Daily Archives: August 31, 2009

School Bus Bumps

Does anyone ever use those seat belts in school buses?  Are they good for anything, other than tethering  down fun?

As Margo Channing played by bette Davis, famously said in the 1950 hit, “All About Eve,” “Fasten your seatbelts, it’s going to be a bumpy night.”

Bus Ride Fail

August 12, 2009

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Easy To Understand Tripling Of American Public Debt In 10 Years

Reading comprehension can be difficult for some.  So in the name of delivering a point with clarity, let’s check out The Heritage Foundation’s latest visual on Obama’s Tripling of the National Debt in Pictures.

The public national debt–$5.8 trillion as of 2008–is projected to double by 2012 and nearly triple by 2019. 

Thus, America would accumulate more government debt under President Obama than under every President in American history from George Washington to George W. Bush combined.

Somehow, that does not seem as a laudable accomplishment any president would want.  The graph drives the point home easily.

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