Democrats Applaud Increasing National Debt by $1.9 Trillion (Video)
Posted by Jim Hoft on Wednesday, February 10, 2010, 5:21 AM
Clearly, there is a difference between the two parties. Not a single Republican voted for this travesty:
House Democrats, led by Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, stand and applaud the increase of the nation’s debt limit by $1.9 trillion on February 4, 2010.
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jim commented:
The biggest theft of private property in American history. And they’re stealing it from millions not yet born or old enough to vote.
There’s a revolt that going to occur in this country, and it’s not going to involve dressing up in Minuteman costumes or waving placards at passing cars.
olm commented:
There is a revolt coming.
They applaud and the people are just more disgusted.
Dell commented:
Jim, olm, I agree with you both and have been saying as much for a year. At some point the exasperation will take its toll and you’re going to see a revolution, the magnitude of which will be astounding.
Elton commented:
The applause was muted immediately after it started on this video segment…like someone edited it out. The last ten seconds were quiet, nothing but silence.
down with dems commented:
Why would ANYONE applaud raising the debt limit? There is no reason a sane person would, except that it ensures every lawmaker who voted for it will keep getting a paycheck, and ensures the USA will get dragged further toward bankruptcy… if that’s your GOAL, then yes you’d applaud for it.
Bruce commented:
Though, you don’t actually see who’s doing the clapping there. It could very well be the Republicans celebrating another nail being driven into the coffin of the Democrat’s majority in Congress.
BigAlSouth commented:
DWD #6
I think the Dums are just so happy that they actually passed something. The happy claps being heard were for the inevitable funding of their constituency activist groups with taxpayer bucks. In a 1.9 Trillion Dollar bill, whats a couple of BILLION for ACORN activists?
Chisum commented:
I know this is deficits but check out the comparisons.
Federal deficits as percent of GDP
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2010/02/graph_of_the_day_for_february_8.html
Joanne commented:
The lunatics are running the asylum….period…….and they don’t give a damn either.
BuryMeInAGeorgeWashingtonTShirt commented:
You know how big 2 trillion dollars is, son? If it were laid end-to-end, it still wouldn’t fit around Obama’s head. That’s how big it is.
We’ll be eating field grass.
Militant Conservative commented:
Planned ahead, lots of provisions and supplies.
Mostly politician repellant.
WE SCREAMED YELLED AND GOT IN YOUR FACE.
Your last (peacefull)chance will be November.
Powder is dry.
Melvin Winter commented:
Check out this related YouTube parody showing the next generation’s reaction to the Democrats’ reaction: http://optoons.blogspot.com/2010/02/reactions-to-passage-of-record-high.html
pm commented:
If I understood Glenn Beck this AM, (my groggy just-waking-up memory) his TV show today and tomorrow will tell us what’s going on and to be prepared.
Learn history and who we are. These truths that they’ve tried to deny us will save us.
What’s about to happen in Greece/Europe will happen here. They’re deeply in debt. (He then mentioned California – its insolvency as a state parallels Greece’s as member of the EU). There’ve been riots that haven’t been reported on the scale they’re actually occurring in Greece and France.
He reminded us all to read “The Coming Insurrection” by The Invisible Committee. (?that memory again). Communists masquerading as Democrats – and how the Unions will play a huge role – strikes.
I think he’s said this before, but he alluded to BO being clueless, and in danger himself.
I wouldn’t dismiss Beck, he’s been doing his homework and trying to figure it all out. We’re going to need an aware, educated public.
bg commented:
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why did they silence the huge outburst of applause??
what are they afraid of??
are these sheeple not as “proud” as their head Ewess
Nancy Pelosi that this fleecing of America bill passed??
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bg commented:
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Bruce @ 9:46 am #7
yeah right..
take 2 aspirin & call your doc in the morning..
that one must have hurt your brain, oh wait..
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bg commented:
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not sure where to post this GP, but here goes..
ht Rush
by Paul Krugman via New York Times
Wall Street Damage Control
[Again: the president compares Wall Street paychecks to baseball players. That’s really bad messaging: first, baseball players didn’t trigger a global economic collapse, and second, the baseball industry isn’t the beneficiary of a massive and continuing taxpayer bailout (continuing because banks would be in deep trouble even now if it weren’t for the belief that they have a government backstop).
[..]
Clueless
[President Barack Obama said he doesn’t “begrudge” the $17 million bonus awarded to JPMorgan Chase & Co. Chief Executive Officer Jamie Dimon or the $9 million issued to Goldman Sachs Group Inc. CEO Lloyd Blankfein, noting that some athletes take home more pay.
[..]
Oh. My. God.
First of all, to my knowledge, irresponsible behavior by baseball players hasn’t brought the world economy to the brink of collapse and cost millions of innocent Americans their jobs and/or houses.
And more specifically, not only has the financial industry has been bailed out with taxpayer commitments; it continues to rely on a taxpayer backstop for its stability. Don’t take it from me, take it from the rating agencies:
The planned overhaul of US financial rules prompted Standard & Poor’s to warn on Tuesday it might downgrade the credit ratings of Citigroup and Bank of America on concerns that the shake-up would make it less likely that the banks would be bailed out by US taxpayers if they ran into trouble again.
The point is that these bank executives are not free agents who are earning big bucks in fair competition; they run companies that are essentially wards of the state. There’s good reason to feel outraged at the growing appearance that we’re running a system of lemon socialism, in which losses are public but gains are private. And at the very least, you would think that Obama would understand the importance of acknowledging public anger over what’s happening.
But no. If the Bloomberg story is to be believed, Obama thinks his key to electoral success is to trumpet “the influence corporate leaders have had on his economic policies.”
We’re doomed.]
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chris commented:
“There is a revolt coming.”
Clearly all the revolters weren’t watching tv during the Bush administration. He increased the debt quite a bit.
When Bush took office your debt was $3.5 trillion and when he left it was $5.8 trillion.
Where were all the fiscal conservatives from 2000 to 2008? At Walmart?
bg commented:
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chris @ 8:46 pm #22
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bg commented:
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chris @ 8:46 pm #22
seriously:
Bush Deficit vs. Obama Deficit in Pictures
and just for fun:
The National Debt Road Trip
needs to be updated, as the Democratic Majority in Congress (they
hold the purse strings) just approved adding another 1.9 trillion on
to the national debt..
sarc on/
I BLAME BUSH!!
/sarc off
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