I’ll Gladly Cut Spending on Tuesday for Tax Increases Today

By: denisemcnamara (Diary)  |  February 7th at 12:25 PM  | 

J. Wellington Wimpy, or “Wimpy” of the classic cartoon Popeye, was the gluttonous friend of Popeye who loved hamburgers but was too cheap to pay for them. As Wimpy used to say, “I’m buying; he’s paying.” That seems to be the Democrats’ motto. January’s fiscal cliff deal was similar to Wimpy’s promise: Give us revenues today and we’ll cut spending later. Republicans caved and agreed | Read More »

D.C. Negotiations Resemble WWE Bouts

By: denisemcnamara (Diary)  |  July 31st at 02:22 PM  | 

Can you smell what The Rock Obama has cookin’?  It’s a bad deal for Americans. As Boehner warns his fellow Republicans to get their  *#$x&%@ in line, and as Harry Reid pronounces the GOP proposal as “dead on arrival,” it is becoming harder and harder to take the antics of our elected representatives seriously.  It’s kind of like professional wrestling, only worse.  Just as in | Read More »