HULK SMASH
aha!
I wonder if Bill'O has evere loofahed Ingrahms falafels.
I just caught Atrios' Haloscan and Calc'd Risk's Halosexyscan in bed. Incest, natch.
NYT:
A Political Comeback: Supply-Side Economics
supply-side economics, as it was called has become a central tenet of Republican political and economic thinking. That’s despite the fact that the big supply-side tax cuts of the 1980s and the 2000s did not work out as advertised, as even most supporters acknowledge.
But advocates see broader economic benefits from lowering tax rates, which is one of the reasons the concept has reappeared as a point of contention in this year’s election campaign, in an amended form.
“What really happens is that the economy grows more vigorously when you lower tax rates,” said Kevin Hassett, an adviser to the presumptive Republican nominee, John McCain, and the director for economic policy studies at the conservative American Enterprise Institute. “It is beyond the reach of economic science to explain precisely why that happens, but it does.”
Even with a growing economy, however, the promised boon in tax revenue never materialized. Arthur B. Laffer, the renowned proponent of supply-side economics, still holds that tax revenues “rise dramatically” when tax rates are cut.
In the 1980s, though, during the initial era of supply-side tax cuts, per capita revenue from personal income taxes, adjusted for inflation, rose an average of just 0.7 percent annually throughout the Reagan presidency, according to the White House Office of Management and Budget.
That was far below what turned out to be an average annual increase of 6.5 percent in the eight years of the Clinton administration, when tax rates at the high end of the income ladder were raised.
Since 2001, the annual per capita revenue from income taxes fell 1 percent under President Bush even though tax collections picked up sharply starting in 2005. The budget surplus Mr. Bush inherited turned into a deficit.
Sorry for the blogwhore, but possibly the maddest pop obsession in memory is on display over at the homepage...
O’REILLY: — "Huffington Post, DailyKos, I mean, these are fascists. They’re dishonest people."
It's unconscionable that someone would quote O'Reilly's comments verbatim!
No, we're already Dirty Fucking Hippies.
Dammit, maybe we need to do another Talk Like O'Reilly Day if we want to feel the Levittown Loofah Love...
Besides, being a fascist sounds like hard work. Like ya gotta get up early in the morning.
Forget that.
Ingraham gets a woody when you mention fascists.
when Mr. Reagan and his supply-side advisers first pushed through a range of tax cuts, they applied their logic to the broad mass of taxpaying workers. They argued that the incentive from lower rates on additional increments of income would prompt people to work that extra day or get more education to qualify for a better job.
Similarly, a spouse might take a new job, encouraged to do so by the promise of more take-home pay. The family’s taxable income, and the nation’s, would grow, the theory suggested, producing more tax revenue even at the lower rate.
Now the supply-siders single out the wealthiest Americans and argue that because they have so many ways to shelter their money from taxes, the incentive to declare more taxable income is much greater when tax rates are lowered than it is for the less well-to-do.
“The supply-side argument these days really applies to upper-income people,” said Robert M. Solow, a Nobel laureate in economics who served in the Kennedy administration. “They are portrayed as the golden geese, and you don’t want to discourage them from laying their eggs.”
By contrast, Mr. Solow says, “the Democrats are convinced they’ll lay their eggs anyway, without tax cuts as an incentive.”
President Bush pushed through legislation in 2003 that cut the top rate to 35 percent, but only until 2011. Senator McCain wants to extend the 35 percent rate indefinitely and his camp increasingly cites as justification the supply-side effect on upper-income families.
Having once voted against the Bush cuts, Mr. McCain has reversed position and now has even enlisted Mr. Laffer as a special adviser. “McCain is on the right track,” Mr. Laffer said.
Perhaps those were stupidbugs over at Fox, not bedbugs. That would explain so many things.
We're all fascist commie pinkos.
Bill needs to learn the difference between fascists and commie bastards.
Perhaps those were stupidbugs over at Fox, not bedbugs. That would explain so many things.
I think they have brain damage from the chemicals in the air there.
i honestly don't believe billo deserves the amount of free publicity he gets. if the people who hate him, laugh at him, and correct him stop watching, his ratings will drop 78% (leaving the 22% deadenders)
Well, I did say some time ago that the worst job in the Obama campaign has to be the person who's the "handler" for all the Orange Satanists.
Fascism is the new black.
Besides, being a fascist sounds like hard work. Like ya gotta get up early in the morning.
I was about to suggest that we could be Dirty Fucking Fascist Hippies, but you caught me with that one. Never mind.
No beverage owed 'cause I used the word bastard, but I really meant bass turd.
4LG, I don't think it's the air, I worked in the main building for Wachovia and didn't get stupid. Unless they have their own ventilation system. Hmmmm.
if the people who hate him, laugh at him, and correct him stop watching, his ratings will drop 78% (leaving the 22% deadenders)
What are his ratings, anyway? A majority audience in a pool of 3 million or so? Why does anyone care what ANY of the cable gasbags say?
Like ya gotta get up early in the morning.
I get up early enough, but not enough to make me become a fascist.
We're too disorganized to be fascists. And we talk about sex too much.
We're Islamofascists.
So that "kid rescued from well" story was in INDIA???
Good Lord!
We're too disorganized to be fascists. And we talk about sex too much.
NTodd, Now W/More Gleet
eva and adolph kept a tight schedule
Happy Birthday GWPDA!!!
Shorter Billo
"anyone who sdisagrees with me and calls me out on my bullshity is ddishonest and a fscist , even though fascists more closeely resembele me"
O'Really wouldn't know Americanism if it kicked him in the ass. Which it is going to do soon.
I appreciate your wise, wizened wisdom for us young folks who just don't get it.
NTodd, Now W/More Gleet
When all else fails, go for the ageist insult.
Can someone please invent a new all-purpose "-ist" to cast upon one's political enemy ?
"Fascist" is becoming pretty shopworn
I'm a Saskatchofascist
I got an e-mail a little while ago from Markos.
I thought I had blocked him.
Ford just sold Jaguar and Land Rover to an automaker in India for a third of what it paid for them.
Ford Motor should just get out of the business. They just really suck anymore.
Laura Ingraham trashing liberals? That's a fucking badge of honor, as far as I'm concerned.
So that "kid rescued from well" story was in INDIA???
what's that lassi? punjab is stuck in the well?
Can someone please invent a new all-purpose "-ist" to cast upon one's political enemy ?
Oligarchist!
I appreciate your wise, wizened wisdom for us young folks who just don't get it.
NTodd, Now W/More Gleet
When all else fails, go for the ageist insult.
I Fasted in the Forest
When all else fails, dismiss what I say without trying to understand the point in the first place. It's not the first time RMJ's played the "there, there, youngster" card. So fuck off.
Kathleen Sebelius sez Edwards might "re-engage" in the race and possibly endorse before the PA primary.
I like to wear black, so yes.
I'm a fascist.
Jefferson was a fascist.
i honestly don't believe billo deserves the amount of free publicity he gets. if the people who hate him, laugh at him, and correct him stop watching, his ratings will drop 78% (leaving the 22% deadenders)
dirk gently,sociopathetic
agreed. he loooooves the attention he gets and would be driven mad without it.
Blew out the THinkProg server, methinks.
INGRAHAM: — Yeah, it’s unbelievable. It’s unbelievable
It's unbelievable that you're allowed on TV.
It's not the first time RMJ's played the "there, there, youngster" card. So fuck off.
NTodd, Now W/More Gleet
don't be a baby.
There really is no word the right won't obliterate the meaning of. It seems like that's their only game these days. All you can do is laugh.
If there's anyone who knows what a fascist is, it's Sturmbanhführer O'Reilly.
I like to wear black, so yes.
I'm a fascist.
Can I join???
OH! People were talking about Lauren Graham, I thought they were talking about Laura Ingraham. I was thinking, "What? How can anyone say nice things about her?"
We would never let NTodd join our club.
It's not the first time RMJ's played the "there, there, youngster" card. So fuck off.
NTodd, Now W/More Gleet
don't be a baby.
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!
I like to wear black, so yes.
I'm a fascist.
watertiger
i don't.
i'm a naturist.
It's not the first time RMJ's played the "there, there, youngster" card.
What's the problem, sonny? What's the problem, son?
Pastor from the Clinton's old church speaks:
The Reverend Jeremiah Wright is an outstanding church leader whom I have heard speak a number of times," Snyder wrote. "He has served for decades as a profound voice for justice and inclusion in our society. To evaluate his dynamic ministry on the basis of two or three sound bites does a grave injustice to Dr. Wright, the members of his congregation, and the African-American church which has been the spiritual refuge of a people that has suffered from discrimination, disadvantage, and violence. Dr. Wright, a member of an integrated denomination, has been an agent of racial reconciliation while proclaiming perceptions and truths uncomfortable for some white people to hear. Those of us who are white Americans would do well to listen carefully to Dr. Wright rather than to use a few of his quotes to polarize."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/
20...me_n_93418.html
don't be a baby.
[throws poopy diaper at dirk]
Nut turd is getting angry!
Can someone please invent a new all-purpose "-ist" to cast upon one's political enemy ?
philatalists. We are trying to stamp them out.
It would seem the work fascist has completely lost any meaning other than as a pejorative.
What's the problem, sonny? What's the problem, son?
DIDN'T YOU HEAR ME, GRAMPS?
You go to hell Bill O'Reilly! You go to hell and you die!
There, now we're all worse than Hitler because I quoted Cartman.
[throws poopy diaper at dirk]
That's getting back at him!
We're too disorganized to be fascists. And we talk about sex too much.
NTodd, Now W/More Gleet
But, but General Zod says that we're all group thinkers! Nobody ever disagrees here, man!
philatalists. We are trying to stamp them out.
Falstaff | 03.26.08 - 1:48 pm | #
the nudist agenda exposed!
maybe Bill O can do an episode on the history of Anti-Fascism in America, seeing as he's joined the cause?
would make a good show, if only to see all those objective ly anti-fascist Popular Front leaders from the 30's.
It would seem the work fascist has completely lost any meaning other than as a pejorative.
Ya think?!
It's not the first time RMJ's played the "there, there, youngster" card.
GET OFFA MY LAWN!
BTW, are the cable networks all a-twitter over this breaking news?
DIDN'T YOU HEAR ME, GRAMPS?
No. My eyeballs don't listen for my ears.
Let's face it, we always had better outfits than the other leading brand. We wouldn't permit you tie-dyed hordes to join our movement. And those Code Pink clown outfits - puhleaze!
That's getting back at him!
Barndog, not fishing
four kids and two grandkids. doesn't phase me a bit.
DIDN'T YOU HEAR ME, GRAMPS?
Yell into the earhorn, please!
One primer of what is wrong with the modern American Business ethic. Don't agree with everything in it, but the meat is too typical.
http://tinyurl.com/37q46h
Pastor from the Clinton's old church speaks:
Hill had barely gotten the words out of her mouth when her preacher issued that.
Oops.
But, but General Zod says that we're all group thinkers! Nobody ever disagrees here, man!
Richard Johnson is right!
I admit: if I was the Supreme Dictator of America, I would publicly execute Bill O'Reilly.
Nobody ever disagrees here, man!
Yup. Lockstep 24/7 round here. Gives people a sense of belonging to something bigger than themselves.
dirk - don't tell him your hearing aids are turned off.
"Last night on his Fox News program, Bill O’Reilly said that Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) “doesn’t have anything to do” with progressive blogs because he can’t “control the kind of filth” they produce. “Talk about anti-Americanism,” O’Reilly said referring to blogs, adding: “Media Matters, Huffington Post, DailyKos, I mean, these are fascists. They’re dishonest people.”
This is the guy, remember, who accused American GIs of committing atrocities against SS men during WW II.
"Fascist" is becoming pretty shopworn
xegar | 03.26.08 - 1:44 pm | #
"Stupidist"? "Braindeadist"? "O'Rileyist"?
four kids and two grandkids. doesn't phase me a bit.
Yeah, but I had Toby set the diaper on fire...
Citigroups agrees to settle Enron lawsuits. Exxon executives laugh at Citigroup's recognition of legal authority
I admit: if I was the Supreme Dictator of America, I would publicly execute Bill O'Reilly.
Stunt Woman
didn't you know that fascists oppose the death penalty?
breaking college kid asks invasive question to socks
socks: meow, none of yer bidness
http://
newsblogs.chicagotribune....iefing_room.jpg
Immigrant Brazillians returning home after discovering the American dream isn't for them. That's a lot of immigrants
I would publicly execute Bill O'Reilly.
Maybe force feed him tofu through an IV or something...
the nudist agenda exposed!
dirk gently,sociopathetic
Nudists like exposure!
back later
Yeah, but I had Toby set the diaper on fire...
NTodd, Now W/More Gleet
doggone it.
Happy Birthday GWPDA!!!
Does that mean she's now 109 years old?
Happy Birthday!
Can't we be fascists, too?
Only if we can make the trains run on time.
I admit: if I was the Supreme Dictator of America, I would publicly execute Bill O'Reilly.
Stunt Woman
I think O'Reilly belongs locked away in a padded room.
I admit: if I was the Supreme Dictator of America, I would publicly execute Bill O'Reilly.
Stunt Woman
didn't you know that fascists oppose the death penalty?
I'm not penalizing anybody. This is for entertainment purposes.
The sub-prime mess might be
four times worse than the banks have thus far been willing to admit.
Which is OK, since submitter overstated his income by four times on his
mortgage application
Pastor from the Clinton's old church speaks...
Two things I find interesting about that. First is, the Obama campaign, of course, can't use this statement since Obama is already on the record condemning, most vociferously, Wright's "remarks."
Secondly, apparently, according to a mainstream religious domination I'm sure most people would NOT identify as "black and angry" seems to think Rev. Wright had a point. Has this come up in any of the recent discussions on cable news?
He could be scrubbed to death with a falafel.
Maybe force feed him tofu through an IV or something...
Barndog, not fishing
Or a naval jelly enema.
Only if we can make the trains run on time.
We never actually made the trains run on time. We just executed anyone who complained that they were late. Tee hee.
Attention, Americans: Would each of you please take out $1,500 of your money and burn it? Thank you, The Economy
I'm not penalizing anybody. This is for entertainment purposes.
Stunt Woman | 03.26.08 - 1:52 pm | #
ah - in that case, you may proceed.
Has this come up in any of the recent discussions on cable news?
You're shitting me right?
You go to hell Bill O'Reilly! You go to hell and you die!
There, now we're all worse than Hitler because I quoted Cartman.
Stinky McGee
Wasn't that Mr. Garrison you quoted?
“What really happens is that the economy grows more vigorously when you lower tax rates,” said Kevin Hassett, an adviser to the presumptive Republican nominee, John McCain, and the director for economic policy studies at the conservative American Enterprise Institute. “It is beyond the reach of economic science to explain precisely why that happens, but it does.”
Um, no, dumbfuck, that is not true at all.
Highest growth rates were in the 50's, when marginal tax rates were the highest.
It's official: this cretin is too fucking stupid to be allowed to live, along with the dipshit he's adviser to.
I'm a Saskatchofascist
The wheatenfuhrer you be.
Richard: anyone ever look at quantum state reduction in terms of energetics? It occurred to me that there would have to be energetic consequences, given that there's different information in the system before and after reduction, and that observation of one entangled particle supplies information at a spacelike interval to another. Or am I blowing smoke?
You're shitting me right?
Obvious questions make the best jokes!
Sheets.
Hill had barely gotten the words out of her mouth when her preacher issued that.
You can't choose your husband, er, wait...
You can't choose your campaign staff, er, hold on...
You can't choose to not be a lying hypocritical party pyromaniac!
Better?
Wasn't that Mr. Garrison you quoted?
Or Mrs. Garrison?
We never actually made the trains run on time. We just executed anyone who complained that they were late.
THANK YOU. We always try to point that out. Mussolini disbanded the unions, which ust happened to be all the people who knew how to do their jobs, and as a former newspaperman he controlled the press and he put a blackshirt in every car.
Can someone please invent a new all-purpose "-ist" to cast upon one's political enemy ?
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I've always favored "pilonidal cyst"
http://www.buzzflash.com/
analysi...1_Limbaugh.html
In the movie "Rear Window" why didn't the photographer (Jimmy Stewart) take pictures of the going on's across the street? Then the detective (Wendell Corey) would have believed him sooner?
didn't you know that fascists oppose the death penalty?
Really? That must be news to the folks who lost family in the Holocaust.
GET OFFA MY LAWN!
You can get on my lawn, in fact I'll bring you a cold drink if you sit on it.
There's nothing on my lawn but cactus and ocatillo.
http://thumbsnap.com/v/UIcvsb4T.jpg
Hillary McBush | 03.26.08 - 1:54 pm
You can choose not to be a jerkoff.
A choice you apparently haven't made.
I find this mildly amusing. The Medicare Part D bill was projected to cost $500 billion. After it passed they revised it to $600 billion, then $800 billion. So now it appearing to come in at about $750 billion so Lindsey Graham is touting it as a huge success that came in under budget.
“It is beyond the reach of economic science to explain precisely why that happens, but it does.”
It's like, "How'd that rabbit end up under that hat?"
There's nothing on my lawn but cactus and ocatillo.
http://thumbsnap.com/v/UIcvsb4T.jpg
Doug
Oh, I LIKE that.
Some real nice colors there.
In the movie "Rear Window" why didn't the photographer (Jimmy Stewart) take pictures of the going on's across the street? Then the detective (Wendell Corey) would have believed him sooner?
Why did the people across the street run around with their drapes open all the time?
I have a feeling Bill O is going to the WPITW tonight.
Snow: that would be Medicare Part D, the bill which provides drug benefits for Medicare recipients but specifically forbids the government to negotiate drug prices?
How can you go wrong with a strategy like that?
Ooops -
to BE the WPITW
GET OFFA MY LAWN!
The actor who played Andy Hardy's dad in the old Mickey Rooney movies died doing that...
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0832011/bio
Stone's death was a particularly tragic one. A group of rowdy teenagers had invaded his meticulously kept garden, and he ran out to prevent damage and ask them to leave. The effort proved to much for the gallant 73-year-old and he collapsed of a heart attack, dying almost instantly.
LR: because it was wicked hot in the city before air conditioning. No snark at all.
“Talk about anti-Americanism,” O’Reilly said referring to blogs
Anyone who doesn't agree with everything that's spewed on Fox News is anti-American.
Bill, why don't you and the fucktards you work with get a new script?
Snow: that would be Medicare Part D, the bill which provides drug benefits for Medicare recipients but specifically forbids the government to negotiate drug prices?
That's the one. My numbers are off as they are just exemplary, but that is how it is working out with Graham.
I think the actual projection was $725 billion through 2015 and the projection is now slightly lower because they are looking for more generics to be used. But the point is that Lindsey originally projected a cost in the $400 billion range and is now claiming it came in under budget. In fact it is about $300 billion more than he predicted.
Snow: sort of like, if you add 50,000 troops with a Surge, then take out 25,000, leaving more than you've started with, you're withdrawing...
Billo's Michigan Militiaism knows no bounds
All over the world, the fascists fought the communists. Sooo, if we're the fascists, that makes the RWers the communists.
Fascist means bad. It's just a word that you combine with other words to let people know it's bad, like "vegofascists" or "healthcareforchildrofascists." If there's any sort of historical significance, it's only that Mussolini and Hitler liked to keep healthy and eat organic food.
We are so teh edgy! We pwned them all with our w00ty comments didn't we. Wait until we rule. Fascits look like noobies compared to us. We write such clever comments...
we need to formalize the fascist party of left blogostan with Atrios as our dear leader. we will march until we have annihilated the cult of republicanism.
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I am a proud HATER! I read DKOS daily. I would be more proud to be a FASCIST if they included ATRIOS!
Fascists? Hell no--everyone knows we're all Trotskyites here!
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