I'MMA LET YOU FINISH
MARS, BITCHES!
On the Internet, nobody knows you're really a dog
I would like to announce that I once flew over Bulgaria, so I guess that means I've visited the breadth of that country.
That's funny.
HICA!
.
elkal is a dog.
Aw, man! I coulda been frist
but I had to read about francois labbe
Except for Arthur GWPDA.
Confidentially, I don't think Atrios's name is really Atrios.
Still waiting for Obama to unleash his inner Chicago...
What the hell is Biden doing these days?
I would have thought this guy's larger problem would be the resemblance of his last name to female genitalia.
Obama cancelled his SNL appearance tomorrow night bc of Ike.
So I guess it is really Palin/Palin for president/vp. Now it makes perfect sense why McCain won't do interviews anymore. He probably really won't be president.
http://www.andrewhalcro.com/
shad...nts_per_page=30
What the hell is Biden doing these days?
He doesn't make the TV.
The McCain campaign successfully moved the focus from a war criminal to a lying bimbo.
Interstingly, though, the Villagers seem to dislike Palin. "She wrecked the place, and it wasn't her place".
Now we'll see how much influence they really wield.
I hope a lot.
Um, Saturday is TODAY.
Where the Money Comes From and Where it Goes
Revenues: The sources of Federal revenues have changed quite a bit over the years. Before Congress established the individual and corporate income taxes early in this century, the Government received most of its revenues from excise taxes, customs duties, and sales of land. Gradually, income taxes accounted for a larger share of receipts.
But the histories of individual and corporate income taxes have varied greatly. From World War II until the end of the 20th century, individual income taxes have provided a relatively constant share of all Federal receipts--about 45 percent.
The share of corporate income taxes, however, fell from 40 percent in 1943 to just six percent in 1983; it then rose to 11 percent in 1995.
At the same time, the share of Federal receipts from payroll taxes--mostly, for Social Security and Medicare--had sky-rocketed from less than eight percent in 1945 to 36 percent in 1995; not only were more and more workers paying taxes into the Social
Security and Medicare trust funds, but the Government had increased payroll tax rates in order to finance Social Security and Medicare benefits. At the same time, the share of excise taxes had plummeted, while shares of other taxes have fluctuated at lower levels.
McOld is a liar, who wants to mess with your Social Security, and voted against medicine for babies and health care for veterans.
Sorry for the repeat blogwhore, but over at Box Office, I strongly recommend you check out "J'Accuse," an absolutely astounding anti-war silent film by the great Abel Gance. The new DVD version is really stunning.
Plus: WW I zombies!!!!
http://boxoffice.com/blogs/steve...eve...nia-spec-
14.php
Would it kill you to leave a comment?
I think not!!!!
PS: Over at the homepage, I have the coolest Listomania ever -- and it's a reprint of a column I wrote back in 1975.
I was ten at the time, of course...
What the hell is Biden doing these days?
Giving speeches that are totally ignored by the MSM because he's never shot a moose and eaten it raw.
So picky, plantsman!
Have a great day, pATRIOTs.
Eyes on the prize and all that shit.
Still waiting for Obama to unleash his inner Chicago...
What the hell is Biden doing these days?
David Derbes
I hear he's been pinch hitting babysitting for Trig. Everyone else has been out campaigning or running away from home.
But come one: a dude, named Mario?
Spending:
Discretionary spending, which includes defense, domestic discretionary, and international aid: In 1962--the first year for which we have reliable breakdowns--this category accounted for 70 percent of all Federal spending. Since then, spending gradually fell to a figure of 36 percent during the 90’s. Over the years, spending shifted dramatically among defense, domestic discretionary, and international aid.
Defense accounted for almost one out of every two dollars of total Federal spending in 1962. After the Vietnam War, however, its share of spending fell to less than 25 percent. Since then, defense's share rose a bit in the early 1980s, then began to fall again later that decade. When the Cold War ended, it accounted for 18 percent of spending.
Domestic discretionary spending comprised 16 percent of all spending in 1962. It hovered between 20 and 23 percent of spending in the 1960s and 1970s, but has returned to about the share it occupied three decades ago.
Despite widespread perceptions to the contrary, spending on international affairs--principally, foreign aid--has comprised a very small share of spending. Its share fell from five percent in 1962 to only 1.4 percent in 1995.
Hey Brian,
Fuck you.
Thanks,
But seriously, Biden and Obama are getting the Edwards' treatment from the MSM.
What the hell is Biden doing these days?
David Derbes
Sarah's flavor of the month on the national scene, but Biden's almost certainly getting local coverage from campaign appearances.
PS: Over at the homepage, I have the coolest Listomania ever -- and it's a reprint of a column I wrote back in 1975.
I was four thousand and ten at the time, of course...
steve hüssein® simels
Etouffee'd your crawfish.
No, but she stayed in a Holiday Inn Express!
Ha.
What the hell is Biden doing these days?
He doesn't make the TV.
Molly Ivors
Well, maybe if he, like St Sarah, had visited Kuwait or Iraq.....hey, wait a minute...!!
That has got to be a parody. After 7 years of completely shredding the US Constitution because "your rights don't outweigh my safety" we have a security system that could be outsmarted by Bugs Bunny?
One of the questions first responders ask if they attend you is "Do you know what day it is?" So, I try to keep up.
But seriously, Biden and Obama are getting the Edwards' treatment from the MSM.
noblejoanie
Look--shiny!
I looked at a cloud once, so that makes me Joni Mitchell.
we have a security system that could be outsmarted by Bugs Bunny?
Doc
We've had President Wile E. Coyote - why not?
Beep! Beep!
Look--shiny!
Adam Hominem
Fancy glasses frames are flying off the shelves.
See, Palin is good for the economy.
a security system that could be outsmarted by Bugs Bunny?
Yeah, but he's a wascally wabbit.
I took some acid once and could see Russia.
What the hell is Biden doing these days?
CNN sez he's just not cool anymore now that we have Hockey Moose.
"I only use a fake name from home improvements"-John McCain
Youse guys are right, of course, that Joe B. doesn't make the TV.
Time he made some noise. E.g., "Sarah Palin has no business in the VP slot, and John McCain is either a fool or a charlatan for choosing her. We all know this."
I think those glasses are going to date badly.
That has got to be a parody. After 7 years of completely shredding the US Constitution// we have a security ystem that could be outsmarted by Bugs Bunny?
It's never been about the security, it's about theater. It's street performance art.
Myself, I wish those clowns and mimes would go away, they are boring me.
That has got to be a parody. After 7 years of completely shredding the US Constitution because "your rights don't outweigh my safety" we have a security system that could be outsmarted by Bugs Bunny?
AKA Muggsy Bunny.
Seriously, and I keep asking this but no one seems to know, if all these people are on a terrorist watch list, why aren't they immediately picked up at the airport? Really, if they shouldn't be flying because we suspect them of something(I say that sarcastically) shouldn't they be under interrogation?
I think those glasses are going to date badly.
Molly Ivors
We need an expert opinion.
Anyone seen Donkey Jesus today?
Wait until all the newsreader girls start emulating Palin's hair-do.
No French jokes.
Thank you.
McCain will sideline Palin as soon as he's in the White House. Her sole job will be to "rally the base" for any of his policy proposals.
He will not give her much to do other than that.
Hesiod
I'm sure that is his intention. C.f. the older conservative politicians in a middle european nation in the 1930s and a young firebreather who they intended to sideline.
Wait until all the newsreader girls start emulating Palin's hair-do.
And Ted Koppel.
I think those glasses are going to date badly.
Molly Ivors
Ya think?
Wait until all the newsreader girls start emulating Palin's hair-do.
noblejoanie | 09.13.08 - 11:10 am | #
They already have. In the '90's.
Donkey Jesus is preparing for Tina Fey as Sarah Palin.
Hillary's been making speeches too.
I've been watching them via youtube.
re-applying for mass health here i got the letter telling me they need citizenship verification for me and citizenship & identity verification for my girls 
I'm sure that is his intention. C.f. the older conservative politicians in a middle european nation in the 1930s and a young firebreather who they intended to sideline.
rootless-e, Kuttner/08
I wasn't scared enough?
Patience, my young padawans.
ina, do you have photostats of everyone's Birth Certificates?
I just got a new pair of spectacles.
My eye doctor told me not to wear cheap metal frames so I couldn't get the Palin™.
Wait until all the newsreader girls start emulating Palin's hair-do.
Can't find a pic, but it was prominently featured on the lead actress of Attack of the Eye Creatures, an MST3K film.
Seriously, and I keep asking this but no one seems to know, if all these people are on a terrorist watch list, why aren't they immediately picked up at the airport? Really, if they shouldn't be flying because we suspect them of something(I say that sarcastically) shouldn't they be under interrogation?
LIer
It's a watch list. Not a pick-up-and-ship-to-Gitmo list.
Biden could say, justifiably, "Sarah Palin reminds me of no one so much as George W. Bush. Knows nothing, and proud of it. Well, we've had eight years of ignorance and incompetence. Do you really want four more?"
Seriously, let Palin's head swell with all the attention. She's not ready for community cable access much less prime time. She may be a quick study but there's not enough lipstick, methinks,...
Oh, my, the LA Times fell for the
I think those glasses are going to date badly.
Molly Ivors | Homepage | 09.13.08 - 11:09 am | #
I don't think America is ready to be governed by a Lenscrafters model.
Biden could say, justifiably, "Sarah Palin reminds me of no one so much as George W. Bush. Knows nothing, and proud of it. Well, we've had eight years of ignorance and incompetence. Do you really want four more?"
David Derbes, ochen' pissed. | 09.13.08 - 11:13 am | #
Sexist
I think the best explanation I have read for the security theater that has been inflicted on ar travelers is that it conditions people to blind obedience to the most absurd demands, as long as they are made by a government official.
And the people who support it are the same ones who scream about "getting government off our backs" when an environmental regulation prevents industries from dumping poison into the water supply.
re-applying for mass health here i got the letter telling me they need citizenship verification for me and citizenship & identity verification for my girls
ina, holiday spirit
Mass health? How many kids do you have, anyway?
David,
And the fact is, unless they think they're going to get some juicy soundbites out of it, they're not going to cover Biden.
If HRC had been chosen for VP, they would have covered her, because they'd be looking for her to talk shit about Obama. But Biden's no fun.
Being a National Laughingstock is not as much fun as being an imaginary VP, methinks.
ina, do you have photostats of everyone's Birth Certificates?
plantsman | 09.13.08 - 11:12 am |
yes--and they'll accept that for the girls, but i'm not sure about me...
I don't think America is ready to be governed by a Lenscrafters model.
Gregoire Goiter
THAT'S IT! She's a Lenscrafter model.
My eye doctor told me not to wear cheap metal frames so I couldn't get the Palin™.
HoneyBearKellyGoGiants
palins frams are titanium, designed by a jap, and cost $350.
She shot a moose in Reno...
A Jap? What is this, 1940?
Mass health? How many kids do you have, anyway?
Adam Hominem | 09.13.08 - 11:14 am |
well, if i remembered physics, i could make a force-ful joke here...
Biden could say, justifiably, "Sarah Palin reminds me of no one so much as George W. Bush. Knows nothing, and proud of it. Well, we've had eight years of ignorance and incompetence. Do you really want four more?"
David Derbes, ochen' pissed. | 09.13.08 - 11:13 am | #
Sexist
A. Morphous
I am proud to be a true hermaphrodite.
I was born with a penis and a brain.
A Lenscrafter model who stayed last night at a Holiday Inn Express.
She shot a moose in Reno...
Steve McGarrett
...Just to watch it die.
Looks like Butler/Toby's #13 trool is getting no takers.
Excellent.
ronjazz | 09.13.08 - 11:09 am | #
So says the large mouthed bass. You're just too easy ronjazz. I think I will play catch and release with you today. You even go after an empty hook! Wait a while, let me put some bait on it. You take the fun out of it.
well, if i remembered physics, i could make a force-ful joke here...
Can we erg you on?
re-applying for mass health here i got the letter telling me they need citizenship verification for me and citizenship & identity verification for my girls
ina, holiday spirit
It is my fervent wish that someday an illegal immigrant with a horrible communicable disease and no access to health care would sneeze right in Lou Dobbs' face. I would forgo that wish if we could give people equal access to health care and avoid the whole situation.
I have to compose a nice sincere letter to my Doctor asking him to fill out and mail my application for "Honored Citizen" fare status on our local transit system. I think i'm up to it, and I hope he'll do it.
Before I 'move on' to that last part of my description of what's happening to our government...and 'mandates'...
Take a break for a second to look at how Media Matters 'watchdogged' Sean Hannity reading me here, Duncan.
(And I know I don't really need to explain this to you.)
I don't think America is ready to be governed by a Lenscrafters model.
Conservative blather , in about an hour
Can we erg you on?
leibniz leibkins
Watt are you doing?
There's a Grand Opening Sale at Lenscrafters!
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/...a-ad-
email.html
Oops, Obama ad mocks McCain's inability to send e-mail. Trouble is, he can't due to tortured fingers
As part of its effort to show the 72-year-old Republican Sen. John McCain as old and out of touch, the Democratic Party's hip campaign of Sen. Barack Obama, which frequently says it honors the former POW's military service to his country, Friday released a new ad.
GOP propagandist Hannity said...
When Barack Obama said that our troops are air-raiding villages and killing civilians, which is causing major problems there, when he said he could cut military spending, billions of dollars, cut investment in unproven missile defense systems, will not weaponize space, slow development of Future Combat Systems, when he said he would rid the world of nuclear weapons, set a goal of doing that, does that sound like a guy that has the experience to be the commander in chief? And do you think it was wrong when he accused our troops of air-raiding villages and killing civilians?
I was born with a penis and a brain.
David Derbes, ochen' pissed. | 09.13.08 - 11:16 am | #
Must make sex pretty uncomfortable.
Watt are you doing?
David Derbes, ochen' pissed.
Joule just have to come and watch.
A Jap? What is this, 1940?
Adam Hominem
sorry, i was just trying to be brief
Watt are you doing?
Doing what any good citizen should do, get out the volt.
Biden doesn't want to appear disrespectful so he won't trash "Commander in Chief" Bush by name, even though that's exactly what he needs to do, tie McC/P to the failed Bush legacy, incompetent, proudly ignorant and bellicose. He also won't want to look like he's whupping up on a nursing mom.
He may be a nice guy, but his niceness is a handicap.
She's not ready for community cable access much less prime time.
Very true. I used to work for one of those.
My proudest moment -- interviewing Al Gore when he ran for the Senate.
Must make sex pretty uncomfortable.
A. Morphous
They're in different places: the brain's in my groin, and...
bottom line on Palin. McCain and campaign picked her for her stupidity and they are using that and their blatant lies to derail the real discussion about real issues facing the people of this country.
Obama is absolutely right in his new ad against John McCain. John McCain would rather loose his integrity than lose a campaign.
Bullshit "watch list."
If people are too dangerous to be allowed on airplanes, they should be getting questioned. Since when do we restrict their freedom without cause or explanation? STupid fucking people at TSA.
Can we erg you on?
leibniz leibkins
Watt are you doing?
David Derbes, ochen' pissed.
OK, ohm gettin' out of here.
Doing what any good citizen should do, get out the volt.
leibniz leibkins
Amp-lify the returns.
The fact that Toby thinks that the pick of Palin is a masterstroke should be all the reassurance that the McCain campaign is a fiery wreck that anybody here needs.
Just saying....
US computers can't deal with the cedilla.
Attenuate the positive!
It would be cleverly disruptive if dozens of people on the watch list would change their names to "Mario Labbé."
'morning, atriotganders
If you go back in the record, you'll find the links to the Heritage foundation, where I describe their 'philosophy' and emergency appropriations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
How this R&D stuff is different than Maintenance and Operations at the Pentagon.
That's Hannity's angle.
It's a Rumsfeld repeat.
Can anyone rectify this pun fest?
He may be a nice guy, but his niceness is a handicap.
noblejoanie
Brian? The troll Brian? The one who should get his own fucking blog? The one who pollutes the threads with long, off topic nonsensical screeds/ THAT Brian? A nice guy?
Did you date a lot, in high school? Maybe you should have.
Ohm I God these puns are electrifying.
~ Macs can.
I've had it with these puns. I'm getting away from the city and moving to a newton.
Can't wear titanium.
They have to be gold, silver or platinum due to risk of infection.
I paid almost $700 for the glasses I did get. And that was with insurance.
US computers can't deal with the cedilla.
GWPDA yclept Damaged Historian
Garçon! A Mac for Dr Auntie GWPDA!
You know, it just dawned on me --
I'm getting on a plane to Paris at the end of October.
Wouldn't it be a hoot if I was on the watch list because of something I've written here?
Ohm I God these puns are electrifying.
jac | 09.13.08 - 11:21 am | #
Um, watt?
As to puns, resistance is futile.
The media didn't cover Biden when he was running for President. They're sure not gonna cover him running for VP.
Here's the response from Media Matters.
It really does Lanny no justice as a guest to put up with this shit.
- - -
Hannity mischaracterized Obama's statement about his plans to "cut military spending, billions of dollars." And in suggesting Obama was somehow misguided for proposing "slow[ing] development of Future Combat Systems," Hannity did not mention that the McCain campaign has said that the program "should be ended." Further, while Hannity suggested that Obama's goal of a world without nuclear weapons indicated he did not have the experience to be commander in chief, a bipartisan group of experts echoed Obama's position. Moreover, in his repeated references to Obama's statement that "we're air-raiding villages and killing civilians" in Afghanistan, Hannity again failed to note that Obama's claim is reportedly accurate.
Gomaicha for plantsman!
~~I see your Mac, and raise ya.
But, but -- Burn After Reading ? You're killing me here!
US computers can't deal with the cedilla.
GWPDA
Which is likely one reason why the computer program checking voter registrations is kicking off a bunch of folks here in WI, you know, folks with "foreign" last names.
BTW, McC's campaign lit giving people the wrong address to apply for absentee ballots, interestingly, Democrats, is happening here in WI, too. http://www.madison.com/wsj/topst...pstories/
304740
They're going to try and steal this one, too.
Sometimes with puns, it's the lux of the draw.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/...a-ad- email.html
Oops, Obama ad mocks McCain's inability to send e-mail. Trouble is, he can't due to tortured fingers
As part of its effort to show the 72-year-old Republican Sen. John McCain as old and out of touch, the Democratic Party's hip campaign of Sen. Barack Obama, which frequently says it honors the former POW's military service to his country, Friday released a new ad.
LIer
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What else can't McCain do due to being tortured 30 years ago? Apparently he also lost the ability to tell the truth. Can he write his name? Can he hold a pen? I've seen John McCains fingers. They don't look like Bob Doles fingers. They all seem to move independently. He can all four finger on each hand and give a thumbs up to his supporters.
I have come to believe that you can't trust a single word that comes from the McCain campaign or from John McCain. He will have to prove to me he cannot type on a computer. That's what lying gets you.
I think those glasses are going to date badly.
They already have. They were fashionable around 2003 or so. 'Course, the stock at the Wasilla WalMart optometry studio isn't quite as chic as it might be. (Woohoooo! the P6 frame is back in style!)
They're using a GOP official to try and steal it in MI, too. Vicki has deets.
They're going to try and steal this one, too.
noblejoanie
We would expect nothing less.
The fact that Toby thinks that the pick of Palin is a masterstroke should be all the reassurance that the McCain campaign is a fiery wreck that anybody here needs.
Just saying....
steve hüssein® simels
You should be OK. After all, your birth tablet reads "Fteve Fimelf."
those glasses look like eye protection used when using power tools
I think I'm going to send Chinese Premier Hu Jintao a custom trucker's cap because he's done his best Aston Kutcher impression by punking Braindead Bush once again.
GWPDA -- 5 Burn Notices in a row today!
You should be OK. After all, your birth tablet reads "Fteve Fimelf."
jac
virgotex! You okay?
those glasses look like eye protection used when using power tools
Yes!
It really all comes back to the idea...
...that news is news...
...and commentators are going to have the freedom to lie, if it suits their own end game.
It has nothing to do with an independent analysis of a very SERIOUS and non-political analysis of an American fiscal problem.
Broadcasters with integrity on other networks, should consider for themselves, how important new ideas really may be to not only their children...BUT ALSO HOW IMPORTANT A STRONG MIDDLE CLASS IS TO THE RICH.
meanwhile over there
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/
20080...uPZgeIOfXys0NUE
You guys know that Simels sometimes talkes to ronjazz IN PERSON. It pleases ronjazz so. Well, when this happens they have to go to a secret place so Butler can't hear. You don't what to know this secret place.
The mostly talk about Butler and what they can do about him. ronjazz does't talk much. Simels gives him his orders and ronjazz attempts to carry them out. That's why he's so easy. He's a one punch fighter. One punch and he's out cold.
GWPDA -- 5 Burn Notices in a row today!
Starting at 11? Do I have time to go to the PO and the library?
Let us not forget those suspicious ne'r do wells with pictures of kittens on their credit cards.
You should be OK. After all, your birth tablet reads "Fteve Fimelf."
jac
∫teve ∫imel∫ , probably.
steve--i'll see if my brother, who lives in paris, has any gigs in october (if you and that shady dame ever come up for air, that it )
I got it off the website so I'm not sure -- but you could be right -- it beats Hurricane Recovery all to pieces!
steve--i'll see if my brother, who lives in paris, has any gigs in october
ina, holiday spirit
That should be a line from a song.
Steve S. has a shady dame? Coolsville!
BTW, McC's campaign lit giving people the wrong address to apply for absentee ballots, interestingly, Democrats, is happening here in WI, too. http://www.madison.com/wsj/topst...pst...pstories/
304740
They're going to try and steal this one, too.
noblejoanie
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don't you think the only people going to McCain's site for that kind of thing would be republicans. Maybe this isn't their best ploy.
Sen. McCain was in the throes of a discussion about her record of reforming government, which includes drastic cuts in wasteful spending in the Alaska state budget," said McCain spokesman Tucker Bounds. "If he gave viewers a mistaken impression, it certainly wasn't intentional or without some basis in fact."
Wouldn't it be a hoot if I was on the watch list because of something I've written here?
TSA says you're more valuable as a professional blame-magnet and serial apologizer, Steve.
virgotex! You okay?
oh yeah! I live in Central Texas, well out of the hurricane zone.
I did grow up on the coast though, so it's difficult to just sit and watch. Been through too many storms.
You know, if Steven Hawking can write books, physics papers and email via his computer, there's no reason why McCain, whatever the condition of his fingers, cannot do the same.
And yes, I know the McCain campaign is lying.
Tucker Bounds: Baghdad Bob comes to Arizona.
Is it just me, or have the trolls become substantially crazier these past couple of months?
I mean, you know, like CRAZY.
The Pentagon! you mean.... they have off the records financial commitments with sub contractors that can't be discussed but are a signifcant amount of the taxes we pay? OMG! some one alert the Boy Scouts!
Save Us Save Us
P. S. Rusty won't squeal he knows it would mean the (ol' Man) would get out his grassey knoll sniper rifle his father in law gave him to shoot rattlesnakes with
(so ...? yer dad stole Geronimo's skull at fort blank and blank?)
Here take her she's you's and don't bring her back! Goddammit! bye barbara
by dad
Oh how I love this man of mine! comere cutey!
Prayin for the end of time
That should be a line from a song.
Adam Hominem
and i should be writing it! or at least doing the dishes! but i can't tear myself away... yet!
It's not you, V -- the Buttles are in orbit.
Indeed, the level of crazyfication in the troll population is rising dramatically.
Another McCain LIE
http://www.flickr.com/photos/150...N00/2714473206/
if you can curl all four fingers tightly into a fist independently to give a thumbs up, and John McCain does this frequently with both hands, then you can type on a computer.
The man has thrown away all of his honor and his integrity.
If he's having trouble with his fingers, it isn't due to torture 30 years ago, but old age and arthritis.
∫teve ∫imel∫ , probably.
David Derbes
∫howoff.
Gotta run; keep the home fires burning.
Why would you spend your 70th birthday with an "acquaintance" instead of people close to you, including your wife-financier?
Simels and shady dame in Paris. In their dreams. For their posts during this make believe trip Google is going to get a workout I'll tell you.
Someone get simels to give you his hotel. Call the hotel and no Steve Simels will be registered. I will lay odds.
(ps: jac, I thought your original Fteve comment hilarious. Thanks!)
Sen. McCain was in the throes of a discussion about her record of reforming government, which includes drastic cuts in wasteful spending in the Alaska state budget," said McCain spokesman Tucker Bounds. "If he gave viewers a mistaken impression, it certainly wasn't intentional or without some basis in fact."
trifecta
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So John is too senile to keep up with the truth in a discussion.
That Media Matters link is here.
http://mediamatters.org/items/20...0020?
f=i_latest
So let me return to the explanation of "mandates".
These are called ENTITLEMENTS in the official lingo.
The are NOT discretionary in the legal sense.
People do not seem to understand how important it is...to end the wartime funding.
∫teve ∫imel∫ , probably.
Wow, that's something. Do any of you guys have those gimmicks you get out of vending machines at the boardwalk?
TSA says you're more valuable as a professional blame-magnet and serial apologizer, Steve.
megisi | 09.13.08 - 11:30 am | #
Well, that's good to know.
On the other hand, if I start posting as Steve Bin Laden™ Simels I might have problems.
As a share of the budget, mandatory spending has soared in recent decades. But, here again, one must look beneath the totals to understand the forces behind this trend. First, we must look at the main entitlement programs--Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and Aid to Families with Dependent Children--and then at net interest on the national debt.
1. Perhaps the most popular Federal program ever, Social Security provides monthly benefits to over 43 million retired and disabled workers, their dependents, and survivors. The program has expanded steadily since its creation in the 1930s. In 1995, it accounted for 22 percent of all Federal spending.
2. Medicare, which provides health care coverage for elderly Americans. Since its birth in 1965, it has accounted for a larger and larger share of spending. In 1995, it measures 10 percent.
3. Medicaid, the health care program for the poor, also was established in 1965. Unlike for Medicare, however, the Federal Government shares costs with the States, paying from 50 to 83 percent of them. Both Federal and State costs are growing rapidly. Medicaid in 1995, accounted for six percent of the Federal budget.
4. The costs of Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC), the main Federal welfare program, also are shared with the States; the Federal Government pays from 50 to 79 percent of them. AFDC, established as Aid to Dependent Children in 1935, provides cash and services to needy children and their families. This program accounts for roughly one percent of Federal spending.
5. Net Interest payments, the result of previous budget deficits, consumed only about seven percent of Federal spending for most of the 1960s and 1970s. But with the huge deficits, that share quickly doubled to 15 percent in 1995.
People do not seem to understand how important it is...to end the wartime funding.
Brian | 09.13.08 - 11:35 am | #
The best Non Sequitur Troll ever.
It's an honor to be on the same board with him...
our future history
By appointing Hitler Chancellor on 30 January 1933 Hindenburg made the greatest mistake of his career as President. He did so because he did not really believe in the Weimar Republic and hoped for an alliance of all "national" forces leading, via an authoritarian state, to the restoration of the monarchy. He greatly underestimated Hitler, thinking he could be controlled by the non-Nazi majority in the "government of national concentration". Hindenburg, a senile and arrogant old man, was manipulated by Hitler with the help of his son Oskar von Hindenburg.
These figures illustrate an important fact about the budget: A handful of programs account for the vast bulk of it. Social Security occupied 22 percent of spending, defense accounted for 18 percent, net interest accounted for 15, Medicare for 10, and Medicaid for six percent. Together, these programs accounted for over 70 percent of 1995 spending.
What the figures also show is that, despite popular views to the contrary, you can't balance the budget simply by eliminating foreign aid and welfare. You can't even reduce the deficit very much that way.
The projected rise in expenditures for Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid will drive total federal outlays well above the level, they have been, throughout much of the post-World War II period.
The core costs of the federal government--that is, ignoring net interest on the debt--could rise from approximately 18 percent of GDP today to 24 percent in 2050 and 28 percent in 2075.
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well then, dishes it is!
bye.
Ah, Saturday. Ever wonder what Bush is up to? Could be sitting on his couch, watching House Of 1,000 Corpses with the volume turned off, a beer in his hand, and Blood Sugar Sex Magic playing on his stereo at nigh-max volume.
Yeah, that sounds like Bush. He could kill a few hours doing that-- I mean, he's only the President.
(ps: jac, I thought your original Fteve comment hilarious. Thanks!)
David Derbes
The is always implied.
Bush + Rove beer-pong w/ vodka in the WH
George ... c'mere
I'm busy!
but Daddy said you'd fuck me often like he did ... till momma got in the way!
I told yah I'm busy!
George! ... don't make me hurt you!
Oh Okay but I'm not a wimp! remember ... I'm not a wimp ... repeat that to me in pillow talk okay? ... anything you say George now get to bobbin and weavin' like the oil rigs
Stroke! Stroke!
and please try to avoid the spastic crap ... we don't want to hurt Junior now do we?
Yes ... I mean ...no ... ummm I don't know ... where were we?
Hey everyone, Did you know that the reason John McCain doesn't know how to use e-mail or the internets is because of his "war injuries?"
Christophere Reeve, who could barelu talk and was a total quarapalegic, could use vce activated software and a stylus near his mouth to use a computer. But John McCain can't.
I think we need to pressure Congress right now to allocate money to purchase enough Dramamine for every man, woman, and child in this country because once the Presidential debates start, and McCain and Palin shit the bed in public, the spin from the Mighty Wurlitzer is going to cause enough centrifugal force to cause vertigo for the whole country.
In part we have Mccain to thank for The Chimp Who Must Not Be Named, because he agreed to take it up the ass from Rove in 2000. Now he's using the same tactics. No honor there.
Also, didn't there used to be some kind of policy about scroll-trolling? And isn't it the same whether it's C&P policy stuff?
I mean, this shit is out of hand.
In which drawer in his desk does Rove keep the Spoiled Brat Hat filled with names of very-under-qualified fanatical Republican kids to throw government jobs at so they can build their resumes? Or is that delegated to some underling? Somebody here has to know. Just askin'.
On the other hand, if I start posting as Steve Bin Laden™ Simels I might have problems.
Nah, they're just not that interested in him.
Left unattended, that steady escalation in spending could cause major deficits to emerge and thereby push the government's debt and interest expenditures to unprecedented levels. The total cost of government, including interest expense, could more than double as a share of the economy, rising from 19 percent of GDP today to 40 percent in 2075.
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Now keep in mind...these figures are all reresentative before older people were fooled by the Bush family into thinking Junior was like Reagan...
Reagan did what he said he was going to do. So did Nixon, pretty much. At least Richard obeyed the environmental laws.
That's the biggest difference between the Californian governor and this current Texas governor.
I mean, this shit is out of hand.
Virginia
Killfile is your friend.
Beer pong rulez the world!
Heh heh!
Simels going through a TSA checkpoint.
"Am I correct that your nameplate says you are named Butler"
"Yes"
"Blow me"
V4V,
The scroll troll block has to do with how many times you hit the enter key. Doesn't work for this crap.
Deficits and the Debt
A deficit occurs when the Government spends more money in a year than it receives in revenues. The Government then borrows money by selling securities--bonds, notes, or bills--to investors who earn interest.
The debt is the total amount of money that the Government owes to these investors--that is, the total amount of annual deficits that the Government has not repaid. When, for instance, the Government generated a deficit of $203 billion in 1995, it added that much to the Federal debt, which then totaled about $3.6 trillion.
The budget deficit is not a new phenomenon. The Government generated its first deficit way back in 1792, and has generated over 100 since then. But for most of the Nation's history, the deficit was caused by one of two temporary factors: a war or a recession. Wars necessitated major increases in military spending, while recessions reduced Federal tax receipts from both businesses and individuals.
The Government, for instance, generated deficits during the War of 1812, the recession of 1837, the Civil War, the depression of the 1890s, and World War I. Once the war ended or the economy began to grow, however, the Government followed its deficits with budget surpluses, with which the President and Congress paid off some or all of the debt.
But budget deficits have grown much more frequent since the 1930s. President Roosevelt relied on deficits to help finance his New Deal. Then World War II forced the Nation to spend unprecedented amounts on defense. Since then--under Democratic and Republican Presidents, Democratic and Republican Congresses—the Government has balanced its books only eight times, most recently in 1969.
Simels going through a TSA checkpoint.
"Am I correct that your nameplate says you are named Butler"
"Yes"
"Blow me"
leibniz leibkins
By which, he means "again."
On the other hand, if I start posting as Steve Bin Laden™ Simels I might have problems.
AmEx will certainly downgrade your card color.
Nevertheless, the deficits before 1981 paled in comparison to what followed. That year, the Government cut income tax rates and greatly increased defense spending, but it did not enact the requisite amount of cuts in domestic programs to make up the difference. In addition, the recession of the early 1980s reduced Federal revenues and forced the Government to service more national debt at a time when interest rates were high. As a result, the deficit soared.
The deficit forces the Federal Government to borrow money on the capital markets. That borrowing competes with businesses borrowing their capital to buy factories and machines that make workers more productive and raise incomes; and also with families borrowing to buy new homes, cars, and other goods that provide valuable services for years.
The competition for funds produces higher interest rates.
The more the Government must pay to service its debt, the less it has available to spend on education, law enforcement, social services, and infrastructure.
I'm jealous because everyone ignored me before so I am lashing out under a new troll name. By the way, I tongue Butlers brown star.
I'm going to the supermarché.
Maybe Brian will have worn himself out in a couple of hours.
In which drawer in his desk does Rove keep the Spoiled Brat Hat filled with names of very-under-qualified fanatical Republican kids to throw government jobs at so they can build their resumes?
It's the one marked, "Regent U."
Molly -- (Hi, Molly!) -- I mean, isn't it kind of bannable or something?
I know about the carriage return thing, I was just hoping for a little authoritarianism
(Makes it much harder to read comments when I'm supposed to be working, mainly.)
Seriously, does any sane poster here actually believe that simels and some shady dame are going to Paris? If so, I am laying 10 to 1 it's make believe.
The 3 year old had his first soccer game this morning. He led his team in scoring He scored 3 goals. Unfortunately, one of the goals was in the wrong net.
It was a hoot.
the parachutist of your dreams
welcome america to the psyhco killer
he's fun he's new he's all about You!
He's what M1 5 only writes about
and for good reason
poor george never got the telee it was all a ruse
Seriously, does any sane poster here actually give a fuck what I say?
Well, bans are dad's biz, and real assholes know how to work around them. Toby, for example, gets banned regularly, as does the s*perm*del, but they either work around it or wait for it to expire.
It's an imperfect system.
Hey everyone, Did you know that the reason John McCain doesn't know how to use e-mail or the internets is because of his "war injuries?"
Christophere Reeve, who could barelu talk and was a total quarapalegic, could use vce activated software and a stylus near his mouth to use a computer. But John McCain can't.
Hesiod
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McCain is a LIAR. He has thrown away any honor or integrity he ever pretended to have.
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If he can do this with his fingers he can type.
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Deficits increase the national debt and, through it, the Government's obligation is to pay that interest.
Deficits have not really financed investments per se.
This is actual campaign on "my opponent will raise taxes" lie of the GOP, while de-regulating for special interests while in power.
There's nothing "Maverick" about a secret agenda.
Merely deficit spending has helped the Government to pay its day-to-day bills, until the Republicans can blame-shift the Democrats later.
too much TV?
bad genetics?
exposure to harsh talk as a child?
we may never know but one thing for sure
there's I guy
stoopid as ever and representing us.
bob dylan? no george bush instead
Under those circumstances, future generations will inherit a debt for which they receive no real benefit.
There is no such thin...as an investment...
...when it comes to “deficit spending”.
Only spent ‘political capital’.
Sound familiar, Duncan?
It's the first thing Bush said after he got another four years.
He's all about himself.
Pure Greed.
He will only see 'opportunity' for his Texas friends with Hurricane Ike.
If your fingers are agile enough to twirl your wedding ring while staring at your running mate's ass, then you can use a keyboard and a mouse.
It's never been about the security, it's about theater. It's street performance art.
Myself, I wish those clowns and mimes would go away, they are boring me.
Doug | 09.13.08 - 11:10 am
There may also be some petty juvenile mischief in the whole thing.
Put some names on the no-fly list just to Ashton Kutcher 'em in that GDumbya type of way.
Namestealing is standard procedure in the simels' gang's book. It's their only play. The gang that can't shoot straight. What a bunch of wankers.
Maybe simels will take the whole gang to Paris. Do you think? They can sit in the same seat with him on the flight.
#13 trool:
"Dave...Dave, what are you doing?...Daa-ii-ss-y, D-aaa-iii-sss-y"
heh. meltdown this early in the day. Looks like Piglet Palin is getting to them.
Namestealing is standard procedure in my book. I just wish I had a gang to help because it gets lonely and tiresome.
McCain just needs a smaller computer, one with a keyboard the same size as the cell phone he successfully uses.
killer on the road
his brain is squirming like a toad
take a long holiday
let your children play
if you give this man a ride sweet memory will die
killer on the road
So, what are the wingers up to today to whip their minions into a murderous frenzy? Claiming that roving bands of abortionists are stalking innocent xtian teenage mothers to be? Roving bands of meanies are going around naming pigs Sarah? Roving bands of language pedants are viciously correcting children who say Nookyalure?
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