"There are countless horrible things happening all over the world and horrible people prospering, but we must never allow them to disturb our equanimity or deflect us from our sacred duty to sabotage and annoy them whenever possible." -Auberon Waugh
Monday, September 30, 2013
Open thread
I'll be offline for a few days, so feel free to cavort in the comments section.
Deborah .... Are you reinforcing the defenses at Paco Central in anticipation of the end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it (aka government shutdown), or are you getting a jump on the masses of government employees headed for a mini vacation? Gotta be the former because you must be essential.
Wouldn't it be better to list the things Biden knows? It would at least be shorter.
Deborah ....Swampie, bullshit*t is the usual scent. But you're right, the odor has increased. For those who can't flee, now would be a good time to hit the military surplus store...or check the PACO catalog.
Isn't the President getting like the 'boy who cried wolf'? Who didn't believe there really was any danger from 'wolves' and thought it was just a way of getting people's attention.
Well, when did 'shutdown' become 'barricade all public places so the public can't congregate'? Sounds more like something else to me, but I'm just a grumpy old extremist.
I've never seen a U.S. President, amd his Administration, that could so consistently prove me wrong when I say:"They can't do anything more stupid than this!"
Pondering the Machiavellian parallels. Pres Obama and the Dems complain that Republicans are 'obsessed' with the nation's debt. If you don't intend to repay 'loans' then they become something else: tribute. If the Dems really want to go down this road, Pres Obama should declare all funds 'loaned' to the US as Imperial Tribute, himself the President Emperor. Does it make sense to pretend otherwise?
Yes, an interesting insight, but since Obama has pretty much gutted American foreign policy and screwed all our heretofore allies, is there any nation in the world who would be too afraid to demand repayment and enforce their demands with violence (economic or physical)?
China is alredy moving into the Caribbean basin, not yet with military power, but that will come (just as it did with the USSR). Imagine Chinese gunboats on the Mississippi enforcing the payment of half of US taxes to China to repay our debt, with a Chinese supervising the IRS and Customs. That's what happened to China in the 19th century, why should thay not do it to us, if they develop the power to do so, and we are too weak to stop them?
For 'non-essential workers', it's party time?
ReplyDeleteCheers
The shut down jargon du jour is "excepted" and "non-excepted", Minicapt
ReplyDeleteDeborah .... Are you reinforcing the defenses at Paco Central in anticipation of the end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it (aka government shutdown), or are you getting a jump on the masses of government employees headed for a mini vacation? Gotta be the former because you must be essential.
ReplyDeleteWouldn't it be better to list the things Biden knows? It would at least be shorter.
In the meantime....meade and target practice!
Tach it up tach it up, the Beach Boys sang a song about this:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pYU0p6WZhU
Goodness, I'd surely leave town, too. The smell of the bullsh*t being excreted in D.C. must be overwhelming.
ReplyDeleteDeborah ....Swampie, bullshit*t is the usual scent. But you're right, the odor has increased. For those who can't flee, now would be a good time to hit the military surplus store...or check the PACO catalog.
ReplyDeleteGee, I wonder how many of the White House staff will be furloughed. What?
ReplyDeleteIsn't the President getting like the 'boy who cried wolf'? Who didn't believe there really was any danger from 'wolves' and thought it was just a way of getting people's attention.
ReplyDeleteDeborah .... Bruce, perhaps Barry is previewing his Halloween outfit. Not much of a costume, but it's fit for someone who isn't much of a president.
ReplyDeleteWar veterans reclaim their memorial. B-b-but, it's supposed to be Shut Down! When the Govermint shuts down, it gets very scary.
ReplyDeleteActually the way the Govt is closing stuff like parks, with barricades, is rather scary.
ReplyDeleteGovernment shutdown - a libertarian's dream. If only ... sigh.
ReplyDeleteOn a serious note:
Rebeccah, probably as many who had to accept Obamacare.
Isn't there something fundamentally wrong when the ruling elite make laws that only the apply to the plebs, not them? I find this very disturbing.
Speaking of Biden, is he in any way essential? Shouldn't he be furloughed?
ReplyDeleteSpeaking of Biden, is he in any way essential? Shouldn't he be furloughed?
ReplyDeleteWell, maybe he is furloughed. Haven't heard anything out of him for awhile....
ReplyDeleteDeborah .... Biden's brain is the only part worth anything...to the scientific community and curiosity shops. A buck fifty is something.
ReplyDeleteNow seriously gang. Can't we get above sixteen comments? Let's do it for Paco. Otherwise he will think he can't leave us alone.
See you lucky people are going to have Julia Gillard over in your neck of the woods to share her thought with.
ReplyDeleteWell, when did 'shutdown' become 'barricade all public places so the public can't congregate'? Sounds more like something else to me, but I'm just a grumpy old extremist.
ReplyDeleteI've never seen a U.S. President, amd his Administration, that could so consistently prove me wrong when I say:"They can't do anything more stupid than this!"
ReplyDeletePondering the Machiavellian parallels. Pres Obama and the Dems complain that Republicans are 'obsessed' with the nation's debt. If you don't intend to repay 'loans' then they become something else: tribute. If the Dems really want to go down this road, Pres Obama should declare all funds 'loaned' to the US as Imperial Tribute, himself the President Emperor. Does it make sense to pretend otherwise?
ReplyDeleteBruce: An interesting insight - and probably an accurate assessment of how Democrats see the national debt.
ReplyDeleteYes, an interesting insight, but since Obama has pretty much gutted American foreign policy and screwed all our heretofore allies, is there any nation in the world who would be too afraid to demand repayment and enforce their demands with violence (economic or physical)?
ReplyDeleteRebecca,
ReplyDeleteNo. Next question.
China is alredy moving into the Caribbean basin, not yet with military power, but that will come (just as it did with the USSR). Imagine Chinese gunboats on the Mississippi enforcing the payment of half of US taxes to China to repay our debt, with a Chinese supervising the IRS and Customs. That's what happened to China in the 19th century, why should thay not do it to us, if they develop the power to do so, and we are too weak to stop them?