Archive for July 26th, 2011

Nums: U.S. Federal Spending & Deficits under Clinton, Bush & Obama

July 26, 2011

If you missed yesterday’s post “How’d we get into this fix?”, check it out now.

Apparently, Pres. Obama missed it.

How do I know?

Simple: his historical recollections in last night’s speech didn’t seem to match the numbers.

Somebody forwarded him the link, ok?

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Following up on yesterday’s post, some HF readers asked for a summary table.

So, here it is …  click below for a PDF version

Conclusions stay the same as yesterday …

Bush overspent Cinton by about $1 Trillion annually and Obama makes him look like a tightwad.

Obama is spending $1 Trillion per year more than Bush and $2 Trillion per year more than Clinton.

Still, Obama wants taxpayers to bail him out.  Don’t constrain him with spending restraints …

What planet ?

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“Intransigence” or “Consequences”

July 26, 2011

In Spring 2009, President Obama bluntly, repeatedly, and publically chided Congress and the American people that “elections have consequences”.

Then, bolstered by a filibuster-proof majority in the Senate, he – with sidekicks Reid & Pelosi – rammed through ObamaCare with no GOP votes.  No compromise, except to sway Dem votes (think Cornhusker kick-back, Louisiana Purchase, Florida Medicare Advantage, union waivers, etc).

Yep, elections have consequences.

Last November, voters took the President’s words to heart and elected a majority GOP Congress – largely driven by angry tax payers who didn’t want to pay for Obama’s spending binge.

Now, the Congress refuses to jack up taxes … or, in Obama-speak, to increase revenues.

The President and Sen. Reid say the GOP Congress is being “intransigent”.

Hmmm.

I thought elections were supposed to have consequences …

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Internet addiction? … Up there with smoking and drinking.

July 26, 2011

Punch line: Online and digital technology is increasingly pervasive, influencing our friendships, the way we communicate, the fabric of our family life, our work lives, our buying habits and our dealings with organizations.’

People deprived of the internet feel ‘upset and lonely’ and find going offline as hard as quitting smoking or drinking.

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Reported in the Daily Mail …

Researchers at the University of Maryland persuaded hundreds of students at 12 colleges around the world to agree not to use any technological devices including television and radios for 24 hours.

The volunteers had to stay away from all emails, text messages, updates on Facebook and Twitter. All they could have access to was a landline phone and books. The students kept diaries of their feelings during their period of ‘information deprivation’.

The researchers reported the volunteers told of physiological and physical symptoms comparable to addicts trying to quit smoking or drugs.

These included feeling fidgety, anxious and isolated, and even reaching out for their mobile phone, which was no longer there.

Some of those taking part in the experiment – called Unplugged – said they felt like they were undergoing ‘cold turkey’ to break a hard drug habit, while others said it felt like going on a diet.

Ken’s Note: Felt guilty … found this article online, edited it online, and posted it for your edification … online, of course.

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