Re: The Era of Transparency
So we are faced with a massive retooling of our entire manufacturing infastructure and a takeover of the entire health system which accounts for perhaps one-sixth of the economy. Additionally, Joe Biden hints last Sunday that we may need yet another stimulus bill to continue to jump start the economy. At the same time, California is issuing IOU’s like Lloyd and Harry did in the movie Dumb and Dumber because the liberal Republican governor massively increased spending throughout his term oblivious to the consequences of such behavior!
At this point we should be saying to ourselves, “perhaps the Dave approach isn’t so bad.” Now I know PG and DFV scoff at the grass roots conservatives and all or nothing partisans like our friend Dave, but it is now clear that the Obama machine can only be stopped by them.
The GOP is impotent. Moderate conservatives haven’t the stomach to utilize the tactics of the left. It’s up to the Becks, Limbaughs, religious right and their supporters to fight the most massive government encroachment in American history.
During this time there will be nothing but fawning praise and adulation for the ever “historical” deeds of the Chosen One. The fourth estate has cravenly sold out to Obama without so much as a wimper. The media now broadcasts hour-long specials dedicated to helping a politcal party push it’s health care agenda. And while the hen house gets ransacked by the coyotes, the dogs are leashed and the shotgun is still in the closet. Can someone please wake up ma and pa?
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The Beast is reminded of a great line from the movie “Top Secret”, circa 1984:
The Dems will screw it all up as usual. A large chunk of this electorate grew up under Reagan, Bush I and II and even Clinton, with a GOP legislature. They have never had to live through a period of true liberal hegemony. They will learn – and they will pay the price of this lesson for decades to come. Obama will make Jimmah look like Teddy Roosevelt.
hairybeast
July 7, 2009 at 11:22 pm
The Dems will screw it all up as usual. A large chunk of this electorate grew up under Reagan, Bush I and II and even Clinton, with a GOP legislature. They have never had to live through a period of true liberal hegemony. They will learn – and they will pay the price of this lesson for decades to come. Obama will make Jimmah look like Teddy Roosevelt.
Well, let’s see. In February 2009, a C-Span survey of top historians had them ranking Bush as the seventh worst President.
Now, I don’t know if Obama’s Presidency will be rated as a success or not – he’s facing serious, possibly unsolvable problems. But do you want to make any wagers as to whether, come Feb 2013 or Feb 2017, Obama as a President will be rated above or below Bush in their assessments?
Phoenician in a time of Romans
July 8, 2009 at 2:53 am
I’d guess that Obama will outrank Bush, but 1) I don’t much care what a group of liberal academics thinks about the legacies of the Presidents, and 2) asking Obama to be at least the eighth worst President in history seems to be setting the bar pretty low.
DFV the Scribe
July 8, 2009 at 7:42 am
Well, let’s see. Six months after Ronald Reagan’s administration ended the same gaggle of historians ranked him as one of the worst too. That didn’t hold up did it?
Seriously, what business do historians have making judgments on a President a scant six months after his term has ended? All this really proves is that liberal academics tend to dislike Republican Presidents. Big discovery there, huh?
As for Obama’s future ranking, if he continues to go the way of Jimmy Carter I bet it will drop precipitously. Much of how Bush will be viewed in the future depends on how bad Obama screws up, plus outcomes in Iraq, etc.
hairybeast
July 8, 2009 at 10:10 am
By the way, the pushback has already begun:
Expect that number to widen as people really begin realize what life under Liberals is like.
UPDATE: and the good news continues for O&Co
Barone: The latest Quinnipiac poll from Ohio shows Barack Obama’s job rating at just 49%-44% positive, down sharply from 62%-31% in early May. That’s a sharp and surprising drop.
Power Line: Today’s Rasmussen survey, a likely voter poll, shows President Obama’s “approval index,” the difference between those who strongly approve and strongly disapprove of his performance, at -5, the worst showing of his administration so far. Likewise, Obama’s 52 percent approval rating in today’s survey is the lowest since his inauguration.
hairybeast
July 8, 2009 at 10:40 am
I don’t doubt for a moment that you see the world this way Phooey. You and REM – You are all a bunch of whiny little shits. Throw in Green Day too. LOL
pg - your humble messenger
July 8, 2009 at 11:07 am
“Now, I don’t know if Obama’s Presidency will be rated as a success or not – he’s facing serious, possibly unsolvable problems.”
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I don’t doubt for a moment that you see the world this way Phooey.
Yeah – it’s called “reading”.
Or, you know, feel free to explain how the US can keep running a trade deficit forever with nothing happening, PG, you moron.
Phoenician in a time of Romans
July 9, 2009 at 12:28 am
It is terrible I know. I should learn to read. Read things like you your angst ridden cry from your blog “Kyoto came too late!” or words to that effect. Yes we have problems with no solutions!
You have opened my eyes to a whole new world my Kiwi friend! You are like a white LeVar Burton with an accent. You have shown the Reading Rainbow to me!
This new world of knowledge has washed the scales from my eyes. In fact I am crying from the joy of it…
pg - your humble messenger
July 9, 2009 at 8:48 am
This is a cute little query.
Am I supposed to conclude that this is one of the “possibly unsolvable problems”? I will guess yes; the moron that I be!
Am supposed to conclude that we MUST run a trade deficit? That it is impossible for us not to? I suppose so, though it is unclear to this moron as to why that must be the case.
Am I supposed to conclude that a trade deficit for a country whose economy is not built on an agricultural foundation (Like Middle Earth – Kiwiland) must spell doom? I suppose so.
Well since I do not agree with that logic structure – I reject your sophistry.
I will concede that Obama appears to represent a “possibly unsolvable problem”.
You called me a moron!
You keep that up and I just might have might have to conclude we are enemies and not the friends I know us to be.
BTW – One obvious way to reduce said deficit is to DRILL BABY DRIL! Maybe if we do, and burn all that carbon, we will flood Minas Tirith, sorry I mean Auckland. A win – win situation?
Phooey just…
Her Majesty’s right royal socialist government in Kiwiland runs a deficit as a percentage of GDP roughly double that of the free and independent US of A.
pg - your humble messenger
July 9, 2009 at 9:14 am
Precisely. We have the same problem, if not worse. And we’re running up against the effects of that problem.
But you go on keeping on denying, fat dumb and happy. That’s about the only thing Republican economic policy is good for these days.
Phoenician in a time of Romans
July 9, 2009 at 5:47 pm
You conclude that I believe that there is nothing wrong with a trade deficit. Now did I say that? I just didn’t play your reindeer games Phooey. I still love you though.
LOL
As a footnote – You better believe you have a terrible balance problem running a deficit as an agri-nation. A service based nation running an energy trade deficit by choice has a much brighter future. With abundant energy resources the USA will flourish when the restraints on providing that energy are removed. Obama’s policies will provide the motivation to drill again.
We have been running a deficit for 35 years Phooey. I see no reason to panic now. China and India need someone to buy their shoes after all. It will be awhile before Brazil can afford them.
pg - your humble messenger
July 9, 2009 at 7:20 pm
As a footnote – You better believe you have a terrible balance problem running a deficit as an agri-nation.
Brian Easton is considerably smarter and better informed than you, PG. It isn’t the agri-trade per se that’s the problem.
A service based nation running an energy trade deficit by choice has a much brighter future. With abundant energy resources the USA will flourish when the restraints on providing that energy are removed. Obama’s policies will provide the motivation to drill again.
*snicker*
Yup – I look forward to you exporting your way out via service industries. Have fun.
We have been running a deficit for 35 years Phooey. I see no reason to panic now.
Yes, PG, but as we’ve seen, you usually get things wrong.
Phoenician in a time of Romans
July 10, 2009 at 4:10 pm
You did not reference Brian Easton’s comments. So regardless of how brilliant you think he is it is hard for me to be wowed. To be clear I never said NZ is running a deficit because it is an agri-nation, or that agri-trade caused it. It makes an imbalance more problematic. Trade deficits are much worse for an agri or manufacturing based economy than for a service one. You flunked economics at university. JEEZ-per se.
Didn’t we cover this school boy taut regarding E and I not being qualified to question Obama because he was more accomplished than we are? Is Brian your Daddy or something?
I just know what I read…
I just started reading a day or so ago. A kindly librarian suggested it. So pray enlighten me. Link me to my better so that I may learn – per se.
I bet you had a hard day at the library. I know you still love me mate.
(You can always tell when Phooey is loosing it. He gets testy and insults people’s intelligence. He shows he is really loosing it when he appeals to authority and suggests you can not disagree with your betters.)
My goodness but I have to edit a lot these days.
pg - your humble messenger
July 10, 2009 at 4:26 pm
Where did I suggest anything of the kind? LOL
Please tell me what I got wrong here please? I understand you are always in a nancy-boy panic mode. I believe the Chinese debit is cause for concern; concern -not panic.
BTW – I do agree very much with this…
I am worried about mine too when it comes to Obama. Yes he does seem to be an insolvable problem. You seriously do not read what you link to, do you?
pg - your humble messenger
July 10, 2009 at 4:36 pm
Link me to my better so that I may learn – per se.
Knock yourself out.
I am worried about mine too when it comes to Obama. Yes he does seem to be an insolvable problem. You seriously do not read what you link to, do you?
Which part of the word “eventually” do you not understand? The bailouts and the stimulus deal with more immediate problems; they may cause inflation down the road and they may not fully solve the immediate problems, but unless the attempt to address these is made, inflation will be the least of your worries.
It will be interesting to see what happens the first time a signal is shown that the US cannot service its foreign debt obligations.
Phoenician in a time of Romans
July 10, 2009 at 8:37 pm
What part about my being concerned don’t you understand mate? I am for an “attempt to address these” problems. I have been concerned about the fiscal irresponsibility of our government my whole life. I also understand that our trade imbalance is due overwhelmingly to our importation of energy. That imbalance started when we drastically reduced by statute domestic drilling. I just do not believe this imbalance is an insurmountable or an unsolvable problem.
You always try to put words in people’s mouths. Read what I write, address that. LOL
The inflation the Chinese and I are talking about as businessmen, not as government book clerks, is the kind the Weimar Republic had. That is another thing I am concerned about and think steps need to be taken to combat.
I understand that you are panicked that your little socialist country is even worse off. But look at the bright side mate; you will most likely drown from AGW before you go bankrupt.
pg - your humble messenger
July 11, 2009 at 9:00 am
Knock yourself out.
Can’t I just stick to Niall Ferguson? After all he is considerably smarter and better informed than you, Phooey.
pg - your humble messenger
July 11, 2009 at 9:07 am