White House rolls out the cabinet members to warn of cuts

Department of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano warns that the U.S. can't maintain the same level of security with sequester cuts – House Majority Leader Eric Cantor later dismissed her warning as rhetoric.

With less than five days to go before the so-called sequester forces across-the-board federal budget cuts, members of the president’s cabinet warned how cuts to their departments would affect Americans’ everyday lives.

Monday’s distress signals from Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano came a day after two other cabinet leaders admonished Congress for some of the most high-profile consequences of the sequester, like cuts to education and air traffic control.

Salazar warned that the department would not be able to hire the seasonal workers needed to maintain national parks through the peak summer tourism season, meaning some favorite destinations might be off-limits.

“The public should be prepared for reduced hours and services not only in national parks but across all of the facilities which are managed by the Department of the Interior,” he said in a conference call with reporters. He added, “This will include reduced hours of operation for visitor centers, shorter seasons and closing of campgrounds, hiking trails and other recreational areas."

Like Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood Friday, Napolitano appeared in the White House Briefing Room, where she responded to the question of whether the country would be "less safe after the sequester."

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood discusses how the looming spending cuts will affect air travel.

"I don't think we can maintain the same level of security at all places around the country with sequester as without sequester," she said.

She stressed that cuts to her department would mean longer airport delays. “If you're traveling by air, you're going to have to start getting to the airport earlier. And if you're trying to make a connecting flight, you're going to have to make your arrangements to give you greater time with which to do that."

The former Arizona governor also warned of furloughed border protection officers, which would “affect our ability to keep out illegal migrants” and the government’s diminished ability to respond to national emergencies.

“Threats from terrorism and the need to respond and recover from natural disasters do not diminish because of budget cuts,” she said.

LaHood and Education Secretary Arne Duncan were dispatched to the Sunday talk shows to criticize Congress for the cuts scheduled to hit their departments.

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Comment author avatarFeisty Redhead Roselle, ILExpand Comment Comment collapsed by the community

You can't say the Administration hasn't given ample warning...

Why are the Republicon's hell bent on destroying our already fragile economy?

The President's door is open, he has made calls to GNOP leadership and what has he gotten in return from them?

Not a dayum thing!

If nothing else, I take great satisfaction in knowing it will be a blood-bath for the GNOP in 2014.

I'm a glass half full kinda girl... lol

  • 32 votes
#1 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 4:51 PM EST

the boy who cried wolf...

  • 18 votes
#1.1 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 4:54 PM EST

the boy who cried wolf...

That makes no frikkin' sense. Explain yourself.... after all, you're the one with the IQ of 162.

  • 26 votes
#1.2 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 4:57 PM EST

Explain yourself.... after all, you're the one with the IQ of 162.

Tony,

Please don't egg "IT" on... ☺

  • 24 votes
#1.3 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 5:01 PM EST

Republicans are going to cut SS, medicare and school lunches and now it's "the sky is falling , the sky is falling" blah, blah, blah

Typical scare tactics of the bat sh-t crazy left wing nut jobs...

Pathetic just pathetic

  • 13 votes
#1.4 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 5:02 PM EST

No Maxx, republicans aren't going to do sh!t. Just like they haven't for over four years. But that's okay. This will be their Waterloo. Adios to the Great Obstructors in 2014.

  • 31 votes
#1.5 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 5:07 PM EST

Feisty and Tony - if Lil Michelle has an IQ of 62 I'd be surprised. What a total joke he/she is!

Maxx - yes, the Republicans have no problem cutting school lunches. You know, the party that is determined that all fetuses will be carried to term doesn't give a damn once they're born!

  • 28 votes
#1.6 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 5:08 PM EST

I caught the GOP House "young guns" one by one in front of the mic whining again. It seems they have no plan except to say, they aren't interested in closing tax loopholes....and, and, it's all President Obama's fault that we GOPTPers can't find our way out of a paper bag with a flashlight and arrows marking the way.

  • 26 votes
#1.7 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 5:10 PM EST

Lie enough times and people won't believe you when you tell the truth...

Like "just give us the tax increases, we'll cut spending later"

;-P

  • 17 votes
#1.8 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 5:10 PM EST

Lie enough times and people won't believe you when you tell the truth...

Says the one claiming to be a democrat with an IQ of 162.

  • 20 votes
#1.9 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 5:13 PM EST

By request here are the methods that Pubbie bloggers use on these boards. Drives em' nuts when their curtain is torn aside. Tee Hee :o)

TACTICS FOR EFFECTIVE CONSERVATIVE BLOGGING

Engage
Demand an elaborate, time-consuming comparison / analysis between your position and theirs.

Entangle
Insist that the Liberal put their posts “in their own words”. That will consume the most time and effort for the Liberal poster. They will be unable to spread numerous points on numerous blogs if you have them occupied. Allowing a Liberal to post a web link is too quick and efficient for them. Tie them up. We are going for delay of game here.

Demoralize
Dismiss their narrative as rubbish immediately. Do not even read it. Once the Liberal goes through the trouble to research, gather, collate, compose and write their narrative your job is to discredit it. Make it obvious you tossed their labor-intensive narrative aside like garbage. This will have the effect of demoralizing the Liberal poster. It will make them unwilling to expend the effort again, and for us, that is a net win.

Attack
Attack the source. Any Liberal website or information source must be marginalized, trivialized and discounted. Let the blogosphere know that “Truthout.org”, “thinkprogress.org”, “the nation” and “moveon.org” are Liberal rubbish propaganda. Discredit Liberal sources of information whenever possible.

Confuse
Challenge the Liberal position with questions, always questions. The questions need not be relevant. The goal is to knock the Liberal poster off their game, and seize control of the narrative. Once you have control you can direct the narrative to where you want it to go, which is always away from letting the Liberal make their point. Conversely, do not respond to their leading questions. Don’t rise to their bait.

Contain
Your job is to prevent the presentation and spread of Liberal viewpoints. Do anything you must do to
prevent a Liberal poster from presenting a well-reasoned argument, or starting a civil discussion. Don’t allow a Liberal to present their dogma unchallenged,….EVER.

Intimidate
Taunt the Liberals. If you find yourself in a debate with a Liberal where you are losing a fact-based argument then call them a name to derail their diatribe. Remember your goal is to prevent a meaningful exchange of views and ideas which may portray Liberalism in a positive light. Your goal as a conservative blogger is to stop the spread and advance of the Liberal agenda. Play upon any identifiable idiosyncrasies, character flaws, physical traits, names, to their disadvantage. Monitor other posts for vulnerabilities you can exploit. Stay on the offensive with Liberal wimps. Don’t let up.

Insult their Movement
Assign as many character and moral flaws to Liberals as you can. You must portray Liberals as weak, vacillating, indecisive, amoral, baby killers, unpatriotic, effete snobs, elitists, Leftists, Commies, sense of entitlement, promiscuous, union lovers, tax raisers, Welfare Queens, Socialists, lazy, sex-obsessed, druggies, Jesus haters, moochers, troop haters,….etc. Always use these negative epithets when referring to, or describing Liberals / democrats.

Deceive
Identify yourself as a “moderate”, “centrist” or “independent”. It will also cause Liberals to lower their guard a bit, which gives you an effective opening. This may also have the effect of aligning conservative viewpoints with the real moderates we are attempting to reach. It may serve to influence some moderates over to the Republican side.

Patriotism
Always claim the high ground of pro-military, low taxes, strong defense, morality and religion. We own those virtues. Learn how to exploit them when debating. Call the Liberals weak on terrorism, it drives them crazy. Ask them, “Why do you hate Freedom?” Always a nebulous, generic, and unprovable question.

Smudge the Lines
Say that there is no difference between the two parties. Look for ways to show how similar the two parties are. Make them doubt their allegiance to the democrat party. The goal here is to implant doubt.

Infiltrate
Inquire as to the personal lives of Liberal posters. Get to know them. Where they live, work, how many kids. Call them by their first names. This will make them tone down their narrative. After all, you are not going to insult a trusted friend are you? Neither will they. If they are a powerful blogger with a sharp tongue you need to find a way to weaken their rhetoric, and nothing will do that as well as familiarity.

Demean
Always refer to the other side as “Liberals”, “Lefty Liberals”, “Libbies”. Never assign them the status of a bona-fide political party. Hang Liberalism around their neck like a burning tire. Make Liberalism appear as a moral turpitude or a character flaw. They are NEVER, NEVER to be referred to as “the Democratic Party”. At best it is “the democrat party”. Never assign them respect.

Opportunity
Be alert for ways to insert our catch phrases into your narrative. You will receive your daily list of talking points and topics that we want you to cover. Consistent, persistent repetition and inculcation will drive our talking points home and so will neuro-linguistic programming. Stick with it and our talking points will become truth. If they debunk your talking point, ignore it, and move on as if you didn’t hear it.

  • 29 votes
#1.10 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 5:18 PM EST

RedDevPS - Lil Michelle has NEVER been a Democrat and certainly has no IQ of 162! LOL!

GOPisextinct - pretty much summarized the entire far right with that post!

  • 22 votes
#1.11 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 5:18 PM EST

Guess what Maxx the Moocher, social security and medicare aren't on the sequester chopping block. Yep, those GOPTPers really were smart, they agreed to and voted for a sequester that cut the defense budget without touching entitlements.

GOPis, great reminder. Looks like the right-wingers are following it to the "Tee-hee".

  • 27 votes
#1.12 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 5:19 PM EST

Drives em' nuts when their curtain is torn aside. Tee Hee :o)

UH OH!

Now you did it!

The cockroaches HATE it when someone shines a lights on them... lol

  • 28 votes
#1.13 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 5:20 PM EST

Republicans better hope the effects are not drastic, because they own this mess politically. Once again they will have their political heads handed to them by the man they continue to dismiss as an inexperienced community organizer.

  • 21 votes
#1.14 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 5:38 PM EST

The Republicans squander with sequester to save loopholes for the wealthiest of Americans, what about the middle class - we don't count ???

  • 18 votes
#1.15 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 5:41 PM EST

@GOP,

Wow, that is great stuff. Unfortunately, one can see the results demonstrated daily. Watch for the name-calling and denial that is surely coming your way.

  • 7 votes
#1.16 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 5:41 PM EST

GOPisextinct...Thanks. It's been time to run this again for quite a while, now.

But look at the bright side of all this. Once the economy crashes and burns because of the TP-infested GOP, in seveal years when we are all (well, 98 % of us) eating out of trash cans, we can say "you can't bring up Obama anymore", just like these asswipers say about that one guy from Texas that brought this all down on us leading up to 2008!

"Cockroaches", Red? You are being far too charitable, I'd say.

Lil' MUST have an IQ higher than 160. I mean he/she HAS to be making millions a year, to take the stance on taxes he/she does.

  • 14 votes
#1.17 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 5:46 PM EST

Ok, Obama, the GOPTP has drawn a line. Screw them, it isn't going to be pretty in 2014. They don't deserve to be reelected or elected to anything.

  • 18 votes
#1.18 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 5:48 PM EST

I'm a glass half full kinda girl... lol

That's a joke right?

  • 2 votes
#1.19 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 5:52 PM EST

The Debt Clock is hanging in the Reagan Library !!!

  • 8 votes
#1.20 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 5:54 PM EST

Great post GOPisextinct...and it describes the TeaPeople who are here everyday!

  • 14 votes
#1.21 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 6:02 PM EST

Good post seaskip, about sums up where we got our start. The debt wasn't a problem and neither was deficit budgets until Obama was elected. Only now has it become a problem. Wonder if it has anything to do with a black man in a white house?

  • 12 votes
#1.22 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 6:07 PM EST

We're talking LESS THAN 2 PERCENT cut here folks..... if it's so IMPORTANT to Mr Obama.... why hasn't he been SOLVING this issue rather than playing golf with Tiger?

At a cost of $1 million for the round mind you.....

  • 6 votes
#1.23 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 6:12 PM EST

GOP Extinct.

Interesting list of rules. Thank you for posting them again.

You know the same list could easily be titled: "Effective Tactics for Liberal Blogging" and simply replace the word "Liberal" for Conservative, right?

  • 3 votes
#1.24 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 6:14 PM EST

Wonder if it has anything to do with a black man in a white house?

His skin color has everything to do with it......

No, No, No, they cried, while asking for his birth certificate/long form!

  • 16 votes
#1.25 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 6:16 PM EST

@Candice,

simply replace the word Liberal for Conservative

Fair enough, but riddle me this:

The directive posted by GOP actually came from the desk of Conservative Karl Rove.

Please cite a Liberal equivalent.

  • 15 votes
#1.26 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 6:22 PM EST

No, No, No, they cried, while asking for his birth certificate/long form!

what does skin color have to do with being a natural born citizen? notice you liberals ALWAYS through race into things.. you find the KKK and racists in any spoken or written word. But if only you liberals had a mirror in front of you, you'd see that you're wearing the white sheets and pointy hats. Im sure its just some D&D convention...sure it is.

Congrats dicks in wizard outfits

  • 8 votes
#1.27 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 6:23 PM EST

chilled, You bet it does. They give Clinton a hard time but nothing like I have seen with Obama. That birth certificate thing was/is the most asinine thing I have ever seen. Worst thing is Hillary had to bring it up for them. They are not smart enough to figure it out on their own. They just pursued it harder because he is "different".

  • 12 votes
#1.28 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 6:24 PM EST

"At a cost of $1 million for the round mind you....."

Hoo-Boy. I'm sure glad that one guy from Texas we are not supposed to talk about never took time off.

Yeah, boy.

As far as race goes, it will be interesting to see if Hannity puts screw-ball Hispanics on the air, and past his screeners, if Rubio makes the horse-race next cycle, Hmmm...?

  • 10 votes
#1.29 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 6:26 PM EST

"... notice you liberals ALWAYS through race into things.."

We ALWAYS do WHAT??

  • 9 votes
#1.30 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 6:28 PM EST

It is what it is, you know that, and I know that. Better then half of what you say, and all the unreasonable hate that you show Obama is racist in nature. That fits better then O.J.s glove. You can try to cover smoke with fire but you are going to get burnt. I personally don't like Romans, nothing good ever come out of Rome.

drive by, He got CORNfused, we shouldn't feed the trolls, but sometimes you just can't help it.

  • 7 votes
#1.31 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 6:30 PM EST

Worst thing is Hillary had to bring it up for them

yeah that lousy NeoCon...oh wait....

We ALWAYS do WHAT??

shlt ass, i think you knew what i meant....throw..not through...but Great BUZZ, you so smart.

and all the unreasonable hate that you show Obama is racist in nature

get the fvck out of here. Stupid liberal circular logic. if you're a lawyer, i can see why you are one of the Occutards...

I personally don't like Romans, nothing good ever come out of Rome.

i personally dont like low info libtards..i cant believe they let you out of your cage

have a good day Jethro LOL

  • 7 votes
#1.32 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 6:30 PM EST

My..., how we've gone from no-drama-obama to nuttin'-but-drama-obama in just 4 short years... Yawn...

  • 6 votes
#1.33 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 6:30 PM EST

Lets see the President do the same to public workers that he did to auto workers, CUT PAY & BENEFITS..... The savings could be used to keep more people working..... Instead you better believe they will do their best to make the most drastic cuts that can be made.....

  • 1 vote
#1.34 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 6:31 PM EST

CA Asks:

what does skin color have to do with being a natural born citizen?

Do tell. Did you ask about Dubya?

Did you inquire about McNastys place of birth? or Willards? Guess you just took their word for it, or whatever papers they filed...Will you inquire about Rubio, Jindal, or Cruz, if they decide to run?

  • 12 votes
#1.35 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 6:31 PM EST

Candice, thanks. An obvious point, but I assume GOPextinct is totally clueless. I guess he thinks he's an intellect. Frankly, I didn't read most of it because it only took a glance throughout to get his point. He posts a great deal, so I assume he's not employed and spends his time doing this and memorizing Maddow, Mathews, and Ed rants. Real smart guy.

  • 1 vote
#1.36 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 6:39 PM EST

steve - $1 million for the round? Cite your source!

  • 8 votes
#1.37 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 6:39 PM EST

chilled ask Hillary..in fact with the name Barak Hussein Obama, one might ask why considering who we are conflict with.

Im not a birther, just stating the obvious.

Thats Ok chilled we'll see when Rubio comes more to the front. Cant wait for the liberal bukaki to begin with the racial slurs towards the 'Wetback'. Fvcking idiots. Lets see, Rubio should be able to show his from the start if he is indeed natural born. But you'll be ok with him not releasing it now right...precedence and all

  • 4 votes
#1.38 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 6:43 PM EST

That birth certificate thing was/is the most asinine thing I have ever seen.

Unbelievable right-wing overt hatred for our first Black President.

They loved that Orly Taitz (sp) woman, Russian immigrant, who was one of the leaders of the Birthers. She kept filing law suits, until the courts finally told her to "stop it". She should have been jailed as a subversive along with the rest.......

  • 8 votes
#1.39 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 6:44 PM EST

CA you're projecting with this statement:

Cant wait for the liberal bukaki to begin with the racial slurs towards the 'Wetback'.

...and what exactly is the 'obvious' of which you speak?.....Oh, wait I know...he's obviously Black, and therefore not American.......

Now, you stop it CA.

  • 8 votes
#1.40 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 6:48 PM EST

Unbelievable right-wing overt hatred for our first Black President.

Chilled,

They will never get over the fact there is a BLACK man occupying their perceived WHITE house!

And that is the TRUTH!

  • 14 votes
#1.41 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 6:50 PM EST

The good old Jelly Bean days was the blueprint of today's debt, Republicans are real Smarties !!!

  • 5 votes
#1.42 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 6:52 PM EST

Let 'em eat jellybeans!

Not the black ones, though...

  • 4 votes
#1.43 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 6:54 PM EST

Isnt Hussein mullatto? Liberal racial innuendo...Fisty jethro and Chilled. three idiot racists in a pod...next add Femme Portfolio and Bev the racist and you have the fighting five....

Liberals are like watching a retard fvck a doorknob...so hows that doorknob Chilled.

Hillary the Racist 2016 and Liberals try to be less miserable...LOL

Fisty, thats cute considering you live in one of the WHITEST communities in the nation. Roselle, 1% and WHITE...

  • 5 votes
#1.44 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 6:54 PM EST

They will never get over the fact there is a BLACK man occupying their perceived WHITE house!

That is so incomprehensible, unacceptable to them......Racists of the highest order without their fancy pointed white hats..........lol

  • 7 votes
#1.45 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 6:56 PM EST

Holy crap! caesar is off the rails again? It's ok son, I'm here for you...here, come sit on my lap and I'll tell you a story:

Once upon a time there was an @!$%# named Caesar Avgvstvs.

The end!

  • 8 votes
#1.46 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 6:59 PM EST

"...shlt ass, i think you knew what i meant

Wow- Speaking of terms I haven't heard in a while....

Neat, CA. Keep 'em coming. You know, gems like "..and Liberals try to be less miserable...LOL" Imean, you just KNOW how 'miz' we been since November last, eh, Einstein?

Saaaayyyy....is it just me, or is CA kind of pre-occupeid with things..you know...RACE-themed??

  • 6 votes
#1.47 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 7:01 PM EST

slash away......this is just more dog and pony bullshiat from the ass obama......liar

  • 4 votes
#1.48 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 7:03 PM EST

"steve - $1 million for the round? Cite your source!"

I dunno- $20Billion gazillion a DAY to travel to India. MIGHT be feasible.

(tee-hee. *snicker*)

  • 4 votes
#1.49 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 7:04 PM EST

Saaaayyyy....is it just me, or is CA kind of pre-occupeid with things..you know...RACE-themed??

Buzz,

These racists have gone so far around the "bend", I have been repeatedly chastised as a racist for pointing out Bobby Bo Jingles resembles the Chucky Cheese mascot - a RAT!

Whatever helps the Klan members sleep better at night... lol

It's called projection for a reason!

"steve - $1 million for the round? Cite your source!"

I, for one, would rather not see little Stevie pull it out of his ass...

  • 10 votes
#1.50 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 7:04 PM EST

Steve-446003

We're talking LESS THAN 2 PERCENT cut here folks..... if it's so IMPORTANT to Mr Obama.... why hasn't he been SOLVING this issue rather than playing golf with Tiger?

At a cost of $1 million for the round mind you.....

So Steve, just what would you have Obama to do unilaterally? Don't worry about the golf most modern presidents take up golf. Like businessmen all know, much business is transacted on the golf course. Things are much less formal making it much more comfortable to do business. It also affords the president, no matter who, a chance to get away from the pressure of the office and relax a little.

Where did you hear that a round of golf cost $1 million? That would be something made up by you or one of the FOX hate mongers.

  • 5 votes
#1.51 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 7:05 PM EST

Another yet in a sad sad episode of scaring the American people... Shame on Obama... Is this another phony ploy like before...""I cannot guarantee that those checks go out on August 3rd if we haven't resolved this issue. Because there may simply not be the money in the coffers to do it" Yeah, right.... Stop scaring the people that voted for you, Barry!

  • 1 vote
#1.52 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 7:05 PM EST

A wounded dog will often try to bite whatever hand is extended in help... Even though it ran out into traffic of its own free will and got run over...

BTW... I have it on good authority that First Read has embarked on an intense behind the scenes search for the now famous "missing decimal"... It was last seen when it was supposed to land between the six and the two, but never arrived. Here is a photo (.)... Please keep your eyes open and immediately correct Lil Michelles I.Q. claim to 16.2 and notify authorities that it's safe once it's been found.

This ends this test of the emergency broadcast system.

  • 6 votes
#1.53 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 7:06 PM EST

You know chilled, next thing he will bring up is how it was democrats that was the KKK members. But the same democrats then, are republican now. All one has to do is look at red state and blue state to see. By the way, red state, blue state defines the workers too. If it wasn't for welfare half the red states would have to fold.

  • 5 votes
#1.54 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 7:06 PM EST

"Roselle, 1% and WHITE..."

Uh... one percent WHAT, and white?? Wha...?

  • 4 votes
#1.55 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 7:07 PM EST

"It's called projection for a reason!"

I thought that was a kind of puking. Oh, wait......

  • 5 votes
#1.56 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 7:09 PM EST

[Saaaayyyy....is it just me, or is CA kind of pre-occupeid with things..you know...RACE-themed??]

Well, that's what bigots do.

But he has also been preoccupied with BJ's, bukkake, dicks in wizard outfits, and douchebags. Quite the winning combination he has there.

But then, again, caesar is a "winner", just like Charlie Sheen.

  • 6 votes
#1.57 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 7:10 PM EST

Ah yes the birth certificate another terrific example of the complete political ineptitude of the present day republican party, take something as absurd as a 40+ year old conspiracy to place birth announcements in a newspaper and disregard the Hawaiian state governments assurance that they had a birth certificate on file to play this "Manchurian Candidate" game to the hilt to placate a small minority of whack jobs, all the while insulting the intelligence of the larger electorate. Not even Mitt Romney the republican candidate for the POTUS could publicly admit how absurd it was for fear of the right wing fringe, and making himself look like an idiot to placate idiots. Ha I will tell you what the president played it masterfully, with patience and dignity in the face of such nonsense and gave republicans all the rope they needed to hang themselves over that silliness, right up until the grand finale when he publicly shoved that birth certificate right up Donald Trump's ass shorty before his re-election. You know republicans when you act goofy, and say goofy things long enough people come to the conclusion that you are in fact goofy, and it is bad politics to let the goofballs take the lead. Ha Ted Nugent is going to do wonders for you, right.

  • 7 votes
#1.58 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 7:12 PM EST

Mickey, this is too funny.....you and DBO

Holy crap! caesar is off the rails again? It's ok son, I'm here for you...here, come sit on my lap and I'll tell you a story:

Once upon a time there was an @!$%# named Caesar Avgvstvs.

The end!

I'm still laughing to the point of tears.......maybe CA watches a lot of porn since he referenced 'doorknobs and sex'........ yikes.......

@Johntho......those same red states that want to secede.......but they forget they have to leave all that Federal money behind when they leave the union!

  • 6 votes
#1.59 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 7:13 PM EST

Uh... one percent WHAT, and white?? Wha...?

dont strain yourself Buzz. Hey I noticed my pet monkey in Ny followed me...Ahhh the power i possess over the feeble minded...eh Monkey...you know it...

Preoccupied about Race...geez Buzz, like i said it's the Lefty Proletariats that bring it up...oh and King Hussein being re-elected doesnt mean you're less miserable, in fact you libs have gotten even worse..

Yeah Chilled, im a pussy. Remember Monkey was called out when she comes to freakfest in nevada to meet up and she can tell me to my face. Wait she called me a pussy again and said i would bring a gun...does that yellow streak extend all the way down your back....

methinks the lefties lack vertebrae...

  • 3 votes
#1.60 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 7:13 PM EST

drive-by-observer

....is it just me, or is CA kind of pre-occupeid with things..you know...RACE-themed??

The smack down David Walker gave him earlier today just brings out the best in the pizza man

  • 6 votes
#1.61 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 7:16 PM EST

I am not so sure that either side are particularly racists. There are obviously some on each side but generally the criticism of the President and others has little to do with anyone's race and more to do with general philosophy. Let me, a liberal, compliment Dubya, he was not a racist, nor was Clinton. The last true racist in the White House was probably Nixon and he wasn't as bad as some before him. Obama certainly isn't a racist, being of mixed race and all.

Just because someone doesn't agree with you or the President doesn't make them a racist, stupid maybe, but not particularly a racist. Sure they could be racially motivated but how is one to tell unless they use certain words or phrases that would indicate racism. While I have seen that on this blog., it has only been one or two who seem to be blatantly racist. I haven't seen them making any racist remarks lately.

  • 3 votes
#1.62 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 7:21 PM EST

CA, what does this post by you mean?

Im not a birther, just stating the obvious.

  • 5 votes
#1.63 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 7:23 PM EST

The smack down David Walker gave him earlier today just brings out the best in the pizza man

It was a masterful piece of work, that's for sure.. lmao

  • 10 votes
#1.64 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 7:24 PM EST

David walker LOL..yeah and i answered him and then he went silent...

OUCH, what an asshanding that was...

Mickey, RTI this fall? Man up bitch boy? tell me to my face...trust me i wouldnt hit a woman ;)....

I didnt think so...Back to your bukaki liberals...

  • 3 votes
#1.65 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 7:28 PM EST

These self serving revenue agents will cut anything and everything but what really should be cut.

They should start the cuts with their own entitlements first.

This double standard of governing is no good.

Divided we will fall. Shame on them all.!!

    #1.66 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 7:30 PM EST

    Adler, one question, have you ever seen so much persistent hate directed at the president of the U.S., not disagree that is smoke for the way they hate this man. For example explain the birther thing. What other president has been ask by the public, for a birth certificate. I have heard of presidents being ask for their college transcripts but never a birth certificate. It is my premise the whole tea party thing didn't have its roots in smaller government at all. It was a deep hatred that a man of color was elected president. I've seen a lot in my life, and I am white, and heard the snide jokes being told because a person is of different color. Its the undertone and the code words you have to look for. They are there, if you look. Not all the opposition to Obama is racist but a good majority I believe is.

    • 6 votes
    #1.67 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 7:33 PM EST

    @screeeeminglib & Feisty

    I didn't read the smackdown of CA by David Walker, but I bet it was indeed masterful a sight to see.......

    I enjoy Davids' posts, intelligent and thoughtful.

    • 5 votes
    #1.68 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 7:40 PM EST

    but I bet it was indeed masterful a sight to see.......

    He left the little scum-bag's lower lip quivering while little sleazure pissed himself! LMAO

    Check it out under today's First Thoughts thread #1...

    • 8 votes
    #1.69 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 7:45 PM EST

    Check it out under today's First Thoughts thread #1...

    Thanks Feisty....will do.

    • 5 votes
    #1.70 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 7:49 PM EST

    Fiesty, you say its the Republicans that are trying to destroy our economy but they are the ones that passed 2 Bills last year to deal with this. HR5652 and HR6684. What did the Senate do? They didn't open either one OR pass one of their on to go to conference committee.

    So in your eyes the House passed 2 bills, the Senate none, and its the House's fault? LOL

    Napolitano is pumping up the SCARE-QUESTER like a good dept head. But AFTER the scare-quester her budget will still be LARGER than it was last year. So where was she last year when she had a smaller budget telling us we couldn't be safe on what she had to spend then?

    • 5 votes
    #1.71 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 7:49 PM EST

    Chilled

    For your reading pleasure I give you the prose of the master

    Unlike powerhouse pompous arrogant @!$%#bags like David Walker, however the dictionary definition wouldnt be sufficient for Davide Walker. In fact anything i would say would be insufficient for the MENSA hack wannabe Davide. Classwarfare. I give you Obama...He wants a fair share of what? Bet you cant figure it out...back to the DDI think tank dumass.

    • 1 vote
    #1.72 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 7:53 PM EST

    CA, what does this post by you mean?

    [Im not a birther, just stating the obvious.]

    It means he's a birther. And a pvssy (that's so caesar the Greek can understand the word).

    David walker handed caesar his ass early and often, and GraniteBoy tucked tail and ran like the coward he is. Dennis also handed him his ass on another thread as well.

    I was selling ass-handing bags, but got flagged for advertising...too funny!

    • 7 votes
    #1.73 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 7:53 PM EST

    They're just blowing smoke out of their collective asses to cover for Dear Leader, the worst President money can buy.

    http://freebeacon.com/chuck-todd-on-ofa-fundraising-this-just-looks-bad/

    • 4 votes
    #1.74 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 8:01 PM EST

    Thats odd Simple that Chuck Todd would crticize OFA for getting quarterly access to the President for contributing $500k or more. Main stream media folk rarely do pieces that make the prez look bad. Random act of journalism.

    • 1 vote
    #1.75 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 8:08 PM EST

    Socialists generally argue that capitalism concentrates power and wealth within a small segment of society that controls the means of production and derives its wealth through a system of exploitation. This creates a stratified society based on unequal social relations that fails to provide equal opportunities for every individual to maximise their potential,[11] and does not utilise available technology and resources to their maximum potential in the interests of the public.[12]

    there is the philosophy. which aspect of Socialism would you like me to define?

    There are many variations of socialism and as such there is no single definition encapsulating all of socialism.

    but perhaps the one below

    Utopian socialism is a label ascribed to earlier socialists whose emphasis was on designing or imagining ideal forms of society. A utopian socialist is based on an idealist philosophy, where an ideal is envisioned and then worked towards, in contrast to Marxisms materialist methodology.

    For Marxists, the development of capitalism in western Europe provided a material basis for the possibility of bringing about socialism because, according to the Communist Manifesto, "What the bourgeoisie produces above all is its own grave diggers",[57] namely the working class, which must become conscious of the historical objectives set it by society.

    or this

    Modern democratic socialism is a broad political movement that seeks to propagate the ideals of socialism within the context of a democratic system. Many democratic socialists support social democracy as a temporary measure to reform the current system, but others support more revolutionary tactics to establish socialism. Conversely, modern social democracy emphasises a program of gradual legislative reform of capitalism in order to make it more equitable and humane, while the theoretical end goal of building a socialist society is either completely forgotten or redefined in a pro-capitalist way. The two movements are widely similar both in terminology and in ideology, although there are a few key differences.

    The major difference between social democracy and democratic socialism is the object of their politics: contemporary social democrats support a welfare state and unemployment insurance as a means to "humanize" capitalism, whereas democratic socialists seek to replace capitalism with a socialist economic system, arguing that any attempt to "humanize" capitalism through regulations and welfare policies would distort the market and create economic contradictions.[74]

    Democratic socialism generally refers to any political movement that seeks to establish an economy based on economic democracy by and for the working class. Democratic socialists oppose democratic centralism and the revolutionary vanguard party of Leninism. Democratic socialism is difficult to define, and groups of scholars have radically different definitions for the term. Some definitions simply refer to all forms of socialism that follow an electoral, reformist or evolutionary path to socialism, rather than a revolutionary one.[75]

    the above one is great..coffee house convo LOL

    or perhaps we can define leninism but yes Obama and the CCCP party seem to have adopted these philosphies for the 'benefit' of mankind.

    That political ship has sailed on them, you don't have to believe me but you can believe the elections.

    the alleged mandate. and the loss of voters for Imperator Obama and the fact that a third of the voting populous didnt vote. 2010 was a mandate too LOL eh? bet you beg to differ with that..hindsight is 20/20

    For your reading pleasure Chilled

    David went silencio

    • 4 votes
    #1.76 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 8:11 PM EST

    I'm starting to think that even Chuck has had enough of the Incompetent-in-Chief and his blatant lies and demagoguery. Kinda like Woodward. Maybe they realize that at some point that Titanic is approaching the iceberg and they're sneaking towards the lifeboats.

    • 2 votes
    #1.77 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 8:18 PM EST

    caesar, you didn't "define" anything...you cut and pasted from Wikipedia, you putz.
    Face it, you get your ass handed to you constantly because you are a snot nosed pussy coward who doesn't know which side his read is buttered on.

    Your "opinions" are wrong, based upon false Fox 'news' talking points.

    Face it, Commodus, you're done...cooked...you have no powers here, you only provide laughs.

    Have fun at Burning Man, burning man. Don't forget to get your mommy to sign your permission slip for your class trip.

    • 9 votes
    #1.78 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 8:20 PM EST

    But Obama is great..just look at Fisty, Monkey, Screemingtard, Femme Portfolio, Jethro, Drivel By Aggitator. Fvcking Thralls....

    Uh Oh Simple Theory, your rabid hatred of Obamao is Racist of the Angry Black Man in the White house.

    Signed, Hooper X

    !3M TA3

    • 2 votes
    #1.79 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 8:22 PM EST

    CA

    however the dictionary definition wouldnt be sufficient for Davide Walker.

    So why than did you give the dictionary explanation?

    Maybe if you write it in latin???

    • 5 votes
    #1.80 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 8:25 PM EST

    Simple,

    Chuck Todd has admitted, on air, twice that he is a Republican

    • 7 votes
    #1.81 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 8:26 PM EST

    What's the matter commodus, you jealous?

    • 7 votes
    #1.82 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 8:27 PM EST

    sreeeeminglib .......thanks for that snipet. I did go back to FT and saw the entire post by David.

    Loved Davids' "Squawking Points' description...... CA is so conflicted....makes no sense, just throws out inflammatory sexually orientated comments...poor CA!

    • 7 votes
    #1.83 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 8:29 PM EST

    Caesar

    A site you may have already discovered. It's very informative and if you don't know it, check it out. I encourage my liberal friends to visit it also. They may discover something about themselves they did not know.

    anonymousconservative.com

    My disdain for Obama has nothing to do with race.

    Really Dennis? Got a link?

    • 1 vote
    #1.84 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 8:30 PM EST

    [My disdain for Obama has nothing to do with race.]

    Sure it doesn't.
    Do you always add a 'disclaimer' to your posts? You should...

    • 6 votes
    #1.85 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 8:35 PM EST

    Where did you hear that Dennis? He worked on campaigns in the past such as Harkin (democrat) so if he is a republican maybe he worked on democratic campaigns as a spy?

      #1.86 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 8:36 PM EST

      I was selling ass-handing bags, but got flagged for advertising...too funny!

      I saw that you had been deleted Mickey, and wondered what you had posted.....bet it was LOL...I mean really "laugh out loud"!

      • 6 votes
      #1.87 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 8:37 PM EST

      I couldn't find anything with Todd admitting to being a Republican Dennis.

      He worked on Tom Harkin's 1992 Presidential run. Worked at the National Journal. Nothing in his past indicates he is a Republican. So, unless you have a link I'm going with you are mistaken as to his political affiliation.

      Let me guess, Woodward is also a Republican.

      Mickey, simply because you are a racist does not mean I am. I was responding to Caesar.

      • 2 votes
      #1.88 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 8:41 PM EST

      Well, it's always easy to tell when the Libbies have had a rough day here at FR.

      Just check out the late threads of the day and they are all screaming racist.

      When you Libbies are getting your ass handed to you, you always fall back to the same old tired crap.

      What's the matter, none of you got $500K to have lunch with the President?

      • 5 votes
      #1.89 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 8:48 PM EST

      To all my lefty libtard friends....You're priceless with your humor as you debunk the lies of the TeaPeople with facts.

      Have a great evening....I gotta go for now, and tomorrow is my day to volunteer.....

      chill out and play nice CA!

      • 6 votes
      #1.90 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 9:03 PM EST

      Sorry guys.

      Had to post the Karl Rove Conservative tactics list again. Some guy emailed me and asked me to repost it. But for that I'd of let it stay buried.

      Touched off a crap storm again though didn't it?

      I think Caesar is traumatized and seems to be throwing his feces again. Fortunately you guys are doing a great job of smacking him in his little winkie, and I think you hurt his "fee fees".

      Any volunteers to go under the porch n' drag him out?

      • 8 votes
      #1.91 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 9:07 PM EST

      tomorrow is my day to volunteer.....

      You Libbies crack me up. Is this suppose to impress us chilled?

      Only a Libbie feels the need to announce that they are volunteering for anything.

      Probably just going to make phone calls at OFA, eh there chilled?

      Tapping the 1%ers?

      • 3 votes
      #1.92 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 9:10 PM EST

      GOP

      why don't you post Obama and the Democratic Party's playbook?

      You know, the Communist Manifesto and Rules for Radicals.

      • 1 vote
      #1.93 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 9:15 PM EST

      Because Socialism is being practiced by Pubbies "Simple". They stand around with their hands out expecting money from the many to drop into their pockets. I call it "Welfare for the Well-Off".

      Unfortunately, no one has figured out a way to get republic party people to work,.....they just soak up the profits from people that DO work.

      There is that certain class of people with an entitlement attitude that no matter how many government tax breaks you give them, no matter how many government programs they get on, no matter how much money and free stuff you give them these people will never get off their a$$es and put in a real hard-earned day's work for a fair day's wage off the government dole in the real world.

      We call these people Republicans.

      Next question.

      • 9 votes
      #1.94 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 9:20 PM EST

      The richest of the rich are democrats GOP. Ellis, Buffett, Gates etc.

      You actually think people that are successful just stand around? LOL You obviously don't run a business. Sound like you have a chip on your shoulder against your fellow americans that made a business work, why is that?

        #1.96 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 9:36 PM EST

        They stand around with their hands out expecting money from the many to drop into their pockets. I call it "Welfare for the Well-Off".

        Not sure exactly what you mean here but you seem to be of the mind that there are no rich Democrats who wish the same thing. Take Obama as an example. His whole adult life has been with his hand out waiting for the money from the many to drop into his hands. From scholarships, grants, and student loans to get him thru higher education, to his jobs on the public dole to his capitalistic exploits of selling books. Include also his paycheck he receives as President and all the perks he's enjoyed. Do you include him in your "welfare for the well off"?

        Need anymore examples?

        You appear to think that republicans are rich greedy bastards as you berate them for being poor and on the public dole(in the same post). Well done.

        • 1 vote
        #1.97 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 9:53 PM EST

        Yep, Mr. "Drama" Obama is on a roll.

        First, he went on a campaign trip to inform the public on what will happen if the sequester HE AND HIS ADMINISTRATION dreamed up and goes into effect.

        Next, he went on National T.V. with Unions as a back prop telling Main Street America what to expect when HIS SEQUESTER would come into effect.

        Then, he met with State Governors to have them "talk" to their State Congressional Representatives to change their minds about HIS SEQUESTER.

        Finally, he sent out his hound dog Cabinet officials to tell Main Street "the sky is falling" and beat the drum on the "Fear Mongering" if Mr. "Drama" Obama's SEQUESTER goes into effect.

        EVERYTHING Mr. Obama does is going to AFFECT EVERYONE.....Progressive, Liberals, Democrats, and the rest of us.

        Yep, 51% of Americans voted this community organizer back into office. What a frigging deal.

        • 3 votes
        #1.98 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 10:08 PM EST

        Warning! According to Obama the National Drug Intelligence Center could lose 2 million of its 20 million budget. That could be catastrophic, listen to our president. Except .............the NDIC closed last June. LOL You just can't make this stuff up.

        • 4 votes
        #1.99 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 10:13 PM EST

        This vine is way better than the Oscars. DemoCrips and RepuCan'ts, there isn't a better show anywhere

          #1.100 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 10:18 PM EST

          Ido, Obama changed the name its not the sequester, its now referred to as the scare-quester :)

            #1.101 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 10:19 PM EST

            Republicans would like the sequester to happen because it moves the baseline. Then, when they start fighting over the budget, they can use the lowered baseline from the sequester to blame the White House for asking for "massive, wasteful increases to runaway federal spending".

            • 5 votes
            #1.102 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 10:22 PM EST

            the scare-quester barely moves a baseline. Even AFTER the scare-quester homeland security will be spending more this year than last.

            Defense spending after scare-quester goes up at 10.6% increase per year.

            CBO estimates 10 year spending without scare-quester at 48 Trillion. With scare-quester 47 Trillion. Doesn't really move the needle much. You are basically cutting 25 or so days of borrowing more than we take in with this.

              #1.103 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 10:38 PM EST

              Any Cabinet member who says their department is run so efficiently that a 2% cut in their funding is going to cause disruption, should be fired.

              Mr. President, you just got a tax increase.....now show us some meaningful spending cuts. Not the "deficit neutral" crap you think is worthwhile. Then we'll talk about more revenue if we need it.

              • 1 vote
              #1.104 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 10:39 PM EST

              Being rich is no crime.

              Getting rich by taking from other people should be.

              Destroying Unions, buying bankers, destroying the environment, avoiding taxation, etc...all Pubbie methods.

              Republicanism destroys the Working Class and cannot flourish without working class people to parasite off of. That is what Pubbie-ism is, that is what Pubbie-ism does.

              Now excuse me. I gotta go to work to make some wealthy Pubbies wealthier.

              • 7 votes
              #1.105 - Tue Feb 26, 2013 6:27 AM EST

              "My disdain for Obama has nothing to do with race."

              • If you have to say it has nothing to do with race, it has a lot to do with race.
              • 4 votes
              #1.106 - Tue Feb 26, 2013 7:45 AM EST

              I am loving this daily rendition of President Obama cries wolf. Obama has orchestrated the worst recovery in US history, and liberals blame Republicans for the president demanding sequester be part of the bill he signed. Oh, but Obama has offered a balanced approach, which means he will gladly cut spending next Tuesday for some more tax increases today. So let us all join the chorus with Obama and his liberal supporters in touting the doom and gloom of sequester. If sequester happens your tires will go flat, roads will not be drivable, and cars will lose half their gas mileage. Wet clothes will never dry. The grass will die, and trees will fall over. Windows will shatter, doors fall off their hinges, and stoves will no longer heat. The groundhog will never see his shadow again. Obama will blame Republicans even when nothing bad happens. Save us Obi Wan Obama, your our only hope.

              • 1 vote
              #1.107 - Tue Feb 26, 2013 8:04 AM EST

              Exactly Charlie-numbers, they are not fooling anyone but trying to fool themselves. A good portion of the obstruction is because we have a black family living in the white house. Most can't even define socialism, and don't even know they are following the lead of fascist into fascism. It is sad how the republican party has evolved from a party that truly cared about America to one that only cares about themselves and the very rich.

              • 2 votes
              #1.108 - Tue Feb 26, 2013 8:22 AM EST

              This is all just political BS. Are they really going to tell me that the federal government is so lean that they can't find ways to cut about $50 Billion from the $3+ Trillion budget?

              • 1 vote
              #1.109 - Tue Feb 26, 2013 8:50 AM EST

              How do you cut a budget that doesn't exist? May as well let things run the course. Gotta happen sooner or later.

              • 1 vote
              #1.110 - Tue Feb 26, 2013 9:38 AM EST

              The Democrat Controlled Senate - has failed to present a single option to the House's two plans put forward to stop sequester

              Suprised?

              Everyone knows it was a Spend Crazy Democrat Controlled Congress of 2007-2008 that torched the robust economy we were experiencing

              They Democrat Controlled Congress of 2009-2010 continued their bizzaro spend crazy habits leaving us in the terrrible economic situation we remain in with an incompetent and impotent president Barack Obama

              The Fear Monger Superior - Constantly in Crisis - What a way to govern Obamanation - BO and Chuckles Biden

                #1.111 - Tue Feb 26, 2013 3:06 PM EST
                Reply

                If the impacts of sequester have no serious and immediate consequences then why this …

                Republican Governors message for House Speaker John Boehner and other GOP leaders: It’s not OK to just sit on the sidelines. It’s time to do something to stop the automatic cuts, and fast.

                http://www.politico.com/story/2013/02/gop-govs-to-hill-get-back-to-bargaining-table-88014.html?hp=t1_3

                • 19 votes
                #2 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 4:54 PM EST

                If the impacts of sequester have no serious and immediate consequences then why this

                Where were they and who did they listen to yesterday? The Alarmist in Chief.

                enter the sequester that will hurt the middle class, shrink job growth, and put us back into economic turmoil," said Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin, chairman of the Democratic Governors Association.

                Let me add to that

                Just as it says here on my press release hand out that was marking my place at the table. It is personally signed by the President himself so it must be true.

                • 4 votes
                #2.1 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 5:01 PM EST

                Talkto, you can twist it however you please but it will not change the fact that even the GOP Governors have had enough of the GOP House and its failed leaders. Who adjourned and went on a 10-day vacation shortly after lining up in front of a gimicky Obamaquester count-down clock?

                I believe President Obama addressed both the GOP and Democratic Governors at the White House; it wasn't just the GOP Governors.

                • 15 votes
                #2.2 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 5:26 PM EST

                Could it be the some Governors, regardless of party, are only crying because their "sugar daddy", might cut back on funding programs that should be the responsibility of the states in the first place. The people have become so dependent on big government that they can't think for themselves.

                All President Obama wants is to blame Republicans because he thinks he is entitled to everything he wants, Obama likes to blame everything and everyone except himself.

                BTW, why not make eligibility for Medicare the same as full social security? Example someone who is eligible for full SS at age 67 should start Medicare at age 67.

                • 7 votes
                #2.3 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 5:27 PM EST

                Keep your f-ing hands off of Medicare and Social Secuity. Tax the rich damnit. They are the ones that have enough money to support America, they have been starving the working people long enough.

                • 11 votes
                #2.4 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 5:54 PM EST

                Gotta just love the gimme class!

                • 5 votes
                #2.5 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 6:34 PM EST

                314159 - yep the Republicans are truly the gimme class - who have NO class!

                • 7 votes
                #2.6 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 6:40 PM EST

                Ah yes..., yet another who likes other peoples money... Yawn...

                • 5 votes
                #2.7 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 6:47 PM EST

                johntho...quit whining.....get a job and make your own fortune loser...... the rich already pay way more than their fair share of taxes.....it is a fact.....check it with the IRS...

                • 6 votes
                #2.8 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 7:05 PM EST

                WOW...sounds to me like John is throwing a temper tantrum.... Right on, mcpaddywack!

                • 3 votes
                #2.9 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 7:19 PM EST

                Ali Weinberg

                This article is in it's entirety a bunch of crap and deceptive on the truth! Scare tactics of Democrats and their minions apparently is the way this administration works or tries to work.

                Idiots.

                • 2 votes
                #2.10 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 8:04 PM EST

                It matters not if the Republican governors don't want the cuts. America needs the cuts. This addiction to spending and ever increasing government is destroying America.

                • 2 votes
                #2.11 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 8:11 PM EST

                The Governors want cuts but they want “smart” cuts. Not across-the-board cuts that only come from just 36% of the budget.

                • 6 votes
                #2.12 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 8:22 PM EST

                Dennis you need to donate to

                www.OrganizingForAction.net

                Obama said to do that

                $500,000.00 and above donators get to meet with Obama each quarter.

                • 1 vote
                #2.13 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 9:07 PM EST

                The House of Representatives on Thursday passed legislation aimed at avoiding deep defense cuts — but it appears the bill has reached a dead end.

                The chamber, in a 223-196 vote split mostly on party lines, passed the National Security and Job Protection Act. The measure was introduced by Rep. Allen West, R-Fla., who stringently opposes new defense cuts.

                West’s bill would require the president to craft a plan that would replace defense cuts that would kick in Jan. 2 unless lawmakers pass a $1.2 trillion debt-reduction package. It would do so, in part, by cutting $19 billion from discretionary spending accounts.

                But passage in the House is likely the final destination for the West-sponsored bill.

                Democrats who control the Senate have no plans to take up the bill, ignoring it just as they have ignored similar defense-only exemptions to sequestration previously passed by the House.

                http://www.federaltimes.com/article/20120913/DEPARTMENTS01/309130001/Republican-backed-sequestration-bill-passes-House-unlikely-go-further

                GOP did that back in September 2012 Democrats... Your Senate buried it.

                • 2 votes
                #2.14 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 9:10 PM EST

                Mcpaddywack, bite me, you don't touch my medicare/social security or I touch your nose. get it? Screw you people without benefit of a kiss.

                • 2 votes
                #2.15 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 9:34 PM EST

                John,

                What? You didn't save for a rainy day? You are expecting the government to take care of you the rest of your life? And with an attitude like that, you must have some violent tendencies...

                • 2 votes
                #2.16 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 9:54 PM EST

                Time for Main Street Americans to do a sit in at the White House.

                That is, if Mr. and Mrs. Obama are there since they are on the road all the time, either on the campaign trail, on vacation, or on a date night in NYC.

                  #2.17 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 10:13 PM EST

                  This President and his followers are ignorant and clueless. A third grader with a minimum IQ level can see thru there BS.

                    #2.18 - Tue Feb 26, 2013 7:18 AM EST

                    "Could it be the some Governors, regardless of party, are only crying because their "sugar daddy", might cut back on funding programs that should be the responsibility of the states in the first place"

                    No - unlike the clowns in the House and Senate, governors have to actually solve problems in their states as opposed to political grandstanding.

                    • 2 votes
                    #2.19 - Tue Feb 26, 2013 7:48 AM EST

                    "This President and his followers are ignorant and clueless."

                    And we see it again -- a ditto-head attempts to describe liberals and end up describing himself.

                    • 2 votes
                    #2.20 - Tue Feb 26, 2013 7:50 AM EST

                    Save us Obi Wan Obama, your our only hope.

                    • 1 vote
                    #2.21 - Tue Feb 26, 2013 8:06 AM EST

                    Charlie,

                    Hardly...Gov. Brown of Cali., is the king of propganda. Using scare tactics (just like Obama) to blackmail voters into tax hikes. It's the greatest shame in political history.

                      #2.22 - Tue Feb 26, 2013 2:13 PM EST
                      Reply

                      With less than five days to go before the so-called sequester forces across-the-board federal budget cuts, members of the president’s cabinet warned how cuts to their departments would affect Americans’ everyday lives.

                      and yet Congress recesses. Shows how worried they are about it.

                      • 17 votes
                      Reply#3 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 4:56 PM EST

                      The GOP/TP wanted cuts, looks like they will get them. Wonder how that is going to work out for them in 2014, assuming we can even afford to hold elections.

                      • 14 votes
                      Reply#4 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 4:56 PM EST

                      So now we NEED this extra $85 Billion that will be cut just to hold elections? What a moron you socialists really are.

                      • 9 votes
                      #4.1 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 5:17 PM EST

                      Son, maybe you better look in a mirror when you call out moron, you haven't enough brains to figure out those in congress on the right are holding you hostage. When this country falls into a depression I hope you enjoy soup.

                      • 8 votes
                      #4.2 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 5:56 PM EST

                      He likes it Johntho... Being a happy uninformed concubine makes his life easier. The boots are so shiny-clean when they kick them that these racist inbreeds don't even recognize the patina of their own saliva.

                      • 4 votes
                      #4.3 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 7:12 PM EST

                      States to Boehner, go or get off the pot. What a lousey leader if he can't get his own party to agree to things he and the President have already agreed to.

                      • 2 votes
                      #4.4 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 7:22 PM EST

                      http://www.organizingforaction.net/

                      Meet other Obama loving folks.....

                      Opps did Obama forget to reserve his web site?????

                        #4.5 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 9:23 PM EST

                        Please Obi Wan Obama, save the Cowboy Poetry Festival.

                        • 1 vote
                        #4.6 - Tue Feb 26, 2013 8:10 AM EST
                        Reply

                        I don't like that Republicans think its worth risking our economic recovery, not to mention our defense readyness, into to say "nah nah nah" to the President's face.

                        • 18 votes
                        #5 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 4:57 PM EST

                        Amy - they don't give a rat's arse what anyone other than their puppet masters think. Not even all of those seniors who are going to be really pee'd off when they find out that no one is going to pay for their scooter chairs.

                        • 16 votes
                        #5.1 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 5:03 PM EST

                        OMG we are all gonna die!

                          #5.2 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 5:14 PM EST

                          BTW...nice little town that Portland, ME.

                          • 1 vote
                          #5.3 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 5:14 PM EST

                          Amy - It will not have a major effect on military readiness. The military has and will come up with plans to avert a real crisis within the DOD. During my years I saw cuts in the military under Eisenhower, Carter, and Clinton. I saw built ups under Kennedy/Johnson, Reagan and Bush. The military is very good at adapting and to work with what they are given. The Pentagon is constantly planning for every contingency possible, unlike other Federal Agencies.

                          • 8 votes
                          #5.4 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 5:37 PM EST

                          Amy - It will not have a major effect on military readiness.

                          Yet straight from the horses mouth we have this:

                          Sequestration would force the Utah Guard to reduce maintenance on equipment — a task performed entirely by civilians — and its pilots would get less flying time to train, Burton said.

                          "Training is a perishable thing, and that’s a big concern," Burton said.

                          http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/55874833-78/civilians-sequestration-utah-military.html.csp

                          • 6 votes
                          #5.5 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 6:14 PM EST

                          Wouldn't it just be awesome if the President would actually lead..., as opposed to campaign..., on this? Just think what could be accomplished...

                          • 4 votes
                          #5.6 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 6:36 PM EST

                          If the racist do-nothings think it's a good idea... Then it MUST be huh?

                          Look at their slaves on here not even realizing (or knowing it's too late anyway) that they've become more possessions than people!

                          • 3 votes
                          #5.7 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 7:17 PM EST

                          I'll tell you what would be awesome - a right-wing nut job that actually posted an original though vs. parroting talking points provided by Limbaugh or their GOP wannabe leaders (Boehner already used the 'campaigning' complaint today).

                          • 3 votes
                          #5.8 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 7:24 PM EST

                          so 31419, just what would you have him do as a leader? He has extended his hand to the Congress, he has invided leaders of both parties to the White House to discuss the issues. The president only executes laws, he doesn't make them, that is up to Congress. So if you want lousey leadership in DC look no farther than John Boehner and Harry Reid.

                          • 3 votes
                          #5.9 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 7:26 PM EST

                          So now throw out the racist remarks...when you can't win by whining, just call everyone a racist...I see how it works...geesh...you are really pathetic...

                          • 2 votes
                          #5.10 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 7:38 PM EST

                          You Democrats are doing just fine destroying the country your self. No GOP help needed. I figure less then a year the way Europe is doing. They are in full recession/depression

                            #5.11 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 9:25 PM EST

                            If we don't start cutting now by letting the sequester go into effect, when should we start cutting spending? According to the left we cut $85 billion and the world is going to fall apart. We are still spending more this year than last year.

                            Come on left wingers, tell us where and when should we cut government spending? Never according to the liberals posting on First Read.

                              #5.12 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 9:44 PM EST

                              Aunt Anna - Wow! Another mental midget from the far right heard from. Where do Republicans find all of you idiots? It's like you're all crawling out from under your rocks today! Sheish! Careful, your skin will burn and we'll be collecting it off the lawns soon!

                              • 4 votes
                              #5.13 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 10:30 PM EST

                              More vile insults from the left (or more specifically from seeking). Anna, you will come to quickly realize who are the mental midgets on here. You have to look no further than the blow hard wreck of a person as seeking.

                              • 2 votes
                              #5.14 - Tue Feb 26, 2013 12:44 AM EST

                              Obi Wan Obama has orchestrated the worst recovery in US history, and yet these paltry cuts will cause dogs and cats to start living together. Liberals lie, that is just what they do. The sign on the Oval Office door reads, the buck never stops here.

                              • 1 vote
                              #5.15 - Tue Feb 26, 2013 8:13 AM EST

                              You know there is really something wrong in the world, when you realize Seeking Sanity must get way better drugs than the rest of us. I mean how can one person go on these great delusional rants, day after day. I need your contact please

                              • 2 votes
                              #5.16 - Tue Feb 26, 2013 8:23 AM EST
                              Reply

                              First the Great Leader brought out the firemen, teachers and students. Now it's the Cabinet members to echo the "Sky is Falling" mantra.

                              If this was such a good thing for the Administration to get the Fiscal Cliff legislation, why now is this such a BAD thing for the administration?

                              Such a small decrease in the budget could be assumed, since future dollars not spent (paper transactions) are included in this budget decrease. Oh, does this country have a budget as required by the rules of law, or is this just another continuation fix?

                              Barry, stay home, stop flying everywhere at an extreme cost of AF1, Presidential Protection, etc., and work to solve the national ills. You may want to look into the "black bag" budget too since you are down-turning the wars.

                              • 9 votes
                              Reply#6 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 4:59 PM EST

                              rotorhead1 - my guess is you walked into a spinning rotor. There is no other explanation for anyone posting such nonsense!

                              • 15 votes
                              #6.1 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 5:09 PM EST

                              Hasn't this re-reg been swept into the data dustbin yet?

                              • 11 votes
                              #6.2 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 5:11 PM EST

                              what is your reason Seeking, everything that you spout is nonsense or lies... oh, or namecalling! That namecalling really adds to the discussion! sheesh.............

                              • 8 votes
                              #6.3 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 5:14 PM EST

                              Hasn't this re-reg been swept into the data dustbin yet?

                              His days are numbered... lol

                              • 13 votes
                              #6.4 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 5:14 PM EST

                              .

                              • 2 votes
                              #6.5 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 5:25 PM EST

                              Lil Michelle - either your reading comprehension skills are totally lacking or you just read things that support your nonsense. I have yet to see you post anything but one-liners. Typical HYPOCRITE and totally idiotic - that's you in a nutshell - (sorry to the nuts)!

                              I have yet to see you EVER add anything to ANY discussion. You aren't capable of serious thought and it shows with your every post.

                              • 13 votes
                              #6.6 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 5:53 PM EST

                              I have yet to see you post anything but one-liners.

                              unlike seeking who posts numerous lines calling someone an idiot. DUKE ALUM!!!!

                              • 5 votes
                              #6.7 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 6:09 PM EST

                              Scrotorhead1

                              "First the Great Leader brought out the firemen, teachers and students. Now it's the Cabinet members to echo the "Sky is Falling" mantra"

                              Have your illustrious masters told you what the effects might be?... Oh! That's right, they don't take kindly to that type o' curiosity so they've cultivated constitchencies without that basic form of human concern. You figure they're out for your best interests just because of your color?

                              And you idjits call people stupid... tsk tsk.

                              • 4 votes
                              #6.8 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 7:25 PM EST

                              Hey Brian, what happened to the job? Get fired, again?

                              • 4 votes
                              #6.9 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 8:25 PM EST

                              You must refer to the great one as "Dear Leader". Great Leader is an oxymoron.

                                #6.10 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 9:27 PM EST

                                Drivers and Danica, Start your engines

                                  #6.11 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 10:05 PM EST

                                  chick binder - idjits - I used to date a guy who referenced idjits - you made me smile thinking of him! Thanks!

                                  • 3 votes
                                  #6.12 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 10:32 PM EST

                                  Save us Obi Wan Obama, your our only hope.

                                  • 1 vote
                                  #6.13 - Tue Feb 26, 2013 8:14 AM EST
                                  Reply

                                  Feisty, I hope everyone is ready. There has to be a better way to run our Government.

                                  • 10 votes
                                  Reply#7 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 5:05 PM EST

                                  Sounds like you would get along nicely in North Korea Lisa.

                                  • 1 vote
                                  #7.1 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 5:13 PM EST

                                  There has to be a better way to run our Government

                                  There is Lisa, it's called compromise...

                                  • 13 votes
                                  #7.2 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 5:15 PM EST

                                  grababrewski, You sound like you have had a few brews already.

                                  • 8 votes
                                  #7.3 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 5:16 PM EST

                                  As long as the Dems get everything they want. Right Feisty?

                                  • 8 votes
                                  #7.4 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 5:17 PM EST

                                  There is Lisa, it's called compromise...

                                  Compromise in Dem Socialist speak means: We get what ever we want but the opposition gets nothing.

                                  • 6 votes
                                  #7.5 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 5:21 PM EST

                                  Son, not true, the definition of compromise is no one likes the deal but it is the best we could get for our side. If you rights were really worried about the debt or the deficit you would be screaming at you leaders to compromise.

                                  • 4 votes
                                  #7.6 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 6:10 PM EST

                                  Lisa_s - grababrewski is a paid troll - his posts are following the troll guidelines published in 1.10. As Feisty said, just another cockroach.

                                  • 8 votes
                                  #7.7 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 6:10 PM EST

                                  RedDev, you are giving cock roaches a worse name then what they already have.

                                  • 6 votes
                                  #7.8 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 6:11 PM EST

                                  "If you rights were really worried about the debt or the deficit you would be screaming at you leaders to compromise."

                                  With 16.5 TRILLION and counting? The failure of the American educational system is certainly on display.

                                    #7.9 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 6:39 PM EST

                                    314159 - "The failure of the American educational system is certainly on display." It truly is but we're trying not to embarrass you and Lil Michelle about your obvious shortcomings. You do that all by yourselves.

                                    • 4 votes
                                    #7.10 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 6:42 PM EST

                                    Reddev, Thanks for the information.

                                    • 2 votes
                                    #7.11 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 6:45 PM EST

                                    Hmmm..., the gimme class resorts to attacking the person rather than the opinion. Further evidence of a failing educational system...

                                    • 3 votes
                                    #7.12 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 6:50 PM EST

                                    it starts with impeaching the ass obama......

                                    • 1 vote
                                    #7.13 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 7:06 PM EST

                                    Save us Obi Wan Obama, please don't let the sky fall.

                                    • 1 vote
                                    #7.14 - Tue Feb 26, 2013 8:15 AM EST
                                    Reply

                                    And I thought Bush was a bad president! 85 billion is a drop in the bucket for this bloated government. This is nothing but your usual Dem fear mongering. Shame on you Mr President.

                                    • 5 votes
                                    Reply#8 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 5:11 PM EST

                                    Testerday on CNN’s State of the Union, during an interview with LaHood, host Candy Crowley, of the Obama-Crowley tag team debate fiasco, committed something that I believe Rush Limbaugh refers to as a “random act of journalism” (not always the case). Crowley pointed out that even if the sequester kicks in, the budget in this area would still be more than it was in 2008 when the “planes were running just fine,” and there’s even less traffic now. LaHood, however, is still trying to sell the “long delays at the airport” post-sequester air travel apocalypse.

                                    Video and partial transcript from Noel Sheppard at Newsbusters:

                                    • 4 votes
                                    Reply#9 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 5:13 PM EST

                                    I don't like that Republicans think its worth risking our economic recovery, not to mention our defense readyness, just to say "nah nah nah" to the President's face.

                                    • 9 votes
                                    Reply#10 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 5:13 PM EST

                                    Now Dems are concerned about defense readyness?

                                    • 4 votes
                                    #10.1 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 5:16 PM EST

                                    Seems the Democrats are risking our economic recovery, if you can actually call it that with a straight face, as much as the Republicans. I have heard no mention of a REAL solution out of Dear Leader...

                                    • 1 vote
                                    #10.2 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 6:42 PM EST
                                    Reply

                                    I am no fan of the Republican Party. But, clearly the President is playing the scare card. Before this is over, we will see the Park Service close the Grand Canyon, furloughed FBI agents and police officers carrying boxes with their personal belongings home with them and children playing in the streets because their head start program was closed down. If I am not mistaken, year-over-year government spending will still be flat at worse and up at best after the cuts take place!

                                    • 6 votes
                                    Reply#11 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 5:19 PM EST

                                    It's the walking dead all over again!

                                    • 2 votes
                                    #11.1 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 5:20 PM EST

                                    The sequel doesn't come out until 2014... But the script is being finalized right now....

                                    Just more republican misinformation trying to get our hopes up too early....

                                    • 3 votes
                                    #11.2 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 7:31 PM EST
                                    Reply

                                    Funny how the President is being accused of "fear mongering".

                                    I imagine that there are quite a few folks who are genuinely (and rightfully) afraid because their jobs and/or benefits are threatened if these cuts should happen.

                                    • 6 votes
                                    Reply#12 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 5:20 PM EST

                                    Bali - either he's accused of "fear mongering" by telling exactly what is about to happen or he's accused of "politicing" when he takes his case to the people - as Reagan did on numerous occasions. But, apparently it is - as usual - okay for Republicans to appeal to the public but not Democrats.

                                    It's the usual double-standard of the far right. They can do everything but Democrats are not allowed the same tactics or resources.

                                    Pretty pitiful but exactly what we've come to expect from the far right.

                                    • 6 votes
                                    #12.1 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 5:56 PM EST

                                    double standard? You mean as in;

                                    "Raising the debt ceiling is UnAmerican, irresponsible, unpatriotic and a failure in leadership"

                                    • 3 votes
                                    #12.2 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 6:23 PM EST

                                    And what President raised the debt ceiling more than 8 times? Hint - he was a Republican!

                                    • 3 votes
                                    #12.3 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 10:33 PM EST

                                    Sorry, I thought we were talking "double standards" not past Presidents...

                                    • 1 vote
                                    #12.4 - Tue Feb 26, 2013 5:33 AM EST
                                    Reply

                                    "The Sky is Falling, The Sky is Falling"

                                    This budget cut could cost us 250,000 jobs or one obama vacation.

                                    • 9 votes
                                    Reply#13 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 5:22 PM EST

                                    navyvet - the vacation stuff is just stupidity. Everyone knows that - first - the President has not taken as many vacations IN THE SAME TIME PERIOD as Bush did. Secondly, this President - as all Presidents - pays for his and his family's vacation. Tax payers pay for AF1 (just like with Bush, Reagan, Clinton, etc.) and secret service.

                                    Try again and at least try to come up with something intelligent!

                                    • 7 votes
                                    #13.1 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 5:58 PM EST
                                    Reply

                                    How's about furloughing midmanagers and upper managers who make way in excess of $100,000 per year in each cabinet. Lord knows their are plenty of these unneeded positions.

                                    • 8 votes
                                    Reply#14 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 5:23 PM EST

                                    Good plan I say. It falls in line with the Dems belief that the rich are evil.

                                    • 4 votes
                                    #14.1 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 5:25 PM EST

                                    grababrewski

                                    Only conservative rich are evil according to the DIMWITS, The CEOs of Apple, Microsoft, Facebook, GE, et all are good. That is why they or their companies do not pay taxes under this Administration. Of course lets not forget "I can afford to pay more" Warren Buffet who still has an unpaid 2 million tax debt or the Nazi Collaborator George Soros who is a citizen on ever day but tax day then suddenly he is a Brazillian.

                                    • 4 votes
                                    #14.2 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 5:33 PM EST

                                    grababrewski - since there are more 1%ers who are liberals your post - again - is all fiction. Liberals do NOT believe that the rich are evil. Far from it - many liberals are rich or at least do well.

                                    Try again!

                                    navyvet - now you're just posting lies. Let's talk the Koch brothers or let's talk Mitt Romney!

                                    • 6 votes
                                    #14.3 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 6:00 PM EST

                                    The wealthiest counties in the US surround Washington DC...rich 1% liberal bureaucrats...

                                    Many of the rest of the evil 1% are in Hollywood ...and they got their special tax break for movies form Obama...

                                    • 2 votes
                                    #14.4 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 7:45 PM EST
                                    Reply

                                    Yea, federal employees mostly. They've had it pretty good the last four years while the rest of us have taken it in the shorts. Time for the folks inside the beltway to see how the rest of the nation has to deal with adversity.

                                    • 2 votes
                                    Reply#15 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 5:24 PM EST

                                    Dems worried about defense cuts. That's good stuff!

                                    • 3 votes
                                    Reply#16 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 5:27 PM EST

                                    Obama worried about the damage it will do to the economy. Needs to be very concerned about the Rate Shock that his healthcare plan is going to cause later this year. If payroll tax increase and the rise in gas prices are causing retailers to panic now wait till middle class america finds out their health plan cost 30-50% more next year.

                                    • 2 votes
                                    Reply#17 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 5:35 PM EST

                                    The sequester's cuts are too small to have an effect in a $3 trillion budget. But the damage to the economy from the health care plan is quite possible and near. The CBO continues to report the negative effects. Maybe the President is beginning to understand that and when the health care plan takes the economy down, the President will have set up the Repubs and sequester to blame. His followers will believe him certainly.

                                    Pre-emptively diverting blame before the predictions about his signature plan come true. Interesting theory.

                                    • 1 vote
                                    #17.1 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 8:42 PM EST
                                    Reply

                                    In regards to the budget. Have the Democrats just once, ever had a plan without a tax increase being part of the solution? Ever.

                                    I'm going to insist that my boss give me a raise tomorrow because I spend too much and it's all his fault.

                                    • 6 votes
                                    Reply#18 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 5:36 PM EST

                                    Obama all BS. You all are mostly with him . Now when it goes into place please see how full of BS he was and you all have been taken again. Oh when will yu wake up and see you all have been taken for a ride. The country is going down just like The Roman Empire exactly. Obama is exactly like Nero as the country burns down except he doesn't fiddle.

                                    • 2 votes
                                    Reply#19 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 5:37 PM EST

                                    If there are not spending cuts just a decrease in the increase why are you guys crying and why are the dems whining about the impending doom?

                                    • 4 votes
                                    Reply#20 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 5:57 PM EST

                                    Just my two cents worth , I think Our Presedent does want cuts BUT with a scalpel not an ax.

                                    • 2 votes
                                    Reply#21 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 6:12 PM EST

                                    He should have been chiseling then for the past four years.

                                    To be fair, they all complain about waste and fraud and overlap and programs that aren't working, but none of them ever actually do anything about it.

                                      #21.1 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 8:44 PM EST
                                      Reply

                                      The house passed two bills that would stop sequestration. Harry Reid will not allow them to be voted on in his chamber. Obama got the increased tax on the rich. He promised after two delays that he would make the cuts needed to avoid sequester. He has repeatedly been accommodated and reneged on his part. He has no desire to stop the sequester. It is time he did something besides demand more money and more credit. Draw up a budget for once and live within it. Going on five years without a budget, and still thinks the answer is allow more debt and take more of our money. Why do people still keep the blinders on?

                                      • 2 votes
                                      Reply#22 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 6:14 PM EST

                                      OMG....first of all...Feisty leads off again !!!...(surprise)

                                      Now to the REALLY funny stuff.....according to these clowns in Washington

                                      The 2% hit to the budget is going to

                                      • Cost only firemen and teachers their jobs...
                                      • Invite a terrorist attack
                                      • Make the borders less secure
                                      • Make food inspections non-existent
                                      • Open our borders to a free-for-all of immigrants
                                      • Raise gas prices even more
                                      • Quicken global warming
                                      • Force our military to surrender
                                      • Increase childbirth deaths
                                      • Make all airports unsafe
                                      • Make all cruise ships floating bombs
                                      • Spike the rate of crime and gun incidents...
                                      • Cause the ruination of the housing market
                                      • Wait for it......and....wait for it.....slow our ECONOMIC RECOVERY...(WHAT ?)

                                      THIS....all because of a 2% cut to our already BLOATED BUDGET....

                                      This is Obama's biggest comedy hit....

                                      But....if you have $500,000 (here is the private entrance to the White House)

                                      (courtesy of the OFA....Obama's F***ing of America)

                                      OMG....we need a President, this guy is the worst ....ever.

                                      Jon Corzine stole a BILLION dollars....and Eric Holder hasn't said ONE WORD

                                      GM wants to give out 11 MILLION to their CEO, even though they owe 250 Million

                                      This Administration can go to hell......Obama is an IDIOT...we're not

                                      • 9 votes
                                      Reply#23 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 6:15 PM EST

                                      trouble1954 - let's see, last Republican candidates: McCain/Palin or Romney/Ryan. And, you actually have the audacity to state that President Obama is an idiot and YOU'RE not???? LOL!!!

                                      Try again - you surely prove my point: seeking sanity in the Republican party but as you and others prove incessantly, there is absolutely NONE to be found!

                                      • 3 votes
                                      #23.1 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 6:26 PM EST

                                      He is an absolute idiot...and you backing this idiotic play makes you an idiot too

                                      • 3 votes
                                      #23.2 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 6:29 PM EST

                                      Read the list Sanity....2% is going to cause the nation to crumble......wow, sad

                                      • 5 votes
                                      #23.3 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 6:30 PM EST

                                      trouble1954 - yes you are a pitiable person but a truly great Republican. The only idiot here is you - and your "list."

                                      • 3 votes
                                      #23.4 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 6:43 PM EST

                                      Obama said EVERY ONE OF THEM sanity.....

                                      every one.....

                                      every

                                      one.

                                      • 4 votes
                                      #23.5 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 6:53 PM EST

                                      More personal attacks... Wow! How incredibly clever!

                                      • 1 vote
                                      #23.6 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 6:54 PM EST

                                      So your fireman and teachers are paid for by the federal government? That's interesting. In Ohio we pay them with local taxes...

                                      • 1 vote
                                      #23.7 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 9:28 PM EST
                                      Reply

                                      Don't give in GOP. This is going to hurt but it's what America needs.

                                      If Mr Obama won't cut the money to our military, that is decades above any other country, then it has to come from somewhere else.

                                      He agreed to this in 2011, so let's get it done. Take the first step.

                                      • 3 votes
                                      Reply#24 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 6:21 PM EST

                                      lets privatize the tea party 2014 and beyond give them what they want..bad government OK vote the sh-it out...there the problem

                                      • 5 votes
                                      Reply#25 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 6:24 PM EST

                                      Easy Solution....just get Republicans to close some tax loopholes.....and get Democrats to make long term entitlement reforms. Face it...neither party has the guts to do what needs to be done. They all have entrenched interests whom they cannot say no to. The only way this gets done is Obama has to float a sensible plan that neither party can publicly say no to.........but does he have the guts?? It does not appear so.

                                        #25.1 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 7:16 PM EST

                                        We'll arrange it like a Viking funeral, false glorification & all... Those saps will be trampling one another for a seat on the ship even after it's lit... We'll let them take pets too.

                                        • 3 votes
                                        #25.2 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 7:36 PM EST

                                        Not going to be a problem with the Democrat attack on Amendment number 2....

                                          #25.3 - Mon Feb 25, 2013 9:31 PM EST

                                          throw the tea party into the Boston Harbor... or export them to Cuba...or launch these lunatics into the moon to start the lunar colony Gingrich wanted.

                                          • 4 votes
                                          #25.4 - Tue Feb 26, 2013 12:07 AM EST
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