Add another tally to the "Yes" column on the "Is 2012 the year of the Apocalypse?" score sheet: a Republican in Congress has discovered the virtues of "revenue increases," the polite society term for the more vulgar swear "tax hikes." Who is the lucky apostate?
While the Magna Carta did establish some basic rights of the people, and did require the King to accept the "common counsel of our realm" before levying new taxes, it didn't in general remove policymaking power from the Throne; the Coronation Oath Act of 1688 and Bill of Rights of 1689 are really what finally cemented Parliament as the sole author of English policy.
I guess St. Ronnie is still fucking us from the grave. Whatever myth it is the GOP has constructed around him and the end of the Cold War (it's not coherent enough that I have any real comprehension of what their story even is), it's clear prevented them from understanding the true lesson of the fall of the USSR:
A "broke" nation simply cannot stay strong by spending on its military as if it was rolling in money.
The military is not going to be able to fix the things that fall apart when you defund all your civilian domestic programs to focus on blowing shit up, but it is going to find that stuff it critically depends on is now unavailable because of said falling apart.
Pretty sure most of our aid budget to Israel is <em>not</em> nominally military, but at this stage if we didn&#039;t reveal the recipient of the money a Goober would make a fungibility argument.
I am hereby inviting Donald Trump and all his friends for the inaugural cruise of the Trump(R) solid-gold Star Cruiser.
Oh, what&#039;s that you say? I was supposed to leave enough air pockets to offset the weight? But then it wouldn&#039;t be <em>solid</em> gold, would it?
While the Magna Carta did establish some basic rights of the people, and did require the King to accept the &quot;common counsel of our realm&quot; before levying new taxes, it didn&#039;t in general remove policymaking power from the Throne; the Coronation Oath Act of 1688 and Bill of Rights of 1689 are really what finally cemented Parliament as the sole author of English policy.
But, that&#039;s all of them, Katie.
It&#039;s just supply-side economics! Duh!
I dunno, I think I see Jim Demint firing up a skillet and carving Miss Lindsey up with his eyes while he sharpens the knife.
I guess St. Ronnie is still fucking us from the grave. Whatever myth it is the GOP has constructed around him and the end of the Cold War (it&#039;s not coherent enough that I have any real comprehension of what their story even is), it&#039;s clear prevented them from understanding the true lesson of the fall of the USSR:
A &quot;broke&quot; nation simply cannot stay strong by spending on its military as if it was rolling in money.
The military is not going to be able to fix the things that fall apart when you defund all your civilian domestic programs to focus on blowing shit up, but it is going to find that stuff it critically depends on is now unavailable because of said falling apart.
Jonah Goldberg libel!
On second thoughts, no, I don&#039;t think that&#039;s possible.
&quot;Lying fucking asshole&quot; is a good start, but still doesn&#039;t quite capture the essence.
<blockquote>Defense contractors are the highest level of citizens, equal to billionaires</blockquote>
Heck, many of them <em>are</em> billionaires.
Pretty sure most of our aid budget to Israel is <em>not</em> nominally military, but at this stage if we didn&#039;t reveal the recipient of the money a Goober would make a fungibility argument.
I am hereby inviting Donald Trump and all his friends for the inaugural cruise of the Trump(R) solid-gold Star Cruiser.
Oh, what&#039;s that you say? I was supposed to leave enough air pockets to offset the weight? But then it wouldn&#039;t be <em>solid</em> gold, would it?
More like <a href="http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Glorious_Revolution" target="_blank">325</a>
<a href="http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch\?v=VJNcnDLWNis" target="_blank">Elizabeth, my dear</a>, we need that Big Mac NOW!
This.
Also, if Trotsky had a hint of awareness of Stalin&#039;s skullduggery,
That came a little later, using an icepick as a dildo.
When I was a&#039; joinin&#039; age, I was inundated with calls and mail. Turns out my girlfriend&#039;s mom put my name in.