Yes...the WSJ...the print version of Fox News. It's a shame. WSJ used to be a respectable news paper until Rupert Murdoch turned into a tabloid.
Eric On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 9:06 AM, Sam <sammyc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > So you believed the presidential sound bite? > > Even the Dems in congress don't agree with you: > > > > http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111903999904576468771171844358.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_LEADTop > > The Obama Presidency has been unprecedented in many ways, and last > night we saw another startling illustration: A President using a > national TV address from the White House to call out his political > opposition as unreasonable and radical and blame them as the sole > reason for the "stalemate" over spending and the national debt. > > We've watched dozens of these speeches over the years, and this was > more like a DNC fund-raiser than an Oval Office address. Though > President Obama referred to the need to compromise, his idea of > compromise was to call on the public to overwhelm Republicans with > demands to raise taxes. He demeaned the GOP for protecting, in his > poll-tested language, "millionaires and billionaires," for favoring > "corporate jet owners and oil companies" over seniors on Medicare, and > "hedge fund managers" over "their secretaries." While he invoked > Ronald Reagan, the Gipper would never have used such rhetoric about > his opposition on an issue of national moment. > > One irony is that Mr. Obama's demands for tax increases have already > been abandoned by Members of his own party in the Senate. Majority > Leader Harry Reid knows that Democrats running for re-election next > year don't want to vote to raise taxes, so he's fashioning a bill to > raise the debt ceiling that includes only reductions in spending. But > Mr. Obama never mentioned that rather large fact about Mr. Reid's > effort. > > Apart from shifting blame for any debt default, the speech was also an > attempt to inoculate Mr. Obama in case the U.S. loses its AAA credit > rating. He cleverly, if dishonestly, elided the credit-rating issue > with the debt-ceiling debate. But he knows that Standard & Poor's has > said that it may cut the U.S. rating even if Congress moves on the > debt ceiling. Mr. Obama wants to avoid any accountability for the > spending blowout of the last three years that has raised the national > debt held by the publicthe kind we have to pay backfrom 40% in 2008 > to 72% next year, and rising. This will be the real cause of any > downgrade. > > Speaker John Boehner made clear in his speech that the GOP doesn't > want a default but wants more genuine cuts in spending. Mr. Obama is > betting his rhetoric will cause the public to turn against the GOP, > but we wonder if voters will be persuaded by a man whose concept of > leadership is the politics of blame. > > > . > > On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 7:58 AM, Scott Stroz <boyz...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > What the Tea Baggers are doing is essentially trying to rewrite the > > fire evacuation plan while the building is on fire, and refusing to > > call the fire department until everyone agrees to their terms. The new > > 'compromise' in Washington, where you threaten the other side until > > they agree to your terms, is going to destroy this country. The debt > > ceiling has been raised numerous times in the past without issue and > > without strings attached, why start now? > > > > I am not debating the fact that we need to address our spending, but I > > think that needs to be a separate discussion from raising the debt > > ceiling. One thing that all of the fucktards in Congress need to > > understand is that this problem can only be solved by raising taxes > > AND cutting spending. One if those simply will not help. > > > > On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 12:17 AM, Jerry Barnes <critic...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> > >> "These fucktards think they know better than every other expert I have > >> heard, yet, they continue to play chicken with the global economy. > >> Assholes." > >> > >> Wow. The media gurus on the left must love you. You bought their lines > >> hook, line, and sinker. > >> > >> You can't play chicken without an opponent. So, while you may not like > the > >> tea party movement (along with many Democrats and Republicans), they are > not > >> the only players in the fight. > >> > >> While you may not like the plans coming from the right, some endorsed by > the > >> tea party movement, at least they are trying. It seems the Democrats, > in > >> particular President Obama, are the party of "no". Say "no" to anything > >> from the other party and not offer anything worth offering. Hell, there > >> hasn't even been a budget in over 800 days. > >> > >> According to some reports, there was even an agreement between the house > and > >> the senate on a plan and President Obama said "No deal." ( > >> > http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/post/white-house-stokes-debt-ceiling-crisis/2011/03/29/gIQAvx8DYI_blog.html > >> ) > >> > >> Before any of this, President Obama adamantly stated that he would not > >> support a short term deal. > >> > >> To paraphrase: > >> > >> I think when you spread the blame around, it's good for everybody. > >> > >> J > >> > >> - > >> > >> Ninety percent of politicians give the other ten percent a bad > reputation. - > >> Henry Kissinger > >> > >> Politicians are people who, when they see light at the end of the > tunnel, go > >> out and buy some more tunnel. - John Quinton > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:340973 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
