So we're slashing more government jobs in a Depression

We're going to merge government agencies to "cut waste and duplication". That's just brilliant. Hoover-licious. And it seems the the newly neoliberal world of DU loves it, just loves it.

Remember that FDR joker? He started programs to give people makework, just to have an excuse to give them government cash that wasn't welfare. And we can see how that bullshit worked out: unemployment dropped 40% in four years, and the economy grew at 8% a year. Those poor bastards didn't know how awful they had it, what with things getting better and all.

Thank God we don't have to worry ourselves over the prospect of unemployment dropping 40% in four years, and the economy growing at 8% a year. Bank profits would go down or some other bad thing, no doubt.

Hey purists: there's NO WAY Obama could have recess appointed Elizabeth Warren to head CFPB

NO WAY. The REPUBLICANS would have BLOCKED IT.

Now we have a SUCCESSFUL appointment, thanks to our president's FAR-SIGHTED and POLITICALLY-REALISTIC moves.

So pull your heads out of your butts and drink a BIG STEAMING CUP OF REALITY.

I can confidently identify tonight's winner

NotRomney won tonight, by a 3:1 margin. Romney is second, Paul third.

It will be interesting to see which NotObama ends up running in the general election against the NotRepublican. Hopefully the NotRepublican wins.

They caved! It's a testatment to how far we've fallen that

maintaining the status quo is celebrated as an historic victory.

But we must crawl before we walk, so it is still a good thing.

Excelsior!

Obama: measurements that best define his success (or failure)?

After almost three years in the job, I'd say:

1. Is the percentage of Americans in poverty increasing or decreasing?
2. Is the percentage of working-age Americans who are employed, full time, increasing or decreasing? Using this measure bypasses the skullduggery that's done with official unemployment figures.
3. Is the median wage rising faster than the true inflation rate, i.e., is the typical American's purchasing power increasing or decreasing?

What are your thoughts?

White House Petition: Restore Habeas Corpus and the Right to Trial

What's up? Why the worries over indefinite imprisonment of anyone the President desires?

If you're against Obama being able to imprison whoever he wants, for as long as he wants, then you just don't trust Obama. You're a hater.

And you also don't trust future presidents, which is pretty paranoid.

The fanatical Left really needs to tone it down. What's your next demand? A bill of rights?