[exDemMom]

I think there should be a Constitutional amendment regarding eligibility to run for office.

Candidates should, at a minimum, have to demonstrate that they can successfully run a household budget and balance their checkbooks. If they can demonstrate that they manage to save money along the way, so much the better.

[goldstategop]

In Washington, nothing ever changes. All those austerity reports are gathering dust in a Pentagon basement. Austerity - what austerity? Everything is fine, trust us. And the Super Committee sees no great urgency to tackle the debt before the holidays ring in. None at all, indeed.

[VRW Conspirator]

The Super-committee: the stupid party slept with the evil party and America got knocked up.

[Mr Ramsbotham]

A couple of weeks ago it rained really hard for about a full day. Next day my wife told me to come into the spare bathroom and look at the ceiling. There was a large stain across one of the drywall joints. The roof had sprung a leak! "Okay, there's about a thousand dollars in repairs," I said. But just to be sure I got up on the roof and found that the problem wasn't the roof, but a cracked boot around the drain vent pipe. For about $25 I got one of those nifty things that fit over the vent pipe and prevent those kinds of leaks virtually forever. Problem solved.

"So this has worked out great!" I told my wife, "I figure we've saved around a thousand bucks -- and with the money we've saved we can afford that flat-screen TV!"

[texas booster]

Another example of fine writing to show that Steyn is a national treasure.

On Wednesday, he signed an executive order "Promoting Efficient Spending" — and ending government waste. Just like that! According to Section Seven: "Agencies should limit the purchase of promotional items (e.g., plaques, clothing and commemorative items), in particular where they are not cost-effective." ... Fresh from launching the war on tchotchkes, the administration then proposed a 15-cent tax on Christmas trees in order to fund a federal promotional campaign to promote the sale of Christmas trees. Possibly Commerce Department research showed that there's a dramatic fall-off in the sale of "holiday trees" round about Dec. 26 every year, and Obama figured a little stimulus surely couldn't hurt.

So yesterday our company spent part of a conf call debating which tchotchkes to buy for 2012 trade shows. Lo and behold, I awake to find that The Great Mark Steyn has not only used the word tchotchkes to describe the efforts of Congress, but has spelled it according to its Yiddish roots!

Steyn is a true wordsmith that writes poetry about politics, and cuts through the BS emanating from the DC Baltimore corridor to show it bare. Truly amazing.

If you have two minutes, please follow the link, read the article and then click on one of the ads to ensure that Steyn can continue writing such great articles.

[Venturer]

As soon as I saw the Democrat mambers from the Senate that Harry Reid appointed, I knew it was doomed to failure.

The only thing Kerry knows about economics is to marry well. Twice if you have to.

Patty Murray is a Communist.

Poor Max Bauman is just a plain drunken idiot.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXyjy_sLAJg

[Travis McGee]

Don't worry, the Super Committee is now steering.

They'll have us back on a steady course in no time at all.

[randita]

Dems are desperately seeking ways to bail out their union buddies, yet again. Porkulus was a giant union slush fund (some of which has returned or will return to Dems campaign coffers) which bailed out blue and swing states public workers’ unions. The party lasted another two years, but now those states are back to square one.

[NonValueAdded]

The Pubbies were COMPLETE IDIOTS for agreeing to this committee in the first place. Idiots!

[Tax-chick]

Let us note in passing that, according to the official CBO estimates, a whole decade's worth of war in both Iraq and Afghanistan adds up to little more than Obama's 2009 stimulus bill.

And we killed people and blew stuff up.

[Mr. K]

Every time I read or listen to Mark Steyn I feel smarter