I say yes, you say no, OR People are Strange

Well you know, we stage IV people on SS disability are just leeches, bleeding the country dry.  Not to mention those lazy seniors.  (That was sarcasm, not an attack on stage IV people or seniors.)

Remember to call your congress-person today to ask them not to cut SS or give a payroll tax holiday!

I don't know, but I really think the Republicans are shooting themselves in the foot on this one.  They really come across as unreasonable and out of touch with reality.

I believe they  need to get some sort of agreement in place by the 23rd so that it has time to work its way through congress before the August 2 deadline.

Enjoyful.............Anyone who doesn't know why a lot of the people don't like Obama has to be living "under a rock"...............that is in additioln to all the other reasons they give............and yes........I do remember the "one term President comment".......................and that is what they are doing.................ammunition for when they have to go on TV with their hateful ads, come 2012....................I can't imagine what they will say...............it is a shame...........the man was never given a chance...............he was doomed from day  1................

Some people are not true patriots and do not put "country first".....

.....quite despite their protestations to the contrary.

And all they care about is that the black man only stays until 2013.

I love snakes - the bigger the better. But not the ones we have in DC with suits.

One point about Social Security is, it has no relationship to fixing the long-term budget deficit.  Even when the accumulated trust fund is exhausted, current law requires that Social Security benefits be paid out of Social Security system revenues (not general funds).  So, in the worst case scenario, if nothing is done on the system's revenue side (e.g., raising the cap on income subject to FICA), benefits would take a haircut (painful, but the progam would still be there -contrary to the scaremongering, it's not going to go bankrupt and disappear), and THE FEDERAL DEBT WOULD NOT CHANGE BY A PENNY!!

(Sorry for shouting, but it makes me nuts that Social Security is getting dragged into the debt ceiling discussion.)

It also makes me nuts when legislators pretend that Medicare - and NOT rising health care costs generally - is the problem.  On what planet is it more economically sustainable to ask the old and sick to carry the burden, than to carry it as a society?  At some point, on the trajectory we're on, health care costs will be devouring our entire GDP.  Shifting costs from the federal government to individuals doesn't change that.  Delivery system reform, comparative effectiveness research and other systemic reforms might . . . but, oops, the people who want to gut Medicare are opposed to them.  Oh well.

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1Athena1.............you said it..........I just hinted at the reason they don't like him.......and isn't that a shame........I think he is a breath of fresh air in a community of "old farts" that need to retire, and realize they have been carried on the backs of the American people for too many years..............How about someone locks those assholes in a room, no daylight, no sleep, no paycheck, no food, until they come back with an answer.............................but oh no, that would not be  "american"........................is what they are doing to "our President", and the country of people who pay their taxes which pays the salaries of those "freaks".......................I think so........................maybe it is time for Obama to take off the "kid gloves", put on his "boxing gloves", stop being the "gentleman" that he has always displayed himself as, and say it like it is....................he knows the reason, but he is too kind to say it outloud.

They need to get rid of the "old assholes" in D.C. and get some "new life" in there.......................and ladies I am 76............hardly a youngster...................might say I'm just someone tired of the pettiness, the "its all about me" attitude, and a President so disrespected in this country it is a disgrace, to our nation and the rest of the world

I belive the World likes Obama.............its his own country that doesn't.............shame on the U.S.A.

Maybe I should be sorry that I helped start us down this road to weekend deletion hell, but I really am not.  It's Friday, and maybe the best thing would be to leave this topic alone, but I feel so strongly about this!  The GOP is using the same playbook they used in 1995, and I hope it costs them dearly.  McConnell doesn't want us to default either, but by throwing out his option of allowing the President to raise the debt ceiling without the GOP support, he is trying to start a chicken crap advance attack so that the GOP can use that as an election ploy with their base to say that Obama is the cause of the high national debt. Classic passive aggressive!  Listening to Obama right now and I hope he stands his ground on insisting the ultra wealthy pay their fair share.

Maybe we should put in our lunch orders.  A sangria for me.

LOL!!

Ooooh!  Homemade green tomato salsa for me, please.  Just finished mowing, so that glass of sangria feels great against my forehead. 

Ahhhhhhh.  Serenity now!

IFBCAngel - the tomatilloes are all in flower - if the bees get busy, will have them soon, can't wait to add them to the salsa too.

Serenity - what a lovely word.

Ducky, I like your style!!

Congratulations, Bren!!!

I ALWAYS dribble salsa on my shirt!  I am a public menace! DH says I can get dirty faster than any two-year old he has ever seen (we have no kids, so I'm not sure he's seen a lot of two-year-olds!). 

Congrats, Bren, on the weight loss!  Wonder how much I'm going to lose later this summer?  It is a question that I have been pondering!

L