OK, in that case I'll be your Finn.
Posted on 07/02/2010 9:25:45 PM PDT by smokingfrog
I can't wait for Barack Obama's second term.
Oh I know, 2013 is a long time from now and it would be nice to have decisive leadership to help deal with the odd double dip recession, Iranian nuclear threat, massive fiscal imbalance, remaking of the world order, that sort of thing.
But honestly, I just don't expect it. It is clear from events of the past few weeks that while it's July in most of America, it's already November in Washington. Every decision is cast in the context of the mid-term elections. No risk is too small to sidestep. No decision is too trivial to triangulate.
Getting reports of growing unemployment rolls? Compounding them with signs of sluggish growth and appalling developments in the housing market? A time for action? You might think so. But instead this president and this Congress hem and haw and propose effectively nothing. It's not just the Republicans blocking with appalling callousness the extension of unemployment benefits (while also fighting hard to ensure that big banks don't have too much of a tax burden). It's that the Democratic leadership is content to let the Republicans beat back the bill figuring they can use it against them in the election.
Lost in all this? Oh, right, the 9.5 percent of Americans who are "officially" unemployed not to mention the almost equally large number who don't make it into government statistics.
Is the reason for this fear of the exploding budget deficit? While one can debate the merits of government intervention vs. battling that deficit, we know the president and his team are not letting the economically disenfranchised suffer purely for reasons of economic orthodoxy.
(Excerpt) Read more at rothkopf.foreignpolicy.com ...
OK, in that case I'll be your Finn.
Jenny Hanovers are dead skates mutilated and dried to resemble “mermaids” or some accursed thing of that ilk.
This was in the 70s...perhaps they’ve outlawed them since then.
[if not, they should...yuck]
I kinda figured you would.
[am I back in the “pesky penalty box”, again?]
;]
No, I just have four hours to go (slowwwww night at work)and am a little bewildered...
Start a small fire.
That’ll jazz things up a bit....:)
I don't like to repeat myself. :P
Oh, *snap*!
I done been got.
Want to hear the suckas explain exactly why they voted Bummer the second time.
Beast of Yucca Flats is burned into my psyche. *I* hurt.
Obama, yeah, he's awful!
OK, that should throw 'em off...
Hey Darkwolf, you don’t understand.
They really ~watch~ her.
I gotta get up in the AM, so this is my parting shot.
DW - I know you’re not the church-goin’ type, but I thought you might get a kick out of this here barn revival meetin’
(Trust me. It’ll only hurt for a second.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ra0DsbiNs0
"Your Cousin's On COPS" is another hit.
Check out Root Boy Slim, btw.
Usually we hijack threads with unrelated-but-much-loved YouTube videos.
This was a departure from that but so far, so good.
[Hey! I hate that phony creep, too!]
We’re good to go, now.
Well, to be fair, it’s not like it’s unwarranted surveillance.
:)
Welcome back! I’m sure you’ll be hitting on all cylinders in no time.
I’m just giddy about my next kidney stone passing...
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