Comments on: GOP Economics: Go Cheney Yourselves http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/29/your-bottom-line-connecting-the-budget-dots-of-gop-economic-failures/ Firedoglake weblog Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:27:46 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: dosido http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/29/your-bottom-line-connecting-the-budget-dots-of-gop-economic-failures/#comment-1468274 dosido Thu, 29 May 2008 23:44:59 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/29/your-bottom-line-connecting-the-budget-dots-of-gop-economic-failures/#comment-1468274 <p>Agree with your sentiments. However, I think “denial” is too kind a word. When I hear “denial” to me it means the person is completely unaware of the harm they are causing and therefore do not have to accept responsibility. But in many cases, The Russerts mean “I didn’t do anything wrong” when they discover you are on to their con game. But they <strong>do </strong>know they are con artists.</p> Agree with your sentiments. However, I think “denial” is too kind a word. When I hear “denial” to me it means the person is completely unaware of the harm they are causing and therefore do not have to accept responsibility. But in many cases, The Russerts mean “I didn’t do anything wrong” when they discover you are on to their con game. But they do know they are con artists.

]]> By: dosido http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/29/your-bottom-line-connecting-the-budget-dots-of-gop-economic-failures/#comment-1468273 dosido Thu, 29 May 2008 23:42:24 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/29/your-bottom-line-connecting-the-budget-dots-of-gop-economic-failures/#comment-1468273 <p>Christy, that lede is rippin’! Put it in the macro file. I’ve been yelling stuff along those lines for a while now.</p> <p>Hey Grover, you simpleton, deregulation got us the biggest ripoff in US History.</p> Christy, that lede is rippin’! Put it in the macro file. I’ve been yelling stuff along those lines for a while now.

Hey Grover, you simpleton, deregulation got us the biggest ripoff in US History.

]]> By: nonplussed http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/29/your-bottom-line-connecting-the-budget-dots-of-gop-economic-failures/#comment-1468127 nonplussed Thu, 29 May 2008 21:21:22 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/29/your-bottom-line-connecting-the-budget-dots-of-gop-economic-failures/#comment-1468127 <p>A shameful pittance, I’m sure! A friend of mine recently qualified for them when she had serious surgery and I was shocked at how little she received. Of course this is Texas. It was about a weeks worth of groceries, I am not really very extravagant.</p> A shameful pittance, I’m sure! A friend of mine recently qualified for them when she had serious surgery and I was shocked at how little she received. Of course this is Texas. It was about a weeks worth of groceries, I am not really very extravagant.

]]> By: aliasofwestgate http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/29/your-bottom-line-connecting-the-budget-dots-of-gop-economic-failures/#comment-1468124 aliasofwestgate Thu, 29 May 2008 21:13:19 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/29/your-bottom-line-connecting-the-budget-dots-of-gop-economic-failures/#comment-1468124 <p>When i can spare for that, i plan on doing that myself. I used their services a few years back when i was just learning to deal with my chronic pain issues and working with them. (and being dirt poor and unqualified for ANY welfare beyond 3 months worth of food stamps, i took that option.) So now i want to make sure they’re able to help others. I’m still having a hard time getting by, but it’s marginally easier at the moment. Not by much though. *sighs*</p> When i can spare for that, i plan on doing that myself. I used their services a few years back when i was just learning to deal with my chronic pain issues and working with them. (and being dirt poor and unqualified for ANY welfare beyond 3 months worth of food stamps, i took that option.) So now i want to make sure they’re able to help others. I’m still having a hard time getting by, but it’s marginally easier at the moment. Not by much though. *sighs*

]]> By: libbyliberal http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/29/your-bottom-line-connecting-the-budget-dots-of-gop-economic-failures/#comment-1468123 libbyliberal Thu, 29 May 2008 21:11:42 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/29/your-bottom-line-connecting-the-budget-dots-of-gop-economic-failures/#comment-1468123 <p>I saw her and felt grateful she said that. Of course, she was on another network at the time when stifled, and was she cnn’s token momentary honest person so they can congratulate themselves for a voice of criticism amidst the defensive talking heads?</p> <p>I give Mr. Russert a lion’s share of responsibility for sabotaging the liberal perspective and keeping the insanity going. Hope Big Russ is proud of sunny boy and his fight against the intellectual elite. Enjoy brokering power you corporate mouthpieces? And once again you have not said truth to power but enabled. DENIAL. Don’t Even Notice I Am Lying. </p> <p>You guys hold the flashlights on America’s attention… and trust me… it has corporate batteries.</p> I saw her and felt grateful she said that. Of course, she was on another network at the time when stifled, and was she cnn’s token momentary honest person so they can congratulate themselves for a voice of criticism amidst the defensive talking heads?

I give Mr. Russert a lion’s share of responsibility for sabotaging the liberal perspective and keeping the insanity going. Hope Big Russ is proud of sunny boy and his fight against the intellectual elite. Enjoy brokering power you corporate mouthpieces? And once again you have not said truth to power but enabled. DENIAL. Don’t Even Notice I Am Lying.

You guys hold the flashlights on America’s attention… and trust me… it has corporate batteries.

]]> By: Prairie Sunshine http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/29/your-bottom-line-connecting-the-budget-dots-of-gop-economic-failures/#comment-1468122 Prairie Sunshine Thu, 29 May 2008 21:08:47 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/29/your-bottom-line-connecting-the-budget-dots-of-gop-economic-failures/#comment-1468122 <p>get in the habit, too, of getting something for the food bank cart at your local grocery story. Maybe it’s the weekly special, or the “one free” of buy one-get one…. easy to do, everyday philanthropy.</p> get in the habit, too, of getting something for the food bank cart at your local grocery story. Maybe it’s the weekly special, or the “one free” of buy one-get one…. easy to do, everyday philanthropy.

]]> By: nonplussed http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/29/your-bottom-line-connecting-the-budget-dots-of-gop-economic-failures/#comment-1468120 nonplussed Thu, 29 May 2008 21:07:19 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/29/your-bottom-line-connecting-the-budget-dots-of-gop-economic-failures/#comment-1468120 <p>I guess Faux News Channel really cannot qualify as mainsteam. Hell, it can’t even qualify as journalism…</p> I guess Faux News Channel really cannot qualify as mainsteam. Hell, it can’t even qualify as journalism…

]]> By: wobblybits http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/29/your-bottom-line-connecting-the-budget-dots-of-gop-economic-failures/#comment-1468109 wobblybits Thu, 29 May 2008 20:57:14 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/29/your-bottom-line-connecting-the-budget-dots-of-gop-economic-failures/#comment-1468109 <p>O/T Do you think there will be a thread about the 800 lb gorilla in the room (a la the Rules and Bylaws Committee meeting this weekend)? Or is the possibility of poo flinging too much?</p> O/T Do you think there will be a thread about the 800 lb gorilla in the room (a la the Rules and Bylaws Committee meeting this weekend)? Or is the possibility of poo flinging too much?

]]> By: perris http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/29/your-bottom-line-connecting-the-budget-dots-of-gop-economic-failures/#comment-1468100 perris Thu, 29 May 2008 20:49:18 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/29/your-bottom-line-connecting-the-budget-dots-of-gop-economic-failures/#comment-1468100 <p>oh, the lead belongs in that quote;</p> <blockquote><p>CNN’s Yellin: Network executives killed critical White House stories before Iraq war.</p></blockquote> <p><a href="http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/29/cnns-yellin-network-executives-killed-critical-white-house-stories-before-iraq-war/" rel="nofollow">that’s from think progress</a></p> oh, the lead belongs in that quote;

CNN’s Yellin: Network executives killed critical White House stories before Iraq war.

that’s from think progress

]]> By: perris http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/29/your-bottom-line-connecting-the-budget-dots-of-gop-economic-failures/#comment-1468098 perris Thu, 29 May 2008 20:48:02 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/29/your-bottom-line-connecting-the-budget-dots-of-gop-economic-failures/#comment-1468098 <p>and now something totally off topic but totally excellant news, the media might finally begin assuming their role as the fourth estate (just in time for a democrat president, surprise of surprises)</p> <blockquote><p>“[T]hey would edit my pieces,” Yellin said. “They would push me in different directions. They would turn down stories that were more critical, and try to put on pieces that were more positive.” Glenn Greenwald has more. </p></blockquote> and now something totally off topic but totally excellant news, the media might finally begin assuming their role as the fourth estate (just in time for a democrat president, surprise of surprises)

“[T]hey would edit my pieces,” Yellin said. “They would push me in different directions. They would turn down stories that were more critical, and try to put on pieces that were more positive.” Glenn Greenwald has more.

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