Obama's been getting his talking points from his advisor:

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Chilli: Love lib logic: Bush did it, so the affirmative action guy can do it too, 10x as much too!
strat: Touche, you got me with that one.

Obama offering 4 trillion in cuts in 10 years & asking to raise our debt by 2.5 trillion this year kind of remind you of cartoon "Popeye", where the character Wimpy would frequently utter this phrase:

""I'LL GLADLY PAY YOU TUESDAY FOR A HAMBURGER TODAY""

He was a glutton, and would consume burgers at a ferocious rate but could rarely pay for his habit.

To: My bad

The Obama administration, as well as few of his predecessors, much of the media and many economists, tend to equate failure to raise the debt limit with default.
That's not precisely true.
The Treasury Department estimates that the federal government will collect a bit more than 3 billion in taxes during August — roughly billion just in the first three days. But, during August, the federal government is expected to spend 7 billion. That is why we have a problem.

If the government is not able to borrow more money after Aug. 2, spending will have to be reduced to the amount of revenue that the government has. That would require roughly a 44 percent cut in federal spending.

This will almost certainly hurt. But it's not the same as default.

To: My bad

The Obama administration, as well as few of his predecessors, much of the media and few economists, tend to equate failure to raise the debt limit with default.
That's not precisely true.
The Treasury Department estimates that the federal government will collect a bit more than 3 billion in taxes during August — roughly billion just in the first three days. But, during August, the federal government is expected to spend 7 billion. That is why we have a problem.

If the government is not able to borrow more money after Aug. 2, spending will have to be reduced to the amount of revenue that the government has. That would require roughly a 44 percent cut in federal spending.

This will almost certainly hurt. But it's not the same as default.

To: Dr. Killpatient

During August, interest payments on the federal debt will total roughly billion, meaning that there will be sufficient revenue to meet our obligations to creditors.
In addition, some 7 billion in government bonds is expected to come due during August, and will have to be rolled over. Though this rollover requires Treasury to enter the debt markets to purchase new securities, it is not technically "new" debt, and so does not run afoul of the debt limit.

The concern is that the U.S. would end up having to pay higher interest rates on this rolled over debt. That's not a trivial concern: A 1 percent increase in interest rates could cost taxpayers more than 0 billion per year.
Still, we should keep that in perspective — it's less than the amount that the government expects to borrow this month. And that is sort of worst case scenario. In 1979, the federal government actually did briefly default on its debt as the result of a debt ceiling impasse (as well a
as technical problems). That resulted in just a 60-basis-point increase in interest rates.
If we are really worried about a hike in interest rates, what about the hike we can expect if we fail to get federal borrowing under control? Both our deficit and total liabilities are already higher as a percentage of gross domestic product than Greece — or any of the other failing welfare states of Europe.

TO: tonalc2

Maybe YOU SHOULD DO A LITTLE MORE READING.
H.R. 1954 would increase the current statutory debt limit by .406 TRILLION DOLLARS, from .294 trillion to .7 trillion. The 16.8 percent increase or
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h112-1954

In the scene, Wimpy (the fat guy with the bowler hat and strange moustache) is lying at the end of a conveyor belt, hamburgers dropping off the end into his mouth. He gets fatter and fatter with each burger. DOES THIS SCENE EXIST? Could ANYONE tell me where to find a vid of this scene?
Please help, I have to prove to my entire psychology class that I'm not insane.

I was a child of about 12-14 years old, living in the Englewood area of Chicago,Illinois.
While walking home one day from the Walgreen's store on 63rd & Halsted, going westbound down 63rs Street, I passed a head shop that had a poster featuring Popeye and Olive Oil having sex with Sweet Pea just outside the bedroom window, Bluto and Wimpy were not far away.
Anyone remember seeing this? Holler back...
This was somewhere in about 1972-1974.

is getting tired of people who love things just because they arent supposed to be. Example people so omg the 80s were so awesome, omg i love hippies, dude dreds are great. wtf is up with that? people want to be different by not idolizing the hero but nowdays noone idolizes the hero. F popeye what about wimpy?

besides squishing it out of a can. he eats spinach in just about every thing pies sandwiches etc...
he can lift heavy objects kick major @ss and thinks faster on his toes.

while WIMPY on the other hand is a burger munching weakling.
who seems unaware of the world crashing in around him if a "hamburger" is at hand
but also cowers at the first sign of danger. and the most gullible in the gang he's often the first one to fall for a trap.

the only reason BRUITS can keep up with him is probably due to an olive rich diet.
and his Greek bloodline with more than three thousand years of deceptive thinking embedded into his genetic make up.

what do you think.

I went to answer a question about Wimpy and it said "OOPS this question has been deleted." Whats the world coming to when I actually had a right answer 1st and I don't get a chance to gloat?

http://www.kingsgeneral.com/Miscellaneous%20038.jpg
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fI I were him I would have let Bluto have all of that! I think Wimpy could have her if he wanted. I just don't see it. There's not enough Spinach in the world for me to want her! Talk to me!

I know that this is a rediculous question to ask but just to stop arguing with my dad i decided to seek for help..

popeye loves spinach...
jughead and wimpy loves burger...
pooh crave for honey...

my dad keep on saying that there is certain character who eat nothing but SESAME SEEDS...gosh!!!
i dont remember any character eats that!!!
please help...

laugh all you want at my question but i really need the truth...

J Wellington Wimpy on the Popeye cartoons

i eat so many hamburgers that my mom calls me Wellington Wimpy for Popeye, the dude that eats all those hamburgers.

I know its white and is in black and white it has popeye, olive oil, betty boop, wimpy and I think Brutus. If you can supply a pic that would be great.

Who is your favorite cartoon character?

what was his saying re: i'll gladly pay you for a hamburger...... what is the rest of the line?