Contributed by: filbert Tuesday, August 02 2011 @ 09:46 AM CST
The Lazy, Uncategorized version:
Debt-ceiling bill passes the House [*1] -- "By a margin 269 to 161, with 66 Republicans voting no and 95 Democrats voting yes, the House passed the debt-ceiling increase with the accompanying package of cuts." Note that "cuts" in Washington, D.C. aren't really cuts at all, in the sense that you and I would consider a cut. If your employer chops your salary by 5%, that's what we in the real world call "a cut." If your employer raises your salary by 5%, that's what we in the real world call a "raise." But in the fantasyland that we call Washington, D.C. it would be a "5% cut" if you expected a 10% raise and only got a 5% raise instead. Keep that in the front of your mind the next time you hear somebody complaining about the eeeeevil Republicans and their plans to barbecue and eat Granny.
The New Tone: Biden Says Tea Partiers "Acted Like Terrorists" [*6] -- Strangely enough, a lot of Tea Partiers seem to be of the opinion that the Terrorists are currently in charge of the Executive Branch . . . they've certainly put terror into the heart of a lot of good, decent Americans . . .
Budget talks in a word: ‘Ridiculous,’ ‘disgusting’ and ‘stupid’ top poll [*13] -- Actually, I think you can use those words to refer to almost all of the media's coverage of the issue, too. Which is a huge part of the problem. Most of the media, along with a large segment of the politicians, are economically illiterate.
Dems Plan Pivot to Jobs [*22] -- The only thing Washington Democrats know how to do regarding jobs is how to destroy them . . . so pardon me if their renewed attention to the issue fails to fill me with breathless anticipation . . .