Archive for July, 2011
“We Haven’t Seen Spending Like This Since the End of WWII.”
Andrea Mitchell of NBC news interviewed House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan Friday on the subject of raising the Debt Ceiling, where he made the following comment: “We haven’t seen spending like this since the end of WWII.” Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy That comment gnawed at me […]
July 25, 2011
Posted in: Economy, Money, Politics, Taxes, War
Are Disaster-Capitalists Advising Republicans to Say Debt Ceiling “No Big Deal”?
Special Edition On Tuesday, the news reported that gold had hit a record high, breaking $1,600 an ounce for the first time in history. This got me thinking: “There are people out there that stand to make a lot of money if this country fails to raise the Debt Ceiling.” As people grow nervous over the […]
July 22, 2011
Posted in: Economy, Money, Politics, Right-Wing Insanity, Seems Obvious to Me, Taxes
Are they realy THAT stupid, or just evil?
I don’t like to talk about my personal life here, but my father, whom I love dearly despite his being a staunch Conservative Dittohead, said something yesterday that had me shaking my head with no acceptable response: “…President Obama wants to cut Medicare.” Of course, it’s the GOP that wants to cut Social Security & […]
July 18, 2011
Posted in: Economy, Infrastructure, Jobs, Money, Politics, Taxes
Attention Republicans: Cutting Services Raises Expenses. That’s a tax hike!
Speaker of the House John Boehner has been leading the GOP’s new battle cry (whine?) that “you don’t raise taxes in a Recession.” Republicans are playing a dangerous game of chicken with the Debt Ceiling, threatening to vote against raising it next month, in hopes that Democrats will “blink first” and capitulate with Republicans… again. […]
July 11, 2011
Posted in: Economy, Money, Politics, Right-Wing Insanity, Taxes
Those who do not remember history… will simply edit Wiki.
Last year, famed pollster “Maris” conducted a survey in the run-up to Fourth of July weekend, to see how many people knew from whom America declared its independence from. The results were most disturbing: ACTUALLY, the number is 74%, not 76% according to Maris – 7/1/2010. Yes, in a story regarding how stupid Americans […]
July 4, 2011
Posted in: General, Rants