Fuck its silent in here.......

[Bort]

Dear Desipio, I've read the following passage 4 or 5 times and can't decipher it. Can you help me?

If it was a failure of leadership in 2006 to Obama, then he is a failed leader. Thats in his own words and no body else.

It sounds like something originally written in another language translated through software about 4 times.

Here's a translation, in the language of Fascism. 

Wenn es war ein Scheitern der Führung in 2006 zu Obama, dann ist er einer gescheiterten leader. Das ist in seinen eigenen Worten und keinen Körper mehr.

Make sense?

Sir, Italian is the language of fascism. That is the language of national socialism.

[Slaky]

Jerbs?

[Eli]

Jerbs?

Is MikeC copyediting for Slate now?

... the Republican response is to pas repeal bills as ask businesses what deregulations they need to start creating jobs.

[Slaky]

Jerbs?

Is MikeC copyediting for Slate now?

... the Republican response is to pas repeal bills as ask businesses what deregulations they need to start creating jobs.

It's French dude. You wouldn't understand.

[CT III]

Jerbs?

Is MikeC copyediting for Slate now?

... the Republican response is to pas repeal bills as ask businesses what deregulations they need to start creating jobs.

He took the job from Seth Stevenson?

[Tonker]

I love the Democrat strategy 5 hours into House Republicans term. Attack them for being to focused on health care and not jobs. The same strategy Republicans used 2 years ago. Nice flip flop.

Kinda like Obamas flip flop on this issue.....

Upon casting a vote against raising the debt ceiling in 2006, Mr. Obama said, in part: "America has a debt problem and a failure of leadership. Americans deserve better. I therefore intend to oppose the effort to increase America's debt limit."

I see when Bush was in power, it was a failure of leadership, when your in power its no big deal. In fact that happens with a shit load of Bush policies that Obama railed against but adopted as his own when he became President.

PAs a reporter pointed out, the Senate in 2006 only passed the debt ceiling measure 52 to 48, a relatively close outcome. "Well, we've had closer," Gibbs quipped.
Insisting that "the full faith and credit of our government and our economy was not in doubt" in 2006, Gibbs said Mr. Obama had used to vote "to make a point about needing to get serious about fiscal discipline" and was "sending a message."

Boy Obama sure did get serious about fiscal discipline didn't he? And people wonder why the Democrats got slaughtered last Nov.

What the fuck is wrong with you?  I neither know nor care about the truth of these issues, but nonetheless you drive me up the fucking wall.  You do know that politics and sports are different, right?  You can pick a sports team and root for them through thick and thin, but if you do that with politicians your going to make you're self look ridiculous.  Obama and the Democrats do some stupid things  - some deliberately, some because they have to; and they do some good things - some deliberately, and some because they have to.  Guess what?  George W. Bush and the Republicans did some stupid things (and surely even you can see where this is going now, Mike), and they, too, did some good things.  EVERY FUCKING POLITICIAN THAT HAS EVER LIVED HAS DONE MANY, MANY GOOD THINGS AND MANY, MANY BAD THINGS - which is which depends purely on your point of view ON AN ISSUE BY ISSUE BASIS, REGARDLESS OF WHICH TEAM YOU ROOT FOR.

You're not the only person in here that does this, but you're far and away the worst.  For fuck's sake, man.  Grow up.

It just goes back to what i have always said about Obama since day one. The man will say anything, promise you anything, play politics with issues to get your support and then not follow through. He wasn't some new politician he was the same old piece of shit politician like everyone else.

It's really fun to point out his hypocritical stances, because he as we all know he was supposed to be about "change" and not being like every other politician. For the people who actually looked at his background we already knew he was a bullshit artist, but his supporters lapped up all of his gimmicks.

If it was a failure of leadership in 2006 to Obama, then he is a failed leader. Thats in his own words and no body else.

I am under no illusion the Republicans can be held to their promises, but they need to damn well try. And its a hell of alot better than the Dem option of spending the shit our of every dollar they can find in the White House seat cushions. If they just want to follow old dem policies then its going to be doom on both parties come 2012.

You realize that the notion that republicans are big savers and democrats are big spenders hasn't been accurate in a long time right? 

You realize that MikeC no more cares about facts or logic than I do whether PenFoe lives or dies?

MikeC is just another uncircumcised belgian twat.

Hey!

[J. Walter Weatherman]

Jerbs?

Is MikeC copyediting for Slate now?

... the Republican response is to pas repeal bills as ask businesses what deregulations they need to start creating jobs.

He took the job from Seth Stevenson?

[*shakes fist at the heavens*]

[CBStew]

"MikeC is just another uncircumcised belgian twat."

I don't blame Tonk for objecting.  "Belgian" should have been capitalized.

[Slaky]

"MikeC is just another uncircumcised belgian twat."

I don't blame Tonk for objecting.  "Belgian" should have been capitalized.

I don't know if that's a shoutbox creation or what but it's the best thing I've read today.

[powen01]

"MikeC is just another uncircumcised belgian twat."

I don't blame Tonk for objecting.  "Belgian" should have been capitalized.

I don't know if that's a shoutbox creation or what but it's the best thing I've read today.

Stew is on a roll today.  Did you skip a dose?

[MikeC]

I love the Democrat strategy 5 hours into House Republicans term. Attack them for being to focused on health care and not jobs. The same strategy Republicans used 2 years ago. Nice flip flop.

Kinda like Obamas flip flop on this issue.....

Upon casting a vote against raising the debt ceiling in 2006, Mr. Obama said, in part: "America has a debt problem and a failure of leadership. Americans deserve better. I therefore intend to oppose the effort to increase America's debt limit."

I see when Bush was in power, it was a failure of leadership, when your in power its no big deal. In fact that happens with a shit load of Bush policies that Obama railed against but adopted as his own when he became President.

PAs a reporter pointed out, the Senate in 2006 only passed the debt ceiling measure 52 to 48, a relatively close outcome. "Well, we've had closer," Gibbs quipped.
Insisting that "the full faith and credit of our government and our economy was not in doubt" in 2006, Gibbs said Mr. Obama had used to vote "to make a point about needing to get serious about fiscal discipline" and was "sending a message."

Boy Obama sure did get serious about fiscal discipline didn't he? And people wonder why the Democrats got slaughtered last Nov.

What the fuck is wrong with you?  I neither know nor care about the truth of these issues, but nonetheless you drive me up the fucking wall.  You do know that politics and sports are different, right?  You can pick a sports team and root for them through thick and thin, but if you do that with politicians your going to make you're self look ridiculous.  Obama and the Democrats do some stupid things  - some deliberately, some because they have to; and they do some good things - some deliberately, and some because they have to.  Guess what?  George W. Bush and the Republicans did some stupid things (and surely even you can see where this is going now, Mike), and they, too, did some good things.  EVERY FUCKING POLITICIAN THAT HAS EVER LIVED HAS DONE MANY, MANY GOOD THINGS AND MANY, MANY BAD THINGS - which is which depends purely on your point of view ON AN ISSUE BY ISSUE BASIS, REGARDLESS OF WHICH TEAM YOU ROOT FOR.

You're not the only person in here that does this, but you're far and away the worst.  For fuck's sake, man.  Grow up.

It just goes back to what i have always said about Obama since day one. The man will say anything, promise you anything, play politics with issues to get your support and then not follow through. He wasn't some new politician he was the same old piece of shit politician like everyone else.

It's really fun to point out his hypocritical stances, because he as we all know he was supposed to be about "change" and not being like every other politician. For the people who actually looked at his background we already knew he was a bullshit artist, but his supporters lapped up all of his gimmicks.

If it was a failure of leadership in 2006 to Obama, then he is a failed leader. Thats in his own words and no body else.

I am under no illusion the Republicans can be held to their promises, but they need to damn well try. And its a hell of alot better than the Dem option of spending the shit our of every dollar they can find in the White House seat cushions. If they just want to follow old dem policies then its going to be doom on both parties come 2012.

You realize that the notion that republicans are big savers and democrats are big spenders hasn't been accurate in a long time right? 

Hmmmm i don't know....do you realize the shit ton of money the Democrats have spent in the last 2 years? I mean its not like they just spent a little more than Bush years. They spent more money than god in the last 2 years.

It isn't accurate? I mean if the Democrats aren't the big spenders then we wouldn't have gotten we got over the last 2 years. They were the sole people in charge right?

[MikeC]

Also some nice examples of White House corruption.....

• Ex Google lobbyist Andrew McLaughlin working as the No. 2 tech policy guy in the White House discussing net neutrality with Google lobbyists (registered and unregistered) while Google stood to profit from the administration's Net Neutrality rules.

• Former Goldman Sachs lobbyist Mark Patterson taking a job as Treasury Department chief of staff within 9 months of his work for Goldman.

• Former H&R Block CEO Mark Ernst being hired by Obama's IRS and then writing new regulations on tax prep -- regulations that H&R Block has endorsed, and that will help H&R Block.

• Obama officials meeting off campus for official business for the sake of avoiding the Presidential Records Act.

• And this nugget from the same NYTimes piece: "Two lobbyists also cited instances in which the White House had suggested that a job candidate be "deregistered" as a lobbyist in Senate records to avoid violating the administration's hiring restrictions."

• The firing of AmeriCorps Inspector General Gerald Walpin. As my colleague Byron York has explained: "The method of Walpin's firing could be a violation of the 2008 Inspectors General Reform Act, which requires the president to give Congress 30 days' notice, plus an explanation of cause, before firing an inspector general."

• Giving a car company (Chrysler) to a political entity that spent millions to get you elected. This deal involved alleged threats by a since-indicted car czar to knee-cap investors who didn't want to agree to the White House's deal.

Read more: http://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/lachlan-markay/2011/01/07/newsweeks-jonathan-alter-demands-evidence-wh-corruption-gets-it#ixzz1ARZX8BTl

What ever happened to Obama not hiring lobbyists? Another lie.

And that short list leaves off the DOJ corruption regarding New Black Panther Party. A few others can be added as well.

[J. Walter Weatherman]

And that short list leaves off the DOJ corruption regarding New Black Panther Party.

Oh, sweet Jesus.

[R-V]

Instead of reading MikeC's post, read this:

http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2011/01/village-like-real-americans-but-worth.html

The "relatively modest" comment from Obama just infuriates me, and this post ties together a couple things that piss me off.

- The revolving door that sends Beltway assholes to cushy media jobs and lobbying jobs and back again. They never leave this bubble and have no idea what's going on with the proles. Which is why they think 172k is "relatively modest."
- The idea that 10% unemployment is "structural" or that the problem could be solved if the proles would stop being so lazy or picky. Just watch that video. Do you think that guy is lazy?

[Gilgamesh]

Second amendment remedies, I guess: http://www.cnn.com/2011/CRIME/01/08/arizona.shooting/index.html?hpt=T1&iref=BN1

Way to go, Arizona!