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Wednesday, February 17. 2010

Why the economy isn't roaring back

Hope and change...Economists Predict Cutbacks, Tax Increases That 'Aren't Even Imaginable'.


VDH has it right: What a Difference a Year Makes. A quote:



...what changed? The Obama administration offered a statist agenda of massive deficits, and it blamed Bush for America's current problems. The people revolted, and even the combined power of large Democratic congressional majorities, a ministry-of-truth media, and an Ivy League technocracy could not push through hope and change — largely due to Democratic legislators' worries that they were walking out on a plank that would soon be sawed off by the next election.

The implosion of the Obama administration is newsworthy, but not as astonishing as this petulant liberal reappraisal of both popular political participation and the structure of American government...



Remember this from Nov., 2008? Republicans still in denial as wilderness years stretch ahead


Posted by Bird Dog in Hot News & Misc. Short Subjects, Our Essays at 15:11 | Comments (3) | Trackbacks (0)

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While I certainly agree with VDH's take on the dems, my question is, why raise the issue that many of us already know? Why, even indirectly? Do you think that none of them read conservative-leaning websites? These people aren't entirely stupid; let them stay clueless, at least! It'll be way more fun to watch their Little Red Wagon go over the cliff in November.
#1 Kv (Link) on 2010-02-17 18:39 (Reply)
Lame Stream Media... the gift that keeps on giving.
#2 GeneralMalaise on 2010-02-17 20:07 (Reply)
It will be interesting to see how the employment situtaion improves as millions reach the government's one year limit for the term "unemployed." These folks magically become unpeople living life unconcerned and unburdened by jobs.

I can't wait till November. Its payback for the dhimmies and RINOs.
#3 Ellie Light on 2010-02-18 03:02 (Reply)

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