tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post796555849660097065..comments2024-03-22T05:17:53.112-04:00Comments on Big Bad Bald Bastard: Silver Lining for the Sequester?Big Bad Bald Bastardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01983025559556548658noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post-60341123734805141642013-03-02T16:06:12.053-05:002013-03-02T16:06:12.053-05:00A good outcome of the sequester would be if the de...A good outcome of the sequester would be if the defense cuts give John McCain a heart attack.OBShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11290768768025981403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post-56320608599122948662013-03-02T13:50:36.807-05:002013-03-02T13:50:36.807-05:00Hey, look. BBBB and I have just about the same tak...<i>Hey, look. BBBB and I have just about the same take on the whole sequester thing! If two people tell you you're sick, lie down. And if two people tell you the sequester cuts have the potential to move lots of people out of the Republican fever swamp, it may actually be so!</i><br /><br />Great minds think alike, and so do ours!Big Bad Bald Bastardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01983025559556548658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post-27121875064292253732013-03-02T13:50:03.558-05:002013-03-02T13:50:03.558-05:00I'd say the 2010 election results had a lot mo...<i>I'd say the 2010 election results had a lot more to do with banksters getting showered with the Obama Administration's favors while unemployment was hitting 10%.</i><br /><br />I wonder what Thunder's take would be if GW Bush and Obama DIDN'T act to prop up the too-big-to-fail banks and the resulting depression resulted in 20% unemployment and an even more depressed economy? <br /><br />Oh. No I don't. He'd blame OBAMA!!!mikeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13057701313718589322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post-16489696079764128052013-03-02T13:49:51.146-05:002013-03-02T13:49:51.146-05:00I'd say the 2010 election results had a lot mo...<i>I'd say the 2010 election results had a lot more to do with banksters getting showered with the Obama Administration's favors while unemployment was hitting 10%.</i><br /><br />I still think Obama should never have abandoned the coalition that got him elected. He had an awesome activist base built up, and he totally dropped it.<br /><br /><i>In which case, if the "majority of the majority" in the House does think the sequester is glad tidings of great small government joy (wingnut Xmas), we can look at the sequester as a trial-run for the government shut-down. Which in my heart of hearts I hope reminds people (while they still have voting rights) that You. Can't. Trust. People. In. Government. Who. Don't. Believe. In. It. And they kick the f*ckers out in 2014.M.U</i><br /><br />That's what I am sincerely hoping. I really hope people learn that anyone who's saying "government is the problem" is no person to vote for, EVER.<br /><br /><i>Of course, the financial bailouts were put in motion by the Bush administration, and by 2010 employment had started moving the other direction but don't let reality get in the way of your hatred. If you want to blame everything on Democrats, go ahead. </i><br /><br />I think the real problem is that things didn't move fast enough or far enough for your average working-class or middle-class individual, so people became burned out quickly. Of course, that's no excuse to fall asleep during the midterm elections. The damage done in 2010 is going to take at least a decade to undo.Big Bad Bald Bastardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01983025559556548658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post-62898452829780248652013-03-02T13:47:40.409-05:002013-03-02T13:47:40.409-05:00Hey, look. BBBB and I have just about the same tak...Hey, look. BBBB and I have just about the same take on the whole sequester thing! If two people tell you you're sick, lie down. And if two people tell you the sequester cuts have the potential to move lots of people out of the Republican fever swamp, it may actually be so!<br />mikeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13057701313718589322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post-66655242286544283772013-03-01T22:42:16.699-05:002013-03-01T22:42:16.699-05:00I'd say the 2010 election results had a lot mo...<i>I'd say the 2010 election results had a lot more to do with banksters getting showered with the Obama Administration's favors while unemployment was hitting 10%.</i><br /><br />Of course, the financial bailouts were put in motion by the Bush administration, and by 2010 <a href="http://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/liberal-total-private-jobs-worldview-january-2012-data.jpg" rel="nofollow">employment had started moving the other direction</a> but don't let reality get in the way of your hatred. If you want to blame everything on Democrats, go ahead. zombie rotten mcdonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10601960953323752278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post-59139313576374562852013-03-01T22:11:35.437-05:002013-03-01T22:11:35.437-05:00I've been on the "they're trying it o...I've been on the "they're trying it on/having a tantrum/being obstructionist" side of looking at it as a nice diversion from believing that GOP congresscritters actually think, against all evidence, that austerity and small government are actual good things. But the signs are there that at least some of them must, even if their mixed messages have looked like a monsterous hedge: "The sequester will probably be horrible, and it's Obama's fault, and he made us vote for it, and we need a vacation, now, anyway, and regardless, can't remember how to do legislation."<br /><br />In which case, if the "majority of the majority" in the House does think the sequester is glad tidings of great small government joy (wingnut Xmas), we can look at the sequester as a trial-run for the government shut-down. Which in my heart of hearts I hope reminds people (while they still have voting rights) that You. Can't. Trust. People. In. Government. Who. Don't. Believe. In. It. And they kick the f*ckers out in 2014.Vixen Strangelyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01976594951225450413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post-8027225967713679142013-03-01T22:01:07.671-05:002013-03-01T22:01:07.671-05:00but the goddamn electorate showed that it didn'...<i>but the goddamn electorate showed that it didn't suffer enough from Republican malfeasance in the 2010 midterms.</i><br /><br />I'd say the 2010 election results had a lot more to do with banksters getting showered with the Obama Administration's favors while unemployment was hitting 10%.<br />~ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®©https://www.blogger.com/profile/06252371815131259831noreply@blogger.com