Republicans have once again demonstrated that they are the party...

[Zevico]

Does Tom Friedman know he's calling for a youth Tea Party in his latest column?



Sorry, Kids. We Ate It All.

The things Tom Friedman doesn't know could fill a very large metaphorical container.

[MRT144]

You could have a part time gig at the NY Post with these kinds of lines when you want out of the financial biz

[dannubis]

A grownup politician??? Surely such an atrocity has yet to see the light of day.

[PLATO]

Glad to see that Republicans took the high ground and extended the debt ceiling. Obama with his "my way or the highway" attitude would have let us default for sure before giving one inch on his pet little project to govermentalize 20% of the economy. Yes...the Republicans are the grownups here. Anyone who believes differently is deep in the Obama Kool-Aid. Just look at how people who support him respond. It is down right unbelievable. Do they have any idea what they are actually supporting? Unsustainable programs and unsustainable spending? Really? Oh yeah...but the poor get health care! Right...for how long? How long until we can no longer afford health care for anyone?

Let's just hope that Obama and Reid are not the liars they have been before and that they will actually negotiate over how to put the country back on a fiscally sound path. I will say that the democratic party has done a good job of duping so many into believing that tax and spend is the answer. I guess the Europeans can be given a little slack as they have been buying that bull**** for a while now. Funny how Europe has become so much less relevant in the world...wonder why?

So...go ahead and gloat dems and liberals. Your victory comes at a cost to the country and the world. If only you were smart enough to see it and not so bought in on an extremely stupid and unsustainable model...

[kentonio]

Glad to see that Republicans took the high ground and extended the debt ceiling.

[Aeson]

I guess the Europeans can be given a little slack as they have been buying that bull**** for a while now. Funny how Europe has become so much less relevant in the world...wonder why?

Obamacare?

Or was it Hitler? ... same thing, right?

[PLATO]

You get a pass because of decades of conditioning to the kool-aid. Drink up! Meanwhile Britain continues to sink in relevancy in the world. Wonder why?

[PLATO]

Obamacare?

Or was it Hitler? ... same thing, right?

No.

[MikeH]

You get a pass because of decades of conditioning to the kool-aid. Drink up! Meanwhile Britain continues to sink in relevancy in the world. Wonder why?

I'm not sure why we are less relevant than when we had an empire that covered 1/3 of the world but I'll have a think.

[Aeson]

Well Europe hasn't really been relevant (at least not very far removed from their current level) since before WWII, so I'm not sure what you're trying to say.

[kentonio]

I guess the Europeans can be given a little slack as they have been buying that bull**** for a while now. Funny how Europe has become so much less relevant in the world...wonder why?

Less relevant? That must be why the IMF showed the EU as having a bigger GDP than the US in 2012?

It's actually extremely funny listening to a declining superpower continuing to delude themselves that they are the only game in town. China is rising and the nonsense coming out of the US is making the eurozone increasingly look east instead of west for stable economic partners. Maybe if you started to understand that there are lessons we can learn both ways from each other, rather than just assuming that US = Always Best, you might not be in the mess you're currently in.

[MikeH]

Is being 'relevant' in the world more important than not going bankrupt if you get sick? Not to me, so I'm not really bothered.

[kentonio]

You get a pass because of decades of conditioning to the kool-aid. Drink up! Meanwhile Britain continues to sink in relevancy in the world. Wonder why?

London is still the financial capital of the world, and the nice deal we just signed with China should help that continue for quite some time. Enjoy your declining superpower status btw. We've been there and it hurts, but you'll get over it.

Well Europe hasn't really been relevant (at least not very far removed from their current level) since before WWII, so I'm not sure what you're trying to say.

I always suspected Aeson was a Ben Kenobi DL, and now we have the proof. No-one else could **** up basic history that badly.

[PLATO]

Less relevant? That must be why the IMF showed the EU as having a bigger GDP than the US in 2012?

It's actually extremely funny listening to a declining superpower continuing to delude themselves that they are the only game in town. China is rising and the nonsense coming out of the US is making the eurozone increasingly look east instead of west for stable economic partners. Maybe if you started to understand that there are lessons we can learn both ways from each other, rather than just assuming that US = Always Best, you might not be in the mess you're currently in.

There is no doubt we are a declining power. Thanks for making my point. The Eurozone needs to look to fixing itself before any "stable" economic partners will want to have more to do with you other than shoring up all the failing economies. The only reason they do that is to protect all the companies they have bought because the stupid economic policies the Eurozone follows. It is retarded that people keep defending these economic models. One more step toward obscurity for Europe. One more step for the U.S. China is certainly smiling today.

[PLATO]

Well Europe hasn't really been relevant (at least not very far removed from their current level) since before WWII, so I'm not sure what you're trying to say.

I agree...mostly. It was after WWII that they began adopting the kind of economic policies that the U.S. has now adopted. Thanks for making my point.