"I do think, however, that it’s time to stop talking in coded language about this stuff and just admit that we’re in a survival drama, with too many mouths and not enough food in the lifeboat. Last fall, when Lloyd Blankfein’s bonus was at stake, the economy was an urgent international emergency and no limit was placed on how much money could be borrowed to stave off The Unimaginable. But now, when unemployment in the general population is soaring and the middle class is quickly turning into an underclass, suddenly we’re putting on our tweed jackets and talking in professorial tones about the dangers of deficits and fiscal irresponsibility. That’s bad enough, but what’s going to be even worse is when the Obama administration starts pointing to all the Teabagger rallies and waving the “voter anger” card the discredited schmuck Karl Rove is bleating about as an excuse for why the spigot has suddenly been turned off." - Steven Perez from Bookmarklet

Oddly for 8 years we funded 2 wars and triilions in spending for Bombs and Bullets without any tax increase and NOBODY left or right spoke about dangers of ballooning debt and deficit only when we are talking about healthcare and suddenly "deficit" is more scary than swine flu or Al Queda,,, Our rather blue dog president talks deficit hawk with 10% unemployent in a consumer economy and he will find out what a double dip recession and one term feels like - WarLord

I love Matt -- he keeps it real, big time. - Sean McBride

His post on Palin last week was very funny. And also, very real. - Cole Jolley