Time for Thorns

The Sardinian government has a scheme  to lease out its  picturesque lighthouses to make a little money and avoid the expense of maintenance and restoration.   It won’t be a huge help to the Italian fiscal problem,  but it means,  hopefully,  that these structures will not only be preserved,  but also enjoyed by others,  because they offer some spectacularly scenic  locations.

U.S. debt is now $15.23 trillion,  which is  the same size  as the entire economy.  Thanks so much,  His Oneness.

This is a  brilliantly simple explanation  of what everyone assumes to be a vastly complicated set of problems.

Thanks to His Oneness  and the spineless Super Committee.

William Warren has a  most instructive  political cartoon for us today.

Have a  wonderful cartoon  which perfectly explains the economic policy of His Oneness.

Have a perfectly  delicious cartoon  showing how His Oneness solved the debt ceiling crisis.

is China.

Quin Hillyer thinks that is  the true goal  of His Oneness.   Don’t discount it merely because the concept is difficult to wrap your head around.

Now that  one of the  credit rating agencies has downgraded the USA,  I think we’ll see some proof of Hillyer’s premise,  because the agency is not concerned about the debt ceiling,  but the debt load.

Daniel Foster  notes that His  Oneness could have lifted his language about entitlements from Paul Ryan.    Other than that,  the presser was one long,  confused mash of lies and distortions  –  Democrats see a revenue problem,  not a spending problem.    Read Mark Steyn’s post here.

As Kevin Glass so  beautifully points out,  the Democratic party is the only part of the economy that isn’t in the toilet.   Joseph Lawler offers the video and  reduces it to  a succinct  “your taxes will increase after I’m re-elected.”   And yes,   Democrats are perfectly willing to raise  the specter of debt default in order to keep the power that forced government redistribution gives those in Washington.

If,   like Bonhoeffer,  you believe  “The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world that it leaves to its children,”  then you can not agree to what his Oneness insists upon,  because the man’s promises are  dangerous to us all.