April 13, 2011
"CBO: Budget deal cuts this fiscal year’s deficit by just $353 million, not $38 billion touted"
Somebody owes the silly fringe extremists an apology. Take your time. I’m not going anywhere.
Sleepy time…
…for Doltin’ Joe. And who can blame him, really? You’ve heard one Marxist sales pitch you’ve heard ’em all. Meanwhile, Paul Ryan? Not amused at the way Obama attempted to frame the Ryan budget plan. Sayeth Ryan: By failing seriously to confront the most predictable economic crisis in our nation’s history, the President’s policies are committing us and our children to a diminished future. We are looking for bipartisan solutions,
"Wait. Who's the Extremist?"
Harsanyi: Rep. Ed Markey, member of the large political party that never resorts to boorish demonizing, recently explained at a progressive shindig that fiscal conservatives have a desire to “destroy the whole wide world.” (Yikes!) And when you believe morality springs from the wisdom of technocrats and Washington spurs prosperity and taxpayers have an ethical obligation to pay for the abortions and highbrow radio networks of their more enlightened neighbors,
Obama's "Winning the Future through raising taxes on everyone and everything, but calling it something else, because tax hikes aren't particularly popular" campaign speech open thread
Place OUTRAGE here. ↓
— and right on cue:
The GOP is set to raise the debt limit from levels just a year ago Eric Cantor was calling “beyond comprehension”: Last week, the Republican House leadership agreed to a deal with President Barack Obama and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D.-Nev.) to spend $3.7555 trillion in this fiscal year–even though at the close of business Friday, as the deal was being struck, the Treasury reported that it could borrow
"The Next Big Lie" [updated]
Bill Wilson, ALG: Barack Obama is threatening that if Congress does not increase the $14.294 trillion national debt ceiling, the nation will default. In a letter to Congress, Obama’s Treasury Secretary, Timothy Geithner wrote, “Failure to raise the limit would precipitate a default by the United States.” It is a rather curious formulation. Note that the Administration is not saying that if we continue to borrow trillions of dollars year
The "whimsy, performed" post (from the protein wisdom conceptual series)
Strolling through the farmer’s market the other day, I happened upon a stand featuring the most gorgeous Costoluto Genovese tomatoes. And though I’m usually much more of an Ethiopia Roi or Bolndkopfchen guy, I bought a half-dozen anyway. Honestly. I just couldn’t help myself!*
"Liberals to Obama: Don’t Touch Entitlements"
Gee, if only we could have seen this coming: The Strengthen Social Security Campaign released a letter Tuesday from 300 organizations urging him to take Social Security off the table in deficit reduction talks. The Progressive Change Campaign Committee, a liberal activist group, is circulating a petition among Obama donors and volunteers, asking them to withhold their support for the president’s re-election if he embraces cuts to Medicare and Medicaid.
