Posted on 04/20/2009 6:35:11 AM PDT by reaganaut1
It has nothing to do with feel-good, do nothing liberalism and more to do with blatant propaganda thru symbolism. Goebbels would be proud.
Did all of you miss the part this is his FIRST cabinet meeting? Very first sentence says that he plans to convene his cabinet for the “first” time.
This shows he is running the Government pretty much by himself and now is making a big splash to cut $100M after spending trillions.
To not have convened the cabinet says all about ZERO’s Administration we need to know — incompetence on display and his desire not to have input from others that might not agree with him.
The National Debt has continued to increase an average of
$3.85 billion per day since September 28, 2007!
Close- it’s about a 0.0028% cut.
In the spirit of bipartisan compromise, I will agree to have my taxes raised by no more than the same percentage... for one year only. In return I want a much, much steeper permanent tax cut the next year. How’s that? Bipartisan, right? Raise taxes, Stimulate the economy? Win-win? ;0)
“They must believe that America is stupid.”
The problem is not that America is stupid, it’s that America is ignorant. Lots of things contribute to this, including complacency, intellectual laziness, and misplaced trust by many in the accuracy of the MSM. That’s why the Bush approach of being a gentleman by not responding to inaccuracies and criticisms doesn’t work. If the other side is successfully pushing their propaganda you have to respond, and respond aggressively.
Well, Obama is TOTUS....
That’s the plan Stan. Nothing more than PR stunt to say “see, we did cut spending!”. After quadrupling the budget deficit first of course.
Unfortunately, the sheeple actually by this.
USA Today Headline: Obama calling on Cabinet to tighten belts, cut spending...
Hey, what's a few decimal points between FRiends, right? ;0)
How about eliminating the Departments of Education and Energy for starters?
$100M (USD) is not even a rounding error - pure silliness!
Chump change...
Waterboarding ala Obama
Bush, Hastert, Senate republicans don’t have a leg to stand on. Maybe in ten-fifteen years someone will believe them.
They have no plans to cut the budget. Even 100 million is chump change compared to what they've already wasted. They want to create the illusion of "good intentions."
Sure, the ignorant masses will fall for it anyway. They always do. The media will chant their prayers to Oboma, the sun will shine brighter, the birds will sing, and rainbows will fill the air, but we're still going to be 9 trillion dollars in debt.
“...dumbed down education for decades....”
And agenda-driven education..
Are they planning to cut current spending levels, or will these cuts come from projected spending? There is a big difference.
This is a great talking point. Conversatives should use it, but typically they talk way over the heads of most Americans and rattle off liberal, inside-the-Beltway acronymns and doublespeak.
For his part, notwithstanding his many attributes, Michael Steele can never close a sale.
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