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JoePhilly

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35. The impending cuts to SS get predicted here every couple months.
Mon Feb 18, 2013, 09:48 AM
Feb 2013

And have been predicted every couple months since Obama took office.

This place bursts into flames for a week or two, and then nothing happens. You can almost set your watch by it.

Did you vote for Obama? Avalux Feb 2013 #1
Of course. Now we're looking for representation! :-) grahamhgreen Feb 2013 #3
My sentiments exactly. Thank you. djean111 Feb 2013 #2
Big K&R Arctic Dave Feb 2013 #4
But at least taxpayers aren't funding a car elevator in the White House. Agnosticsherbet Feb 2013 #5
As commander in chief, he can cut military spending dramatically, I'd settle for 30%, there grahamhgreen Feb 2013 #8
Can you explain how Obama unilaterally cuts Defense spending? JoePhilly Feb 2013 #12
Pick up the phone and bring the troops home - saves 2 billion/week! grahamhgreen Feb 2013 #20
He's been bringing them home. JoePhilly Feb 2013 #24
Hey, 80 more weeks - that's only 160 billion, we can get that by starving granny! grahamhgreen Feb 2013 #25
My Tea Party friends tell me Obama's going to kill granny via a death panel. JoePhilly Feb 2013 #38
Neither. Believe Jay Carney, Obama's spokesman. grahamhgreen Feb 2013 #41
As Commander and Chief he can give his budget to Congress, but that is all Agnosticsherbet Feb 2013 #21
Congress appropriates but as CEO of the armed forces what he orders the grahamhgreen Feb 2013 #22
You have the President confused with Ron Paul, and Agnosticsherbet Feb 2013 #23
I very much disagree. OceanEcosystem Feb 2013 #43
Well, here it is: grahamhgreen Feb 2013 #44
it may not be an "excuse" RussBLib Feb 2013 #6
Obama hates us. JoePhilly Feb 2013 #7
He might not hate us, but he does not represent us, not according to the polling data on Americans, grahamhgreen Feb 2013 #9
Which polling data? JoePhilly Feb 2013 #11
If he doesn't do what the American people want, then who is he rreally representing? grahamhgreen Feb 2013 #30
That's it? That's what you're going with? JoePhilly Feb 2013 #36
+10,000 n/t malaise Feb 2013 #33
Nice strawman. n/t white_wolf Feb 2013 #13
Not nearly as nice as the one in the OP, but thanks anyway!!! JoePhilly Feb 2013 #15
Except the OP never once claimed Obama hates us or anything. white_wolf Feb 2013 #16
Yea, Obama just failed to cut the Defense budget by 50%. JoePhilly Feb 2013 #17
Pay attention. Chained CPI is still on the table! HuffPo: grahamhgreen Feb 2013 #27
The impending cuts to SS get predicted here every couple months. JoePhilly Feb 2013 #35
They have been working to cut SS not for months, but for DECADES! Yes, he wants to cut it, grahamhgreen Feb 2013 #40
I never said "Obama was going to cut the military budget by 50%", but thanks for playing! grahamhgreen Feb 2013 #31
your words ... "failing to cut bloated military budgets (significantly, by say 50%)" JoePhilly Feb 2013 #37
Quote, grahamhgreen Feb 2013 #39
K&R forestpath Feb 2013 #10
I wish I lived in your world LiberalAndProud Feb 2013 #14
It's called negotiating. start at 50%, and get 20. We have double the military budget since 9/11, grahamhgreen Feb 2013 #18
You're preaching to the choir. LiberalAndProud Feb 2013 #19
Too often, Obama begins with the compromise deutsey Feb 2013 #32
Sure, but I'm still very glad Romney is not President. nt ZombieHorde Feb 2013 #26
No Sh*t! grahamhgreen Feb 2013 #28
Indeed. nt ZombieHorde Feb 2013 #29
Jeez, I remember when we used to judge people based on their actions, not their in-actions JaneyVee Feb 2013 #34
Ohhhh...Thank GOD...we might have had....... KoKo Feb 2013 #42
Some might argue...."what's the difference?" davidn3600 Feb 2013 #45
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