No bargaining with Barack Obluffer [CALLING HIS OWN BLUFF}

Orange County Register ^ | 15 July 2011 | Mark Steyn

[JLS]

There is something surreal and unnerving about the so-called "debt ceiling" negotiations staggering on in Washington. In the real world, negotiations on an increase in one's debt limit are conducted between the borrower and the lender. Only in Washington is a debt increase negotiated between two groups of borrowers.

Actually, it's more accurate to call them two groups of spenders. On the one side are Obama and the Democrats, who in a negotiation supposedly intended to reduce American indebtedness are (surprise!) proposing massive increasing in spending (an extra $33 billion for Pell Grants, for example). The Democrat position is: You guys always complain that we spend spend spend like there's (what's the phrase again?) no tomorrow, so be grateful that we're now proposing to spend spend spend spend like there's no this evening.

[JLS]

Steyn comments on the debt ceiling talks.

[JLS]

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[death2tyrants]

I’m looking forward to hearing him on Monday when he fills in for Rush.

[MtnClimber]

Barf on Zer0!

[GeronL]

To demonstrate how serious he is, he's offered to put on the table for fiscal year 2012 spending cuts of (stand well back now) $2 billion. That would be a lot in, say, Iceland or even Australia. Once upon a time it would have been a lot even in Washington. But today $2 billion is what the Brokest Nation in History borrows every 10 hours. In other words, in less time than he spends sitting across the table negotiating his $2 billion cut, he's already borrowed it all back. A negotiation with Obama is literally not worth the time.

[garjog]

You got to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em,

Know when to walk away, know when to run.

You never count your money when you're sittin' at the table,

There'll be time enough for countin' when the dealin's done.

[dennisw]

Hussein is dumb and pathetic. Without the media shilling for him he would have been laughed out of town in his first year. But Obongo always has condescension and a smirk ready because he knows the media will amplify his bull crap with these deficit talks

[RightGeek]

bump

[JLS]

I am looking forward to hearing him on for Limbaugh too. Thanks for mentioning that on this thread. I meant to mention it in my ping post.

[GeronL]

I go to his website, I even read his old stuff. It’s all great.

[GeronL]

100% correct

[justa-hairyape]

[justa-hairyape]

They have a link to 50 cartoons covering Obama and his poker comment. Good stuff. We now have to come up with a poker name for Obama. A lot of the big pro players have nicknames or poker names.

[funfan]

Do you think he will ever be exposed to all the American people and that they will see him for his true self and not the media creation? I can not even look at him or listen to him I just come unglued and the longer his charade
continues I despise him,his regime and his supporters even
more.
I feel really betrayed by the main stream media and some Republicans like McCain he could have stepped up and stopped alot of this but no he just kept saying what a nice man Obama was and McCain is still brown nosing Obama it is pathetic and a betrayal of the US and it's citizens in my opinion. Ugh

[hattend]

"And then I told McConnell, 'stick em up' and he actually put his hands up just like this."

[hattend]

"And then I told McConnell, 'stick em up' and he actually put his hands up just like this."

[Tax-chick]

All the charade does is confirm to prudent analysts around the world that the depraved ruling class of the United States cannot self-correct, and, indeed, has no desire to.

(ping for poker-playing interest)

[yldstrk]

Depraved ruling class is right

[Vaduz]

Never negotiate with a hostage taker (Obama).

[Tax-chick]

The Zero Administration and the current Dem leadership seem to be uniquely depraved, at least by American standards. It’s bizarre.