1 bleh.

2

In its budget proposal to be released on Monday, the White House predicts a record $1.6 trillion budget deficit for the fiscal year that ends September 30, the Capitol Hill source said.

According to the estimate, deficits will narrow to $700 billion by fiscal 2013 before gradually rising back to $1.0 trillion by the end of the decade, the source said.

In his budget, Obama will propose a three-year freeze on some domestic programs to save $20 billion next year and $250 billion over the coming decade.

But that will not be enough to get deficits down permanently to the 3 percent of gross domestic product that most economists consider sustainable.

Don't worry Barry, it's all Bush's fault.

3 Paul Kirk wanted to pinch hit for Ted Kennedy and vote 'health care reform'. Instead, he voted to raise the national debt ceiling above $14 trillion. Stick that in your memoirs, sport.

4 we're talkin' 10% of gdp, people.

5 I've got a case of the Mondays.

OK.
Into the shower. Morning Morons.

6 [dropped the "g" in "talkin'" to get across to the "folks".]

7

Future presidents will be able to justifiably blame Obama for the next 4-5 presidential terms.  That's about how long presidents were taking credit for Reaganomics after he left office.

8 That's what I'm talkin' 'bout!

9 Hundreds of earthquakes in Yellowstone, but no need to worry, It is only one of the worlds largest and most dangerous super volcanos. Don't worry, be happy.

10 did you know: with deficit spending like this administration, the u.s. would be kicked out of the european union!

11 "Future presidents will be able to justifiably blame Obama for the next 4-5 presidential terms......"

This is not a safe assumption.

12

If anyone hasn't seen "The Hurt Locker" yet, rent that shit, worth every second of your time.

13 If anyone hasn't seen "The Hurt Locker" yet, rent that shit, worth every second of your time.

I thought it was pretty ordinary.

14

Blazer @ 12

I've seen it, didn't like it. Can't believe lone wolf operators would be tolerated on a EOD team.

15 hell, i don't think america has a chance to be given even provisional member status in the e.u. thanks a lot, mr. nobel prize winner.

16

Have no fear about $1.6 trillion deficit.

President Barack Obama will propose cutting or changing some 120 items in his budget for fiscal 2011 that will help save $20 billion this year, the White House said on Saturday.

Is cut or change just like save or create jobs?

17
Well I thought it was pretty riveting, the defusing scenes anyway. However, the main reason I liked it is because for a change Hollywood wasnt trashing our military

18 Roger Ailes on This Week on ABC: "FOX News is fair and balanced. We had Geraldine Ferraro on for 10 years as the only woman the Democrats ever nominated. Now we have the only woman that the Republicans nominated. I'm not in politics, I'm in ratings.” He's got that right.

Newsmax article

Evidently the commenters at Huffington post and Media Matters are going crazy. But I repeat myself.

19 B+rry wants to buy some more corporations with our money...student loan industry is first up.

20

#10

They haven't kicked Greece out yet

21 Shh, maddogg, we don't want the Administration to hear about it and do something to "help".

22 Happy Black history month

23

21 Shh, maddogg, we don't want the Administration to hear about it and do something to "help".

Maybe Comrade Zero could wave his magic hand and cause the living monster under Yellowstone to unclench it's fiery fist.

24 Check out the hot brunette behind Obama at this town hall in FLA.

There is absolutely no truth to the rumor that Obama gave her a White House intern application.

25

The US is dispatching Patriot defensive missiles to four countries – Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Kuwait – and keeping two ships in the Gulf capable of shooting down Iranian missiles. Washington is also helping SaudiArabia develop a force to protect its oil installations.

American officials said the move is aimed at deterring an attack by Iran and reassuring Gulf states fearful that Tehran might react to sanctions by striking at US allies in the region. Washington is also seeking to discourage Israel from a strike against Iran by demonstrating that the US is prepared to contain any threat.

@drudge

26

*looks around at Monday*

*snarls*

*crawls back into cage*

27 Nah, he'll just blame Bush for conditions that led to these earthquakes.

28

I've got a case of the Mondays.

Wanna go to Chotchkies?

29 What to make of Iran's threat for Feb 11, the anniversary of their new and improved Iran?

30

Happy Black President 44 history month

That was changed right?

31 28

I've got a case of the Mondays.

Wanna go to Chotchkies?

Posted by: Michael Bolton, not THE MIichael Bolton at February 01, 2010 09:35 AM

No.

I wanna watch Kung Fu all day with a hot young waitress.

32 Let me be clear; the Obama administration is a failure.

33

I wanna watch Kung Fu all day with a hot young waitress.

I'll do you one better. Sit home and watch a woman give herself a self-breast exam on Channel 9.

34 Revenge of the Nerd: Why Paul Ryan Could Be Our Next President

Maybe not the NEXT president, needs some foreign policy experience first, but I have no objections to his eventually POTUSness other than he'd be a good Speaker of the House.

35

This article sums it up about as well as it can be summed up:

 

http://tinyurl.com/y87754h

36

Program that (arguably) catapulted the U.S. to it's sole leadership position in the world, pretty much cancelled by Obama.  Instead, we get to watch climate change happen on a seasonally adjusted basis.  We will also have a ring side seat for watching India, China and Russia moon (no pun intended) us from the moon and other heavenly bodies.  At least we will finally be able to eradicate that pesky belly button fuzz. 

I've been looking for time to do that.

http://tinyurl.com/yzrqbux

 

37 Nah, he'll just blame Bush for conditions that led to these earthquakes.

The last 8 years of evil and reckless tectonic shifts.

38 Bah.  Humbug. 

Also, you do realize that Yellowstone blowing up will be George Bush's fault, right? 

39

Happy Monday it says. Happy Fucking Monday.

Another day of no truck driving. Another day of 6:45 AM drunk ass truck driver not working waiting for unemployment check sorry ass loser.

40 I really hate President Obama. I hate listening to him. I hate his policies. I hate his arrogance. I simply hate him.

41 @36--Barry's inaugural speech promised to "restore science to its rightful place." Who knew that place was the back of that closet with the jeans from high school you think you might fit in again "someday"?

42

with deficit spending like this administration, the u.s. would be kicked out of the european union!

What gets me is that both China and Moody's has warned them that this is unsustainable and will have consequences. Moody's has threatened to downgrade the quality of U.S. Bond which would have a disasterous effect on the budget above what is already a disaster.

This reminds me of some of the "surveys" rpeorted in the news back when Bush was president.  Surveys that said "most people trusted Democrats more than Republicans on the economy". I threw the BS flag then and I repeat now. Electing Democrats is a sure fire way to collapse the economy.

  

43

As I understand it, the key sign of an impending eruption is the percentage of some type of volcanic goop has to be at or above a certain level.  Right now its well below that percentage thingy.  Scientifically speaking.

Posted by: polynikes at February 01, 2010 09:53 AM (m2CN7)

Calderas do not act like regular volcanoes, not a lot is known about them compared to regular volcanoes. I think Calderas go when there is a surge in the magma chamber and then the magma decreases causing the roof to collapse into the magma chamber.

44 I kind of like Mondays.  Clean slate, energized, busy. 

45

41 I really hate President Obama. I hate listening to him. I hate his policies. I hate his arrogance. I simply hate him.

Yes, but you need to say it like you mean it.  Picture Olbermann literally spitting hatred - words dripping with loathing and face muscles doing gymnastics as clouds of contempt condense in a sick green haze in front of your face.

There!  That's better.

46 Or maybe something to nibble on? Some Pizza Shooters, Shrimp Poppers, or Extreme Fajitas?

47 There so many articles here this morning just going to post the general link.

48

Apparently another newly elected schizophrenic Northeastern politician still does not recognize the Tea Party movement and its influence on the political landscape:

"WALTERS: The Tea Party movement was important to your victory. How influential do you think the Tea Party movement is going to be?

BROWN: Well, you're making an assumption that the Tea Party movement was influential, and I have to respectfully disagree. It was everybody. I had a plurality..."

Plurality-must mean sucking up to TV Land shitheads so that your daughter can get another chance to appear on America's Idiot Idols.

49 Rasmussen:  Thirty-nine percent (39%) now Strongly Disapprove down from 42% before the speech. Putting it all together gives Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of -4.


This country is populated by a bunch of stunads!

50

I heard or read somewhere that Obama is blaming Bush for the decision to try the terrorists in a civilian court in NYC.

Can't find a link.

51 sockoff

52

Eh.  Who else would call themselves "Foaming Pipe Snake"?

Anyway.  I was bitten by one of those on a hiking trip one time.

53 Grumpy Monday here.  Bah.

54

Happy Monday.

Them's fightin' words, sir. I demand satisfaction.

55 Glenn Beck just said cap and trade is in the budget.  Did I miss something?  Did they pass cap and trade and just not bother to tell the American people?  Or are they assuming it will pass because they will somehow make it pass?  What did I miss?

56
Why is anyone surprised that NASA is no longer in the space business?   NASA is evil, run by evil WHITE engineers, sending WHITE astronauts into space to colonize the moon and spread U.S. imperialism.  See?  Makes sense, you bitter clinging racists.

57

I kind of like Mondays.  Clean slate, energized, busy. 

Me too! Now talk to me on Wednesday...

58

Me too! Now talk to me on Wednesday...

Posted by: laceyunderalls at February 01, 2010 10:15 AM (pLTLS)

Wednesday is hump day.

59 Or maybe something to nibble on? Some Pizza Shooters, Shrimp Poppers, or Extreme Fajitas? Posted by: Brian from Chotchkies You say one word when you come back with our coffees and I'll kick yer ass!

60

Did they pass cap and trade and just not bother to tell the American people?  Or are they assuming it will pass because they will somehow make it pass? 

Yes? Both? Either? I don't know/don't care any more.

61
I move back to Houston in 12 days woohooo!  No more hour and a half commutes!  Of course, I might get packed off to Chicago the day before so it will be chaos.  Maybe Kratos can help me move.

62

Me too! Now talk to me on Wednesday...

Posted by: laceyunderalls at February 01, 2010 10:15 AM (pLTLS)

Energy crash.

63

I really hate President Obama. I hate listening to him. I hate his policies. I hate his arrogance. I simply hate him.

Ditto.

64

Did they pass cap and trade and just not bother to tell the American people?  Or are they assuming it will pass because they will somehow make it pass? 

Yes? Both? Either? I don't know/don't care any more.

Posted by: Joanna at February 01, 2010 10:17 AM (7+WuG)

It passed in the House.  I don't believe it has even been debated in the Senate yet.

65
Case of the Monday's clip.http://tinyurl.com/d653lk

66 PC LOAD LETTER

67 #56
I think what is going on is the deficit numbers projected in the budget make the assumption that cap and trade will be passed and that revenue will be part of the underlying numbers. There are a lot of assumptions like improving tax receipts and such that they are using that makes the budget look better then it really is. In truth the deficit from this budget will probably be much higher then projected.  

68 Great news! 

I just found the perfect [non-discriminatory] holiday gift for your favorite Hopenchanger.

69 My apologies.  Upon continued research, that sockpuppet should have been HP LaserJet II.  I strive for quality with you morons, and I apologise for the "loose shit."

70

Energy crash.

Nah, just overall annoyance. I firmly believe that Wednesday's are evil and the work of Lucifer.

71 Kudlow is supposed to interview Hank Paulson this week.  So far the only advance review of Paulson's book is the full ONE YEAR advance granted to Aaron Ross Sorkin of Vanity Fair secured by a a delayed publishing in the Carter rag.

72

Did they pass cap and trade and just not bother to tell the American people?  Or are they assuming it will pass because they will somehow make it pass? 

Yes? Both? Either? I don't know/don't care any more.

Posted by: Joanna at February 01, 2010 10:17 AM (7+WuG)

It passed in the House.  I don't believe it has even been debated in the Senate yet.

File it under: "Like it matters, they'll have to come to my house with guns before I go along with this crap of my own free will."

73
the perfect [non-discriminatory] holiday gift for your favorite Hopenchanger.

Oh.  My.  Gawd.

74 PC LOAD LETTER

Posted by: Brother 2100 at February 01, 2010 10:20 AM (5npD/)

Um, yeah.  I'm going to need you to come in on Saturday.

75 Nah, just overall annoyance. I firmly believe that Wednesday's are evil and the work of Lucifer

hahaha.  I am picturing you shaking your fist at Wednesdays.

76

I just found the perfect [non-discriminatory] holiday gift for your favorite Hopenchanger.

Hmm, does that include the defective tracks as well? Clearly something went awry shortly after his Inauguration.

77

To make it up to all three of you that actually read this thread, I will now entrust in you the explanation of what PC LOAD LETTER actually means!

PC - Paper Cassette.  (the printer drawer)
LOAD - please, may I have some more?
LETTER - 8.5 x 11 size paper.

So basically, Michael Bolton gave that LaserJet a beating for......being out of paper.

78

 I am picturing you shaking your fist at Wednesdays.

With fury, my friend. And of course a few f-bombs thrown in for good measure.

79

Glenn Beck just said cap and trade is in the budget.  Did I miss something?  Did they pass cap and trade and just not bother to tell the American people?  Or are they assuming it will pass because they will somehow make it pass? 

There is BUNCH of stuff in that budget that has not been passed. If Crap and Tax is in the budget that means the deficit is actually much higher than published.

One thing to keep in mind about a budget submitted by the President. By the time cogress gets done with it it is 100% different.

80 Democrats Announce Bold Plan to Get Debt Limit to Neptune by 2016: www.optoons.blogspot.com

81 Glenn Beck just said cap and trade is in the budget.

Obama's submitted budget assumes the revenue from selling carbon indulgences, even though no bill is likely.

Revenue saved or created, as it were.

82 Posted by: laceyunderalls at February 01, 2010 10:27 AM (pLTLS)

I am the exact opposite. Monday sucks but it gets better as the weekend approaching and after Wednesday it is a downhill race to the finish line being Friday.

83 Why should I change?  It's not my fault he sucks.

84 Actually, the budget contains a projected revenue stream from cap-and-trade, although it hasn't passed yet.

85
Weekends are meaningless now that football is over with.   Have to actually get up off the couch and do stuff like go outside and play golf or something.  It's awful.

86

One thing to keep in mind about a budget submitted by the President. By the time cogress gets done with it it is 100% different.

"Good news! The termites in your house are dead."

"What killed them?"

"Radon."

87 Is this the Fuck It All Monday thread? I feel like I need one of those.

88 Weekends are meaningless now that football is over with.

*cough**cough**cough*

89
a projected revenue stream from cap-and-trade

Jeez what a load of horseshit.   Or unicornshit, I guess.

90 Democrats Announce Bold Plan to Get Debt Limit to Neptune by 2016 Does that mean they have already reached Uranus and beyond?

91 Beck played a clip of Steve Douchey on Fox saying that they are moving away from being called progressives to being called populists.  He said 65% of the American people define themselves as populists.  Do the American people even know what populism is?   This is sort of like a GWB doctrine moment.  People assume beign a populist has something to do with liking things that are popular.  Seriously think they think that populism is not even a political term.  But, bet they do know that they don't want to be one of those evil conservatives or diabolical republicans.  BTW, Beck considers McCain a populist.  Funny, Beck was the only one who raised the flag about Brown, seems like the guy is right.  Since he isn't fighting for his Senate seat it seems as though he is playing along and allowing the other guy, kirk, i think to do all the unseemly "dirty" voting so he can come in and hit the softballs.

92 20,000,000,000/3,600,000,000,000  percentage (times 100) = .5%

He thinks we are all stupid and cannot do basic math like the kids in democratic run inner city schools?  Even crack dealers can figure out percentages.  I hate this ruinous bastard, I hate the media that has covered him like sores cover a two dollar whore even more.  If we have a revolution the first to the damn light poles should be MSM reporters. I am going bankrupt, with no job prospects in sight as this giant fucking money sucking machine revs up like a gang of leaf blowers in Beverly Hills on a Monday morning.  One or two years to destroy the greatest economy ever invented...thanks all you mother fuckers that thought it was cool to assuage your white-guilt and vote for this dufus college professor, burn in the hell that is coming.

93
@91 you've become as unwatchable as the probowl.

94 Actually, the budget contains a projected revenue stream from cap-and-trade, although it hasn't passed yet.

Sounds like Barry took a cue from his pal, Cadillac Deval Patrick, whose last budget included revenue from magical casinos which were not approved by the legislature and have since been voted down.

95

Texas will be switching over to the new "smart" electricity-consumption meters.

Buy aluminum futures.  Mrs. reason has already gone APE over this, and has told me that she will beat the snot out of anyone from Oncor that comes within 20' feet of our house with one.

96 As I understand it, the key sign of an impending eruption is the percentage of some type of volcanic goop has to be at or above a certain level.  Right now its well below that percentage thingy.  Scientifically speaking.

I guess the science is settled then. What a relief.

97 95  Au contraire.

98
Texas will be switching over to the new "smart" electricity-consumption meters.

Really looking forward to the feds cutting off electric service to red districts june/july/august in Houston.  That's gonna fly.

99

InstaP. links to a Wash Times article:

 President Obama thinks the political earthquake that hit his party last month in Massachusetts was bad, he had better read the Congressional Budget Office's latest economic forecasts for the next two years.

So the earthquakes are Scott Brown's fault. Of course...

This morning's moron analysis brought to you by HP's LaserJet II and the letter F.

100

play golf or something,,

LOL, I used to hate hitting a golf ball when it was 20°F outside.

101 Headlines from Illinois where the state budget deficit is PRESENTLY 12 billion dollars.

High Speed Rail Funding Coming Soon

Tomorrow is the Illinois Primary.  Call up any GOP campaign and ask if you help them phone bank.  The GOP needs almost 2/3rds of independents to pull GOP ballots to deny the Democrats a ballot victory.  Hughes can't win in the Senate and is going to lose the primary, but he's doing everything he can to pull in the Conservative Republicans.  They need to vote to pick a strong candidate for Governor.

I'm voting for Dan Proft and Mark Kirk.  I like Proft over Adam Andreweski because of Proft's policy knowledge, but Andreweski has been quite the campaigner without ever having run for office before.  He's an interesting talent that has the most to gain if he can challenge for the GOP primary for governor.

102

93 Beck played a clip of Steve Douchey on Fox saying that they are moving away from being called progressives to being called populists.  He said 65% of the American people define themselves as populists.  Do the American people even know what populism is?   This is sort of like a GWB doctrine moment.  People assume beign a populist has something to do with liking things that are popular.

Remember when the dems sneered about Sarah Palin's populism?

103 Wow, one of the founding members of some progressive think tank was none other than BO?  Well how do you like that?   "People do like the idea of 'i'm going to follow the crowd' as opposed to 'i'm going to follow the party'"   well well well, condemning tea parties on Fox.  "Populism is asking the government to fight back with them against special interests" - guests on fox.  When douchey pointed out to the guy that the tea party people were regular Americans the guy refused to even acknowledge the statement.

104 He could even talk Can n Trade when all the lying corruption of the AGW crowd is even reported by the worthless MSM?  Meanwhile the mid-west and eastern seaboard is whacked by record cold temperatures and snow.  I hate these people, they are so given to lying even when the earth and God himself testifies against them, they go on and on like a deranged energizer bunny.

105 OMG, he's on again....blaming the previous administration and the previous congress and making excuses for himself...again....

why does this man hate the stock market?  Why doesn't he save his rants for after the market has closed?

106 41 I really hate President Obama. I hate listening to him. I hate his policies. I hate his arrogance. I simply hate him.

Posted by: Holger at February 01, 2010 09:56 AM (8NGHm)

 

Damn.  Anybody want this...uhhh..slice of pie?

107 Smart Grid:  "Now that Cap & Trade has passed, as a little 'shout out' to those of you who supported it, you get to keep your climate-controlled residences year-round!  To the rest of you bitter clingers, well...maybe you'll be a little more swayed to our cause after a couple months of living out of an Igloo cooler filled with Redi-Ice...  You uncultured rubes will probably just think of it like you're tailgating for the entire summer...

108 64

I really hate President Obama. I hate listening to him. I hate his policies. I hate his arrogance. I simply hate him.

Ditto.

Posted by: Jewells at February 01, 2010 10:19 AM (l/N7H)

75
the perfect [non-discriminatory] holiday gift for your favorite Hopenchanger.

Oh.  My.  Gawd.

Posted by: Dang Straights at February 01, 2010 10:23 AM (fx8sm)

I can't say I'm at the hate stage yet. although His policies , past  scare  Terrify me , I'm trying to retain faith that the Uproar will force him to the center

(Hope for Change here)

But the pure adulation by many in america and around the world, from the get go really un-nerves me ,seriously what the hell is wrong with people. I just don't get it. the whole Messiah thing was just bizzare and gross.

was it a response coming from other countries that hoped His election would weaken America?

 

109 YAY  for Paul Ryan. The only one I give time and money to.

110 "We can't simply move beyond this process, we have to address the irresponsibility that caused it?"....so Mr. Prez, what the heck does that mean?

111 I think Yellowstone is going to be riddled for small quakes for many years - I will short my ADM stock when we start to see minor chimneys and smoker cones opening up. But, it is a good disaster scenario now that AGW is taking on water.

112 Cap and Trade was in last year's budget, in fact to the tune of an expected $600 billion in revenue.  If they put that much in this year's budget and it still has a $1.6 trillion deficit, we are well and truly fucked.

113 reason, if you use a pair of jumper cables to hop the meter -- will the smart meter mail up some carbon credits?

114 Is this the Fuck It All Monday thread? I feel like I need one of those.

Posted by: Abdominal Snowman at February 01, 2010 10:33 AM (pla1I)

Sure, but lacyunderalls reserves the right to declare the top headline comments on Wednesday the Fuck It All Wednesday thread.

115 Wow, one of the founding members of some progressive think tank was none other than BO?

Which think tank?  Never heard of this.

116
reason, if you use a pair of jumper cables to hop the meter -- will the smart meter mail up some carbon credits?

It's inevitable that these things are going to be hacked.

117 YAY  for Paul Ryan. The only one I give time and money to.

Hey mama!  Money well spent.

118 Beck just said it.  Have something due so haven't been paying that close attention.  Yesterday I definitely heard something on Fox and can't find it.  Will try to see if Beck program repeats so I can listen and get the exact name for you.

They have moved on to Ariana huff n poo. 

119

70 Great news! 

I just found the perfect [non-discriminatory] holiday gift for your favorite Hopenchanger

 

I gave my very conservative father in law a chia Obama for Christmas.  He got a big yuck out of it.

Why won't my italics turn off?

120

 So they want to be called "populists" now. They have to change their label every few years because people get wise to their ways  First they were "progressives"  in the early 1900s. Then they coopted the term liberal. After wearing that one out they went back to "progressives" again.  Now they want to be called "populists"

In actuality they are all communists.   

121 oh noes I stold ur megawattz!

122 Hey loppyd!

Yep - I worked on his last campaign too.  He's one of the good guys.  Smart as a whip, good family man, works like a dog for conservative principles.  He's even called me at home when I've had questions. Can't say enough good things about him.

123 Let's all not forget that Megyn is back at 13:00 today.

124 "Hey Nancy, Can you spare a ride? http://tinyurl.com/yalt44c

125 My friend tried to put solar panels on his house.  They discouraged him since they said his house and usage was too big and for the cost, it would not make any difference.  You need to have a very small house for it to work at all, for you to get those credits, they like to use in the hard cell, from the utility.  Although apparently the government is paying for you to change out your windows, but the exceptions are so incredible it will be only a small group that benefit.

126

How many of you folks have actually read that POS crap and tax bill and researched to find out just exactly what these assholes mean when they say "smart grid"?

Folks it most likely is not what you think.

127 NASSA

http://tiny.cc/txK8M

128 Maybe you can get the name of the think tank from Fox.  Beck was commenting on comments he played from fox.

129 11 "Future presidents will be able to justifiably blame Obama for the next 4-5 presidential terms......"

This is not a safe assumption.

Posted by: Andrew Sullivan at February 01, 2010 09:16 AM (Iq/G6)

yeah gonna have to see some concrete evidence that Pres'Ent Toonces and the rest of his Maoist cronies, are actually going to vacate the office when he's voted out.

130 Let's all not forget that Megyn is back at 13:00 today.

Posted by: Vic at February 01, 2010 10:52 AM (QrA9E)

As in Megyn, my girl crush?

131 Lech Walesa is speaking out and saying some scary stuff.  Wasn't he the guy who worked with Reagan and Thatcher and the Pope to save his country and bring down communism?

132 Yep - I worked on his last campaign too.  He's one of the good guys.  Smart as a whip, good family man, works like a dog for conservative principles.  He's even called me at home when I've had questions. Can't say enough good things about him.

Good for you!  The more I see of him, the more I like. 

Hope all is well with you and yours, mama.

133

"In actuality they are all communists."

True 'dat.

I actually started to notice the shift to "Progressive" back in the '80's when I lived in Vermont.  Bernie Sanders had just moved onto statewide politics and ditched his "Socialist" ID for the more neutral "Independant" tag.  His heir to the throne of the People's Republic of Burlington, Peter Somethingorother, decided that "Socialist" was a little extreme, too and settled on the "Progressive" moniker.

In the end though, your statement pretty much covers it.

134 70 Great news! 

I just found the perfect [non-discriminatory] holiday gift for your favorite Hopenchanger.

Posted by: Gerry at February 01, 2010 10:21 AM (EeqE6)

Even greater news...Issue Four is now available: The Great Train Wreck. Order today.

135

They discouraged him since they said his house and usage was too big and for the cost, it would not make any difference. 

Back when I was still working for the utility I read a paper from one of the utility think tanks about the incentives in Southern CA where there is a lot of sunshine.

When they had their big "energy crisis" and raised the rates through the roof it actually reached the "break even" point, assuming heavy federal and State subsidies. (also assuming a LOT of sunshine)

At that time rates in CA were in excess of 15 cents/kw with  penealties for using above a certain amount. With the subsidies solar panels would actually pay for themselves within the 10 period that was considered their average lifetime.

However, the subsidies only are good for the first time installation. After that they never reach break even unless your rates become astronomically high. This is what the greens are shooting for.

136 loppyd - we are great here. I became a first time grandma a couple of months ago, and  Little Winger just returned home from his second deployment.  All came home, but one.  We are blessed.  Hope you can say the same dear girl.

137 Henry Ford's 1929 snow tractor. BTW, I believe that's Henry driving it.

138 Vic, I am assuming the "smart grid" is going to titriate my supply to match my allocation allowed under the 5-year plan -- unless I am a credentialed cadre with paid up dues.

139

"In actuality they are all communists."

 

A "progressive" is just a Bolshevik with the serial numbers filed off. 

--I wish I could remember where I saw that so I could give the correct attribution.  I love that saying, though. 

140 84 Posted by: laceyunderalls at February 01, 2010 10:27 AM (pLTLS)

I am the exact opposite. Monday sucks but it gets better as the weekend approaching and after Wednesday it is a downhill race to the finish line being Friday.

Monday you get all the crap that accumulated over the weekend. Wednesday is the traditional mid-week slump. Then it's down hill until Friday lunch. TGIF, three martinis. Hoo-wah.

141 he isn't fighting for his Senate seat it seems as though he is playing along and allowing the other guy, kirk, i think to do all the unseemly "dirty" voting

Seems no one is doing a story on this. Why the hell is Kirk still voting!!!???

142 Re:  The Hurt Locker.  Watched it with our kid before he left for MCT.  Just thought it was meh.  He's in "IED" school now, and learning how to Mirandize scumbag terrorists.  So there's that.  Sigh.

143 Happy Monday.  We are so screwed.

Oh and don't ever forget its all Boooooooshes Obama's fault.  That's right I am no longer playing.

144 mama winger,

Congratulations on being a grand mama winger!  Such joyous news.  We are just fine here.  Poor as hell, but happy and thankful for the many blessings in our lives.

145

Apparently another newly elected schizophrenic Northeastern politician still does not recognize the Tea Party movement and its influence on the political landscape:

"WALTERS: The Tea Party movement was important to your victory. How influential do you think the Tea Party movement is going to be?

BROWN: Well, you're making an assumption that the Tea Party movement was influential, and I have to respectfully disagree. It was everybody. I had a plurality..."

Just because that's what he says to Baba Wawa doesn't mean that's what he really thinks.

146 We are so screwed


Not if I can help it.

147

Why the hell is Kirk still voting!!!???

I saw something about this. Mass. Sec of State has to formally declare Brown the winner, IIRC. Will go link hunting...

148 Who is going to file a lawsuit challenging every one of Kirk's votes?

149 70 Great news!

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Posted by: Gerry at February 01, 2010 10:21 AM (EeqE6)

 

Comes with a 12 volt AC adapter and massive government subsidies!

150 A teacher was arrested  today at John F. Kennedy International Airport as he attempted to board a  flight while in possession of a ruler, a protractor, a compass, a  slide-rule and a  calculator.

At a morning press  conference, the Attorney General said he believes the man is a member of  the notorious Al-Gebra movement. He did not identify the man, who has been  charged by the FBI with carrying weapons of math  instruction. '"Al-Gebra is a problem for  us," the Attorney General said. "They derive solutions by means and  extremes, and sometimes go off on tangents in search of absolute values."  They use secret code names like 'X' and 'Y' and refer to themselves as  "unknowns", but we have determined that they belong to a common  denominator of the axis of medieval with coordinates in every  country. As the Greek philanderer  Isosceles used to say, 'There are 3 sides to every  triangle'. When asked to comment on  the arrest, President Obama said, "If God had wanted us to have better  weapons of maths instruction, he would have given us more fingers and  toes." White House aides told reporters they could not recall a more  intelligent or profound statement by the President. It is believed that  the Nobel Prize for Physics will  follow.

151

70 Great news! 

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That would be the perfect train to crash off of the broken bridge into a ravine.  Smoke!  Fire!  Explosions!

I feel better just envisioning it.

Ahhhhh - Ya know?  I kinda like Mondays too.

152 WTFCI@103
Beyond the fact that Kirk is unelectable in the fall (he sucks on social issues, gun control, fiscal issues with his vote for Cap and Trade, and national defense with his vote against the Surge-so conservatives would have no problem at all voting against him in protest in November), your comment confuses me.  Proft is running on slashing state taxes to bring us in line with Indiana, but mostly he's running on opposing the Chicago Democrats with courage rather than the go-along-to-get-along ways of the party establishment and Kirk.  So, how do you square that circle?

153 It doesn't matter who the Mass Secretary of State certifies as the winner, Kirk is done when the election to replace him happens. Brown can't vote until the Senate accepts the Mass certification and seats him. They should be voting with 99 Senators right now.

154

Reacting to the President's Budget [KJL]

Scott Hodge, president of the Tax Foundation, tells NRO: "This budget should put a stake in the heart of Keynesian economics once and for all. If government spending was the engine for economic growth, the U.S. would now be the economic wonder of the world and the president would not be tying our fortunes to a grab bag of targeted tax credits to 'create jobs.'"

"The biggest problem facing the ability of the U.S. economy to compete in the global economy is our high corporate tax rate," Hodge argues, "now second highest among industrialized countries to Japan. Rather than lower the rate, the president is proposing $209 billion in tax increases on U.S. companies trying to compete abroad. Not only is the U.S. corporate tax rate out of step with the rest of the world, but the administration is out of step with the realities of global business today."

Hodge adds: "Ironically, the president said he wants to promote more exports. What is he expecting? That U.S. companies will just make stuff here and not develop supply chains, sales offices, or marketing efforts abroad? Heaven forbid they do because they will be rewarded with higher taxes if the administration gets its way."

155 VMY DREAM:  Texas succeeds,  ten million Americans move to Texas in 5 years.  Texas supplies most of the energy needs of the U.S.  Texas economy becomes third largest in the world.  Other surrounding states, Arizona, New Mexico, then Nevada, Utah, join the Texas republic.  Texas unemployment cannot be measured, but is thought to be less than 1%.  Growth is sustained at over 9%.   Within 10 years Texas is the the world's largest economy as more states join.  United States is effectively a 3rd world country mired in dept and welfare.  Texas has to have a border on the north to keep the ex Liberals from flooding in, since they have no useful job skills, Texas does not need "journalists," or college professors, or lawyers, Texas needs scientists, engineers, architects.   In 2016 the liberal elitist enclaves are looted and pillaged by their "wards," they warehoused in ghettos for 50 years.  Hollywood becomes a stronhold of neo-Nazis and the Arrayan brotherhood.  Large sections of Los Angeles, New York, and other large cities are no go zones for anyone not of a local gang.  San Franciso is trying to recover from a 8.9 quake from 2017. 

Violent transgendered gangs roam the city, preying on "regular," homosexual communities.  Mayor for life, Gavin Newsom is found impaled with a broomstick, he is hanging from the decaying cables of the Golden Gate bridge.

2018, The Republic of Texas (Now comprised of New Mexico, Oklahoma, Arizona, Nevada, California from San Onofre to Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming, Idaho, Montana, With the Dakotas, Nebraska, and the Carolina s, as well as the Florida Panhandle, and Mississippi and Alabama and other southern states are voting to join also) and Israel nukes Iran, President Hillary Clinton of the United States strongly protests.

 

156 Posted by: Lemon Kitten at February 01, 2010 11:13 AM (0fzsA)

When all the corporations move their offices out of the country, who will employ Americans?

157 Yeh, it doesn't make much sense. Maybe they are claiming that the election isn't officially over until the certification, but they may just be doing it because they can.

158

When all the corporations move their offices out of the country, who will employ Americans?

The gubmint.

159 mamma aj, this is the delay they promised?   BO loves to say everything is in plain site, it's all there.  Think most people can't believe what they are seeing and hearing and refuse to accept it.

160 128 -- I read up on it this summer, don't think I could call up what I remember right now because I'm severely sleep deprived.  All I remember from my readings was a very immediate impression that this will absolutely gut the economy for the middle/working class, kill agriculture, and we'll likely be eating like 3rd Worlders in the eventuality that it does come into play (NAIS is the ag double tap of cap and trade -- they want to not only control energy but food production as well, all of it).  Call me a tinfoil hat wearer, but I see connections between the two.

161 When all the corporations move their offices out of the country, who will employ Americans?

I haz the job securitay!

162 Why the hell is Kirk still voting!!!??? I called Kirk's office. The woman I talked to was polite, but doesn't seem to give a flip. While he is not running for re-election, as she pointed out, he is a Democrat. See you in November.

163 Beck is calling Lyndsey Gram, nancy gram.  But why not "tele gram" or "candy gram" or  what?

164

Not Chavez and some frog called the US relief efforts in Haiti a military occupation.  Apparently, European newspapers have jumped on the bandwagon.

http://tinyurl.com/yz3knoo

These people really suck.

165 All I remember from my readings was a very immediate impression that this will absolutely gut the economy for the middle/working class, kill agriculture, and we'll likely be eating like 3rd Worlders in the eventuality that it does come into play (NAIS is the ag double tap of cap and trade -- they want to not only control energy but food production as well, all of it).

Ditto.  However, why is Ford, Catepiller, and Exelon supporting a carbon tax?

166 unknown jane, what is a "tin foil hat wearer".  I wouldn't feel comfortable calling you this unless I know what it is.

167 By the way -- wish me all luck: I've got a couple of job applications out there that might actually get me an interview (yes, I've gotten that desperate -- I just want a chance to interview).

168

Vic, I am assuming the "smart grid" is going to titriate my supply to match my allocation allowed under the 5-year plan -- unless I am a credentialed cadre with paid up dues.

What this system will do is allow the appliances in your house to be contolled by a central authority. Many utilities already do this with hot water heaters and air conditioning units.  The utilities that do it the most are the ones who have not kept up with demand so they are looking at lowering the "peaks.  The utitlities that are the tightest are guess where; CA and the NE. These two areas are the home of the NIMBYs, NAMBYs, and NOPES.

Obama and the Communists want to control applainces in ALL houses so they can halt construction of any power plants, increase prices, and call for the Mid-West and South to send power to thoise areas of the country that refuse to build anything. Except he plans on nobody building anything anywhere.

 

169

(3) more years of this Madness!

Can someone please explain to me why voting the Democrats and Obama into power was a good idea?

On the Sunday shows I heard 'em all hinting that BO was gonna turn unemployment around by November, and if it didn't happend, it would be because of Republicans?

Anybody see the Matrix? I swear I'm in the Twilight Zone!

 

170 Dang.  I don't know what bug I've got, but I wish it would go away.  I can't remember the last time I was sick.  This sucks.  Gag.

/pity party for one

171 In about 25 days or so, pitchers and catchers report and the first exhibition games start in 29 days.


The 2 most beautiful words in the English language are "Play Ball!".

The 2 most disappointed words in the English language are "Cubs Fan"

172 Posted by: Jane D'oh! at February 01, 2010 11:26 AM (UOM4

Swine Flu?

173 National debt is now 110% of GDP.  Learn to hunt, fish and grow your own food.  And get a generator so you can keep on commenting.

174

Hahahaha

On Fox they are touting Obama's budget that has "loan guarantees" for 10 new Nuclear Power plants.  They act like this is something new. The 2005 energy bill had the same crap in it.

Loan guarantees are worthless. What is need is a revamp of the legislation to block all the idiots from taking everything to court and halting construction.  

There are plans for some new plants but these loan guarantees have nothing to do with it.

175 Mr. President, I believe you have my stapler...

176 Vic, So the first shots of the revolution won't be on Ft Sumter, they will be dropping the powerlines headed into to cities.

177

@179

Bingo! Was his Name Yo!

178 Holger@175.  Don't think so.  "Just" chest congestion and a low grade fever. 

179 Can we get some love for the last remaining American WWI Veteran? It's his birthday today.. he's 109. http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/286801

180 Over on Drudge:  Jeb Bush is back and some say he's looking presidential.

Please, God.  No.

181

Mr. President, I believe you have my stapler...

Barry, ummm, yeah. So I'm gonna need you to go ahead and umm, move from the Oval down into basement, mkay? Thaaaanks.

182 National debt is now 110% of GDP.  Learn to hunt, fish and grow your own food.  And get a generator so you can keep on commenting.

In addition to all of that, buy tomorrow's provisions at today's prices.  I haven't put anything into savings in months.  It all goes to food supplies, ammo, survival clothing and footwear, and things like canning equipment, batteries, kerosene lanterns, auto repair supplies, etc. 



Yeah, I am the crazy lady down the street with 6 months of water in her garage and 2 miles of rope.  So what?

183

Well, good luck and feel better, Jane and Jane!

My youngest and my husband have some stomach thing. I have no plans to catch it.

184

168 -- somebody who believes in outlandish conspiracy theories.

The large corporations will likely be capable of weathering the cap and tax initiative; I think that's why they might be supporting it (besides, they probably have something in the works to move production somewhere else, some place without carbon tax???).  This bill really fucks over average people and, again, small business.  Agriculture will get slaughtered by this: the only ag business that will be capable of dealing with the costs are the large, corporate farms (couple that with NAIS costs and where farm subsidies really go and there you have it -- no more family farm).  Of course, all of the cost will be passed along to the consumer (if you thought your bread was getting lighter and costing more now, or your milk was tasting a bit thin and getting outrageously high, just wait).  Oh, and don't even think about having your own hobby farm to be self sufficient (same with energy concerns; read the bill -- no living off the grid for the peons; get on the government matrix beotches). 

Saying things like this gets me accused of being a tinfoil hat wearer, but those are some of the potentialities I see in those two particular bills damnit.  Guess that makes me kinda nuts but oh well, never professed to be sane.

185 You want to see trouble, go to IllinoisIsBroke.com

186 Thanks, momma AJ. 

187

lol, too funny -- I see my comments about matrix and whatnot were already stated, but you can forget the being self sufficient Guy -- as said, they are making a bid to close down family farms, even self sufficiency hobby ones, and they already control hunting and fishing (licenses...).  Same with the generator -- won't mean shit if you can't afford to run the bastard, and if you think they'll let you put up your own windmill, well, haha.

I live in the middle of self sufficiency country, and trust me; this has been coming for the past two decades at least (my grandpa would have said longer).

188 Oh, and get well Jane -- push fluids, get a humidifier going (help you to breathe easier) if you haven't already.

189 Beck talking about Barry's grandparents.  Young Barky grew up surrounded by Marxists.  No surprise.  We are so screwed the next three years.

Meanwhile, Iran is flexing their muscles.  February 11 should prove to be very interesting. 

190

Vic, So the first shots of the revolution won't be on Ft Sumter, they will be dropping the powerlines headed into to cities.

Actually when society collapses ALL the power will go out. Areas that have a strong local government may be able to get power back up and running on a "barter" arrangment, but only for small sections.

When all this happens the federal government will largely be ignored. Anyone sent to enforce "rules" will simply disappear.

191 ugh. mondays.
stab me with a rusty spoon

192 unknown jane@191.  Thanks.  I've been downing water and fresh o.j. non-stop.  If I were any more hydrated, I'd sprout gills.

193 Mr. D'oh's cousin went to the Bold Fresh tour in Charleston, SC and said it was awesome. 

194 Obama didn't bow, wingnuts! Obama Asks Tampa Mayor To Check For Head Lice

195 195  Humidifier!  (sorry, I'm the person who makes sure everybody's taking their vitamins and wearing their warm socks around here)

196 197, thanks, now my head is itching (as if having my skin crawl wasn't enough).

197 41 I really hate President Obama. I hate listening to him. I hate his policies. I hate his arrogance. I simply hate him.
  I so concur.  Mega Dittos!

198

Barry, ummm, yeah. So I'm gonna need you to go ahead and umm, move from the Oval down into basement, mkay? Thaaaanks.

I've got a hot date this weekend with Candy Crowley.  Things go well, I'll show her the oh-face.

You know....oh-oh-oh-oh!

Yeah!

199 70 Great news! 

I just found the perfect [non-discriminatory] holiday gift for your favorite Hopenchanger.

 

Heh!  All those people that bought the Obama "collectables" for their investment value are going to mighty disappointed.  (Kind of like some of the people I know who voted for him).

200 I love the losers who bought the Obama collectible "coins" only to find out they had paper stickers on them.  Lol.

201

I love the losers who bought the Obama collectible "coins" only to find out they had paper stickers on them.  Lol.

Serious or sarc?

202 Seriously.  Right after the election there were some "victims" of the fake collectible coin scam on one of the networks.  They literally bought coins that had paper stickers of Teh Won's face stuck on them. 

203

93 Beck played a clip of Steve Douchey on Fox saying that they are moving away from being called progressives to being called populists.  He said 65% of the American people define themselves as populists.  Do the American people even know what populism is?  

 

I hate the left.  They are so intellectually dishonest, they think that if they call themselves progressives and not liberals and now populists and not progressives, they can fool the general public and foist their far left agenda on America.  They make the assumption that we are all too stupid to know what's best for us, and that their intellect is far superior to that of  the "booboisee".  They hide behind words and flowery speeches while they systematically dismantle and destroy America.  It's funny too, how the verbiage that they spew never matches their actions. 

204 That Obama model train reminds me of the Addams Family

205 203 I love the losers who bought the Obama collectible "coins" only to find out they had paper stickers on them.  Lol.

 

That was too funny.  I got a lot of joy out of that too.  Jane D'oh, I can't believe you are still sick!  You got a bad bug!  Keep drowning yourself in honey lemon tea, chicken soup and O.J.  And keep going to bed early and get plenty of rest.  (I know this has got to be killing you as you are such an active person.)

206

Oh, one of my fav headlines in today's paper:  "Bones mend as Forum Ends:  Snowy Slopes, Icy Sidewalks Often Bring Injuries Among the High Profile Guests."  Heh!

Jane D'oh, I'm so sorry to hear you are still sick!  That sounds like a bad bug!  Keep up with the pushing fluids (OJ, chicken soup, and honey lemon tea) and rest.  I know this has got to be killing you since you are such an active person.  I hope you are better soon.

207 @199 The persistent nausea's tough too.

208 104 billion dollar annual deficit under Republicans has become a monthly deficit in the last 3 years under the Democrats.  Unbelievable.

209 Mondays Suck.

In other news, today is the 7th Anniversary of the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster as it broke up on reentry over Texas, Arkansas & Louisiana.

I can remember where I was at that moment, because I thought the sonic BOOM I heard was a terrorist attack or something.

Shit was LOUD.

210

Your GOP rising star Scott Brown might be the 41st vote against healthcare, but perhaps not be everything you thought he was:

 "I already told them (GOP leaders), you know, `I got here with the help of a close group of friends and very little help from anyone down there, so there'll be issues when I'll be with you and there are issues when I won't be with you,'" Brown said Thursday during the half-hour interview.

211

Something personal today – the Down Syndrome Partnership of Tarrant County (Texas) is hoping to hold a “Lose the Training Wheels” camp this summer. If any of you who live in this area might know of a place that could hold it, please let me know.

I am including a newspaper article from our local paper with more information about this wonderful opportunity for some really great kids with disabilities (not just DS):

http://www.star-telegram.com:80/local/story/1935385.html

212 Obama to Seek Sweeping Change in ‘No Child’ Law

Yet the administration is not planning to abandon the lawÂ’s commitments to closing the achievement gap between minority and white students

Out: AP science    In: Grievance Studies

213 Your GOP rising star Scott Brown might be the 41st vote against healthcare, but perhaps not be everything you thought he was

I don't think we had any illusions.  He's a MA pol after all and will probably lose in two years anyway, but for now, we'll take his vote where it matters.

214

I think, toby, a lot of your conservative friends are under that illusion.

 

BTW, Teresa, best of luck with your summer camp project.

215 I wouldn't be surprised to see Scott Brown switch over to Independent in the near future to stake out that he is not beholden to either party. You get a dozen or so of those and that's how real realignment gets rolling!

216 I think, toby, a lot of your conservative friends are under that illusion.

Like who?

217 You think about it, there is a sizable group in the US who would really go for a fiscal conservative/social libertarian direction, the sort of folks who want the government to be efficient at what they are supposed to be doing and butt the hell out of the rest. A growing Independent faction in the Congress who set themselves up as the proponents of this could get some legs under it.

218

I came here to maock the Detroit news for repeatedly calling the 62 y/o man who put the "rocket" on his back to go sledding the "victim".

But @220 I tend to agree.  Hard liners don't however.  Just looik at the threads for the purity test and such.  Social-cons are still pretty committed to the cause.  They will actually point to the failing of gay marriage with the voters of all states, and to the increasing opposition to abortion that has been measured in the polls that social conservative values are essential to true conservatism, and can be winning issues at the ballot box.   

219

California Red,

At the state level I am in total agreement with you. Fortunately we live in a large nation with no real restrictions on travel (yet!), and can vote with our feet if we feel that a state is poorly managed or legislatively set up in a displeasing way. On the federal level, I think it would do everyone some good to sit back and think just how much we want those bozos nosing around in our lives. After the hellish results of our current foray into central governance, perhaps people will be receptive to a less intrusive, more accountable alternative. I am not an advocate of independent POTUS/VP efforts (Ross Perot, anyone?), but a solid group of politicians in the house/senate that would act in the nation's best interest instead of toadying up on party lines would be a good start. Of course they would have to caucus with one of the main parties in the short term to have any real effect, but you gotta start somewhere! 

220 All I'm saying is that any effort at a pro-US realignment would have to start in the congress, and folks like Scott Brown, who recieved marginal support from the GOP, and have some more independent political stances, would be in a good position to capitalize on growing public sentiment against the progressive elements in both parties. 

221 In response to Chris Matthews Headline: Cambodian Re-education camps? I think a better example would be the re-education & extermination camps planned by Obama's friend Bill Ayers. The Republican party is trying to define a set of common principles. Perhaps Chris Matthews elsewhere describes how the party is enforcing these principles, but simply stating "this is what we believe" (or "this is what we mean by conservatism") is much different from saying "and now we shall force you to believe it too".

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