tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post4279861801432554830..comments2023-08-05T07:24:04.413-05:00Comments on Hope n' Change Cartoons: It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Cliff MessUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post-31108271361048127752012-12-17T06:49:02.866-06:002012-12-17T06:49:02.866-06:00I know this is an outdated post, but....
My fathe...I know this is an outdated post, but....<br /><br />My father lived through the great depression and prohibition. He is the one who told me people would filter turpentine through bread for a cheap drunk. Yuk...Colbynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post-12669347663827755022012-12-15T16:17:37.986-06:002012-12-15T16:17:37.986-06:00@Irene Peduto- Regarding your question about why M...@Irene Peduto- Regarding your question about why Muslims get religious deferral from Obamacare but Catholics don't, I can only suggest it's because A) Catholics won't cut your head off and B) Obama doesn't love Catholicism. Seriously, there's no way to square the two positions.<br /><br />@Necron99- Today, I'm sure she'd be flushed with pride.<br /><br />@Ogrrre- The sad lesson of the overheated printing press has been repeated many times. I'm convinced that those in charge know what will happen and don't care (or actively desire the inevitable disaster).<br /><br />@John the Econ- Your analogy is entirely accurate and your conclusion unavoidable. Darn it.Stilton Jarlsberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14503164551782304564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post-77107814483394202422012-12-15T13:45:04.182-06:002012-12-15T13:45:04.182-06:00Yes @Ogrrre, it is a shame we cannot learn the mos...Yes @Ogrrre, it is a shame we cannot learn the most obvious lessons of those who have tread before us.<br /><br />But it's easy to see how it happens. Printing money is such an easy solution to so many problems of the political class and the bankers they seem to single-mindedly work for. They'll start doing it because they'll convince themselves that it's only going to be a short time as a "quick fix", and then from there they simply cannot stop themselves.<br /><br />The analogy to drug addiction cannot be more accurate. We've become addicted to cheap money and cannot stop using it. And each new hit of cheap money has less effect on the economy than the last. Just as with junkies who cannot stop, I fear this addiction will continue to wither away the health of our nation until the ultimate conclusion: Death.John the Econnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post-8510602819603838292012-12-15T12:52:11.531-06:002012-12-15T12:52:11.531-06:00Queso, Econ, when I was around 12 years old, I tho...Queso, Econ, when I was around 12 years old, I thought, "why are there poor people? The government can just print money, and everyone could be rich." It didn't take long for me to realize that such an action would actually make everyone poor. It seems our government, instead of learning from the economic history of the Weimar Republic and of Argentina, is bound and determined to enter into a bout of hyper-inflation.Ogrrrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10367747403389258422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post-67240994329204112612012-12-15T09:47:28.587-06:002012-12-15T09:47:28.587-06:00Question: How long did Stanley Ann Dunham need to ...Question: How long did Stanley Ann Dunham need to take a sh1t?<br /><br />Answer: Nine months.Necron99noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post-11077361860747100402012-12-15T09:08:46.898-06:002012-12-15T09:08:46.898-06:00@SJ - OK - the muslims being exempt from having to...@SJ - OK - the muslims being exempt from having to purchase health insurance is true - then why is it that the Catholic Church has to provide certain offensive services to their employees despite their religious opposition? This reminds me of when muslim women were exempt from being body searched below their necks - my friend said then that she knew somehow they'd get her in a burka - but really this isn't funny - kinda' like things have gone crazy in the USA.<br />@Necron99 - If only the wish could really come true - an end to the liberals distortions of the truth - ahhhhhh.<br />@Grafton Cheddar - will try to use that joke (& Necron99's) sometime today.Irene Pedutohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11133961730915924600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post-42441157690205685542012-12-15T07:35:38.462-06:002012-12-15T07:35:38.462-06:00@Necron - Along the same lines, I got this in an ...@Necron - Along the same lines, I got this in an email forward: The weather in DC is so cold, even Obama is walking around with his hands in his own pockets. Grafton Cheddarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04825971478192505799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post-39943652409419731902012-12-15T06:12:40.009-06:002012-12-15T06:12:40.009-06:00I set free a genie from an Aladin's lamp who s...I set free a genie from an Aladin's lamp who said he would grant me one wish.<br /><br />Immediately I said, "I want to live forever." <br />"Sorry," said the fairy, "I'm not allowed to grant eternal life." <br /><br />"OK," I said, "Then, I want to die after liberal/democrats evolve into civilized thinking lifeforms." <br /><br />"You crafty bastard," said the genie!Necron99noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post-81905962492383811052012-12-14T21:59:49.042-06:002012-12-14T21:59:49.042-06:00" I'm now down to filtering turpentine th..." I'm now down to filtering turpentine through loaves of bread" <br />(Looks up from note taking.)<br /><br />I'm about to to the point where I figure the next unit of currency will be double shots of Jack Daniels, with change given in .22LR.rickn8orhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16911803300343351338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post-5946486985436069472012-12-14T21:44:44.605-06:002012-12-14T21:44:44.605-06:00@Irene Peduto- Yes, Obamacare specifically exempts...@Irene Peduto- Yes, Obamacare specifically exempts Muslims from the need to purchase health insurance or be fined, because they believe that insurance is a form of gambling and therefore a sin. Of course, it IS a form of gambling - but the rest of us are being compelled to ante up whether we want to gamble or not.Stilton Jarlsberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14503164551782304564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post-32080794841616883022012-12-14T21:02:05.428-06:002012-12-14T21:02:05.428-06:00Great job! I haven't seen that many lights bl...Great job! I haven't seen that many lights blazing since I last celebrated Earth Hour. (Next year's celebration will start with a huge bonfire. Gawd, I love the smell of napalm in the morning!)Grizzlynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post-71257802504161103752012-12-14T18:26:44.601-06:002012-12-14T18:26:44.601-06:00@John the Econ - the GOP Congress coming in a tida...@John the Econ - the GOP Congress coming in a tidal wave in 2014 may save the Dems so they look better in 2016 - just another one of disaster scenarios. <br />@SJ Muslims don't have to purchase health insurance as per Obamacare? Is there some provision that exempts them? OMG! Is that really true, SJ?<br />BTW - loved the Bob & Ray routine.<br />@ Colby - LOL - filtering turpentine through bread! Whew! Got a kick out of that line, though!<br />@ Necron99 - posted the Orwell quote on my FB page & garnered a wonderful response - a few lines from Orwell's 1984 where the Big Gvt. tells us everything - even when our senses tell us differently, we are to believe what the State says we are to believe. Now I need to re-read 1984 - it's been decades.<br />@Queso Grande - Bill Ayers - he thought who he was back then - guessin' he's feeling good about himself these days with O in the WH to help him in his cause to take over America "from within the system" rather than with clubs and bats - they have planned it well and have caused more propaganda to spew forth - perpetually - over decades - through education - the great leveler!<br />Irene Pedutohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11133961730915924600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post-78622952628791765432012-12-14T16:48:03.068-06:002012-12-14T16:48:03.068-06:00@John the Econ, Apropos of your comment regarding ...@John the Econ, Apropos of your comment regarding democrats and printing presses o' money, Corzine was once speaking; as a Senator, about US debt. Open microphone he spouts....."The USA will always be able to pay it's debts. We can just print more money." His aide is seen leaning in and whispering, then begins the backtracking. Thinking about it now, the lack of Nat'l press coverage/shock was pretty accurate, ominous foreshadowing.<br />@StiltonJarlsberg, I read on Lucianne that the Times is reporting that Boehner is considering putting up a bill that extends the W cuts for all, and lowered some rates on investments that were set to go up, and cancel the automatic Defense cuts, vote on it and say....."Merry Christmas, see ya' next year!"<br />I ma stuck in Rush Holt territory, my calls mean NOTHING!! Can you pread the word to have people flood the phones to their Rep's to get them to push for it? Heck, it would be almost a nice a Christmas gift as is the picture of your abode!!<br />@Irene Peduto, You and I both know that Unionista's are just like liberal African-Americans.....incapable of unjustified violence or racism!!!! What did that butt-munch say?........."Guilty as sin, free as a bird!"<br />Ptoo, ptoo I spit on heem......<br /><br />Pasta Luigi!!queso Grande, now with nuts!noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post-7730772414182166432012-12-14T14:48:13.464-06:002012-12-14T14:48:13.464-06:00Barack is just a 'cornball brother'.Barack is just a 'cornball brother'. Georgenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post-37275433848142619222012-12-14T14:01:36.769-06:002012-12-14T14:01:36.769-06:00I love the photo! Perhaps we could all write the s...I love the photo! Perhaps we could all write the slogan on on the top of our hard earned dollars before spending them on little luxuries like food, clothing, fuel to get to our jobs and so forth; at least while we have any jobs or dollars to spend. LOLAmerican Cowboynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post-32417582729807522092012-12-14T11:29:57.031-06:002012-12-14T11:29:57.031-06:00@It's No Gouda,
Perhaps we are both right. Ha...@It's No Gouda,<br />Perhaps we are both right. Half the bulbs would work, the other half would be dim, the shape of the house would be lost in the jumble of wires, AND the whole mess would be powered by solar panels made in China.<br /><br />Hank Johnson is a shining example of the above average intellegence required to be a liberal. My 6 year old grandson knows that islands don't float in the ocean.<br /><br />@Stilton,<br />Excellent idea on spending your life savings on booze, but I already did that and drank it all on November 7. I'm now down to filtering turpentine through loaves of bread.Colbynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post-79340933939124532862012-12-14T10:31:11.659-06:002012-12-14T10:31:11.659-06:00Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Joyous Solstice, ...Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Joyous Solstice, and Memorable Festivus to all y'all.<br /><br />Oh.<br /><br />And kuck fwanzaa.<br /><br />Buck Ofama indeed.<br /><br />rickn8orhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16911803300343351338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post-90438570412916307942012-12-14T09:43:42.393-06:002012-12-14T09:43:42.393-06:00@It's No Gouda- Hearing Hank "Guam might ...@It's No Gouda- Hearing Hank "Guam might tip over" Johnson slowly drawling about accidentally using the "m-word" for persons of less than average height reminded me of <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktYwuw9Mnjo" rel="nofollow">one of my favorite Bob & Ray routines</a>.Stilton Jarlsberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14503164551782304564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post-67923926771712923712012-12-14T09:40:34.995-06:002012-12-14T09:40:34.995-06:00@Colby- You have a fine eye for detail. Any artist...@Colby- You have a fine eye for detail. Any artist will tell you that the use of "negative space" - including burned out lightbulbs - is part of the overall integrity and statement of the work.<br /><br />By the way, had the election gone the right way, this is pretty much how my house would have looked on November 7th, only with fireworks added.<br /><br />@Irene Peduto- Nancy Pelosi has been opening her yap lately about the fiscal cliff, but predictably is lying through her storebought teeth.<br /><br />And yes, the MSM basically ignored the union thug (wearing an "Occupy" Guy Fawkes mask) who beat a black hotdog vendor, destroyed his cart (and livelihood) <a href="http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/12/12/Lansing-Union-Attack-Victim-Says-Assailant-Wore-Occupy-Anonymous-Devil-Mask?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+BigGovernment+%28Big+Government%29" rel="nofollow">while calling him "nigger."</a> The union thugs also used box cutters (9/11 souvenirs?) to destroy the tent where right-to-work supporters had gathered.<br /><br />The MSM also ignored the union thug who assaulted a FOX News reporter. But they DID report Barack F. Obama's lies that the Michigan legislation would end collective bargaining in the state.<br /><br />@John the Econ- The myth of the Clinton economy looms large in the Democrats' storybook. Then again, myth is their lifeblood. <br /><br />Regarding Bernanke and the printing presses, I've about decided to cash in my retirement and spend it all on a warehouse of cheap whiskey that I can use for bartering in a year or two.<br /><br />@Jim Hlavac- If Muslims can't be fined for having no health insurance (per Obamacare) then I can't be fined for proclaiming my faith in brightly colored lights. Although technically my faith <i>is</i> in brightly colored lights. I'm a Seventh Day Luminescent.Stilton Jarlsberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14503164551782304564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post-85717256632138190892012-12-14T09:38:23.005-06:002012-12-14T09:38:23.005-06:00Colby said...
@Stilton Griswold,
An excellent disp...Colby said...<br />@Stilton Griswold,<br />An excellent display of restraint, Sir! We can still tell there is a house under there. I can imagine a residence decorated by our Congress would have so many lights, the actual structure would become unrecognizable.<br />Not so, Colby, if it were done by Congress only half the lights would work and the rest would be kinda dim.<br />See the latest "apology" by Congressman Hank Johnson for using the word "midget"<br /><br />It's No Goudanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post-32780814320943218652012-12-14T08:23:30.053-06:002012-12-14T08:23:30.053-06:00You are lucky that "they" or "he&qu...You are lucky that "they" or "he" -- you know them and he, yes? -- haven't tried to tax you per bulb. They & He will call it oh, "Energy use surcharge" and then what? Take it down, or pay? <br /><br />On the other hand, Obama doesn't really care whether the tax cuts expire, or if he gets new and different tax raises. Whatever happens, he will have but one answer to the shortfalls in revenues -- more taxes. Makes no difference any more - more taxes, always, until Santa is proven to be real.Jim Hlavachttp://www.thedailymush.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post-707748646414109022012-12-14T08:17:48.997-06:002012-12-14T08:17:48.997-06:00As we get closer to the "cliff", one of ...As we get closer to the "cliff", one of my favorite narratives of liberals of late is that things were better under the Clinton-era tax regime, as if higher taxes were somehow responsible for the dot-com boom.<br /><br />Personally, I'd be fine with Clinton-era tax rates, if they were only matched with Clinton-era (meaning 1998) levels of Federal spending and interference in the marketplace. Also eliminate Dudd-Frank and Sarbanes-Oxley as well. (I'd be okay with keeping Glass–Steagall in place, however)<br /><br />Of course, when liberals nostalgic for the Clinton-era speak of the Clinton-era, they certainly <i>are not</i> speaking of what really created the prosperity of the late '90s; a principled GOP controlling Congress, reduced government spending, or Reaganomics at work. Not hardly.<br /><br />No, today's Democrats want no more debt limits and dollars printed indefinitely. Bernake's job is now secure and the presses are running. The T-Bird is pedal-to-the-metal for the cliff. At least the President and family will be having a nice time in Hawaii.John the Econnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post-40029106484554490522012-12-14T07:53:00.614-06:002012-12-14T07:53:00.614-06:00@SJ Love the Griswold look on the house - the lett...@SJ Love the Griswold look on the house - the letter exchange is another insight that makes you - YOU!<br />Nancy Pelosi intimidated that the reason for the lackluster sales this year is because the Republicans aren't budging or caring about fellow Americans who simply want to enjoy their traditions & values. I heard that on Rush' show yesterday & immediately got incensed. I guess that is her intention - to incense those of us "in the know" while actually appearing to give a damn to those who are much less informed.<br />I also heard on FOX this morning that none of the major MSM news programs showed the violence that erupted at the MI Right to Work Protest. The more I come to learn, the scarier this gets.<br />@ Necron99 - love the quote and will be sure to copy and paste to my favorite quotes page.<br />Irene Pedutohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11133961730915924600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post-90867372052827754662012-12-14T07:44:02.746-06:002012-12-14T07:44:02.746-06:00Love the typo?...Love the typo?...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post-29048107268646208152012-12-14T07:28:17.026-06:002012-12-14T07:28:17.026-06:00@Stilton Griswold,
An excellent display of restrai...@Stilton Griswold,<br />An excellent display of restraint, Sir! We can still tell there is a house under there. I can imagine a residence decorated by our Congress would have so many lights, the actual structure would become unrecognizable.<br /><br />I also noticed the handful of missing light bulbs just under the eaves on the left side. Are those symbolic of the Congressmen who are standing their ground on extending the Bush tax cuts to everyone?Colbynoreply@blogger.com