* I have a New York Post column with the only workable plan to reduce government spending: a masked vigilante. It may seem ridiculous, but no one else has a workable solution and we need to do something.
We talk grimly about leaving all that debt to our children, but I don’t think many of us fully realize how horrible it would be. We probably have in the back of our minds: “Children today receive much more expensive educations than we did, so they’ll be better able to figure things out.” But when it’s up to our children and our children’s children to cut spending, guess what they’ll conclude? “Hey, here’s a great way to reduce costs: Take all those old people who left us trillions and trillions in debt and throw them out in the street.”
* So we’re finally getting rid of Barney Frank, as it ends up the only reason such a horrible, horrible congressman could stay in office was very precise gerrymandering and now his district is getting changed. Can we do anything about the awful people who kept reelecting them, though. Can’t we publicly shame them. I want their names printed in registries like sex offenders.
With the economy in complete shambles, someone suggested Barney should hang up a “Mission Accomplished” banner as he leaves. Really, the only just end is for him to go to prison and have all his fortune confiscated, but at least he’ll be gone.
* Apparently the British embassy in Tehran is being stormed. I know if I lived in a horrible oppressive country like Iran whose government kept everyone backwards, the one thing I’d be really mad at would be… the British.
As I’ve said before, the problem in the Middle East isn’t that everyone is too angry — because there is a lot to be angry at there — they’re just never angry at the right things.
* Fitch Rating is keeping America at a AAA status, but changed our outlook to negative and expect to reduce our rating because we can’t do any actual spending cuts. Hopefully they’ll reduce our credit rating soon so Barney Frank can add that to his resume.
* In a book review about the KKK in the New York Times, it was slipped in how the Tea Party is like the KKK because… who knows. You’d think if the person paid attention to the book, he’d notice all the similarities between the KKK and the New York Times editorial board. Like the KKK, the New York Times is made up of people of dying cultural significance who cling to the past and try to prop themselves up by their views that others are inferior. The KKK held the evidence-less view that blacks are inferior to keep their worldview, while the New York Times holds the evidence-less view that conservatives are violent and racist so they don’t have to change their worldview. Also, both are predominantly white.
* More trouble for Cain. If they’re all false accusers, he certainly has a lot of them. Of course, we all know Newt had an affair, but there’s no denying there. Well, maybe it’s all nothing… but it’s certainly a lot of nothing and hasn’t helped with other Cain concerns such as foreign affairs. Maybe Cain would be good in the cabinet though — but everyone would probably expect him to bring pizza to every cabinet meeting. They don’t give him free pizza anymore, so that’s unreasonable.
* Wisdom of the Day: “Herman Cain has now denied more sex than I’ve had.” –Josh Malina
* Really detracting from the green-ness of the Chevy Volt is how it might burn your house down. Do you know the carbon footprint on that? It’s not good. But think of how much you’ll save on gas by no longer having a home to drive to!
What I want to know is how do you take the explosive fuel out of a car and make it more flammable? Genius engineering, that’s how. Good job, government motors!
Frank, you forgot to insert a link to your article in the NYPost.
“In a book review about the KKK in the New York Times, it was slipped in how the Tea Party is like the KKK because… who knows.”
Well, lets see…
On the one side there were hateful white democrats who lynched black people based on the color of their skin.
Then, on the other side, you’ve got conservatives that welcome people of all races and creeds who share a common belief that a fiscally solvent and less abusive/intrusive government is a sound goal.
I’ve gotta admit…I’m stumped on this one.
Frank, you’re wrong. I completely sympathize with the Iranian protesters. Tea and crumpets and the existence of soccer (How could God allow something so boring to exist?) nearly ruined my relationship with Jesus Christ.
As I’ve said before, the problem in the Middle East isn’t that everyone is too angry — because there is a lot to be angry at there — they’re just never angry at the right things
See also the Occupoo Crowd.
A clueless President, a lousy economy, high gas prices, cuts to military spending, stinky hippies in the streets, and Iranians storming an embassy.
Did I just timewarp back to 1979?
The Phantom Balancer will no longer be anonymous when the country discovers that he is a very, very, large man with a New Jersey accent.
¿CAIN?
It’s just a jump to your left and a step to your right. With your hands on your hips, you bring your knees in tight. BUT it’s the pelvic thrusts, and Obama, they really drive you insane. The Time Warp sucks, let’s not do it anymore.
FormerHostage — We have had the nuclear event (Fukishima), now all we need is a killer rabbit.
The Phantom Balencer needs a cool fast car. I reccommend a 1964 Mustang painted in orange with a horn that plays dixie. That would be sure to scare any RINOs or dems away.
I suggest we send Jimmy Carter to Iran to help negotiate the return of the British embassy. After all he has a lot of experience dealing with pissed off Iranians.
General Motors is contacting every owner of a Chevrolet Volt to assure them the extended-range electric car is safe and allay fears it could catch fire after a crash.
So that took care of the first hour that day, I wonder what the guy did for the other 7?
“…..the extended-range electric car is safe…..”
“The Volt is a plug-in car that runs on electricity for 25 miles or more.” (26?)
So how far does the non-extended range model go? 25 feet?
Erm. The Volt goes about as far as any other car on gas (it’s not a pure electric). On just electricity, it goes 25-40 miles without a charge. I think the basic concept is sound, even if this implementation is both too expensive and a product of government motors.
CAIN! was at Hillsdale College tonight, got to listen to him speak and do the meet-and-greet thing after. Good speechifying, though they cancelled the “audience question” portion after the speech presumably because of the whole affair accusation…damn women ruin everything eh?
Cain can always run as a Democrat – accusations are just resume enhancements to them!
The KKK membership was all male, but it was really run by woman who would tell their cuckolded husbands “That Nigger was looking at me!” precipitating a Lynching. Doesn’t it seem odd that all of Cain’s accusers are white?
“The KKK held the evidence-less view that blacks are inferior to keep their worldview, while the New York Times holds the evidence-less view that conservatives are violent and racist so they don’t have to change their worldview. Also, both are predominantly white.”
That statement falsely implies that the KKK and the NYT don’t share the belief that black people are genetically inferior to white people. They may differ on how they respond to their faith, but they share that common belief.
Hi all again,
Volts catching fire. Did Cave Johnson design it? “Have my engineers design a combustable lemon, that will burn your house down!”
Listing Barney Frank voters as sex offenders – Are you sure they aren’t anyway? They certainly screwed all the kids who have to pay for his voting record.
Brit Embassy storming – you know what the Brits should be ashamed of? Having a freakin’ embassy in that country with all the crap they’ve pulled since 1979! From a general standpoint, it’s as cold as all the business they did with Hitler up until he attacked them directly. From a specific standpoint, it’s a slow-motion Darwin award to keep an embassy in Embassy-Invasions-R-Us-Land.
1979 Flashback – killer Rabbits – Well, Volkswagen’s line up looks pretty good this year. Maybe they’ll bring it back like they did the Beetle.
Hi Kent!