posted November 11, 2010 08:35 PM         

in any case by the time he'd been in and out of all the states and some more than once, he probably did visit 57 states (some duplicates of course) but he's a socialist so let's not cut him a minute of slack.

posted November 11, 2010 08:38 PM         

Just a laugh a minute
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posted November 11, 2010 10:32 PM         

Now it came to pass that while His Obamaness was touring the Far East with his entourage of many man and maidservants, including those who attended him from among the corpse {not a typo}of the White Palace Town Criers, a nearly important event happened back in the 57 States.

The insignificant thing came to pass when those who had been appointed by the ruling class to be Deficit Wizards, and asked to apply their knowledge of coin, commerce and Congress to the Realm's deficit problem, finally spoke to the serfs and peasants.

Earlier, they had been summoned to the capital because four of every ten sheep that the ruling class sacrificed each year to the gods of assorted causes were borrowed from those in faraway lands, including the Land of the Panda, and Sushiland. As this borrowing went on year-after-year, even small children, just learning to speak, were heard to say, "This debt is unsustainable!" A mouthful for a small one who had just mastered the word "potty." Even toddlers knew the debt would be part of their inheritance. Yet, the spending continued.

While His Obamaness was, conveniently for Hisownself, absent the Realm, the Deficit Wizards, led by Alan "The Entertainer" Simpson (no kin to a prominent clan called The Simpsons) and Erskine "The Academic" Bowles, delivered their report to those among the Town Criers who had not been invited to attend to His Obamaness on his journey to the Far East.

Alan the Entertainer, a tall yellow-tusked elder bull of the Elephant Clan, had once been a member of the Senate representing the land where the buffalo roamed. Or used to, anyway. He was known for his colorful faux frank language. For example, he said that the actions the Deficit Wizards were recommending were like "cuddling a bear cub in the presence of the she bear," or, like "talking a bull elk out its winter coat," or, like "smearing peanut butter on your land, sticking it into a wolverine den, and tweaking the creature's nose." Alan the Entertainer had an endless supply of witticisms he learned as a young man while on probation for shooting mailboxes.

Erskine the Academic had once been a principle aide to a former Donkey Clan POTUS called Slick Willy because of the duplicitous lucidity and amorous dexterity of his tongue, and other appendages. The Academic, who played the straight man to The Entertainer, heralded from an academy of moderately higher learning in the state adjoining South Carolina to the north.

The Deficit Wizards said that, to reduce the Realm's debt, the people should pay more taxes to the regime and receive fewer gifts. All these things, the Wizards said, would erase most, but not all, of the deficit incurred by the His Obamaness' regime during his reign as POTUS.

Upon hearing the Wizards speak, the people of the Realm looked at each other and, in the spirit of Alan the Entertainer, said, "I guess these clowns think this is our first rodeo." Others asked, "So do we look like turnips?" And, a few even said, "These two give real wizards a bad name!"

So it was that the wisdom offered by the Deficit Wizards was not well-received by the people of Realm.

Wizard Alan the Entertainer was heard to say, "I feel a little like the girl who got all dressed up and went to the prom alone, and, when the music started playin', no one would dance with her except the nerdy guy." Eyes glanced toward The Academic to see if he had taken offense.

Wizard Erskine the Academic said, "I have a faculty meeting to attend. Keep me posted."

posted November 12, 2010 11:25 PM         

SEOUL — President Obama’s hopes of emerging from his Asia trip with the twin victories of a free trade agreement with South Korea and a unified approach to spurring global economic growth ran into resistance on all fronts yesterday, putting Obama at odds with his key allies and largest trading partners.

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The most concrete trophy expected to emerge from the trip eluded his grasp: a long-delayed free trade agreement with South Korea, first negotiated by the Bush administration and then reopened by Obama, to have greater protections for US workers.

And as officials frenetically tried to paper over differences among the Group of 20 members with a vaguely worded communiqué to be issued today, there was no way to avoid discussion of the fundamental differences of economic strategy. After five largely harmonious meetings in the past two years to deal with the most severe downturn since the Depression, major disputes broke out between Washington and China, Britain, Germany, and Brazil.

Each rejected core elements of Obama’s strategy of stimulating growth before focusing on deficit reduction. Several major nations continued to accuse the Federal Reserve of deliberately devaluing the dollar last week in an effort to put the costs of America’s competitive troubles on trading partners, rather than taking politically tough measures to rein in spending at home....

posted November 13, 2010 10:44 AM         

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only trouble with that, dear, is that it was not obama who borrowed from the land of the panda OVER THE YEARS, but his predecessor, who funded his war against the IMAGINARY WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION justified by somebody else attacking our financial temples in wall street.

i will mention in passing that the towers that fell revealed a great view that had been blocked for 30+ years and restored television and radio reception to millions..

and that every one of the companies who lost their offices and many PEOPLE gained much in financial regrowth that they did not have before. at the expense of several thousand dead and the economy of the developed world.

and that they are still raking in the profits all the while whining about having to return an extra percentage of those profits to the economy at large that it might feed the dispossessed.

and the interesting if tangential point that it is only the opposition who see the president as some sort of godlike royal figure. neither he himself nor his supporters see him as anything but a human trying to do the hardest job in the world with little to NO help.

thank you so much. i am sure this stalemate will explode into something wonderful, though you may have to get out your armoury before we reach resolution. good luck harry.

posted November 15, 2010 11:33 AM         

I've asked you before and you punted.

How much is is their fair share of the tax load in America?

How much is the fair share of the bottom 48% of earners who pay NO INCOME TAXES WHATSOEVER...and get a payment from the government for kids under the EITC of $1000 per child?

posted November 15, 2010 04:47 PM         

i heard someone suggesting a FLAT TAX today. again. as if it was FAIRER for the poor to pay the same rate as the rich. let's see...

15% of 40K = 12K leaving $28K in the proverbial pocket.

15% of 40MILLION = 12 million...leaving $28 million in the proverbial pocket.

do you think that levels the playing ground? presents an unfair burden on the richer amongst us? perhaps it will even make it hard for them to pay their rent or buy food and clothing for their kids?