RoR: Forum

Okay, who are the Pollyannas, and what "wonderful" do you (un)expect to happen?

Post 1

Sunday, July 12, 2009 - 6:09am

Me! (lol)

Can't say for certain, but I'm hoping for a presidential scandal involving serious charges of corruption.

Post 2

Sunday, July 12, 2009 - 7:29am

Oh, yeah, like whitewater? That'll surely get the bastard out of office...

Post 3

Sunday, July 12, 2009 - 7:51am

Crabby pessimist. ; p

Post 4

Sunday, July 12, 2009 - 8:22am

No, I am an optimist. I expect a sinkhole to swallow everything inside the beltway.

Post 5

Sunday, July 12, 2009 - 10:28am

Oooo, that would be fabulous! lol

Post 6

Sunday, July 12, 2009 - 2:16pm

Hard to get a sinkhole from a swampland, even an ex one...
[besides, thought that area was already a sinkhole, allegorically speaking]

Post 7

Monday, July 13, 2009 - 8:54am

"It turns out that details matter, a lot, when you're slinging around great gobs of dollars. Barack Obama let congressional appropriators write the stimulus package. The result, according to the Government Accountability Office, is that only $29 billion had been spent as of June 19, 90 percent of it for Medicaid and "the State Fiscal Stabilization Fund administered by the Department of Education."

"Translation: The money has gone to state governments in fiscal trouble because of declining revenues and (in some cases) profligate spending. This insulates public employee union members from the painful effects of recession that are being felt by almost everyone else, with the added political benefit of channeling money to unions, which in turn channel some of it to Democratic politicians."

Michael Barone, "All Politics is Loco"

Post 8

Wednesday, July 15, 2009 - 7:04pm

I voted that another rogue state will go nuclear. We shall see.

Post 9

Thursday, July 16, 2009 - 7:18am

Well, I finally decided to vote, and I chose Feds bailing out bankrupt states. Seems to me the most immediate likelihood.

Spendulus - hints were leaked this past week, and the public didn't like it. Obama has already quickly retreated. It may come up again, but I don't think it is next.

Cap and trade - media concensus is that it will never pass the Senate. Gutless worms that they are, I suspect they'll still try to pass a watered down version that will ensure they still tax something to 1) claim they've struck a blow for "green", and 2) secure more funding for the massive wasteful expenditures and entitlements they wish to create.

Another nuclear rogue state - inescapable and eventual, but, I think, not next.

Pirates in the Caribbean - there already Ahrrrr, matey!

jt

Post 10

Saturday, November 21, 2009 - 9:57pm

Well, it got not one single vote, but the poll option "Franken is the deciding vote to socialize medicine" is the winner.

I am starting to wonder if Israel bombing Iran in spite of our craven manchild "president" will be that "something wonderful."

Post 11

Sunday, November 22, 2009 - 6:57pm

I'm not so sure how 'wonderful', but certainly justified. Apparently, Iran thinks this is coming too, because they announced some war games to practice protecting their nuclear facilities (like that'll do them any good if Israel makes up its mind).

jt

Post 12

Sunday, November 22, 2009 - 7:04pm

The confusion of war games is the perfect opportunity to launch a pre-emptive strike. Marg bar diktator!

Post 13

Sunday, November 22, 2009 - 8:06pm

If I were making the decisions in Israel, I wouldn't see myself waiting for the next U.S. Presidential elections with crossed fingers.

But, it is all about timing, and depends upon the best estimate of when Iran will have their first bomb - and Israel probably has better intelligence than anyone else.

Post 14

Thursday, December 17, 2009 - 8:18pm

Franken Shuts Down Lieberman on Senate Floor

Democratic Sen. Al Franken took the unusual step Thursday of shutting down Sen. Joe Lieberman on the Senate floor.

Democratic Sen. Al Franken took the unusual step Thursday of shutting down Sen. Joe Lieberman on the Senate floor.

Lieberman, a Connecticut independent, currently is the target of liberal wrath over his opposition to a government-run insurance plan in the health care bill.

Post 15

Friday, December 18, 2009 - 3:30am

Maybe Franken's thinking about getting back at Republicans who called for an out loud reading of the Sanders (S) amendment to the Bill on Weds.? Naaaah, that would be petty, and political.

Post 16

Friday, December 18, 2009 - 8:18am

Where was the RNC on this while the Democrats were stealing that election? The left is waging a civil war in this country. The fact that the Republicans refuse to acknowledge that makes it no less of a fact. The left has been working toward this for sixty years. The Republicans can't even think ahead within the scope of a two year election cycle.

Is there one single Republican now in office we couldn't do without? Just one?

Post 17

Friday, December 18, 2009 - 4:41pm

Ron Paul... and there may be a few others that are worth keeping, but I suspect they could be counted on the fingers of one hand.

Post 18

Saturday, January 2, 2010 - 8:46pm

California Pushes for Federal Help

Facing a $21 billion shortfall through June 2011, California leaders want billions of dollars in budget relief from Washington that could head off deep cuts expected to state programs.

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger will ask the White House to waive rules that require the state to spend its own money on certain programs to receive federal funds, according to California officials briefed on the Republican's coming budget proposal.

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, shown in November, is seeking federal relief as part of an effort to close a $21 billion budget gap. If the state doesn't receive federal aid, health and welfare programs could be eliminated.

Such relief, combined with additional stimulus funds, could save the state as much as $8 billion in the next 18 months, the officials said.

And with Sauron's ring, he could accomplish even more.

Post 19

Sunday, January 17, 2010 - 1:13pm