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To: puborectalis who wrote (744893)	10/7/2013 11:42:50 PM
From: TopCat	1 Recommendation Recommended By Bill Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1577146

Obama better hurry up and negotiate....the clock is ticking.

To: puborectalis who wrote (744893)	10/8/2013 1:14:51 AM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1577146

Tables turn on the Michigan tea party Nolan Finley Are the walls closing in on tea partiers like Congressman Kerry Bentivolio, R-Milford? (Jose Juarez / Special To The Detroit News) The tables are turning on the tea party, at least in Michigan. For the past two election cycles, tea party candidates have unseated congressional incumbents of both parties: Democrats who backed Obamacare and other big spending programs and Republicans who didn’t hew close enough to conservative ideology. Now, two of those tea party upstarts — Kerry Bentivolio in Oakland County and Justin Amash in Grand Rapids — are the target of significant and very well-funded challenges from mainstream Republicans. In the 11th District, Bentivolio, the accidental congressman the party never wanted to send to Washington in the first place, is targeted by businessman Dave Trott. Trott is willing to spend $2 million or more on the race; Bentivolio has just $42,000 on hand, with more than $100,000 in debt from the 2012 campaign. Out west, rising libertarian star Amash faces a likely challenge from another businessman, Brian Ellis. Like Bentivolio, Amash is short on funds, with just $164,000 in his account. Ellis, meanwhile, has been promised all the money he’ll need from “a group of people who can give at robust levels,” according to one prominent west Michigan executive. Translation: The leading business and political names in Grand Rapids are backing Ellis’ bid, which he’s expected to announce formally next month. What these two races have in common is Republican incumbents who are out of sync with their districts; they’re both more radical than their traditionally conservative constituents. “It’s an early symbol of things to come, as party regulars worry about the effectivenss of these tea party incumbents and their ability to defend their seats from Democrats,” says Saul Anuzis, former Michigan state GOP chair. Amash is a Ron Paul devotee, an isolationist and an ideological purist. He voted no on the Keystone Pipeline and refused to support a resolution condemning Iran. After he voted against House Speaker John Boehner last winter, he was hauled to the woodshed by some of the most influential Republicans in his district. It didn’t do much good. Grand Rapids is the very symbol of button-down Republicanism. Amash’s anti-government “vote no” fervor doesn’t play as well there as it does in national libertarian circles, where the congressman is hailed as the heir apparent to the retired Rep. Paul. Bentivolio has a somewhat different problem. His votes have mostly followed the party’s leadership, which is why Boehner did a fundraiser for him this summer. But Bentivolio stumbled into Congress when former Rep. Thad McCotter bungled his nominating petitions, leaving no other Republican on the ballot in 2012. The party launched a write-in campaign that depicted him as Krazy Kerry, the wild-eyed reindeer rancher. He won anyway, and beat an equally undistinguished Democrat in the general election. In both these races, the incumbents in 2014 won’t enjoy the fundraising advantage that typically comes with holding the office. The big money inside the district is already committed to their opponents. They may get an outside boost from Paulites and other far right groups. But both start the election cycle as underfunded underdogs. If they lose, it will mark a major setback for the tea party in Michigan. From The Detroit News: detroitnews.com

To: puborectalis who wrote (744893)	10/8/2013 3:00:44 AM
From: i-node	2 Recommendations Recommended By Fiscally Conservative FJB Respond to of 1577146

>> China, the biggest foreign creditor of the United States, has waded into the American budget crisis, warning Congress that it must resolve the political impasse over the debt ceiling without further delay. Because of decades of liberal spending policies, we are now reduced to taking orders about fiscal matters from China? No, thanks. Fuck China. They have fed your addiction to borrowed money. If they lose their investment, fine with me. The sooner we crash, the sooner we can start recovering. If we're lucky, we'll only end up losing two or three generations to liberal spending. More likely, a few decades.

To: puborectalis who wrote (744893)	10/8/2013 7:42:12 AM
From: Brumar89	Respond to of 1577146

They should be concerned since Treasury Secretary Jack Lew, an amoral Democratic hack, is threatening to default out of pure political spite.

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10/8/2013 7:48:24 AM

From: Brumar89

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But What If Obama Wants a Default?

"You never want a serious crisis go to waste." -- White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, February 9, 2009
I've heard no commentator ask the following question: What if President Obama wants a default?

This is, after all, a man whose starting negotiating position is that he " will not negotiate" with Congress on spending to raise the debt ceiling. This is a position unprecedented in American history since only Congress is granted the "power of the purse".

This is a man willing to use the instrumentalities of government to punish innocent Americans.

This is a man willing to torture World War II veterans, many of whom are terminally ill and trying to see their memorial for the first and last time.

This is a man spreading panic and fear about the debt ceiling, an utterly irresponsible, reprehensible and unprecedented step by a president.

Here are the facts:

There is virtually no chance of a default, unless Obama orders a default

In fact, Dean Clancy has done an exceptional job dissecting Obama's fear-mongering over the debt ceiling.

There is virtually no chance of a default, unless Obama orders a default.

...Mr. Obama is misleading the public by suggesting the question is whether to pay our bills. Of course we will pay our bills. No one is saying we shouldn't. The question is whether to raise the debt ceiling without also putting in place reforms to make future borrowing less necessary. Mr. Obama's resistance to such reforms makes him, not fiscal conservatives, the one holding the absurd position...

...As the chart above shows, if we hit the debt ceiling, we will still have more than enough tax revenue coming in to pay the most economically and politically sensitive obligations...

...In talking about "not paying our bills," Mr. Obama is hinting -- without openly saying -- that the US Government might fail to pay its creditors. This is highly irresponsible. He knows very well that, in the event we hit the debt ceiling, the US will continue to be able to pay all holders of US bonds (principal as well as interest). Even so deep-dyed a left-winger as Mr. Obama would never dare to miss a payment to bondholders. If he did, Uncle Sam's credit rating would almost certainly take an immediate hit, driving up interest rates and rattling world markets. In failing to make all this clear, the President allows those who are less knowledgeable to mistakenly assume that a debt default is a realistic possibility. It's not.

True, Dean, under normal circumstances, a default is not a realistic possibility.

But these are not, by any stretch, normal circumstances.

The Cloward-Piven Strategy of Manufactured Crisis

Author James Simpson has probably done the most comprehensive work in documenting " The Cloward-Piven Strategy of Manufactured Crisis". His seminal article, written before Obama's 2008 election, predicted what the community organizer had in mind for America. The strategy, first articulated by two Columbia professors -- who taught there during Obama's years as a student -- describes crushing capitalism by overwhelming it through massive expansion of the welfare state.

The "Cloward-Piven Strategy" seeks to hasten the fall of capitalism by overloading the government bureaucracy with a flood of impossible demands, thus pushing society into crisis and economic collapse...

...Cloward and Piven were inspired by radical organizer [and Hillary Clinton mentor] Saul Alinsky...

...Their strategy to create political, financial, and social chaos that would result in revolution blended Alinsky concepts with their more aggressive efforts at bringing about a change in U.S. government. To achieve their revolutionary change, Cloward and Piven sought to use a cadre of aggressive organizers assisted by friendly news media to force a re-distribution of the nation's wealth...

Are Obama's refusal to negotiate, his threats of economic collapse, and his incessant agitating all intended to set the stage for a default?

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