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Agreeing to a deficit deal. why at this point is the pointing of the finger so important? >> because when the pain comes somebody is going to want to know who is responsible. the white house did make a miscalculation. they thought republicans would never accept sequester cuts if it meant cuts in defense spending. the republicans are saying we will take the cuts in defense spending because spending is spending. i think the white house does have the upperhand in one respect. the republicans think ...

Now to todays number ones. which states will be hardest hit if the sequester cuts take effect and remain. the biggest loser, california, which could see nearly 126,000 defense-related jobs disappear. virginia would suffer the second biggest blow with almost 123,000 jobs followed by texas loss of 91,500 jobs. high unemployment is just one reason detroit tops "forbes" magazines new list of the nations most miserable cities. other reasons, detroit has the nations highest violent crime rate and the ...

Manufactured crisis and both parties are to blame. thats where we differ, i just dont think that this is the president manufacturing. and republicans manufactured it and the american people are sick of both sides for continuing to keep, you know, every three months theres another manufactured crisis. >> sean: great leadership by the president? well-- >> you have to have both. >> i believe the same republicans manufactured it is manufacturing even more hysteria. here we had two pieces of legislat...

And margey, >> i do i want want to tighten my belt and stee inflation. is this a big problem. it is sequester cuts. and then i think you are having a problem. that was the biggest bang for the buck. and gary, gary. and this is putting food on the table in the end of the day. >> by itself. it is not going to kill the economy. it is adding gas and pay roll tax.

Issue and now theyre stuck with it and now were all stuck with it. >> and isnt that a lie. cant we call things what they are? >> i mean, that seemed to be of all things-- jay? >> no, youre absolutely correct. the president owns this. he owns sequester, but sean, i think another paioint has to be made. this is a faux crisis, its not a real crisis. these sequester cuts are not going to end our republic as we know it, number one. number two, the president as you said owns this, it was his idea. he ...

Part, but look, this is a manufactured crisis and both parties are to blame. thats where we differ, i just dont think that this is the president manufacturing. and republicans manufactured it and the american people are sick of both sides for continuing to keep, you know, every three months theres another manufactured crisis. >> sean: great leadership by the president? well-- >> you have to have both. >> i believe the same republicans manufactured it is manufacturing even more hysteria. here we ...

Respective tractors are heading smack, more slowly, to one another again. if no one swerves off the road, bam, billions of dollars will be slashed from the federal budget and subsequently local budgets over the next ten years. so heres why president obama is kevin bacon. the president wants to act rationally and avoid the cuts all together, just like the city slicker character in "footloose" bacon doesnt even know what hes doing on a tractor and definitely doesnt want to crash into another one b...

Catholic faith leads to end of the catholic faith. raise the bar. keep the faith demanding and channeling. if its presented compellingly enough, people will respond. >> the church acknowledges it must do a better job of one reason pope bend. benedict xvi called for a year of faith. but the immediate concern is staying sal vent. in new york, lauren green, fox news. >> bret: pope benedict is tying up loose ends at the vatican on his way out. the pope is making last-minute appointments, tweaking ru...

The reality based community has 3r0 deuced a most illuminating report today on income inequality and unlick previous research, which merely documented how far behind the 99% had fallen, this research tells us how we got here in the first place. as the author says, the reason income inequality has been increasing has been the rising income going to the top 1%. most of that has come in capital gains and dividends. this information comes with just seven days left until the so-called sequester cuts ...

Now, president obama and his liberal allies are in damage control mode. theyre trying to deflect blame when it comes to the looming sequester cuts, but the presidents past comments are coming back to haunt him. for example, remember this from last fall. >> first of all, the sequester is not something that i proposed. its something that congress has proposed. it will not happen. >> well, mr. president, it looks like it will happen as the automatic cuts are slated to go into effect next week and n...