Makin’ this stuff up????

* “America held hostage” for 444 days

* “Malaise”
RICKinNJ: Yeah, famous quote from JC (That’s Jimmy Carter, the Messiah didn’t arrive until 2009); I heard it live, in fact. NOT a random word.

Good for you. You can use a random text generator.
RICKinNJ: Both of the above? Headlines in the Carter Years. Now, who’s using a random text generator.

* Double-digit unemployment
RICKinNJ: You got me there. And it’s going to get much, much worse.

* Double-digit interest rates
RICKinNJ: Not in the last 8 years. We’re talking prime rates, here. If you’re dumb enough to have a credit card at 18%, you’re just paying the Stupid Tax. House mortgages were at 18-20%, not their current 5-8%.

* Skyrocketing inflation

Got those under Bush.
RICKinNJ: Not in a decade; people are still refinancing, in fact. But back then, noone knew where the bottom was.
Skyrocketting inflation? Who’s using a random word generator, now?

* Crappy cars

SUVs
RICKinNJ: At least it’s no longer the norm for cars to die or rust out before the payments were done. I don’t love SUV’s, either. But at least they will run for years, as do most of Detroits products, over-priced though they may be.

* Disco
RICKinNJ: I don’t blame leisure suits on Jimmy Carter, either.

* Roller disco
RICKinNJ: Same as above.

You’re really blaming Carter for this? Really?
RICKinNJ: Not the disco.
RICKinNJ: Not the roller disco.
RICKinNJ: Not the double-digit inflation; that followed the Democrat majority in congress.
RICKinNJ: The rest? You betcha!

CONCLUSION?
Zython, you get an B+ for brazenness, but a D- for your facts being completely wrong, kind of like Obama.
(Notice I did not accuse you of lying; just being misinformed, at best. Obama *knows* the truth, though, so he can’t get by with just being stupid. He’s just a liar.)

* “Malaise”

Good for you. You can use a random text generator.

* Double-digit unemployment

* Double-digit interest rates

* Skyrocketing inflation

Got those under Bush.

* Crappy cars

SUVs

* Disco

* Roller disco

You’re really blaming Carter for this? Really?

It does if that’s all you got.

See? Obammy has gone and put the federal gummint in the hands of Big No-Smoking!

Seriously. If you want to play “That Guy Was a Lobbyist!” be my guest. The purpose of Mr. Obama’s pledge was to get big money industries out of the business of writing their own regulations.

I see maybe 3 examples on the list that’s making the rounds that are worth a closer look. But three names doesn’t do you much good if all you aim to do is holler “Obama! Nyah! Nyah!”

“”3. Revolving Door Ban Lobbyists Entering Government. If I was a registered lobbyist within the 2 years before the date of my appointment, in addition to abiding by the limitations of paragraph 2, I will not for a period of 2 years after the date of my appointment:
(a) participate in any particular matter on which I lobbied within the 2 years before the date of my appointment;
(b) participate in the specific issue area in which that particular matter falls; or
(c) seek or accept employment with any executive agency that I lobbied within the 2 years before the date of my appointment.

Hm. So it seems like there’s a 2-year cutoff window. 6 people on your list fall under those guidelines. 5 people don’t and one has no date attached to your copy/paste.

Here are former lobbyists Obama has tapped for top jobs:

Eric Holder, attorney general nominee, was registered to lobby until 2004 on behalf of clients including Global Crossing, a bankrupt telecommunications firm.

Tom Vilsack, secretary of agriculture nominee, was registered to lobby as recently as last year on behalf of the National Education Association.

William Lynn, deputy defense secretary nominee, was registered to lobby as recently as last year for defense contractor Raytheon, where he was a top executive.

William Corr, deputy health and human services secretary nominee, was registered to lobby until last year for the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, a non-profit that pushes to limit tobacco use.

David Hayes, deputy interior secretary nominee, was registered to lobby until 2006 for clients, including the regional utility San Diego Gas & Electric.

Mark Patterson, chief of staff to Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, was registered to lobby as recently as last year for financial giant Goldman Sachs.

Ron Klain, chief of staff to Vice President Joe Biden, was registered to lobby until 2005 for clients, including the Coalition for Asbestos Resolution, U.S. Airways, Airborne Express and drug-maker ImClone.

Mona Sutphen, deputy White House chief of staff, was registered to lobby for clients, including Angliss International in 2003.

Melody Barnes, domestic policy council director, lobbied in 2003 and 2004 for liberal advocacy groups, including the American Civil Liberties Union, the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, the American Constitution Society and the Center for Reproductive Rights.

Cecilia Munoz, White House director of intergovernmental affairs, was a lobbyist as recently as last year for the National Council of La Raza, a Hispanic advocacy group.

Patrick Gaspard, White House political affairs director, was a lobbyist for the Service Employees International Union.

Michael Strautmanis, chief of staff to the president’s assistant for intergovernmental relations, lobbied for the American Association of Justice from 2001 until 2005.

Crickets…

Actually, I was referring to his bloated and fragile ego muddles his creativity and feeds his mediocrity, but thanks.

Be sure to save this post. You’ll save a lot of wasted effort retyping it over and over and over again over the next 7 years and 11 and a half months.

Fixd! Um..wait.

Be sure to save this post. You’ll save a lot of wasted effort retyping it over and over and over again over the next 3 years and 11 and a half months.

To the extent that his blind rage and anger toward him feeds and at the same time muddles some of his creativity, maybe, yes.

Why couldn’t you get Little Feat? Those were some good times music-wise. Good things do come out of misery I guess, so maybe I should be a bit more upbeat in some respects about the next four years. I admit, the music at the inauguration for the most part was pretty decent.

He’s not old enough to remember the Carter years.

Carter is to blame for Disco?
Can I blame Bush for Kanye West?

Here are some of the highlights:

* “America held hostage” for 444 days

* Double-digit unemployment

* Double-digit interest rates

* Skyrocketing inflation

* “Malaise”

* Crappy cars

* Disco

* Roller disco

And I’m curious… just what was Obama’s mistake? Not properly vetting Daschle? Not thinking that a six-figure tax mistake was a big deal? What lesson has been learned here? And what steps are being taken to make sure it doesn’t happen again?

Picking Judd Gregg for Commerce Secretary was a good anti-Daschle move. Gregg was a tax lawyer before he started living off the public dime 30 years ago, he’s from a wealthy family (son of a former governor) and a couple of years ago he hit the lottery for almost a million dollars. Judd The Dud might have his issues (I respect my soon-to-be-former Senior Senator, but I don’t like him), but taxes ain’t likely to be one of them.

J.

Beyond that, picking Daschle was a mistake. Said mistake has been rectified. Moving on.

And I _am_ old enough to remember the Clinton years — prosperity, booming job market, America as the world leader. Those are the times we’re headed toward, no matter how vigorously Republicans continue to shit their diapers and whine.