I learned about bitwise AND.
I live an exciting life.
I guess I can’t be surprised that borrow and spend Americans would elect presidents… that do the same stupid things.
“[Obama] will challenge his Cabinet to cut a collective $100 million in the next 90 days,” said a White House news release. “Agencies will be required to report back with their savings at the end of 90 days.”
“I’m asking for all of them to identify at least $100 million in additional cuts to their administrative budgets,” Obama told reporters afterward. “None of these things alone are going to make a difference, but cumulatively, they would make an extraordinary difference because they start setting a tone.”
A $1,000,000,000,000 budget these people have, and they’re making an extraordinary difference by removing a $100,000,000 sliver. I know I’m not the only one who immediately thought, “BOLD!”.
A trillion dollar budget and he’s looking to cut 100 million? A 0.01% reduction and he’s qualified to tell companies that they don’t know how to run their businesses.
Here’s tip Obama, the tone is set. You can no longer set the fucking tone. You already set it and it doesn’t have a damn thing to do with saving money or being frugal.
Also, I’d like to thank Obama for making me realize why everyone hated GHWB. It’s the stupid fucking grin that he can’t wipe off his face. I realized it because Obama’s Press Secretary, Robert Gibbs, has the same stupid fucking look.
Watch the first minute of this clip.
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Look at how he squints and his eyes dart when he knows how indefensible his idiotic position really is. Although like any brave pressec, he just keeps right on going.
Anyway, it’s good to see some reporters are still trying.
With a bonus:
Top White House economic adviser Lawrence Summers said Obama would be “very focused in the very near term on a whole set of issues having to do with credit card abuses.”
“We need to do things to stop the marketing of credit in ways that addict people to it,” Summers said in an interview on the NBC television talk show “Meet the Press.”
All the fucking problems that we have, and Obama is going to be “very focused” on reducing the profitability of banks. Now I’m pissed a Larry Summers, too. Here’s another tip for you fucking Ivy League geniuses, how about not trying every single fucking day to make credit cheaper?
When you hear on the news about some crazy white guy who stormed DC with a pitchfork, you’ll know I’ve finally snapped.
Addendum 2009-04-21 Don Boudreaux refers to Obama’s gesture as “audaciously insulting sarcasm by the chronically irresponsible”.
