I just wish that they would finally instill the law which forces teachers to take regular tests to prove they are educated and informed enough to be teaching.

If they ever do, poor LGM will be out of a job, and there would be some 35+ students annually that would finally be getting a real education.

“Therefore, while our budget will run deficits, we must begin the process of making the tough choices necessary to restore fiscal discipline; cut the deficit in half by the end of my first term in office, and put our nation on sound fiscal footing,”

What Obama didn’t say is that he’s tripling the deficit to 1752 billion this year. It’s not hard to figure out that the numbers are misleading; triple, then cut in half. I also see that he has decided he’ll be President for a 2nd term, maybe more.

She bought them off, literally. She imposed a windfall profits tax on Alaska oil companies and distributed the money as a kind of negative tax. But that didn’t stop McCain and Palin from railing against windfall profits taxes.

Would enjoy links to both Palin imposing windfall profits tax and Palin railing against windfall profits tax.

As Reagan and Bush demonstrated with budget deficits

I have absolutely no problem with Reagan railing against budget deficits, as he did try to cut government and lower taxes, I believe, and that is exactly the way to cut budget deficits. Bush was a big-government Republican so you have a slightly better case, but at least he cut taxes.
How do you feel about Obama hiking up the deficit the way he has? He’s expanded the government more than Bush did already, and is unlikely to make real tax cuts and thus to stimulate the economy and essentially expand the tax base.

As Gingrich and Delay showed with earmarks

I haven’t been on the scene long enough to know about what went on with Gingrich and DeLay, but remember being unsure as to what DeLay did. How do you feel about the bills coming out now that are so very infested with earmarks, and the politicians-Obama, Pelosi, Reid, and so on-promoting them and even rushing them through?
How do you feel about McCain’s record with Citizens Against Government Waste?

As Fox demonstrates with one side reporting

Would enjoy link to a report or reports from an organization you like that you feel is well-balanced. Would also enjoy link to something from Fox you feel is an example of bias.

You can do it and rail against it a the same time

Like Obama and racism? (See Jeremiah Wright and also the bit about the inauguration rapper.) Like Obama or Pelosi and lack of government transparency? (The fast and silent way these omnibus bills have been going through.)

Incidentally, I was looking for links to articles regarding Palin’s initial run for governor of Alaska, especially about the corruption of the previous governor or whatever was going on there, but of course everything I get is from her VP run. Anyone have a good linkable source? Thanks!

Chuck-u Schumer to mainstream America – “Let ‘em eat pork.”

Then, there is:

Liberty: All the stimulus we need.

And, of course:

In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem. From time to time we’ve been tempted to believe that society has become too complex to be managed by self-rule, that government by an elite group is superior to government for, by, and of the people. Well, if no one among us is capable of governing himself, then who among us has the capacity to govern someone else? All of us together, in and out of government, must bear the burden. The solutions we seek must be equitable, with no one group singled out to pay a higher price. – Ronald Reagan from his first inaugural address

On March 1st, 2009 at 4:01 pm, lgm said:

As Reagan and Bush demonstrated with budget deficits

As Gingrich and Delay showed with earmarks

As Fox demonstrates with one side reporting

That is one of the funniest posts I have ever seen on MM’s blogs. Really! Hahahahahaha! budget deficits?? Earmarks?? One-sided reporting??? Hahahahahaha! Sorry, I can’t stop. You are really good! You should go on the Bill Maher show or take your comedy routine to The View.

Yeah, and if she is “good for nothing”, how did she get to be such a successful Governor with a high approval rating?

She bought them off, literally. She imposed a windfall profits tax on Alaska oil companies and distributed the money as a kind of negative tax. But that didn’t stop McCain and Palin from railing against windfall profits taxes.

As Reagan and Bush demonstrated with budget deficits

As Gingrich and Delay showed with earmarks

As Fox demonstrates with one side reporting

You can do it and rail against it a the same time

On March 1st, 2009 at 3:43 pm, RetFireman said:
Leave it to a tool like LGM to look at a smart, successful, talented, educated woman and think she is “good for nothing”. Says a lot about the types of women he exposes himself to…doesn’t it?

Are you saying lgm exposes himself to women? Ha!! No doubt.

On March 1st, 2009 at 3:12 pm, NestingHawk said:
Hey lgm,
Harsh thing to say about Sarah Palin. Why do you dislike her that much, to the extent you would say she is “good for nothing”? I don’t like Obama, Biden, or Pelosi, but I’m sure I could find uses for them if I were Grand Supreme Dictator. Same for Specter, Snow, and on and on. I’d be curious as to some concrete details as to how you formed your opinion of Sarah Palin.

Yeah, and if she is “good for nothing”, how did she get to be such a successful Governor with a high approval rating? Or doesn’t that count because she is Conservative? I don’t expect an answer from lgm because it swoops and poops a lot.

On February 28th, 2009 at 8:15 pm, Pasadena Phil said:
RetFireman: Too many bogus statements to address but I am one of those who voted for Bob Barr. And I would do it again. If the 7 million Republicans who stayed home had done the same, there would now be no claim to an Obama mandate and the Republican Party might have heard the message.

Phil…if everyone who didn’t like John McCain stayed home, then the democrats would be lording it over us that Obama won by a landslide, and the Republican party is through forever. If those 7 million people who stayed home would have showed up and at least voted for Republican Senators, we wouldn’t be in this mess either!!Seriously, isn’t it better that Odumbo only won by a few percentage points? It gives us hope that we can pull it out next time. A staggering defeat would have put millions of well-meaning “on the fencers” into such a dither, they would give up entirely on the Republican party. Staying home was not cool. Nor was voting for a third party candidate who had no chance to win, but only diluted the Republican vote and made us look less successful that we probably were.

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