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Too busy avoiding a FY11 budget for fear of repercussions in the elections of 2010.

We see how well that worked for them.

Now they can blame the Republicans.

Wasn't this budget problem Bush's fault to begin with?

(that's what my 2nd cousin said, anyway)

[Edited on April 8, 2011 at 10:45 PM. Reason : cinco-ocho]

4/8/2011 10:42:35 PM

Quote :

"No, it's really not. The CBO was told to make it look good, so they did. A simple review of the bill shows a 182b surplus. But the dems only achieved that by moving 250b of healthcare spending out of it and into another bill. Thus, they are in the red. And that's with the rosiest of rosy pictures."

Sounds like it's up to debate to me with varying reports depending on the source.

4/9/2011 10:48:55 PM

no, it's not really up for debate. We take the CBO's numbers, we add in the obvious 250b that also goes in it, we have a deficit. simple as that

4/10/2011 11:24:01 PM

You have yet to actually post what 250b that you're keep referencing as fact...

4/11/2011 12:20:32 AM

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=ObamaCare+250billion
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=ObamaCare+250+billion

[Edited on April 11, 2011 at 12:30 AM. Reason : ]

4/11/2011 12:22:54 AM

I wasn't able to find anything, except for a forum post that gave no references.

You're going to have to do better than that if you expect me to do the work for you.

4/11/2011 12:35:19 AM

let's see... in the second lmgtfy...
link 4 references it, and gives you something to google on
link 6 tells it directly.
links 9, 10 do, as well.

the second page has more links to it. Really, unless you had your head in the sand, EVERYONE knows about the "doc fix".

4/11/2011 12:52:46 AM

^ I found this particularly interesting:

http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/08/the-doc-fix/

Quote :

"So what does this have to do with the Obama reform? Nothing. The patches will be necessary if reform stands; they would be equally necessary if Republicans succeeded in repealing the reform."

If this cost is inevitable, then the health care reform didn't really cause a deficit. Rather the lack of addressing the problem for 14 years is causing the deficit...

4/11/2011 1:05:34 AM

4/11/2011 12:51:04 PM

http://www.reddit.com/tb/gnqy2

Yea, there is a reason he is leaving

4/11/2011 10:41:12 PM

^^^ and yet, it was billed as a part of the reform. AKA, the cost should be added in. Yet it wasn't. ergo, it's already costing money, even under the rosiest of projections

4/11/2011 11:03:43 PM

It had to be done regardless of reform. Repeal the reform, it still gets done. Ergo, the reform isn't actually increasing the deficit...

4/12/2011 12:41:31 AM

4/12/2011 10:52:49 AM

O'Reilly is gonna give us the dirt on Obama's draft registration and college records tonight. or so he says. we'll see what credibility comes from it

4/12/2011 7:13:10 PM

While his bit was tame, Stewart's bit last night giving him props for setting the facts straight was great.

4/14/2011 2:07:59 PM

http://mediamatters.org/mmtv/201104250034
Credibility +1

4/25/2011 10:22:06 PM

^ haha, i love how when they just acknowledge established facts, it gives them credibility. They lose credibility because of that.

So does Fox News officially endorsing Obama's citizenship ( ) finally make it official?

What a huge joke.

4/25/2011 10:26:05 PM

hahaha, they still fucked up with the "son of the late Billy Graham"

[Edited on April 26, 2011 at 1:28 AM. Reason : aint dead yet]

4/26/2011 1:27:39 AM

double post LOL

http://nation.foxnews.com/president-obama/2011/04/25/wh-fails-release-easter-proclamation

4/26/2011 1:32:22 AM

Quote :

"Christianity's most sacred holiday."

Was there a vote on that? or something in the Bible? Did I miss something?

4/26/2011 9:04:35 AM

Seems plausible to me. Belief in the Resurrection is what makes Christians Christians right?

4/26/2011 9:41:43 AM

I thought thumping on the Bible and hating fags was what made a Christian...

4/26/2011 1:01:42 PM

Quote :

"However, they did release an eight-paragraph statement heralding Earth Day"

Well good. I just love how this irks the wingnuts.

4/26/2011 2:50:53 PM

Quote :

"Critics of the Bush-era interrogation programs have suggested that the harsh interrogations were not essential to tracking bin Laden and that the information could have been obtained by more humane means. But for Cheney and other Bush administration alumni, Sunday’s raid stands as proof their system worked."

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/05/02/bush-era-interrogations-provided-key-details-bin-ladens-location/

That didn't take long.

5/3/2011 1:43:23 AM

http://insidetv.ew.com/2011/05/02/osama-bin-laden-ratings/

Quote :

"Sunday night’s stunning and historic announcement that Osama bin Laden was killed in a U.S. military operation boosted CNN to outperform rivals. CNN emerged as the most-watched cable news network, peaking at 7.8 million viewers during the 11 p.m. hour when President Obama officially announced bin Laden’s death. Fox News delivered 4.8 million and MSNBC had 2.3 million. That means about 15 million tuned in to the cable news networks for the announcement, with millions more watching on the broadcast networks (whose final numbers will not be available until tomorrow) and online. During a five-hour block of continuous coverage of the news, from 10 p.m. to 3 a.m., CNN averaged 4.1 million viewers to 2.8 million for Fox News and 1.6 million for MSNBC. This marked CNN’s best performance in these hours since Election Night 2008."

Fox News PWNT

Hopefully this continues.

5/3/2011 2:05:46 AM

I think thats just more of an example of demographics and the fact that most older folks were in bed. I dont know about PWNT.

5/3/2011 6:45:08 AM

Hackers broke into a Fox extranet site and stole the emails and passwords for hundreds of Fox Broadcasting employees http://politi.co/j6J0WH

5/10/2011 12:46:00 PM

^^ i thought CNN was just the run of the mill go to cable tv news station. only crazies watch fox news. well i do on occasion looking for a good laugh.

5/10/2011 2:40:37 PM

they've officially lost it with this fake controversy over Common

holy shit

5/11/2011 11:26:03 PM

is that about the rapper goin to some WH function?

5/11/2011 11:45:03 PM

yes

5/12/2011 12:44:30 AM

it's Hannity. what do you expect? BTW, I only know about this because I turned on the TV last night and it was on FoxNews during the beginning of Hannity, and the remote decided to shit a brick at that moment.

5/12/2011 12:51:25 AM

it's been the main topic on all of their shows tonight

5/12/2011 12:54:27 AM

haha, well, then, I'm proud to say I didn't know, lol

i mean, I'm not a fan of rap, in general, and I'm not usually gonna defend it, but the line they are bitching about is pretty weak. It's obvious he's making a biblical reference of sorts. he's not actually saying to set dubya on fire.

[Edited on May 12, 2011 at 12:59 AM. Reason : ]

5/12/2011 12:58:41 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Im8WhG-8FGw

<3 Stewart

5/17/2011 7:43:37 AM

^ agreed! easily the stupidest fabricated controversy in years, thanks Fox News!

The disturbing thing is that their attitude on this issue is inherently racist. If Common is a "thug", then well, they probably think most black men are "thugs". The absurdity of painting Common as some sort of controversial figure is over the top - if he's a bad person, we're all bad people. What a network of racist, ill-informed pricks.

5/17/2011 10:34:22 PM

The Common thing was definitely bad, no argument.

In general it's impossible to argue that Fox News isn't more fair and balanced than MSNBC, but sometimes they are guilty of making a huge deal out of nothing when news gets slow.

5/17/2011 11:45:55 PM

Classic rally throwaway troll comment. Do have a sly grin on your face and think to yourself "oh yeah, this will get these stupid liberals riled up" when you post that type of stuff?

5/18/2011 6:41:45 AM

Quote :

"The disturbing thing is that their attitude on this issue is inherently racist. If Common is a "thug", then well, they probably think most black men are "thugs". The absurdity of painting Common as some sort of controversial figure is over the top - if he's a bad person, we're all bad people. What a network of racist, ill-informed pricks."

Well that's the key point about the problem John Stewart has identified. What is the explanation for why they are "outraged" at this person and not others. You can tick off every possible objective criteria and every one turns up with nothing.

It's not that they don't like Common particular. They clearly aren't familiar with his career given the way the fail to accurately report on it. So what's the variable left? The explanatory value of "Fox News is racist" is so glaringly obvious you would have to willfully ignorant to not question their motivations.

5/18/2011 9:53:46 AM

http://www.foxnews.com/health/2011/05/18/cdc-warns-public-prepare-zombie-apocalypse/

5/19/2011 9:23:54 PM

I noticed that CNN and wral also picked up the zombie story

5/19/2011 10:27:16 PM

Government ad campaigns are the biggest waste of money ever.

They also happen to be universally lame.

5/19/2011 10:30:15 PM

So I found this picture funny just for its not racist undertones.

6/3/2011 4:19:46 PM

could be funnier... still funny.

[Edited on June 6, 2011 at 6:40 PM. Reason : .]

6/6/2011 6:40:07 PM

[Edited on June 7, 2011 at 1:42 PM. Reason : lol]

6/7/2011 1:39:27 PM

Lulz on so many levels

6/7/2011 3:49:26 PM

^4 I don't get it

6/7/2011 4:00:32 PM

nvm

[Edited on June 7, 2011 at 7:31 PM. Reason : ...]

6/7/2011 7:30:35 PM

I'm waiting for "PELOSI WANTS WEINER PROBE!" or something like that.

6/8/2011 4:38:09 PM

QUEENS LOVES WEINER

6/10/2011 3:26:55 PM