CNBC: $7.36 trillion… [federal handout]

Bush and Congress touted the handout to total $700 billion.  This was quickly calculated (by people who know basic addition) to be over two trillion dollars.

Our good friends over at CNBC have calculated the real cost of the federal bailout handout to be $7.36 TRILLION. Check out their figures.

CNBC says that figure “is a combination of what’s been committed (where it is
defined) and what has actually been spent or lent (where a given program has started).”

Let me quote Advocates for Self-Government to put this in perspective:

• more than twice what was spent on World War II, adjusted for inflation.
• nine times what the government has spent so far on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
• half the U.S. annual gross national product.
• enough to pay off half or more of the country’s mortgages.
• roughly $24,000 for every man, woman, and child in the U.S.
• roughly $50,000 per taxpayer.

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It’s not lying when the president does it..

“The war on drugs has been an utter failure. [W]e need to rethink and
decriminalize our [nation's] marijuana laws.”

– Barack Obama, January 2004

“President-elect Obama is not in favor of the legalization of marijuana.”

– Change.com, Obama’s post-election blog.

[source]

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Consumer’s FAQ To The Circuit City Liquidation (from Consumerist)

These are the people who go out of business, mark everything up 100%, then offer you the `sale price’ of 20% off.

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Man Obtains Capital One Card Personalized With Nick Nolte’s Mugshot

You’ve gotta see this one.  It’s everything a card should be.  What’s in yer wallet?

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Seven States Sue Over Health Worker “Conscience” Rule

Finally – a small amount of sanity has entered the picture.  Although sanity has no place among people who would legislate their beliefs, we must remain ever-vigilant.

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The FBI is investing one of two cases of Wisconsin Walmarts evacuated because of nasty odors.

You mean Walmarts are not supposed to smell like that?

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“The ovaries may be pulled off and become a choking hazard.”

How many times have you heard this?  This uterus is being recalled, folks.

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In a rare public opinion released Thursday, the secret court that oversees foreign intelligence surveillance upheld a statute allowing the executive branch to authorize national security surveillance without bothering with a court order.

Your rights: Ignore them and they’ll go away.

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The FCC once again releases indecency complaints stats minus a few details, like: who made these complaints, and did they actually see the program?

This is but one of the many reasons that this fraudulent and defective agency should be abolished.

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The FDA has approved a new drug to treat fibromyalgia.  This would be drug number two, I believe.  Before drug number one, my wife, a fibromyalgia sufferer, noted that people were having a hard time getting the diagnosis because doctors didn’t believe it existed (like multiple personality disorder).  She said that only when Big Pharma<tm> came out with a drug to treat it would it become a `legitimate’ disorder.  Damn if she wasn’t one hundred percent correct, hence Lyrica.

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According to the Institute for Truth in Accounting, each of us owes $194,400 for the national debt.

Funny, I didn’t run the thing up.  I pay my bills. Yet because of the clowns in DC, I allegedly owe several times my yearly salary? There’s something wrong with the math here (not to mention that it’s long past time to throw them all out).

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