The next Republican in the Senate race? Probably not Tom Price
Now, that’s not to say Tom Price, who represents Georgia’s 6th Congressional District, won’t run in next year’s election to replace the retiring Saxby Chambliss. But unless no one else gets in the race during the next three months, Price won’t be the next candidate to jump in. (Paul Broun was the first.)
In a statement emailed today, Price said he’d raised $300,000 in the two weeks since Chambliss announced he wouldn’t seek re-election. That’s on top of the nearly $1.6 million in cash on hand his campaign committee reported as of Dec. 31. But, Price dded:
In November of 2012, the citizens of Georgia’s Sixth Congressional District re-elected me to represent them in the U. S. House of Representatives. This is a great honor and serious responsibility. As Vice Chairman of the Budget Committee, I’ve been entrusted with a leadership position by my colleagues. My current focus is on the formulation of a sound Budget Resolution, a plan to balance the budget within ten years and correct the many problems created by the Obama Administration. The complexity of our fiscal crisis requires daily strategy and discussions to diligently tackle key issues including sequestration spending reductions, how Washington is funded, and the debt limit.
The urgency of our country’s problems is not to be taken lightly. Public service is a sacred trust and I take my responsibilities seriously. Too often, elected officials look toward the next rung on the ladder instead of the task at hand. In the weeks to come, by demonstrating effective leadership, I will be focused on fulfilling the job I was elected to do.
The election of Georgia’s next senator is 21 months away and there is plenty of time for campaigning. To announce a decision prior to the completion of the work on the debt ceiling and critical fiscal policy in May 2013, would be distracting and unwise. At that time, Betty and I will then be prepared to come to a decision on my candidacy for the U.S. Senate as Georgia’s conservative voice.
So, we’ll have to wait until May to find out whether Price joins Broun in the race. In the meantime, we could get decisions from other members of Congress, such as Phil Gingrey and Jack Kingston, and perhaps others. The state legislative session should be over by late March or early April, so we might see some action on the candidate front after that.
Is this a mistake by Price? Or will 18 months (that’s until the general election; the primary will probably be in July, only 14 months from this May) be enough time?
– By Kyle Wingfield
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Dusty
February 11th, 2013
1:03 pm
What’s the rush? If Tom Price wants to keep his present position and help clean up the fiscal mess in Washington, for heaven’s sake, let him do that. That is the biggest problem looming over our country. at present.
With Reid as head of the Senate, it seems to be a dead end place. Let Price stay where he is and dig us out of debt, something that no one else seems to be doing in Congress.
Greg
February 11th, 2013
1:11 pm
As I read his post, I found a mistake. It should have read,
“My current focus is on the formulation of a sound Budget Resolution, a plan to balance the budget within ten years and correct the many problems created by the Bush Administration.”
You are welcome Congressman Price. I am sure as you make your future decisions you would not want any misquotes or inaccuracies to came back and bite you.
Sincerely,
District 6 constituent and Elena Parent fan
Dusty
February 11th, 2013
1:29 pm
So GREG
You believe that after FOUR years of Obama, the problems are all because of Bush. That excuse is longggggg gone..
Tom Price knows it. Washington’s rotten eggs belong in Obama’s little egg basket. Don’t start throwing them at Bush.
Jefferson
February 11th, 2013
1:30 pm
Someone from south GA will get that job.
JDW
February 11th, 2013
1:35 pm
” Washington’s rotten eggs belong in Obama’s little egg basket.”
Quite true..of course it is Dubhya that put those rotten eggs in the basket before turning it over to Obama. It makes no difference how much time has passed. The eggs were rotten in January 2009 and cleaning them out takes time.
sailfish
February 11th, 2013
1:39 pm
dusty
Sorry, but the first thing an alcoholic must do is admit they ahve a drinking problem. All of you sudden deficit hawks surely need to acknowledge the overflowing debt left on the doorstep for obama. He is not the big spender your mythology requires you to believe. Tag him with the stimulus but that’s about it, everything else is the hangover from the previous administration – wars, medicare part d, tarp, interest on the debt, millions unemployed after the economic meltdown, all before obama walked through the door. We are still digging out.
Bruno
February 11th, 2013
1:43 pm
My current focus is on the formulation of a sound Budget Resolution, a plan to balance the budget within ten years and correct the many problems created by the Obama Administration.
I’m still trying to figure out why everyone keeps shooting for a ten-year plan. How about a one year plan?? What are we waiting for??
Rafe Hollister preparing for an Obamanist America
February 11th, 2013
1:47 pm
sailfish
If that we only true. You can’t add almost 6 T to a 10T dollar budget that took 250 years to reach that amount and claim to be frugal. That is about a 60% increase. Increase your spending by 60% and see where you are.
As far as what Price said, he is in, just trying to score points on dedication at this point.
Rafe Hollister preparing for an Obamanist America
February 11th, 2013
1:47 pm
If that were only true.
sailfish
February 11th, 2013
1:48 pm
I’d like to see the plan. Yes, by all means tackle the deficit but the priority should be jobs, that in itself will help with the deficit.
sailfish
February 11th, 2013
1:51 pm
rafe
Ongoing wars? Unemployment because of the housing and banking bust? TARP bailouts? Get with the program, it’s way too easy to lay it all on obama, that dog won’t hunt.
Bruno
February 11th, 2013
1:54 pm
All of you sudden deficit hawks surely need to acknowledge the overflowing debt left on the doorstep for obama. He is not the big spender your mythology requires you to believe. Tag him with the stimulus but that’s about it, everything else is the hangover from the previous administration – wars, medicare part d, tarp, interest on the debt, millions unemployed after the economic meltdown, all before obama walked through the door. We are still digging out.
saifish–It is the excuse makers like you who are holding up the process. We’ve had nothing but excuses for the past four years. Take a look at the actual budget numbers since Obama took office, and the claim that this is all a carryover from Bush is immediately invalidated.
http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/taxfacts/displayafact.cfm?Docid=200
Some numbers from the chart:
Year———Income—————Spending (In Billions)
2005———2153———-2472
2006———2406———-2655
2007———2568———-2728
2008———2524———-2982
2009———2105———-3517
2010———2162———-3456
2011———2303———-3603
2012———2468———-3798
The bottom line is that spending has exploded under Obama, every single year he has been in office. Now I’m not naive enough to lay all the blame at the foot of one man, but the common Lib claim that Bush spent us into poverty and that Obama has been an innocent victim of that spending is pure BS. Man up, will you??
Bruno
February 11th, 2013
1:59 pm
I’d like to see the plan. Yes, by all means tackle the deficit but the priority should be jobs, that in itself will help with the deficit.
sailfish–Please look at the above numbers realistically. Our largest revenue years EVER were in 2007-2008, around $2.5 T collected per year. With current spending in the $3.6T range, there’s no way we can make up the difference with additional revenue unless everyone started paying 50% more in federal taxes.
Why can’t you Libs accept that we have a spending problem?? Does your loyalty to Obama cloud your judgment so much that you can’t acknowledge the plain and simple truth??
Jefferson
February 11th, 2013
2:00 pm
We didn’t have a spending problem until we cut revenue.
Matt321
February 11th, 2013
2:01 pm
If we’re playing the “Who caused our terrible debt problem” game, obviously any answer that isn’t Ronald Reagan is wrong, since he’s the one that start the ballooning, which was only slowed by Clinton (whose work was quickly undone by W). But anyway –
Tom Price is doing a lot of self-boosterism and hits at Broun for a man that’s apparently above politicking during his crucial meetings on how to regurgitate decade old talking points. From his tract [implication in brackets]:
” I’ve been entrusted with a leadership position by my colleagues.” [Unlike Paul Broun, who nobody likes, I am a leader - the type you'd want in the Senate]
“The urgency of our country’s problems is not to be taken lightly. Public service is a sacred trust and I take my responsibilities seriously. Too often, elected officials look toward the next rung on the ladder instead of the task at hand” [Paul Broun - he's not serious, he just thinks about himself]
“In the weeks to come, by demonstrating effective leadership, I will be focused on fulfilling the job I was elected to do.” [Unlike that old gasbag Broun, I'll be doing work]
“To announce a decision prior to the completion of the work on the debt ceiling and critical fiscal policy in May 2013, would be distracting and unwise” [Broun is distracting and dumb]
Just Saying..
February 11th, 2013
2:01 pm
“Tom Price knows it. Washington’s rotten eggs belong in Obama’s little egg basket. Don’t start throwing them at Bush.”
Dusty, again, who killed OBL? Cause the consensus on this blog is George. 3 years after he left office.
Or do we want it both ways?
Matz
February 11th, 2013
2:04 pm
Dr. Price is popular in the Sixth because of the large percentage of the constituency that looks like him: Carpetbagging Yankee transplants who moved here to pluck the ripe fruit of an exploding job market and massive over-development that resulted in three times as much house for the money as in the states from whence they came. Their “hard road to success” looks nothing like the hardscrabble dirt road to modest comfort traveled by most native Georgians. As the Pekoe Brigade’s poster sweetie, the good doctor has no trouble winning donations and backslaps from the Sixth’s gated community dwellers and “let’s-keep-our-money-here” Chamber members, but — as I dearly hope he discovers — the salt-of-the-earth folks in Georgia’s forgotten nether regions will not cotton to his soft-hands, limp handshake, thousand-dollar suits, and well-shined shoes as he supposes. Furthermore, the type of say-nothing doublespeak he spouts on Fox Noise every week will be seen as slippery goose drippings by folks who expect you to speak plainly and mean what you say.
Bruno
February 11th, 2013
2:06 pm
We didn’t have a spending problem until we cut revenue.
Jefferson, the numbers are up for you to see above. At its worst, revenue fell about 20% in the peak of the recession, while spending increased about 50%.
Again: Why can’t you Libs accept that we have a spending problem?? Does your loyalty to Obama cloud your judgment so much that you can’t acknowledge the plain and simple truth??
sailfish
February 11th, 2013
2:07 pm
bruno
We have a spending problem but why can’t you conned wingers focus on where it all started? Hint: After clinton it was projected we’d be running surplus into the future. Hell, I even credit the republican congress with getting us there. After the 2000 election, everything went south including getting duped into a war of choice and foolish tax cuts, therein lies the problem no one was whining about deficits or they were saying deficits don’t matter. Spending begins with legislation in the house, take your fair share of the blame and then maybe we can work for solutions.
Bruno
February 11th, 2013
2:08 pm
Carpetbagging Yankee transplants who moved here to pluck the ripe fruit of an exploding job market and massive over-development that resulted in three times as much house for the money as in the states from whence they came.
So, GA would be better off if only natives with 20 generations behind them were allowed to live here??
Mighty progressive of you, Matz.
Bruno
February 11th, 2013
2:14 pm
We have a spending problem but why can’t you conned wingers focus on where it all started?
salifish–Again, let’s talk hard numbers and forget about the political finger-pointing?? As the above table shows, spending exceeded revenue by about 10% in the years from 2005-2008. From 2009-2012, spending has exceeded revenue by about 50%. Quite a difference in magnitude, wouldn’t you say??
As a hard-core conservative, I oppose ALL deficit spending, whoever is in charge of Congress or the White House. I criticized Bush on these blogs plenty when he was in office. And we’re now at the point that laying blame for political reasons doesn’t even matter anymore. If we don’t do something quickly, a correction of some type is going to occur whether we like it or not, most likely in the form of hyper-inflation. At that point, whatever you have saved up for retirement will be worthless.
Is this acceptable to you??
indigo
February 11th, 2013
2:18 pm
He, no doubt, just wants to know which way the wind will be blowing come May.
If it looks promising, he’ll run. If not, he’ll keep his safe House seat.
Matz
February 11th, 2013
2:20 pm
So, GA would be better off if only natives with 20 generations behind them were allowed to live here?
Um, not at all what I said, Bruno, but Dr. Price’s chances of becoming a “Senator from Georgia” would be a darn sight better if “natives with 20 generations behind them” weren’t allowed to vote next year. I’m sure our state Senate is working on that problem as we speak, although to be honest, most of us would not be considered “native” if we had to go back 20 generations to qualify.
Thulsa Doom
February 11th, 2013
2:21 pm
Sailfish,
We should focus on where it all started? Good grief. As if sitting around all day blaming W is actually going to solve the budget problems of 2013. W is not prez. Hasn’t been in 4 years. Quit the childish whining about past history and start addressing the problems of today and future generations. Jeez. These W complainers are like a broken record.
sailfish
February 11th, 2013
2:22 pm
bruno
You conveniently exclude the cost of two wars and reduced revenue due to tax cuts, but I digress, sorry, I am a keynesian and when the economy is humming that will be the time to attack deficits. In the mean time, no new spending, targeted cuts and also get rid of some loopholes and tax giveaways to big oil.
Greg
February 11th, 2013
2:24 pm
Hey Dusty, Thank you for your response. I find it odd that no one wants to take credit for the eight Bush years. Why not own them? I know when President Obama is through with his two terms I, for one, will recall proudly his accomplishments.
Isn’t America great? Two Americans can maturely state their differences and move on.
Centrist
February 11th, 2013
2:24 pm
No mistake – he has the cash, will get a lot more, and campaign fatigue is real.
There is no doubt he is going to run and be the front runner. Whether how many others drop out along the way, and if he avoids a runoff are the only questions.
sailfish
February 11th, 2013
2:25 pm
doom
Well, then stop laying it ALL on obama! I’m with you, let’s get it solved and unemployment is still a problem, so lets all focus on that!
jconservative
February 11th, 2013
2:26 pm
“The bottom line is that spending has exploded under Obama…”
That is correct. And every dime of that spending was approved by the US Congress. And every dime of the revenue generated in the period was authorized by the US Congress.
But there is hope. Georgia will elect a new Senator in 2014 and every Georgia Representative will be up for re-election. A perfect opportunity for we Georgians to clean house in Georgia’s portion of the US Congress.
Greg
February 11th, 2013
2:28 pm
“Deficits don’t matter.”
-Vice President Dick Cheney
MarkV
February 11th, 2013
2:31 pm
While I heartily agree with JDW @1:35 pm and sailfish @1:39 pm, I also think that the blame has been played far too long already on both sides. I believe the attention should be instead on the ways to stimulate the economy and create jobs. The chances for sharp disagreement on this issue are just as good as about the blame, so everybody should be happy. In my view, the dead ends of such a discussion are wailing about deficit and national debt, fallacy about reducing taxes as an economy stimulus, and “austerity” spending cuts. Infrastructure spending should be among the most important tools to achieve the goals, but I am sure there are many others that can be discussed.
And Tom Price in the Senate race? A non-issue.
Bruno
February 11th, 2013
2:32 pm
You conveniently exclude the cost of two wars and reduced revenue due to tax cuts
sailfish–As far as I know, the above chart includes ALL spending, whether budgeted or not. The cost of the wars is in there. As is the reduced revenue. So, let’s talk numbers and put politics aside for a minute.
sorry, I am a keynesian and when the economy is humming that will be the time to attack deficits. In the mean time, no new spending, targeted cuts and also get rid of some loopholes and tax giveaways to big oil.
Keynesian Economics is predicated upon the occurrence of natural business cycles which operate independently of government spending. If government over-spending occurs for too long, however, it becomes a problem unto itself in the form of out-of-balance interest payments, as we’re facing now, which perpetuate the drag on the economy. We already went through this once with FDR. With all due respect to Keynes, it’s not as simple as using government spending as a counterbalance to natural business cycles.
Bruno
February 11th, 2013
2:37 pm
Um, not at all what I said, Bruno
Maybe it’s just little old sensitive me talking, but the term “Carpetbagging Yankee transplants” doesn’t come across as particularly friendly.
As if sitting around all day blaming W is actually going to solve the budget problems of 2013.
In case you haven’t noticed, Doom, the Dems are far more concerned with maintaining power than they are about solving our fiscal crisis. And apparently their “Blame Game” is working based upon the number of brain-washed responses I see here on a daily basis.
Thulsa Doom
February 11th, 2013
2:42 pm
Sailfish,
Obama is the president NOW. That is why we blame him for a complete lack of leadership on CURRENT deficits and spending. Your priorities are completely out of whack. Just look at your rant. You actually believe part of the problem is $4 billion in tax breaks to big oil for a standard tax depreciation break that is given to tens of thousands of businesses spread across numerous industries. Trillion dollar deficits and you’re worried about 4 billion to one industry. And please get a clue regarding taxes and the price of oil. Fed, state, and local govts combined make more on a gallon of gas then the oil companies. The difference is that at least the oil companies actually do something to explore, drill, extract, transport, and market and distribute that gas to us. Jeez!
Aesop's Fables and other Lib Economic Theories
February 11th, 2013
2:43 pm
OBAMA: Job of debt red-u-ction nearly done…
Good luck with your e-nde-av-or, Mr. Price.
And there are some in-dis-put-able truths to this life and one of them is that a lib will never take re-spo-ns-ibi-lity for anything.
This Earth will be frozen solid and the last remaining lib alive will be babbling about “Bush did it.”
Such a sim-ple people, they are.
Aesop's Fables and other Lib Economic Theories
February 11th, 2013
2:44 pm
After a while you get tired of trying to figure out the offending word and you just break all of them up.
Bruno
February 11th, 2013
2:44 pm
That is correct. And every dime of that spending was approved by the US Congress. And every dime of the revenue generated in the period was authorized by the US Congress.
jconservative–I can only hope that you saw my caveat ” Now I’m not naive enough to lay all the blame at the foot of one man”. However, we have absolutely NO chance of moving forward if folks won’t hold their representatives feet to the fire.
I believe the attention should be instead on the ways to stimulate the economy and create jobs.
MarkV–Maybe you can explain how the onerous ObamaCare and the raft of new business regulations that have been passed under Obama have stimulated the economy. Or, maybe you’re another one of the folks here who thinks we can spend our way out of debt, that all we need to do is keep printing more money.
Thulsa Doom
February 11th, 2013
2:46 pm
Bruno,
I can’t understand what the hell goes on in the heads of these people that they think blaming W from 5 to 8 years ago solves anything. God save us from this foolishness.
sailfish
February 11th, 2013
2:48 pm
doom
Ok, so to sum up your worldview – blame obama! Your hypocrisy is not much better than your so called blame bush contingent. At this point, my only non negotiable is hands off entitlements, everything else have at it, a promise made should be a promise kept or please don’t move the goal posts in the middle of the game, OK?
Thulsa Doom
February 11th, 2013
2:53 pm
Sailfish,
I absolutely blame W for previous deficits. And to be consistent I blame obama for the current deficits and spending which are even more staggering. Consistency sir. And I have yet to see any credible effort at all from Obama to address the runaway spending. None.
JSH
February 11th, 2013
2:55 pm
Hands off entitlements, that’s why we are now broke.
Bruno
February 11th, 2013
2:58 pm
God love the internet. I was just able to reconnect with one of my best friends from college. So cool.
In other news, did anyone else enjoy the Grammys last night?? I thought the Black Keys were outstanding. Fortunately, I missed the obnoxious Taylor Swift performance. Hard to respect folks like her and John Mayer who enjoy publicly trashing their exes.
Matz
February 11th, 2013
2:58 pm
Bruno,
I think you like to take things out of context in order to be “sensitive” about them. Ever hung out in Brooks County, GA? Waycross? Adele? Hahira? That’s how they’ll view the fancy-pants doctor. Heck, they barely tolerate ME because my hometown is Atlanta, and think (before they taste it) that my homemade pecan pie couldn’t possibly meet their standards. (It does.)
Hillbilly D
February 11th, 2013
3:01 pm
Someone from south GA will get that job.
That would be a good thing. South GA is under-represented compared to Georgia as a whole.
I’m still trying to figure out why everyone keeps shooting for a ten-year plan. How about a one year plan?? What are we waiting for??
Pretty simple really. You can make a 10 year plan and set it up for all the pain to come in the last year or two. By then, you’ll be a retired Congressman/lobbyist, dead (complete with statue), so firmly entrenched in your seat that you can’t be voted out or by then, everybody will completely have forgotten what you did or you can take part in the next great can-kicking charade and consolidate your position as a statesman for all posterity.
So, GA would be better off if only natives with 20 generations behind them were allowed to live here??
Nah, 6 to 8 would be fine.
Bruno
February 11th, 2013
3:02 pm
I’ll have to find out later from HD if he enjoyed the group performance of “The Weight” last night. Not one of my favorite songs, but I’m pretty easy to please when it comes to music.
If anyone wants to hear something cool, here’s Snoop Dog and the Doors:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_ApzhHYIgU
jconservative
February 11th, 2013
3:02 pm
Bruno – saw the caveat. But wanted to make the point about Congress. Notice I did not use your name.
Federal spending/revenue is an authority the Constitution gives to Congress, not the President. But over the years, going back to a strong FDR, Congress has essentially abdicated its revenue and spending authority to the president. There is nothing to stop the House and Senate from meeting together and agreeing on a budget. It is their Constitutional responsibility. And this President, like all his recent predecessors, will sign anything that passes the House and the Senate.
Over the years Congress has passed legislation telling the president he can spend only what they approve, can raise only the revenue they authorize, that he must spend every dime they approve and if spending is more than revenue, he must borrow the difference. Then they passed a law that he could not borrow unless they approved under a Debt Limit.
Whoever the president is, is not the problem; the problem is Congress.
Don't Tread
February 11th, 2013
3:03 pm
“a plan to balance the budget within ten years and correct the many problems created by the Obama Administration”
If there had only been one more vote for the balanced budget amendment back in the day…this wouldn’t be an issue.
sailfish
February 11th, 2013
3:03 pm
doom
So what’s the plan? I heard paul ryan on hannity saying that he will be introducing a plan that will balance the budget in ten years, good for him, let’s see the details. Let’s see if the republican budget wizard has the chops or if its the same chorus of tax cuts for the wealthy, been there, done that, higher deficits – fact.
sailfish
February 11th, 2013
3:06 pm
jconservative
Thanks for some rational perspective, you should be in congress!
Bruno
February 11th, 2013
3:07 pm
Ever hung out in Brooks County, GA? Waycross? Adele? Hahira? That’s how they’ll view the fancy-pants doctor. Heck, they barely tolerate ME because my hometown is Atlanta
Believe it or not, I’ve been able to chameleonize myself to the point that my Deep South friends and patients will openly insult Yankees in my presence, apparently accepting me as one of their own. It took a lot of work to ditch the Jersey accent. And you’re right, big-city folks are often thrown into that hated Yankee category.
, and think (before they taste it) that my homemade pecan pie couldn’t possibly meet their standards. (It does.)
Please don’t tell me that you like boiled peanuts…….
Hillbilly D
February 11th, 2013
3:11 pm
Please don’t tell me that you like boiled peanuts……
Then things are nasty. Parched is the way to go.
Hillbilly D
February 11th, 2013
3:11 pm
*Them things”…..This thing needs an edit feature since the odds of me ever learning to type and spell are looking mighty slim.
Aesop's Fables and other Lib Economic Theories
February 11th, 2013
3:11 pm
Meanwhile, as emperor obozo fiddles -
Not only has Putin made Russia the world’s largest oil producer, he’s also made it the biggest gold buyer. His central bank has added 570 metric tons of the metal in the past decade, a quarter more than runner-up China, according to IMF data compiled by Bloomberg. The added gold is also almost triple the weight of the Statue of Liberty.
The world moves to take us out.
sailfish
February 11th, 2013
3:14 pm
aesop
So, what’s your point anyway? As if the russian economy is to be feared, got your passport ready?
indigo
February 11th, 2013
3:17 pm
Aesop – 2:43 “a lib will never take responsibility for anything”
Obama took full responsibility for ordering a hit on Bin Laden.
Or, did you just somehow forget that.
indigo
February 11th, 2013
3:22 pm
Aesop – 3:11 “the world moves to take us out”
Unfortunately, this is all too true.
While libs and cons fight, deadlock and gridlock, other Countries are busy getting it done. Many of them are Countries we saved in WWII. This, of course, was many years ago and not only have they conviently forgotten our help, they will do everything possible to advance themselves at our expense. Makes you wonder why we help them out with foreign aid and job outsourcing.
Bruno
February 11th, 2013
3:41 pm
While libs and cons fight, deadlock and gridlock, other Countries are busy getting it done.
So what is your suggestion for breaking the gridlock, indigo?? During the first two years of Obama’s first term, the Repubs were basically shut out of the legislative process. The second two years they fought the Dems on ideological grounds, paying lip service to reducing our spending, which the Dems never accepted. Who needs to cave here??
John from Ormewood Park
February 11th, 2013
3:51 pm
I would like to see viable moderate candidates (man, woman, any race)from both parties. Or from a new party. The Democrats have gone far left and the Republicans have gone far right, and many of us are just sick to death of the logjam in Washington. You can’t be a moderate Republican, or the nutballs call you a “RINO.” You can’t be a moderate Democrat or their nutballs call you a Republican. WHat nonesense!
Michael H. Smith
February 11th, 2013
3:52 pm
News flash: I disagree with the socialist liberals on Kyle’s blog and they disagree with Kyle and me.
Tune in tomorrow, nothing will have changed.
Michael H. Smith
February 11th, 2013
3:55 pm
“I would like to see viable moderate”
They, “the viable moderates”, all went the way of the Neanderthals.
Hillbilly D
February 11th, 2013
3:57 pm
John from Ormewood
Good point. So far we’ve only had 3rd party attempts from either the left or right. That just guarantees the winner from the other end. The only way a 3rd party can make a viable push is to be from the center, where they pull votes from the disaffected in both parties. We haven’t had that so far and of course the system is set up to keep things just the way they are for the 2 major parties.
To Tell the Truth
February 11th, 2013
4:03 pm
The problem is that LOSER of a PRESIDENT that has done NOTHING but POINT FINGERS and attempt to take the focus off of his FAILED ADMINISTRATION!
yuzeyurbrane
February 11th, 2013
4:08 pm
smart move
Centrist
February 11th, 2013
4:23 pm
President Obama, the House, and the Senate agreed and passed sequester legislation that takes effect in 18 days.
Spending cuts are coming. There are no more tax increases scheduled, and 99% of the Bush tax rates have been made permanent. The deficit is going to shrink from where it is today, and the rate of debt increase will slow. I’m O.K. with that.
UNLESS the President, House, and Senate all agree to substitute fewer (or false) spending cuts. Not that anyone has asked me – but I’m NOT O.K. with that, and suspect the House will not go along. I don’t care if there is buyers’ remorse. Either accept sequestration, or make changes in the spending cuts without reducing the overall amounts. Tax reform in closing or limiting deductions, credits and simplification is laudable – but not likely in the short term – nor net revenue increases anywhere the size of needed spending cuts.
Attack Dog
February 11th, 2013
4:37 pm
With sequestration, the debt will continue to rise and the economy will tank. Why? Contrary to GOP logic, government spending does create jobs for the private sector.
Lynnie Gal
February 11th, 2013
5:06 pm
The current deficit mess we have is due to the tax cuts and unpaid wars generated by Bush. That’s why the economy initially collapsed. The reason we haven’t recovered is because immediately after Obama’s election, the cons started screaming and threatening about paying off the budget deficit they themselves created in the midst of the worst recession since the Great Depression, which they caused by deregulating banks and letting Henry Paulson raid the treasury in the last months of Bush/Cheney. They have fought against any attempt to create jobs and get the economy jumpstarted again. Then, the cons scream about the poor economy which they created. The whole thing is so transparent, that’s why Republicans are now known around the world as the “stupid party.”
Tiberius - pulling the tail of the left AND right
February 11th, 2013
5:12 pm
I see that lynnie gal hasn’t been able to be deprogrammed from the DNC propaganda that’s been fed to her.
She is the very definition of shallow intellect.
Mike
February 11th, 2013
5:15 pm
Wasn’t this column about Tom Price running for Senate?
I hope someone else comes along besides Broun. I think he should spend a good long time in a respected institution with Hank Johnson, and I don’t mean Congress. Maybe they can stand on opposite ends of Guam to keep it from tipping over.
Tiberius - pulling the tail of the left AND right
February 11th, 2013
5:19 pm
Jconservative, I agree about Congresses ultimate responsibility for spending, but the fact remains that the executive branch is still responsible for submitting budgets and providing leadership if Congress fails to.
They are BOTH responsible for this mess.
Jefferson
February 11th, 2013
5:28 pm
Tax increase are not over, boys,girls,men and women.
indigo
February 11th, 2013
5:29 pm
Bruno – 3:41
Just because I can see the problem, it does not follow I know the answer.
Statesmanship from all our politicians could be suggested but we both know this will never happen.
Tiberius - pulling the tail of the left AND right
February 11th, 2013
5:36 pm
They are as long as the House is in GOP hands, Jefferson.
A little thing called the Constitution makes it so.
snoqualmiefalls
February 11th, 2013
6:00 pm
I agree with some posters on this site as to…. what good does it do to blame Bush for this that or the other it happened so many years ago.. Like 9/11………. who could have ever predicted that on GW Bush watch? Or a number of US embassies that were attacked with the dead Americans totaling 54 while GW Bush was president.
Nope, it just doesn’t serve any good to examine recent history now does it?
Tiberius - pulling the tail of the left AND right
February 11th, 2013
6:10 pm
Snoqualmifalls proves that liberals just can’t be reasoned with.
Aesop's Fables and other Lib Economic Theories
February 11th, 2013
6:13 pm
According to AshleyMadison.com, a web site that bills itself as “the world’s leading married dating service for discreet encounters,” the nation’s capital was at the top of the list of America’s Least Faithful Cities with 34,157 sign-ups – more sign-ups per capita in 2012.
Pigs with our money, pigs with their lives.
Tiberius - pulling the tail of the left AND right
February 11th, 2013
6:14 pm
I mean, why attempt a reasonable discussion with people who know everything and won’t listen to anything they disagree with?
Sailfish
February 11th, 2013
6:36 pm
tiberius
Are you talking to yourself?
rooster
February 11th, 2013
6:50 pm
Hey, Matz, the folks in Adel probably wouldn’t appreciate you hanging an “e” on the end of the town’s name.
CC
February 11th, 2013
6:58 pm
“All of you sudden deficit hawks surely need to acknowledge the overflowing debt left on the doorstep for obama. He is not the big spender your mythology requires you to believe. Tag him with the stimulus but that’s about it, everything else is the hangover from the previous administration – wars, medicare part d, tarp, interest on the debt, millions unemployed after the economic meltdown, all before obama walked through the door. We are still digging out.”
On which planet do you reside . . . because it certainly isn’t this one!
Bruno answered you well in his 1:54 post but there is more. The national debt now stands at $16.5 trillion and rising rapidly. Obama’s trillion dollar annual deficits are historic and we are borrowing $.40 of every $1.00 now spent by the federal government.
For you to say that this is a result of Obama’s “stimulus spending” is an outright lie.
Rafe Hollister preparing for an Obamanist America
February 11th, 2013
7:00 pm
As some one born and raised below the gnat line, I can say that anyone who doesn’t eat and enjoy immensely the delicacy of boiled peanuts, should not be left alone with your wife or daughter.
Rafe Hollister preparing for an Obamanist America
February 11th, 2013
7:03 pm
BTW
True boiled peanuts are only available below the gnat line. The N GA version, dry Virginia peanuts from 2 seasons ago, rescued from some dank warehouse, boiled in over salted water for 3 days are almost lethal.
CC
February 11th, 2013
7:04 pm
Lynnie Gal:
“that’s why Republicans are now known around the world as the “stupid party.””
If that were true, you’d be the Republican Party Chairman . . .
md
February 11th, 2013
7:05 pm
Wow, I checked in over at that other place and lo and behold the regular misfits over there are talking about making CHOICES. Says the shooter that got OBL made the choice to leave and now he needs to lie in the bed he made. Amazing how that all goes out the window when one asks them why we should pick up the slack for the 1/3 that CHOOSE to drop out of school and end up “poor”……I think the term is hypocrites…..
And you guys do know there is a difference between a “green” boiled peanut and those nasty mountain peanuts they sell to tourists…..don’t you? Cook anything that’s over a year old and musty and it’s going to taste like it’s over a year old and musty.
Rafe Hollister preparing for an Obamanist America
February 11th, 2013
7:08 pm
Back to the topic. The biggest drag on our economy now is Obamacare. If Barry was serious about growing the economy and getting folks off the dole, he would suspend Obamacare for five years and watch business begin hiring again. More jobs equal more money floating around and more revenue to the government. Government debt (second biggest problem) is almost as much drag as Obamacare, as business and consumers realize that we inevitably will be faced with huge tax increases, so they are keeping their powder dry.
CC
February 11th, 2013
7:09 pm
Rafe:
Stop it. Just stop it!
I now want a LOT of boiled green peanuts and I wasn’t even thinking about it until now!
md
February 11th, 2013
7:12 pm
“Contrary to GOP logic, government spending does create jobs for the private sector.”
You need to change the word “does” to the word “may” and then make your point.
In reality, the only guarantee about gov’t spending in an attempt to stimulate is that the debt increases. IF by chance it does stimulate the economy, one best hope it boosts it enough to pay for all the money the gov’t just added to the private sector bill…….
Rafe Hollister preparing for an Obamanist America
February 11th, 2013
7:12 pm
CC@7:04 Now that is funny!
md, we agree on quite a bit, but on boiled peanuts, you are definitely spot on. Good B Pnuts should be pulled up and picked off the same day you boil them. Most people have never had a good batch of boiled peanuts.
Hillbilly D
February 11th, 2013
7:15 pm
Well, even though I can’t be trusted with your wives and daughters, I still prefer my peanuts parched. And I grow my own; none of that 2-3 year old stuff for me, either. They’re also not bad, raw, straight outta the ground.
Rafe Hollister preparing for an Obamanist America
February 11th, 2013
7:20 pm
Hillbilly
Yep, parched peanuts on the wood stove were a delicious treat in the middle of winter. We boiled them when they were fresh and parched them in the winter.
Have you ever had syrup candy?
getalife
February 11th, 2013
7:23 pm
Wet soggy peanuts are nasty.
md
February 11th, 2013
7:25 pm
“Good B Pnuts should be pulled up and picked off the same day you boil them. Most people have never had a good batch of boiled peanuts.”
Which is why we only have them when they are “in season”, and why they taste so good after having to wait for the next years crop.
HD….I’ll eat half the bag raw before I ever get them into the pot……and just the right amount of salt gives them a sweet flavor, not salty.
CC
February 11th, 2013
7:26 pm
HD:
You can stop it, too! I also love parched peanuts!
saywhat?
February 11th, 2013
7:27 pm
“Most people have never had a good batch of boiled peanuts”
———————————————————
Most people have never ridden a unicorn, or been pooped on by a flying monkey either.
Bruno
February 11th, 2013
7:27 pm
I see that lynnie gal hasn’t been able to be deprogrammed from the DNC propaganda that’s been fed to her.
You know, Ti, intentionally misinformed people like Lynnie Gal might even be considered humorous if she didn’t have the ability to vote. Unfortunately, our country appears to be full of Lynnie Gals based upon the last election results.
For more humor, listen to what DNC Chairwoman Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Florida had to say today in her “prebuttal” to Marc Rubio’s expected rebuttal to Obama’s SOU address tomorrow night:
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/democrats-offer-prebuttal-marco-rubio-rebuttal-obama-state-202624575–election.html
From the article:
“For instance, Wasserman Schultz said Rubio wanted to “gut Medicaid” and would “devastate seniors” by supporting “an extreme view of government that would dismantle America’s social safety net in order to pay for tax cuts for millionaires and billionaires.”
I keep wondering how a F’ing idiot like her keeps getting elected.
md
February 11th, 2013
7:28 pm
“Wet soggy peanuts are nasty.”
That’s why you don’t cook them very long…..fresh and firm vs musty and soggy. I never cook them longer than 30-45 mins and they are nice and firm and sweet. It’s takes years of doing it wrong to appreciate getting it right.
indigo
February 11th, 2013
7:32 pm
CC – 6:58
So little ole things like “wars, medicare part d, tarp, interest on debt, millions unemployed after the meltdown” just don’t count, punkie?
Bruno
February 11th, 2013
7:33 pm
Just got back from the gym after doing my first ever Crossfit workout. That sh!t ain’t easy. Especially for an old guy like me. I will say the scenery was quite dandy, however, with more than 50% of the class filled with buff women.
Sam
February 11th, 2013
7:37 pm
Broun for President. Hey, the Senate ought to be a good first step.
Bruno
February 11th, 2013
7:37 pm
So little ole things like “wars, medicare part d, tarp, interest on debt, millions unemployed after the meltdown” just don’t count, punkie?
indigo–I laid out the actual numbers in my 1:54. Now, do you have anything intelligent to comment upon using the actual numbers, or are you satisfied by simply repeating dishonest Lib talking points?? If I recall correctly, you are another Lib here who likes to claim that Cons just ain’t that bright. Quite frankly, you’re not making much of a case for your own abilities.
md
February 11th, 2013
7:38 pm
“For instance, Wasserman Schultz said Rubio wanted to “gut Medicaid” and would “devastate seniors” by supporting “an extreme view of government that would dismantle America’s social safety net in order to pay for tax cuts for millionaires and billionaires.”
She still pedalling that bs?
Watch Anderson call her out on her lies, and amazingly she says “It doesn’t matter”:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mBl-VvAIfE
Amazing example of a political worm…….
Bruno
February 11th, 2013
7:40 pm
anyone who doesn’t eat and enjoy immensely the delicacy of boiled peanuts, should not be left alone with your wife or daughter.
I don’t know about that, Rafe. Probably depends on how good-looking they are.
Hillbilly D
February 11th, 2013
7:43 pm
Have you ever had syrup candy?
No but I’ve heard Daddy talk about it. The only candy they got, in his day, was candy they made themselves. I can remember my Great Aunt, telling me how my Grandpa (her brother) bought her, her first piece of store bought candy when she was like 8-10 years old.
Bruno
February 11th, 2013
7:51 pm
Watch Anderson call her out on her lies, and amazingly she says “It doesn’t matter”:
That appears to be a familiar refrain over on the Dem side. Hillary skated with it during the recent House and Senate hearings as well. As someone commented earlier, that seems to be the overriding theme of the entire Obama Presidency “Hey, we know that we’re lying through our teeth, but it doesn’t matter, because we’re in charge”.
Bruno
February 11th, 2013
7:53 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSwaGgAjQZk
Rafe Hollister preparing for an Obamanist America
February 11th, 2013
8:00 pm
Hey, we know that we’re lying through our teeth, but it doesn’t matter, because we’re in charge”.
Amen to that!!!!
Hillbilly, syrup candy was a treat for poor folks. Never knew exactly how it was made, but as a child it seemed my uncle poured cane syrup (sugar cane) into a frying pan and boiled it down to a sticky mess. He then “pulled it” for what seemed like forever, when you are hungry. He pulled it into strands and kept pulling and pulling. Finally he would tear it into pieces and place it on wax paper and let it cool. All the sugar would burn your throat after a while.
md
February 11th, 2013
8:03 pm
Back at you Bruno….and for the libs on here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSbKmWcxvsw
Logical……huh?
md
February 11th, 2013
8:05 pm
Guess I’m going to have to pull out the Supertramp vinyl…..
Aesop's Fables and other Lib Economic Theories
February 11th, 2013
8:10 pm
A political payback to Hispanic voters that does little or nothing for African-Americans, reasoned Sam from Milwaukee on Wisconsin’s 1290 WMCS AM’s “Earl Ingram Show.”
“Our issues are not being highlighted and pushed, and things like gay marriage and (immigration) are being pushed to the forefront,” the caller said. “Hispanics are effectively organized. For us not to be organized and for us not to hold our leadership accountable is disheartening.”
“There (are) clearly different views in the African-American community around immigration,” Sharpton said on his radio show last month. “Some have said they’re (illegal immigrants) taking our jobs, they dilute our strength.
Yeah, but they know you’ll just stfu and fall in line for the next election.
Bruno
February 11th, 2013
8:11 pm
Back at you Bruno….and for the libs on here:
The “Breakfast In America” album came out while I was attending engineering school, so it will always hold a special place for me. The “Logical Song” fit my circumstances pretty well at the time, and in a small part led me to a career in health care instead.
Somehow, I think you might be a year or two older than me, but I’m guessing we’re from the same era.
Bruno
February 11th, 2013
8:13 pm
“There (are) clearly different views in the African-American community around immigration,” Sharpton said on his radio show last month. “Some have said they’re (illegal immigrants) taking our jobs, they dilute our strength.
Am I so far off base to wish for ONE America, with ONE set of rules for everyone?? But with the Dems constantly offering special rights and privileges to each and every splinter group, I don’t see us ever getting there.
Bruno
February 11th, 2013
8:17 pm
I remember hearing this song frequently a few years ago every time I took my then-GF home after our dates. Always made me laugh:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SU3U425qVo
For whatever reason, Roger Hodgson appears to be restricting youtube from playing the studio version of his songs. I know that the studio version of “School” used to be available, but now it’s not. Ditto for “Give A Little Bit”. If that’s true, can’t say that I blame him entirely.
Bruno
February 11th, 2013
8:21 pm
Supertramp’s best song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSel-X11by0
Hillbilly D
February 11th, 2013
8:22 pm
Rafe
Daddy still cusses about having to strip that cane, when he was a kid.
Bruno
February 11th, 2013
8:29 pm
This was my favorite song from the “Breakfast In America” album:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfB3O4eDXos
Bruno
February 11th, 2013
8:37 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBFFjqi3D_s
Dreamer, you know you are a dreamer
Well, can you put your hands in your head? Oh no
I said, “Dreamer, you’re nothing but a dreamer”
Well, can you put your hands in your head? Oh no
Bruno
February 11th, 2013
8:49 pm
Where did everyone go?? As they say, “Even In the Quietest Moments”:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfPT0ODaM1Q
CC
February 11th, 2013
8:50 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3khH9ih2XJg
CC
February 11th, 2013
8:52 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mRFWQoXq4c
Bruno
February 11th, 2013
9:05 pm
Nice Seger, CC. I think we covered him pretty well last week, so I won’t send any back at ya.
Are you any kind of a Traffic fan??
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ow1yz0P84E
Thulsa Doom
February 11th, 2013
9:38 pm
“I keep wondering how a F’ing idiot like her keeps getting elected.”
I can’t remember the topic but it was back during the election period that the woman told an outrageously stupid bald faced lie, got called out on it, and yet she still remains the DNC chairwoman. it may have been the Anderson Cooper article that md referred to. In any event it really is shocking that this complete fool not only gets re-elected but holds a prominent leadership position within the Dem party. Freaking scary.
Sailfish
February 11th, 2013
9:47 pm
Oh c’mon cons…your gallery is chock full of nutz…michelle bachman, just about every congress critter from texas, john mccain, lindsay graham even your hero paul ryan is a bit off kilter, balance the budget my arse, just give me some more tax cuts, that’s the tonic.
CC
February 11th, 2013
9:51 pm
Bruno:
“Are you any kind of a Traffic fan??”
Probably not. I’m more of a product of the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s. I’ve heard very little since the early 80’s that appealed to me. My music ‘likes’ pretty much covers the spectrum, though. I love blues, rock ‘n roll, doo wop, country, pop and even some opera. I also like swing from the era of the big bands. Even though classified as ‘music’, I will NOT listen to any of this rap crap!
Aesop's Fables and other Lib Economic Theories
February 11th, 2013
9:52 pm
Not to mention the “woman” is homely. She’s the perfect democrat; full of lies, poison and as ugly as hell.
Watch out hillary, you’ve got some comp!
Aesop's Fables and other Lib Economic Theories
February 11th, 2013
9:56 pm
She seems to be a stupid “woman” too. Not at all interested in taking advantage of the career advancement opportunities available in her own party. Just put on 500 pounds, marry a pervert who can’t keep his hands to himself and then blubber about it. You’ll soon be deemed inevitable.
CC
February 11th, 2013
9:58 pm
“Watch out hillary, you’ve got some comp!”
Talk about ‘two peas in a pod’! Both homely and liars!
Aesop's Fables and other Lib Economic Theories
February 11th, 2013
9:58 pm
But, of course, make sure there are no skinny a$$ wayward socialists that pose no threat at all to party power lurking around out there, first, before you put on the 500 pounds.
Sailfish
February 11th, 2013
9:59 pm
aesop
Too bad that she probably has more intellect in her pinkie than you do between the ears, your hating is ugly.
CC
February 11th, 2013
10:01 pm
“Just put on 500 pounds, marry a pervert who can’t keep his hands to himself and then blubber about it.”
Pervert? All lib pseudo-males will like and accept what they are TOLD to like and accept . . . by the lib witches!
Aesop's Fables and other Lib Economic Theories
February 11th, 2013
10:03 pm
sailfishy – At this point, what does it really matter?
Aesop's Fables and other Lib Economic Theories
February 11th, 2013
10:04 pm
Yeah, hillary is smart like I’m a Chinese woman.
Sailfish
February 11th, 2013
10:05 pm
aesop – At this point, what does it really matter?
I guess there’s no argument there, go ahead and rip her a new one if that’s what makes your toes tingle.
CC
February 11th, 2013
10:09 pm
Maher is the one who experiences ‘tingles’.
Aesop's Fables and other Lib Economic Theories
February 11th, 2013
10:10 pm
sailfish – That fat pig was probably drunk during the whole Benghazi “episode” and most likely for several days afterwards. Maybe even during the Senate hearings. 4 dead US service men and an embassy burnt to the ground, you are absolutely correct; at this point, what does it matter to a dummycrat?
Hillbilly D
February 11th, 2013
10:13 pm
Even though classified as ‘music’,
If you can’t hum it, it ain’t music.
Sailfish
February 11th, 2013
10:18 pm
aesop@10:10
See..right there you totally discredit any semblence of common sense, your immaturity needs some work, seems like you’ve got plenty of free time and there’s no time like the present – good luck.
CC
February 11th, 2013
10:22 pm
HD:
You’re right!
I also know what syrup candy is!
Bruno
February 11th, 2013
10:28 pm
I’m more of a product of the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s
CC–Traffic’s heydey was in the late 60s and early 70s.
I also like swing from the era of the big bands.
I actually have a Glenn Miller CD in my collection as a tribute to my Dad, who loved big bands.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJE-onnw2gM
Bruno
February 11th, 2013
10:31 pm
Once, as kids, my Dad loaded us up in the car, telling us that we were going to see the Glenn Miller Orchestra in the early 60s. What he failed to mention was that we didn’t have any tickets. We ended up sitting in the parking lot with the windows rolled down. On the way home, the muffler fell off of the station wagon, which of course prompted my Dad to gun the engine all around town in order to annoy my mother.
Ah, the good old days…….
Bruno
February 11th, 2013
10:32 pm
HD–You never mentioned whether you saw the Grammys last night. The group performance of “The Weight” was led by none other than your buddy Zac Brown. The audience seemed to appreciate it.
Sailfish
February 11th, 2013
10:32 pm
bruno
Well, if you like traffic then you must like the grateful dead and their woodstock partners creedence clearwater revival. Beethoven and mozart are no slouches either, just sayin.
Hillbilly D
February 11th, 2013
10:33 pm
Bruno
If people listen to your 10:26, they’ll hear where part of the fiddle solo in this came from.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AZmlbfNdGM
CC
February 11th, 2013
10:34 pm
Bruno:
IMO, this was Miller’s very best!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZQQ0vUBceM
Bruno
February 11th, 2013
10:35 pm
Another goody by the GMO, “Pennsylvania 6-5000″:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_muFwwTSMs
This song was played during a particularly cool part in the movie “The Glenn Miller Story” starring Jimmy Stewart.
Bruno
February 11th, 2013
10:38 pm
you must like the grateful dead
I actually have a large portrait tattooed onto my back of Jerry Garcia, sail. The artist who drew it used to have a copy of it online, but he took it down about a year ago. All the hippie chicks seem to love it.
Do you have any of the Dicks Picks??
Thulsa Doom
February 11th, 2013
10:39 pm
If Hilary is so freaking smart then why would she tell such a moronic lie about dodging bullets in Bosnia. Its one thing to tell a complex lie but to tell such an easily disproven lie is kinda dumb.
Bruno
February 11th, 2013
10:41 pm
they’ll hear where part of the fiddle solo in this came from.
Well, damn, HD, you kicked my ass on that one!! You are an ecletic Hillbilly fo sure!! I bow in your presence!!
Bruno
February 11th, 2013
10:45 pm
If Hilary is so freaking smart then why would she tell such a moronic lie about dodging bullets in Bosnia. Its one thing to tell a complex lie but to tell such an easily disproven lie is kinda dumb.
Personally, I think Hillary is fairly shrewd in a calculated, political way. At the same time, I think that she’s a pathological liar just like Bill, who will look you straight in the eye while they steal your teeth from your mouth.
I’ll never get over how those missing Rose Law Firm records somehow mysteriously “appeared” in the White House when it was politically advantageous for them. Yet, somehow their base, along with the press, gave them free pass after free pass.
Sailfish
February 11th, 2013
10:46 pm
-Do you have any of the Dicks Picks??-
I have no idea what that means. No tatoo’s for this fish, I like my skin just the way it is. Funny story though; when I got out of boot camp everybody wanted to get drunk, laid, and get a tatoo – not necessarily in that order. Well about eight of us stumbled into the tatoo parlor and I was last in line. I kind of sobered up and my daddy warned me not to get a tatoo, so I bailed and never regretted it.
Bruno
February 11th, 2013
10:48 pm
IMO, this was Miller’s very best!
That was supposed to be my parent’s “official” couples song, although my Mom claimed later that she just went along with it to please my Dad. She preferred this song instead:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5V430M59Yn8
Hillbilly D
February 11th, 2013
10:51 pm
This is the perfect couples song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90_jUVbg9hk
Sailfish
February 11th, 2013
10:52 pm
Interesting conversation about liars; a human condition that should be measured in degree’s, we’ve all been there. It’s been my observation that telling the truth is a lot more fun because what do you have to lose in the end? Chuck Yeager who is 89 and still flying said that he swore of lying and fear along time ago, having fear doesn’t solve anything he said. So true but not that easy in practice.
Thulsa Doom
February 11th, 2013
10:56 pm
Bruno,
Yes. She is shrewd. And yes. She is a pathological liar. But the problem with lying is that if you do it enough you slip up and get caught in some really dumb ones as she did. I thought about mentioning those mysterious files that they could never seem to find and then one day long after everything blows over those mysterious files suddenly reappear. Hard to believe she got away with that crap but when the media is largely on your side I guess dang near anything is possible.
Bruno
February 11th, 2013
10:56 pm
HD @ 10:51–Damn you’re on a roll tonight.
Since you won’t answer my Grammy question, I’ll have to assume that you were up on stage performing. Maybe you ARE Zac Brown incognito.
Hillbilly D
February 11th, 2013
10:58 pm
Bruno
I musta missed your question. Rest assured I’m not Zac Brown. I did hear him play when he was in high school, though.
Bruno
February 11th, 2013
10:58 pm
But the problem with lying is that if you do it enough you slip up and get caught in some really dumb ones as she did.
Which is why I always go with the truth. A lot easier to remember your stories that way.
Bruno
February 11th, 2013
10:59 pm
10:32, HD.
Thulsa Doom
February 11th, 2013
11:00 pm
“So true but not that easy in practice.”
We all have fear. The difference between Yeager and many of the rest of us is his ability to control that fear.
Bruno
February 11th, 2013
11:03 pm
I don’t think my first long-term GF and I ever had an official song, but this one always reminds me of her. At the time, she had just gotten out of a bad marriage with a much older man, and I didn’t really know much about love.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XDZjLAV66A
In some ways, I still don’t know much…….
Thulsa Doom
February 11th, 2013
11:06 pm
“Which is why I always go with the truth. A lot easier to remember your stories that way.”
Yep. Even if you have little or no morals you ought to have the common sense to just tell the truth rather than having to try and remember all your dang lies. I’ve seen plenty of people over the years get caught up in a lie because they can’t keep up with the different bs they tell different people.
On a different note I do tell the occasional white lie to avoid hurting someone’s feelings. I had a co-worker come to work in a very loud, colorful outfit years back. She had the idea that someone had laughed about it and asked me what I thought of her outfit. I distinctly remember lying my ass off and telling her that it was bright and that brightness kind of livened up the day. In reality when I first saw her walking down the corridor in it I was shocked. I thought she was dressed for a clownshow for ringling brothers circus.
Hillbilly D
February 11th, 2013
11:07 pm
Bruno
Didn’t see the Grammy show. Evidently that hasn’t made it to You tube yet, I like several versions of The Weight but I think the Staple’s version. Hard to beat their vocals.
Bruno
February 11th, 2013
11:11 pm
My first date with my ex-wife was to see “Dirty Dancing”, so I always thought of this as “our song”:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bd6CG3ZYbVY
Forever in my heart…..
Hillbilly D
February 11th, 2013
11:12 pm
This song is a trip down memory lane, if there ever was one.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_L886mjb0O8&feature=related
Bruno
February 11th, 2013
11:12 pm
but I think the Staple’s version
FYI, they had Mavis Staple up there, and she did one of the verses as a solo. Zac Brown was on acoustic guitar and Elton John on piano.
Bruno
February 11th, 2013
11:15 pm
BTW, sailfish, Chuck Yeager’s story is told pretty well in the movie “The Right Stuff”. If you haven’t seen it, it’s worth a watch.
Bruno
February 11th, 2013
11:18 pm
This song is a trip down memory lane, if there ever was one.
Damn, HD, there you go again playing “I Go Crazy”. I used to cry to that one after my first long term GF moved back to Jersey to finish her schooling.
In case you didn’t notice, I’ve been a mess lately missing PB.
Lil' Barry Bailout - OBAMAPHONE!!!
February 11th, 2013
11:20 pm
Millions Improperly Claimed U.S. Phone Subsidies
The U.S. government spent about $2.2 billion last year to provide phones to low-income Americans, but a Wall Street Journal review of the program shows that a large number of those who received the phones haven’t proved they are eligible to receive them.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323511804578296001368122888.html?mod=WSJ_GoogleNews&mod=igoogle_wsj_gadgv1
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Scumbags. Aided and abetted by bureaucrat scumbags.
Bruno
February 11th, 2013
11:21 pm
Well, if we’re breaking out the hankies, I guess I have to put this one up. I’m not a huge Diana Ross fan overall, but this one seems sincere:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVlbbk4SPC4
Hillbilly D
February 11th, 2013
11:21 pm
Really liked the Right Stuff, the movie, but if you like that, you really need to read the book.
Thulsa Doom
February 11th, 2013
11:25 pm
We spend 2.2 billion on cell phones to low income Americans? Since when did a dang cell phone become a necessity that the federal govt needs to pay for? Jeez.
Bruno
February 11th, 2013
11:26 pm
Apologies to the rap-haters here, but I think Puff Daddy did a good job with this remake of the Police’s “I’ll Be Watching You”, dedicated to Biggy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xbl7y89Catg
Thulsa Doom
February 11th, 2013
11:29 pm
Bruno, Hillbilly D, others,
I thought I would mention a website that I’ve found to be pretty cool that discusses all sorts of ideas, usually scientific stuff that has no partisan slant and when it does that’s ok. Its called ted.com. If you haven’t seen it check it out sometime.
Hillbilly D
February 11th, 2013
11:30 pm
This is a good one to say goodnight on.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rW9-FOLG-iA
Bruno
February 11th, 2013
11:31 pm
You guys are excused form listening to this one from Aaliyah:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EKmRlAm-ng
Bruno
February 11th, 2013
11:40 pm
Keep on going, guys. Just ignore me the rest of tonight.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0habxsuXW4g
Bruno
February 11th, 2013
11:49 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wU_XCpC6HdE
nomaj
February 12th, 2013
1:09 am
Kyle, regarding the question: “Is Price making a mistake by not joining the race until after the session?”
IMO, no. Now if there was any other candidate other than Broun in the race, then maybe yes, but since it’s only Broun, so far, I don’t see time as being crucial.
Broun already has all the voters he will likely get – I can’t imagine anyone deciding upon any sort of further consideration to support this unfortunate man as a candidate. If Gingrey (a more formidable hard-right potential candidate) or Cagle (center-right, and a definite threat, statewide) jumps in, then Price will need make his move, as well. But there’s no real pressure right now, since the only one currently running is a nutjob.
Aesop's Fables and other Lib Economic Theories
February 12th, 2013
6:53 am
Yeah, genius hillary with her misspelled Russian reset button.
Aesop's Fables and other Lib Economic Theories
February 12th, 2013
7:06 am
Modern liberals simply can’t rest until the Church elects a liberal pope. Hijacking the Church for their own ideological purposes has long been their goal. They dream of a pope giving his imprimatur to the sexual revolution and socialism. Then at last the “forces of absolutism” will have been defeated!
By absolutism, the Kellers ultimately mean God. That’s the absolute authority they seek to overthrow. They numbered Benedict among their historical enemies for refusing to join them in removing God from religion.
He resisted that pressure, understanding that if the Church mirrors the morality and philosophy of the world she becomes just one more force for evil and delusion in it.
Anybody else get the feeling that unless we get a gay baby killer, the libs won’t like the new pope?
Real Athens
February 12th, 2013
7:25 am
Mavis Staples. Nick Lowe. Wilco. Levon Helm.
http://vimeo.com/34339206
Numbers-R-US
February 12th, 2013
8:20 am
Paul Broun is a good fit with the GOP. Y’all should elect him to the Senate. He’ll maintain the status quo and keep y’all protected from that science stuff.
JDW
February 12th, 2013
8:20 am
@Rafe…”You can’t add almost 6 T to a 10T dollar budget ”
What in the world are you talking about…budget Obama inherited was about $3.317 trillion ($3.517 less 200 billion in stimulas). In 2013 it is about $3.8 trillion. There is no 6 and no 10. The growth rate is around 3.5% which is far far lower than either Duhbya or Reagan.
Lil' Barry Bailout - OBAMAPHONE!!!
February 12th, 2013
8:25 am
Rafe’s talking about debt, but you knew that.
Lil' Barry Bailout - OBAMAPHONE!!!
February 12th, 2013
8:32 am
…and by any measure, Obozo is spending far more than Our Presidents Duhbya or Reagan.
JDW
February 12th, 2013
8:36 am
@Bruno…”The bottom line is that spending has exploded under Obama, every single year he has been in office. Now I’m not naive enough to lay all the blame at the foot of one man, but the common Lib claim that Bush spent us into poverty and that Obama has been an innocent victim of that spending is pure BS. Man up, will you??”
You got your numbers right and your conclusion wrong. The FY 2009 budget was Duhbya’s and that is a simple fact that has been fact checked to death.
http://www.factcheck.org/2012/06/obamas-spending-inferno-or-not/
Any none partisan should get that.
The vast majority of those increases you like to rail about are increases in things that rise automatically given our economic situation. Things like unemployment, food stamps, Medicare and Medicaid. Or in the case of Social Security something that has risen due to demographics. Outside of the stimulus there has been very little growth in discretionary spending which is in fact one of the reasons for the slower recovery.
JDW
February 12th, 2013
8:38 am
@LBB”and by any measure, Obozo is spending far more than Our Presidents Duhbya or Reagan.”
Your measuring method is broken. Try taking off those glasses of doom you con’s seem to love. The real world looks a lot better then.
Lil' Barry Bailout - OBAMAPHONE!!!
February 12th, 2013
8:40 am
What numbers do you want to use, JDW? Dollars? Inflation-adjusted dollars? Percent of GDP?
Any of the above will result in you being shown to be a liar.
Bruno
February 12th, 2013
9:07 am
The vast majority of those increases you like to rail about are increases in things that rise automatically given our economic situation. Things like unemployment, food stamps, Medicare and Medicaid. Or in the case of Social Security something that has risen due to demographics. Outside of the stimulus there has been very little growth in discretionary spending which is in fact one of the reasons for the slower recovery.
JDW–From what you’ve stated in the past, I believe you have significant business experience. As such, I would think you could provide a little more than a “throw your hands in the air” answer like that. As a former business owner myself, I had to adjust my budgets yearly in relation to my income. Though there isn’t a one-to-one correlation between business spending and governmental spending, core basic economic principles apply to both, e.g. you can’t spend significantly more than you pull in year after year and hope to survive.
I know that you have taken up the job of carrying water for the Dem Party here on the blogs, but try to be a little reasonable now and again, will you??
Aesop's Fables and other Lib Economic Theories
February 12th, 2013
9:15 am
The FY 2009 budget was Duhbya’s
uh huh
“The majority was elected on a pledge of fiscal responsibility, but so far it’s acting like a teenager with a new credit card,” Bush said in his speech here. “This year alone, the leadership in Congress has proposed to spend $22 billion more than my budget provides. Now, some of them claim that’s not really much of a difference — the scary part is, they seem to mean it.”
Democrats and their allies quickly attacked Bush for his veto of the education-health bill. House Appropriations Committee Chairman David R. Obey (D-Wis.) called it “pure politics,” and the National Education Association, a teachers union, called it a “politically-motivated attack on children.” Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean vowed that “Republicans will pay for it in next year’s elections.”
He vetoed it, they overrode the veto. Own it, cowards.
TBone
February 12th, 2013
9:17 am
Here’s an idea; elect someone who does not know the machinations of DC. Those recycled “politicians” have hed their days in the sun and have done nothing for the country. Until these guys put the country and its people first, get rid of them. They are corrupt or are getting there fast.
Aesop's Fables and other Lib Economic Theories
February 12th, 2013
9:23 am
Some people you just know are Conservatives -
DR. CARSON: I’ve always said if God grabs me by the collar and sticks me in that arena, that’s the only way that I’ll do it. But, no, I’m actually going to retire in June from surgery. I will still teach, I will still be involved, but I’m going to retire from surgery, so it does open up a lot of possibilities for me. I’m very focused on education and getting the populace back to where it used to be — like back in 1831 when Alexis de Tocqueville was so impressed — because an uneducated populace will fall for anything.
And then there’s karl rove and his crew.
When are we going to boot these moderates and get back to what everyone knows as the facts?
JDW
February 12th, 2013
11:32 am
@Bruno…” As a former business owner myself, I had to adjust my budgets yearly in relation to my income. Though there isn’t a one-to-one correlation between business spending and governmental spending, core basic economic principles apply to both, e.g. you can’t spend significantly more than you pull in year after year and hope to survive.”
Sorry but there is really no correlation between business budgeting and government budgeting. In 2011 56% of all spending was Mandatory Spending and could not have been changed except by legislative action and I have seen much of that recently. Of the remaining 44% almost half is Military spending. Of the remaining spending other than the stimulus it has grown almost ZERO.
Lil' Barry Bailout - OBAMAPHONE!!!
February 12th, 2013
9:22 pm
Which measure of spending shall we use, JDW?
Crickets…..