Call that moron in the White House's bluff.

The media gleefully tells us that when we go off the fiscal cliff, the "Republicans will be blamed."

Well, guess what: no matter what happens, no matter what the outcome, the GOP WILL be blamed.

Obama is a moron.  He's a well-packaged moron, but he IS a moron.  He clearly doesn't know any more about the economy... or foreign policy.... or job creation... or reducing the debt or any of the other lies he used to stay in office.... than he does brain surgery.  The man is a menace and we will be injured by this clown for generations... which certainly does not matter to, say, the millions of recipients of "Obama phones."

But a willing, arrogant media is going to blame the GOP NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS.

In battle, when you know you are going to die... the question is do you play like an armadillo and roll up into a little ball awaiting death?

Or do you take as many of the bastards with you as possible?

The issues of debt in front of this MUST BE ADDRESSED NOW.  There is no advantage in kicking the can down the road as we emulate Obama's heroic example of an economy, namely, Greece.... and we rapidly approach the ultimate bankruptcy that will cripple us for decades.

Some suggest that an allegedly brief bout of hyper-inflation would solve all of our debt problems.  I disagree.

Such a plan would require both a level of competence and finesse our government has shown itself wholly incapable of achieving as they have screwed up every initiative they have tried.

Every single one of them, foreign.... OR domestic.

So, to Boehner and his crew, I suggest that since the GOP stands to get it's asses kicked now, they might as well get something in return for the blood about o be spilled.  And NOTHING on the table now will have ANY meaningful impact on reducing spending OR debt.

Shut the government down.

Determine a list of essential services and shut the rest down.

Cut spending to revenues.  One person, much wiser that I once said that you cannot blame Obama for deficits: if Congress didn't want deficits, there wouldn't be any.

Reduce our expenditures to, say, the 2008 level.  Cut the federal pay roll and pay/benefits package that moron has been buying union support with.  In fact, outlaw public sector unions and collective bargaining with those unions altogether.

If that means reducing social security payments or any of the massive entitlement programs, then so be it.

Institute mandatory work for welfare programs.  Anyone getting federal money who CAN work, WILL work.

Institute random urinalysis/hair testing: if you do drugs, drink, smoke (anything) then you do not require federal.. that is, taxpayer, assistance.

Institute stricter means testing for welfare/EBT: EBT should ONLY be allowed for unprocessed, unprepared food.  None of this "EBT for uncooked pizza" crap.  Knock off the garbage like free cell phones.  If you have a cell phone, you don't need federal assistance.  If you have cable, or the internet, you don't need federal money.  The "feelings" or the "self respect" of those leeching off us does NOT supersede the "feelings" or "self respect" of those of us that dillwad is stealing from to keep his plantation full.

Knock off federal student loans.  The more money out there for loans, the deeper in debt our students will be.... and the more those sharks in these schools will charge.

Folks, these kinds of steps WILL have to be taken, sooner or latter: is it not better to take them when we WANT to.... then when we HAVE to?

The Speaker is showing himself to be far too easy to manipulate.  As a rule, he should be no more concerned about "getting the blame" than idiot stick was for the curse of Obamacare.

When he fails us, he will need to be fired.  And he, along with the cabal he's surrounded himself with will need to be replaced

But they need to be guided by the principle that if Obama wins on this, then we will all lose.  And that means if they have to sacrifice themselves politically to do the right thing NOW instead of a less-right thing LATER, then, so be it.