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Bait and Switch: John Boehner has acknowledged that all his talk about ending earmark spending was just that – talk – and that there is no chance that any limits on earmarks will be taken up under his... leadership?

Follow-thru: Republicans who ran on promises to destroy America's future are delivering. Rather than contribute one penny to the federal deficit, the incoming governors of Wisconsin and Ohio are pledging to return $1.2 billion to Washington rather than waste it on high-speed rail systems in their states. The tea-party heroes also intend to quash clean energy projects and defeat climate science through investment in denial.

Equality: From 1980 to 2005, more than 80% of the total increase in American incomes went to the richest 1 percent. In the US, 24% of the pie goes to the overlords, up from a measly 9% in 1976. The US is more unequal than Guyana, Nicaragua and Venezuela. So naturally the Republicans want to give the top 1% another $370,000 in tax breaks.

Unclear on the Concept: The Republicans plan to cut the deficit by cutting the government's income. It worked so well during the Bush years...

Follow The Bouncing Ball: The Republicans now claim that if Obama does not cave in and give them what they want, it will be his fault for being so irresponsible that they have to shut down the government. Obama, meanwhile, is still living in an alternate universe where the parties will "come together and do what's best for the country we all love".

Back to the Past: Fully half of the incoming GOP representatives deny the existence of anthropogenic (man-made) climate change. According to an OECD survey, the US ranks 17th in science education among the world's 30 richest countries.

Pig/Poke: Beware of banks offering to modify your mortgage. Some are then citing the lower payments as insufficient partial payments and foreclosing on the stunned home-owners.

Bite the Bullet: At a cost of $150 million to kill each Taliban soldier, the US cannot afford to win the war. And that doesn't count those bags of money the CIA drops off at Karsai's house.