I_C_Weener: Obama has never wrestled a giant cat, nor to my knowledge, has he ever had his opponents poisoned. Advantage...Putin.

Why do you think Boehner is that unnatural shade of orange?

Philip Francis Queeg: I_C_Weener: Obama has never wrestled a giant cat, nor to my knowledge, has he ever had his opponents poisoned. Advantage...Putin.

Why do you think Boehner is that unnatural shade of orange?

Getting your opponents to poison themselves? That's the mark of a true professional.

I_C_Weener: Obama has never wrestled a giant cat, nor to my knowledge, has he ever had his opponents poisoned. Advantage...Putin.

He wrestled lions in Kenya, which is a cat. Not sure about the poisoning, does a 24 flu due to food poisoning count?

They'll blame Obama for not submitting his proposed cuts for them to evaluate, and refuse to take action until Obama submits a budget proposal. They will then eliminate NPR, NSF, and the FDA

Just according to Keikaku.

Someone has to substitute Obama picture onto that Keikaku's pic.

As a result of the debt ceiling crisis, Obama got: an increase in the debt ceiling.
Congress got: a deadlocked super-committee, the failure of which forces future spending cuts that Congress doesn't want and will prevent from happening.

No wonder the Tea Party felt betrayed; they didn't get shiat. I wonder which part of this is the 98% Boehner said he got.

thismomentinblackhistory: Vladmir Putin picks me up in a black Escalade and we speed through Moscow as he regales me with tales of the Cold War. He has recently gone through a break-up and is feeling vulnerable.

We arrive at a palatial mansion on the Baltic Sea. He cooks me dinner...shirtless. He sets out huge plates for the food, but when he is done cooking, all he has are these tiny purple scallops that he has painstakingly plated.

As we eat, the conversation gets kind of awkward. I notice a wedding party on the shore taking pictures and he explains that he allows weddings on his property to offset the cost of the mansion.

Go on...

qorkfiend: As a result of the debt ceiling crisis, Obama got: an increase in the debt ceiling.
Congress got: a deadlocked super-committee, the failure of which forces future spending cuts that Congress doesn't want and will prevent from happening.

No wonder the Tea Party felt betrayed; they didn't get shiat. I wonder which part of this is the 98% Boehner said he got.

They got the opportunity to say they voted against the debt ceiling, and they got to blame the credit downgrade on Obama.

RexTalionis: No, the 1.2 trillion in across-the-board spending cuts is already enacted, due to the failure of the Congressional Super-committee. What he's asking for is targeted cuts rather than the across-the-board ones forced by the failure of the super-committee to compromise (because everybody is afraid of defense cuts, apparently).

Yup.

But I don't think it's because he's afraid of defense cuts. I think it's because he knows Congress will fail. He's trying to place the debt blame onto Congress and specifically the House Republicans. It's just politics in an election year, nothing else.

qorkfiend: Philip Francis Queeg: I_C_Weener: Obama has never wrestled a giant cat, nor to my knowledge, has he ever had his opponents poisoned. Advantage...Putin.

Why do you think Boehner is that unnatural shade of orange?

Getting your opponents to poison themselves? That's the mark of a true professional.

Meh, with Republicans it's not so hard. They've been tripping over themselves to poison their reputation with the Public for years now. All Obama has to do is sit back and let them destroy themselves.

/or is he crouching, waiting to pounce?
/is he waiting, or crouching, waiting to pounce?

It's like Obama is trying to hand the GOP Romney the election.

Listen: Y = C + I + G +/- Nx. If you reduce government spending right now, you're going to depress aggregate demand.

Unemployment will rise.

This isn't politics. It's economics.

There is no magic confidence fairy that's going fly in, sprinkle some magic growth dust, and save the day.

PhiloeBedoe: Wait a minute, I thought Obama was a punk-ass b*tch who cried so hard he pooped his pants? I am confused, sir.

Yup. For a guy that was too inexperienced to deal with the rough and tumble of Washington politics, he seems to do an a great job of making his opposition look foolish.

It seems that every page on Yahoo news feature the same three photos in the right sidebar. I am especially intrigued by the woman in the center photo, as it appears the photo is cleverly cropped to make it appear she is wearing nothing but a blue denim jacket and a smile.

/not clicking on the link lest the illusion be broken

No, he's actually calling Republicans on all their "We're fiscally conservative" bullshiat.

Cromulent User Name: thismomentinblackhistory: Vladmir Putin picks me up in a black Escalade and we speed through Moscow as he regales me with tales of the Cold War. He has recently gone through a break-up and is feeling vulnerable.

We arrive at a palatial mansion on the Baltic Sea. He cooks me dinner...shirtless. He sets out huge plates for the food, but when he is done cooking, all he has are these tiny purple scallops that he has painstakingly plated.

As we eat, the conversation gets kind of awkward. I notice a wedding party on the shore taking pictures and he explains that he allows weddings on his property to offset the cost of the mansion.

Go on...

The surprise is at the end when you find out the author is Obama.

/Snape killed Obi-wan Kenobi

StoneColdAtheist: It seems that every page on Yahoo news feature the same three photos in the right sidebar. I am especially intrigued by the woman in the center photo, as it appears the photo is cleverly cropped to make it appear she is wearing nothing but a blue denim jacket and a smile.

/not clicking on the link lest the illusion be broken

Nah, if you look closer at the very bottom, you can see a sliver of teal going horizontal, it's a tank top.

/sorry :-(

CitizensUnited: It's like Obama is trying to hand the GOP Romney the election.

Listen: Y = C + I + G +/- Nx. If you reduce government spending right now, you're going to depress aggregate demand.

Unemployment will rise.

This isn't politics. It's economics.

There is no magic confidence fairy that's going fly in, sprinkle some magic growth dust, and save the day.

Don't you dare bring the IS/LM curve into this thread. Don't. You. Dare.

MFAWG: PhiloeBedoe: Wait a minute, I thought Obama was a punk-ass b*tch who cried so hard he pooped his pants? I am confused, sir.

Yup. For a guy that was too inexperienced to deal with the rough and tumble of Washington politics, he seems to do an a great job of making his opposition look foolish.

Empty suit! Affirmative action! TELEPROMPTER!

/That hurt to type.

Bwahhahahahahahahahahahah!

President Obama just took the Republitards own stick away from them and is now pummeling them into submission.The goal being to get these yahoo's to admit that tax increases must happen before the country falls apart.

kregh99: No, he's actually calling Republicans on all their "We're fiscally conservative" bullshiat.

I think the time to call them on that would have been when the GOP was pushing for something like $2T in reductions, while the Democrats were pushing $4+T in reductions.

Yeah, new ways for "us" (meaning those Americans who make far more than I do, or have specific tax-worthy ventures like boats, jets, non-retirement capital investments) to send money to the government, but when the problem is that the government spends far more than it makes (and much of that on programs we want), asking those with means to pony up a bit more (while we also cut back a significant bunch of that spending) hardly seems unfair.

Unless you're fine with how things work now, in which case, why reduce anything?

lennavan: StoneColdAtheist: It seems that every page on Yahoo news feature the same three photos in the right sidebar. I am especially intrigued by the woman in the center photo, as it appears the photo is cleverly cropped to make it appear she is wearing nothing but a blue denim jacket and a smile.

/not clicking on the link lest the illusion be broken

Nah, if you look closer at the very bottom, you can see a sliver of teal going horizontal, it's a tank top.

/sorry :-(

I prefer to focus on her nascent cleavage and the illusions of an old man. ;)

God I hope Obama and the congress does nothing. Absolutely nothing. Just let the cuts occur.

PhiloeBedoe: Wait a minute, I thought Obama was a punk-ass b*tch who cried so hard he pooped his pants? I am confused, sir.

Have you been not paying attention?

Obama is a weak-kneed, incompetent, over-his-head, wannabe-socialist-dictator who is using his amazing powers of evil to outsmart everyone with a supernaturally dogged determination that will lead to him taking over everything in government before anyone even know's what he's doing. He's a genius!

/fairly accurate conversation with someone who has ODS

Repeal Obama care. Done in one step and will save more than 1.2 trillion.

Obama brand of humor: Complain about deficits under Bush, then wrack up more debt than Bush in less than half the time, appoint a debt comity, ignore a debt comity, ask the Republcans to cut spending, have Harry Reid scream and cry and call even tiny cuts "draconian".

The Republicans will come up with plans, the Democrats will reject them, and scream endlessly about "obstructionism"

BigBooper: Cromulent User Name: thismomentinblackhistory: Vladmir Putin picks me up in a black Escalade and we speed through Moscow as he regales me with tales of the Cold War. He has recently gone through a break-up and is feeling vulnerable.

We arrive at a palatial mansion on the Baltic Sea. He cooks me dinner...shirtless. He sets out huge plates for the food, but when he is done cooking, all he has are these tiny purple scallops that he has painstakingly plated.

As we eat, the conversation gets kind of awkward. I notice a wedding party on the shore taking pictures and he explains that he allows weddings on his property to offset the cost of the mansion.

Go on...

The surprise is at the end when you find out the author is Obama.

/Snape killed Obi-wan Kenobi

Ooh, Obama-Putin slashfic.

randomjsa: Repeal Obama care. Done in one step and will save more than 1.2 trillion.

Obama brand of humor: Complain about deficits under Bush, then wrack up more debt than Bush in less than half the time, appoint a debt comity, ignore a debt comity, ask the Republcans to cut spending, have Harry Reid scream and cry and call even tiny cuts "draconian".

The Republicans will come up with plans, the Democrats will reject them, and scream endlessly about "obstructionism"

I love you so much

Barack Obama hates black people. And midgets. Or not.

CitizensUnited: It's like Obama is trying to hand the GOP Romney the election.

Listen: Y = C + I + G +/- Nx. If you reduce government spending right now, you're going to depress aggregate demand.

Unemployment will rise.

This isn't politics. It's economics.

There is no magic confidence fairy that's going fly in, sprinkle some magic growth dust, and save the day.

I can almost understand the appeal of trolling, in a juvenile sort of way, but I never understood the appeal of trolling under a user name that screams "LOL I TROLL U".

Jodeo: Barack Obama hates black people. And midgets. Or not.

Obama hates black midgets? Why? small hands?

So, Congress is all like "Seoi Nagi" but then Obama is like all "Tai Otoshi" and then Congress goes all "Koshi Guruma" and then Obama is all "Tomoe Nage". Ippon!

That's easy enough to counter.

House Republicans: "Oh OK, here is the $4 trillion in budget cuts we passed in April of last year that is sitting on Harry Reid's desk. You can sign that if you want."

Obama: (Recoils hissing, like a vampire presented with a crucifix)

RolandGunner: That's easy enough to counter.

House Republicans: "Oh OK, here is the $4 trillion in budget cuts we passed in April of last year that is sitting on Harry Reid's desk. You can sign that if you want."

Obama: (Recoils hissing, like a vampire presented with a crucifix)

Anyone with any sense of reality would not approve 4 trillion in cuts.

LasersHurt: Anyone with any sense of reality would not approve 4 trillion in cuts.


What reality may look like if we don't

RexTalionis: No, the 1.2 trillion in across-the-board spending cuts is already enacted, due to the failure of the Congressional Super-committee. What he's asking for is targeted cuts rather than the across-the-board ones forced by the failure of the super-committee to compromise (because everybody is afraid of defense cuts, apparently).

Congress can not compel future congress. The for a are imaginary until implemented.

It would be nice if Obama put the focus on the senate. Kind of hard to balance out a budget plan without an actual budget. Or is the senate going for a record 4 years without a proposed budget?

// in before but but filibuster! Which can't be used on the budget proposal.

MyRandomName: RexTalionis: No, the 1.2 trillion in across-the-board spending cuts is already enacted, due to the failure of the Congressional Super-committee. What he's asking for is targeted cuts rather than the across-the-board ones forced by the failure of the super-committee to compromise (because everybody is afraid of defense cuts, apparently).

Congress can not compel future congress. The for a are imaginary until implemented.

It would be nice if Obama put the focus on the senate. Kind of hard to balance out a budget plan without an actual budget. Or is the senate going for a record 4 years without a proposed budget?

// in before but but filibuster! Which can't be used on the budget proposal.

Revenue bills must originate in the House.

HeadLever: LasersHurt: Anyone with any sense of reality would not approve 4 trillion in cuts.


What reality may look like if we don't

[endoftheamericandream.com image 640x466]

Do you know that it makes you look like an idiot to assume the only way to avoid that potential chart is 4 trillion in cuts? Because it does.

Lando Lincoln: randomjsa: Repeal Obama care. Done in one step and will save more than 1.2 trillion.

Please pull your head out of your ass soon.

You do realize that the cost for the ACA bill is one trillion, no? The bill also includes offsets in increased taxes on various medical industries and proposed generic cuts elsewhere to cancel the increased cost burden. Cost does not equal budget deficit impact.

LasersHurt: RolandGunner: That's easy enough to counter.

House Republicans: "Oh OK, here is the $4 trillion in budget cuts we passed in April of last year that is sitting on Harry Reid's desk. You can sign that if you want."

Obama: (Recoils hissing, like a vampire presented with a crucifix)

Anyone with any sense of reality would not approve 4 trillion in cuts.

That would take is down to federal spending levels around the year 2009, the horror!