Spending cuts or just go with the triggers?

Busy all day so wasn't watching anything public very closely. However....

NYSE dropped a total of 635 points Monday. Apparently all the nervous nellies getting out. But today, finished about 434 on the plus side. So looks like the more experienced and hard-to-scare traders decided to buy cheap and have picked up a lot of the slack.

More importantly...

Last night on some show -- and sorry, so tired, I forget which -- a reporter said she was at a press conference of some kind with the Comrade. Newsies asking about how those automatic triggers in the Default Compromise would work.

You know, there's supposed to be a "super committee" created of 12 members, three dems and three Reps from both House and Senate. Then, by Thanksgiving, this committee is supposed to devise a plan to cut $1.5 TRILLION or so from the federal budget. Their recommendations will be voted on "straight up or down" -- no debate, no amendments.

So, if for some reason the recommendations from the super committee are not forthcoming, or are voted down, then that triggers huge cuts in the defense budget and in Medicare.

Pundits claim the defense budget cuts would alarm Republicans, while Medicare cuts would upset the dems. But I don't think so.

The reporter in that aforementioned news conference with the Comrade? Someone asked, "What happens if Medicare is cut? What will seniors do"

The reporter said that the Comrade's eyes shifted around, he mumbled nervously, and finally said, "Obamacare."

So looks like a lose-lose for Republicans and conservatives. And I don't think the dems on that committee will be willing to talk much to conservatives, or grant them any respect.

Like, Brain-dead Harry Reid announced his dem Senate picks for the super committee:

• John Kerry, who never forgave the USA for Vietnam (though his time there was very short and comparatively uneventful, he's lived off anti-war sentiment ever since)
• Max Baucus, who was a leading pile-driver shoving socialized medicine down our throats
• Patty Murray, whom I'm not familiar with, but she's from Washington state, so probably believes human beings should leave the planet to the owls and fish.

What? No Barney Fudd?

So, not looking good, right? It depends on who the Republicans chose. But anyone who would actually work at making REAL budget cuts would just serve as counter-weight to these dem jerks from the Senate, who aren't about to "compromise" on anything. And I can only imagine which dems Pazzo Pelosi will chose from the House. Hmmm, let's see, that socialist from Vermont? (I don't want to give her any ideas.)

Oh well, we'll just have to vote all these creeps out of office next time. But there will be lots of stuff to undo.

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Insane, stupid, or deliberate?

Well, the Comrade was just on TV once again. First time since S&P downgraded US notes, though he did roust David Axelrod to step out and deliver the same old message, with a few new twists.

Seems even the Comrade realizes that George Bush is long-gone. So now he blames the Japanese tsunami, "events in the Middle East," and what was it? Oh, the weather.

And the Comrade still wants to raise taxes and spend more money. Especially spend more money. And lately he's been hinting at doing away with Medicare, too. I mean, really, who needs seniors? Many of them still remember how capitalism is supposed to work. Get rid of them as quickly as possible.

"A definition of insanity is to do the same thing over and over again and expect different results." Dr. Phil says this a lot, but I read that it was actually Albert Einstein who first went on the record with it.

Oh, how could I forget? One more group to blame:

"My policies have not worked at all. In fact, they've made the situation much, much worse. The Tea Party won't let me make the same mistakes of the same magnitude, so they must share in the blame for my failure."

Is this making any sense to you?

Look, only three options. Either the Comrade really is insane. He's incapable of learning. Or he's deliberately working toward destroying free market capitalism.

Which explanation fits most closely?

When I say he's a marxist socialist, that' based on a factual assessment of his policies. I'm not just calling him names. He is a marxist socialist. He and Michelle were probably sipping champagne and dancing to "The International" all weekend. Probably didn't want the nation to see how thrilled he was that the US economy is taking such a hit.

We really need to get rid of this guy.

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I understand the socialists...

Yes, I do understand the socialists. They've worked subrosa for decades trying to bring down capitalism. All their work, their labor, the lies they've palmed off, the dollars devoted to propaganda, to corrupting the education system, to planting their fanatics in key positions in government. Lots and lots of work has gone into that. Many died before seeing their dreams come true. And now they're so very close to crushing capitalist-driven economic prosperity in America. All it takes is one little push... just one whopping tax increase, a few more crippling regulations, and the nation will never recover.

For the socialists, it's jut heartbreaking that the Tea Party, amongst the great mass of other U.S. citizens, flatly reject the notion of a purposeless and hopeless life. What on earth could be wrong with those people who want to create a better future for themselves and their kids? The socialists are dogmatically insistent that their way is the only way. Despite the fact that socialism has brought nothing but despair and poverty to every nation that has tried it.

On Fox just now, they had some silly twit dem spokesperson vs. a guy who had worked for Jeb Bush, supposedly "debating" the credit downgrade.

The moderator framed it by saying: You're little kids having a fight. Your mom has just sat you down together in a room to work things out. What do  you have to say for yourselves?

The conservative guy:  We have to stop the spending and especially have to rein in entitlements.

The dem woman: This is all the fault of the Tea Party. They're standing in our way.

'Nuff said?

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Dumbass dems own debt rating downgrade

Hey, Brain-dead Harry Reid! Dickhead Durbin! Pazzo Pelosi! Comrade Osama!

YOU DUMBASSES HAPPY NOW?

Y'all wouldn't accept any reasonable program for the dramatic and meaningful budget cuts proposed ad nauseum from the "extremists" on the right. N-o-o-o-o. Let's just keep spending like total brainless idiots.

S&P sees the writing on the wall, though your blockheads are blind to anything but your own ambition and to hell with the USA.

Well, we'll see who gets elected next time, you shit-fot-brains. Thank God the rest of the country is not quite so damn stupid as you all.

Meanwhile the idiot in the White House gives a speech hinting at another stimulus? How has this moron managed to survive this long in the real world? That's my question. Can he even get himself across a busy street without getting run over? What a damn fool.

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Dow dropping like a stone

Haven't written here since the debt ceiling compromise was passed. I don't like the deal, but it passed. Big whoop. Really, it's about the best congress could do, given the number of socialists voting there.

But apparently the markets don't like the deal, either. The Dow has been on a losing streak for a couple of weeks now. It lost over 300 points today, not unusual. Jay Carneybarker says that it's probably due to the Japanese tsunami. Yeah, I'm sure Wall Street just heard about that, and all the traders are on tenterhooks awaiting the outcome.

Watched a brief man-on-the-street thing yesterday, a reporter going around New York City, asking people what they thought of the debt. Predictably, many people asked, "What debt?" The reporter asked one guy, "Do you know how much the national debt is?" The man answered, "Fourteen billion." The reporter said, "TRILLION." The man-on-the-street's eyes got real big and he noted, "TRILLION? Damn, that's crazy!"

Yeah. But apparently not frightening enough to the jerks in DC to actually do anything about it.

Putin called the U.S. "parasites on the global economy" or something like that. Well, he oughta know.

Pazzo Pelosi was on TV, too, a couple days ago, whining about how the debt deal "Tied our hands so we can't create jobs." This is such a stupid comment I should just let it go, but...

Look, once again, Pazzo, the government doesn't create the kinds of jobs required in a free market system -- or in any viable and productive human system at all. When the government creates a job, it creates more debt, because it's got to pay the worker. Got that? That's non-productive. That's just treading water. That's totally useless. It doesn't boost or stimulate or support much of anything.

The only jobs that help the economy are those created by private industry, because private employees actively create wealth through their productivity. But with Obamacare hanging over our heads, the threat of increasing taxes when the "Bush tax cuts" expire, ongoing mortgage crisis in the banks, the fed sucking up all the capital, Big Labor working tirelessly to jack up the cost of labor and over-regulate corporations, etc.... any new-hire employee would have to bring in a truckload of money to justify the cost of hiring him or her.

So no one has any money to spend. No need to produce much. No need to hire anyone. The economy gets sucked into a downward spiral. Circling the drain, you could say.

Socialists just don't get it. They really believe in Santa Claus, or manna raining down from heaven, or something like that. Ultimately, they place the  "full faith and credit of the U.S. dollar" into the hands of the guys who run the printing presses. And paper dollars with nothing of substance behind them are just kindling, basically.

I'm pretty sure the market/economic "peak" of last April was the result of the Fed pumping lots of worthless paper bills into the economy. That creates inflation, prices go up arbitrarily. People complained, so they stopped. So the markets decline back to where they were.

Oh, and it was the Comrade's birthday yesterday. Another chance to party and raise funds for his campaign. Glad he found something he can do right to keep him occupied. And he says he's working non-stop trying to create jobs.

You know, that's exactly the problem. Get the hell out the economy and we'll be just fine. It's all the government meddling and regulation that's driving economic collapse.

How can anyone fail to see that anymore?

'Course then there's the ditzy blonde from Pepperdine or someplace who was on Cavuto last week, asking, "The corporations have all this money. Why don't they hire people?" Demonstrating such a monumental lack of information... if I were Pepperdine, I'd re-consider her tenure. There is a major, major difference between "corporation" and "charity."

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Extreme leftists unraveling debt deal

Funny thing, we've heard about nothing but "extreme rightists' and Tea Party members weakening the democratic (that's democratic, not "democrat") process by standing on principle and refusing to compromise on this debt ceiling thing. Boehner was supposed to be "weak" for taking so much time to get what turned out to be TWO bills through the House to solve the debt ceiling issue.

And both killed in the Senate with barely a mention.

OK. so didn't I say the Senate would never vote on Brain-dead Harry Reid's proposals because HE DIDN'T HAVE THE VOTES IN A DEM-CONTROLLED SENATE? And isn't that exactly what happened? 'Ol Brain-dead went bawling and whining to the Comrade and begged for another "high-level" conference. Ol' Brand-dead couldn't handle it on his own. (You know, I heard he used to be a boxer. No wonder his brain dysfunctional.)

Personally, I don't like the current deal. I don't like a $3 TRILLION increase in debt with $1 TRILLION in cuts now and more to come. (Where have I heard that before?) And the built-in triggers -- automatic cuts to defense and Medicare.

The Comrade really doesn't like old people. Have you noticed that? His "solution" for the volume of retiring Boomers -- deny them adequate care -- which they've paid for all their lives -- and hope they die as quickly and quietly as possible. Better still -- refuse to pay their doctors and hospitals and watch them deteriorate searching for medical advice. I suppose that's the work of Dr. Deathwish, the czar who loves the British death panel.

So, anyway, getting back to the debt ceiling... Pazzo Pelosi, a leading member of the merry marxists, has told her blockheaded following to "vote their conscience." Yeah, like they have a conscience. I think what she means is: Vote no, although I'm such a gutless wonder and so afraid of offending the Comrade I won't go on the record with that."

So looks the bill may go down, and not because of the Tea Party, but because of rabid, foaming-at-the-mouth extremist marxist socialists on the other side of the aisle.

HEY, MAINSTREAM MEDIA -- THINK YOU CAN GET THIS ONE CORRECT?

Actually, Brian Williams and Chris Mathews will probably spend all evening pondering on exactly when Pelosi joined the Tea Party. Like the Tea Party would have her.

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"Cloud of Uncertainty" White House's latest buzzword

OK, first of all, briefly, the supposed deal on the debt ceiling sucks. It only demonstrates that what needs to be done is to remove the president and all his freak show from office. That's coming.

What I wanted to talk about, though, is: How stupid does the Comrade and particularly that David Fluff guy and Jay Carneybarker -- the Comrade's mouthpieces and speech writer -- how stupid do they think we are?

First of all, let's go back and consider that Time or Newsweek cover that had profiles of the Comrade and Ronal Reagan side-by-side. Really? The Comrade and Reagan? You're comparing?

You've got to be kidding. Not even apples and oranges. More like Karl Marx and Milton Friedman. It would have been funny except that it illustrates how pathetic this president is in over-reaching for borrowed glory. The comparison would be insulting except that it's so desperately ridiculous.

Then throughout this whole debt ceiling thing, the Comrade continued to drag Ronald Reagan's name into every discussion somehow, as well as insisting that his voracious appetite for tax money and spending was somehow "balanced." No doubt a term that resonated among some focus groups because of the word's association with Fox News. However, it doesn't apply to the Comrade's approach, and he fooled no one.

I think if you replay all his little press conferences in slow motion, you'd probably find "Reagan" and "balanced" slipped in as unconscious suggestions between the also-familiar terms "tax the rich" and "George Bush's fault."

Now Jay Carneybarker comes out to a press briefing and announces, "Did you notice that cloud of uncertainty outside the White House has lifted?"

An hour later, Valerie Jarret, sr. advisor to the Comrade, gets on Fox and in a three-minute spot, repeated "cloud of uncertainty" at least three times. As though she has Tourette's Syndrome.

So this is their latest strategy for re-election? Repeat certain phrases over and over again, like conducting some kind of Pavlovian experiment? At the term "cloud of uncertainty" are we all supposed to salivate like hungry dogs or what?

(FYI Pavlov was a scientist who trained dogs by ringing a bell shortly before they were fed. After a certain number of repetitions, the dogs would begin to salivate at the sound of the bell.)

Listen, fools, the "cloud of uncertainty" this White House created extends far, far beyond the debt ceiling issue. That's only one tiny part of it. How about excessive and expensive new regulations from EPA? How about shutting down Gulf oil drilling and refusing to drill in ANWR? How about selling out Chrysler and GM to the UAW? How about flushing $800 billion down the stimulus toilet? How about the impending (and continuing) threat of tax increases? How about the coming disaster of Obamacare that hangs over all of our heads like the blade of a guillotine?

So this half-assed and unacceptable deal about the debt crisis lifted all the "clouds of uncertainty." In your dreams.

And the Comrade vs. Reagan?

Give me a break.

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