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Progressives will gladly take a 45 billion hit to the Pentagon from Sequester cuts. But the other half come out of domestic spending, and Boehner clearly got a win from Obama with respect to them.
These cuts emanate from when Boehner threatened in 2011 to default the national debt, if he didn’t get Draconian spending cuts the electorate doesn’t support.
Instead of invoking the 14th Amendment which holds that USA must pay it’s financial obligations – and then letting the Supreme Court rule on whether it in fact supersedes debt ceiling votes in Congress – Obama caved in & gave up over 1 trillion (10 years) in immediate cuts, plus the sequester across-board cuts that applied 3/1/13.
Then Boehner raised the debt ceiling which always before Obama, was done without demands to cut nor threats to default USA obligations & wreck our credit standing (increasing our deficit as interest rates on our debt go up, no less). See why GOP’ers are morons yet?
Now in May, the ceiling vote comes up again. This time, the president has to invoke the 14th Amendment and accept NO deals for more domestic cuts that harm working & unemployed Americans, already shafted by the 2008 Bush crash. Enough.
Act Box / After Senator Reid utterly failed to get on the mat for the filibuster reform he repeatedly promised, tell him to resign as Majority Leader > http://t.co/se7yOnpP
What real gun control will change, is rampant murders by handguns & assault rifles – that the NRA imposed on us > http://t.co/hIzxQvnR
This is very well done. Great shot.Cheers
State of the Progressive www / 2012 Year In Review > http://t.co/lOr7TjWf
Adding to what I posted in #29 &30, considering the number of Palestinian rockets fired so far.
Awesome website…
Glad I took the time to visit
Progressives, Gun Control and the 2nd Amendment > http://Balkingpoints.com/balk/archives/3776
How do you do! Happy holidays
12/8/12, 32nd anniversary of the murder in NYC of John Lennon.
Some know the story, also told on the recent PBS Lennon documentary,
about president Nixon trying to get John deported from America in the early 1970′s. Problem for Nixon being, John and Yoko were the most prominent focal point of opposition to the Vietnam war, which Nixon inherited from
LBJ, but was 2 years away from negotiating to a conclusion. John was undermining Nixon’s first term like nobody else in America could, and
Nixon wanted him gone.
John hired a creative lawyer, who put up roadblocks until Nixon gave up – possibly because he had trouble on the, uhm – Watergate front…
So John and Yoko were never deported. Now here is the very disturbing part of it, which only dawned on me this anniversary of John’s murder:
Had Nixon succeeded, Lennon would still be alive.
Very probably. Set up in London, Tokyo or somewhere where Mark Chapman would not have been able to shoot him to death. Still very much a vocal advocate for worldwide social justice. How’s that, for darkening the day…
Walmart workers are like Bob Cratchit… > http://Balkingpoints.com/balk/archives/3673
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Reply for Sam Barone / http://www.balkingpoints.com/balk/main#comment-4134
Hi Sammy;
We are lucky confidence came back after the crash of 2008. Panic set in at investment banks where deposits are not guaranteed, and firms such as
Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers collapsed when corporations all started withdrawing their cash.
Fortunately it did not happen to consumers. The retail banks like Chase & Bank of America did not have major runs on deposits, because Franklin Roosevelt passed a deposit guarantee for individuals, during the Great Depression. People knew their money was safe.
Without that FDIC insurance, all banks would have had depositor panic and massive withdrawals, and the US and probably much of the world economy, would have collapsed.
I have a friend who votes the party of Bush and Romney, who thinks it would have been fine to leave individual depositors unprotected during the 2008 crash. No problem… ;^)
Very nice site!
Positive Thinking
At present, those who control the U.S. Dollars are the Chinese. Possessing a large amount of U.S. Dollars, and if by chance noticing that there are more U.S. Dollars in circulation than gold is held by the Federal Reserve, it will be the end of the American economy. If the U.S. Economy falls, many world economies that are attached to the U.S. Dollar will also fall. So to save and preserve the financial economical equilibrium world-wide, the U.S. prints more Dollars, and give a false impression that America has a coin stable economy, when in difficult times many nations find shelter for their money by investing in U.S. Dollars, although in reality, the U.S. Dollar has no real value, but it has a value of trust and credibility, which is the basis of a healthy and strong economy that many believe in, for not losing their investment.. As they say in America, it’s all bullshit, which runs every economy, more bullshit, there is, more credibility has an economy.
So let us keep that bullshit going.
Sammy, from Sicily
Nice to see you on here Sammy. I remember Berlusconi and the reports of scandals he was in. Canada has it’s share too, but they may not get the same press attention. A Wiki page is up about them though, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Canadian_political_scandals
I got to read loads of articles on your own blog. Its amazing how interesting it truly is.
Balkingpoints view on Israel / Palestine war;
– Palestine is entitled to full statehood, as recognized by Bill Clinton in 1993. It is the displaced, oppressed party in the war.
– The cycle of strike/retaliate/strike has never brought about peace, and only empowers Likud – which essentially does not support a 2-state solution.
– Many moderates & Progressives in Israel, do support the 2-state solution.
– Hamas – as the PLO before it should have done – needs to adopt a pure non-violent resistance policy. That will sway world and US opinion, and make it impossible for a US president to sit on the fence about statehood & from it perpetuate right-wingers in Israel.
– Non-violent resistance will not prevail quickly, but it will inexorably. The world will side with Palestine and against Likud. US opinion now is clouded on the matter. It thinks both sides are at fault. Focus on changing that, and you will change US policy.
Rick Perry is frontrunner for President of Dumbfuckistan! ;^) http://Balkingpoints.com/balk/archives/3609
Hello!= Ni Hao
Sammy from Sicily is back to express his free and impartial opinions
Italy, has had a variety of political leaders, “Prima Donna” clowns, showmen, religious sympathizers, manipulated to serve the interests of the church, and last, and not least, we have politicians that are controlled by lobby groups to satisfy their economic interests..
But very few real political leaders have served the interests of the people that have elected them.
Primarily they have safeguarded their own personal, and economic interests.
Such as a guaranteed high salary, a full proof pension system for serving a short time.
Or a lifetime honorable membership as senators with full voting rights, which at times their voting can offset important decisions from being passed..
Yes, Italy’s politicians are wonderful actors, who play their role well, and at the same time leave the naive happy, and satisfied, even if they have left them with their underwear to satisfy their egoistic needs..
I am sorry for not writing in Italian, because Italian is my third language, in which I am not too proficient in it, and I do not show much sympathy for it..
My primary language is Sicilian, which is a poetic language that I was born with, and proudly love to use it, but unfortunately each day it is losing its common use..
My second language is English, which was taught to me at an early age in America, and I find it useful for international communications.
I try to practice what I preach, I am no hypocrite
My life is an open book.
Sammy,
from the Siculo-Arab sector of Piedimonte Etneo. [Porta S. Fratello.] Sicily
Sammy; sorry if you had any login problem, it’s giving an error there at times / awaiting a fix. But I was able to move your comment to show under your user name.
Welcome back!
What is sin?
According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary:
Sin is an an offense against religious or moral law
Only that these religious, or moral laws are not part of the Criminal Code ..
Which in this case: Religions condition men, and women to be guilty of violating their laws ..
Please note: That no free democratic nation, has moral laws, because such laws may be in conflict with human rights, freedom of thought and expression.
With the exception of certain Muslim countries, where there is no separation between religion, and state, people are subject to their religious, and moral laws.
But the fact is that these laws are applied in many cases, to visiting tourists, and people who live temporarily in these countries.
In conclusion, sin does not exist legally.
AND I DO NOT CONSIDER MYSELF OF BEING A SINNER.
Sammy, from Sicily
The Reagan / Bush Error, is over > http://Balkingpoints.com/balk/archives/3575
Election 2012 / Open Letter to Governor Chris Christie > http://Balkingpoints.com/balk/archives/3567
Mitt didn’t win a single round on Tuesday > http://Balkingpoints.com/balk/archives/3477
Last Hurrah of Joe Biden > http://Balkingpoints.com/balk/archives/3430
And if you didn’t see Col. Wilkerson on @edshow last night, simply not to be missed > http://t.co/x9roMWnJ
Looking to vote in Ohio? The GOP has ways of stopping you > http://balkingpoints.com/guestbook/?p=1157
Very nice site!
Jack Welch, jack@ss > http://www.salon.com/2012/10/05/neutron_jacks_back/
Obama Film Room – what to fix for 10/16 debate > http://Balkingpoints.com/balk/archives/3360
Response on my “Mitt Won …Wrong” Balk article > http://www.balkingpoints.com/balk/archives/3346#comment-4073
The entire look of your web site is magnificent, as neatly as the content!
As predicted, Jim Lehrer coddled Mitt. The biggest single post-convention development is the 47 percent expose video, Lehrer simply skips it…
Obama lost the debate? No he didn’t > http://Balkingpoints.com/balk/archives/3346
Hi Bangladesh. You must be talking about somebody else. Mrs. Clinton shows a lot of wear on her face
Hillary Clinton the wife of former President Bill Clinton has allegedly withstood a few cosmetic surgeries.
@BostonGlobe @washingtonpost ; Poll #’s would mean Mitt is pulling ahead rest of nation, while losing swing states worse. Wrong!
As indicated, here come the News Media Inc “dead heat” stories… > http://www.boston.com/politicalintelligence/2012/10/01/mitt-romney-close-president-obama-national-poll-but-slipping-swing-states/AISS0fpIiBzyIwrxe14KwM/story.html
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