"Obama is being criticized for trying to solve too many problems at the same
time. I'll tell you one thing: this never would have happened if Bush were
still president. We wouldn't even be having this conversation."
- Jimmy Fallon
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Bipartisanship....
http://imgsrv.gocomics.com/dim/?fh=2216e2e8de49b0de885df856e8af89ef
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CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS NOT DUE
http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2009_03/017299.php
. . Former White House spokesperson Dana Perino said on Sunday that the Bush
administration, while presiding over the start of the current recession,
nevertheless deserved some credit for the modest uptick that Wall Street
experienced this past week. ...
"You were just speaking earlier about the possibility that since we had a
little bit of a better week on Wall Street does that spell a turnaround?"
Perino said. "Can all the credit go specifically to President Obama? Well, I
would say no. We are just going to have to take a while to let all of this
settle down and let the policies that our administration and the new
administration are trying to put in place have a chance to work." ...
I see. Just so we're clear, here's a helpful guide to the rules of market
watching, as they relate to partisan politics:
When the market went down on Bush's watch before the 2008 elections, this was
Bill Clinton's fault.
When the market went down on Bush's watch between November 2008 and January
2009, this was Barack Obama's fault.
When the market went down during Obama's first seven weeks in office, this was
definitely Barack Obama's fault.
And when the market rallies on Obama's watch during the second week in March,
George W. Bush deserves at least some of the credit. ...
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I knew Dubya would do more good once he was OUT of office, heh heh....
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All good things come from Republicans....
Went the stock market and the economy spiraled upwards under Clinton, it was
primarily due to Reagan and G.H.W. Bush!
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"Dick Cheney ripped the Obama administration in an interview Sunday. He accused
them of exploiting a crisis to vastly expand the power of the federal
government. Dick Cheney recognized the trick right away, it didn't take a
building to fall on him."
- Argus Hamilton
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Right To Privacy Not Guaranteed By Constitution, Says Supreme Court Justice
Peeking In Bathroom Window
http://www.theonion.com/content/news/right_to_privacy_not_guaranteed_by
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"Well, I guess Rush Limbaugh was busy, so they trotted out their next-most
popular member of the Republican cabal."
- Robert Gibbs, WH Press Secretary
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"There are two sets of rules in America, one for elected Democrats, and one for
us -- the pleebs, the peasants, the great unwashed, the victims..."
- Rush Limbaugh
"Us... peasants".... how many "peasants" do you know with a $400 million
eight-year contract?
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GOP's "Small Government" Talk Is Hollow
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/18/zelizer.small.government/index.html
As the budget debate heats up, Republicans are warning of socialism in the
White House and claiming that Democrats are rushing back to their dangerous
tonic of big government.
Speaking to the Conservative Political Action Conference, Rush Limbaugh warned
that "the future is not Big Government. Self-serving politicians. Powerful
bureaucrats. This has been tried, tested throughout history. The result has
always been disaster."
On CNN, former Vice President Dick Cheney said he is worried that the
administration is using the current economic conditions to "justify" a "massive
expansion" in the government.
After the past eight years in American politics, it is impossible to reconcile
current promises by conservatives for small government with the historical
record of President Bush's administration. Most experts on the left and right
can find one issue upon which to agree: The federal government expanded
significantly after 2001 when George W. Bush was in the White House. ...
Federal spending stood at about $1.9 trillion in 2000, when Democrat Bill
Clinton ended his presidency. In his final year in office, Bush proposed to
spend $3.1 trillion for fiscal year 2009. President Obama's budget proposal for
fiscal 2010 is $3.6 trillion.
Nor can Republicans blame a Democratic Congress for being responsible for these
trends. Much of the expansion took place between 2002 and 2006, when
Republicans controlled both Congress and the White House. ...
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"I think not taking economic advice from Dick Cheney would be maybe the best
possible outcome of yesterday's interview."
- Robert Gibbs, WH Press Secretary
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"Dick" Cheney.... about as welcome as a shotgun blast to the face.
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"President Obama will appear on Jay Leno's Tonight Show Thursday while he's in
Los Angeles. It's a good idea. President Obama wants to try out some new policy
ideas and this way he can find out if they get laughs before he springs them on
Wall Street."
- Argus Hamilton
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"President Barack Obama will be making his first sit-down talk show appearance
on March 19th on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno." And just in case Rush
Limbaugh didn't hear it well, Obama will be with LENO, not LENIN."
- Pedro Bartes
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Not Worried....
http://imgsrv.gocomics.com/dim/?fh=0708b04807aefbb1ae7b1df5b977904a
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Gee, Dubya was captain of the Titanic, but now Republicans expect Obama to
float the ship....
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"The welfare of each of us is dependent fundamentally upon the welfare of all
of us."
- President Theodore Roosevelt
New York State Fair, Syracuse, September 7, 1903
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"Pope Benedict has come out against the use of condoms. His holiness has a
message for all those weakened by promiscuity and lust. 'There will be a
meeting of priests at 4pm on Friday.'"
- Alan Ray
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The Pope on Condoms and AIDS
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/18/opinion/18wed2.html
Pope Benedict XVI has every right to express his opposition to the use of
condoms on moral grounds, in accordance with the official stance of the Roman
Catholic Church. But he deserves no credence when he distorts scientific
findings about the value of condoms in slowing the spread of the AIDS virus.
As reported on Tuesday by journalists who accompanied the pope on his flight to
Africa, Benedict said that distribution of condoms would not resolve the AIDS
problem but, on the contrary, would aggravate or increase it. The first half of
his statement is clearly right. Condoms alone won’t stop the spread of H.I.V.,
the virus that causes AIDS. Campaigns to reduce the number of sexual partners,
safer-sex practices and other programs are needed to bring the disease to heel.
But the second half of his statement is grievously wrong. There is no evidence
that condom use is aggravating the epidemic and considerable evidence that
condoms, though no panacea, can be helpful in many circumstances. ...
>From a national perspective, condom promotion has been effective in slowing
>epidemics in several countries among high-risk groups, such as sex workers and
>their customers, but less effective in slowing epidemics that have spread into
>the general population, as in much of sub-Saharan Africa. That is probably
>because far too few people use condoms consistently and correctly.
Even so, health authorities consider condoms a valuable component of any
well-rounded program to prevent the spread of AIDS. It seems irresponsible to
blame condoms for making the epidemic worse.
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Yeah, when I want sex advice, I always ask the elderly ex-Hitler Youth in the
white dress....
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Blessed Are The Sick....
http://imgsrv.gocomics.com/dim/?fh=af3a4fef7520b56908fa982cb926f524
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Internet To Reduce E-Mail Delivery To 6 Days A Week
http://www.theonion.com/content/news_briefs/internet_to_reduce_e_mail
Speaking on behalf of the overburdened World Wide Web, Internet
representatives announced Monday that all Sunday e-mail service
would be discontinued as part of a new cost-cutting measure.
"Any correspondence sent after 11:59 p.m. on Saturday will now
be delivered by noon on Monday," Internet spokeswoman Sharon
Jervis said. "Users should expect further delays during national
holidays or on days affected by adverse weather conditions."
Jervis added that, starting Mar. 30, all e-mail attachments will
also be charged by weight.
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Levi Johnston and Sarah Palin's daughter, Bristol, have broken off their
engagement...
This just in: Levi Johnston was just mysteriously shot at by someone flying
overhead in a helicopter.
- Alex Kaseberg
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Okay! Okay!!
http://imgsrv.gocomics.com/dim/?fh=07ed6099f59d0d05b93395826fcaeab0
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"Some sad news: Bristol Palin, Sarah Palin's daughter, has broken up with
babydaddy Levi Johnston. I was stunned when I heard. I mean, really, if two
kids without a decent education and no jobs and a baby can't make it, what hope
is there for the rest of us?"
- Jay Leno
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"Bristol Palin's baby-daddy, Levi Johnston, says they might get back together
one day. That day will probably be the day Palin decides she's running for
office in 2012."
- Pedro Bartes
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The Upbeat Fairy
http://imgsrv.gocomics.com/dim/?fh=c22cf548df81f14d0a1179b3acd0bd12
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