Congressional Republicans on Sunday predicted a doomsday scenario of crushing debt and eventual federal bankruptcy if President Barack Obama's massive spending blueprint wins passage.
But a White House adviser dismissed the negative assessments, saying she is "incredibly confident" that the president's policies will "do the job" for the economy.
In a TV interview, Obama himself laughed when discussing the dire state of parts of the economy — and ascribed his laughter to "gallows humor."
White House Council of Economic Advisers chairwoman Christina Romer insisted that the nation's flailing economy will be rebounding by 2010.
Regardless doomsday is still 01/01/2011. Why do you ask? Its the day the very first Baby Boomer turns 65 and can apply for full Social Security and Medicare. If we don't go bankrupt in 2010 it is still speeding down the track like a runaway train. Congress has chosen to ignore and will act surprised when their ponzi scheme goes bust.
A Texas death row inmate with a history of mental problems pulled out his only good eye and told authorities he ate it. Andre Thomas, 25, was arrested for the fatal stabbings of his estranged wife, their young son and her 13-month-old daughter in March 2004. Their hearts also had been ripped out. He was convicted and condemned for the infant's death.
While in the Grayson County Jail in Sherman, Thomas plucked out his right eye before his trial later in 2004. A judge subsequently ruled he was competent to stand trial.
Obviously he was competent but whats the loss if Texas fries him really?
A mother of three young children reported to be the first U.S. female war deserter seeking asylum in Canada says she's been ordered to leave the country.
Kimberly Rivera said her request to stay on humanitarian and compassionate grounds was rejected at a hearing in Mississauga, Ont., and her family has been told to leave Canada by Jan. 27.
The former soldier moved to Toronto from Texas in early 2007 with her husband and two children after refusing redeployment to Iraq. In late November, she gave birth to a third child in Canada.
She had served in Iraq in 2006 as a gate guard at a forward operating base, according to the War Resisters Support Campaign. The advocacy group said Rivera is the first U.S. female war deserter to come to Canada.
Rivera said she was shocked by the decision and worries about her three children, who have come to see Canada as home.
"It kind of hurts and it feels like a piece of you is being ripped right out of you," she told CBC News.
Supporters had hoped immigration officials would allow her to stay in part because she has a six-week-old daughter, Katie Marie, born in Canada. Rivera's other children are Christian, 6, and Rebecca, 4.
"I was more hopeful about Kim's situation because she's a nursing mother and I thought they might take that into consideration," said Lee Zaslofsky, co-ordinator of the War Resisters Support Campaign.
Zaslofsky said the federal government seems resolved not to allow any war deserters to remain in Canada — a position he believes is not supported by most Canadians.
The group says four other American military personnel and their families face deportation in January.
In July, Robin Long became the first American deserter removed by Canadian authorities. Long was sentenced to 15 months in prison after pleading guilty to a reduced charge of desertion.
Last month, Cliff Cornell, a former U.S. soldier from Arkansas living in Nanaimo, B.C., was ordered to leave Canada by Dec. 24.
Deportation orders were also given to U.S. war deserters:
* Corey Glass. * Jeremy Hinzman. * Patrick Hart. * Matt Lowell. * Dean Walcott.
Not only was the baby nursing but so was the entire family on the Canadian government teat. I do hope if she is ever brought to justice that not only does she do federal time but has to repay the enlistment bonus as well.
The possibility of running away didn't occur to Kim at that point. But it did to her husband, Mario. He retreated to his computer, his usual hideout in times of stress.
He must be a real piece of work. Retreated back into his world of WOW?
Kim met Mario as a teen at the Wal-Mart, where they both worked. They'd dreamed of a future with educations and real careers, but Kim became pregnant at 20, and another baby quickly followed. She and Mario lived with Kim's parents, whose dislike of Mario made the situation unbearable.
Was he the greeter or the fat ass in electronics? I'm sure her parents loved taking them in after he knocked her up and then managed to knock her up a 2nd time living off of her parents.
Kim and Mario got married, and she saw the military as her only option. Becoming a soldier would mean a steady income, benefits, a roof over their heads.
Got married after the 2nd child or when?
"Mario wanted to go instead of me," she says, but both were overweight, and Kim thought she would be able to shed the necessary pounds more quickly.
Holy fuck what a man.
The $8,000 signing bonus seemed like a fortune. Kim bought a tan sofa and chair ("microfiber suede,"
Good job on pissing away that $8k there Kim. How much did you budget for jelly donuts?
Today in Toronto, Kim, who is due to give birth this month to her third child, works a night shift in a bakery, thanks to a temporary work permit.
You live in a subsidized shoe box and you have yet another child?
Mario works at a McDonald's during the day.
You want fries with that? Seriously is anyone surprised at this point?
During my visit, Kim kisses Mario, a lumbering teddy bear of a guy, three times before leaving the apartment
Or maybe a sloth?
Later, she hurries down the street on her way to a favorite doughnut shop that reminds her of one back home in Texas.
Speaking of jelly donuts.
A homeless woman approaches and asks for change. "Sorry, dear," Kim apologizes, offering directions to a government-run food pantry instead. It's been a while since Kim has had to get groceries at the pantry herself
So Canada supplies your housing and your food at times?
She still keeps her fatigues, which she wears sometimes for antiwar rallies,
I would like to see her squeeze that fat ass into them.
That evening over a take-out dinner, Kim's kindergartner, Christian, suddenly puts down his pizza to announce, "My mommy was a soldier. She had to make a choice: Go home or die." Kim freezes midbite, her eyes widening. Christian prattles on. "She chose to come home to her family. She didn't want to die. Her job was guarding the gate. Now someone else does it."
I am sure our soldiers are thankful every day that her ignorant ass is not responsible for their perimeter security.
Mario tentatively opens the door. The stranger hands him a boxful of donated toys for the kids — gifts from a local charity.
I am so glad these ignorant fat ass over breeding losers are now suckling on the government teat of Canada instead of ours. I'm sure her family is very proud and her COC is glad to see her gone as well.
Funny thing is I have seen Marie Claire on the shelf and I am pretty sure Kim here couldn't wedge that flabby ass of hers into anything they feature on the cover so why are they wasting ink on this white trash deserter?
All I could think about reading this steaming pile of shit was:
Former EMT with a train wreck spine turned critical care RN. Evil assault weapon owner and avid hunter. Wasting natural resources bass fishing and recreational boating. I suppose if the liberals ever really take over I won't have any hobbies left.
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