“The president signed the debt ceiling bill into law. Democrats hate it and Republicans hate it, so I guess it can’t be that bad.” – Conan O’Brien “The make-up sex in Congress tonight is going to be something.” – Jimmy Kimmel “They say we avoided economic disaster. So now we’re $16 trillion in debt. That’s […]
© Glenn McCoy I’m not completely sure what this comic means, but it made me laugh nonetheless.
A mystery corporation was formed in March. Six weeks later it made a $1 million donation to the campaign of Mitt Romney, through Romney’s Super PAC called “Restore Our Future”. The corporation was then dissolved on July 12. There are no public records giving any hint of who owned the corporation. There is no address, […]
“We finally have a debt deal. See what happens when the two parties put aside their principles and do what is best for them personally?” – Jay Leno “We finally have a deal on the debt ceiling. But get this – Democratic Congressman Emanuel Cleaver is referring to the plan as a ‘sugar-coated Satan sandwich.’ […]
Now all countries with a AAA credit rating have universal health care.
© Ruben Bolling And the spirit lives on!
Another lovely bit of sarcasm from DC Douglas:
“The whole Congress has to stay there for the whole weekend. The Tea Party Republicans are especially pissed off at this — a lot of them had to cancel their Civil War Reenactments.” – Bill Maher “Their plan is to not pay our bills and hope nobody gets too mad about it. Call me crazy, […]
Today, Texas governor (and all but declared presidential candidate) Rick Perry is holding his big prayer festival in Houston. People for the American Way created a video mashing up Perry’s folksy invitation to the event, intercut with video of the radical evangelical christians that he invited: Perry’s friendly demeanor in the video is ironic compared […]
© Matt Bors According to information from Intuit, 8 out of the 15 most heavily taxed countries in the world are also among the top 15 countries where people are doing the best. Compare this to countries where government is minimal and people fend for themselves, like Haiti and Somalia.
Is anyone else suspicious about the S&P downgrading the US credit rating (for the first time in modern history)? Their decision is clearly all about politics. They even said that they weren’t downgrading the US government’s debt as much as they were downgrading the US government because they don’t like it. Is this the banking […]
“House Democrats want President Obama to invoke the 14th Amendment, which would let him raise the debt ceiling on his own. Or as most people put it, ‘Wait, you could have done that the whole time?’” – Jimmy Fallon “According to a poll, 77 percent of Americans blame Republican leaders for the coming default and […]
Who says you can’t have it both ways? After spending the last few months insisting that we drastically cut all social programs (like Medicare, Social Security, etc.), the Republicans have figured out that voters might not like that very much. So I guess it is no surprise that now that the debt ceiling deal is […]
© Matt Davies The Dow dropped over 500 points today, its worst day in three years.