The One Hundred and Twelfth

[Tery]

We did pay the National debt down... once:

The result was that Martin Van Buren, (Andrew) Jackson's successor became a one-term President, following the panic and very serious depression of 1837. A depression caused, in great part, by a shrinking of private demand caused by Government austerity, the successful pay back of the debt, and the continuing policy of balancing the budget. In addition, every sustained attempt in American history to run budget surpluses was followed by either a depression or a recession. A summary of the depressing record is here.

To tell the truth though, neither the size of the national debt, nor the debt-to-GDP ratio are relevant to the capacity of the Government to spend either in the present, or in the future, because their size has nothing to do with the Constitutional authority of the US Government to issue currency and create money, and also has nothing to do with the solvency of the United States Government.

If you'd like to read more:
Paul Ryan's Deficit Reduction Fairy Tales: Part One

[MrsSmeej]

Two more weeks we've gained under continued resolution.
Seems that Kick the Can became the government's solution.
But, if we are serious about the current debt
(Now that we've already torn apart our safety net)

We have got to look at things like taxes and Defense,
Invest in new technologies... Stop straddling the fence.
Use the pot or just get off. Leave room for other butts.
Time for us to share the pain. Repeal the Bush tax cuts.

[xkittyx]

Oh gawd don't even get me started on Sarah freakin' Palin!! Now I think I need to go vomit and get the taste of that name out of my mouth... pardon me...

[CorbinKale]

Two more weeks we've gained under continued resolution.
Seems that Kick the Can became the government's solution.
But, if we are serious about the current debt
(Now that we've already torn apart our safety net)

We have got to look at things like taxes and Defense,
Invest in new technologies... Stop straddling the fence.
Use the pot or just get off. Leave room for other butts.
Time for us to share the pain. Repeal the Bush tax cuts.

With a stroke of the pen(s), Obama made those tax cuts his own. Still blaming Bush is going to be an excellent strategy for 2012! It highlights how little difference there really is between our last two Presidents. Carry on.

[MrsSmeej]

Peter King, a Congressman from New York, has convened
Hearings out of fears that we've inadequately screened
Muslims in this country. King believes that most are plotting
Terrorism here that all the rest of us aren't spotting;

That attempts we've made to be "politically correct"
Closed our eyes while we've ignored a group we should suspect.
(Mr. King's the man who, back in 1983
Raised a lot of money through a local agency

Sent it to the IRA who used it bombing bars...
Soldiers and civilians killed. It left unhealing scars.)
That's the guy - the very same - who has the utter nerve
Going after people who've done nothing to deserve

Witch hunts from a pompous ass who's guilty of the thing
He's accusing others of? I think that Peter King
Ought to check his kettle, 'cause it's looking rather black;
Take the plank from his eye before starting his attack.

[CorbinKale]

Peter King, a Congressman from New York, has convened
Hearings out of fears that we've inadequately screened
Muslims in this country. King believes that most are plotting
Terrorism here that all the rest of us aren't spotting;

That attempts we've made to be "politically correct"
Closed our eyes while we've ignored a group we should suspect.
(Mr. King's the man who, back in 1983
Raised a lot of money through a local agency

Sent it to the IRA who used it bombing bars...
Soldiers and civilians killed. It left unhealing scars.)
That's the guy - the very same - who has the utter nerve
Going after people who've done nothing to deserve

Witch hunts from a pompous ass who's guilty of the thing
He's accusing others of? I think that Peter King
Ought to check his kettle, 'cause it's looking rather black;
Take the plank from his eye before starting his attack.

More proof that the Republicans are no better than the Democrats. King's efforts to implement the National ID card is another symptom of his ethni-phobia based usurpations. I would no more carry a National ID, than I would purchase healthcare insurance at gunpoint.

http://www.thenewamerican.com/index....-papers-please

[MrsSmeej]

I support the funding cuts affecting N.P.R.
Not for reasons you'd suspect. I'll tell you what they are;
I've grown really tired of the tiptoeing around
Going down without a fight, a struggle, or a sound.

Fox News screams out "Bias!" (as if that is not a joke)
Anytime a liberal takes a little verbal poke
At their sacred cows. They all start frothing at the mouth.
P.B.S. caves in. The situation's going south.

Why not call a spade a spade? Admit we think they're dumb?
They've got so much history wrong my brain has frozen - numb.
(Ms.Mod even had to tell me that I'd crossed the line;
Used a word I shouldn't have. I told her that was fine.

Still, I'd use that word again. I thought it well deserved.)
But I think that N.P.R. will be much better served
If they stopped the pussyfooting... Truth to power spoke.
And, of course, it's also true that - currently - we're broke.

It's a shame that stations not supported may not live
They'll need new donations from the folks who don't now give.
The amount we're talking isn't large here anyway;
Give the Teasies this, then ask who else will have to pay.

[CorbinKale]

I support the funding cuts affecting N.P.R.
Not for reasons you'd suspect. I'll tell you what they are;
I've grown really tired of the tiptoeing around
Going down without a fight, a struggle, or a sound.

Fox News screams out "Bias!" (as if that is not a joke)
Anytime a liberal takes a little verbal poke
At their sacred cows. They all start frothing at the mouth.
P.B.S. caves in. The situation's going south.

Why not call a spade a spade? Admit we think they're dumb?
They've got so much history wrong my brain has frozen - numb.
(Ms.Mod even had to tell me that I'd crossed the line;
Used a word I shouldn't have. I told her that was fine.

Still, I'd use that word again. I thought it well deserved.)
But I think that N.P.R. will be much better served
If they stopped the pussyfooting... Truth to power spoke.
And, of course, it's also true that - currently - we're broke.

It's a shame that stations not supported may not live
They'll need new donations from the folks who don't now give.
The amount we're talking isn't large here anyway;
Give the Teasies this, then ask who else will have to pay.

Just after NPR fired their one black employee, they call the TEA Party racist. You can't buy comedy gold like that, even though we still have to pay for it.

[MrsSmeej]

Just after NPR fired their one black employee, they call the TEA Party racist. You can't buy comedy gold like that, even though we still have to pay for it.

Think that Kwame Holman will be shocked that he's not black?
Michele Norris? Ifill? That was not a fair attack.
NPR rolled over on the the guy I think you mean
Due to their perception that his comments may demean

Any other racial group... Politically correct
To the point of silliness, but somehow I suspect
You already knew the facts behind the firing.
Plus, I wouldn't worry for him. FOX was hiring.

[CorbinKale]

Think that Kwame Holman will be shocked that he's not black?
Michele Norris? Ifill? That was not a fair attack.
NPR rolled over on the the guy I think you mean
Due to their perception that his comments may demean

Any other racial group... Politically correct
To the point of silliness, but somehow I suspect
You already knew the facts behind the firing.
Plus, I wouldn't worry for him. FOX was hiring.

Your facts are not congruent with my comedy. Please, adjust your facts.

Well done!