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akuma587 on 22 March 2009



We had two bags of grass, seventy-five pellets of mescaline, five sheets of high-powered blotter acid, a salt shaker half full of cocaine, a whole galaxy of multi-colored uppers, downers, screamers, laughers…Also a quart of tequila, a quart of rum, a case of beer, a pint of raw ether and two dozen amyls.  The only thing that really worried me was the ether.  There is nothing in the world more helpless and irresponsible and depraved than a man in the depths of an ether binge. –Raoul Duke

It is hard to shed anything but crocodile tears over White House speechwriter Patrick Buchanan's tragic analysis of the Nixon debacle. "It's like Sisyphus," he said. "We rolled the rock all the way up the mountain...and it rolled right back down on us...."  Neither Sisyphus nor the commander of the Light Brigade nor Pat Buchanan had the time or any real inclination to question what they were doing...a martyr, to the bitter end, to a "flawed" cause and a narrow, atavistic concept of conservative politics that has done more damage to itself and the country in less than six years than its liberal enemies could have done in two or three decades. -Hunter S. Thompson

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TheRealMafoo on 22 March 2009

It must meet 4 basic principles.

1.renewable energy to get us off foreign oil.
2.better eduction
3.investment in healthcare reform
4.reduce deficit by half, by the end of first term.

What about protecting my civil liberties? I thought that's what government is for.

He said that in 10 years he will decrease government spending as a share of our economy to the lowest in half a century.

He did not say what that spending will be, and what the economy will be. This is one of the biggest issues I have with Obama. He is always vague. I would like him to use real numbers for a change.

For example. #4 looks great when he words it like he does. What he does not tell you, is what that deficit will be. It will be over $500 billion. He can say he is going to “cut the deficit by half”, because this year it's going to be 1.3 trillion, or more. Sounds good when you say your going to cut it on half, when you don't tell people what they really means.



colonelstubbs on 22 March 2009

Hes so sexy!



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akuma587 on 22 March 2009

I thought it was a good speech. And I am glad Obama is willing to actually get America to address the problems it has been complaining about for the last 25 years but has been too lazy to fix.



We had two bags of grass, seventy-five pellets of mescaline, five sheets of high-powered blotter acid, a salt shaker half full of cocaine, a whole galaxy of multi-colored uppers, downers, screamers, laughers…Also a quart of tequila, a quart of rum, a case of beer, a pint of raw ether and two dozen amyls.  The only thing that really worried me was the ether.  There is nothing in the world more helpless and irresponsible and depraved than a man in the depths of an ether binge. –Raoul Duke

It is hard to shed anything but crocodile tears over White House speechwriter Patrick Buchanan's tragic analysis of the Nixon debacle. "It's like Sisyphus," he said. "We rolled the rock all the way up the mountain...and it rolled right back down on us...."  Neither Sisyphus nor the commander of the Light Brigade nor Pat Buchanan had the time or any real inclination to question what they were doing...a martyr, to the bitter end, to a "flawed" cause and a narrow, atavistic concept of conservative politics that has done more damage to itself and the country in less than six years than its liberal enemies could have done in two or three decades. -Hunter S. Thompson

SnesTea on 22 March 2009

I hope it recovers on Thursday!



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akuma587 on 22 March 2009

Lol, I love people who don't know how grammar and syntax work.



We had two bags of grass, seventy-five pellets of mescaline, five sheets of high-powered blotter acid, a salt shaker half full of cocaine, a whole galaxy of multi-colored uppers, downers, screamers, laughers…Also a quart of tequila, a quart of rum, a case of beer, a pint of raw ether and two dozen amyls.  The only thing that really worried me was the ether.  There is nothing in the world more helpless and irresponsible and depraved than a man in the depths of an ether binge. –Raoul Duke

It is hard to shed anything but crocodile tears over White House speechwriter Patrick Buchanan's tragic analysis of the Nixon debacle. "It's like Sisyphus," he said. "We rolled the rock all the way up the mountain...and it rolled right back down on us...."  Neither Sisyphus nor the commander of the Light Brigade nor Pat Buchanan had the time or any real inclination to question what they were doing...a martyr, to the bitter end, to a "flawed" cause and a narrow, atavistic concept of conservative politics that has done more damage to itself and the country in less than six years than its liberal enemies could have done in two or three decades. -Hunter S. Thompson

TheRealMafoo on 22 March 2009

I looked this up. He is on 60 minutes Monay, and is taking prime time Tuesday to talk to the people. He is campaigning to get his budget passed. He is looking for $3.6 Trillion.

Here is a good read:

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2009/03/21/obama_makes_pitch_for_budget_p.html?wprss=44

"The budgetary concerns, voiced by congressional Republicans and some deficit-wary Democrats, were only amplified yesterday by a new forecast from the independent Congressional Budget Office estimating that this year's deficit will surpass $1.8 trillion. Meanwhile, the CBO said, Obama's budget proposal would leave the nation much deeper in debt than White House budget makers have estimated, with deficits averaging $1 trillion for the next decade."



akuma587 on 23 March 2009

$1.2 of that total was already on Obama's plate before he got in the door. He was dealt some pretty bad cards, at least in the short run.



We had two bags of grass, seventy-five pellets of mescaline, five sheets of high-powered blotter acid, a salt shaker half full of cocaine, a whole galaxy of multi-colored uppers, downers, screamers, laughers…Also a quart of tequila, a quart of rum, a case of beer, a pint of raw ether and two dozen amyls.  The only thing that really worried me was the ether.  There is nothing in the world more helpless and irresponsible and depraved than a man in the depths of an ether binge. –Raoul Duke

It is hard to shed anything but crocodile tears over White House speechwriter Patrick Buchanan's tragic analysis of the Nixon debacle. "It's like Sisyphus," he said. "We rolled the rock all the way up the mountain...and it rolled right back down on us...."  Neither Sisyphus nor the commander of the Light Brigade nor Pat Buchanan had the time or any real inclination to question what they were doing...a martyr, to the bitter end, to a "flawed" cause and a narrow, atavistic concept of conservative politics that has done more damage to itself and the country in less than six years than its liberal enemies could have done in two or three decades. -Hunter S. Thompson

TheRealMafoo on 23 March 2009
akuma587 said:
$1.2 of that total was already on Obama's plate before he got in the door. He was dealt some pretty bad cards, at least in the short run.

 

Nope. That “last years business” crap I don't buy. Congress was still arguing about the budget, why can't the White House say no. He is about change in washington, but then says he must sign a ridicules spending bill because thats the way it's done. Its got his name on it, it's his.

and this line:

“Obama's budget proposal would leave the nation much deeper in debt than White House budget makers have estimated, with deficits averaging $1 trillion for the next decade."

has nothing to do with Bush.

You entered a country with a huge financial problem. Act accordingly. Don't act like we have money coming out of our ears.