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1. #1
   On July 10th, 2009 at 10:35 am, ThackerAgency said:

   Someone once predicted that democracy couldn’t last because once they figured out that they could, they would just vote themselves more money and bankrupt the country.

   If this economy doesn’t turn around (and there is very little the government can ‘do’ other than get out of the way), the incumbents are in trouble.

   If the economy keeps imploding and jobs keep going away, all these people in DC can say is that they’ve spent all of our money. If I were congress, I’d do as little damage as possible so that when the inevitable does happen (economic cycles turn down), I haven’t made it worse by spending more.

2. #2
   On July 10th, 2009 at 10:36 am, inspiredhome said:

   Obviously BHO didn’t get the memo that the taxpaxers are up in arms over the first stimulus package. Ignorance or arrogance?

3. #3
   On July 10th, 2009 at 10:38 am, ThackerAgency said:

   I hate double posting, but I have so much to say. Here in NC, our D governor went on a tour of the state to build support for her new tax hikes. From Raleigh, 90% of our state’s population is 2 1/2 hours drive away. How did she get to her events? The state’s private jet of course.

   And they wonder why we don’t have any money in the state budget. They LOVE spending other people’s money. It is shocking that she won the governorship. I blame McCain and straight ticket D voting . . . but at least I like our new D senator Hagan.

4. #4
   On July 10th, 2009 at 10:42 am, rplatt said:

   Obviously BHO didn’t get the memo that the taxpaxers are up in arms over the first stimulus package. Ignorance or arrogance?

   Ignorance and arrogance. He is raping the treasury and destroying the country for only one purpose . . . to pay off his parasitic constituents and left wing supporters. The people had better wake up before they’re enslaved by this Fascist idiocy.

5. #5
   On July 10th, 2009 at 10:44 am, no2pcbs1 said:

   when one sees what passes for politicians for liberals, such as pelosi, hoyer, and others, one has to wonder if intelligence is a regressive part of the liberal mind set. in liberalspeak, they look forward to evolution one day helping them attain what they all want a 1 celled body.

6. #6
   On July 10th, 2009 at 10:46 am, nail49 said:

   they look forward to evolution one day helping them attain what they all want a 1 celled body brain

   no2pcbs1: Some are already there!

7. #7
   On July 10th, 2009 at 10:48 am, Ragspierre said:

   …hurtling through the Democrat-let Congress

   Michelle, I don’t know if that was a Freudian slip, but it was a mighty nice one…

8. #8
   On July 10th, 2009 at 10:56 am, RobM1981 said:

   I think it’s clear that John Deere didn’t “respond properly” to the first stimulus, so Obama clearly has to “straighten them out” by buying them.

   He should also buy WalMart, if just to make it OK for liberals to admit shopping there. That’s neighborly.

   Perhaps he should buy Jack Daniels and turn it into a BioFuel/Ethanol consortium?

   THERE’S SO MUCH WORK LEFT TO DO. SO MANY COMPANIES TO BE ASSIMILATED.

   Clearly he needs another 3 or 4 trillion. Per year. Indefinitely.

   No cough it up, you Fascist.

9. #9
   On July 10th, 2009 at 11:06 am, nail49 said:

   
   

   Democrat-letless Congress

   Rags: Perhaps this is what she was dreaming about?

10. #10
    On July 10th, 2009 at 11:07 am, iamsaved said:

    It all boils down to the Liar-In-Chief and what he says. If he didn’t say anything, the lies would stop. Or, if he has to say anthing, he’d be better off sticking to “Nothing is off the table”. That should cover him for awhile.

    From Obama, expect the worst and hope for the best (which I don’t see happening).

11. #11
    On July 10th, 2009 at 11:24 am, sonofdy said:

    http://hotair.com/archives/2009/07/10/the-lock-up-your-opponents-bills-of-2009/#comment-2414312

    errr ummm never believed the fema camp conspriacy theory but….

    nervously eyeing the exits….

12. #12
    On July 10th, 2009 at 11:25 am, Savage24 said:

    These idiots in Washington don’t listen to the “We the People”. They are all in lock step with their party. I ask my congressman if he was coerced into voting for the crap and traitor bill, he told me no. He said he voted for it because it was good for our state.The only conclusion I can come to is that he is a bald face liar or he is a bigger fool then I thought. Of course he could be both.

13. #13
    On July 10th, 2009 at 11:29 am, DBNinKY said:

    USA Today reported this week that “counties that supported Obama last year have reaped twice as much money per person from the administration’s $787 billion economic stimulus package as those that voted for his Republican rival, Sen. John McCain.”

    Our regional media began making similar connections back in June when, after suffering devastating flooding in late April that led to a disaster declaration by our governor, several counties in eastern KY still had not received federal assistance from FEMA.

    Area press and TV reporters began to question whether the region’s heavy turnout for Hillary during the Dem primary was the source for the unprecedented delay in FEMA’s bringing much needed assistance to the families and people here who had lost their homes and their livelihoods.

14. #14
    On July 10th, 2009 at 11:36 am, sonofdy said:

    Another Hastings bill (HR 645) authorizes $360 million in 2009 and 2010 to set up “not fewer than six national emergency centers on military installations” capable of housing “a large number of individuals affected by an emergency or major disaster.” But Section 2 (b) 4 allows the Secretary of Homeland Security to use the camps “to meet other appropriate needs” – none of which are specified. This is the kind of blank check that Congress should never, ever sign.
    It’s not paranoid to be extremely wary of legislation that would give two unelected government officials power to legally declare someone a “domestic terrorist” and send them to a government-run camp.

    After reading this, alarm bells should be ringing.

    From the link above.

15. #15
    On July 10th, 2009 at 11:37 am, Ragspierre said:

    The only conclusion I can come to is that he is a bald face liar or he is a bigger fool then I thought. Of course he could be both.

    The beginning of wisdom…

16. #16
    On July 10th, 2009 at 11:52 am, happyscrapper said:

    On July 10th, 2009 at 10:35 am, ThackerAgency said:
    If I were congress, I’d do as little damage as possible so that when the inevitable does happen (economic cycles turn down), I haven’t made it worse by spending more.

    Unfortunately, you aren’t Congress and they aren’t listening. They are drunk with power. There is no stopping this insanity until we can vote them out. A difficult, but not impossible task before us.

17. #17
    On July 10th, 2009 at 11:55 am, Regulus said:

    The donks are reminiscent of the military leadership in World War I: one massive infantry assault after another failed to produce anything more than hundreds of thousands of casualties.

    Instead of looking for new strategies and tactics, the leadership’s response was typically to apply “more” of what they already knew: more artillery bombardment, followed by more infantry divisions going “over the top.”

    All these “changes” led to was even higher casualties.

    Likewise with the donks, instead of looking for innovative solutions when confronted with a recession, they just apply more of what they already know: more taxes, more spending, more and bigger government agencies, more restrictions on personal liberty.

    And all they’re doing is generating greater “casualties:” more unemployment, longer unemployment, more inflation, increased interest rates, more dependence on government.

    More comparisons:

    Failed leadership in WWI produced mountains of bodies. Failed donk leadership today produces mountains of debt.

    Failed leadership in WWI resolved little, while gutting the social and economic vitality of all the major participants; wiped out much of an entire generation’s future leadership potential; and led to subsequent generations having to re-fight the issues later on.

    Failed donk leadership today is gutting the social and economic vitality of this country, leaving subsequent generations bankrupt while having to still re-fight the same issues later on with fewer resources.

    The punishment for those who refuse to learn from history is to repeat it. We’re effectively playing out one of the most destructive and futile chapters of human history, only with dollars instead of bullets. The long-term effects of both instances, however, will be the same.

18. #18
    On July 10th, 2009 at 12:00 pm, Azygos said:

    Unfortunately, you aren’t Congress and they aren’t listening. They are drunk with power. There is no stopping this insanity until we can vote them out. A difficult, but not impossible task before us.

    Thats what the 2nd amendment is for and why the dems fear it so much.

19. #19
    On July 10th, 2009 at 12:03 pm, Pasadena Phil said:

    “counties that supported Obama last year have reaped twice as much money per person from the administration’s $787 billion economic stimulus package as those that voted for his Republican rival, Sen. John McCain.”

    That’s all the 2008 election was about. It wasn’t about which policy but who gets the pork. It must really frost McCain and the GOP that this pork could have been theirs. That’s the problem with the one-party system. The only issue is who gets the spoils for winning elections.

20. #20
    On July 10th, 2009 at 12:05 pm, J S Ragman said:

    The current health care takeover proposals feature a crucial payoff to Big Labor – a golden exemption from any tax on union members’ generous health care benefits.

    Uh, excuse me, but how in the hay-ull can that be considered anything but a bribe? What makes union laborers more entitled to a tax break than non-union laborers producing the same thing? (Obviously a rhetorical question.)

21. #21
    On July 10th, 2009 at 12:21 pm, Flyoverman said:

    I love a Democrat circular firing squad. Porkulus II is exactly that. I am almost ready to support a “rope a dope” strategy of let them pass it.

    They will only spend 10% before the 2010 election. This lunacy will put the nail in the coffin for Democrats and new Republican Congress can cancel the remainder.

    This thing is toxic. Drink up Democrats.

22. #22
    On July 10th, 2009 at 12:24 pm, Veretax said:

    I’d not be opposed to an ACTUAL highway bill, if I had any hope that was where the money was actually going to be spent. We have infrastructure that definitely needs worked on, but it shouldn’t be passed as a stimulus, but as a bill to modernize our infrastructure for the next century.

23. #23
    On July 10th, 2009 at 12:32 pm, NJ-Aviator said:

    a golden exemption from any tax on union members’ generous health care benefits.

    And why isn’t every Republican Congressman and Senator holding a press conference to expose this vote bribe?

24. #24
    On July 10th, 2009 at 12:35 pm, madmonkphotog said:

    Maybe Hastings should have dissenters arrested.

25. #25
    On July 10th, 2009 at 12:36 pm, swede said:

    Dear Nanny P,

    I don’t want a construction or green job. I want MY job.

    If you want to help us, then PLEASE…DONT HELP US.

    Thank You

26. #26
    On July 10th, 2009 at 12:36 pm, cheapseat said:

    last night on fox news, they confronted some social security weasel about why social security beaurocrats can take a week long “conference” in the most expensive resort in arizona bringing in thousands of gubmint workers when aig gets hammered for the same thing. the bozo said there was no comparison, aig and the banks had taken stimulus money from the gubmint and so should be prohibited from lavish parties. but an organization which is fast going bankrupt and is totally funded by the gubmint needs it’s r&r at the resorts. calling mayor nagin, your posse needed r&r after katrina, and social security needs some love too. the guy from the social security department found no conflict in bringing people in from all 50 states and guam to conference on proceedures at a world class golf resort. ever heard of teleconferences which save the jet fuel/pollution so gore and obama can fly to the next big event. how many junkets does this make for allah and his family in less than 6 months. hmmm paris, rome, london, stalingrad, sounds like a party to me.

27. #27
    On July 10th, 2009 at 12:43 pm, madmonkphotog said:

    The wild spending has failed, totally and completely.

    The left are the ones who rush thru things. Yet when questioned why the stimulus has not worked yet, they respond by saying, give it time.

    They want it both ways, and the people are ready to revolt.

28. #28
    On July 10th, 2009 at 12:44 pm, nail49 said:

    the banks had taken stimulus money from the gubmint and so should be prohibited from lavish parties

    cheapseat: Yeah, the SS employees are ONLY gubmint employees and everyone knows their pay comes from the Treasury, which gets its money from taxes, so there is NO comparison between them and AIG, so leave them and their lavish retreats alone!

    /sarc

29. #29
    On July 10th, 2009 at 12:50 pm, happyscrapper said:

    You know what kills me? The liberals keep using the old argument that the Republicans are the party of “no” and they need to come up with a better plan if they don’t like the ones on the table. The Republicans have put forth hundreds of solutions, including tax cuts, flat tax, etc. The libs refuse to even listen or allow any discussion. They are completely in control and won’t allow other ideas to come into play. So how can they continue to get away with saying they want to hear the ideas of the other side. It is obvious that they don’t. I heard that argument again this morning by a sneering liberal who kept shaking her head and snickering at a Republican who was actually making a good, sensible suggestion. I not only want these creeps in jail, I want them to be sentenced to watching videos of their “debates” with sensible people, over and over, until they “get it”.

30. #30
    On July 10th, 2009 at 12:59 pm, puhiawa said:

    Our counties first stimulus project is……a swimming pool. On a military base so the public will not be allowed.

31. #31
    On July 10th, 2009 at 1:03 pm, happyscrapper said:

    On July 10th, 2009 at 12:59 pm, puhiawa said:
    Our counties first stimulus project is……a swimming pool. On a military base so the public will not be allowed.

    The first stimulus project actually was making a bunch of signs, at a cost of MILLIONS, telling everyone that these are your stimulus dollars at work. I’m serious. PR is extremely important to libs.

32. #32
    On July 10th, 2009 at 1:39 pm, nail49 said:

    a swimming pool. On a military base so the public will not be allowed

    puhiawa: Solution, join the military, see the world and discover LOTS of other fun places to spend your leisure time. Such fun places as Iraq, Afghanistan, Korea, etc.

    BTW, just so you know, the golf courses, bowling alleys, theaters, campsites, etc. on military installations are NOT funded by any tax-dollars — they have to be self sustaining. Also, the comissaries and post or base exchanges (stores) on base are similarly not subsidised by tax dollars.

    These stores and recreation facilities arose when military bases were in somewhat isolated locales and to keep the local merchants from gouging the military member and their families when they were buying the necessities or just wanted to relax.

    As for the pools and golf courses, a membership at a local course was often prohibitively expensive and, by the way, you knew you would move in a year or two, so such an investment would be imprudent. On top of that, the pools and golf courses ‘off-base’ often discriminated.

    Yes, times have changed, but a well-run golf course on base doesn’t have the overhead of the civilian locales and can provide even the most junior enlisted member a chance to play golf at a reasonable cost.

    One last, and NOT insignificant point. I once met some people who thought the commissary and exchange were free — they thought we military members and dependents just walked in and helped ourselves to what we wanted. Of course, none of them would consider joining up to enjoy such a benefit, had it been true or not.

33. #33
    On July 10th, 2009 at 1:43 pm, Member-VRWC said:

    Irked by the mounting evidence of stimulus failure, Vice President Joe Biden griped at a spending event on Thursday: “This ain’t about swimming pools and frisbee parks and polar bear exhibits. This is about stuff that not only passed the test of jobs, but passed the smell test.

    Joe, check the bottom of your shoes. Something stinks and I think you stepped in it.

34. #34
    On July 10th, 2009 at 1:45 pm, corona said:

    I can’t get worked up over any particular project funded by Shamulus that might appear to be silly. The whole thing is silly. As Barry O said himself, “Spending is stimulus”, so to expect the administration to care if any of these boondoggles actually spur job growth is equally silly.

    Here’s where I do object. If you’re going to work on a project – any project – do it right and finish the job. Construction of a carpool lane on a freeway has been going on in my neighborhood for more than five years. I assume you’ve already guessed that the lane isn’t done. There’s more evidence of how government-run jobs are “done”. Nearby surface streets were also affected. At one busy intersection, eight new “Press button for walk signal” gizmos were installed. None of them actually do anything. Just down the block, a large sign – maybe 6′ x 4′ on 10′ posts – was put up about 3 months ago. I have an idea of what it says, but can’t be sure, since the wrapping was never removed.

35. #35
    On July 10th, 2009 at 1:51 pm, Flyoverman said:

    My congressman got funding to buy 5 city buses at a cost of $1.65 million and declared it PROUDLY as stimulus.

    When I asked him by letter how that stimulated the economy, it was, of course, ignored.

36. #36
    On July 10th, 2009 at 1:58 pm, sonofdy said:

    BTW I just saved or created 348,231,632 jobs.

    You are welcome.

37. #37
    On July 10th, 2009 at 2:03 pm, nail49 said:

    BTW I just saved or created 348,231,632 jobs

    Sonfody: Were those the same 348,231,632 jobs I saved yesterday, or the ones Rags saved on Wednesday? We mustn’t couble-count or deceive anyone, after all.

    BTW, thanks for your part in saving and creating jobs. Tomorrow we’ll talk about how you cooled the earth for us all.

38. #38
    On July 10th, 2009 at 2:10 pm, sonofdy said:

    Sonfody: Were those the same 348,231,632 jobs I saved yesterday, or the ones Rags saved on Wednesday? We mustn’t couble-count or deceive anyone, after all.

    I think they are all brand new jobs saved or created.

    Still working on the cooling the earth thing. I am aiming for snow in august here so…. I am almost there.

39. #39
    On July 10th, 2009 at 2:11 pm, nail49 said:

    couble-double-count

    My bad!

40. #40
    On July 10th, 2009 at 2:15 pm, ArizonaNeanderthal said:

    Spawn of the Spendulus, Dawn of the Dead, They Came From Outer Space, the Borg, flys, summer’s mosquitoes, poison ivy, poison oak:

    Evils, both real and imagined, to be opposed and avoided. Instead of just taking our country from us they are buying it with the money they took from us. Feel better?

    Join and support the Patriotic Resistance

    Fascism IS here.

41. #41
    On July 10th, 2009 at 3:18 pm, Teddy Kennedy said:

    Errah, Stimulus II will be as fat, bloated and useless as me!!!

42. #42
    On July 10th, 2009 at 3:35 pm, prendad said:

    I once saw a science fiction movie where an entire city (like Washington D.C.) was carved out of earth by space aliens and transported to their galaxy. The kidnapped humans (like congress, the house of representatives, the president and his czars) were then forced to work for the aliens, and would never see earth again. Ahhhh, one can dream, one can dream.

43. #43
    On July 10th, 2009 at 3:48 pm, Dexter Alarius said:

    Return to Beneath the Planet of the Stimulus from Mars, the Sequel – Part Deux, in 3D

    Don’t bother. The book was unreadable.

44. #44
    On July 10th, 2009 at 3:55 pm, bjc said:

    O/T: General Motors emerges today with the Federal Government having a 60% share in the business; They are destined to fail; Do not buy their new products, but go elsewhere for your business; We need to send a message loud and clear that the markets need to do what they do, and sometimes businesses make poor decisions over time and they need to die a natural death!

45. #45
    On July 10th, 2009 at 4:18 pm, sbw999 said:

    We are in the midst of the taking of everything that our forefathers fought and died for in the past 233 years. Our freedoms, and our traditions; social and economic. Democrats, in conspiracy with their lemmings in the media, have pulled off a political coup, and if not reversed in 2010 by gaining substantial seats in the Congress, this game will be over. The pigs of the democrat party that value power above anything else, have their eyes on our money so they can give it away to a permanent and dependent voting constituency, while crippling our grandchildren’s chances for prosperity. What a disgraceful and shameful legacy.

    There will be a revolt eventually; I just hope it starts peacefully at the ballot box in 2010. Because free people won’t put up with the destruction of our Country forever.

46. #46
    On July 10th, 2009 at 4:36 pm, happyscrapper said:

    Still working on the cooling the earth thing. I am aiming for snow in august here so…. I am almost there.

    I came close a bunch of years ago. I was in Chicago, standing on the shore of Lake Michigan on July 4th. I’m not sure of the year, but I am going to google it and find out. I was quite young. As I stood there freezing my butt off, it started to snow. Yes, snow in Chicago on the Fourth of July.

47. #47
    On July 10th, 2009 at 4:39 pm, happyscrapper said:

    O.K. Google says it has never snowed in July in Chicago. But I saw snow. I swear to it. It wasn’t measurable, so probably didn’t make the charts. But it happened.

48. #48
    On July 10th, 2009 at 4:41 pm, happyscrapper said:

    By the way, Google has a strange letterhead and says, Happy Birthday, Nikola Tesla. Who is that anyway??

49. #49
    On July 10th, 2009 at 4:47 pm, Flyoverman said:

    On July 10th, 2009 at 3:55 pm, bjc said:

    O/T: General Motors emerges today with the Federal Government having a 60% share in the business;

    I am not joking…..

    The Left demanded a timeline for our withdrawal from Iraq. Since GM has a business plan (in theory) why are Republicans not demanding a timeline for the Federal Government’s withdrawal from GM and everywhere else in the private sector.

    This is “Obama’s Economic War.” He has stated he wants to get out of GM but you know it’s a lie. He wants to control GM indefinately. Republicans can turn this into a politcal nightmare for The One.

50. #50
    On July 10th, 2009 at 5:38 pm, cheapseat said:

    just a simple stupid question from an idiot who understood sarah palin’s talk last week. HAVE YOU EVER SEEN A STORE WHICH WANTED TO STIMULATE BUSINESS PUT A SIGN IN IT’S WINDOW SAYING “WE’RE RAISING OUR PRICES 10% SO WE CAN COST YOU MORE AND OFFER YOU LESS FOR MORE?” when you need business, you cut prices and have a sale, don’t you? when you want to attract business, you have a sale on their costs, like tax abatement. so what moron infected the liberal play book with the theory that you can charge people more for less and expect growth. i’m sure this is in the mao red book, and the russian politburo manifesto, but both those nations absolutely control movement of population, money, and migration. WE DON’T, HENCE BUSINESSES MOVE OUT OF CALIFORNIA, OUT OF NEW YORK, EVEN OUT OF THE U.S.

51. #51
    On July 10th, 2009 at 5:50 pm, ent said:

    They’re paying another 18 MILLION dollars to redesign the website?? Hell, I could redesign the website for half of that.

52. #52
    On July 10th, 2009 at 6:18 pm, tiredofit08 said:

    On July 10th, 2009 at 4:36 pm, happyscrapper said:

    Still working on the cooling the earth thing. I am aiming for snow in august here so…. I am almost there.

    I came close a bunch of years ago. I was in Chicago, standing on the shore of Lake Michigan on July 4th. I’m not sure of the year, but I am going to google it and find out. I was quite young. As I stood there freezing my butt off, it started to snow. Yes, snow in Chicago on the Fourth of July.

    Chicago’s latest measurable snow: On May 11, 1966, 0.2 inches of snow was officially recorded at Midway Airport during the early morning hours. Two inches of snow were observed in suburban areas. The day’s high/low temperatures were 45/34, and heavy rain (in excess of three inches) caused widespread metropolitan flooding
    Source(s):
    http://home.att.net/~chicago_climo/

53. #53
    On July 10th, 2009 at 6:28 pm, happyscrapper said:

    On July 10th, 2009 at 6:18 pm, tiredofit08 said:

    Yeah, the snow I saw was just some flakes, not a measurable amount. But it definitely was snow and I was freezing on the Fourth of July. I will never forget it because it was so wierd. Of course, it was right at the lakeshore, so there was that lake effect too. Still…snow.

54. #54
    On July 10th, 2009 at 7:49 pm, ArizonaNeanderthal said:

    On July 10th, 2009 at 3:35 pm, prendad said:

    I once saw a science fiction movie where an entire city (like Washington D.C.) was carved out of earth by space aliens and transported to their galaxy. The kidnapped humans (like congress, the house of representatives, the president and his czars) were then forced to work for the aliens, and would never see earth again. Ahhhh, one can dream, one can dream.

    Yes, yes indeed. Invite our guest to take Boston, Chicago, LA and SodomyBay also.

55. #55
    On July 11th, 2009 at 2:22 am, Common Sense said:

    ABC News reported this week that the failed stimulus tracking website run by the White House, Recovery.gov, will get an additional $18 million, taxpayer-funded injection to support a “redesign.” The Washington Examiner’s David Freddoso points out that the contract was awarded to a Maryland firm whose donors have contributed $19,000 to Maryland’s House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer.

    I work for an IT consulting company and we build web-based applications all the time. None of them have ever come close to costing $18 million dollars. Most are way under $1 million dollars. What are they doing, writing gold-plated code?

56. #56
    On July 11th, 2009 at 7:34 pm, Micheleeroo said:

    This is a thug administration. Exempting union workers from health care premium taxes, closing down dealerships that made donations to republicans, giving oodles more $$ to states that voted democrat. Obama is a thug; a smooth-talking thug who is preying on americans and lining the pockets of his corruptocrat buddies while sticking us all with the bill for his political payoffs. He’s trying hard to punish people who won’t go along with his marxism. Thug!