Posted on 03/02/2009 9:44:37 PM PST by Main Street
I caught a glimpse of a segment of the Sean Hannity Show (I think), tonight that had a Fox News woman in front of a large TV monitor that showed a chart of the Deficit spending of the last Bush years, represented as red lines, which showed an increase, then a decrease, followed by a slight increase again.
Then it showed the amount that Obama is going to spend since taking office, and the red line went right off the monitor to her right, across the wall in the studio, all the way over to another monitor on the other side of the room at her left.
It was quite impressive, and would make a great anti-Obama's agenda illustration.
Did anyone else here see this?? And know where we can find a vid of it?
From someone who thought HANNITY wouldn’t be as good as HANNITY & COLMES... HANNITY > HANNITY & COLMES.
Yes, it was hilarious (well not exactly if you consider the implications)
They should run that as a commercial. Better yet run it as a republican response to obama’s next speech, would be 1000x more effective than jindal’s lame speech.
I agree. I hope someone copied it and puts it up on YouTube fore greater distribution world wide!
Now THAT...was a descriptive insult!
Insult? I would say that was being generous.
Thats what it was. Everything Vannity does is anti-Obama.
I LOLd @...a crippled one tusked walrus with alzheimers would be better than H&C.
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ARF! Colmes definitely was close to his Schwarzschild radius...
In some sort of non-auto erotic loop!
Since he's dumped colmes, I might be able to watch more than the Ann Coulter/Michelle Malkin pieces.
hehehe, it seemed appropriate.
It wouldn’t have taken much to push him into full collapse.
One more inane dnc talking point and we wouldn’t have to worry about global warming or global anything for that matter.
When I saw the title I thought it was going to be about Ann Coulter mentioning Jim and FreeRepublic on Beck. I’d like to see what you are talking about if you track it down.
Yah, but I dig his sister-in-law.
A quick trip around Hannity's America...
Deficit? Yippee!
You may remember that on the campaign trail, President Obama railed against the massive deficits that had accumulated during President Bush's two terms:
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
BARACK OBAMA, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: We are now looking at a deficit of well over half of a trillion dollars, so one of the things that I think we have to recognize is that pursuing the same kinds of policies that we have pursued over the last eight years is not going to bring down the deficit. We've got to take this in a new direction, and that is what I propose as president.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
Well, one of the president's top advisers seems to have a different view of the nation's $1.75 trillion deficit. Budget whiz kid Peter Orszag told our own Neil Cavuto Thursday that deficits are a good thing during a recession:
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
PETER ORSZAG, BUDGET DIRECTOR: During an economic downturn like we are experiencing, the deficit gets elevated, and that is not only natural, it is also beneficial.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
How quickly things change. Who knew a huge deficit could be so good for all of us?
The Prez Preaches
First it was the $787 billion spending package. Then it was his $3 trillion budget. And what does the president choose to lecture Americans on? Fiscal responsibility! And for that, he gets our Liberal Translation treatment:
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
OBAMA: Just as a family has to make hard choices about where to spend and where to save, so do we as a government.
LIBERAL TRANSLATION: And the hard choice has been made: We're going to spend. Hey, it's your money, not mine!
OBAMA: There are times when you can afford to redecorate your house, and there are times when you need to refocus on rebuilding its foundation. Today, we have to focus on foundation.
LIBERAL TRANSLATION: But that doesn't mean we aren't doing some redecorating too. Take the $44 million I am spending to renovate the Department of Agriculture, for example.
OBAMA: Having inherited a trillion dollar deficit that will take us a long time to us close...
LIBERAL TRANSLATION: Especially now that I have DOUBLED it.
OBAMA: ... we need to focus on what we need to do to move the economy forward, not on what is nice to have.
LIBERAL TRANSLATION: And by "we" I mean YOU. I'm not giving up my plane, chopper, limo and personal chef.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
Mr. President, I'm not sure what you do better, give speeches or spend the taxpayers' money.
Border Bravery
The brave men and women of the Border Patrol in Yuma, Arizona, were able to thwart one of the biggest smuggling attempts of the year last week.
Take a look at this dramatic video that captures the high-speed chase. There at the bottom of the screen you see one of two white pickup trucks being pursued by the Border Patrol. As agents close in on the stolen trucks, you will see them reach a Border Patrol barrier gate, causing the smugglers to abandon their vehicles and flee into Mexico.
Fortunately, two of the men did not get far. Shortly after this video was shot, the smugglers were apprehended by the authorities in Mexico.
And that's not the only thing the Border Patrol found. The two stolen pickup trucks were carrying 327 bundles of marijuana with a total combined weight of over two tons and the street value estimated to be well over $3 million.
A special thanks to our friends at the Yuma Sector Border Patrol for sharing this video with us. And thank you for continuing to keep our country safe. You're all great Americans.
Computer Whiz
The Miami Herald reports that the Computer Youth Club in Havana recently gave out its annual awards to honor the people judged most influential in advancing the technology in Cuba. The winners?
Number one: Fidel Castro! The Cuban dictator was recognized for being the father of the computer movement in Cuba! You know, even though less than one percent of the Cuban population owns computers, and the rest are prohibited from accessing a whole host of Internet sites.
The other honoree was — you'll be shocked to hear — Cuban President Raul Castro who was singled out for his "confidence" in Cuban youth. Speaking of Cuban youth, I wonder what happened to Cuba's most famous youngster, Elian Gonzalez.
— Watch "Hannity" weekdays at 9 p.m. ET on FOX News Channel
Monica Crowley is very easy on the eyes, yes.
That graphic was awesome! I hope it gets a lot of replays. I’ve seen a lot of good written descriptions of how vast a sum 1T really is, but the graphic version will connect with a lot more people.
Well, that’s actually exactly what John Kyl put on display during his interview immediately after Obama’s speech. Or did I just see that on one particular news organization? I thought it was very illustrative—especially to toss in the face of those claiming this is all Bush’s fault.
But, she’s also got a lot of smarts. I wonder if her sister is like her or like Alan.
I am a crippled one-tusked walrus with alzheimers ---
but doggonnit, people like me!
Now where did I put...
Am I logged in...?
#11 - video
Thanks Blogger & smokingfrog!
WildcatClan, watch the Video here, especially the incredible Deficit chart segment starting at 06:04. This is amazing:
Your alzheimers must really be bad if a BlueDragon thinks he’s a crippled mono-tusk walrus.
Don’t worry old timer, I’ll call the nice nurse to come and help you back to your cave.
That is really stunning, especially when she say the chart is to scale.
Oh for the days of the comparatively frugal drunken sailor...
Thanks, Appreciate it
Ping.
Not a cave! The beach...at least I think it was...
O.K. Puff, she’ll take you back to Honalee and you can frolic by the sea.
...and I used to be a drunken sailer, too...
as long as ther’ll be mermaids, hey, let’s go!
bump
I kept my eyes on Ainsley and missd all the other stuff.
bttt
someone post the graphic if possible, please!
Thanks!
Bookmarking & bumping.
You’ve clearly been stuned by a beeber or beeber-like object.
Wow! I just wanted to see that in print again. Here, I'll bold it this time:
alan colmes was a concentration of suck that can only be rivaled by interstellar phenomena.
I wonder if this fool OBAMA has figured out that those of us who were making 250K or more are no longer doing that. He is limiting what folks can make (no big bonuses for gov helped institutions, etc. Where is the money coming from??? What would be the incentive to make the bucks if the gov is gonna take most of it away? This administration has to have some smarts somewhere, don’t they?
A keeper.
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