True enough. My brother - big Obama supporter - posted an article from the Economist stating that this is not Obama's fault. It's all the fault of the Bush administration who appointed those in the IRS and the fault of those wasically Wepublicans for making budget cuts that reduced the amount of staff in the IRS.

He, like others of his ilk, are constantly looking for anything that justifies whatever the president does.

Exactly. The CBO also projected Obamacare to be deficit-neutral, if I recall correctly.

I'm always suspicious about "Projections" too. They are basically making a prediction and whether it's correct or not depends on how accurate their data is and how accurate their interpretation of said data is. I suspect the latter is severely lacking.

I was born on Dec. 22nd. My lovely wife Amanda was born on Dec. 21st. Neither of us got a lot of parties when we were children. As far as we are concerned, our birthday is a big deal and one where we won't be giving each other combination Christmas/Birthday presents and cards.

Committee Chair: Madame Secretary, you told us you'd give us the truth about Benghazi, but you lied and obfuscated during your entire testimony!

Clinton: Yes, but when I promised to tell the truth, my fingers were crossed behind my back.

Committee Chair: Oh! Well that's okay then.

I think what bothers a lot of people I talk to is that as Jeffries states things, if you shop there he wins; if you don't shop there he wins; and all the buzz from these outrageous statements are like free publicity. It looks like win-win-win. That tends to get under a lot of people's skin.

My lovely wife's stated preference for how to deal with Abercrombie & Fitch was to gather as much 'uncool' people as possible and all go browsing in the store together at the same time.

It's a funny solution, at least.

This will also destroy small businesses, especially those that depend on internet sales. This isn't fair at all.

This move is so Ayn Randian I can't even believe it's happening sometimes.

I swear, the Libertarians are right about us Republicans.

I've gone mostly to podcasts, primarily because of the various problems I've had with radio.

First, in an office building, if you have a cheap radio, you get a terrible signal sometimes.

Secondly, in my last office, listening to the radio and streaming radio was frowned upon, so I started listening to podcasts.  I listen to the radio while I drive, but that's less than an hour a day.

That scene I remember depicted in The Quest of the Holy Grail. That was a book I enjoyed and appreciated greatly.

Ricochet was one of the few sites I actually use my real face.  Count yourselves lucky. Usually I go with a cow. It's an involved pun.

The picture here is one of my favorites when my lovely wife Amanda and I were still dating. We'd had a day at the beach near Bodega Bay. The wind was blowing and Amanda wanted a picture of us both. Here we are, smiling and thoroughly enjoying out time together before she had to go back to Utah.

I'm the one with the beard.

Okay, I'd grab that issue.

13 out of 13 and I never finished college.  In your face graduates!

Also, don't sweat the common gas question, most people miss that one.  Alternatively, be terribly, terribly ashamed you didn't know the answer.

Cat pictures almost make me feel something. Almost.

3AP: In this passage, James is stating that belief is not a sufficient criteria.

Think of it this way, most of us on Ricochet believe Barack Hussein Obama is President of the United States, but that doesn't necessarily mean we adhere to his particular worldview.

Ew.

Y'know, for all my criticisms of Ayn Rand, it's amazing how prescient she was in certain things.