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		<title>By: The News Factor: updated headlines 11-06-09</title>
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		<dc:creator>The News Factor: updated headlines 11-06-09</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:19:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Democrats own the deficit [...]</description>
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		<title>By: Best Fisking of the &#8216;Inherited Deficits&#8217; assertion — Cynthia Yockey, A Conservative Lesbian</title>
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		<dc:creator>Best Fisking of the &#8216;Inherited Deficits&#8217; assertion — Cynthia Yockey, A Conservative Lesbian</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:14:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Ed Morrissey at Hot Air adds some pertinent details, which I have boldfaced: Read all of Hennessey’s excellent Fisking of Orszag, but bear in mind something Hennessey doesn’t state: these deficits come from Democrats. Democrats have controlled Congress and therefore the purse since January 2007.  The last budget that the Bush administration signed went into effect in October of that year. Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid played keep-away with the FY2009 budget, passing continuing resolutions until Bush left office and then an omnibus spending bill when Obama became President. The $1.4 trillion deficit in 2009 is owed entirely to the Beltway triumvirate of Obama, Pelosi, and Reid, and has nothing at all to do with George Bush. [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] Ed Morrissey at Hot Air adds some pertinent details, which I have boldfaced: Read all of Hennessey’s excellent Fisking of Orszag, but bear in mind something Hennessey doesn’t state: these deficits come from Democrats. Democrats have controlled Congress and therefore the purse since January 2007.  The last budget that the Bush administration signed went into effect in October of that year. Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid played keep-away with the FY2009 budget, passing continuing resolutions until Bush left office and then an omnibus spending bill when Obama became President. The $1.4 trillion deficit in 2009 is owed entirely to the Beltway triumvirate of Obama, Pelosi, and Reid, and has nothing at all to do with George Bush. [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Thursday Evening Quick Hits &#124; The Lonely Conservative</title>
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		<dc:creator>Thursday Evening Quick Hits &#124; The Lonely Conservative</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:29:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] President Obama marked the one-year anniversary of his election by blaming Bush for his woes. He isn&#8217;t the only one, Peter Orzag spoke at NYU and blamed the deficits on the previous administration. The old media isn&#8217;t calling them on it, but thanks to the new media their arguments have been torn to shreds.  [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] President Obama marked the one-year anniversary of his election by blaming Bush for his woes. He isn&#8217;t the only one, Peter Orzag spoke at NYU and blamed the deficits on the previous administration. The old media isn&#8217;t calling them on it, but thanks to the new media their arguments have been torn to shreds.  [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Cybergeezer</title>
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		<dc:creator>Cybergeezer</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:02:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;When&#039;s this lame administration going to start blaming the Reagan Administration?&lt;/strong&gt;</description>
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		<title>By: chickasaw42</title>
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		<dc:creator>chickasaw42</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:37:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: CWforFreedom</title>
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		<dc:creator>CWforFreedom</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:28:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;The majority thing is, of course, BS as long as the filibuster exists.

Bleeds Blue on November 5, 2009 at 1:25 PM&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Only to an extent. You lefties sure like excuses. You boy is not a leader. NO leader worth their damn makes that many excuses. But you would never admit that Obama is that way now would you? Obama was not prepared and is in way over his head. Nice work dimocrats.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>The majority thing is, of course, BS as long as the filibuster exists.</p>
<p>Bleeds Blue on November 5, 2009 at 1:25 PM</p></blockquote>
<p>Only to an extent. You lefties sure like excuses. You boy is not a leader. NO leader worth their damn makes that many excuses. But you would never admit that Obama is that way now would you? Obama was not prepared and is in way over his head. Nice work dimocrats.</p>
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		<title>By: The American Regent &#171; Natural Fake</title>
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		<dc:creator>The American Regent &#171; Natural Fake</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:18:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: notropis</title>
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		<dc:creator>notropis</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:57:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;Democraps have had a veto proof majority in the House and a filibuster proof majority in the Senate

DDT on November 5, 2009 at 3:49 PM&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Actually, they still don&#039;t have a veto-proof majority in the House, and the filibuster-proof majority in the Senate didn&#039;t happen until this past January.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Democraps have had a veto proof majority in the House and a filibuster proof majority in the Senate</p>
<p>DDT on November 5, 2009 at 3:49 PM</p></blockquote>
<p>Actually, they still don&#8217;t have a veto-proof majority in the House, and the filibuster-proof majority in the Senate didn&#8217;t happen until this past January.</p>
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		<title>By: conservativecaveman</title>
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		<dc:creator>conservativecaveman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:49:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>No president can spend a dime without congressional approval. It is far past time we fixed the blame for the deficits where they belong...with congress. And congress has been controlled with a Democrat majority through the vast majority of the deficit years. It is also useful to point out that the economy started to tank late in Bush&#039;s second term, after 6 years of steady growth, when the Democrats regained control of congress. You can argue that any given President didn&#039;t do enough to control spending through the use of the Veto but only congress can spend.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>No president can spend a dime without congressional approval. It is far past time we fixed the blame for the deficits where they belong&#8230;with congress. And congress has been controlled with a Democrat majority through the vast majority of the deficit years. It is also useful to point out that the economy started to tank late in Bush&#8217;s second term, after 6 years of steady growth, when the Democrats regained control of congress. You can argue that any given President didn&#8217;t do enough to control spending through the use of the Veto but only congress can spend.</p>
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		<title>By: DDT</title>
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		<dc:creator>DDT</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:49:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I don&#039;t understand why no one simply reminds the &quot;blame Bush&quot; crowd that the Democraps have had a veto proof majority in the House and a filibuster proof majority in the  Senate since February of 2007.Bush cannot be held responsible for anything that has happened since then,because Democraps have had virtual absolute control.
       So, the current state of the economy,and all other problems fall squarely on the shoulders of the Democraps.
       Not to mention the fact that the Dems blocked two policies of G.Bush that would have prevented a lot of our ecomic woes.Namely,drilling in ANWR and restrictions on Fannie-Mae and Freddie-Mac,which Bush proposed early in his first term.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I don&#8217;t understand why no one simply reminds the &#8220;blame Bush&#8221; crowd that the Democraps have had a veto proof majority in the House and a filibuster proof majority in the  Senate since February of 2007.Bush cannot be held responsible for anything that has happened since then,because Democraps have had virtual absolute control.<br />
       So, the current state of the economy,and all other problems fall squarely on the shoulders of the Democraps.<br />
       Not to mention the fact that the Dems blocked two policies of G.Bush that would have prevented a lot of our ecomic woes.Namely,drilling in ANWR and restrictions on Fannie-Mae and Freddie-Mac,which Bush proposed early in his first term.</p>
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		<title>By: borntoraisehogs</title>
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		<dc:creator>borntoraisehogs</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:35:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>People with dead cats on their heads are not to be trusted .</description>
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		<title>By: conservativecaveman</title>
		<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2009/11/05/the-inherited-deficits-fallacy/comment-page-1/#comment-2909927</link>
		<dc:creator>conservativecaveman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:31:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The Bush Tax cuts &lt;em&gt;Increased Revenue&lt;/em&gt; they caused no expense. The Liar in Chief strikes again.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Bush Tax cuts <em>Increased Revenue</em> they caused no expense. The Liar in Chief strikes again.</p>
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		<title>By: xblade</title>
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		<dc:creator>xblade</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:13:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;Tax cuts are not a cost. They are merely a not taking more of people’s earnings. 

rbj &lt;/blockquote&gt;

I can&#039;t believe this nonsense isn&#039;t pointed out more often. Seriously, why does it cost $4 trillion dollars to let people keep what they already had? Talk about a scam.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Tax cuts are not a cost. They are merely a not taking more of people’s earnings. </p>
<p>rbj </p></blockquote>
<p>I can&#8217;t believe this nonsense isn&#8217;t pointed out more often. Seriously, why does it cost $4 trillion dollars to let people keep what they already had? Talk about a scam.</p>
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		<title>By: VoyskaPVO</title>
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		<dc:creator>VoyskaPVO</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:08:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;The one that he landed on the Aircraft Carrier declaring victory as the lunatic left was plotting to use it against him to get radical marxists embedded in the white house. The misguided Iraq war allowed the cockroaches to do their business in the light of day with the help of the anti-war liberal media. It opened the flood gates.

marklmail on November 5, 2009 at 1:03 PM&lt;/blockquote&gt;

..I don&#039;t suppose it would do any good to explain that the &quot;Mission Accomplished&quot; was a congratulatory sign deployed and meant for the crew of the aircraft carrier returning to its home base in San Diego whose..mmmmmmm..mission &lt;em&gt;was&lt;/em&gt; accomplished.

&lt;em&gt;Nah, that would be futile.&lt;/em&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>The one that he landed on the Aircraft Carrier declaring victory as the lunatic left was plotting to use it against him to get radical marxists embedded in the white house. The misguided Iraq war allowed the cockroaches to do their business in the light of day with the help of the anti-war liberal media. It opened the flood gates.</p>
<p>marklmail on November 5, 2009 at 1:03 PM</p></blockquote>
<p>..I don&#8217;t suppose it would do any good to explain that the &#8220;Mission Accomplished&#8221; was a congratulatory sign deployed and meant for the crew of the aircraft carrier returning to its home base in San Diego whose..mmmmmmm..mission <em>was</em> accomplished.</p>
<p><em>Nah, that would be futile.</em></p>
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		<title>By: Spin, Spin, Spin</title>
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		<dc:creator>Spin, Spin, Spin</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:53:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] triumvirate of Obama, Pelosi, and Reid, and has nothing at all to do with George Bush.”&#160; The “inherited deficits” fallacy from Hot Air » Top Picks by Ed [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] triumvirate of Obama, Pelosi, and Reid, and has nothing at all to do with George Bush.”&#160; The “inherited deficits” fallacy from Hot Air » Top Picks by Ed [...]</p>
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		<title>By: notagool</title>
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		<dc:creator>notagool</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:29:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>In my part of the country, we call what Orszag has done with this &quot;lying through his teeth&quot;.

And we like to send those types of people to jail for a long long time.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In my part of the country, we call what Orszag has done with this &#8220;lying through his teeth&#8221;.</p>
<p>And we like to send those types of people to jail for a long long time.</p>
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		<title>By: DSchoen</title>
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		<dc:creator>DSchoen</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:27:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>He was a US Senator, part of the Federal government, the part that spends the money, &lt;strong&gt;he really can’t claim to have inherited jack.&lt;/strong&gt;

Carter could have claimed to have “inherited” whatever, he was a governor before president.

Reagan could claim, in his first term, he “inherited” whatever, he was a governor before president.

Bush 41, COULD NOT claim to have he “inherited” anything, he was VP, part of the Federal Government, meaning he was part of the problem.

Clinton could claim, in his first term, he “inherited” whatever, he was a governor before president.

He did use a version of “I inherited” &lt;strong&gt;ONCE&lt;/strong&gt;, that I recall.

Bush 43 could have, in his first term, claimed to have “inherited” whatever, he was a governor before president.

I don’t recall if he ever did.

Obama, a US Senator before being President, part of the Federal Government, meaning he was part of the problem, &lt;strong&gt;has been whining non-stop for his ENTIRE Presidency “ I inherited whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaannnnnnnnnnnnnn”&lt;/strong&gt;


Hopefully Tuesday’s election will be a wakeup call for Obama to “buck it up” and start doing the job he was hired to do.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>He was a US Senator, part of the Federal government, the part that spends the money, <strong>he really can’t claim to have inherited jack.</strong></p>
<p>Carter could have claimed to have “inherited” whatever, he was a governor before president.</p>
<p>Reagan could claim, in his first term, he “inherited” whatever, he was a governor before president.</p>
<p>Bush 41, COULD NOT claim to have he “inherited” anything, he was VP, part of the Federal Government, meaning he was part of the problem.</p>
<p>Clinton could claim, in his first term, he “inherited” whatever, he was a governor before president.</p>
<p>He did use a version of “I inherited” <strong>ONCE</strong>, that I recall.</p>
<p>Bush 43 could have, in his first term, claimed to have “inherited” whatever, he was a governor before president.</p>
<p>I don’t recall if he ever did.</p>
<p>Obama, a US Senator before being President, part of the Federal Government, meaning he was part of the problem, <strong>has been whining non-stop for his ENTIRE Presidency “ I inherited whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaannnnnnnnnnnnnn”</strong></p>
<p>Hopefully Tuesday’s election will be a wakeup call for Obama to “buck it up” and start doing the job he was hired to do.</p>
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		<title>By: Who&#8217;s To Blame? &#171; Astroturf Superstar</title>
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		<dc:creator>Who&#8217;s To Blame? &#171; Astroturf Superstar</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:24:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Ed Morrissey makes a sound point, good enough to end this post on: Obama also had a wide range of options for “economic stabilizers” when he assumed office.  He chose to continue the Henry Paulson-George Bush path of massive bailouts, corporate welfare, and added almost a trillion dollars that went straight to the deficit for Porkulus.  Those were choices made by Obama, not forced on him by Bush or anyone else. [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] Ed Morrissey makes a sound point, good enough to end this post on: Obama also had a wide range of options for “economic stabilizers” when he assumed office.  He chose to continue the Henry Paulson-George Bush path of massive bailouts, corporate welfare, and added almost a trillion dollars that went straight to the deficit for Porkulus.  Those were choices made by Obama, not forced on him by Bush or anyone else. [...]</p>
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		<title>By: inevitable</title>
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		<dc:creator>inevitable</dc:creator>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;notropis on November 5, 2009 at 12:36 PM

&lt;/blockquote&gt;
Thank you,thank you very much.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>notropis on November 5, 2009 at 12:36 PM</p>
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<p>Thank you,thank you very much.</p>
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		<title>By: PackerBronco</title>
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		<dc:creator>PackerBronco</dc:creator>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;The majority thing is, of course, BS as long as the filibuster exists.

Bleeds Blue on November 5, 2009 at 1:25 PM&lt;/blockquote&gt;

So blaming Bush is BS because he was never even close to a filibuster-proof majority, but Bambi is, so he SHOULD get blamed.

Thanks for playing, Bleeds Brains.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>The majority thing is, of course, BS as long as the filibuster exists.</p>
<p>Bleeds Blue on November 5, 2009 at 1:25 PM</p></blockquote>
<p>So blaming Bush is BS because he was never even close to a filibuster-proof majority, but Bambi is, so he SHOULD get blamed.</p>
<p>Thanks for playing, Bleeds Brains.</p>
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		<title>By: inmypajamas</title>
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		<dc:creator>inmypajamas</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:13:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The One has never had to take responsibility for a bad decision and has spent his life assiduously avoiding being on record anywhere to shield himself.  He has been held up by others his entire life and having to take responsibility for what&#039;s happened in the economy as a result of his letting those others do the heavy lifting is beyond him.  That&#039;s why he dithers on Afganistan - he knows the people he owes are anti-war and anti-military but he also knows the realities now thanks to his briefings, which paralyzes him in indecision.  The situation requires maturity, courage and core principles, none of which he has ever demonstrated.  It&#039;s time for him to take off the mommy jeans and put on his big boy pants.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The One has never had to take responsibility for a bad decision and has spent his life assiduously avoiding being on record anywhere to shield himself.  He has been held up by others his entire life and having to take responsibility for what&#8217;s happened in the economy as a result of his letting those others do the heavy lifting is beyond him.  That&#8217;s why he dithers on Afganistan &#8211; he knows the people he owes are anti-war and anti-military but he also knows the realities now thanks to his briefings, which paralyzes him in indecision.  The situation requires maturity, courage and core principles, none of which he has ever demonstrated.  It&#8217;s time for him to take off the mommy jeans and put on his big boy pants.</p>
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		<title>By: thomasaur</title>
		<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2009/11/05/the-inherited-deficits-fallacy/comment-page-1/#comment-2909628</link>
		<dc:creator>thomasaur</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:12:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;One more time; the dems have been in control of congress for the last three years and I think that congress controls spending.

Johan Klaus on November 5, 2009 at 1:32 PM

&lt;/blockquote&gt;That&#039;s the problem with a vast number of Americans, they think that the President is all powerful and controls everything. Thank a teacher.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>One more time; the dems have been in control of congress for the last three years and I think that congress controls spending.</p>
<p>Johan Klaus on November 5, 2009 at 1:32 PM</p>
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<p>That&#8217;s the problem with a vast number of Americans, they think that the President is all powerful and controls everything. Thank a teacher.</p>
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		<title>By: PastorJon</title>
		<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2009/11/05/the-inherited-deficits-fallacy/comment-page-1/#comment-2909619</link>
		<dc:creator>PastorJon</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:09:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This is like standing out in front of your burning house and pouring gasoline on it. Then when somebody asks you what the hell you&#039;re doing saying &quot;I&#039;m all for saving my house, but somebody else started the fire!&quot; 

Obama admin: &quot;We&#039;re all for lowering the deficit, but first we have to increase federal spending by 10% on the budgetary level, throw in almost a trillion in non-budgetary spending in porkulus and ignore the impact of the recession/depression on revenues. We know that makes it worse, but we didn&#039;t start this, Bush did!&quot;

Idiots. And Glenn Beck is right. America is burning to the ground and the Democrats are fiddling while 90% of the media stands back and applauds the fiddling.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is like standing out in front of your burning house and pouring gasoline on it. Then when somebody asks you what the hell you&#8217;re doing saying &#8220;I&#8217;m all for saving my house, but somebody else started the fire!&#8221; </p>
<p>Obama admin: &#8220;We&#8217;re all for lowering the deficit, but first we have to increase federal spending by 10% on the budgetary level, throw in almost a trillion in non-budgetary spending in porkulus and ignore the impact of the recession/depression on revenues. We know that makes it worse, but we didn&#8217;t start this, Bush did!&#8221;</p>
<p>Idiots. And Glenn Beck is right. America is burning to the ground and the Democrats are fiddling while 90% of the media stands back and applauds the fiddling.</p>
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		<title>By: PackerBronco</title>
		<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2009/11/05/the-inherited-deficits-fallacy/comment-page-1/#comment-2909616</link>
		<dc:creator>PackerBronco</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:08:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I dream of the following exchange:

Me: President Obama, did you or did you not vote for or sign the 2008 and 2009 budgets that you &quot;inherited&quot;.

Obama: Uh, yes ... but ...

Me: Okay, then STFU!!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I dream of the following exchange:</p>
<p>Me: President Obama, did you or did you not vote for or sign the 2008 and 2009 budgets that you &#8220;inherited&#8221;.</p>
<p>Obama: Uh, yes &#8230; but &#8230;</p>
<p>Me: Okay, then STFU!!!</p>
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		<title>By: Jeff from WI</title>
		<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2009/11/05/the-inherited-deficits-fallacy/comment-page-1/#comment-2909595</link>
		<dc:creator>Jeff from WI</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Obama is so full of crap the White House laundry is having a devil of a time removing skid marks.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Obama is so full of crap the White House laundry is having a devil of a time removing skid marks.</p>
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