TheAnvil

I do know - if you are cognizant of budgets, then you know the upcoming crisis has been decades in the making. Anybody who would make such a comment as Mr. Obama's has no understanding of economics or of a tax system. Period. Vinny the Anvil Post Traumatic Didn't Make The Lakers Syndrome is REAL JACKASS POWER!!!!!!

Learn a bit about federal budgets, federal budget projections, and economics and get back to me. Knowledge of future gov't non-discretionary spending should be something you have before you do. If you want economic incompetence, look to Sen. Obama's comments in his debate w/Madame Clinton WRT the capital gains tax. It's not about revenues, it's about being fair - that sums up his comment. Bwaaaahahahahahahahaaaaaaaa! Vinny the Anvil Post Traumatic Didn't Make The Lakers Syndrome is REAL JACKASS POWER!!!!!!

So you don't believe in economic freedom, eh? And who, praytell should decide whom may conduct transactions with whom? Yourself? A special board appointed by a governor? Make it a federal thing, perhaps? Another bit of regulation to drag down the economy? Absurd. Vinny the Anvil Post Traumatic Didn't Make The Lakers Syndrome is REAL JACKASS POWER!!!!!!

I didn't say PhD. Read Friedman's book - superb reading. If you think GWB or anyone would have kept those jobs here - without MORONIC protectionist measures of the most Draconian sort - you're living in lala land...er...drinking iced tea so that you have to take a bathroom break when facts are presented. jcd - libertarians understand economics fairly well, unlike democrats. The economic disaster we're headed into, by the way, has been a couple of decades in the making. Vinny the Anvil Post Traumatic Didn't Make The Lakers Syndrome is REAL JACKASS POWER!!!!!!

They're busy campaigning and not leading. Some afraid to do something unpopular. I honestly think EJC...er...WJC was the worst I can remember. GWB CLEARLY isn't scared to do something unpopular, though Lord knows he's in constant campaign mode sometimes. Stupid steel tariff thing during his first term, for instance - DUMB DUMB DUMB DUMB DUMB. Vinny the Anvil Post Traumatic Didn't Make The Lakers Syndrome is REAL JACKASS POWER!!!!!!

Friedman's recent book, in addition to a bit of reading on economics, would be superb reading for you, Sir John. THE WORLD IS FLAT 'tis the name. Good read. Perhaps sitting in on a fellow professor's entry level econ courses would clear a few things up. Not sure if I recommended them to you, but The Economist and Foreign Affairs would be superb publications to start reading. Replace moronic TIME or NEWSWEEK with The Economist and Foreign Affairs is but a pittance per quarter. Very good reading. You'll find many conservatives and libertarians enraged by the current state of affairs and by some of this administrations performances in many areas. It's quite bewildering that you think we'd abandon all sense and principle because of that, however. i disagree with you that this administration is sleazier than El Jefe Clintonista's. Do you REALLY want to go into iced tea, Rose Law firm records, Pauline Kanchalachak, and the like? Could go on for a long time and nothing productive would come of it. THink as you like - I always do. And drink up on the iced tea. Be like Al Gore! He was a vice president and almost president, you know. You completely miss my point, by the way. McClellan has a SUPERB point that the constant campaign mentality pervading DC is a cancer. A poor deal for the nation. Set your partisanship aside for a second and think on that for a bit. Left wingers are so giddy and right wingers so angry that this point is being lost. It's a good point that has rarely been brought up publicly - and it should be brought up repeatedly. Vinny the Anvil Post Traumatic Didn't Make The Lakers Syndrome is REAL JACKASS POWER!!!!!!

Read the post above yours. Memo's in gov't are written daily - thousands of them unclassified. Most of them never see press. I believe a more salient query would be why would left wingers living in a 007-esque fantasy world of conspiracy would think the contents of a single memo or conversation with any government official would end up in the press. Iced tea is the choice drink of liberals trying to avoid facts. You should try it! It worked well for Al Gore...after that excuse he was on a Presidential ticket! Iced tea for ALL my liberal friends! Vinny the Anvil Post Traumatic Didn't Make The Lakers Syndrome is REAL JACKASS POWER!!!!!!

Hmmm...sounds like I heard he was a civil servant or in gov't service his entire career and assumed it was State. I was wrong (hi bill hehehehe

And the person who wrote said memo - or told the man in conversation without alluding to its classification level - KNEW Mr. Armitage would be in an interview on the topic of Mr. Wilson and also KNEW that Armitage would state that bit of info? No way. NADA. Someone has seen far too many 007 movies - or taken them too seriously at any rate. You're correct (partially at least). Womoever wrote the memo - or told Mr. Armitage - is responsible for the spillage. Mr. Armitage is the one who, after reading or hearing it, released the info to the press. Unlike liberals, I'll answer just about any question you choose to pose there, Amazon. Want to tell my why you support racial discrimination for collegiate admission today? You never seem to answer. How about why the nation should elect a man who, by his own admission, believes a tax system is about fairness and not raising revenue for the government? You won't answer either. Spew vitriol perhaps, but never answer. Many others I could pose that you won't answer. Just not in the liberal nature. Fact avoidance, you see. Enjoy your iced tea, left wingers! I hear Al Gore preferred Lipton. Not sure why Johnny Huang wasn't drinking tea...perhaps he had better bladder control. Vinny the Anvil Post Traumatic Didn't Make The Lakers Syndrome is REAL JACKASS POWER!!!!!!

And again...who was it that revealed Ms. Plame worked for the CIA? Ahhh...you won't answer. Mr. Armitage, a man never charged by Mr. Fitzgerald. Career State'er, by the way. When you have faced that fact, come and we'll chat. Spew virtriol or whatever until then. Until you face facts, nobody's listening seriously. Enjoy your iced tea until then...it worked for Al Gore...EVERYONE believed him ... Vinny the Anvil Post Traumatic Didn't Make The Lakers Syndrome is REAL JACKASS POWER!!!!!!

Buy him one for me too!

Perhaps you missed the digression off topic - typical of SC threads...but then again you know this. McClellan's interview had a few tired talking points wrt Iraq, Plame, & Katrina and one thing of note - the constant campaign mentality in DC. Plame - conservatives ask questions, liberals don't answer, liberals crowe about the injustice done to this poor woman, conservatives ask the same questions, liberals again won't answer, liberals crowe about the injustice done to this poor woman...the circle continues. Katrina - liberals damn GWB for FEMA's piss poor resonse...conservatives agree the response was piss poor and point out that state and local gov't even POORER response exacerbated the federal problem...liberals demand the federal government be held accountable and ignore the state/local fiascos (democrats @ state/local, btw)...conservatives laugh at liberals and point to Florida...liberals damn GWB...repeat ad infinitum Iraq - dear God. I'm not even starting because the ad infinitum loop is so complex, but I've been to Iraq and feel both parties have enough blame to spread around. I said both. Dem's rarely will. I think McClellan is playing on timing here and portraying some people who trusted him in a bad light. Some of his accusations might be true - others not. A good point he DOES make and one that is being ignored is the problem with having a constant campaign mentality in DC. Enjoy your iced tea, Sir Kallend. Vinny the Anvil Post Traumatic Didn't Make The Lakers Syndrome is REAL JACKASS POWER!!!!!!

Change the subject if you like, Sir Kallend, but I wasn't speaking of the Iraq war. Changing the subject won't by your new-found friend credibility on la senora Plame's imbroglio or negate the state/local/federal relationship in the disaster preparedness arena. Avoiding facts changeth them not. Vinny the Anvil Post Traumatic Didn't Make The Lakers Syndrome is REAL JACKASS POWER!!!!!!

Wrong kind of jackass. I am a JACKASS and not a jackass.

I think the most interesting point McClellan makes is his constant campaign one. In this, you can find similarities between the GWB and EJC (El Jefe Clintonista)...er...WJC administrations. I think the man by his own admission has no credibility when speaking on the Plame affair and WRT Katrina think nobody disagrees that the Federal response was poor, but that's not news. Where he might have some insight and where everyone really ought to take a close look is the campaign mentality of which he speaks/writes - if it's what I think it is. Might actually read a bit of the book (that section anyway). But left wingers aren't going to admit they're wrong...they're not built that way... Vinny the Anvil Post Traumatic Didn't Make The Lakers Syndrome is REAL JACKASS POWER!!!!!!

Write in me! Vinny the Anvil Post Traumatic Didn't Make The Lakers Syndrome is REAL JACKASS POWER!!!!!!

Andrea, that's a WONDERFUL article! Ausgezeichnet! Vinny the Anvil Post Traumatic Didn't Make The Lakers Syndrome is REAL JACKASS POWER!!!!!!

It's the iced tea, my friend...the iced tea. Vinny the Anvil Post Traumatic Didn't Make The Lakers Syndrome is REAL JACKASS POWER!!!!!!

I don't have mine either. Wonder where it is, come to think of it... Vinny the Anvil Post Traumatic Didn't Make The Lakers Syndrome is REAL JACKASS POWER!!!!!!

One would believe a thorough investigation would have revealed that. Given Mr. Armitage's position and the # of memoranda he must read on a daily/weekly basis, one might understand how that might be somewhat difficult to track down. It could probably be done, however. Vinny the Anvil Post Traumatic Didn't Make The Lakers Syndrome is REAL JACKASS POWER!!!!!!

Did the word 'spankalicious' appear in there? Vinny the Anvil Post Traumatic Didn't Make The Lakers Syndrome is REAL JACKASS POWER!!!!!!

Bwwwaaaaaahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!! Oh, this is too good. Bahwaaaaahahahahahaahahahaaaa!!!!!!! Do you really think conservatives waited with baited breath to hear this guy's interview? What I get from it: - Mr.McClellan by his admission doesn't know the truth behind the Plame imbroglio, but raises the question in his book. The credibility of a gossip columnist. But I suppose leftists were drinking iced tea and in the bathroom when that portion of the interview aired. - Mr. McClellan states it was revealed that Mr. Libby and Mr. Rove actually WERE involved with leaking Ms. Plame's identity. HAHAHAHA! Mr. Fitgerald never found that out. Neither were indicted for it. And Mr. Armitage, who admitted to leaking her name, was not indicted. What makes you think Mr. McClellan is credible? OH WAIT! Another question you won't answer. Just like they won't tell us why many liberals support racial discrimination for collegiate admission. I won't hold my breath. Have some iced tea! Enjoy your iced tea! I really like the fact that left wingers enjoy iced tea. What a better beverage than beer for left wingers. Doesn't affect their driving as badly - unless they spike it. Bwaaaaaahahahahahahahaaaaaa! Thanks for the laugh. Iced tea for ALL my liberal friends! Vinny the Anvil Post Traumatic Didn't Make The Lakers Syndrome is REAL JACKASS POWER!!!!!!

The author is speaking of nut-jobs - he should look in the mirror! What a dumbass. Vinny the Anvil Post Traumatic Didn't Make The Lakers Syndrome is REAL JACKASS POWER!!!!!!

I think any organization should be free to give $$ to whomever it chooses for whatever reason it chooses so long as there is no immorality or criminal activity involved. WHy don't you? Vinny the Anvil Post Traumatic Didn't Make The Lakers Syndrome is REAL JACKASS POWER!!!!!!

The Economist and Foreign Affairs are superb reading, dear John. Perhaps the next time a god outsourcing article comes up I'll send it to you along with some iced tea...there have been several in the past few months. Do you support protectionism? Vinny the Anvil Post Traumatic Didn't Make The Lakers Syndrome is REAL JACKASS POWER!!!!!!