Posted on 02/23/2010 4:48:56 AM PST by rightwingintelligentsia
Ow. Ow. Ow. I am laughing so hard I cant breathe. Can. Hardly. Type.
WaPo brings us the beyond-satire news that the White House wants to put SEIU president Andy Stern on the federal deficit panel. Now, its not just a dog-and-pony show. Its a dog-pony-and-thug show. I love how WaPo uses the word eclectic to describe the choice. Eclectic is the new synonym for corruptocrat:
Eclectic trio of candidates considered for Obama deficit panel:
Republican David M. Cote, the chief executive of Honeywell International, has emerged as a top contender for a slot on President Obamas commission to bring the nations soaring debt under control, a senior administration official said Saturday.
The White House is also considering appointing two Democrats: Andrew Stern, president of the Service Employees International Union, and Alice M. Rivlin, a budget expert and former vice chairman of the Federal Reserve who recently launched a separate, independent effort to draft a bipartisan plan to stabilize government borrowing
Stern and Rivlin are well-known in Washington. Stern is president of the 2.2 million-member SEIU and an ardent supporter of Obamas health initiative..
Reminder: The U.S. Attorneys Office in Washington, D.C. is probing the SEIU for possible violations of the Lobbying Disclosure Act for Sterns frequent visits to the White House and with members of Congress in 2009.
(Excerpt) Read more at michellemalkin.com ...
All deficit panels are themselves unneeded and add to the expense of government. Will the people ever learn? NO
I don’t think that the die-hards will ever give up on what Edward M. Kennedy kept calling “the dream”, meaning, of course socialism.
I hate re-runs...
I dont think that the die-hards will ever give up on what Edward M. Kennedy kept calling the dream, meaning, of course socialism.
...and what I find most interesting is the dreamers have no clue at all that the fulfillment of the dream for them will also be their death sentence. They will stand naked so to speak as the point men and women for the destruction of the Republic. There are those in every generation with sufficient understanding that such people need to exit stage right at the earliest opportunity for restoration to begin.
All these gubmint panels, i.e., deficit panels, blue ribbon commissions, etc., are nothing more than a way for politicians to side step the responsibility of their elected office. Passing the buck is the second biggest scam in gubmint. Stealing bucks from tax paying citizens is the first. The former ALWAYS leads to the latter, too.
They should name these commissions and panels appropriately. Every one of them should be called B.O.H.I.C.A. Commissions, not "blue ribbon" commissions.....
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