COLLECTIVE MADNESS
“Soft despotism is a term coined by Alexis de Tocqueville describing the state into which a country overrun by "a network of small complicated rules" might degrade. Soft despotism is different from despotism (also called 'hard despotism') in the sense that it is not obvious to the people."
Saturday, December 12, 2009
Obamamerica Year One
An Elephant Bar Roundup of The One's Accomplishments in 2009:
1. A $787 billion dollar stimulus bill sold as a job creator that made unemployment go to double digits, which he duly blamed on "Eight years of failed policies of the Bush Administration", except that including interest, the estimated trillion dollar cost of the stimulus bill all by itself will exceed the deficits of Bush's first three years combined.
2. Three months later when unemployment went from 10.2% to just 10.0 % Obama took all the credit for that. Whoop de do.
3. A Nobel Peace Prize for doing nothing, or worse than nothing, considering that he took actual possession of the prize money right after jacking up US troop levels in Afghanistan by 30,000.
4. An end to the ban on federal funding of stem cell research, which is kind of moot since the federal government is broke.
5. Cash for clunkers, and a temporary blip in car sales as people took advantage of getting free money.
6. Ditto the first time home buyer incentive. Subsidize anything and you get more of it for a while, until your currency printing press breaks.
7. Enough czars to pack a tsardine can, among them a "Compensation Czar" that sounds like something right out of Atlas Shrugged.
8. General Motors was nationalized to shield the United Auto Workers union from the consequences of demanding a Cadillac of a compensation package. The government is now in the business of making cars, and they are competing directly with Ford which escaped having the workers seize the means of production. Expect future regulations such as mileage standards to punish Ford at the expense of Government Motors.
9. ????
10. ???? (Nothing else? That might be a good thing)
What is "Occupation" adds:
11. additional obama moments from his 1st year...
12. green job czar a marxist
13. safe school czar a friend of nambla and fisting for kids
14. no jews in jerusalem
15. bowing to royalty
16. apologizing for America
17. claiming to stop torture
18. elevating a social secretary to a social status
19. bankrupting business with cap and trade
20. bankrupting health care
21. hiring his own lobbyists after promising no lobbyists
22. photo op of air force one dive bombing NYC
23. date night
24. chicago olympics
25. embracing ex-pres of honduras (siding with castro and chavez)
26. letting a year go by with northing to show for it with north korea
27. appeasing iran for 25% of his presidency
28. refunding of acorn
29. calling palestinian violence understandable when jews build homes
30. his cairo speech full of distortions and lies
31. his turkey speech full of distortions and lies
32. professor gates snafu...
33. making co2 a pollutant
34. destroying investor wealth at GM and Crysler
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2. Three months later when unemployment went from 10.2% to just 10.0 % Obama took all the credit for that.
ReplyDeleteCome on now. You know he can take credit for manipulating some numbers downward.
Your doing a good job T.
ReplyDeleteWe have a softer gentler EB with T and MeLoDy, don't you agree Whit?
ReplyDeleteChuckle, chuckle.
ReplyDeleteYes, I do and yes, she is doing a good job.
What have you been up to pal?
ReplyDeleteWhat about Trish, don't you think she brings a softer, gentler side to the bar?
ReplyDeleteI'm mad at you. The EB had an office party last night and I had to find out about on a thread the night before.
ReplyDeleteDamn, sometimes the most important person misses the party!
ReplyDeleteTrish is a real marshmellow for sure. Tough babe, but I am sure the man in her life is well compensated, just thinkin.
ReplyDeleteThat's what happens when you're taking out the trash and not paying attention to the good stuff.
ReplyDeleteYou know how it is Whit, timing baby , all is timing.
ReplyDeleteAll work and no play makes whit a dull boy.
ReplyDeleteMeLoDy, the belle of the ball... was just commenting about how you and T are putting on a nice touch to the old bar. Good to see some serviettes and curtains for a change.
ReplyDeleteYeah...Yeah...Yeah...All you men are alike and just like to see two women flirting with each other.
ReplyDelete2164th said..
ReplyDeleteYour doing a good job T.
Thanks Deuce. I don't want to step on your posts, but if I see the comments get up over about 150 I'll whip something out to keep it from hitting 200. I hate that thing with multiple pages of comments.
T, in general, If something pops , I walk over my own posts. I agree on the double page. Sometimes I switch posts if one seems more interesting. The customer is always right.
ReplyDeleteMelody: Yeah...Yeah...Yeah...All you men are alike and just like to see two women flirting with each other.
ReplyDeleteI'll get you a rainbow tie-dy tshirt that says, "Yes I am, no you can't watch"
Melody: And, T, doesn't think I should experience pussy and stick to what really wags my tail.
ReplyDeleteGosh, MLD, whatever works, but if you do make the conversion, you get the traditional toaster oven for joining the team. Also some discount coupons for U-haul, Indigo Girls concerts, a labrys tattoo, and flannel shirts at Target, which you wear over your tank tops.
Oh T, earlier, I was thinking that this proposed $1.1 Trillion is Obama's first budget.
ReplyDeleteDon't forget the double cherries tattoo. That seems to be obligatory.
ReplyDeleteOh man, I need a toaster, too.
ReplyDeleteWell, would you rather have a toaster or some free booze?
ReplyDeleteWhit, too bad there's no federal constitutional requirement to balance the budget like we have in WA, where even Queen Gregoire has to make cuts to obey the law.
ReplyDeleteadditional obama moments from his 1st year...
ReplyDeletegreen job czar a marxist
safe school czar a friend of nambla and fisting for kids
no jews in jerusalem
bowing to royalty
apologizing for America
claiming to stop torture
elevating a social secretary to a social status
bankrupting business with cap and trade
bankrupting health care
hiring his own lobbyists after promising no lobbyists
photo op of air force one dive bombing NYC
date night
chicago olympics
embracing ex-pres of honduras (siding with castro and chavez)
letting a year go by with northing to show for it with north korea
appeasing iran for 25% of his presidency
refunding of acorn
calling palestinian violence understandable when jews build homes
his cairo speech full of distortions and lies
his turkey speech full of distortions and lies
professor gates snafu...
making co2 a pollutant
destroying investor wealth at GM and Crysler
Well, since the least favorite thing, I like to do is cook there's no choice there. I'll take the free booze.
ReplyDeleteGreat list, Whit, I added yours to the original post.
ReplyDeleteUh, T, that's WiO's list...:O
ReplyDeleteI think that is a very good choice MLD.
ReplyDeleteC'mon, give the guy his due credit. His administration delisted the wolves.
ReplyDeleteFrom My Friend Dale, I Add This To The List
ReplyDeletegiving his speeches to the queen of england
ReplyDeletereturning the bust of winston churchill
blowing off the dali lama in order to appease china
never mentioning islam in the wake of the fort hood murders
gitmo closed?
stopping the military tribunal of KSM and moving it to NYC after complaining about bush's lack of swift justice
screwing poland about missile defense
stopping coal plants & nuke power from being built
the russian reset button
The pathological egotist has used the small word I more times already than the last two Presidents combined.
ReplyDeleteDang, WiO beat me to a couple of those.
ReplyDeleteTurning a recption of the dead into a giant photo op.
Kick starting the gun and ammo industry.
ReplyDeleteI've had an order in at Cabelas's for a case of .38 Super for months, can't get it. Seems the manufacturers are concentrating on more popular brands.
Great Freakin' Photoshop! I broke out laughing.
ReplyDeletelet's not forget...
ReplyDeletecalling fox news a non-news channel
still fighting the birth certificate
prosecuting navy seals for punching a high ranking murderous terrorist
T, I just realized this is Your Post. Great Job.
ReplyDeleteWho did the Photoshop?
Increased membership in the NRA.
ReplyDeleteLet the Black Panther voter intimidaters walk.
ReplyDeleteGiving the Medal of Freedom award to Mary Robinson
ReplyDeleteFunding 1 billion dollars in weapons to Lebanon (of which 30% is officially Hezbollah)
Signing an executive order to resettle hamas family members into the usa
Resettling palestinians from iraq into the usa
promising 978 million dollars to rebuild gaza
the silence of the uprising in iran
ReplyDeleteT, I just realized the Russian Missile post was yours, also. Good job. We appreciate it.
ReplyDeleteHas succeeded in having tent cities named "Obamavilles".
ReplyDeleteYeah, T, you've been doin' good stuff.
ReplyDeletePrognosis, miserable
ReplyDeleteThe top of my head tingles
Like I got the shingles
My eyes are orbs aflame
Teary and bloodshot
My nose drips gallons
Red as Rudolph
My mustache is slicked
With dripping snot
My mouth is cotton dry
My throat raw and sandy
My heart labors apace
My skin crawls, sweats
And itches
My gut is all in a knot
My balls are retracted
My pecker shriveled
And a cry come from my bones
Pleading out for cortizones
My knees knock and shake
My feet and toes are purple
I'm told to drink plenty of water
I try to get some sleep
By counting sheep
O'er leap they do the gate
I drift to escaping sleep
Then torturous, rise to urinate
In short, Melody,
I ain't doin' great
I need some T L C
From M L D
MAV's
ReplyDeleteApologies to WiO for attributing his hard work to Whit, I was rushed for bed. Rufus, bob, thanks for liking my posts. The bigger compliment is in the fact that you took them as Deuce/Whit posts!
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