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Unmoderated Tag: Video Clips Rating: No Votes Hits: 3 Comments: 0 Ginger Ginger Catherine Tate Show: Sandra has got Problems. She has to be moved to a refugee home. Why? User: Griff Oct 15, 2008 10:53 AM
Unmoderated Tag: Politics Rating: No Votes Hits: 41 Comments: 0 The Onion: The Onion: Gifted Youngster Sells Cookies to Buy Attack Ad The Onion: The Onion: Gifted Youngster Sells Cookies to Buy Attack Ad In this installment of Beyond The Facts, a precocious 8-year-old girl participates in grown-up politics by spreading smears and lies. User: Griff Oct 14, 2008 4:21 PM
Headline Tag: Politics Rating: Good Hits: 782 Comments: 9 Rush Limbaugh Calls Barack the Magic Negro Rush Limbaugh Calls Barack the Magic Negro Has Rush Limbaugh Gone Too Far With "Barack The Magic Negro" User: Griff Oct 14, 2008 8:09 AM
Headline Tag: Television Rating: Amazing Hits: 1113 Comments: 6 John Cleese on Sarah Palin John Cleese on Sarah Palin John Cleese on Sarah Palin User: Griff Oct 14, 2008 4:32 AM
Permanent Tag: Twisted Rating: Good Hits: 33 Comments: 3 Goldfish Funeral Goldfish Funeral The goldfish funeral. User: Griff Oct 14, 2008 4:30 AM
Headline Tag: Television Rating: Good Hits: 512 Comments: 1 The 56 Trillion Dollar Deficit: Bill Maher Interviews Fmr. Comptroller General David Walker The 56 Trillion Dollar Deficit: Bill Maher Interviews Fmr. Comptroller General David Walker Bill Maher Interviews Fmr. Comptroller General David Walker about the huge deficit in America. (CNN) -- The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act contains plenty to make lawmakers on the left and right shudder. On the right, it's the apparent abandonment of free-market principles. On the left, it's the absence of punishment for high-flying Wall Street CEO's. Looking down the middle, what I found downright unnerving was how hard Washington struggled to pass a bill that, in reality, represents less than 1 percent of our current federal financial hole. Don't get me wrong. Congress and the Bush Administration are to be commended for acting to relieve the credit crunch and trying to minimize any immediate, adverse effect on our economy and by consequence, on American jobs and access to credit. The ultimate cost of the act should ring up at less than $500 billion, less than the advertised $700 billion because of anticipated proceeds from the government's sale of the assets it will acquire with the appropriated funds. The nation's real tab, on the other hand, amounted to $53 trillion as of the end of the last fiscal year. That was the sum of our public debt; accrued civilian and military retirement benefits; unfunded, promised Social Security and Medicare benefits; and other financial obligations -- all according to the government's most recent financial statement of September 30, 2007. Don't Miss * Fed pumps billions more into banks * Dollar plummets against yen * In Depth: Commentaries The rescue package and other bailout efforts for Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, AIG and the auto industry, escalating operating deficits, compounding interest and other factors are likely to boost the tab to $56 trillion or more by the end of this calendar year. With numbers and trends like this, you might ask, "Who will bail out America?" The answer is, no one but us! Since we're going to have to save ourselves, recent events could hardly be called encouraging. It took an additional $100 billion in incentives -- some would call them "sweeteners;" others might call them bribes -- to get lawmakers to pass the rescue package. Regardless of what you call these incentives, ultimately the taxpayers will have to pick up the tab, with interest. The process that was employed to achieve enactment of this bill was hardly a model of efficiency or effectiveness. The original proposal represented an over-reach and under-communication by the administration. Neither lawmakers nor ordinary citizens had enough information to properly assess the real risks, the need for action and what an appropriate course of action might be. Furthermore, the key players allowed the legislation to be characterized as a $700 billion bailout of Wall Street, which was neither an accurate nor a fair reflection of the legislation. Passage of the credit-crunch relief provisions in the act was understandable, not just because of what risks and needed actions the Treasury and the Federal Reserve were aware of, but more importantly, because of what policymakers didn't know and eventually might have to address. Let's face it -- the regular order in Washington is broken. We must move beyond crisis management approaches and start to address some of the key fiscal and other challenges facing this country if we want our future to be better than our past. A good place to start would be for the presidential candidates to acknowledge our $53 trillion (and growing) federal financial hole and commit to begin to address it. Their endorsement of the need for a bipartisan fiscal future commission along the lines of the one sponsored by Rep. Jim Cooper, D-Tennessee, and Rep. Frank Wolf, R-Virginia, also would make sense. Any such commission should, at a minimum, address the need for statutory budget controls, comprehensive Social Security reform, a first round of tax reform and a first round of comprehensive health care reform. It should hold hearings both inside and beyond the Beltway. And, its recommendations should be guaranteed to receive an up-or-down vote by Congress if a super-majority of the commission's members can agree on a comprehensive proposal. Editor's Note: David M. Walker served as comptroller general of the United States and head of the Government Accountability Office (GAO) from 1998 to 2008. He is now president and CEO of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation. Our fiscal time bomb is ticking, and the time for action is now! DAVID WALKER User: Griff Oct 13, 2008 2:11 PM
Headline Tag: Politics Rating: Amazing Hits: 116 Comments: 0 Gordon Sinclair: The Americans Gordon Sinclair: The Americans Video of Gordon Sinclair reading his 1973 speech The Americans. See www.WhatWouldGordSay.com User: Griff Oct 13, 2008 2:09 PM
Unmoderated Tag: Paris Hilton Rating: Ok Hits: 25 Comments: 1 Paris Hilton Gets Presidential with Martin Sheen Paris Hilton Gets Presidential with Martin Sheen Paris seeks the advice of the most esteemed fake president of our generation. User: Griff Oct 8, 2008 3:24 AM
Headline Tag: Television Rating: Ok Hits: 918 Comments: 0 Jimmy Tango's Fat Busters: Ride the Snake! Jimmy Tango's Fat Busters: Ride the Snake! Jim Carrey as Jimmy Tango in a hilarious Saterday Night Live skit about weight loss. Ride the snake! User: Griff Oct 5, 2008 4:26 PM
Headline Tag: Television Rating: Amazing Hits: 712 Comments: 0 Spike Feresten: FOX News Guy Spike Feresten: FOX News Guy Spike Feresten attends a war protest disguised as a Fox News reporter. User: Griff Oct 5, 2008 7:34 AM
Permanent Tag: Business Rating: Good Hits: 57 Comments: 1 Bill O'Reilly Angry at Barney Frank (10-2-08) Bill O'Reilly Angry at Barney Frank (10-2-08) Bill O'Reilly enraged and angry with Barney Frank during the "Personal Story Segment!" User: Griff Oct 3, 2008 3:21 PM
Headline Tag: John Cleese Rating: Good Hits: 1097 Comments: 9 John Cleese: Could Care Less John Cleese: Could Care Less John Cleese rants about the American misuse of "Could care less" User: Griff Oct 3, 2008 9:12 AM
Unmoderated Tag: Documentary Rating: Amazing Hits: 31 Comments: 0 1983 Islington Squatter Punk Documentary 1983 Islington Squatter Punk Documentary A Peek into the lives of Islington Squatter punks of 1983. User: Griff Oct 2, 2008 3:18 PM
Permanent Tag: Onion News Network Rating: Good Hits: 33 Comments: 0 The Onion: China Launches First Willing Manned Mission into Space The Onion: China Launches First Willing Manned Mission into Space Chinese gathered to see Zhang Tong, the first Chinese man to go into space without being chained inside the rocket. User: Griff Oct 2, 2008 2:12 PM
Permanent Tag: Joe Biden Rating: Amazing Hits: 57 Comments: 0 Joe Biden in Primary Debate. Joe Biden in Primary Debate. Joe Biden makes a joke during the Democratic Presidential debate User: Griff Oct 2, 2008 2:07 PM
Headline Tag: Politics Rating: Amazing Hits: 854 Comments: 6 Lil' O'Reilly Lil' O'Reilly Lil' Bill O'Reilly weighs in on the important issues. User: Griff Oct 1, 2008 11:46 AM
Headline Tag: Politics Rating: Amazing Hits: 444 Comments: 2 The Onion: Obama Runs Constructive Criticism Ad on McCain The Onion: Obama Runs Constructive Criticism Ad on McCain In response to Republican attacks, Barack Obama unleashed a series of slightly negative ads that gently point out how McCain could be doing a better job. User: Griff Sep 30, 2008 10:08 AM
Headline Tag: Television Rating: Amazing Hits: 441 Comments: 2 Discovery Channel: Exclusive Time Warp Discovery Channel: Exclusive Time Warp Punch and glass breaking slowed down. User: Griff Sep 29, 2008 10:24 AM
Permanent Tag: Video Clips Rating: Good Hits: 32 Comments: 0 Ross Kemp: Gangs Ross Kemp: Gangs Ross visits Kenya to investigate the Mungiki, said to be Africa's most deadly organization. User: Griff Sep 29, 2008 6:11 AM
Permanent Tag: Cinema Rating: Good Hits: 13 Comments: 0 The Quiet Man: Big Fight The Quiet Man: Big Fight John Wayne and Victor McLaglen duke it out. User: Griff Sep 28, 2008 3:06 PM
Headline Tag: Video Clips Rating: Amazing Hits: 303 Comments: 4 John Labruzzo Wants Poor Women Sterilized John Labruzzo Wants Poor Women Sterilized Rachel Maddow reports on Rep. John Labruzzo wanting a bill passed to offer poor women to get sterilized. User: Griff Sep 27, 2008 3:17 AM
Unmoderated Tag: Video Clips Rating: Good Hits: 18 Comments: 1 Spank Cat Spank Cat My cat just loves to be spanked. She even asks for more. User: Griff Sep 26, 2008 4:23 PM
Headline Tag: Baseball Rating: Good Hits: 218 Comments: 0 The Onion: Yankees Building Vacation Stadium in the Hamptons The Onion: Yankees Building Vacation Stadium in the Hamptons The new facility will be an intimate beachfront stadium where the Yankees can go to get away from the hustle and bustle of New York City. User: Griff Sep 25, 2008 3:41 PM
Unmoderated Tag: Video Clips Rating: Ok Hits: 39 Comments: 2 Greg Holst Is Not Amused. Greg Holst Is Not Amused. I think someone is a little annoyed. NSFW User: Griff Sep 24, 2008 4:38 AM
 
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