Thanks for thread A.B. Your Tide certainly had hands full of Bulldog, but now gets to take on The Luck of the Irish.
Ran across this nice 4:48 tribute to Reagan:
http://www.youtube.com/embed/OvN1jTkzXbY?rel=0
"Public officials should not be chosen
if they are lacking in experience, training,
proven virtue, and demonstrated wisdom. "
Sam Adams
How can Timmy defend what his boss has proposed? I can’t bring myself to watch. The hell with it.
What a line up!
I feel a thrill running down my leg.
Ohhhh.
Oops.
That was some coffee I spilled in my lap, instead.
When a Republican is interviewed, the shows almost always start with a video clip of a Democrat criticizing the R in some pertinent way. Just a ‘fair and balance’ thing! Russert was a master and all have taken to the ploy.
I wonder how many of today’s five interviews of Timmy will air the McConnell’s guffaw? All of them, some of them, or was it a condition of having his appearance that the guffaw be “off the table.”
FNS
Wallace counters Geithner and says the ‘winding down the war’ spending is a budget gimmick.
Geithner claims it is real.
Wallace implies that the Obama Admin would then need more wars to have that amount to apply to the budget.
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FNS
Boehner says the Admin would spend all the money if they got it.
Wallace, almost incredulous, ‘they wouldn’t pay down the debt with it?’
Boehner laughs, ‘no they wouldn’t.’
FNS
Wallace starts a list of what will and won’t be cut.
[typical of setup for a ‘gotcha’]
Boehner doesn’t take the bait, says he won’t debate specifics with Wallace unless/until Wallace has authority to sign any budget deal.
I am SO sick of politics right now and all the wrangling, whining, backstabbing, never-ending campaigning, crooks running government, etc. that I do not have the stomach to watch any of them on TV these days. I’ve been watching a lot of Christmas movies every evening (Hallmark, etc.). It’s ‘escapism’ ... but necessary for my psyche. Thanks for the thread - at least I can find out what the current version of the latest lies happens to be without having to actually watch them utter the words.
Fox news panel. All should roll over for Obama. The press still covers his butt left or right.
Geithner on every program pointing the finger at the GOP, and mouthing in alphabetical order each, and every talking point as instructed.
There is no serious attempt to control spending; Barry Obama, Harry Ried and Nancy Pelosi are running amuck with the national checkbook and there is no attempt to stop them. That's why Barry needs a permanent executive power to raise the debt ceiling, because the dials are spinning so fast even the big spenders in DC can't keep up with it.
There is no serious attempt to control spending; Barry Obama, Harry Ried and Nancy Pelosi are running amuck with the national checkbook and there is no attempt to stop them. That's why Barry needs a permanent executive power to raise the debt ceiling, because the dials are spinning so fast even the big spenders in DC can't keep up with it.
Between Evan Bayh on the FNS panel and Chris Von Hollen on the Meet The Press panel, it looked like auditions for a new Joe Isuzu character. It must be very difficult to negotiate with people like that, when you are constantly worried that they are picking your pocket. I can’t remember the last time I saw 2 people with such insincere smiles.
Historical Amount of Revenue by Source
Receipts by Source: 1934-2017
http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/taxfacts/displayafact.cfm?Docid=203
Total Receipts (Millions of Dollars)
1999 $1,827,459
2000 $2,025,198
2001 $1,991,142
2002 $1,853,149
2003 $1,782,321
2004 $1,880,126
2005 $2,153,625
2006 $2,406,876
2007 $2,568,001
2008 $2,523,991
2009 $2,104,989
2010 $2,162,724
2011 $2,303,466
ESTIMATES
2012 $2,468,599