Visit msnbc.com for breaking news , world news , and news about the economy It is more or less redundant for us to type about "debt ceiling negotiation updates," because in plain English this just means "members of the Tea Party continue to be intransigent dicks." But the news media is still bravely trying to figure out why national financial collapse is somebody's actual political platform, so here is Andrea Mitchell incredulously asking Tea Party member Rep. Paul Broun why he refuses to vote for any of the debt bills. "When someone is overextended and broke," Broun says, “they don’t continue paying for country club dues, they drop out of the country club.” THAT IS A TRAGIC STORY if you are an old rich white man. And so what about the hundreds of millions of Americans who've never even seen a country club from the
To be fair, his analogy works because belonging to a countryclub is a luxury for a family, while basic government services is a national luxery. To take the analogy further, a family buying food is a necessity, just like a country waging unnecessary wars and supporting profitable industries with energy subsidies is a necessity for a nation.
&ldquo;When someone is overextended and broke,&rdquo; Broun says, &ldquo;they don&rsquo;t continue paying <strike>for country club dues.&rdquo;</strike>child support.
what&#039;s up with so many doctors being total bagger assholes?
i mean, i know small business owner, regulations, blah blah blah, but there&#039;s really no call for them to behave like ford dealers.
what&#039;s the cliff notes version
To be fair, his analogy works because belonging to a countryclub is a luxury for a family, while basic government services is a national luxery. To take the analogy further, a family buying food is a necessity, just like a country waging unnecessary wars and supporting profitable industries with energy subsidies is a necessity for a nation.
I heard this and thought &#039;oh delicious&#039;.
sucks for our country but then so would that bill.
and the media are reporting this repub bill as the only thing that can save us from the mess that the repubs have created.
this is OT but it is so much easier to upfist you all from my phone - with no fear of missing and downfisting.
I was just telling my man Jeeves, at this rate we shall have to drain the pool and pawn the pearl stickpin from my dickie!
Canadians would prefer poutine.
When in debt you just take whatever money you need from the Widow&#039;s &amp; Orphans Fund. That&#039;s what those people are for.
He apparently is not a supporter of the Census: <a href="http://www.salon.com/news/o..." target="_blank">" rel="nofollow noopener" title="http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/joe_conason/201...">http://www.salon.com/news/o...
First thing you do when you&#039;re in a financial hole is quit your job. Because you DON&#039;T NEED NO FUCKING REVENUE!
<i>&ldquo;they don&rsquo;t continue paying for country club dues, they drop out of the country club.&rdquo; </i>
Ah. He has the heart of a poet.
Too bad the rest of him is a syphalitic slob.
What.the.ever.loving.fuck?!
deadwood.
Seems like Forest Gump had an awful lot of children and they all went into politics.
&ldquo;When someone is overextended and broke,&rdquo; Broun says, &ldquo;they don&rsquo;t continue paying <strike>for country club dues.&rdquo;</strike>child support.