Hedging Our Bets

It’s claimed that noted short sellers such as George Soros (“The Man who Broke the Bank of England” — check Wikipedia for this term; great write-​up — by shorting sterling silver in the early 90s… and has done pretty much the same thing over here; the Dow took a dive when McCain had a lead in Sept ’08, whereupon McCain fell behind Obama for the rest of the election) and John Paulson (NOT Hank; this wonderful man made just short of a billion in one day by shorting Goldman Sucks, er Sachs, as did Goldman Sachs itself, if not to the tune of a billion; he made another killing by packaging crap mortgage-​based assets into a “designed to fail” package that failed, while shorters cleaned up) are on Obama’s side.

Obama has 4 years, these short sellers, his “base” (no comment on this motley crew; no, this term is NOT misspelled, 80s band or not), and Wall St to destroy our economy. He’s done a spectacular job so far… just not as president. 

Some say Obama is stupid, inept, or has a tin ear when it comes to politics, etc. He is nothing of the sort.

He’s doing just what he (and his minions, owners) planned to do. Note that neither Trial Balloon Holder nor No-​nothing Napolitano (what a pair of morons) even bothered to read the 10-​page AZ immigration bill (which was passed into Federal law in ’52 as the McCarran-​Walter Immigration and Nationality Act, USC 1304, subsection e of which requires that “immigrants” — all of ’em — must carry ID on them at all times… just like all Americans who drive or have bank accounts; republican columnists seem to be keeping this a secret with the exception of Nat’l Review’s Rich Lowry, who was right on top of it early; Lowry is a good guy and can be trusted, as opposed to any member of Obama’s “cabinet,” obviously a DIY thrown-​together mess) before wetting themselves in self-​righteous indignation. What a pair of clueless clowns! Unconstitutional? It took right at 60 years to come to this recent conclusion? 

Yes, the gov’t assumes the ignorance of American voters, which is generally a good bet. The Lamestream Media is losing money to keep the American people in the dark re DC. (Well, CBS nuze is paying Perky Katie $14 mill/​year to keep them in last place, while ABC and NBC anchors make less. Her contract is about to come up for renewal. How stupid is CBS? Wait and see!) When the NY TIMES is deemed “too big to fail,” buy your pitchforks and torches early before they sell out!

I’m only surprised that O only awarded himself a B+ for his first year of his only term as prez. By his criteria, he scored an A+. 

The solid dem control of both Houses of Congress is a different story. Like many republicans, they were the worst government money can buy.

RINOs such as Mitch McConnell shouldn’t be anywhere near a position of leadership. This guy is a lame squish. Sen John Cornyn has disgraced himself with his stance of “Sing Along with Mitch.” (Cornyn had been a fave of mine, but his support and encouragement of Charlie Crist — who should have run for a second term as Gov of FL, which he would have won in a walk, but was talked into running for senator by RINO leadership — brilliant, huh? — have really stunk up this guy. Ann Coulter: Republicans prefer to surrender from a position of strength.)

Okay, so you have to be a boring old phart to get that “Sing Along…” reference. Mitch Miller was a successful studio music producer who had a popular show on TV when I was a kid. But families had one TV set back then, and dads ruled.

I would add “in it for the *money* AND the power” to the post above. What’s the point of having power if you can’t get rich with it?

Presidents leaving office get a retroactive bribe from Saudi Arabia (1 to 20 mill) and others who have benefited from the actions of the prez.

Hillary Clinton has hundreds of thousands of dollars still owing on her ’08 prez run. She could pay that out of pocket change, but some people simply can’t have enough money. Wanna date with Bubba? Send ’em money! Don’t you think Hillary is deserving? (I would require clarification: “deserving” of exactly what?)