The Tea Party won!!

[TheManWithAUsername]

Anonymous wrote:If there was a gunfight. 15 m-16's per side, fight to the death, Palin commands one team...Obama the other , I would choose to follow Palin as my best chance to survive. End of story. brace for impact.

Looking at this and at the thread about Seal Team 6, I get the impression that some people think that leading an economic recovery requires the same skills as small squad tactics. Are these the people who believed their high school coaches or their military recruiters that participation would prepare them for EVERYTHING in life?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If there was a gunfight. 15 m-16's per side, fight to the death, Palin commands one team...Obama the other , I would choose to follow Palin as my best chance to survive. End of story. brace for impact.

And if I was in a wrestling ring during a tag team Texas death match I'd want Jesse the body Ventura over John Boehner any day. But I wouldn't trust the kook to run the country.

[TheManWithAUsername]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If there was a gunfight. 15 m-16's per side, fight to the death, Palin commands one team...Obama the other , I would choose to follow Palin as my best chance to survive. End of story. brace for impact.

And if I was in a wrestling ring during a tag team Texas death match I'd want Jesse the body Ventura over John Boehner any day. But I wouldn't trust the kook to run the country.

In doubles volleyball, I'd take Obama, but in a wet t-shirt contest, I'd take Palin.

I like Christie in a wrestling match. Barney Frank probably gives better head than most.

God, it's so hard to choose when these different people bring such diverse packages.

[Anonymous]

If there was a gunfight. 15 m-16's per side, fight to the death, Palin commands one team...Obama the other , I would choose to follow Palin as my best chance to survive. End of story. brace for impact.

Please Palin couldn't handle the stress of finishing her term of office. What makes you think she could handle combat? Go back to playing your video games.

[Anonymous]

Man I hit a nerve with that one...must be true.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Man I hit a nerve with that one...must be true.

People call you an idiot and you take it as affirmation. That's pretty wackadoodle of you.

[TheManWithAUsername]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Man I hit a nerve with that one...must be true.

People call you an idiot and you take it as affirmation. That's pretty wackadoodle of you.

Remember that to the TP, reason is the the enemy, a tool of the elite, so idiocy is the aspiration. We say, "That makes no sense," and they say, "Fuckin' A!"

To the PP, though, I think you mean, "must be truthy."

[Anonymous]

takoma wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Krugman has been so discredited how can he even show his face in public anymore? Hack.

By having everything he predicted come true? Obama compromised with the GOP and ignored Krugman, so now GOPologists blame Krugman for the results. Which, by the way, were less disastrous than what would likely have occurred had they gotten all they fought for.

Right, but PP starts with the premise that whatever he believes should be, is. So working back from there, Krugman's wrong. In fact, we can go further and say he's "discredited". That is, PP and the folks who've been profoundly wrong for at least the last 20 years do not give him credit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:krugman has a crazy look in his eyes.

So did Cassandra. That shit's got to drive you nuts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
That is the reason for the downgrade:
- no real cuts in the deficit
- the political climate is so bad with such a huge divide between parties, that no substantial measures will be possible until after the next election.

Right you are. This is why S&P issued the downgrade. Of course, global investors disagreed with S&P's analysis--pretty much saw it for the political hatchet-job it is. Otherwise, we wouldn't see the continuing "flight to safety" into Treasury bonds. The behavior of the markets since the downgrade has been a total repudiation of S&P. Also the misbegotten fetish towards "austerity" (i.e. anti-growth policies)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:That was the worst speech I have ever seen. Obama cannot help turn this around. The country is leaderless and will have to fix this without a leader. Palin is superior...thats right, I said it.

You know, I've been a Palin fan my entire adult life, and I've been working day and night trying to get her elected President. In fact, up until mere hours ago, I made it a practice to donate 20% of my household income to her PAC. But after having seen the Obama speech, my eyes have been opened. I thank God every night that we have such strong leadership in this country, and refudiate my previous support of Palin. She is inferior in every way. That's right, I said it.

[TheManWithAUsername]

Anonymous wrote:refudiate my previous support of Palin

Nice touch.

[Anonymous]

More Krugman being wrong:

It’s not the whole story, but something like this threatens to develop:

1. US debt is downgraded, sparking demands for more ill-advised fiscal austerity

2. Fears that this austerity will depress the economy send stocks down

3. Politicians and pundits declare that worries about US solvency are the culprit, even though interest rates have actually plunged

4. This leads to calls for even more ill-advised austerity, which sends us back to #2

Behold the power of a stupid narrative, which seems impervious to evidence.

We're at step 3 now. Should be interesting to see if the idiots win and we proceed to steps #4 and back to #2.

[Anonymous]

I would rather have Krugman running the show. We could have avoid this whole mess.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
That is the reason for the downgrade:
- no real cuts in the deficit
- the political climate is so bad with such a huge divide between parties, that no substantial measures will be possible until after the next election.

Right you are. This is why S&P issued the downgrade. Of course, global investors disagreed with S&P's analysis--pretty much saw it for the political hatchet-job it is. Otherwise, we wouldn't see the continuing "flight to safety" into Treasury bonds. The behavior of the markets since the downgrade has been a total repudiation of S&P. Also the misbegotten fetish towards "austerity" (i.e. anti-growth policies)

Not true. Moving from stocks to AA debt is still rational, even if S&P is right. AA is not a high default risk, and 500 point swings in the stock market are happening right now. The issue in the long term is the cost we'll incur for future debt., and that has nothing to do with short term moves by fund managers.