tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6935370618605188900.post7038973780738219369..comments2024-03-28T14:53:17.939-04:00Comments on Paco Enterprises: AssortmentPacohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08004124282907287652noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6935370618605188900.post-69269071049019170112009-03-20T15:28:00.000-04:002009-03-20T15:28:00.000-04:00Obama unveils new food stamp!<A HREF="http://threebeerslater.blogspot.com" REL="nofollow"> Obama unveils new food stamp!</A>richard mcenroehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10659450906647134430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6935370618605188900.post-29889844418970249692009-03-20T14:00:00.000-04:002009-03-20T14:00:00.000-04:00Rebecca: Oh, absolutely. He'll be back with someth...Rebecca: Oh, absolutely. He'll be back with something similar but less transparent, you can count on it.Pacohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15109060772791266700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6935370618605188900.post-1834835369008735472009-03-20T13:23:00.000-04:002009-03-20T13:23:00.000-04:00RE Prezdent Won's plan to make wounded veterans pa...RE Prezdent Won's plan to make wounded veterans pay for their own treatment, my response to BCB, was this:<BR/><BR/>"Two months in, the Obama administration has built a reputation for backing off controversial proposals, and then weasel-sneaking them in by the back door. I don't believe this issue is dead yet."<BR/><BR/>And I don't.RebeccaHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15113907852048577121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6935370618605188900.post-53859122267778664522009-03-20T08:30:00.000-04:002009-03-20T08:30:00.000-04:00Right you are, yojimbo. Where it might be understa...Right you are, yojimbo. Where it might be understandable to try to tax the crap out of EVERY bonus in a targeted group <I>from now on</I>, it's unethical - wrong in SO many ways - to "create the crime" after the fact and then make it retroactive. <BR/><BR/>Not that this bunch of politicians has any problem with that.kchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00515195550774837735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6935370618605188900.post-43588165129162978222009-03-19T23:19:00.000-04:002009-03-19T23:19:00.000-04:00I think they are trying to get around the Bill of ...I think they are trying to get around the Bill of Attainder aspect by grouping them with All others receiving a distribution after 12-31-2008.<BR/><BR/>There is another aspect to this, and it has its place right beside the Bill of Attainder in Section 9 of Article 1. Why isn't this a defacto ex post facto law? Madison spoke against these twins in Federalist 44 and Hamilton in Federalist 84 had this to say: "The creation of crimes after the commission of the fact, or, in other words,the subjecting of men to punishment for things which, when they were done,were breaches of no law, and the practice of arbitrary imprisonments, have been, in all ages, the favorite and most formidable instruments of tyranny."<BR/>Just subsitute confiscation of property for imprisonment. <BR/><BR/>This isn't a Congress, it's a lynch mob.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6935370618605188900.post-29045011653104556812009-03-19T22:54:00.000-04:002009-03-19T22:54:00.000-04:00BarryO...sorry, I mean President BarryO has, in my...BarryO...sorry, I mean <I>President</I> BarryO has, in my opinion, no intention of reviving the economy. Power-grab is my bet...chaos and uproar are the tools.<BR/><BR/>And I keep HOPING I'm wrong. But he & his administration and his Congress haven't proven me wrong once, so far.kchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00515195550774837735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6935370618605188900.post-43351710737071431742009-03-19T21:11:00.000-04:002009-03-19T21:11:00.000-04:00Sorry I must have missed it in my reader.Sorry I must have missed it in my reader.Mercurius Aulicushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05130901970855873480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6935370618605188900.post-31865458042064988842009-03-19T21:08:00.000-04:002009-03-19T21:08:00.000-04:00TimT: I believe that might be the fellow. I'm goin...TimT: I believe that might be the fellow. I'm going to see if I can dig up the old story (as I recall, in my story, I had Tim Blair and Andrew Bolt do a drive-by shooting with super-soaker squirt guns, for some reason).<BR/><BR/>MCM: Thank you, sir; I updated an earlier post with that link. Obama's bizarre experiences with teleprompters are hilarious - especially the latest episode where he wound up thanking himself for something.Pacohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08004124282907287652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6935370618605188900.post-68994993367392838732009-03-19T20:38:00.000-04:002009-03-19T20:38:00.000-04:00Mr Paco,Here is a link that you might enjoy:http:/...Mr Paco,<BR/><BR/>Here is a link that you might enjoy:<BR/><BR/>http://baracksteleprompter.blogspot.com/Mercurius Aulicushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05130901970855873480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6935370618605188900.post-71101197713573832932009-03-19T20:24:00.000-04:002009-03-19T20:24:00.000-04:00Richard, I didn't know that. It makes it harder to...Richard, I didn't know that. It makes it harder to understand why The Won is adopting the policies he is. Assuming his goal really is economic recovery, that is. Personally I think it's a power grab, but he claims otherwise.<BR/><BR/>RereadAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6935370618605188900.post-78388081320792256422009-03-19T19:51:00.000-04:002009-03-19T19:51:00.000-04:00retread -- That notorious right wing cabal the UCL...retread -- That notorious right wing cabal the UCLA School of Economics came to the same conclusion...richard mcenroehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10659450906647134430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6935370618605188900.post-36377732390644739352009-03-19T19:39:00.000-04:002009-03-19T19:39:00.000-04:00You might be interested in a book by Amity Shlaes ...You might be interested in a book by Amity Shlaes called The Forgotten Man. She argues that FDR's brain trust delayed recovery through their misguided policies. It makes very pertinent reading these days.<BR/><BR/>RetreadAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6935370618605188900.post-52583940294874298752009-03-19T19:34:00.000-04:002009-03-19T19:34:00.000-04:00An interesting point is made in the comments at Be...An interesting point is made in the comments at Betsy's Page re the Bill of Attainder question: the bill will be written NOT to pass the Constitutional test.<BR/><BR/>Do you think those crooks in the House are this smart? <BR/><BR/>RetreadAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6935370618605188900.post-90262110818346033372009-03-19T19:01:00.000-04:002009-03-19T19:01:00.000-04:00There's a Peter Colebatch who writes for The Age, ...There's a Peter Colebatch who writes for The Age, maybe it was him?TimThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10333303180015967125noreply@blogger.com