And the Cat Food Committee is off and running!

[KamaAina]

http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-super-committee-20110908,0,6253677.story

The first meeting of the super committee on deficit reduction opened in outwardly bipartisan fashion Thursday as it begins the daunting task of cutting federal deficits by $1.5 trillion by Thanksgiving....

Several pink-outfitted protesters greeted the committee with signs reading "Tax the rich!" before being admonished to show decorum. Outside, protesters shouted "Jobs now!" and brought the meeting to a momentary standstill....

"We must all be open to compromise," Murray said....

In a nod to emerging leaders on the panel, Republicans allowed Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) to follow the chairs with the first opening statement. Portman is a former director of the White House Office of Management and Budget under President George W. Bush, and widely seen as a budget pro who understands the severity of the nation's budget problems and the need for both tax and spending reforms.

"Several pink-outfitted protesters"? I wonder if that's some kind of code...

One hopes that by "compromise" Sen. Murray does not mean "bending over and taking it". One hopes.

And since when does working in the Bush** maladministration get you seen as a "pro"? Why would the LA Times have its head that far up an Ohio senator's butt?

[gratuitous]

1. Yes, please show decorum

While your throat is being slashed. It hurts your killer's fee-fees to hear your screams of anguish. By the way, Sen. Murray, Labor has compromised for the last 30 years, as productivity has gone steadily up while wages have remained stubbornly flat. Where has all that Wealth created by Labor gone? Because it hasn't been going into the workers' pockets. Seems to me it's someone else's turn to compromise and start pulling the wagon instead of sitting in a nice cushy seat complaining about the bumps as they roll over another working person.

[abelenkpe]

3. ah yes, reminds me once again of this oldy but goody from our last depression

The two bums


The bum on the rod is hunted down
As the enemy of mankind;
The other is driven around to his club
And feted, wined and dined.

And they who curse the bum on the rods
As the essence of all that is bad
Will greet the other with a winning smile
And extend him the hand so glad.

The bum on the rods is a social flea
Who gets an occasional bite;
The bum on the plush is a social leech,
Blood-sucking day and night.

The bum on the rods is a load so light
That his weight we scarcely feel,
But it takes the labor of dozens of men
To furnish the other a meal.

As long as you sanction the bum on the plush,
The other will always be there,
But rid yourself of the bum on the plush
And the other will disappear.

Then make an intelligent, organized kick,
Get rid of the weights that crush;
Don't worry about the bum on the rods,
Get rid of the bum on the plush!

[abelenkpe]

2. Wasn't the LA Times bought recently? nt

[aquart]

4. OR they could tax the rich.

[closeupready]

5. I don't have to be open to ANYTHING.

(with all due respect.)