Apparently--and oh, irony of ironies, thanks to republicans--it's possible for President Obama to request a trillion (that's right, a fucking trillion) dollar coin, have it minted, and use it to wipe out the unpaid debt until such a time as sane people run America and decide to pay for the bills they've already run up. Voila! Debt ceiling threat neutered.
It's times like this that I wish President Obama were a hardcore believer in the Liberal tradition. First of all, imagine how cool it would be for kids fifty years from now to learn about the trillion dollar coin--definitely add a fun twist to American History.
But mostly, it would be so much fun watching the republicans' eyes pop out of their heads like some bizarre ass Looney Tunes cartoon, watching Obama a) thwart their "leverage," b) while using their own law to his advantage, and c) with a ruse about as crazy as one their own Antoinettes could dream up.
Good times.
Peace,
emaycee
Showing posts with label Fiscal Cliff Negotiations. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fiscal Cliff Negotiations. Show all posts
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
Wednesday, January 2, 2013
Lessons from the motor city
Dear Sen. Reid,
It is my understanding that during a particularly heated discussion with Speaker of the House Boehner during the fiscal curb negotiations, Rep. Boehner told you to "Go fuck yourself." Your reponse was reported to be, "What are you talking about?" Speaker Boehner, perhaps thinking you had not heard him correctly, repeated his curse.
As you are a Mormon, it is possible that you are not familiar with how to respond to such an insult as the one Speaker Boehner hurled at you. As I am from the Greater Metro Detroit area, let me school you: the correct response is not, repeat not, "What are you talking about?", but rather, "Blow it out your ass, mother fucker!"
I hope this helps you in your future dealings with Speaker Boehner.
Peace,
emaycee
It is my understanding that during a particularly heated discussion with Speaker of the House Boehner during the fiscal curb negotiations, Rep. Boehner told you to "Go fuck yourself." Your reponse was reported to be, "What are you talking about?" Speaker Boehner, perhaps thinking you had not heard him correctly, repeated his curse.
As you are a Mormon, it is possible that you are not familiar with how to respond to such an insult as the one Speaker Boehner hurled at you. As I am from the Greater Metro Detroit area, let me school you: the correct response is not, repeat not, "What are you talking about?", but rather, "Blow it out your ass, mother fucker!"
I hope this helps you in your future dealings with Speaker Boehner.
Peace,
emaycee
Friday, December 21, 2012
Thanks guys! Part I
You hate to get too overconfident (we do like to stay home on election day when we're peeved), but republicans are making it so easy on us--it's like a shark taking on a fucking guppy.
After yesterday's massive fail by John Boehner with his fiscal Plan B (mercifully preventing a bad bill, as luck would have it), it's become obvious to fucking everyone that the republican party has gone off the deep end. The President gave up far too much, and still the Antoinettes rejected it. Their plan? Fuck over 99% of us for the 1%--the usual republican plan.
And as if that wasn't enough, Wayne LaPierre, chief mouthpiece for the NRA, gave a press conference today that, in the wake of last week's mass murder in Newtown, could have been culled from the chaos of one of Dante's circles of hell. He blamed ancient movies (Natural Born Killers for fuck's sake?), video games, the media, and President Obama in a speech that was completely divorced from reality. It was a pathetic spectacle--and another nail in the coffin of conservatism. Average Americans will see the NRA as tone deaf and callous; won't matter to republicans--nary a one of them will vote for an assault weapons ban or clip size limit. And for all LaPierre's talk about putting a police officer in every school, they ain't about to pay for that without taking food out of mouths of the starving.
With each passing day it becomes more obvious that the ills of America are caused by the republican party. From the economic collapse under Bush the Lesser to the deaths of children in Connecticut, the problems plaguing America hang over the mantle of the republican party.
And Democrats and the President should point this out every single chance they get.
Peace,
emaycee
After yesterday's massive fail by John Boehner with his fiscal Plan B (mercifully preventing a bad bill, as luck would have it), it's become obvious to fucking everyone that the republican party has gone off the deep end. The President gave up far too much, and still the Antoinettes rejected it. Their plan? Fuck over 99% of us for the 1%--the usual republican plan.
And as if that wasn't enough, Wayne LaPierre, chief mouthpiece for the NRA, gave a press conference today that, in the wake of last week's mass murder in Newtown, could have been culled from the chaos of one of Dante's circles of hell. He blamed ancient movies (Natural Born Killers for fuck's sake?), video games, the media, and President Obama in a speech that was completely divorced from reality. It was a pathetic spectacle--and another nail in the coffin of conservatism. Average Americans will see the NRA as tone deaf and callous; won't matter to republicans--nary a one of them will vote for an assault weapons ban or clip size limit. And for all LaPierre's talk about putting a police officer in every school, they ain't about to pay for that without taking food out of mouths of the starving.
With each passing day it becomes more obvious that the ills of America are caused by the republican party. From the economic collapse under Bush the Lesser to the deaths of children in Connecticut, the problems plaguing America hang over the mantle of the republican party.
And Democrats and the President should point this out every single chance they get.
Peace,
emaycee
Saturday, December 1, 2012
Let's get serious
Defense spending in the U.S. currently makes up 40% of the defense spending in the entire world. The next closest nation to ours is China, which makes up almost 8% of the world's defense spending. We spend five times as much as our nearest competitor, and nearly as much as the rest of the world combined. Unless our military is completely incompetent, there is no reason for this discepancy in spending between us and the rest of the world.
If the republicans are indeed serious about cutting spending, then they should be more than willing to slash defense spending significantly. Cuts of 30-40% would leave us no weaker in the face of any threat to our national security. We would still have a tremendous edge in firepower over any potential enemy.
Alas, republicans are not serious about cutting spending. They're only interested in cutting spending that their moronic base hates or their wealthy benefactors think would make them wealthier.
Most of all, they aren't about to give up their continuous gluttony at the trough of the military-industrial complex. It's not about austerity--it's about filling their coffers with blood money.
And there's no way we should ask the poor and the middle class to shoulder more of the burden than they already do because of republican psychopathology.
Peace,
emaycee
If the republicans are indeed serious about cutting spending, then they should be more than willing to slash defense spending significantly. Cuts of 30-40% would leave us no weaker in the face of any threat to our national security. We would still have a tremendous edge in firepower over any potential enemy.
Alas, republicans are not serious about cutting spending. They're only interested in cutting spending that their moronic base hates or their wealthy benefactors think would make them wealthier.
Most of all, they aren't about to give up their continuous gluttony at the trough of the military-industrial complex. It's not about austerity--it's about filling their coffers with blood money.
And there's no way we should ask the poor and the middle class to shoulder more of the burden than they already do because of republican psychopathology.
Peace,
emaycee
Nothing
"Senator? You can have my answer now, if you like. My final offer is this: nothing."--Michael Corleone
The Obama administration may have finally figured out--as noted by Ezra Klein on The Last Word last night, with its Godfather II theme--how to negotiate with republicans. Seems the President sent them the initial proposal for the fiscal slope negotiations by raising his middle finger and saying , "Here's my offer, motherfuckers. Suck on it."
The Obama administration has realized they won the election, won with their message, and won it handily. They don't have to negotiate and they shouldn't. While time will tell if the President will stick to his guns, it certainly is a welcome change to past negotiation tactics. We don't have to cave on the social safety net programs and we shouldn't. If the republicans want to hold the middle class tax cuts hostage, let them. It certainly won't hurt our chances in 2014.
But the best part is watching republicans choke on it as they realize their piss poor agenda just isn't selling to a majority of the American public who fully understand that the wealthy don't create jobs, CEOs are as fallible as every other joker on the planet, and that the business community and its patrons just don't have our best interests at heart. Republicans are not the solution, they're the problem.
Schadenfreude, indeed.
Peace,
emaycee
The Obama administration may have finally figured out--as noted by Ezra Klein on The Last Word last night, with its Godfather II theme--how to negotiate with republicans. Seems the President sent them the initial proposal for the fiscal slope negotiations by raising his middle finger and saying , "Here's my offer, motherfuckers. Suck on it."
The Obama administration has realized they won the election, won with their message, and won it handily. They don't have to negotiate and they shouldn't. While time will tell if the President will stick to his guns, it certainly is a welcome change to past negotiation tactics. We don't have to cave on the social safety net programs and we shouldn't. If the republicans want to hold the middle class tax cuts hostage, let them. It certainly won't hurt our chances in 2014.
But the best part is watching republicans choke on it as they realize their piss poor agenda just isn't selling to a majority of the American public who fully understand that the wealthy don't create jobs, CEOs are as fallible as every other joker on the planet, and that the business community and its patrons just don't have our best interests at heart. Republicans are not the solution, they're the problem.
Schadenfreude, indeed.
Peace,
emaycee
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