Congressional Record, March 16, 2006.

Wanna guess who said this just 5 years ago?  you can look it up in the Congressional Record...

  “The fact that we are here today to debate raising America ’s debt limit is a sign of leadership failure. It is a sign that the US Government cannot pay its own bills. It is a sign that we now depend on ongoing financial assistance from foreign countries to finance our Government’s reckless fiscal policies. 
Increasing America ’s debt weakens us domestically and internationally. Leadership means that ‘the buck stops here.' Instead, Washington is shifting the burden of bad choices today onto the backs of our children and grandchildren. 
America has a debt problem and a failure of leadership. 

Americans deserve better."

Answer:  Senator Barack H. Obama (D-IL) 

Hat Tip: DrGog

To: Speaker of the House: How much is "Enough?"

Dear Mr. Boehner,
As a resident of a Democrat-controlled state, and as one who has only  Democrat Representatives, I am appealing to you:
NO COMPROMISE!
How many broken promises, factual "misstatements" and straw-man semantic deceits are enough?  Have we not been "misled" enough?  Have we not been told enough prevaricatory stories and "dreams?"
Have we not seen enough straw men beaten down by disingenuous, if not blatantly fraudulent, rhetoric?
NO COMPROMISE!  
Do you honestly believe that the United States can tax its way out of the Democrats' and this President's maelstrom?  How much more taxes would be "enough?"  30%?  40%  How about 75%? 
How much will be "enough?" If you give this "worse-than-Carter" President a nickel, he will expect a dollar "tip."  You, and the rest of us in  America, have already witnessed that, time and time again.
If I desired to live in a third-world "banana republic" I could move to South America, but I live HERE, where tin-badged Socialists with delusions of grandeur are eroding every vestige of the "American Dream," from manufacturing takeovers to Wall Street "bailouts" to handcuffing coal, electric, and oil companies to purveying inadequate medical care.  This admnistration has twisted the very fabric of our nation into a throwaway grease rag, and  I want my country back!!!
No Compromise, please, Sir.  No compromise.
NO COMPROMISE!
The nation's indebtedness is already insurmountable in our lifetimes:  
How Much is Enough?

Best Ad of the Year, Maybe the Decade

Better than the "Hugh Jidette 2012" ads on FB:

Ozymandias

I met a traveler from an antique land Who said: Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert. Near them, on the sand, Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown, And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command, Tell that its sculptor well those passions read Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things, The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed; And on the pedestal these words appear: “My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!” Nothing beside remains. Round the decay Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare The lone and level sands stretch far away. 
**Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822)

Today's Best Cartoon

 Congress, both House and Senate, continue to solve America's near-bankruptcy by continuing to whip dead horses in order to seem constructive and protect their cush jobs.  The Senate is scheduled to vote on a "gay marriage" proposal, while the House wants to force consumers to buy pricey and mercury-laden Compact Fluorescent Lights rather than the tried-and-true and safe Incandescents.  
Say, you don't suppose there's anything in that proposal that would benefit the manufacturers and marketers of CFLs, do you?  Ask Jeff Immelt of General Electric, or Phillips Electrical CEO Frans van Houten if they may need to import a few million Chinese-made CFLs in order to meet the demand?  Probably just a nasty rumor, right?
So, America, "Suck It Up" and "Eat Your Peas" as the "professional politicians" improve your world for you, whether or not you agree.
Or, in 2012, you could throw the bums out, from 1600 Pennsylvania all the way down.

Et Tu, Brute?

Oregon Congressman Kurt Schrader, who represents the Democrats in his district, posted the following on his Facebook page:

"Have you joined the fight to stop special interest dominance of our elections yet? We're off to a great start with nearly 500 sign ups, but we need your help to build this movement. So sign the petition if you haven't yet, post this link to your Facebook profile and let's work together to build the momentum to bring fairness back to our elections."  

As we all know, "fairness in our elections" is Demspeak for "Our poll numbers are tanking due to our wastrel spending and onerous taxations; let's find a straw man to blame asap so we can stay afloat."   As I peruse a list of HIS top campaign donors, I see a pattern:

AmeriPAC: The Fund for a Greater America
$25,000*



National Electrical Contractors Assn

$25,000



American Fedn of St/Cnty/Munic Employees

$22,500



Teamsters Union

$22,500



National Education Assn

$21,500



Intl Brotherhood of Electrical Workers

$20,000



American Federation of Teachers

$20,000



PAC to the Future  (see: Nancy Pelosi)

$20,000



Service Employees International Union

$20,000



National Rural Electric Cooperative Assn
$19,000



Human Rights Campaign
$18,776



Ironworkers Union
$17,500

Nope, didn't see any "special interest" money there, no siree, not one dime.  Now go away.

*http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/contrib.php?cycle=Career&cid=n00030071&type=I