My. How unforgiving! David Brooks is not going to like your tone one bit, sir. Not one bit! Pethokoukis: […] Moody’s economist Mark Zandi, a favorite of the White House and congressional Democrats. Zandi’s research says the original $800 billion Obama stimulus created or saved some 2-3 million jobs. And he likes Stimulus 2.0 just as much. He claims it would “add two percentage points to GDP growth next year,
September 2011
(BREAKING: MUST CREDIT PROTEIN WISDOM) PRESIDENTIAL JOBS SPEECH SHOCKER: Obama fact-checked, found to be full of shit
Pass the bill! Do it now! In what is turning into the kind of culturally surreal moment of which Andy Kaufman could only have dreamed, we have a sitting President running for re-election by excoriating his own record — while his campaign team works desperately to label the electorate, whose blind trust in a carfully-managed and glitteringly-presented polished turd led them to elect to the most important leadership position in
Obama's "jobs" speech, summarized
I propose we create more jobs. I propose we fix the economy. I propose the wealthy stop being fat-assed pigs and pay their fair share. I propose Congress stop fucking around and figure out a way to get that all done. I propose reforming the tax code to make it so that fat cats don’t get special treatment. To do that, I propose a bunch of new specialized additions to
Expected lies, mis-directions, and unintended truths from tonight’s speech [guest post by motionview]
Ace via Daily Caller has the punch lies from tonight’s speech. Comments in italics. based on bi-partisan ideas; LIE. Based on Establishment ideas, the Establishment is trans-party, not bi-partisan.
"The FBI Is Raiding Obama's Favorite Solar Company" [updated]
Not to worry, though. A 3-judge panel made up of Clinton and Obama appointees will likely throw out any inconvenient evidence gathered in the raid, anyhow. Still: The San Jose Mercury News is reporting that agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation have raided the offices of Solyndra, the now bankrupt solar energy company that the Obama administration helped secure $500 million in federally-backed loans. […] “Everything is under seal,”
The "because I have to run out to the doctor's office soon, I'll leave you with this short one act play that seeks to examine the travails of an existentialist life from the point of view of hardened realism and social pragmatism, using corn as a kind of extended metaphor" post
WAITING FOR DELICIOUS BUTTER SPREAD Espadrille Val ACT I A country road. A tree. Evening. Espadrille, sitting on a low mound, is staring at a shucked ear of corn. He pulls it close for inspection, turning it over and over. He gives up, exhausted, rests, tries again. As before. Enter Val. ESPADRILLE: (giving up again). Nothing to be done. VAL: (advancing with short, stiff strides, legs wide apart). I’m beginning
I get mail
Received this missive the morning after the GOP debate from one Crystal King, DSCC Political Director: Dear Jeff, Did you see the GOP debate last night? You didn’t need to. You already know the candidates were falling all over themselves to toe the Tea Party line: Tax cuts for the wealthy will create millions of jobs. Social Security is a Ponzi scheme. “ObamaCare” must be scrapped and insurance companies given
GOP Debate Open Thread
This should be interesting. Prediction of sample question: “Representative Bachmann. You have crazy eyes and are batshit nuts, with a closeted gay for a husband. Tell the voters watching at home, why shouldn’t they take you out to a field and beat you to death with cinder blocks and a stretch of rebar?”
Northeastern elites and the death of movement conservatism
Ann Coulter is pushing warmist Chris Christie on us and, in private, trading jokes with Bill Maher. Laura Ingraham, when she isn’t fluffing O’Reilly’s seat, is alternately pushing Romney, defending Boehner, and telling us that rap music, coupled with our failure to tuck our shirts in, is a poignant sign of the deterioration of American culture. And yet these are the voices of modern conservatism? Wonderful. I hate to say
"'A social pariah': How lonely Monica Lewinsky has failed to find happiness… and is STILL the butt of lewd Clinton jokes"
Jesus. Suck one President’s dick while his wife’s away and it’s like your labeled forever. In all seriousness, though, it’s a tawdry testament to what’s become of our culture and our politics that Lewinsky remains a joke while Clinton tromps around as a statesman and a hero to the same left who claims to champion the rights of women.