Policy Wonk Enthusiast Gifts

Here Today . . . Bailed Out Tomorrow.

Department of No One Could Have Anticipated.

"Oh, I'll be bi-partisan alright, punishing both sides of the aisle."

"Obama didn’t get to name a Supreme Court justice during his final year. So how come Trump does?"

"Good boy."

'In its new 'spirit of evenhandedness,' the U. S. Government today sent troops to occupy all foreign countries....'

"HR-bill 9495. Cutting down non-profits."

"We seem to be spending more on defence than on things to defend"

We Tenatively Oppose War on Strictly Procedural Grounds

"National security adviser"

'You think I'm crazy; I think you're crazy...finally some common ground!'

Ahem. I'm eating. Not now, please. Just one tiny question. Believers I American exceptionalism have always said we're the paragon of democracy. So I'm just wondering … How come one party is passing unnecessary laws that'll keep millions of us from voting? They're robbing us of our voice! Could've surprised me.

The economy.

'Let's just wait here until the federal stimulus returns.'

E.U. Banking Union.

G7 Tax Multinational Companies

'What's wrong with those Europeans? We have more murders in this city than England, France Germany and Spain combined.'

How a Bill Becomes a Law, 2023

'Answer these constituents letters. Tell them to go to hell in a nice way.'

'Did you clear this through Legal first?'

Obama Healthcare.

Think Tank

'The recession is over, again.'

'We're asking what america can do without to reduce the deficit...no, ma'ma! the Gop and Dems are not options!'

TPP - Investor State Dispute Settlement

'The only cuts we can all agree with are their cutting remarks!'

Barack Obama, Angela Merkel and David Cameron are ecstatic about the possibility of a free trade agreement between the U.S. and the European Union.

"The date protection policy is all about access to information, and we all know information is POWER!"

'What I have to do first?!'

Pennies for People, Billions for War

Republicans and Democrats debate while the US economy drowns.

European Union: Entering a prohibitive tax zone.

'Not a word to Alfred, but the spare bedroom is worth losing the fourteen pounds!'

Rock and a Hard Place

"We have been elected to the UN Commission on Women's Rights!"