* So Obama is making recess appointments even though Congress isn’t in recess. Well, sometimes you just have to say, “Yeah, the Constitution is important, but it’s not more important than the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.”
We can’t always expect Obama to wait for Congressional approval; sometimes, we just need to respect his judgement. And so far he’s shown the sort of judgement that… well, he hasn’t ever accidentally set himself on fire.
* Michelle Bachmann is out of the presidential race. She seemed to flare out the quickest of all the presidential candidates who temporarily were frontrunner. I guess it was the “Gardasil makes you retarded” thing. Republicans are very wary of the nut charge (well, other than Ron Paul supporters… who mainly aren’t Republicans) and that was just a little much. Bachmann has some great enthusiasm and I liked her in a lot of the debates, but you have to control the crazy eyes.
* Rick Perry is staying in the race, though. I guess he’s still hoping there’s time for the anti-Romney vote to rally behind another candidate, but are we going to give Perry a second try? Republicans seem to like candidates who have mastery of at least one language, and Perry’s debate performances did not demonstrate that. How would he do against Obama? Maybe he could just hold up his record in Texas and not speak.
* Hey, remember how in 2008 we temporarily rallied behind Romney as a last ditch effort to stop McCain? So maybe things are a bit better this year since we’re instead trying to find someone to rally behind to stop Romney. Just looking on the bright side of things.
* What’s the one thing in government the Democrats are eager to cut? That’s right: the military. If only we could get them to trade that for cuts in things that actually really really need to be cut.
Probably not under this president.
* A Daily Beast article asks why are the youth rallying behind old man Ron Paul who looks like one of the criminals Scooby Doo would uncover. I say it’s because young people are stupid.
I don’t know what to add to that.
* Georgia is starting a new ad campaign to inform people that fat kids get made fun of. If you want to stop childhood obesity, just put up pictures of a scowling Michelle Obama with the words, “If you’re overweight, she’ll come after you.”
* Poisoned cat meat killed a Chinese tycoon. I don’t want to make fun of other cultures, but, ha! Look at that silly other culture!
* Wisdom of the Day from Fred Thompson:
Carney asked if Obama admin acting like a “monarchy.” Ridiculous. If it were a monarchy, Michelle would at least let us eat cake.
* A Mexican grand warlock has predicted that Obama will be defeated in 2012. So there you go: Mexican warlocks making the predictions American warlocks won’t.
Aren’t they called wetlocks?
Ha! I kill me.
He had it coming.
“Georgia is starting a new ad campaign to inform people that fat kids get made fun of.”
So, basically, these ads make fun of fat kids…umm
“slow boiled cat meat stew – mmm mmm mmm” -Canine chef pitching his dinner menu
Who’s that childhood obesity ad for? Probably Yankees that move to Georgia. Because all the parents who grew up in Georgia already knew that Georgia kids made fun of fat kids. They must not can tell kids are fat up north, because everyone has to dress like Ralphie’s little brother (“I can’t put my arms down!”) all year round. Down here, we saw snow in 1972, and again in 1989. I heard it snowed in 1993, but I was in Korea and can’t swear to it.
Anyway, if you’re looking to move to Georgia, come on down. But be prepared for us to make fun of your fat kids. And learn to eat grits and shut up about it. And, if you’re a liberal, just go somewhere else. You won’t fit in down here. Our Democrats are more conservative than half the Republicans up north. That includes Chris Christie.
Hey, you know who does respect the Constitution?
RON PAUL!!!!1!
“Welcome to Georgia. Eat your grits and shaddup!” ~Basil
So, the guy is a billionaire, and the best thing he can find to eat is cat meat? Did he need billionaire lessons? Is this how far behind China is vis-a-vis American billionaires?
By the bye, I saw my first Obama ’12 bumper sticker today. I could tell that the owner was slow in the head — 15 miles an hour below the speed limit slow.
Seriously, now that Romney and McCain are joined at the hip, I sincerely hope that Newt blows the crap out of the Republican Party.
“Newt The Destroyer” – of the Good Ol’ Boys Club.
“And so far he’s shown the sort of judgement that… well, he hasn’t ever accidentally set himself on fire.”
That we’re aware of. Given Obama’s giant ego and small brain I think it’s highly likely he’s been on fire more than once in his life. Definately the type of guy who would stick a fork in the toaster to get the 7 grain, free range, free trade, gluten free, organic bagel he got at Whole Foods out. Of course electrcuting youself isn’t the same as setting yourself on fire but there’s bound to be some smoldering and I think that counts. I think this would also explain his previously inexplicable decision to name March, August and November National Fork-Free Toaster Month. It could also explain his viseral fear/hatred of electricity.
The problem with Georgia and other Southern states is that they make their cornbread dry whereas delicious Northern cornbread is tasty and sweet. You all down there drink that insufferably sweet sweet tea, but you make dry cornbread. That makes no sense.
Also, we do make fun of fat kids up here. I once made fun of a fat kid. Though I felt guilty afterwards, I still made fun of him.
I for one say thank God for the DOD, because it’s the only part of the federal bureaucracy that the Democrats are willing, indeed are eager, to cut.
“Republicans seem to like candidates who have mastery of at least on language”
Hilarious.
I figure 0bama HATED recess as a kid (cause he was always the skinny smart-ass doofus the fat kids like me enjoyed beating up during recess) so now he has determined to give “Recess” a bad name for EVERYONE!!
Yeah, but they only threaten to cut it to convince conservatives that we can’t cut the budget at all without endangering our national security. California legislators have been doing this for years – they can’t balance the budget, Republicans object to raising taxes, teachers, firemen and police get “preliminary” pink slips (not fired, just “on schedule” to be fired if more money isn’t found , the public panics (personally, I don’t object to firing teachers), and taxes are raised BECAUSE SOCIETY WILL COLLAPSE IF WE DON’T!!!!
It never occurs to anyone to issue pink slips to highly-pensioned, overpaid cubicle workers doing the filing for the California African American Museum (RACIST!!), the California California Bureau for Private Postsecondary and Vocational Education (why does private education need a state-funded board?), the California Department of Aging (I am getting older without any help at all), the California Division of Recycling (I just wanna punch somebody in the face over this one), the California Exposition and State Fair (don’t get me wrong, I love a corn dog, but private exhibitioners should be able to put together a fair without state interference), the California Landscape Architects Technical Committee (they are designing landscaping, not buildings – who cares about standards? So the grass is in too much shade and it dies – not the end of the world), the California Latino Legislative Caucus (RACIST!!), the California Legislative Black Caucus (RACIST!!), the California Legislative Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Caucus (TMI), the California Museum for History, Women, and the Arts (sexist!), the California Native American Heritage Commission (RACIST!!), the California Opinion Unit (huh?), the California Political Reform Division (HAH!), and so on ad infinitum ad nauseam.
“Hey, there’s a budget shortfall.”
“I guess we have NO CHOICE but to fire cops and firemen.”
“Nope, no other options at all.”
Crabby, I think you barely scratched the surface….California Museum for History, Women, and the Arts * California Museum Resource Center * California National Guard * California Native American Heritage Commission * California Natural Community Conservation Planning Program * California New Motor Vehicle Board * California Nursing Home Administrator Program * California Occupational Safety and Health Appeals Board * California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board * California Ocean Resources Management Program * California Office of Administrative Hearings * California Office of Administrative Law * California Office of AIDS * California Office of Binational Border Health * California Office of Child Abuse Prevention * California Office of Deaf Access * California Office of Emergency Services (OES) * California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment * California Office of Fiscal Services * California Office of Fleet Administration * California Office of Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Implementation (CalOHI) * California Office of Historic Preservation * California Office of Homeland Security * California Office of Human Resources * California Office of Legal Services * California Office of Legislation * California Office of Lieutenant Governor * California Office of Military and Aerospace Support * California Office of Mine Reclamation * California Office of Natural Resource Education * California Office of Privacy Protection * California Office of Public School Construction * California Office of Real Estate Appraisers * California Office of Risk and Insurance Management * I think you get the picture. Makes me glad I made a successful escape back during the dark days of the Carter Administration, and believe me Crabby…I also barely scratched the surface.
zzyzx, Crabby – you both forgot that somehow California (or at least the city of LA) has plenty of money. They have so much money that they are paying for shelters/supplies, etc for occupy protestors.
Ohhhhh, Crabby, I love it, too. It’s the same in NYS. As soon as there’s a budget impasse, projections are drawn up of how many teachers and first responders will get laid off if the increases aren’t passed. Many moons ago, I worked as a part-timer for the State of New York. Our department was growing great guns at the time, although I knew that the public would not notice a bit if our entire department was sent packing. Can’t do that though.
The stories I can and do tell. We worked second shift and often had rubber band fights. When you have a rubber band fight on state time, everyone goes to the supply closet to get their own box of rubber bands. It’s fire and reload — no one picks one off the floor. That’s somebody else’s job. Work was never pressing, and I was never better at doing crossword puzzles than during my tenure with the Department of Audit and Control.
Oh, I can go on. For reasons incomprehensible to my wee brain, our department hired a bunch of Vietnamese immigrants. They couldn’t speak English. The only job they were arguably suitable for was filing claim folders in the massive bank of filing cabinets. In order to help them out, their manager posted the English alphabet in the filing area. Filing accuracy suffered. Some files were never found.
Yup, but we gotta lay off Police and Firemen first.
Attention, Joint Chiefs of Staff!
If I had to choose, I’d prefer a temporary military dictatorship to a permanent Marxist dictatorship, wouldn’t you? (just sayin’…)
“Poisoned cat meat killed a Chinese tycoon.”
Was I the only one to see if there was a post from DamnCat…to see if he was still with us?
If I were president, I would use whatever tools were available to me to get done what I wanted done, even if I didn’t think they were tools that a president ought to be able to use. You have to live in the world the way it is. You have to deal with the negative consequences of things not working the way you think they should, so it would be stupid to handicap yourself by refusing to benefit from it when it works in your favor.
Also, I like cats so I’m glad that guy died. I hope it hurt a lot.
Chinese tycoon’s last words..”Chairman Meow was….dericious.”
I think it’s probably because Paul is the only candidate left who is promising to at least stop increasing the size of entitlement programs invented by the generations that came before us. You know, those ones that we’re footing the bill for on an annual basis, and will never receive benefits from, because someone spent all the money?
Seems reasonable to me. If I want to save my own money without any ‘governmental guidance’, shouldn’t I be able to do that?
Oh, that’s right, I had forgotten; I need to fund someone else’s ‘American Dream’.