Posted on 01/13/2009 4:08:23 PM PST by jessduntno
A Democratic senator on Tuesday accused President-elect Obama’s incoming director of the Office of Management and Budget of talking “mumbo jumbo” instead of offering hard details on the economy.
“I would think that in this era of freshness and transparency the new administration would want to come forth with detail instead of this mumbo jumbo that is going on,” said Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.), a member of the Senate Budget Committee, during Peter Orszag’s confirmation hearing.
Orszag had little to say during Tuesday’s hearing on how the incoming administration would spend the second half of the $700 billion financial rescue package, known as the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), or specifics regarding the economic stimulus package being drafted.
“We’ll have much more to say in mid-to-late February when the economic and budget overview is released,” Orszag told the panel.
Nelson went even further, blasting Obama’s senior economic adviser, Lawrence Summers, for also failing to divulge the administration’s plans during a meeting over the weekend with Democrats.
“The discussion on Sunday was devoid of details with Mr. Summers. When are we going to get those details?” said Nelson.
Budget Chairman Kent Conrad (D-N.D.) halted the testy exchange by noting that Summers had sent the committee a letter outlining how the Obama administration would spend TARP funds differently than the Bush administration.
Despite the flare-up, Orszag is expected to receive Senate confirmation easily. Conrad is preparing an agreement with Republicans that would discharge Orszag’s nomination from the Budget Committee on Jan. 20, paving the way for full Senate confirmation that same day or soon after.
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Isn’t “mumbo jumbo” racist?
Racist like Obama’s typical white person Grandmother?
“Isn’t “mumbo jumbo” racist?”
Couldn’t use Voodoo Economics”
It’s nice to see someone finally has some issues with Zero’s empty rhetoric. Too bad so few paid any attention during his campaign.
How do you think it’s going to be spent? It’s going to be passed out to all the dem Wall Street buddies. Nelson makes a stink on the pretense of oversight, but he and all the other thieves in DC know that all the big donors in NY get a piece of the “skin” we dumb middle class folks are supposed to “have in the game.”
You decide. Here's an excerpt from Wikipedia:
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According to the Concise Oxford English Dictionary:
Mumbo Jumbo is a noun and is the name of a grotesque idol said to have been worshipped by some tribes. In its figurative sense, Mumbo Jumbo is an object of senseless veneration or a meaningless ritual.
“Black Mumbo” and “Black Jumbo” are also used as names for the parents of Little Black Sambo. [3]
So would any thinking person. But then Nelson's a Dim, so he's evidently surprised.
Obamastan... —> c.r.a.c.k.s. showing already... lol
You beat me.
The fact is that these einstens simply have no idea what to do or even what to try to accomplish. They propose to work their way out of a credit bubble by...issuing trillions more credit. Yeah. That'll work.
...It’s starting to unravel...
I would think that in this era of freshness and transparency the new administration would want to come forth with detail instead of this mumbo jumbo that is going on,” said Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.),
freshness and transparency? hahahahahahhahahah breathe hahahhhahahhahhhahahahahahahahahahahahah........................
Lots of Dems are going to have buyer’s remorse before this is over. But Bambi is ready for them. Look how he has already dealt with Pelosi, Reid and Feinstein. He just ignored them and rolled right over them.
0be's mumbo jumbo has big mojo.
“Isn’t “mumbo jumbo” racist?”
No.
But ‘Jumbo Gumbo’ might be...
:0)
Let me rephrase that:
0be's mumbo jumbo has mojo, big time!
It's mumbo jumbo you can believe in.
Nelson’s prob. going to face a challenge from Jeb Bush the next time is is up for re-election. He’s trying to play a fiscally conservative Democrat to better position himself.
“Be careful what you do,
Or Mumbo-Jumbo, God of the Congo,
And all of the other
Gods of the Congo,
Mumbo-Jumbo will hoo-doo you,
Mumbo-Jumbo will hoo-doo you,
Mumbo-Jumbo will hoo-doo you.”
- by Vachel Lindsay (who was not black, but was a friend of the poet Langston Hughes, who was black, if it matters).
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