Obama said, “I am appalled by the Syrian government’s use of violence and brutality against its own people.” I guess that means it’s time for a compromise with President Assad.

The “compromising” bastard fucking us again.

And then there are the reported terms of the deal, which amount to an abject surrender on the part of the president. First, there will be big spending cuts, with no increase in revenue. Then a panel will make recommendations for further deficit reduction — and if these recommendations aren’t accepted, there will be more spending cuts.

Republicans will supposedly have an incentive to make concessions the next time around, because defense spending will be among the areas cut. But the G.O.P. has just demonstrated its willingness to risk financial collapse unless it gets everything its most extreme members want. Why expect it to be more reasonable in the next round?

In fact, Republicans will surely be emboldened by the way Mr. Obama keeps folding in the face of their threats. He surrendered last December, extending all the Bush tax cuts; he surrendered in the spring when they threatened to shut down the government; and he has now surrendered on a grand scale to raw extortion over the debt ceiling. Maybe it’s just me, but I see a pattern here.

I got nuthin’, man. Effin’ speechless.

Try this poem.

AT THE ZOO
Lavinia Kumar

“Congress’ mishandling of debt ceiling and deficit is surreal.”
–Suze Orman, CNN, July 30, 2011

The Lord of the Flies is in the Senate, and is in
the other chamber, while council flies crawl
the blue brocade wallpaper before choosing
one of the empty wood chairs. There they feast
on sows’ ears and silk purses, their excrement green,
their buzz amplified when they reach the front
microphone, where with swollen chests they preach
to the empty hall. The cameras focus on their
compound eyes, eyes that see the kaleidoscope
of words, sentences and letters that shoot
from tight jaws and instantly break into pellets
to sail in many directions, as bonfires of money burn
and men kill men. But no one sees the savagery
except the Lord of the Flies settled comfortably
in each head that rolls, each head added to
the collection behind the tall iron fence on the island.
But people on the outside pass by slowly, looking,
waiting for the next head.

Good morning, pups. It’s Monday so we’ve got The Pasty Little Putz and Prof. Krugman. In “The Diminished President” The Pasty Little Putz says real leaders don’t just play the angles. Prof. Krugman, in “The President Surrenders,” says extortion over the debt ceiling wins, and the country loses.

Here they are.

The coffee and tea are ready, the cold drinks are in the fridge, and the biscuits are out of the oven. Maybe August will be better than July, but I doubt it. I’m depressed and disgusted and I need more tea. Have a great day.

Yikes I just realized I forgot to attribute the quote @2 to Krugman. Sorry Paul, I will try not to let it happen again.

I wish I could reassure you but I am on 3rd cup of tea and we still have the same effin’ idiot in the WH.

Morning, I think we should put tough sanctions on Assad. If he doesn’t stop the repression, we’ll take him off the CIA payroll and won’t send him anymore people to torture.

But, what a bummer for the Syrians. It could be that the NATO violence in Libya let Assad know that the West wasn’t going to put up with all this “Arab Spring” shit.

Um, Obama isn’t an idiot.

Good morning all,

He’s a sellout not an idiot, but a stupid selfish clown non the less.

The perfect set-up for the bush dynasty return after this white house clown destroys the last vestiges of our former country.

Coffee doesn’t work, either. I’m tempted to see if Irish coffee works any better this morning, but Moria calls.

And The Enlightened One truly knows your intent.

Even msnbc.com is saying that this “debt deal” looks a whole lot like the BONER plan except without the balanced budget amendment. I look for the ‘baggers to extract a promise from Obama, Reid and BONER to take up such an amendment in exchange for their votes before it’s all over .

And when the post debate capitulation polling comes out that shows Obama roundly hated and in the 30s, no doubt the mustache of wisdom and Jonathan Alter will sagely tell us that means Obama is doing things just right cause everybody’s pissed at him.

The Lord of the Flies is in the Senate, and is in
the other chamber

Wonderful metaphor!

Massive fail.

Morning Margaret. This isn’t a “debt deal”, it’s having our lunch money stolen.

Which is why I put it into quotes. Honestly, if we are going to argue about phrasing each and every time, we might as well abandon this.

To pay for the Magnificent Mindless ‘Merican Murder Machine that refuses any cuts just a slowdown in growth rate, not kill capacity.

We are already morally bankrupt and all that follows is mindless killing.

I realize that your “” meant sarcasm and agree with you. My exception is to the phrase “deal” used in the MSM. No offense intended.

Instead of raising the debt ceiling, I like the option of having the Mint make trillion dollar platinum coins and sell them to the Fed.