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Fuckin' debt, how does it work?

Today, I introduced a unique bill that goes in a completely different direction than everything else we’ve been hearing out of Washington. It would force politicians to start practicing what they’ve been preaching by lowering the debt ceiling from $14.3 trillion back down to $13 trillion. Admittedly, this is not your run-of-the-mill kind of law, but it would make it imperative for Congress to think outside of the box and come up with ways to pay off a portion of our debt while drastically cutting back spending. Since 1996, the national debt has increased by an inexcusable $8.79 trillion. I firmly believe that this calls for emergency measures to reduce the debt.

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Mr Fabulous
07/07/11 13:12

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William F Buckley is weeping from the grave at the sad state of discourse to which his publication has sunk. That NRO would publish as serious commentary a proposal that the nation retroactively default on its debt tells you all you need to know about NRO. That a healthy proportion of NRO commenters considers this proposal a sound one tells you all you need to know about the intellectual state of today's conservatives.

looool a+

TRS
07/07/11 11:43

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Brilliant proposal. Next, you can propose a bill that makes you ten years younger.

I can't believe someone this clueless about economic policy is a congressman. God help us.

these comments are a treat

[Approved commenter] RJG
07/06/11 21:47

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Cute. Maybe next you can introduce a bill that mandates world peace and another that requires bad guys to stop being bad, and while you're busy getting gold stars and pats on the back for introducing bold, soundbite friendly, untenable, unrealistic, (and perhaps most importantly) completely un-passable fantasy legislation, the adults in the room can try to figure out was to deal with our problems that actually engage with the reality of the situation.

Sure I'd love to see the debt limit cut by a trillion and a half dollars and have the economy respond well because of it. I'd also like to eat all the ice cream I want without getting fat, but neither of those things are actually possible.

Still, the line ought to play well at campaign rallies and it has the benefit of being completely risk free, since no one in Congress (who actually knows better) will take it seriously enough to even take the time to point out why its so stupid.

oh my god paul broun is so dumb

[Approved commenter] RJG

So that's where he went.

I was going to say.

max i bet you would like this imaginary movie

http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/271357/better-thatcher-movie-mona-charen

i guess dancing urchins and paul weller aren't mona charen's thing.

oh man:

Pro-Bono
July 11, 2011 12:34 P.M.
By Jay Nordlinger
In Impromptus today, I have a couple of notes about Bono, the Irish rock star (or pop star, or whatever the appropriate term is). I call him a “stud” and an “hombre.” These comments have occasioned some mail.

What is the reason for my effusions? In the last couple of weeks, Bono has done some interesting things, in concert. In Miami, he spoke a tribute to Dr. Oscar Biscet, the democracy leader in Cuba, recently released from prison. “We are watching, we are watching,” Bono said.

He did not pronounce Biscet’s name correctly. It’s “Bih-SETT,” and Bono Frenchified it. But the sentiment and the act were stirring.

Most pop stars sing the praises of Biscet’s principal tormentor, Fidel Castro. Carole King once crooned to him, “You’ve Got a Friend.” That’s entirely typical. Very rare is the entertainer or celebrity who will criticize the Cuban dictatorship.

Well, praising Oscar Biscet in Miami is no big deal, no act of courage, you might say. Okay — but try this on for size. At a concert in Baltimore, Bono thanked the American people for providing vaccinations and AIDS medicines to Africa. He thanked former president George W. Bush by name. According to a reader of ours, the crowd in the stadium went silent. They had been cheering, but when Bono thanked Bush, they hushed.

these nro guys are really easily impressed

right-wingers just want to be loved

by studs

by Bono

But not by Larry

one if by Lar, two if by Edge

Wait, is Bono a stud or an hombre

Make up yr mind, Nordlinger

Most pop stars sing the praises of Biscet’s principal tormentor, Fidel Castro.

Not really, no.

But Carole King really did sing "You've Gota Friend" at a dinner with Castro, according to Wiki.

lol hippies

I'm sure she did but it's not like they're all at it.

http://www.ratherbiased.com/photos/castro--bat.jpg

SERIOUS THREAD**** Nominations for best thing Bush did in office

http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/271624/tahrir-square-comes-fleet-street-mark-steyn

Steyn is angling for a Fox News gig, I see

Maybe he just wants a date with Rebekah Brooks.

I can see him being that desperate to get laid.

By contrast, the New York Times happily colluded in the destruction of the Duke lacrosse players’ lives . . .

You know, something tells me those boys are doing just fine.

Marc Thiessen: How will al Qaeda mark the 10th anniversary of 9/11?

maracas!

loooooool

Without question the ugliest conservative. He looks like a pound of lard into which eyes and a mouth were carved:

http://www.foxnews.com/images/595763/0_61_320_012210_han_thiessen_0.jpg

it's like someone had to cast a movie where a southern governor in the 30s has a halfwit rapist son

he kind of looks like one of my former post-college roommates

"Tell me about the donkeys again, W."

http://www.yaf.org/uploadedImages/Speakers/Marc%20Thiessen.jpg?n=3858

http://comedycentral.mtvnimages.com/images/shows/tds/videos/season_15/15034/ds_15034_extended02_v6.jpg?width=400&height=323&crop=true

Bet he smells like ham covered in lipstick.

oh god

Kathryn Jean Lopez chats with Paul Hollander about his new book, Extravagant Expectations.

I bet she does.

Classic Derbyshire: Obama is Peron.

http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/272081/modern-poverty-includes-ac-and-xbox-ken-mcintyre

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modern poverty includes adobe slats

I posted a response to this one:

I think it is a complete outrage that when I go to the store for groceries I have to shop with coupons and by store brand food and only what is sale, but yet when the lady in front of me has pounds of shrimp, delmonico steaks, and lobster tail and pays with her food stamp card. Then the same lady takes out a wad of cash to get her smokes and alcohol, then goes gets her nails done and hair done. How can I tell my daughters that you have to work to get everything when they see this everyday. If you have money to buy luxuries such as smokes, alcohol, get your hair done, xboxes, video games, extra TV's, and etc maybe you don't need that welfare check. I grew up very low middle class had one TV and no video games but my parents worked for the food on the table it might not have been much but it was enough. The goverment needs to set up an agency that monitors these leeches of society to make sure funds are giveng to the right people.

and so on

stuff like that still makes me so sad

what's he doing following her to the beauty parlor?

You know, I worked with Medicaid patients for some time, and I've spent the last two years going to free clinics, food banks, and the like for my own family, and I've never seen a poor person with a designer handbag, fancy jewelry, or a fancy sports car. What gives?

the right always describes this supermarket scenario where some vile parasite is vacuuming up shrimp and yellow tail with her free-ride stamps but i have never seen it happen! maybe i am not paying enough attention while in supermarket lines but i need all my faculties to keep me from buying reese's cups.

love this one though:

If paying taxes was voluntary, then I wouldn't have an issue.

I once shut my mother up after she complained about seeing a woman use food stamps to buy groceries yet used a $50 bill to buy a pack of smokes. "It's likely her son or relative gave her that money, as in 'Here, Ma - fifty bucks for the week,'" I said.

The creator of this "meme," by the way, was Reagan, who cited the Welfare Queen in a number of speeches: using food stamps to buy vodka.