Name all the presidents that served a single term without a budget? Sometimes, being the *1st* can mean being the last………..
Comment by Colonel Jerry USMC — May 16, 2012 @ 3:18 pm
Col. J, One can only hope and pray– and vote. And encourage others to do the same.
Wouldn’t it be wonderful if the voters held their respective representadrones and senatroids accountable for their *ahem* misbehavior this fall and sent them to early and inglorious retirements along with teh precedent?
Of course, his not having passed a budget is all a result of the partisan bickering in congress.
How’s 99-0 partisan pickering? I don’t know, but I’m sure he can explain it somehow. Or duck the issue…. say, have you heard about the Republican War on Woodchucks?
Comment by Ironic in Denver — May 16, 2012 @ 4:25 pm
Don’t shoot me….I thought this was funny!
Gonorrhea Lectim-new deadly disease
One should be thinking about this seriously. I’m sending this because I know you are bright and I care about you. The Center for Disease Control has issued a warning about a new virulent strain of this old disease. The disease is called “GonorrheaLectim.” It’s pronounced “Gonna re-elect em” and it is a terrible Obamanation.
The disease is contracted through dangerous and high risk behavior involving putting your cranium up your rectum. Many victims contracted it in 2008…But now most people, after having been infected for the past 1-3 years, are starting to realize how destructive this sickness is. It’s sad because Gonorrhea Lectim is easily cured with a new drug just coming on the market called Votemout, pronounced vote-m-out. You take the first dose now and the second dose in Nov. 2012 and simply don’t engage in such behavior again; otherwise, it could become permanent and eventually wipe out all life as we know it.
What Holger said.
The Repubs won’t go for Uhbama’s budget for obvious reasons, and by voting no, the Dems get last year’s budget with an automatic 7 – 8% increase, including the $800 billion stimulus, and they don’t have to be accountable for anything.
On top of that, there’s another debt limit fast approaching. Last August’s $2.4 trillion increase and Repub cave-in wasn’t enough for the Uhbamunists. They’ve spent all that and more.
Waddaya wanna bet Boehner and Cantor cave to Uhbama this time as well?
Comment by dick, not quite dead white guy — May 16, 2012 @ 5:39 pm
Joe (4)
Love it!
Did you write that, or did it come from elsewhere?
Let me know, ’cause that has great, I mean great PhotoShop possibilities.
Comment by DougM (jackassophobe) — May 16, 2012 @ 6:45 pm
Musta been those eeeevillll Republicans held down the Democratic Senators and forced them to vote ‘no’ on the bill….. yeah, that’s the ticket…..
Actually,
there’s no requirement for the Pres to submit a budget.
It’s the Congress’ job to say, “Here. Live with this. We’ll appropriate the actual money later. And, oh by the way, if you spend nickel other than as we said, we’ll impeach your ass or cut your staff budget down to a secretary and a cook. Now, get to work.”
Comment by DougM (jackassophobe) — May 16, 2012 @ 7:30 pm
there’s another debt limit fast approaching
Wonder if that’s going to turn into an “October surprise,” with congressional Republicans getting out maneuvered (as usual) and tilting the election back toward Obama.
Comment by Ironic in Denver — May 16, 2012 @ 7:54 pm
Doug (8)..
It’s an email going around from some of the tea partiers. Wish I could take credit for it but not to be.
I wonder if that’s what they said when BOOSH wanted to raise the debt limit? Actually—– why do we have a debt limit? A lot of good it does. Except of course for it being something the Republicans can use to cause a crisis.
Name all the presidents that served a single term without a budget? Sometimes, being the *1st* can mean being the last………..
Comment by Colonel Jerry USMC — May 16, 2012 @ 3:18 pm
Col. J, One can only hope and pray– and vote. And encourage others to do the same.
Wouldn’t it be wonderful if the voters held their respective representadrones and senatroids accountable for their *ahem* misbehavior this fall and sent them to early and inglorious retirements along with teh precedent?
Comment by mech — May 16, 2012 @ 4:24 pm
^ Ha! The First Budgetless President.
Of course, his not having passed a budget is all a result of the partisan bickering in congress.
How’s 99-0 partisan pickering? I don’t know, but I’m sure he can explain it somehow. Or duck the issue…. say, have you heard about the Republican War on Woodchucks?
Comment by Ironic in Denver — May 16, 2012 @ 4:25 pm
Don’t shoot me….I thought this was funny!
Gonorrhea Lectim-new deadly disease
One should be thinking about this seriously. I’m sending this because I know you are bright and I care about you. The Center for Disease Control has issued a warning about a new virulent strain of this old disease. The disease is called “GonorrheaLectim.” It’s pronounced “Gonna re-elect em” and it is a terrible Obamanation.
The disease is contracted through dangerous and high risk behavior involving putting your cranium up your rectum. Many victims contracted it in 2008…But now most people, after having been infected for the past 1-3 years, are starting to realize how destructive this sickness is. It’s sad because Gonorrhea Lectim is easily cured with a new drug just coming on the market called Votemout, pronounced vote-m-out. You take the first dose now and the second dose in Nov. 2012 and simply don’t engage in such behavior again; otherwise, it could become permanent and eventually wipe out all life as we know it.
Comment by joe — May 16, 2012 @ 4:28 pm
Obama’s budget was the only thing that unified Republicans and Democrats in both the House and the Senate this year.
Comment by Freddie Sykes — May 16, 2012 @ 4:51 pm
It’s almost like he doesn’t WANT a budget…..
….oh wait….
….hmmmm
Comment by Holger — May 16, 2012 @ 5:05 pm
What Holger said.
The Repubs won’t go for Uhbama’s budget for obvious reasons, and by voting no, the Dems get last year’s budget with an automatic 7 – 8% increase, including the $800 billion stimulus, and they don’t have to be accountable for anything.
On top of that, there’s another debt limit fast approaching. Last August’s $2.4 trillion increase and Repub cave-in wasn’t enough for the Uhbamunists. They’ve spent all that and more.
Waddaya wanna bet Boehner and Cantor cave to Uhbama this time as well?
Comment by dick, not quite dead white guy — May 16, 2012 @ 5:39 pm
Joe (4)
Love it!
Did you write that, or did it come from elsewhere?
Let me know, ’cause that has great, I mean great PhotoShop possibilities.
Comment by DougM (jackassophobe) — May 16, 2012 @ 6:45 pm
Musta been those eeeevillll Republicans held down the Democratic Senators and forced them to vote ‘no’ on the bill….. yeah, that’s the ticket…..
Comment by TimO — May 16, 2012 @ 6:51 pm
Obama didn’t get a vote on his budget cause he KNEW he could never pass any budget that was even half way what he wanted it to be.
Look if it went fiscally conservative then the Dems in the senate would say no. If fiscally like the dems wanted it then the Republicans would say no.
So he comes up with this super bonzo budget NOBODY but a closet socialist (Obama) would want. Thus he yelled ‘Banzai’ and charged.
What he did was not out of stupidity. It was calculated to show he would not deviate from his socialist goals.
Comment by Paul — May 16, 2012 @ 7:21 pm
Actually,
there’s no requirement for the Pres to submit a budget.
It’s the Congress’ job to say, “Here. Live with this. We’ll appropriate the actual money later. And, oh by the way, if you spend nickel other than as we said, we’ll impeach your ass or cut your staff budget down to a secretary and a cook. Now, get to work.”
Comment by DougM (jackassophobe) — May 16, 2012 @ 7:30 pm
Wonder if that’s going to turn into an “October surprise,” with congressional Republicans getting out maneuvered (as usual) and tilting the election back toward Obama.
Comment by Ironic in Denver — May 16, 2012 @ 7:54 pm
Doug (8)..
It’s an email going around from some of the tea partiers. Wish I could take credit for it but not to be.
Comment by joe — May 17, 2012 @ 4:08 am
I wonder if that’s what they said when BOOSH wanted to raise the debt limit? Actually—– why do we have a debt limit? A lot of good it does. Except of course for it being something the Republicans can use to cause a crisis.
Comment by geezerette — May 17, 2012 @ 5:47 am
Was all dis crap bout partisanship?
See? Ultimate bi-partisanship.
Comment by Stick — May 17, 2012 @ 7:20 am
Trivia question: when was the last time a Congress passed a balanced budget?
Comment by ZZMike — May 17, 2012 @ 3:24 pm
I’m wondering if an American president has ever before had his proposed budget rejected by unanimous vote in both houses?
If not, here’s another first for him.
Comment by Ironic in Denver — May 17, 2012 @ 4:34 pm
Ironic: Yay!! Another first for our glorious leader!! Woooo-oooo-oooo!!! HE DA MAN!!!
Comment by ZZMike — May 17, 2012 @ 9:26 pm