A ‘good’ reporter who wants to make a name for his or herself will magnify a disagreement rather than dig into the facts. It’s easier and sells papers (the few left that sell) and sells the rest of us short.
The Democrats too, I believe have been much better at the lies and distortions to keep the focus away from real issues. Of course they are aided by a liberal press…
Ordinary1 on May 4, 2009 at 10:38 PM
Wait wait wait… is AllahPundit starting to realize what is really happening to this country?
RightWinged on May 4, 2009 at 10:42 PM
You see, a lot of moderates didn’t like sharing bunkbeds with some of those who are “socially conservative” but were warning about Obama’s spendthrift ways. A lot of these same moderates thought it might be better going for spendthrift Obama rather than sharing the bunkbed with the knuckle-dragging socons. You made your bunkbed, now lie in it.
I’m a little tired of the obligatory hosanna to Obama before saying something negative about him. “I love love love love LOVE him, but his policies SUCK!!!!!!”
ddrintn on May 4, 2009 at 10:44 PM
Obama has already brought the media to its knees.
Pads optional.
profitsbeard on May 4, 2009 at 10:45 PM
Much as I admire Rush, he uses the wrong religious metaphor. Obama is not the Messiah. Obama is the Angel of Debt.
Dr. Charles G. Waugh on May 4, 2009 at 10:46 PM
The pitch is simple:
“Whatever reason you voted for Obama, we can all agree no one sent him to Washington to double down on the debt. You’re not supposed to double down when you’ve already lost the house.”
ernesto on May 4, 2009 at 10:48 PM
Approaching certainty? What’s it take Buckley, a swift kick in the balls to simply do the math?
It’s FUCKING CERTAIN, you inbred pile of horseshit!
GarandFan on May 4, 2009 at 10:48 PM
I prefer Lord Obama, most merciful.
My 11 year old nephew called Obama ‘Ethelred the Unready’. Totally out of nowehere…it was hilarious especially if you understand the context.
daesleeper on May 4, 2009 at 10:50 PM
Fiscal conservatism is where republicans need to go to get the moderates to side with them instead of hopenchange and the crew of pathological liars (which includes RINOs)
The social stuff like stem cell research, abortion, gay marriage are social issues that the hard left and right want resolved in perpetuity through the courts. It’s not going to happen and the GOP should just recognize this and move on. You cannot successfully legislate morality, so teach it to your kids and leave it out of the courts and law books.
Immigration is a slightly different issue though, it’s already dancing around in the courts because illegals are…wait for it….illegal. (For libs, that means they’re breaking the law, DOH). That should be an issue, as it also ties in well to the fiscal irresponsibility being practiced by our gov’t today.
Spiritk9 on May 4, 2009 at 10:50 PM
Been said before, but “Carter II: With a Vengeance.”
cs89 on May 4, 2009 at 10:51 PM
Chris Buckley is a putz
clnurnberg on May 4, 2009 at 10:52 PM
ernesto on May 4, 2009 at 10:48 PM
thats not completely true many of us who did not like mccain held our noses and voted for him because it was VERY clear what obama was. saying they did not know obama would turn out this way is not accurate. the man told everyone he was going to do this.
elduende on May 4, 2009 at 10:52 PM
Amen. But a columnist who made fun of the tea parties, argued this point with me. Although I am paraphrasing he considered the borrowing like seed money. Liberal aren’t right, it’s just not logical.
Cindy Munford on May 4, 2009 at 10:52 PM
The reason this approach is taken, is that it works. It influences a lot of the observers, perhaps a majority. Those who do not have strongly held beliefs change them to be popular. And those who have strongly held beliefs, but cannot risk public ridicule or shunning, for whatever reason, become silent. And those who loudly fight back in ugly ways are then held up to the public as examples of the opposition’s “leaders,” thus further denigrating all those who have opposing views.
Loxodonta on May 4, 2009 at 10:54 PM
William F. Buckley = James Bond
Christoper Buckley = Austin Powers
tgibson1962 on May 4, 2009 at 10:54 PM
ROFL…”seed money”. That reminds me of some of those “prosperity gospel” televangelists.
ddrintn on May 4, 2009 at 10:55 PM
Heh
Knucklehead on May 4, 2009 at 10:55 PM
Excellent!
Loxodonta on May 4, 2009 at 10:57 PM
That’s what I say. I feel vindicated, somehow.
I’ve seen you say hi to driver in a couple threads. Did something happen that I’m not aware of?
BadgerHawk on May 4, 2009 at 10:58 PM
Rachel Maddow still has a public forum? Huh.
Jim Treacher on May 4, 2009 at 10:59 PM
As much as I disagree with him on all of those issues, I completely agree with this statement.
Jaibones on May 4, 2009 at 11:00 PM
Quick question: How can you admire someone when you don’t approve of anything they say or do? Sounds like that new progressive education that I luckily missed.
Tommy_G on May 4, 2009 at 11:01 PM
Funny how the conservatives like Reagan and Newt managed to garner major wins.
AZfederalist on May 4, 2009 at 11:02 PM
Do you know that at least four of us gave Hawkdriver a shout today?
Loxodonta on May 4, 2009 at 11:02 PM
Cha-ching.
BadgerHawk on May 4, 2009 at 11:02 PM
comparing his bowling abilities to someone in the Special Olympics.
Don’t forget the “Get to you in a minute sweety” comment to the female reporter before the electionm. NOW would have had several babies if Mcain said it. It was just an endearing term.
faol on May 4, 2009 at 11:02 PM
His father would be ashamed he’s resorted to straw-man arguments.
Can anyone tell me when was the last time the GOP fought a skirmish over Gay marriage? Last I checked – virtually every single one of the Democratic Presidential nominees were opposed to Gay Marriage – and that includes “The One”.
Can anyone tell me when was the last time the GOP fought a skirmish over stem cell research? Last I checked – President Bush actually FUNDED stem cell research – he just did so in a way that minimized the “offense” to the Pro-Life taxpayers in this country who were also paying for it. Obama came in and just shoved it down their throats. So who had the classier policy? Especially considering the fact that science is starting to tell us that embryonic stem cells aren’t “all that”.
Can anyone tell me when was the last time the GOP fought a skirmish over abortion? Sure – it’s a plank in the platform – one that hasn’t done much. Republican Presidents haven’t used it as a litmus test for SC nominees. In fact – Republican Presidents have appointed PRO CHOICE judges to the SC. Can you name a PRO-LIFE one appointed by Democrat? No? Whoa – those extreme Republicans … I tell ya!
Creationism? Bobby Jindal is my Governor (a very popular Governor) … but we’re not teaching creationism here in Louisiana and there’s really no serious talk of doing so. And by the way – I think only Texas voted stronger AGAINST Obama than Louisiana did. That said – I remember fondly the days when a STATE had the right to make determinations on how it’s schools were run and what was taught in them. And I think Bill Buckley agreed with that aspect of State’s Rights – but not his son.
Pathetic arguments all.
I hope he doesn’t marry Megan McCain – they’re both pretty much air heads living off the fame and work of their fathers – the genetic fallout would be disastrous for the human gene pool.
HondaV65 on May 4, 2009 at 11:04 PM
gee… I wonder if those decided issues match APs views???
CC
CapedConservative on May 4, 2009 at 11:05 PM
It’s above my pay grade. I can’t explain that at all.
Loxodonta on May 4, 2009 at 11:05 PM
Someone needs to take Christopher Buckley into a room and give that kid a solid beating.
Darth Executor on May 4, 2009 at 11:05 PM
Obama has been on an out-of-control spending spree from day one – aided and abetted by Democrats. They will bankrupt this country without blinking. Just like the liberal media, who loses money by the bucketful, they stubbornly cling to their elitist world view, matters not that they will bleed this country dry. Ideology trumps the dollar.
TN Mom on May 4, 2009 at 11:06 PM
Did Buckley fils miss some critical oxygen at birth? That is one of the most idiotic things I’ve ever read in my life.
baldilocks on May 4, 2009 at 11:07 PM
baldilocks on May 4, 2009 at 11:07 PM
’bout time for another Iowahawk parody methinks.
Actually that quote was pretty close to being parody on its own.
AZfederalist on May 4, 2009 at 11:11 PM
I pray that something brings this country to its knees. We need God more than ever.
jgapinoy on May 4, 2009 at 11:11 PM
Hi Hawkdriver!
baldilocks on May 4, 2009 at 11:11 PM
baldy, I think Buckley has his own issues that have come out in his rebellion against logical thinking and a few other things! I read this the other day and it was fascinating.
Growing Up Buckley
INC on May 4, 2009 at 11:12 PM
What’s happened to Hawkdriver? Sorry, I’m not up to speed…
Fortunata on May 4, 2009 at 11:16 PM
Well, in a way, the tone is changed now. Liberals no longer spew vitriolic hatred toward the President. Does Obama really deserve credit for not being maligned by other liberals, though?
JohnJ on May 4, 2009 at 11:18 PM
Actually, the abortion thing, far from being “decided upon,” seems to now have less support, at least for the late-term and more extreme varieties, according to polls.
I’m not terribly wired into that one (though I would agree with the polls that the more extreme or later versions shouldn’t be legal).
Gay marriage, of which I’m even less wired into the outcome, also hasn’t exactly been “decided” – assuming one is going by what most people think.
But I think it is totally ridiculous to let the left decide things are decided simply because they say they are.
And yet – we let them!
Seems to me all they have to do is say something, and wham, it’s then true.
Alana on May 4, 2009 at 11:18 PM
It’s a shame that Chris Buckley was too obtuse to read the writing on the wall when he threw his support behind Barack Obama. What did he think was going to happen? Did these people actually believe his campaign rhetoric? My cynicism pays off, yet again.
Stickeehands on May 4, 2009 at 11:18 PM
Cindy can probably give more details, but Hawkdriver shipped out sometime in the last few days.
Loxodonta on May 4, 2009 at 11:21 PM
Third World Sustainability I suppose!
But,for the love of Gawd,what American in their
right mind would want that!!
Oh,thats right,the Lefty Apologists!!
canopfor on May 4, 2009 at 11:24 PM
Thanks. Well then…good luck, godspeed, and safe tour of duty (or whatever you actually call it :)), Hawkdriver!
Fortunata on May 4, 2009 at 11:29 PM
Good Evening HawkDriver,I hope your rotors
are spinning in tempo with you,stay safe,
wait’n to hear you commenting when your state
side,GoodNight Hawk,
Canopfor:)
canopfor on May 4, 2009 at 11:29 PM
“Politicians, pundits and even many beat reporters don’t want more civility in public debates.”
As evidenced by the political TV show modus operandi (even, and perhaps especially, on Fox News): no one is allowed to complete a sentence, and there is much yelling. Hard to watch.
KS Rex on May 4, 2009 at 11:33 PM
They have to stock up on chapstick and tic tacs.
Daggett on May 4, 2009 at 11:36 PM
“Rachel Maddow still has a public forum? Huh.
Jim Treacher on May 4, 2009 at 10:59 PM”
Her audience is thankfully so small, it barely qualifies as “public”.
KS Rex on May 4, 2009 at 11:37 PM
Yeah but will nationalized health care pay for all the knee jobs?
izoneguy on May 4, 2009 at 11:41 PM
How could someone admire someone, and so much, and yet, at the same time, belive that person will bring America to it’s knees?
I have not even checked yet to see who this person is.
Logically it would make sense if it were Osama bin Laden.
Is this person insane?
MB4 on May 4, 2009 at 11:41 PM
Yes, but at least we will be the best 3rd world country China’s money will buy.
izoneguy on May 4, 2009 at 11:42 PM
The Soviets didn’t stop until they’d bled Russia dry, so I see no reason to assume the left will stop until they’ve bled this country dry. A wealth tax is almost certainly going to come to pay for all that spending, along with inflation and, quite simply, a reneging on some of the promises implicit in those entitlement programs.
venividivici on May 4, 2009 at 11:43 PM
I’m sorry but that’s BS. Conservatives don’t want these issues resolved in the courts AT ALL. The Left, on the other hand, is always looking towards the courts to give them what they can’t win at the ballot box.
PackerBronco on May 4, 2009 at 11:44 PM
Barney Frank = MiniMe
izoneguy on May 4, 2009 at 11:44 PM
The GOP is the ‘Daddy Party’?
What the hell is that, and what does that make the democrat party? The perverted uncle ted party?
cntrlfrk on May 4, 2009 at 11:45 PM
OK, so that’s who said that.
If I was Bill Buckley I would rise from the dead and demand a paternity test!
MB4 on May 4, 2009 at 11:46 PM
Who’s Frau?
Upstater85 on May 4, 2009 at 11:47 PM
That was the USSR….big difference. They broke the people early on. Serbia and all that crap. Since the left won’t torture then really what does anyone have to loose now if it looks like the goobermint will start taking it all? If they put us in jail then at least they will have to pay for a place to stay and food. They may stop arresting people when they reach 30,000,000 or so Texans??
izoneguy on May 4, 2009 at 11:47 PM
When they lock up all of the tax payers, who will pay for all of the D’s constituents?
Upstater85 on May 4, 2009 at 11:52 PM
Christopher Buckley:
One of the oldest rules in politics is: If your opponent is committing suicide, don’t interfere. So were I in charge of the Republican Party, I would send out a coded text message saying: REMAIN CALM. SHUT UP. THIS IS GOING TO BLOW UP IN THEIR FACES.
The problem with this analysis is that the liberals are not committing suicide, they’re committing homicide. When this blows up in their faces, how much of our country will be left?
Loxodonta on May 4, 2009 at 11:54 PM
I’m not sure, but under the New Realm, I think we are suppose to call it an investment response to a man caused disaster.
MB4 on May 4, 2009 at 11:56 PM
The left won’t torture KSM. You and I on the other hand…
No, I hear you and my point is more that they’ll rely on us being law-abiding until the point where they’ve co-opted enough of the law enforcement institutions (like they’ve done with the academic institutions) or created their own parallel enforcement mechanisms (Obama’s “civilian force”). It won’t be easy, but that seems like the play they’re making.
venividivici on May 4, 2009 at 11:59 PM
Granny Pelosi, I believe.
Thanks for letting us know. May God protect you as you protect us, Hawk. Thank you for your service.
Fallen Sparrow on May 5, 2009 at 12:00 AM
The government will sell the tax payers’ assets off or give them away, like they did in Zimbabwe.
venividivici on May 5, 2009 at 12:00 AM
Semper Fi, Hawkdriver.
Johan Klaus on May 5, 2009 at 12:01 AM
It’s Chris Buckley. He’s just offering the knee-jerk preamble I suspect because Obama’s the first black president.
ddrintn on May 5, 2009 at 12:02 AM
I second that emotion.
29Victor on May 5, 2009 at 12:03 AM
Allah i never realized you were a free speech kind of Girl?
heshtesh on May 5, 2009 at 12:04 AM
Oh, come on, Buckley. How blinded are/were you? Elsewhere in your fiscal epiphany you refer to Obama’s “knockout press conference” at his “100 days celebration.” You opine that “we adore Obama.” You gush over the growth of the Dems’ majority in the Senate when “my old pal Al Franken” takes his seat. You believe that principle led Specter to abandon the Republican party by “taking a nobler stand.”
If the Republicans would hammer home the issues of national security, energy independence, fiscal restraint, smaller federal government, and the resultant personal liberty, they would rally the support of the young, minorities, and urban areas; the Northeast and the West. The social areas would be subsumed under those pillars. All social conservatives subscribe to thees issues. Abiding by the Constitution would put the social concerns back in the laps of the states through Amendment X.
BTW It is objection to federal funding of embryonic stem cell research that was the bone of contention. Similarly, it is the objection to amnesty for illegal immigration that created the furor. It is telling that the mockers of conservatives always leave out the critical words.
The media play their implicit role in caricaturing conservatives by primariy casting interview or debate questions to them over social points. The skillful conservative or Republican politician must learn to redirect the conversation back to economics, national interest and secutiry, and liberty. A resurgent Republican party will lead on those points and not be led by a condescending media that want to limit the party’s message.
onlineanalyst on May 5, 2009 at 12:04 AM
I wish you wuz wrong, but you is right
I do appreciate Teh Gay Buckley taking time out from being rich and Famously Under-talented to warn us of Impending Doom and offer us a solution, but the GOP is and always was a Nervous Coalition of social cons and economic cons
This was true in Ripon in 1854 and it’s true now
His ‘advice’ ( like he himself ) is half-assed, as without either wing the Party will fail
The solution is finding a way to unite the two basic constituent groups. Until someone comes along who can do that, we’re F……………..
Janos Hunyadi on May 5, 2009 at 12:06 AM
I saw Chris Wallace’s piece on the spawn of William the Great. Unfortunately, the spawn of William has departed from sanity and Conservatism.
What I shall never understand is the restrictive bars Christopher has placed on his so called intellectual mind. He, along with those on the “Rebranding” tour, have a serious allergy to “We the People”, and our understanding of true mental freedoms. At no juncture, time, occasion, nanosecond or brain fart has Obama ever seriously pondered true American freedoms. The man cannot conduct a press conference, or speak to an audience of any kind without a teleprompter! THAT IS NOT intelligence. Hey Christopher, how about grading the man on relating to the American people and their desires for the nation?
It also would not hurt little Chrissy to pick up the Constitution, Bill of Rights or any American history book published prior to 1950!
To all of us on HA I would like to request some serious prayers for our men and women in the military. On almost every website that is Conservative of any stripe, there are indicators our military is now facing some things they have never encountered in our history. Our military members are the best on the planet. I personally have faith in them, and believe there is nothing they cannot overcome or defeat. In the days to come as we worry about cap and tax, and the thousand other things Obama is doing to this nation; please remember those in our military and their families. We owe them so much. Much love to all of you and hawkdriver out there fighting for our rights, our protection, our freedoms, our families and democracy. Be safe and may God bless you and your families!
freeus on May 5, 2009 at 12:11 AM
re: “torture”, I believe Miss Coulter’s latest column addressed this quite articulately. Myself, as well as countless others stood in tear-gas filled rooms at some point in boot camp and recited the Pledge of Allegiance, sang the fourth verse of the Marine’s Hymn while holding our gas masks at our side or did something equally silly. Let’s see, how about, oh, I don’t know, maybe “caning” the souls of their bare feet until the flesh is ripped off? How about hanging them by their wrists which are pulled up behind their backs until their elbows and shoulders are pulled, ever so slowly, out of the joints? That’s torture, you stupid pansies. Not “unleashing” caterpillars.
re: McCain’s idea of “finance reform”, I can only think the Founding Fathers would have lined up to challenge Senator RINO to a duel to the death over his clumsy rape of the First Amendment.
I guess it’s me, I’m just getting too old to wade through the non-stop flood of imbecilic crap from these people who think they are such brilliant commentators.
“…and to all, a goodnight.”
oldleprechaun on May 5, 2009 at 12:14 AM
Reagan did it, so someone else should be able to do it.
Loxodonta on May 5, 2009 at 12:17 AM
wake up, people… I’m not a “Truther”, or any other conspiracy theorist, by any means, you can search to verify this… but it’s time to wake the eff up:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chqi8m4CEEY
RightWinged on May 5, 2009 at 12:18 AM
Hey Hawkdriver! Praying for you, man! Missing your no-nonsense comments. Stay safe!
Christian Conservative on May 5, 2009 at 12:28 AM
Since the left won’t torture then really what does anyone have to loose now if it looks like the goobermint will start taking it all? If they put us in jail then at least they will have to pay for a place to stay and food. They may stop arresting people when they reach 30,000,000 or so Texans??izoneguy on May 4, 2009 at 11:47 PM
AZfederalist on May 5, 2009 at 12:40 AM
would disagree — the left won’t torture or condone torture on those who are helping their cause. They will gladly torture their enemies. As evidence, I point to posts from Kos & HuffPo
Don’t know what happened to my original input
AZfederalist on May 5, 2009 at 12:46 AM
Not to mention that Ms. Prejean was called a “Klaus Barbie” within feet of where Miss Maddow sits — and then Olby passed the mike(?) to Maddow.
As, the delights of liberal talk shows!
unclesmrgol on May 5, 2009 at 12:47 AM
Liberals are great at calling names to anyone that would even threaten their world view…
Upstater85 on May 5, 2009 at 12:49 AM
silvernana on May 5, 2009 at 12:51 AM
Please pardon the following interruption.
Loxodonta on May 5, 2009 at 12:54 AM
Hawkdriver! Take good care of yourself and all the patriots with you. May you all be shielded from every harm.
• Qui habitat in adjutorio Altissimi, in protectione Dei cæli commorabitur.
• Dicet Domino: Susceptor meus es tu et refugium meum; Deus meus, sperabo in eum.
• Quoniam ipse liberavit me de laqueo venantium, et a verbo aspero.
• Scapulis suis obumbrabit tibi, et sub pennis ejus sperabis.
• Scuto circumdabit te veritas ejus: non timebis a timore nocturno;
• a sagitta volante in die, a negotio perambulante in tenebris, ab incursu, et dæmonio meridiano.
• Cadent a latere tuo mille, et decem millia a dextris tuis; ad te autem non appropinquabit.
• Verumtamen oculis tuis considerabis et retributionem peccatorum videbis.
†
• He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
• I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.
• Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.
• He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.
• Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day;
• Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday.
• A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee.
• Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked.
– Psalm 91:1–8
Loxodonta on May 5, 2009 at 12:54 AM
Yikes! His mother sounds like my grandmother–not mother or grandmother of the year, to put things mildly.
baldilocks on May 5, 2009 at 12:54 AM
Christopher Buckley must have been the placenta that his parents didn’t want to throw away.
A disgusting image, but, then again, so is hearing someone who is not profoundly retarded “admiring” Obama.
TexasJew on May 5, 2009 at 1:00 AM
A lot of govt spending, for sure…but with the green shoots of an economic recovery emerging and a rejuvenated stock market ….what could go wrong?
Bloomberg
moxie_neanderthal on May 5, 2009 at 1:00 AM
Oops – did I just slur the special olympics?
Actually, I think that joke was one of Obama’s few decent comments.
TexasJew on May 5, 2009 at 1:04 AM
Stagflation? Just a guess.
Loxodonta on May 5, 2009 at 1:06 AM
A lot of govt spending, for sure…but with the green shoots of an economic recovery emerging and a rejuvenated stock market ….what could go wrong?
moxie_neanderthal on May 5, 2009 at 1:00 AM
Zimbabwe bucks, for one, and that whole Iranian nuclear missile thing.
Or, worst-case scenario, Michelle’s toned arms get flabby.
TexasJew on May 5, 2009 at 1:10 AM
Well yes the Democrats are all perverted uncle Teds… But I think it means the GOP used to be the responsible adults in politics.
And it is a shame that we can’t count on our Senators or Congressmen to rein in spending! I personally think some time in the wilderness is needed after the spending sprees of the Bush administration…
I wish the country could be put on hold until the GOP gets it’s head on straight. Instead we seem destined to find first hand how horrible it is to live under complete government control.
petunia on May 5, 2009 at 1:16 AM
+1 bajillion
We need to focus on the larger issues, as in the sustainability of America as a nation. We can worry about the touchy-feel crap once we have our financial fundation in order. What good is fighting over the definition of marriage when your country is gone?
cannonball on May 5, 2009 at 1:18 AM
Does anyone seriously think it will be any different if Republicans get control of Congress and the Presidency again? The only difference will be that the porkmeisters have different names.
Speedwagon82 on May 5, 2009 at 1:20 AM
Well…….
…….. that’s the problem, isn’t it?
Math, supplied side economics, and true American history aren’t taught anymore. It’s all ideology and multiculturalism……..
….. Now we have a generation that lives and votes based on the social engineering ideology of the Marxist/Socialists that have taken over the teacher’s unions and higher academia.
The Leftist “Political Elite Class”, supplied with chauffeured cars, free airplanes, meals, and sweet deals to line their pockets had no problem destroying the American economy starting with the Community Reinvestment Act, as long as they were getting paid………
……. then they “bail out” their buddies who pushed their government imposed junk onto the world markets, collapsing economies and evaporating savings into the Trillions of dollars.
With no accountability as to where any of the money went, you are left with the politicians who print the money, the elite political class who are now tied to them or risk the power of the press, who are also in bed with the Democrats or risk no invitation to the ball…………
……… and waiting in the wings, a legion of programed government bureaucrats freshly educated in the proper ideology for Obama’s America.
Where does that leave the rest of us, you ask……….?
………. Just look around. I don’t know about you, but here in Southern California, thanks to the shared ideology of Obama, our State is rapidly feeling the effects of Socialism.
Stores are closing left and right, people with businesses are leaving, higher taxes result in less revenue for the government as we import the poverty of Mexico, and more and more go on the dole…….
……. The politicians on top live the high life, the middle class is made up of bureaucrats who impose the never ending regulations, then there is the bottom.
“This is math, not ideology.” Yes, but the ideology of the Left is in power, and it is the beginning of the end…………
…….. they just can’t add.
Seven Percent Solution on May 5, 2009 at 1:23 AM
I think it goes back to the traditional sex stereotypes. The conservative “daddies” focus on the logical and practical, while the liberal “mommies” are the emotional carers.
Loxodonta on May 5, 2009 at 1:26 AM
P.S………….
We have you in our prayers Hawkdriver!
Seven Percent Solution on May 5, 2009 at 1:26 AM
For starters…
Secular bear markets are brutal. As you can see from the graph, we could well be looking at a very difficult period of time if past is indeed prolog.
My earlier point was to simply point out that when insiders are selling in earnest (and the ratio is so markedly biased to one side) that tends to portend a serious decline.
moxie_neanderthal on May 5, 2009 at 1:32 AM
It seems to me that California’s economic and fiscal disaster should be providing a teachable moment for the country: Don’t be like California.
If you combine high taxes, massive debt, and massive bureaucracies, regulations and public employee unions, this equals disaster, sooner or later. Yet, I don’t see this lesson being taught or learned.
I read a post earlier today by Cindy Mumford who wrote that she talked with a liberal about the massive debt agreed upon by Congress, and the liberal stated the borrowing was good because it went to the purchase of starter seeds. All I can think of is that these seeds are going to grow government into that giant carnivorous plant from The Little Shop of Horrors:
Feed me!
Loxodonta on May 5, 2009 at 1:49 AM
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