Even Drunken Sailors Have a Credit Limit

Human Events ^ | April 3, 2009 | Brian Darling

[RobinMasters]

The saying “spending like a drunken sailor” comes from the 1700s and 1800s, when sailors would come ashore from a long time at sea and go on a wild spending spree. These sailors were constrained by the amount of their paycheck and the credit they could incur from people who knew them.

President Barack Obama has something that a drunken sailor lacked: a printing press that prints government cash and credit, not to mention the power to tax when he runs a bit low. Generational theft is alive and well in America, and, according to my calculations, the Obama spending spree has cost the taxpayers, their children and grandchildren a whopping $4.27 trillion in spending and $2.4 trillion in new taxes to date.

Let’s take out the calculator and add up all of the Obama administration’s spending to date.

[HighlyOpinionated]

Dschinghis Khan - What Shall We Do With The Drunken Sailor

Aahh, aahh,...
Aahh, aahh,...

What shall we do with the drunken sailor,
What shall we do with the drunken sailor,
What shall we do with the drunken sailor,
Early in the morning?

What shall we do with the drunken sailor,
What shall we do with the drunken sailor,
What shall we do with the drunken sailor,
Early in the morning?

Put him in the longboat till he’s sober,
Put him in the longboat till he’s sober,
Put him in the longboat till he’s sober,
Early in the morning!

Put him in the longboat till he’s sober,
Put him in the longboat till he’s sober,
Put him in the longboat till he’s sober,
Early in the morning!

Hooray and up she rises,
Hooray and up she rises,
Hooray and up she rises,
Early in the morning!

Hooray and up she rises,
Hooray and up she rises,
Hooray and up she rises,
Early in the morning!

What shall we do with the drunken sailor,
What shall we do with the drunken sailor,
What shall we do with the drunken sailor,
Early in the morning?

Put ‘im in the bilge an’ make ‘im drink it,
Put ‘im in the bilge an’ make ‘im drink it,
Put ‘im in the bilge an’ make ‘im drink it,
Early in the morning!

What shall we do with the drunken sailor,
What shall we do with the drunken sailor,
What shall we do with the drunken sailor,
Early in the morning?

Put him in a leaky boat and make him bale it,
Put him in a leaky boat and make him bale it,
Put him in a leaky boat and make him bale it,
Early in the morning!

Hey! Hey! Hey!

Hooray and up she rises,
Hooray and up she rises,
Hooray and up she rises,
Early in the morning!

Hooray and up she rises,
Hooray and up she rises,
Hooray and up she rises,
Early in the morning!

Aahh...!

What shall we do with the drunken sailor,
What shall we do with the drunken sailor,
What shall we do with the drunken sailor,
Early in the morning?

Shave his belly with a rusty razor,
Shave his belly with a rusty razor,
Shave his belly with a rusty razor,
Early in the morning!

Hooray and up she rises,
Hooray and up she rises,
Hooray and up she rises,
Early in the morning!

Hooray and up she rises,
Hooray and up she rises,
Hooray and up she rises,
Early in the morning!

Aahh, aahh,...
Aahh, aahh,...

What shall we do with the drunken sailor,
What shall we do with the drunken sailor,
What shall we do with the drunken sailor,
Early in the morning?

Put out the plug and wet him all over,
Put out the plug and wet him all over,
Put out the plug and wet him all over,
Early in the morning!

Hooray and up she rises,
Hooray and up she rises,
Hooray and up she rises,
Early in the morning!

Hooray and up she rises,
Hooray and up she rises,
Hooray and up she rises,
Early in the morning!

[repeat chorus]

[central_va]

I submit the following for approval. Based on experience, a drunken Marine will match the spending of a drunken Sailor dollar(or funny foreign money, which always seemed fake to me, kind of like Monopoly(TM) money, and was a contributor to budgetary excesses while on liberty) for dollar.

[AndyJackson]

touche