As the current unthinking talking point reminds us, Yes, Ronald Reagan did raise the debt ceiling 18 times, as opposed to Barrack Obama’s measly 5, soon to be 6. Of course, if he wins re-election, and the frequency of debt ceiling raises continue, this President will have approved about the same number of DCR’s as his distant predecessor. However, a far more important value to consider, in the former President’s eight years, the total dollar amount of those increases was about 2.5 trillion for 18 raises. This latest DCR, which will happen automatically if I’m reading things right, will have the Obama administration (AND the Congress) surpass that amount in just 6! And that only took three years, as opposed to Reagan’s eight!
That’s an impressive accomplishment indeed!!!!
If this gravy train continues to go on the same damned track we’re on, in a ceteris paribus fashion, assuming the President wins the 2012 contest, we are looking at a debt increase of close to 9 TRILLION DOLLARS! That, my friends, would be a doubling of the total debt incurred before Barrack Obama took office in 2008.
And no, I’m not placing all the blame on this President. Both side are culpable for the exponential increase, and the failure to put special interests aside, chuck the lobbyist establishment, and get things done, all because they want to position themselves for the next elections.
History will not look kindly to this bunch of politicians… And I use that word with all the bile I can muster!!!!
PS. To show my willingness to be unbiased, the damning chart was borrowed from a liberal blog dutifully echoing the talking point!
Kevin was a close friend of mine who died this last week-end. This is why I haven’t blogged since Christmas. Just haven’t been in the mood to write.
Kevin had a terrific sense of humor, and was one of the smartest people I know. He was a true geek in every sense of the word, played D & D and Magic the Gathering and would often pull a Star Trek or Star Wars reference out of his crack at the drop of a hat! He was a couple years younger than I which makes his death somehow suck even more. My friends, especially the younger ones, shouldn’t be leaving this world yet.
Since Kevin loved to laugh, I’ll post a picture he featured on his FaceBook page and end with the last joke I remember him telling. It’s what he would have liked I think.
What’s brown and sticky????
A stick!!!!!
PS. Kevin liked his beer, and paid the price for it. He died of an esophageal hemorrhage, which is a byproduct of cirrhosis of the liver, a condition he was suffering from. So… My friends who are fond of the bottle, PLEASE take note. I don’t mean to lecture, and I know Kevin would verbally slap me for bringing this up at this time. That said, I lost a great friend, and feel that if nothing else, his untimely death can be a lesson for others.
Good… But the fact that it was there in the first place illuminates the fact that most of those in Congress are dimmer than the bulbs they tried to ban… I guess they simply didn’t like the competition!!!!!
Sad to report that we have lost one of the most dynamic voices of our generation. With the exception of being an ardent atheist, he was impossible to pin down and categorize as belonging to any one political movement or ideology. He truly called them as he saw them. Without question, he truly was his own man. He burned as bright as anyone I can recall in my lifetime, and now the flame is no more. I can’t say I always agreed with him, but he was one HELL of a writer, and I am a better writer because of his influence! He taught me to let my guard down and don’t fear what you think or believe. Still, to be 1 / 1000th as good a writer as he was…
I’ve read his treatise on Thomas Paine (a kindred spirit if there ever way one) and many of his Slate and Vanity Fair pieces, including the last few he managed to squeeze out despite his illness. [here] But, of all the things I’ve read from this brilliant man, this is the one blindingly obvious insight I will always remember:
“By all means, stupid people should be represented, but not by stupid people.”
I have his autobiography on my reading cue. I break that open tonight.
Of everything I’ve seen in this campaign season, this may very well be the most ridiculously absurd, over-the-top, jump-the-shark moment!
If a Republican wins the White House, and taps former candidate Herman Cain for a cabinet position, his first choice would not be for Secretary of Treasury, or Commerce Secretary, or something that he at least has some background knowledge. No, his first choice?
Yes! The guy who didn’t know that China already has nuclear weapons and had no idea what President Obama was doing in Libya wants to be Secretary Of Defense!
I guess this advise is no longer in vogue within Conservative circles.
Will post the Cain video when it becomes available.
In this case, they’re eating their “Old”! Check out these comments from Ann Althouses blog concerning the general discontent brewing within Republican ranks, specifically the stalwart Conservative opinion magazine National Review Online, concerning the possibility of a Newt Gingrich nomination!
And what do the establishment hacks at NRO — in the tank for the Weasel last time and in the tank now — have to say about all of the Republicans who have served in Congress since Newt left??
Spineless, weak, ineffectual disasters. Yeah, they’ve really done a bang-up job — just look at where the country is today. And they did nothing to stop it.
Or
“National Review has never had a gigantic circulation and has always been a money loser, but it has some of the best conservative commentary in print or in pixels. Yes, I’m an unabashed fan of it because of the quality of its content.”
Well good for you. Anyone who’s old -and conservative enough- knows NR lost its fastball about 15 years ago. Its irrelevant and has been ever since the “girly men” fired Coulter.
So its a quality magazine, so what, some think the New Republic and the New Yorker are quality too. They just aren’t conservative and neither is NR.
And
Sadly NRO has zero credibility as a Conservative magazine. I doubt many Republican voters care.
When National Review is not “Conservative Enough”… Uhm… Houston… We have a problem! I’m thinking this is a pretty good Conservative “Jump The Shark” moment!
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