Evidently the current name is “not optimal,” so the department has decided to crowdsource the name.

“Not Optimal” is a perfect name. Why would they change it?

Name that blog: http://twitchy.com/2012/12/08/let-the-games-begin-the-state-department-wants-your-help-naming-its-blog/

davidk on December 8, 2012 at 1:19 PM

The Corps Diplomatique Terrestrienne.

Or at least I’d like to think there wouldn’t.

You assume that there are real men left in DC, er.

Eunuchs are ingidnant.

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Naming the State Dept. blog:

Ben Ghazi

Wild Rice

Irrelevant

Delusional

Arab Spring

Never saw this coming: Despite Tax Increase, California State Revenues in Freefall http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/12/07/CALIFORNIA-STATE-BUDGET-GOES-OFF-THE-CLIFF

davidk on December 8, 2012 at 1:52 PM

Some saw that coming – folks who think logically and can apply reason.

Isn’t curious that this didn’t occur to the Democrats?

This is why: Big Bird

Touch a sacred cow, and the MSM will seize on it to distract from the other arguments

If that is truly the case and even the most ludicrous spending is sacrosanct even under these circumstances, then we already have the best deal we can possibly get for the country. We call it “the fiscal cliff.”

I am not at all certain it is truly the case. Polling on things like Big Bird is always badly warped in favor of continuing funding it.

“Well, sure. I think Big Bird is a good thing.” As if approving of it and approving of the federal government using taxpayer dollars to fund it are exactly the same thing.

However, the support is thin. It lasts until you present them with the question of whether they want to cut social security or Big Bird.

The only chance the GOP has that Obama isn’t going to beat them bloody with this current political situation is for them to start acting like the adults in the room.

“To scare the Monkey, kill the chicken”

entagor on December 8, 2012 at 1:39 PM

http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-TV/2012/12/08/Shocking-Graphic-Video-Syrian-Rebels-Testing-Chem-Weapons-On-Rabbits-As-Warning-To-Civilians

Why are we even discussing raising anyone’s taxes when the federal government is still using tax dollars to fund the National Endowment for the Arts? Why are we discussing raising taxes when we are sending billions of taxpayer dollars to Egypt and Pakistan?

Seriously. What kind of madness is that?

No one should be discussing raising anyone’s taxes at all until everything the federal government is spending our taxes on at the very least passes the smell test.

fadetogray on December 8, 2012 at 1:15 PM

This is why: Big Bird

Touch a sacred cow, and the MSM will seize on it to distract from the other arguments

We are in an era similar to the Cultural Revolution in China, when the educated ignoramus youth were prodded by the aging Mao to punish dissenting thought and lead the nation to pure thought

A similar crowd has been activated in the US, and until the blood lust is extinguished, there will be no rational discussion. The Red Guard were not a majority, but the process was so controlled that dissent will isolated and destroyed

“To scare the Monkey, kill the chicken”

The mob does not suddenly change its mind. The mob had to wear out, get old, get tired, and get replaced. Purges from the bottom are generational

Obama has one major goal: to bring down the capitalists and replace their system. He has no gain helping a capitalist system prosper. there is a racial element. Does Obama shower love white European socialists?

Name that blog: http://twitchy.com/2012/12/08/let-the-games-begin-the-state-department-wants-your-help-naming-its-blog/

davidk on December 8, 2012 at 1:19 PM

The Appeaser

Seriously. What kind of madness is that?

No one should be discussing raising anyone’s taxes at all until everything the federal government is spending our taxes on at the very least passes the smell test.

(Of course, the dems never mention “spending” at the Clinton rate. That’s just off the table. Heh!)

Solaratov on December 8, 2012 at 12:59 PM

Seems like they’ve dropped that little talking point lie since people have started asking about the spending side of that equation.

(Of course, the dems never mention “spending” at the Clinton rate. That’s just off the table. Heh!)

The really horrible thing about Obama raising the medicare age is that it betrayes the black and latino people who voted for him. Black and latino workers pay more in SS taxes than we ever get back because black and latino life expectancy is shorter in this country. We’re being robbed to fund the retirements of older white Americans. Raising the age only exacerbates that inequality. Victory or something.

libfreeordie on December 8, 2012 at 9:52 AM

Hard cheese.

Taxes? I do not care. Sure, they shouldn’t be raised when the economy is so weak, but, eh. Recessions come and recessions go. Going back to the old rates won’t kill us.

OTOH, the spending most definitely will kill us. Deader’n a doornail.

What is most baffling is that focusing on the spending side of the equation and refusing to let the MSM talk about the taxes until we get serious about real, right now spending cuts would also be the best political strategy for the GOP.

Democratic Party = The Evil Party
Republican Party = The Stupid Party

Really.

But what do we get in exchange, assuming that John Boehner somehow manages to find enough Republicans to swallow a 37% tax rate?

Without a doubt. And the GOP will own the tax hike.

besser tot als rot on December 8, 2012 at 10:13 AM

…if Bonehead doesn’t have his people vote present…he may as well join Charlie Crist!

…I think he’s demonstrated a great deal more flexibility that the kamikaze-like House Republican caucus, which has repeatedly shown its willingness to fly the economy into the ground to make its point.

urban elitist on December 8, 2012 at 9:45 AM

So then, you wouldn’t object if all of the Republicans simply voted “present” on whatever ‘plan’ d’ohbama puts out? It’s fine with you if they don’t argue about it – but just give the little SCOAMF everything that he wants…but without a single Republican vote for it?
IOW, lil barry and the democRATs OWN everything that happens.

Step 2: Boehner says that he is willing to consider any serious written proposal offered by Obama.

Step 3: Boehner promises that the first order of business for the House in 2013 will be to extend the Bush cuts retroactive to January 1st and send that bill to the Senate. Let the Senate and Obama deal with the shock the working poor will get when they see on their 2013 pay-stubs that the lowest rate increased 50% and child deductions were cut.

Just do it. C’mon, Boehner, you know you want to.

coldwarrior on December 8, 2012 at 9:19 AM

No he doesn’t.

libfreeordie on December 8, 2012 at 9:52 AM

So just sue the government over the unequal outcomes. That would be a win-win for lib lawyers. Oops, one problem though the Supreme Court ruled in 1960 that you don’t have property rights to Social Security. So whether you draw $.01 or $1,000,000 from Social Security over your lifetime it is straight welfare from the government that you actually have no entitlement to. Wanna bet that the courts would say the same thing about Medicare.

libfreeordie on December 8, 2012 at 9:52 AM

That’s the biggest pile of rancid goat dung I’ve seen on this board in months.

rplat on December 8, 2012 at 9:57 AM

…lobotomyfreeordie has been racesh!tting his fermented diarrhea for a year now…happy anniversary BIGOT !