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Posted by Bigfoot on December 10th, 2009
The massive spending bill known as “TARP” didn’t prevent the economy from going into the toilet. The massive spending bill known as the “stimulus” didn’t pull the economy out of the toilet. What, then, is Obama now proposing for the economy? Another massive spending bill.
Meanwhile, Obama has decided to cut short his trip to Norway to pick up his Nobel Peace Prize, to the consternation of some Norwegians.
The upcoming visit from Obama is not the only strange thing that Norway has had to put up with.
Back at the White House, cookies served at the Christmas party were shaped like acorns.
Over at the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue, Congress has decided not to re-authorize the Washington Scholarship Fund.
On the other hand, a House subcommittee has approved legislation that could force the NCAA to determine its football champion, in Division 1-Bowl Subdivision, via a playoff system. As if there aren’t more important matters.
Possible Darwin Award nominee. A 25-year-old Ukrainian man blows his head off – with exploding chewing gum.
Cue Van Halen. I remember Hot For Teacher, but not quite like this.
Global warming/climate change has been blamed quite a few unpleasant things, such as polar bears drowning as the Arctic ice melts under them. But now, it’s being blamed for polar bear cannibalism.
In Scott County, Virginia, a church has its own zoo.
Some families of fallen troops will get an early Christmas present – a ride on the Snowball Express.
December 11th, 2009 at 12:33 pm
Bigfoot, what’s the matter with your reading comprehension? Can’t you see, it’s in the Constitution, Article XVII, that the legislature has authority to force any private business, group or organization to rules the legislature itself creates, under leadership it chooses. That’s the same section Duh-1 used to buy GM and the banks, the one he’s using for cap-and-trade, and the one he’ll use when, Chavez-like, he’ll nationalize all industry and banking. (He already has the media in his hip pocket, but just for safe measure he’ll nationalize the media, too, just to get rid of Rush, Sean, Medved and Fox.)
I am, BTW, in favor of a playoff system, but fervently believe that if it’s mandated by law it will be worse exponentially than what we have now.
December 14th, 2009 at 1:37 pm
I don’t like the current system that the NCAA uses for college football bowl games, but the fact that the US government has more important things to worry about is not why we should be mad about them getting involved.
I don’t care if the US government had NOTHING else to do, as they had already dealt with all of the issues before them, I still wouldn’t want them getting involved in things that they have no business being involved in.