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Irregular commentary on whatever's on my mind -- politics, sports, current events, and life in general. After twenty years of writing business and community newsletters, fifteen years of fantasy baseball newsletters, and two years of email "columns", this is, I suppose, the inevitable result: the awful conceit that someone might actually care to read what I have to say. Posts may be added often, rarely, or never again. As always, my mood and motivation are unpredictable.

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Thursday, June 7, 2012

The Glove's Gobbledegook


The latest in the insufferable Mitt Romney "Day One" ad campaign opens like so:

"What would a Romney Presidency be like? Day one -- Romney announces deficit reductions." OK, stop right there, Willard.

Buster would like to point out that no one, not even the president, can simply "announce" a deficit reduction. Reducing the deficit requires a sustained surplus of revenues over and above expenditures. That means you have to, you know, actually do something to accomplish it.

But the Glove is hoping to persuade some simpletons that he can announce it. He'll just wave his Magic Undies and declare the deficit to be gone.

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