Tea Party Down Grade

and the Undo- Everything House of Reprehensibles
(Note the counter-linkage or weaving of sources.)

Reading of the Day and relevant fn.

One great thing about Obama's primary victory is now we know that's not true. This is the modern Republican Party. It turns out they were the ones who adopted Malcolm X's slogan, "By any means necessary." As disgusted as I am with S&P's decision to downgrade U.S. debt, the ratings agency took the unusual step of calling out the GOP in its press release, predicting future fiscal peril "because the majority of Republicans in Congress continue to resist any measure that would raise revenues," Sen. John Kerry was right to call it the "Tea Party downgrade" on "Meet the Press" Sunday. They have now made clear they'll wreck the economy as long as they can wreck Obama's presidency. And we have no way to know that Clinton's history with right-wing saboteurs would have enabled her to fight more effectively.

Simpson-Bowles and S&P Re: Revenue.

Hennessey’s assessment of Simpson-Bowles is even more puzzling. As I’ve noted before, Simpson-Bowles raised about $2 trillion in new revenues and cut defense spending by about $800 billion. The plan Obama proposed to Boehner raises half as much revenue and, from what I’m told, includes about half as much in defense cuts. It’s hard to see how that qualifies as "to the left" of Simpson-Bowles.

The fn. above discusses a narrative that is lacking in Obama's rhetoric. The actual recalcitrance of the Republican party, the lack of a filibuster proof congress, not to mention the media as we know it(Koch Brothers), argues more balanced narrative than Blame Obama. The Obama Inaugural was our calling.
(NFRY)

Candidate Obama was nuanced and President Obama is pragmatic and incremental, the message is clear.
[Hoist on our own Picard.]
[More Meet the Press.]

Green Span on Degree of Certainty: the only thing certain is change, and that the Right won't.

I mean Greenspan: "this deficit problem that is out there is a lot larger than we calculated. the actual numbers employed by those calculating the deficits are based on a level of economic activity, which we are not acheiving." Rather than translate IMHO the Greenspan quote, there is FIXING NEWS(as opposed to breaking) as the President addresses the downgrade now. (Remarks by the President: and previous remarks)

Un-P.C.(Or Read Meet?)

[reference asterisk *]
[The following is posted on 5-31-12 although continuance of 5-26 material]
Cow Pies: 

QED? * http://lbo-news.com/2012/05/26/bain-actually-loves-dems/

Footnotes:
[1] http://political_progress_for_people.blogspot.com/search?q=Simpson+Bowles
[2] http://political_progress_for_people.blogspot.com/search?q=Bowles+Simpson
[3] http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jared-bernstein/private-equity-firms-what_b_1545342.html

[4] http://political_progress_for_people.blogspot.com/2012/05/badge-of-courage.html
[5] http://political_progress_for_people.blogspot.com/2012/05/tar-buck.html
[6] http://political_progress_for_people.blogspot.com/2012/05/clinton-is-full-of-bs.html
[7] http://political_progress_for_people.blogspot.com/search?q=Turd

The History of B.S.

[Herstory and Blog Searches* aside.]
[Originally Drafted May 26, 2012]
There is a joke about what the oldest profession is, but I won’t go there.  It is more or less about procreation. The B. S. I am talking about is the flip-flop of Simpson-Bowles.[1] Yes, I believe that was its name before it hit the road.  It was supposed to be a bi-partisan committee on the debt, but could not come up with any consensus on how it should be addressed, so its full report was submitted more like a Supreme Court decision that was tied. 

Recently it seems that its name was changed, to Bowles-Simpson.[2]  Was there some reason for that?  Could it be to honor the real oldest profession?  And I don’t mean the Barter System.  If this is too nuanced, maybe it is the joke, to be less about creation, more about pro$e.  Either way this is a very economic and political history. 

[More Bio-Product.]***
Speaking of PEG’d...(Private Equity Government)[3] or nailed it, Coffee Table This! [4-7] Now that is creationism.

[Now I realize that some boots may be needed for the above, but I was trying to be economic. But the point is that it is always political and it has not been bi-partisan except on the Democratic side.  Pun on BP aside.** The irony is that it is about walking a plank.  Both want a rising tide, but the Republicans want the people to walk the plank, while politicians take one to the other party boat. Unfortunately this may need deeper boots or Mitt-Flops for the economics, let alone politics.   The B.S. may be in this writing, but it is in the links and balanced solutions as well.]

*literally I will present this without links(see footnotes later)
** bi-partisan (now that is slick)
*** oops:  sorry for anachronisms

Happy Birthday President Obama!

Best Wishes!

Is this a present from Alan Simpson?

Super Committee in balance.

[update to 8-1-11 original -
Final Notes: Hall and Bashir 2B updated (alter or Bane).]
Hall TDR
Bashir
2B
[update to 8-3-11 original -
8-3-11 Obama/Simpson/Bowles follow-up: and interesting Tangent. NFRY files or fries.]
Not Yet. Or Dylan but Alter or Altar*.



See the Graphic Launch.
Putting America Back to Work.

*Cillizza
Fineman/Walsh
Finney/Heye
[Rhodes/O'Donnell and real lures.]
[And a suggested birthday present from leaders Pelosi and Reid, their nomination of strong leaders for the super committee.]

Clinton(Bill) is full of B.S.

Balanced Solutions like Bowles Simpson.
Also a bit of Share'N Angle.

Recently embedded remarks regarding Bowles Simpson were made by Nancy Pelosi.***
Similarly* under "Balanced Solutions" we have reference to budgets and sarcasm. Ouch!**

* not this link but the links (First B S) above!
** related to image(poster) in prior link and evolved sarcasm:
where they think they agree but you are connecting their dots and it does not follow.
*** third times a charm (asterisk 3) under Nancy
[missing link]

Footnotes or GPS of sorts ? [!]
[Not exactly the bottom line, but FB equal GB equal CB, then ironically corporations are people? Where acronym's stand for Family, Government and Corporate Budgets. That may though be a good base.]
[A missing leap regards some rant to AM. Not your father's GM...no American Moderate. Not Andrea Mitchell, but Tamron Hall and Cory Booker^.]
[Pin the Tale on the MB eh! (3R's)( Reeding, Wrighting^^ and Mitt-matic?)]

^needs updated link
^^ anachronistic messaging? RMegaDon DieSign?
[The Sting of Inoculation^^^]
^^^ meme wars (video) (I am trying to find my most recent shot on this matter.)

5-22-12 So is Hillary. Either one.
Not so random self searching.
Peter Piper picked a Peck of Pickled Predecessors.
[See Format Change in PAGES column.]

^^^ update "wars" CTRL F "calling card" Good answer, see FB/GB/CB equal formula above.
See original Balanced Solutions links above.
Speaking of 4moolah and math ...

[related LEAP mission creep(^^[!]): tba Thom Hartmann ]
[Speaking of Forks ? Yes! But you can't handle the conversation, and it is exactly the conversation Obama is having, yet it is not his alone to have. The "yet" part means that as a leader he cannot tip the hand of equity^^^ from congress, the judiciary and the people. Well, he can all that but it is political as well and that is why there are three hands so to speak(the but/and/yet here). See CTRL F "calling card". ]

Re:Focus

TIME is not on anyone's side.

(NFRY)
related links : Joe Klein
Paralysis Rules
One for All and All for One
Is Romney a Realist or an Idealist?
Paul Ryan's Grand Vision
The Trouble with Simpson-Bowles

(fn) not yet

[Re-visit ! ?]

[Re:Boot ?]

[Let her role ?^^ ]
AM ?
NOW ?
Mitt-matic ?
Cheese US ?
Or Bane^ ? !
Or Diploma See!

^ The Best Defense(Mine'd Hive?)
^^ But a blimp[!] The Mark Leder Twain.

[Fog of Math!?]
[Brass Balls? Or Dorothy's Slippers?]

Give an inch...

Take a footnote:
VOTE NO ON DEAL.If the original intent was a clean bill, this should fit the bill. If harming the economy for political purposes is the intent, then the Debt Deal is the proper balance. While I can understand the political purposes in light of the burden of accountability and compromise, it is a tough call to say, hold tough, but it is your call. My call is that it is not only the 14th Amendment but the Debt Ceiling law itself, which gives the President and Congress their respective powers, which only a no vote would enforce. So while I can understand that Sum Would Cheer: I must on principle urge a No Vote on kicking the can down the road for political purposes. UNLESS it has already been calculated that the obligations that the Treasury holds(f.n. 2) are already not a part of the debt ceiling picture.
Footnote 1
and 2 (except guaranteed obligations held by the Secretary of the Treasury.)

[8-3-11 Obama/Simpson/Bowles follow-up: and interesting Tangent. NFRY files or fries.]

Hyper Sorting

The "Liberal Media" is Laughable...
Update
If Only It were Black and White
Axis of Fruit Loops
These links reflect the actual sequence of the last four posts.

The "Liberal Media" is Laughable...
Meet the Press from the week before featured Ron Paul(14 minutes in),
"undoubtably" the scariest thing for Herman Cain.
Then I feature Norman Goldman* "on the other hand"
Followed by two takes on the OWS crowd.

Update
Rovian Republican Recalcitrance(theory)
Attack Strength
SIN
and Spin on the Simpson-Bowles*** and the NRA**.

Axis of Fruit Loops
Martin Bashir on Koch/Cain and Mika Brzezinski on Elizabeth Warren on Morning Joe
* adding 10-31-11
** need Martin Bashir
*** Morning Joe?

[MB- McDermott on debt plans and super committee
Smoked Cheese, etc.]

Hi tech whining. [10-4-11 Republicans Crack Me Up]

Update

Spell check "strength"
Blog search [attack strength]

Pop Quiz: blog search "strengths" (there are at this time four hits.
(note: searches might change over time, but I am not sure that even the al gor'ythms might not, also this is the reference to pop quiz, no G'ribble intended, but you can search for yourself - actually further reference of "strengths" at bold this.)
(also I must update links and labels, in particular Navigation and the evolution of changing course)

[BTW*** this is on point: Simpson Bowles was taken up by Obama, as a committee that did not have consensus. Hence it is more as Warner contexts it than Chambliss con texts it. And here is how I'ved parsed that point; The Curve or Nuance Thing, The Timing Thing, Duoh!, Flash Words]
[Go Zbig!]
[If Only: MBA = WC / CW (Martin Bashir Associates)
I must now wait for the MB link, but the Warring Class over the Culture War is inconvenient rational or grammar.
Or new world order. I don't have the facts to back this up, but either the NRA... never mind, the facts don't have to come out, in fact it would might be illegal if not journalism if they do. That is the definition of settlements, and CYA, or it could be shooting the messenger.]

[High tech whining and Star Power]

Economic Summers

What Business Can Do to Save the Middle-Class.

B.S.: P. S.

Straight from Wiki:
Prominent supporters include JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon,^[2] Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (although at first she opposed the proposal)^[3] and Republican Senator Tom Coburn,^[4] Democratic Representative Chris Van Hollen^[5] has called for a deal based on the Simpson-Bowles framework. Critics say that it would cut entitlement and safety net programs, including Social Security and Medicare. Prominent opponents include Paul Krugman,^[6] Republican Vice-Presidential nominee Paul Ryan,^[7] President of the Americans for Tax Reform Grover Norquist^[8] and Democratic Representative Jan Schakowsky^[9]

Reading between the lines...

without reading the lines. Not to just pun, but will the Super Committe fail?

Maybe it is already in the cards. Not that I have marked any C A R D. Bush tax cuts must expire. That is already in the cards. Using it as a sticking point is a joker. The president has been dealt from the bottom of the deck. Congress is the house, are we the vigorish? But actually my idea is that we use the Republican rhetoric. They have claimed he has gotten everything he asked for, and have blaimed him for not using the Simpson-Bowles suggestions. In actuality, they did not come up with a concensus, and the president put it all on the table. So the Super Committe does not have to fail, it just needs to report a non-consensus, and Congress can do their usual thing, and they can risk failure, which might be still better*. Ideally there will be up or down votes on parts of it whether they reach consensus or not. Then it will be the peoples turn to deal, at election time. It that is bringing in politics, that is what brings in the people. And that "my friends", is the name of the game, not to channel McCain.

* embedded "kick the can" misplaced

Rubric's Peek

Not to mislede***, but I lost my original heading:
Recession imminent if ‘fiscal cliff’ of tax hikes, budget cuts not averted, CBO says.

My second shot, "Rubric's Peek" is a pun on a Peak at the way congress put it.
Now that is the ticket, something about B.S.* as in Bowles-Simpson or "balanced solutions"**, not to mention "bumper snickers".  It wasn't quite Sea QuestOr B.S. nor BaneOr C-Quest.


* "Off The Cliff-Notes" was not it.
(Maybe The B.S. Cliff /something.)
** place holder for better "off the cliff"notes.
i.e. not(nor) the link I hoped to find
*** the lede is this paragraph, Rubric's Peek my alternate heading

[I have refrained from overburdening with links, but did find a few that were interesting if not off the cliff. (at least prior to this sentence) And I still haven't found the simple explanation of the Fiscal Cliff, not exactly to ribble a hint: woof!]

Note: G'Ribble is not exactly in the last four links but... akin to a GPS of sorts. 
Note:  the exception proves the rule on links or peeks.

Thinks fall apart.***

It is almost like they knew what works...
and what doesn't and gave up on what doesn't to blame* what does**. 



* in no particular order ? ^
** politics, economics, democracy (ironic 1st 3 links).
*** The impetus for this heading ? [ ! ]

^ Rovian Bowles Simpson Clinton ? [k n o t]

Not to Follow-Up...

...Or Down*
But that's the ticket.

While I did read the 2nd link, I have only glanced at the Sorkin critique and I am surprised at the criticism for the creator of Newsroom.  Not an HBO subscriber, I only saw the first episode OnDemand and was very impressed with the whole deal.  I don't know if I will have the same perspective of Alex Pereene if I could have seen the later episodes. Not that I was that impressed or critical of him to begin with. I thought he was fair and balanced, but not in the way it has come to be taken.  This actually this does follow from my not going that far and how some get** where they are.

My second line will be more fully digested later, and provide more fair and balanced context.

* actually it might follow(the only piece I have fully digested)
** BaneOr Side Show
*** anachronistic irony (I Ron Knee, Iron Knee of Bowles-Simpson/Balanced Solution)
[The Romney Tax problem is a sideshow so that they can say that Obama won't talk about the economy.  Republicans have been unprecedented obstuctionists so they can run against*** the economy, rather than the choice between more change and turning around to go back to what took us down.  Now that is a follow up.]

Speaking of Johnsons.

No!
These Ones Really*.

* calling out the B S

[Bowles /  Simpson]
(also Blog Search...NOT, but ouch!)
[update-pit]

Now the Un-Voodoo Math

Re: tired Rhetorical Run A Round?
I said it so: Mo Jo!
And way mo !

RawMoney Lyin' 2012
or
RobMe Lyin' 2012

Bumber Snickers versus Balanced Solutions
Blog Search versus Bowles Simpson
No b.s. / Ouch!

Pre-selection references:
1-30, (Wisconsin)
3-20,  (AP-Paul-ING Susan)
4-4, (Social Darwinism)
4-5,* (Marvelous MR**PR)
4-10, (legislative experience)
4-30, (Ryan Shrugged)
7-10 (Ryan/Bane)

Speaking of Re-tired, the Romney/Ryan 2012 is no b.s. 

* Not that it is all math. 

Ryan/Romney run from Ryan plan..

Ryan runs from own plan endorsed by Romney.
Not Exactly.
The lies and hypocrisy know no pail. 
Here is to Thomas Roberts. (Not... Today)*

*Links scrolling up.
(i.e. reverse order)
Rachel Maddow: Shrug Life **
Morning Joe: Romney "hate"/"chains" Biden
Today: Reince Priebus "blood"
Today: Debbie Wasserman-Schultz Ryan Obama Pick?
Thomas Roberts under "Here". Who is Paul Ryan?
--
The Ed Show: unchained memory
**[?]
The Ed Show:  Romney Medicare Lies
The Last Word: SNL Republican War Hypocrisy Ryan***
Lean Forward? Or go back. Ryan Fiscal Conservative?
TheLiaisonReport: Wikileaks Ryan
Lean Forward(or back [FOX] to Morning Joe) Cuts and Run.
The Last Word: Romney and Ryan run from Romney Plan

**  Maddow Seg-way
***[Smoking Gun: Ryan votes against stimulus, says it works and takes funds for state.]

[The E Pit o'me of Nuance or Flip-Flop.(in reference to above layout, links and asterisks.] 

[And this AM: Ryan runs from Wonk and Partisanship.  That is a hoot, since he was on the BS Panel(Bowles-Simpson).  Reminds me of Saving Pirate Ryan, and "going postal".  The USPS(congressional failure) is the Iron Knee to Romney/Ryan I Ron Knee, Funding Bane Or...
(Note: Bane/Bain Boehner confluance and bracket of  "Funding"(...)"Or" or Mitt Rob Me.  The USPS is not going broke, anymore than the government is going broke, Republicans are breaking it by running their plan which ironically in moderation would solve so many problems.  i.e. investment.  But they are over-investing in the pension plan and at the same time hoping to privatise it.  Won't that be a boon?)  In proper context, pirates were a government program.  Speaking of hole in the Hart.(AM)]

[See bold book ends: Shrug Life /The Last Word. Not exactly.]
[A last clip (Jon Stewart on The Cycle!) And the pie chart of fiscal irresponsibility does not even include the flip-flop of going austere and focusing on cutting the debt while cutting taxes as soon as the Republicans no longer led.]