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The Insanity of Washington Economics

The new budget numbers have been released. $3,800,000,000,000 (3.8 trillion). The Congressional Budget office (CBO) says that if current laws and policies remain unchanged, the federal budget would show a deficit of $1.35 trillion for fiscal year 2010. They are also projecting that total debt will reach $8.8 trillion by the end of 2010 which is 60% of GDP. This is the highest it has been since 1952 and the CBO believes that will climb to 67% by 2020.

Sweet!

End The Godforsaken Fed!

I cannot grasp how the country has tolerated such a blatantly anti-Democratic organization as the Federal Reserve for nearly a century now. 2013 marks 100 years of a little group of folks handing out breadcrumbs while wrecking the economic vitality of the country.

Americans in the Tea Party Movements need to understand that Bernie Madoff was a mere hors d’œuvre compared to the swindle afoot here. I’d go so far as to argue that, if we’re not fixing the Federal Reserve, we’re really not doing much. You might as well slap Stacy’s cousin into office, for all re-arranging the name plates on the doors shall have mattered.

Propaganda Alert!

This story is so utterly absurd, I almost suspect it's some kind of half-assed negative PR stunt by an anti-legalization activist.

Be honest. Regardless of your personal opinions about - or experience with - marijuana, everyone knows at least one stoner. Does this sound like something they might do?

The answer is no. What it sounds like is the overacting of someone whose knowledge of pot begins and ends with government anti-drug propaganda and the movie "Reefer Madness".

Did I Mention… Boobs McCain Really Sucks?

How about this Meghan McCain…. Go home…reevaluate that whole Paris Hilton meets Anne Coulter meets Arriana Huffington thing you’re trying to pull off – you second generation changeling; master of disguises; friend to all and friend to none chameleon, and when you get done with that… if you still have an ounce of self respect … go ahead and bury that book you have coming out in August before it buries itself and save us all the trouble of having to listen to the sequel of this sequel.

Snow...then Sleet...then a BLIZZARD ... and Pretty Girls?

Yeh, that appears to be the natural AGW progression here in central Jersey. We got a solid six inches overnight, which was followed in quick succession by an hour or so of sleet and freezing rain this morning, to be capped off by a blizzard which is supposed to drop another 12-18 inches on top of everything else.

Ladies and Gentlemen, we are about to enter Crazytown ...

otherwise known as Atlanta, Georgia – where Asian-American activists are pissed that the city has re-named the train route within its Asian community the “yellow line.” They maintain “yellow” carries a negative connotation among Asians, and want officials to change the name to gold. We went to the color “yellow,” for comment, but as you know, it cannot speak. For yellow is a color. It has no feelings, thoughts, or pulse. It is incapable of racism, because it’s incapable of anything, other than being yellow. I suspect, like other basic colors used to describe train lines (blue, red, green, etc), it’s simply serving a purpose of navigation, without intent to offend.

NOAA CLIMATE SERVICE

So, will there be a boom in new climate-related business, just because the existing climate study and services from the NOAA are all being consolidated under a new agency within the agency? It’s too early to answer that question, but I do have a question of my own. How much is this consolidation going to cost the American taxpayer?

Timmy Geithner Doesn't Have a Clue

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner says the U.S. government "will never" lose its sterling credit rating despite big budget deficits and a newly increased debt limit that now tops $14 trillion.

Really?

Here's a clue, dumbass: you. are. not. immune.

But you are arrogant and ignorant. And you're one of the ones who should be booted, as Doug Wilder suggested.

Now go sit in the corner.

Used Bank for Sale!

Add "Used Bank Salesman" to Senator Bob Menendez's resume. Last July our esteemed U.S. Senator (and head of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee) wrote to Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke on behalf of a small bank in Elizabeth, NJ. Menendez implored Bernanke to approve the sale of First BankAmericano to JJR Holdings of Brick, NJ or the bank would "fail within 3 days".

What Menendez failed to mention was his intimate connection to both First BankAmericano and JJR Holdings.

Don't you just love the smell of incestuous political back-scratching?

Gotta keep the politics out of that "independent" Fed ... uh, wait a minute here ...

Riders On The (Winter) Storm ...

I blame global warming for all the snow.