Barack Obama: The Road We’ve Really Traveled
Andrew Klavan and Bill Whittle lampoon Davis Guggenheim’s Obama love-fest video. It’s funny, alright, but sad when you consider the damage done. Here’s more on the misrepresentations made about ObamaCare in Guggenheim’s encomium: ‘The Road We’ve Traveled:’ A misleading account of Obama’s mother and her insurance dispute If you want to see why “Traveled” is [...]
THIS is What the National Debt Means – To Our Kids
Powerline has a contest called The Powerline Prize that invites videographers to demonstrate the national debt in a crative way. Here’s a good one that’s gone viral in the last couple of days. It’s called The Doorbell:
Downsizing Government: Putting $61 Billion in Cuts in Perspective
The Cato Institute’s Downsizing Government site has a little video that puts the GOP’s proposed $61 billion in spending cuts into perspective. When compared to the interest on the national debt, the budget deficit, or the annual federal budget, it’s not very big at all.
On Exit, Pelosi Prevaricates
Nancy Pelosi is either delusional, or a pathological liar. On the occasion of her exit as Speaker of the House of Representatives, she drops this whopper: Fox News reports: At her final press conference as House Speaker, Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said, “Deficit reduction has been a high priority for us. It is our mantra, pay-as-you-go.” The [...]
Who Said American Exceptionalism was Dead?
The 111th Congress did an exceptional job: the $3.22 trillion in debt that they added was more than the first 100 Congresses combined. Holy cow. That equals $10,429.64 in new debt for each and every one of the 308,745,538 people counted in the United States by the 2010 Census. The total national debt of $13,858,529,371,601.09 (or [...]
Beware the Debt Star
As the new Congress starts to work, they have a formidable enemy…lurking…out there. How much more will be added to it in the lame duck session? (H/T to Instapundit)
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