Oh good Lord…as much as I’d like to avoid any and all correspondence with Jim ‘cuckoo-for-cocoa-puffs’ Messina, I remain subscribed to stay informed on what garbage they’re sending out, as much as it hurts my head. **Urgent: #HeadDesk Warning** The email begins with this: The President reached an agreement with Republicans and Democrats in Congress [...]
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Rest easy Mr. President. Nothing to see here. Just higher taxes on approximately 77% of households. By all means, please enjoy your vacation. HONOLULU (AP) — President Barack Obama is back in Hawaii for vacation after a tense, end-of-the-new-year standoff with Congress over the fiscal cliff. The president arrived early Wednesday morning, local time, after an [...]
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I couldn’t have summed it up any better than Nice Deb did this morning, especially the part regarding the ’11th Commandment’. If you’re looking for some venting on how badly the Republicans allowed themselves to be played on this ridiculous shit sandwich Congress just served America, go elsewhere. Yes, we have some entrenched establishment types [...]
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We just keep digging deeper and deeper. The people that said we should have went over the cliff were right. This ‘deal’ is a joke. (Washington Times)The “fiscal cliff” deal that was designed to save money actually includes $330.3 billion in new spending over the next decade, according to the official estimate the Congressional Budget [...]
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Apparently we’re close. As much as I want a deal to be reached, I repeat, I am so SICK of hearing about the fiscal cliff. I’m afraid, if a deal is reached, people are still going to be unhappy about it, and we’re still going to hear a great deal about it. I’ve refrained from [...]
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I continue to be so over this whole situation. The words ‘fiscal cliff’ evoke a physical reaction that isn’t fit for print. (YidWithLid) OH Fun. Treasury Secretary TurboTax Tim Geithner has informed Congress that next Tuesday when we begin our way down the fiscal cliff we will have to duck because we will also be hitting the [...]
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The good Professor continues to speak wisdom. It’s time for the ‘Christmas Strategy’. (Legal Insurrection) Plan B failed before it was swallowed because Obama believes that he can shift the blame to Republicans based on the arbitrary deadline for taxes to rise. There is no appeasing someone who believes he has a winning hand, there [...]
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Another excellent article by Ann Coulter, telling it like it is. (Human Events) Republicans have been forced into a Hobson’s choice of either letting the Bush tax cuts expire for everyone or agreeing to a tax hike on the top 2 percent of income earners (not to be confused with “the rich,” who have already made, [...]
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Stand and FIGHT! (Washington Post) When the 1st Marine Regiment was encircled by communist forces at the Battle of Chosin Reservoir, Marine Col. Lewis “Chesty” Puller was said to have declared: “We’re surrounded. Good! Now we can fire in any direction.” It’s time for congressional Republicans to adopt some of Puller’s courage — and strategy — [...]
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Who exactly is Boehner trying to please by fiscal cliff negotiations? Via The Weekly Standard: A new poll conducted by Politico/GWU/Battleground finds that 76 percent of Americans favor “Cutting government spending across the board.” Fifty-nine percent of Americans registered to vote strongly favor the “across the board” cuts and 17 percent “somewhat” favor the cuts. Only 13 [...]
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