Barack Obama = Lot
I won’t post it here—the full text would be so NSFW that Lee Papa might hesitate—but here’s the outline:
UPDATE: I was correct about Mr. Papa’s likely reaction being more moderate, but he’s more lucid that Ezra (or Greg Sargent) has been so far today. Of course, “more lucid than people employed by the Washington Post who are not Michael Dirda” is not something that attracts readers, so I’ll just say: go read. And then program “Bachmann-Perry Overdrive” into your Word Macros, since it will be Very Useful.
Barack Obama has a private talk with his daughters, in which he explains that Mitch McConnell made some demands, but he Nobly and Gloriously Reached a Compromise. He explains the deal to his daughters and how he Really Worked in Their Best Interests.
Those who have read their Bibles are referred to the first half of Genesis 19. Those who don’t want to think about it are referred to Buce, who is (as with Mark Thoma and Brad DeLong) nicer than I am.
Side note: Anyone who thinks Ezra Klein is anything but a tool of Fred Hiatt is referred to his multiple cheerings of a deal that cuts growth (h/t lauren in comments at Mark Thoma’s place, who is apparently an Internet Explorer user).
I am in full agreement. I guess all we can do now is get out the lawn chairs and watch the mayhem.
It will be like watching a Civil War re-enactment, only it will be real.
Can you post it anonymously somewhere where google would find it? I want to read that.
Oh, and who are the angels?
Ezra: “Wonkbook: A deal that found the lowest-common denominator”
Ken: “Anyone who thinks Ezra Klein is anything but a tool of Fred Hiatt is referred to his multiple cheerings of a deal”
I keep making the same mistake – coming here expecting some regard for facts. I keep getting Ken, squirting bile at anyone who hasn’t said exactly what Ken requires them to say.
You think I’d learn.
Ken, Why are you holding back? Let us know how you really feel. I know, this is a family blog.
Obama, One and done.
Thanks, buddy.
We needed that.
Now, when does the burning begin?
S
Now, Miss Suzan. When these people say, no more government spending, they mean no more government spending. I got my retirement check today. But there are many, many crises to come when I won’t know if my CSRS retirement check will hit the bank. It is worse for those who depend on their Social Security checks which are smaller and come with fewer benfits. I can hold out. But, they can’t.
I just spent a while reading Ken’s reference to Genesis 19. I see that the Angels saved Lot and his wife, and daughters. And I see that Lot did alright in the city of Zoar, not the mountains which were farther and harder to escape to. And, it appears he didn’t actually have to sacrifice his daughters. Exactly, but there is nothing good about being the father of his daughters’ children.
But, I wonder who in today’s drama is Lot’s poor wife. Looking for the last time at the only place she had ever lived. Do you suppose she represents the Democrats seeing the New Deal being burned behind them, never to be reclaimed?
Nah. Too rotten a way to end Lot’s story. He did pretty good. Founded another rich city, new wife, new children, etc. But, you have to think about what it all cost his wife. NancyO
I suppose another part of the old testament needs to be rolled out now: Something about “beating swords into plough shares…………………….”
Ask anyone you see:
“How can the war profiteers and parasite pentagon have lamborgini war machines which don’t pass muster, while the kids and grandparents get throw under the bus?”
One of my senators has an office a short walk from a country club, masquerading as a war materials plant. I think I will work that angle. I wonder how much cash comes from the country club for the senator who supported that cap, memo??
The fun will be how the war profiteers bagmen come up with stories why grandma needs thrown out of her nursing home for a new aircraft carrier.
Which by the way the mag lev catapoult is still sci fi.
It goes on and on, the waste that can be sent to human improvement instead of war.
It is time to SOW!!
kharris
“you’d think i’d learn”
not really. there isn’t much evidence that people ever learn. which may be why you are squirting bile at someone who hasn’t said exactly what you require them to say.