…. he gave an “up yours” gesture to an AARP lobbyist….

What an asshole.

Shorter Simpson: “Fuck you, Grandma”

I’m just going to leave this here.

Alan Simpson: AARP “Is a Cruel Organization,” but “their Article on Sex over 80, I Thought Was Amazing”

Peanuts in, peanuts out, bitch.

Yeah, that figures… what’s a man his age having sex for? Certainly not to have children… which is the only reason the GOP thinks anyone should have sex.

Alan Simpson is an old bitter man, who could care less about facts and/or anyone who disagrees with his fantasies.
Sad, but it happens.

The question is,
Why does he have a seat at the table?
Why does he have any power?
(I think we all know the answer…)

Let us not forget, OBAMA pick Alan Simpson to be on his Catfood Commission.

Yes! OBAMA the super warrior that killed Osama Bin Laden and threw his body in the ocean considers Alan Simpson to be a friend.

EWWW! Who would have sex with “that man?”

David Brooks.
Again.

Yes, he did. And, it continues to pay dividends.

Wow. Simpson is a nasty little curmudgeon, isn’t he?

Alan, so Social Security is a Ponzi scheme? You can bite my Ponzi scheme, little man.

You think we got to him much?

Not enough, in my opinion.

May the fleas of a thousand camels infest his crotch.

Thanks obama for the “Peoples” choice to look out for our interests.

We paid, they inflated the money to near worthlessness, and are bitching about honoring the agreement after collecting the premiums all our life. After paying in for over 45 years no change until the cap is lifted and then we’ll see the true picture.

Another I got mine, FU type of guy.

May the fleas of a thousand camels infest his crotch.

I hear Cruex does wonders for that. Maybe he could be their spokes-asshole.

The Catfood Commission label is one of the best-ever examples of progressive issue framing. I’ve been using it consistently.

What a baby. He wants to gut Social Security purely our of spite and then whines when somebody has the temerity to call his commission what it is. Simpson should be comfortably retired, doing guest spots on Fox Business. The fact that he’s front and center is Obama’s fault. Solely.

Didn’t he used to be a young bitter man.

What’s he got to be bitter about.

And what an ongoing reflection on O that he not only appointed Catfood Man to begin with, but allows him to continue to go about shooting his mouth off.

Betcha O fistbumps with Catfood Man, big grins all around, when they get together.

Simpson also said that Social Security was a Ponzi scheme…

Well that’s the bullshit line of crap that the upper 1% are peddling to the masses to *inform* us serfs why we should invest our hard-earned money into the for-real Ponzi Scheme known as Wall St.

Simpson’s a lying greehead pushing ever harder to rip off the small people. What’s he think? That he can take it with him??? When is it ever enough for these rich, mostly elderly, mostly white, mostly men???

The fact that he’s front and center is Obama’s fault. Solely.

Deserves repeating. Anyone who claims that Obama is even marginally “liberal” just ain’t paying attention. Thanks for inflicting this greedy nasty bitter @sshole on us, Obama! Really looking out solely for the interests of your greedy obscenely wealthy entitled WHITE male friends, aren’t you??

Priceless. It reminds me of “let them eat cake”. Cake/catfood meh..what’s the difference.

How about a massive campaign to google alan simpson catfood man, kinda like was done with santorum.

10x

I think it is great that he was upset at the criticism but even better is the fact that he took the time to read what the critics had to say. Double victory!

Yeah. I guess it can’t be a “terrorist fist jab” because it involves one white guy.

Done. Also, don’t forget to google santorum too…h/t Jon Stewart last night.

He’s feeling the pressure! That’s terrific: if we keep up the pressure, something may *break* on this. Hell, if Bradley Manning can get better conditions ~ a lot more is possible than we thought before.

Alan Simpson feeds catfood to his mother!

And the sex thing … well, all this manly manly sex stuff with pills and such has quite put *me* off the whole deal … oh, that and denying women reproductive choice and health care.

I am amazed he can remember which finger to use .. maybe he can tell by the odor clinging resolutely to his digit .. what a dick!

The fact that he’s front and center is Obama’s fault. Solely.

Well, that is one way of looking at it. But, there is another. And, that is, that it is to Obama’s credit that he made Simpson the frontman for the Right.

Would you have preferred someone who is charismatic and politically savvy?

Yes, encouraging. And if he had known that the info came from thr SSA, it would have been even better.

At the age of almost 80, Simpson flips the bird at AARP (which, despite their many shortcomings, do *some* good in representing the interests of Seniors against predatory assholes like Simpson). How mature./s

Stay classy, Alan! Now you’re really showing just WHO you really are.

So you think Obama was playing eleventy-million dimensional chess in appointing Simpson?? I don’t.

No, a checker player could have figured out that Simpson would conduct himself exactly as he has done.

Why was there a need for the catfood commission at all?

Heh, I don’t get the mailers asking me to join any more but I sure do get their health insurance mailers. They sold out to the health insurance industry.

“Ask not what your country can do for you .. rather, ask what you can DO to your country” .. or something like that … /g

Oh Lord. Is there any length you won’t reach to defend this neoliberal jerk? I would have preferred that if he had to have a commission he would have have stacked it with liberals and progressives, rather than with anti Social Security zealots.
Give me a break!

It is hard to get new information loaded into the Great Monster Deficit Narrative!!!! coming to EAT Washington, D.C.. So far we seem to have convinced a few more people that Social Security does not contribute a red cent to the National Debt Monster. Now that you are attacking Simpson’s-&-Bowles’ “people are living longer” meme as untrue, they may have to walk back their claims to cut you (7% a year in benefits) by raising your formal retirement age to 68.69, or 70. Keep it up and you might even be able to pour salt on these slugs by 2012.

It’s funny but one can type “cat food commission” into wikipedia’s search box and go right to it.

Obama’s tactic in bringing in Simpson is simple. Simpson is his usual asshole self. Obama gets to act calm and collected by comparison and “saves” social security by gutting a little less than Simpson. Then, what is left of Obama’s base can blog away about how wonderful he is a reeling in the evil neocons. The country has been Obama-conned.

Obama’s a little shitheel. Can’t WAIT to watch him shake his ass for votes in the next year. I wonder what lies he’ll tell us? Same or different?

I’m thinking same. Punk.

This is just another case of doddering fool Alan Simpson getting it wrong. Liberals are the “Anti-Catfood Commission people” while he was one of the Catfood Commission people.

That’s his MO.

How many government taxpayer financed pensions does the Senile Simpson receive? Likewise the other Catfood Commissars should stop receiving their gold plated retirement and health benefits.

Simpson and most of the other Catfoodies, became multimillionaires by robbing citizens, as they enrich corporations. Simpson gesture of obscenity is in support of billionaire predators. The Predators want to steal Social Security. The Grand Theft is to pay for oil wars that benefit the Investment Bankers.

OT:

http://ptwc.weather.gov/ptwc/text.php?id=pacific.2011.05.10.090245

Hasn’t simpleton been on the public dole his whole life ?

Has he ever collected a check that wasn’t government issued or a result of inside information about what’s hidden in bills ?

done x2.
hee hee, google asked: “do you mean alan simpson cat food man?”

What you said.

I was gonna write something…but there’s nothing I could say to beat that.

Yes, as I indicated in my prior post, there’s no love lost on my part vis AARP, and I completely agree that they sold out to the Ins Industry. But I note that on occassion AARP does make passing stabs are representing the true interests of Seniors, which is why a gluttinous creep like Simpson flipped the bird at AARP. Just saying…

Why do the evil ones live forever. Fuck you simpson.

Alan Simpson is seen by the ruling elites as a Republican of “moderate” sensibilities who is imbued with a Rocky Mountain folksiness that plays well in front of the TV cameras. Simpson is nothing but a symptom, not the disease.

and this crass elderly man is a pillar of society?

“Well, that is one way of looking at it. But, there is another. And, that is, that it is to Obama’s credit that he made Simpson the frontman for the Right.”

Simpson is Obama’s frontman and I hardly think that it is to Obama’s credit that Obama is a part of the Right.

I agree with your point that the deficit is no big thing – especially as to Medicare and Social Security benefits coming out of the Social Insurance program that is funded by premiums collected as payroll deductions. A 0.75% increase in Medicare deduction kills the $41 trillion unpaid liability they scream about (a modest change that is still a bad way to go since we need single payer with prospective annual budgets for everyone), and indeed no payroll deduction rate increase is need for Social Security since including all wages (and investment income) in the calculation of both benefits and payment to the IRS results in a projected surplus!

That said, we are living longer – the average number of years on Social Security for those retiring at the “Normal Retirement Age” (age 62 retires do not change the logic as the benefit is actuarially reduced to keep the liability over the expected lifetime the same) now live a few years longer (perhaps 3 years increase since 1936 passage, perhaps a year longer since the 80′s – I’d need to check this as my memory is fading). The garbage of expected life span of 64 when we granted retirement at 65 is nonsense – that is from birth and we only worry about those that make a claim at the Normal retirement age (better mortality before retirement should mean more income to system during those years from more workers) – the only number I suggest we review is the number of years of benefits expected. If we can not afford the increasing period on Social Security caused by better Mortality, the Normal Retirement age must increase.

Indeed the only recommendation from the Catfood commission that made much sense was the increase in the “Normal Retirement Age” to reflect mortality improvements – while retaining age 62 as the early retirement earliest age.

That’s ridiculous

Upper and middle class people live longer, lower class people don’t

The upper and middle soon to be just upper will be the only ones unaffected, the poor who need it most will get their money cut

So yes, the wealthy to people who can live semi comfortably won’t be affected, but the poor would be shafted

We could solve the problem by changing the cap so the rich contribute more, but that inconveniences billionaires so we should ignore that and shit on the blue collar workers

That said, we are living longer

Welllllll Exxxccuuuussse meeee!

Listen closely. SOCIAL SECURITY HAS AN ENORMOUS SURPLUS. That surplus was paid for by working people such as me. The simplest solution for twenty years from now, is raise the Social Security Tax to include ALL income, not just $100k.

The Catfood Commission is a FRAUD. They International Bankers need to pay the Chinese for financing their forever wars. They want the Social Security Trust Fund. If you fail to recognize that, I suggest you visit the Big Orange Deniers.

You steer and I’ll push on the gas-pedal with my middle finger …/s

Done.

Alan Simpson doesn’t like “the Catfood Commission people.”

And this Catfood Commission person doesn’t like Alan Simpson much, either. Funny how that works, don’t it?