Debt Limit Talks: Both Parties are Untrustworthy Weasels

I heartily thrashed both Democrats and Republicans in a brief interview this morn with Press TV:

U.S. officials are “wasting [the] money” of the American people “in so many different ways” as President Barack Obama and rival Republican lawmakers are struggling to compromise on the federal debt limit which was hit in May, says James Bovard, Maryland-based lecturer and author of Attention Deficit Democracy.

American officials are abusing the nation’s money and the average American has almost no way to make them stop their abuses, he told Press TV’s U.S. Desk on Tuesday.

Bovard added that it was not predictable “what kind of rabbits” the two rival sides will pull out of their hat during the talks.

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10 Responses to Debt Limit Talks: Both Parties are Untrustworthy Weasels

  1. alpowolf July 12, 2011 at 5:06 pm #

    I’m irritated that they get away with calling it a “debt limit” or a “debt ceiling”. I know I’m getting old but as I recall a ceiling doesn’t go up every time you get close to it.

  2. Jim July 12, 2011 at 5:32 pm #

    The ceiling needs to rise almost as fast as the dollar collapses.

  3. alpowolf July 12, 2011 at 7:53 pm #

    I wonder what happens when they meet? That thing from “Ghostbusters” about “don’t cross the streams” comes to mind.

  4. alpowolf July 13, 2011 at 5:17 am #

    I find Obama’s threat that Social Security checks may not go out rather interesting. Is this an admission that the “Social Security Trust Fund” is BS?

  5. Jim July 13, 2011 at 10:02 am #

    Excellent point! Hmmmm…. I’m sure the Republicans will investigate this thoroughly.

  6. The Infamous Oregon Lawhobbit July 15, 2011 at 9:30 am #

    Actually, isn’t a threat to withhold something of value from someone in order to force that person to do what you want “attempted extortion?” I mean, isn’t that a classic form of, “Nice little shop you got here, squire, be a shame if somethin’ happened to it.”

    And Jim, would you rather have TRUSTWORTHY weasels? Just askin’. 😀

  7. Tom Blanton July 15, 2011 at 11:02 am #

    I know I’m getting old but as I recall a ceiling doesn’t go up every time you get close to it.

    Obviously, alpowolf isn’t psychotic. If he were, he would realize that ceilings, floors and walls are moving all the time, and it rains dollar bills whenever the elephants and donkeys dance. He would also discover that truth turns into a thick swirling fog whenever you get close to it.

    Jim, speaking of psychosis and such, I got a kick out of this in your book review at AmCon:

    “But if people are content to be deceived, elections become little more than patients choosing which nurses will inject their sedatives.”

    Considering how most Americans seem to be gluttons for punishment, Nurse Ratched would probably win in a landslide.

  8. alpowolf July 15, 2011 at 4:22 pm #

    If he were, he would realize that ceilings, floors and walls are moving all the time, and it rains dollar bills whenever the elephants and donkeys dance.

    LOL that put the CCR song “Looking Out My Back Door” into my head.

  9. Tom Blanton July 15, 2011 at 9:06 pm #

    I had to pull up my mp3 folder of CCR – The Singles Collection to check that out. Some fine rock’n’roll. This thing has 2 CDs with all the hits in glorious mono – just like on your old car’s AM radio! It just don’t get much better.

    You sure won’t hear anything like Fortunate Son on today’s AM radio. That’s one of the best anti-war songs ever and it could have been written yesterday.

  10. Dirk Sabin July 22, 2011 at 3:04 pm #

    The Debt Ceiling does not have to move because it is the roof of a magic elevator. This is heady stuff it is, what with Wall Street rumored to be concocting an “Armageddon Plan” should the simpletons in Washington not play ball and open the Bunko doors wider. One wonders what “Armageddon” is to a Wall Street Swell. Perhaps a restaurant with a no reservation policy or maybe the air conditioning going out on the fancy SUV or maybe the worst possible occurrence imaginable:a fully secured currency.