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I see this:

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/federal-retirement-plans-costly-social-security/story?id=14628672

No way, on top of everything else, do I see us coming out the other side without serious upheaval and hurt. Just, no way.

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Glad

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I got outta that racket.

Don’t heave up

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Buckle down
Collectively.
Or is that Communism again? I always forget…

What is it I’ve been criticized for over all these years?

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(Not criticized by you, Santee)

Oh yeah, advocating smaller federal government; wanting a fiscally responsible federal government; less accumulation of federal debt; fewer government employees; fewer federal government departments; pay and benefits for government employees that’s on par with the private sector; banning government unions; etc.

Geesh! What’s next? Signing bonuses paid by the federal government to states that recruit the most people and sign them up for the federal food stamp program?

Cutting room floor

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This sentence, which I elected not to include, thinking it would be too obvious:

“If anything, Max has not been strong enough with his protestations.”

Part of the problem…

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Both wings have had their very own pet spendings, and neither has been able to trust that the other wing will cut justly, or in prudence, even – so both sides just clamp down their jaws hard and try to block all cuts to own projects.

Y’all need to cull the fringes. If Obama has any nuts at all he’ll make a call for responsible lawmakers to get together across the divide, and shut out the irresponsible ones on both sides.
But politicians can’t really fix it, they only caused it, after all.

Your everyday citizens have to do exactly the same. Get over the little differences, and concentrate on the big issues, and forget all the “divide and conquer” BS you’ve been pipe-fed for 50+ years.

We are rapidly approaching the day. . . . .

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….. (if we’re not already there), when I can say, [i]I told you so[/i]. But over all this time, I was actually hoping that I would end up being wrong.

[i]Hell[/i] and [i]Hand Basket[/i] come to mind. But where is the point of no return? In front of us or behind?

Behind

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The front stretches farther than the eye can see.

Indeed it does, but the front door is open as can be

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just created a new ID and it seems very bot friendly.

MJ

And then posted to the wrong thread

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But you get the point, I think.

Third eye?

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Look out for Mr. Rococo…

Some years ago James Taylor

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penned a song, Let it fall down,

Sing a song for the wrong and the wicked and the strong and the sick, as thick as thieves.
For the faceless fear that was never so near, too clear to mis believe.
Well the sea is jumping salty and the porpoise has the blues,
my recollection’s faulty and I cannot find my shoes.
And my wiring is misfiring due to cigarettes and booze,
I’m behind in my dues, I just now got the news.
He seems to tell us lies and still we will believe him,
then together he will lead us into darkness, my friends.

Let it fall down, let it fall down, let it all fall down.
Let it fall down, let it fall down, let it all fall down.

The man says stand to one side, son, we got to keep this big ball rolling.
It’s just a question of controlling for whom the bell is tolling.

Let it fall down, let it fall down, let it all fall down.
Let it fall down, let it fall down, let it all fall down.

There’ll be suffering and starvation in the streets, young man.
Just where have you been, old man? Just look out of your window, man.

Let it fall down, let it fall down, let it all fall down.
Let it fall down, let it fall down, let it all fall down.

Well, it ain’t nobody’s fault but our own,
still, at least we might could show the good sense
To know when we’ve been wrong, and it’s already taken too long.
So we bring it to a stop then we take it from the top,
we let it settle on down softly like your gently falling snow
or let it tumble down and topple like the temple long ago.

Let it fall down, let it fall down, let it all fall down.
Let it fall down, let it fall down, let it all fall down.

It would seem our government is determined to do just that.

Segue: Proof that a total idiot can make millions of dollars in the USofA

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http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2011/10/01/roseanne_barr_behead_bankers_rich_who_wont_give_up_wealth.html

Are you an idiot? You, too, can make millions of dollars! Just find a way to market your idiocy.

Its hard to believe…

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….That anyone takes this woman seriously. …That anyone is interested in what she has to say.

and yet…..

Barr?

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Same reason people slow down to stare at traffic accidents…

"slow down [i]to stare[/i]"

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Gotcha.

“[i]…to stare[/i]”

Do I need to explain why this — this altogether pedestrian instance of prescience — cannot be allowed to stand, slipped through the back door of your education as a child?

If you’d be so kind.

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But no holding back.

stop and stare?

I will

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But, first I have two rails of a bed frame to shorten. I had lengthened them three years ago. Customer — name of Procrustes, I think — now wants them shortened.

That

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made my brain hurt.

Nah.

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Barr’s supposedly a comedian by profession. What I can’t believe is that anyone still takes Sarah Palin or Michelle Bachman seriously.

What a knee slapper! I laughed long and loud at that one!

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People take Bachman seriously?!?!?! Too funny!!!

Most I know think of her as a moronic Barbie doll. Oh wait- she’s my “elected representative”.

*sigh*

Welcome to the club

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Palmie, J.Ja. and I share the unfortunate circumstance of being represented by Joe “You Lie” Wilson.

His last re-election theme was “Joe means jobs.” Considering the unemployment rate in much of his district, and the direction of change since the election, I’ve never quite been clear on who those jobs are for…

Probably he meant…

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a verbified version of the noun “mean”, as in “the mean of this set of numbers”.
So he was making a courageous aim for absolute mediocrity on jobs.

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