1. "Obama criticized pork barrel spending in the form of 'earmarks,' urging changes in the way that Congress adopts the spending proposals. Then he signed a spending bill that contains nearly 9,000 of them, some that members of his own staff shoved in last year when they were still members of Congress. 'Let there be no doubt, this piece of legislation must mark an end to the old way of doing business, and the beginning of a new era of responsibility and accountability,' Obama said." -- McClatchy, 3/11
2. "There is no doubt that we've been living beyond our means and we're going to have to make some adjustments." -- Obama during the campaign.
3. This year's budget deficit: $1.5 trillion.
4. Asks his Cabinet to cut costs in their departments by $100 million -- a whopping .0027%!
5. "The White House says the president is unaware of the tea parties." -- ABC News, 4/15

 

Some people think that putting a harmless caterpillar in a box and putting the box in the same room with someone who as entomophobia is torture.  Making them uncomfortable or unable to seep equates to human rights violations.  Well, these people need to have a rude awakening and revisit the conflict in Chechnya.  Here’s an article that describes a little of what torture really is in a real world.  It’s a good read, even if you do think teasing someone with a caterpillar is torture.  Next time you hear someone say that certain American officials need to be tried for Torture, think of this and re-evaluate what people are saying.

Some arguments in the law fail because when they are thought through, they become not only absurd but dangerous. So it is with the public airways argument. Today, the vast majority of all communications by all 300 million private citizens in the United States utilize the public airways.