Best fails of 2012

[Dave W]

We've seen a couple of these before, most are new to me.

NSFW: Language

[gweimer]

I'm sure our parents said the same about us, but.....


Here's our world's future leaders. 

[Pilgrim]

I'm sure our parents said the same about us, but.....


Here's our world's future leaders. 

And very few of them.

[Rob]

I'm sure our parents said the same about us, but.....


Here's our world's future leaders. 

And the pool continues too improve

[mc2NY]

  This must be the video Congress watched before saying "Our citizens are complete morons...we need universal healthcare before they kill themselves."

[uwe]

I have another spectacular 2012 fail: Avoiding the fiscal cliff! And how pathetic is it (and what a sell-out of the parliamentary system) to pass legislation in unison nobody wants just to create pressure to come to a compromise you were unable to reach before? It's kind of like Russia and the USA agreeing in the days of the Cold War to shoot intercontinental rockets at each other to use the ten minutes or so before they hit each other's cities for "earnest and effective arms reduction summits".

[Pilgrim]

I had something like that in mind myself.  However, I have no doubt that our elected leaders will provide ongoing and amusing incidences of failness as 2013 goes on.

[Dave W]

I have another spectacular 2012 fail: Avoiding the fiscal cliff! And how pathetic is it (and what a sell-out of the parliamentary system) to pass legislation in unison nobody wants just to create pressure to come to a compromise you were unable to reach before? It's kind of like Russia and the USA agreeing in the days of the Cold War to shoot intercontinental rockets at each other to use the ten minutes or so before they hit each other's cities for "earnest and effective arms reduction summits".

What really bothers me is the way the corporate media suddenly started parroting the term "fiscal cliff" like ventriloquists' dummies. Reminiscent of Izvestia and Tass in their heyday.

Anyway, to put it in perspective...

[the mojo hobo]

There is a math error in that graphic. The budget cuts would be $385, not $38.50.

[Highlander]

I wish I had that much to spare...

Spare a copper for a cuppa, Guv...?

[Dave W]

There is a math error in that graphic. The budget cuts would be $385, not $38.50.

True. Still a pittance.

[Highlander]

Dave...!

I'm shocked...

[Dave W]

Another perspective: an estimated $3.8 trillion will  be spent by the government this year; that's $10.4 billion a day. If the estimated $60 billion first year extra receipts by letting the tax break expire for the wealthy is accurate, that's less than 6 days spending. It will all be spent by this Sunday night.

[gweimer]

I've heard it said that one way to fix some of our economic woes would be to give each of the 50 million Baby Boomers over the age of 55 $1 million each, with three conditions:

• They must retire from working
  They must buy a house
  They must buy a new car

That would open up the job market for the younger generation, help the housing and auto industries immediately, and the smart people should be able to live comfortably with what's left.

[the mojo hobo]

Wouldn't that cost 50 trillion dollars?