Quote of the Day

"Arguing with liberals...it's like playing chess with a pigeon; no matter how good I am at chess, the pigeon is just going to knock over the pieces, crap on the board and strut around like it's victorious." -- Anonymous

Fishy

Give a man a fish, you feed him for a day.
Teach a man to fish, you feed him for a lifetime.
Promise a man someone else's fish each day, you create a lifelong Democrat.

Quote of the Day

"You know, the president already has a Nobel Prize for peace; I think he's shooting for one in fiction." -- Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC)

Quote of the Day

The problem is not that a particular demographic of our society is subject to increased scrutiny, the problem is that demographic has earned that scrutiny. -- Mark Alexander

Quote of the Day

It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere. -- Voltaire

Fiscal Cliffs and Debt Ceilings

"Fiscal Cliff" put in a much better perspective.

Lesson #1

US Tax revenue: $2,170,000,000,000
Federal Budget: $3,820,000,000,000
New Debt:       $1,650,000,000,000
National Debt: $14,271,000,000,000
Recent Cuts:       $38,500,000,000

Let's remove 8 zeros and pretend it's a household budget:

Annual family income:      $21,700.00
Money the family spent:    $38,200.00
New debt on credit card:   $16,500.00
Outstanding card balance: $142,710.00
Total budget cuts so far:      $38.50

Lesson #2

Let's say you come home from work and find there's been a sewer backup in your neighborhood and your home has sewage all the way to your ceilings.

What do you think you should do? 
a) Raise the ceilings
b) Remove the shit

Quote of the Day

They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.  -- Benjamin Franklin