The Walk Away/Let It Burn option is growing on people. One cautionary note, though: This will provoke a serious constitutional crisis and may undo the Republic. So a soft Let it Burn could turn into a genuine collapse of the Republic.
Obama is a tyrant. If Republicans do not lift the debt ceiling, it is perfectly obvious what he will do, as he's argued for it before: Like Putin, he will begin unilaterally asserting power he doesn't have.
And what will be the recourse? Court, I suppose. Impeachment, sure, but Democrats will block conviction. So whether or not the President can suddenly assert sweeping power over the purse -- sweeping aside the last real check on his power granted to the House of Representatives -- will depend on the vote of Justice Go Along to Get Along Roberts.
Just something to keep in mind. Tyrants are always looking for pretexts to rule without any check.
He called the administration proposal that included $1.6 trillion in tax increases, $400 billion in unspecified tax cuts and a bevy of additional stimulus spending, “nonsense.”
... charging the White House with proposing more in new spending than they have offered in upfront cuts to GOP leaders.
The White House “has responded with virtually nothing, they’ve actually asked for more revenue than they’ve been asking for the whole time,” Boehner said.
“At the end of the year, they wanted to extend unemployment benefits, they wanted a new stimulus program for infrastructure, they wanted to extend some other tax breaks and all of this new stimulus spending would literally be more than the spending cuts that he was willing to put on the table,” Boehner added.
... “What we did is put forward a very comprehensive, very carefully designed mix of savings and tax rates to help us put us back on a path to stabilizing our debt, fixing our debt and living within our means.”
Geithner instead sought to put pressure on GOP lawmakers to accept tax rate increases on the wealthy. “There's not going to be an agreement without rates going up,” he said.
The argument in favor of such stimulus? The tax measures, at least, could minimize the drag on the economy from Mr. Obama's proposed tax increases on the wealthy.
“The increases in the top two income tax brackets would put a drag on consumption, so I think, from the Obama point of view, the spending or tax cuts are designed to offset that drag to consumption,” says Michael Brown, an economist at Wells Fargo Securities in Charlotte, N.C.
If every Arab in the Middle East laid down his weapon, there would be peace in the Middle East. If every Israeli laid down his (or her) weapon, Israel would be annihilated.
Likewise, if government stopped all spending, the deficit problem would be solved. If government confiscated the gross annual income of every individual in the country making over $66,193, the deficit would destroy our country.
In a sane world, politicians would cut every last dollar of government spending they could in order to bring financial order back to an entitlement-happy society. After government’s debilitating spending habits were slashed or restructured, only then would the conversation shift to taxes and revenue to make up the gap.
Of course, this isn’t a sane world. It’s the world in which it’s Israel’s fault for every ill in Palestine and Republicans are evil and stupid for wanting to cut spending.
$100 billion tax increase......
We're at a point where we have no real choice but to let things fall apart, and even then the probability of success is not great. Fever is one of the main symptoms people seek to treat when they are sick, yet it actually empowers the immune system. A fever is the body's attempt to raise its temperature to a point where infectious organisms become weakened, while its own immune system becomes more efficient at higher temperature. So unless it is extreme, reducing a fever might actually be counterproductive at eliminating sickness.
I can't really look at our situation as a civilization much differently.
Speaker John A. Boehner initiated today a small purge of rebellious Republicans — mostly conservatives — from prominent committees; it’s the latest instance of the Ohio Republican’s clamping down on his fractious conference.
The decisions were made by the GOP Steering Committee at a Monday meeting, which reviewed a spreadsheet listing each GOP lawmaker and how often he or she had voted with leadership, three sources said.
Reps. David Schweikert of Arizona and Walter Jones of North Carolina were booted from the Financial Services Committee. Reps. Justin Amash of Michigan and Tim Huelskamp of Kansas were removed from the Budget Committee.
According to a source, Schweikert was told that he was ousted in part because his “votes were not in lockstep with leadership.”
The correlation to dissent may not cover the reshuffle entire, Strong reports. For instance, Schweikart’s problem might be less his votes and more in the way he campaigned against Ben Quayle:
Schweikert defeated Rep. Ben Quayle in a contentious GOP primary and was not regarded as leadership’s first choice in that race. Schweikert’s tactics in the rough-and-tumble primary, according to several sources, rubbed leaders the wrong way.
A GOP lobbyist emailed about the Schweikert situation, “Wow. Don’t F w Jeb.” The reference was apparently to incoming Financial Services Chairman Jeb Hensarling of Texas, the departing GOP Conference chairman.
When analyzing assignment changes, don’t entirely discount the personal over the political. The fiscal cliff could be coincidental to this {Sure, Ed - P.} as this is the normal time for reassessing committee assignments for the upcoming session of Congress. These committee spots are given out for many reasons, and policy fealty is only one of them. Anyone who has seen politics up close at any level learns quickly that the systems are set up to reward and punish based on the whims of those elected to leadership.
... However, the changes certainly appear to prepare Boehner to deliver on any agreement he makes with Harry Reid and Barack Obama. That came up as an issue in the summer of 2011, when a back-bench revolt began to look likely as details of the “grand bargain” got leaked during the final days of the debt-limit crisis. It signals that Boehner wants to have a carte blanche on negotiations this time around, and that his leadership appears ready to give it to him.
He's gotta have a clue that he's setting the House up for a historical defeat in 2014, doesn't he?
Nobody ever said that every ornament in the tree has to be a D. There's plenty of room for Rs as well.
Damn skippy. And we knew it, too.
Hopefully, a legitimate question, so don't spank me
It has been said that we spend more on defense than everyone else. Or something like that.
I know. I know. Some of the other country's numbers aren't included.
We have bases in a majority of the world's countries and fight endless wars with ridiculous rules of engagement.
The $800 toilet seat and $500 hammers
I would bet we could find some efficiencies that wouldn't hurt defense one bit.
Maybe Germany, Japan and Korea could pay for their own damn defense.
Also, I've seen it said that a lot of our adventurism is to keep the Saudis propped up
Hopefully, a legitimate question, so don't spank me
It has been said that we spend more on defense than everyone else. Or something like that.
I know. I know. Some of the other country's numbers aren't included.
We have bases in a majority of the world's countries and fight endless wars with ridiculous rules of engagement.
The $800 toilet seat and $500 hammers
I would bet we could find some efficiencies that wouldn't hurt defense one bit.
Maybe Germany, Japan and Korea could pay for their own damn defense.
Also, I've seen it said that a lot of our adventurism is to keep the Saudis propped up
Aw hell, AP; I agree with you. On all of it. I believe we don't need all the bases we have currently; they could be reduced to a few/several strategic locations and be done with it.
To the ROE, don't even get me started. ::outrage::
As for the last in particular, if we could get ahold of our own damn oil, we could let somebody else pay to keep the Saudis in their own gold toilet appointments.
Unfortunately, I think the military cuts won't be in $500 toilets or useless programs (for example, eco concerns are tracked in the military). It will be in training and readiness and security.
Hopefully, a legitimate question, so don't spank me
It has been said that we spend more on defense than everyone else. Or something like that.
I know. I know. Some of the other country's numbers aren't included.
We have bases in a majority of the world's countries and fight endless wars with ridiculous rules of engagement.
The $800 toilet seat and $500 hammers
I would bet we could find some efficiencies that wouldn't hurt defense one bit.
Maybe Germany, Japan and Korea could pay for their own damn defense.
Also, I've seen it said that a lot of our adventurism is to keep the Saudis propped up
Aw hell, AP; I agree with you. On all of it. I believe we don't need all the bases we have currently; they could be reduced to a few/several strategic locations and be done with it.
To the ROE, don't even get me started. ::outrage::
As for the last in particular, if we could get ahold of our own damn oil, we could let somebody else pay to keep the Saudis in their own gold toilet appointments.
Agree on all points. Plus those comparative numbers are not comparative, the free ride Europe and others get via NATO and our presence there means more money for butter than guns for those clowns, time that free ride ends. There is no need for NATO anymore, if we want (air) basing rights in England and Germany and (baval) basing rights in Spain & Italy, fine, lets lease it, but these obsolete organizations need to go. Ashcanistan needs to be bailed on and Iraq can stand on their own (let the Saudi's fend off the Persian meddling there!). The other things that would need to go to save money is the insane politics in the Pentagon and Congress in making defense expenditures (how, I dunno, a panel of retired general officers and qualified industry analysts review all submissions and fit it to authorized spending levels?) and competitive pricing, no more minority set-asides and other crony-capitalist BS!
http://dailycaller.com/2012/12/05/conservative-group-launches-campaign-to-depose-boehner-from-speakership/ (http://dailycaller.com/2012/12/05/conservative-group-launches-campaign-to-depose-boehner-from-speakership/)
::praying::
http://dailycaller.com/2012/12/05/conservative-group-launches-campaign-to-depose-boehner-from-speakership/ (http://dailycaller.com/2012/12/05/conservative-group-launches-campaign-to-depose-boehner-from-speakership/)
::praying::
It would be nice to drop kick the stupid SOB back to where ever he came from.
http://dailycaller.com/2012/12/05/conservative-group-launches-campaign-to-depose-boehner-from-speakership/ (http://dailycaller.com/2012/12/05/conservative-group-launches-campaign-to-depose-boehner-from-speakership/)
::praying::
My initial doubts arose from the inclusion of Walter Jones. I don't consider him all that conservative. Better than some, sure, but not so conservative to be included in a purge. Yet, there is general agreement now that this is what happened.
I support removing the Speaker.
What can the GOP hope to accomplish by sticking their thumb in the Tea Party eye besides irrelevance? The best they can hope for is a baseline going forward indicating exactly how irrelevant they are without a conservative electoral base.
Beck was right when he said that we had "Progressives on both sides"But he was dead wrong in hoping it could all be done peacefully, it can't.
Beck was right when he said that we had "Progressives on both sides"But he was dead wrong in hoping it could all be done peacefully, it can't.
Are your political buddies in the leadership?
Corker et al. are willing to sacrifice "the rich" with yet another 2% of their property being stolen in the hopes they can get a "deal" that does what exactly? They ought to just cut to the case and throw "the rich" into the volcano and be done with it.
I am so mightly sick and tired of hearing the antipathy directed at "the rich" by the Left and now by the Republicans; it's no longer covert, it's as blatant and as unAmerican as it gets.
If it's any consolation, we were doomed long before this.
If it's any consolation, we were doomed long before this.
Agreed, it is merely becoming more obvious is all.
And just how did they think this magic "morfing" was going to happen?
I didn't know CNBC was ever acceptable. ::unknowncomic::
I didn't know CNBC was ever acceptable. ::unknowncomic::
I enjoyed Squawk Box. They used to have some good discussions and debate.
O'Bongo makes a bold prediction -
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/OTUS/exclusive-president-obama-predicts-gop-cave-taxes/story?id=17937679 (http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/OTUS/exclusive-president-obama-predicts-gop-cave-taxes/story?id=17937679)
Way to go out on a limb there O'Bongo...
O'Bongo makes a bold prediction -
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/OTUS/exclusive-president-obama-predicts-gop-cave-taxes/story?id=17937679 (http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/OTUS/exclusive-president-obama-predicts-gop-cave-taxes/story?id=17937679)
Way to go out on a limb there O'Bongo...
(http://imgc.artprintimages.com/images/art-print/michael-nichols-young-chimpanzee-hangs-from-a-tree-limb_i-G-26-2687-ITWUD00Z.jpg)
O'Bongo makes a bold prediction -
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/OTUS/exclusive-president-obama-predicts-gop-cave-taxes/story?id=17937679 (http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/OTUS/exclusive-president-obama-predicts-gop-cave-taxes/story?id=17937679)
Way to go out on a limb there O'Bongo...
(http://imgc.artprintimages.com/images/art-print/michael-nichols-young-chimpanzee-hangs-from-a-tree-limb_i-G-26-2687-ITWUD00Z.jpg)
If barack had a son it would look just like him.
O'Bongo makes a bold prediction -
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/OTUS/exclusive-president-obama-predicts-gop-cave-taxes/story?id=17937679 (http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/OTUS/exclusive-president-obama-predicts-gop-cave-taxes/story?id=17937679)
Way to go out on a limb there O'Bongo...
(http://imgc.artprintimages.com/images/art-print/michael-nichols-young-chimpanzee-hangs-from-a-tree-limb_i-G-26-2687-ITWUD00Z.jpg)
If barack had a son it would look just like him.
I thought that was a photo of young Barry Soreto in Malaysia.
I thought that was a photo of young Barry Soreto in Malaysia.
Anders Brejvik.
I am just sayin'.
Anders Brejvik.
I am just sayin'.
If this enmity is not put to rest it won't be some Brejvik killing kids it will a very adult conflagration.
They are children of leftists and, yeah, they will probably turn out like their parents; however, I'm willing to wait and let them tell me. As far as a thorn long after the parents, I'm not sure we will have a country after his parents. We'll know pretty soon though.
Anders Brejvik.
I am just sayin'.
If this enmity is not put to rest it won't be some Brejvik killing kids it will a very adult conflagration.
What way is there to "put it to rest", Charles? The children have been indoctrinated through every possible avenue. Hitler's Youth Brownshirts were true believers. The adults are going to have conflagrate .... riiiight down the line.
For their next act, the House GOP will cave on the inevitable Son of AWB that is going to be presented at the beginning of January. This one won't have a sunset provision either.
Awesome.
http://www.buzzfeed.com/zekejmiller/pelosi-backed-boehners-tax-cut-proposal (http://www.buzzfeed.com/zekejmiller/pelosi-backed-boehners-tax-cut-proposal)
Just awesome!
::mooning::
Anybody in the GOP caucus who thinks this idiot should remain as Speaker is a traitor to America, period.
Anybody in the GOP caucus who thinks this idiot should remain as Speaker is a traitor to America, period.
I've come to the conclusion that you could say the majority of this country are traitors to America. Why did I have to be born during the Rule of Moron? I have, apparently, a decidedly 18th Century mindset. It pains me to every day live and breathe the ascendency of the Moron, as they flippantly say "so what?" at the loss of things they'll never understand.
"The Age of Moron" ::thumbsup::Anybody in the GOP caucus who thinks this idiot should remain as Speaker is a traitor to America, period.
I've come to the conclusion that you could say the majority of this country are traitors to America. Why did I have to be born during the Rule of Moron? I have, apparently, a decidedly 18th Century mindset. It pains me to every day live and breathe the ascendency of the Moron, as they flippantly say "so what?" at the loss of things they'll never understand.
Anybody in the GOP caucus who thinks this idiot should remain as Speaker is a traitor to America, period.
I've come to the conclusion that you could say the majority of this country are traitors to America. Why did I have to be born during the Rule of Moron? I have, apparently, a decidedly 18th Century mindset. It pains me to every day live and breathe the ascendency of the Moron, as they flippantly say "so what?" at the loss of things they'll never understand.
Because you have a purpose right now, as do we all who live in this time. Could be those of you with 18th Century mindsets, while there may be few, will be responsible for the pivot back to sanity.
I may think like a 19th century man but if it were not for 20th century medicine I'd not have seen puberty, I'll take my existence as validation of your observation that we're here for an important purpose.
I'll take my existence as validation of your observation that we're here for an important purpose.
I may think like a 19th century man but if it were not for 20th century medicine I'd not have seen puberty, I'll take my existence as validation of your observation that we're here for an important purpose.
What my mother told me validates the premise for me. I was a placenta previa baby and they usually died during birth then. I was just too stubborn to give up, I guess.
I may think like a 19th century man but if it were not for 20th century medicine I'd not have seen puberty, I'll take my existence as validation of your observation that we're here for an important purpose.
What my mother told me validates the premise for me. I was a placenta previa baby and they usually died during birth then. I was just too stubborn to give up, I guess.
I was a blue baby with the cord wrapped around my neck three times.But I'm still here.
Sounds like my son, swimming in fluid flipping and flopping having a gay old time never wanting to leave until they took him out forcefully via Cesarian.
I may think like a 19th century man but if it were not for 20th century medicine I'd not have seen puberty, I'll take my existence as validation of your observation that we're here for an important purpose.
What my mother told me validates the premise for me. I was a placenta previa baby and they usually died during birth then. I was just too stubborn to give up, I guess.
I was a blue baby with the cord wrapped around my neck three times.But I'm still here.
I may think like a 19th century man but if it were not for 20th century medicine I'd not have seen puberty, I'll take my existence as validation of your observation that we're here for an important purpose.
What my mother told me validates the premise for me. I was a placenta previa baby and they usually died during birth then. I was just too stubborn to give up, I guess.
I was a blue baby with the cord wrapped around my neck three times.But I'm still here.
See? That's what I'm saying, even when the majority of us is normal.
I may think like a 19th century man but if it were not for 20th century medicine I'd not have seen puberty, I'll take my existence as validation of your observation that we're here for an important purpose.
What my mother told me validates the premise for me. I was a placenta previa baby and they usually died during birth then. I was just too stubborn to give up, I guess.
I was a blue baby with the cord wrapped around my neck three times.But I'm still here.
See? That's what I'm saying, even when the majority of us is normal.
???
I may think like a 19th century man but if it were not for 20th century medicine I'd not have seen puberty, I'll take my existence as validation of your observation that we're here for an important purpose.
What my mother told me validates the premise for me. I was a placenta previa baby and they usually died during birth then. I was just too stubborn to give up, I guess.
I was a blue baby with the cord wrapped around my neck three times.But I'm still here.
See? That's what I'm saying, even when the majority of us is normal.
???
Alright, I put that wrong. What I'm trying to say is even when the circumstances of birth were unremarkable for the majority of people, they, too, are here and alive now for a reason.
My "conservative" senator Pat Toomey went all in.
F**k him, too, asnd the horse he rode in on
My "conservative" senator Pat Toomey went all in.
F**k him, too, asnd the horse he rode in on
I'm watching to see if anyone exploits the illegal nature of this senate vote.
You see, there were a number of lame duck senators who were technically ineligible to cast a vote after 12/31/12 - but voted anyway.
Nah - that would be invalidating their precious feeeeeelings and that just wouldn't do.
http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2013/01/house-passes-fiscal-cliff-bill-with-85-republican-votes/ (http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2013/01/house-passes-fiscal-cliff-bill-with-85-republican-votes/)
Tick, tick, tick .....
I see my boy, Mike Kelly, sold me out again.
I expect nothing less
Oh, and hope everybody is ready for 2% more payroll tax for FICA, they didn't do anything about that, but no doubt that will be in the grand compromise to come by the end of february, just how much it will cost the pubbies is yet to be determined. Chances are high they'll pay dearly, so remember these 85, I bet their numbers grow.
Oh, and hope everybody is ready for 2% more payroll tax for FICA, they didn't do anything about that, but no doubt that will be in the grand compromise to come by the end of february, just how much it will cost the pubbies is yet to be determined. Chances are high they'll pay dearly, so remember these 85, I bet their numbers grow.
The GOP is dead. I won't vote for fund them now even if they are my only choice or hope. Let it burn. Voting for them is voting to give the Democrats their way in the end. We have in the past voted GOP out of optimism and the knowledge that they might cause a delay. Now that we have passed the point of no return, we might as well step on the gas. We need to use their own weight against them, and let them plunge headlong into the abyss because of a sudden lack of (political) opposition. I might be in a small minority, but because of people like me, the GOP will loose at the National level for the rest of time. The rest of you can try to keep the GOP alive, or let her go. I will only vote 3rd party from now on- because I think there is a zero % chance that any GOP will ever stand up for our principles - being entrenched in the system and playing the game. They are traitors just as much as every Democrat, and should share their fates. So lets help them down that road. Give them what they want and more. Give them time and they will use it to further entrench the police state. We need to force their hand, and make them move too early- and the best part is they will do that on their own if simply given the chance.
Ironically, I am happier than I have been in years. The political war is over. We lost. Get in your (unregistered) firefly, live life day to day, take jobs as they come, and use every opportunity that comes your way to F up the Alliance goons, and hurt those who have supported them. Never Forgive. Never forget. But reading the news or getting angry is pointless now. I can tell you what each and every headline you will read in the next 5 years will say: "The Democrats get their way again, happiness expected, if it weren't for those evil meddling kids!" My head is down and I am concentrating on my own affairs and developing my skills and my ability to sustain myself. I'll do the best I can till that Fed carrying my Bullet arrives, and now that that Fed's arrival is a foregone conclusion, there isn't any point in worrying about it till he is standing on my doorstep. Knowing the govt, he will take years to show up. I won't even try to guess the offense. No point. They will find something. After all I am a dissenter and I am unwilling to pretend I am not. The actual charges are meaningless - both to me and to them.All I can do is work to protect me and mine in the meantime.
Yep, in a surprise it was Kline that went Full Retard, not Paulsen.
The deal increases the deficits $3.9 trillion over what they would have been. That's the wrong way, children. Let the party burn.
I really think the republican party is dead now. We're headed toward one-party hegemony.
They failed to turn out their base in the presidential election, and their response is to give their base the middle finger.
IIRC, from here, Corker was for it, recanted, then voted for it. He now will be able to play whichever clip he chooses.
IIRC, from here, Corker was for it, recanted, then voted for it. He now will be able to play whichever clip he chooses.
It is time for independent and/or third party candidates to receive support from us and those three million who could not stomach voting for a "reach across the isle".
Those kids supporting Ron Paul were right.
IIRC, from here, Corker was for it, recanted, then voted for it. He now will be able to play whichever clip he chooses.
He was against it before he voted for it. ::outrage::
Does that mean I have to become a Paulbot to get anything accomplished?
He was against it before he voted for it. ::outrage::
Does that mean I have to become a Paulbot to get anything accomplished?
If you guys don't support the house repubs that supported you, by voting against this bill, how is that smart?
Time to double-down, support them, and in the next primary season, add to their ranks. 3rd party crap is just that: crap.
I still think that we are better off increasing our conservative members in the repub party. As we increase our numbers, we will get better results. We are still too small a number to make the impact we need. We need to keep adding, not giving up.
I still think that we are better off increasing our conservative members in the repub party. As we increase our numbers, we will get better results. We are still too small a number to make the impact we need. We need to keep adding, not giving up.
How? We can't add. At least not enough to beat the Democratic margin of cheat, and even when we do, the people elected cave-- and that is because no sane person wants to rule. No real conservative will ever run for office because conservatives just want to be left alone. No one is giving up- we are just giving up on a rigged game that cannot be won.
I really think the republican party is dead now. We're headed toward one-party hegemony.
They failed to turn out their base in the presidential election, and their response is to give their base the middle finger.
Yep. I think that pretty much seals it for the GOP. They will lose the House in 2014, assuming we have elections then.
My priority now is to get the hell out of the city. What's coming will be harder to deal with inside the urban/suburban concentration camps. Up until even quite recently I was having the typical concerns a person has about advancing my career, moving on to positions of greater responsibility and greater compensation. But it's now clear that those things are phantoms. Everyone under the age of 50 has had their ability to pursue happiness completely destroyed. It's liberating in a way. Now I won't feel like I am setting back my life by taking lesser work in a better area.
I still think that we are better off increasing our conservative members in the repub party. As we increase our numbers, we will get better results. We are still too small a number to make the impact we need. We need to keep adding, not giving up.
I still think that we are better off increasing our conservative members in the repub party. As we increase our numbers, we will get better results. We are still too small a number to make the impact we need. We need to keep adding, not giving up.
How? We can't add. At least not enough to beat the Democratic margin of cheat, and even when we do, the people elected cave-- and that is because no sane person wants to rule. No real conservative will ever run for office because conservatives just want to be left alone. No one is giving up- we are just giving up on a rigged game that cannot be won.
Or are beaten into submission or ineffectuality by the withholding and withdrawing of committee assignments and such. A representative has no chance to influence legislation, then; all they have left is a yea or nay vote and that isn't enough.
It's extremely discouraging, all of it ....
I still think that we are better off increasing our conservative members in the repub party. As we increase our numbers, we will get better results. We are still too small a number to make the impact we need. We need to keep adding, not giving up.
When it comes time to scoot I may not even bother with a resignation letter...
When it comes time to scoot I may not even bother with a resignation letter...
Oh, man, that is a hilarious way to leave at some companies. It may be months before anyone notices you aren't there. I work in telecom, and Dilbert has always been less funny because of it ( I have personally witnessed in real life many of the events portrayed as "jokes" in Dilbert) I worked in Sales long enough and have visited enough places to know that almost universally Large Corporations become just like the govt- each manager is defending his fiefdom, and NO ONE cares about the bottom line. Projects are established to perpetuate funding- NOT to accomplish a goal ( the first place I worked, a single, already completed, cash cow project funded every other project in the building) . Not doing your job is often viewed as a plus by your manager as long as you put in enough effort to provide the illusion the task is making progress. That is why the requirements change. That is why they keep the drug-addled moron co-worker on staff. If you work in a place like that, find your inner-Wally and TRY to get fired by not working. Firing involves legal and paperwork, and in many cases your manager will try to transfer you, or simply ignore you, rather than do it. (Put all of your useless people in a group, assign them work that duplicates that of another dept and make sure it gets back to the other dept head..if you are lucky, he demands they be merged with his group. ) Its even more fun if you work a govt job. Just wait till the Dems implement the "job security" stuff Europe has where you have to pay an employee for three years after you fire them... but I am sure no one would take advantage of that...
Lazy, mouthy, worthless rat scat bastard!
http://washington.cbslocal.com/2013/01/05/obama-urges-action-on-debt-ceiling-during-vacation/ (http://washington.cbslocal.com/2013/01/05/obama-urges-action-on-debt-ceiling-during-vacation/)
::mooning::
It is too bad there are no adults around to cut of this petulant man-childs allowance.
The sphincter in chief needs to be cut the frick off!