Sometimes I type in news events on facebook to see what everyone’s saying, and then I hate myself for it.
Not bothering to get rid of his name since this is the public feed.
I… I am just baffled. This line of logic is completely foreign to me. I don’t understand what’s happening. Egypt and Libya, where Obama sent troops against the express wishes of the GOP, are now free of dictatorships… and it’s a victory for our troops in the Middle East and for Dubya? What. Even.
I would call all of Congress back into Washington, and I would say this: “We will get that triple A credit rating back.” And this is what we’ll do: we’ll announce to the markets that in no case will we default; we’ll pay our men and women in the military; we’ll make sure all senior citizens that are currently on entitlements get their checks — but we know the entitlements are destroying the country, the system, in its current form. So we’re going to reform it, modernize it, because my mom is 80 years old. My stepdad is 87. I love senior citizens.
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MICHELE BACHMANN, GOP presidential hopeful, having her cake and eating it too, and full of sound and fury signifying nothing, and lots of other puffery, on Face The Nation. (via inothernews) The very word “entitlements” implies that they are undeserved benefits. Because, ya know, old people don’t deserve to withdraw from that account they’ve been paying into for most of their working lives. (via squeetothegee) My parents are old, therefore I clearly love old people! Also I just don’t think that Michele Bachmann has a single thought in her head that is anything close to “modernization.” ALSO! There is no way S&P will give us a AAA rating again unless you raise revenues! They said this in their report when we were downgraded:
So in a related story Michele Bachmann continues be full of shit. -Joe (via stfuconservatives) It’s not possible that she plans anything she says. It probably just comes pouring out as a slosh of word vomit. |
“He also became known for filing controversial bills, including his annual anti-abortion legislation that this year included a provision that could make miscarriages criminal in certain circumstances. … A member of the Judiciary Non-Civil Committee, he would frequently attempt to add anti-abortion language to unrelated bills to the exasperation of his colleagues.”
ANNUAL anti-abortion legislation? Abortion riders? Wow, even God wanted this guy to shut the hell up.
“I have never killed any one, but I have read some obituary notices with great satisfaction.”- Clarence Darrow
Make a miscarriage ILLEGAL? What the hell?
Illegal isn’t quite the word, he introduced a bill that would require an investigation into every miscarriage and would pursue felony charges.
-Joe
Right. Because that would definitely lessen government spending. e.e
Rather than subsidizing the production of unhealthful foods, we should turn the tables and tax things like soda, French fries, doughnuts and hyperprocessed snacks. The resulting income should be earmarked for a program that encourages a sound diet for Americans by making healthy food more affordable and widely available.
The average American consumes 44.7 gallons of soft drinks annually. (Although that includes diet sodas, it does not include noncarbonated sweetened beverages, which add up to at least 17 gallons a person per year.) Sweetened drinks could be taxed at 2 cents per ounce, so a six-pack of Pepsi would cost $1.44 more than it does now. An equivalent tax on fries might be 50 cents per serving; a quarter extra for a doughnut. (We have experts who can figure out how “bad” a food should be to qualify, and what the rate should be; right now they’re busy calculating ethanol subsidies. Diet sodas would not be taxed.)
Simply put: taxes would reduce consumption of unhealthful foods and generate billions of dollars annually. That money could be used to subsidize the purchase of staple foods like seasonal greens, vegetables, whole grains, dried legumes and fruit.
I agree with the concept, but quantifiers such as “serving size” and “per donut” should be avoided, otherwise we’ll have companies supersizing their serving sizes and donuts.
