“I have five grandchildren. I look in their eyes, and I see the potential of their lives and all of these other children who are out there. You know what? We are going to waterboard them. That is what we are going to do. We are going to waterboard them. We are going to flood them with debt. We are going to shackle their opportunities. We are going to limit their possibilities because we don’t have the courage to make the difference for their future.” — Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., arguing against federal funding for political science
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Since the article wasn’t linked properly: -.-
He has just introduced an amendment to prevent the NSF from funding political science research (PDF). Apparently, Fox News and CNN pundits can do our job better than we can.
The largest award over the last 10 years under the political science program has been $5.4 million for the University of Michigan for the “American National Election Studies” grant. The grant is to “inform explanations of election outcomes.” The University of Michigan may have some interesting theories about recent elections, but Americans who have an interest in electoral politics can turn to CNN, FOX News, MSNBC, the print media, and a seemingly endless number of political commentators on the internet who pour over this data and provide a myriad of viewpoints to answer the same questions.
cont’d at:
http://crookedtimber.org/2009/10/07/tom-coburn-doesnt-like-political-science/
So yeah, frivolous spending like the $5.4 million for the University of Michigan grant for studying election results is just stupid.
It’s time to trim the fat.
Senator Coburn is correct.
“We are going to flood them with debt. ”
Hopefully, we will also teach them to get the money where it is and enact tax policies accordingly.
The selfish side of the dims is putting the future of our children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren in debt they will never be able to afford let alone pay off.
It is not going to make any difference how good education in the United States is or how far a child takes that education. They will learn soon enough that if you work hard to learn and succeed the government will be there to take your success away from you. You have those that believe if you work hard to earn money others that did not work as hard should have the right to take it from you to give away.
The American Dream of get educated, work hard, earn a living to raise a family will be no more. It will become instead the American Nightmare of get educated, work hard; earn a living so your money can be taken from you for others.
We will reintroduce the idea of noblesse oblige.
Whether the noblesse like it or not.
BlueJay, you will do nothing and like it….It is the only thing you are good at.
But…but… –
All this time CONs were claiming there’s nothing wrong with water-boarding.
Life must be difficult for the metaphorically-challenged.
All this time CONs were claiming there’s nothing wrong with water-boarding.
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Yeah, our children and grandchildren are not enemy combatants who wish to destroy America.
Tom Coburn and fiscal responsibility is the one thing I really like about him.
Though once he starts getting away from that topic he falls off the deep end.
We survived eight years of being governed by “Political scientists” Ideologs who based their decisions not on facts and reality. Rather on theory and controlling the “unwashed masses”. Do we really need more educated idiots?
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Monkeyhawk
Posted October 21, 2009 at 9:07 am | Permalink
But…but… –
All this time CONs were claiming there’s nothing wrong with water-boarding.
Life must be difficult for the metaphorically-challenged.
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Reading Sen. Coburn’s comments, I can only assume that these deficits he speaks of are no big deal. No worse than say…..having a bit of water splashed on one’s face.
What’s the big deal? These deficits are probably comparable to harmless fraternity hijinks or something if he’s comparing them to water-boarding.
How many of Bush’s deficit busting Budgets did Coburn vote against? Did he vote against going to Iraq thats another Trillion Dollars in spending?
Writerdog like he he freaked out cause Schindler’s List was shown on TV?
Deficit FY 2008
$454 billion
Deficit FY 2009
$1,417 billion
fms.treas.gov/mts/mts0909.pdf
Cost of Iraq war to date
$693 billion.
costofwar.com
American deaths in Iraq.
4351
icasualties.org/
How many liberal reps voted to fund the war? Who were they?
How many libs voted to give the power to go to war in the first place? Who were they?
What have the liberals done to stop the deaths and outlay to Iraq?
What have the libs done beside whine about Iraq? Have you people done anything but whine?
You have total control over the government. What have you people done with that power?
Has the Iraq war ended? Afghanistan? Detainees?
What have you people done but spend an extra trillion (and what did that get us exactly), whine and point fingers?
Oh yeah. You people took over GM. Closed some “right leaning” dealerships and provided nothing – nothing in compensation for those that lost their business. That there is some compassion for you.
And you’ve also gotten real good at GEORGE BUSH!!! GEORGE BUSH!!!
You people should be ever so proud of yourselves.
but.but…….monklittle……..do you agree with what he says or not………are we spending our children’s and grand children’s future…….but is all you have to say……..you remain an idiot
tom…….your point?
TomPaine
Posted October 21, 2009 at 11:14 am | Permalink
How many of Bush’s deficit busting Budgets did Coburn vote against? Did he vote against going to Iraq thats another Trillion Dollars in spending?
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I don’t know, you can ask him. Coburn served as a Congressman in the Clinton years, stopped for four years from 2000-2004. Then, won the election for Senator in Oklahoma and took office in 2005.
Maybe you can figure out whether Senator Coburn voted to go to Iraq or maybe not, you are a Lib after all.
Politico
Posted October 21, 2009 at 8:35 am | Permalink
The selfish side of the dims is putting the future of our children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren in debt they will never be able to afford let alone pay off.
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The die was cast for our children and grand-children years ago. Democrat, Republican, they’ve all spent like drunken sailors for years. What do we have to show for it?
Millions, Billions, Trillions….makes no difference. The debt will never be paid off. We’ll eventually default. Our children will have to face the results. May not be a bad thing. Look at Argentina.
I agree with you XXX. But the answer is not to continue spending like drunken sailors. The answer is not to triple the debt of Bush..
The answer would involve all of us conservatives (not republican not democrat) saying NO!!!
But the Americans wanting more handouts seem to get the last word….
Rhonda,
Did you not get the memo?
Deficits don’t matter any more. Democrats are in power now.
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JimJohnson
Posted October 21, 2009 at 6:06 pm | Permalink
Rhonda,
Did you not get the memo?
Deficits don’t matter any more.
Democrats are in power now.Dick Cheney said so.=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
There you go. Your post more closely reflects reality. Sure are a lot of ‘born again’ deficit hawks flying around now that the GOP has been bounced from power.
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