Spending 12 Trilltion dollars in 3 months (more than all other administrations combined) is not being fiscally responsible. And where does he get off giving an extra 1 trillion to the IMF? He sold Amerikens into slavery at the G20.

Obama: Fiscal Discipline Needed In this weekend's Presidential YouTube address, President Obama discussed his goal of making government more efficient and controlling spending, such as the re-introduction of PAYGO principles:"We cannot sustain deficits that mortgage our children's future, nor tolerate wasteful inefficiency," said Obama. "Government has a responsibility to spend the peoples' money wisely, and to serve the people effectively." GOP Address: Dems Have Put Us Behind France In this weekend's RNC YouTube message, Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) warned that the Democrats have put behind the French on issues like fiscal discipline and energy -- so much so that the United States would be ineligible to join the European Union:"Now of course we don't want to be in the European Union," said Alexander. "We're the United States of America. But French deficits are lower than ours, and their president has been running around sounding like a Republican -- lecturing our president about spending so much."No Obama Or Biden Public Events Today Neither President Obama nor Vice President Biden have any public events scheduled for today.Hillary Clinton: U.S. Will Not Abandon Iraq Hillary Clinton made a surprise visit to Iraq today, saying that the United States will not abandon the country and that the drawdown of U.S. forces will be done in a "responsible and careful way." She told a town hall meeting at the U.S. Embassy: "Let me assure you and repeat what President Obama said, we are committed to Iraq, we want to see a stable, sovereign, self-reliant Iraq."Goss Blasts Release Of Memos: "Americans Have To Decide Now" Former CIA Director Porter Goss, who is also a former GOP Congressman, has a new op-ed piece in the Washington Post today, lambasting the Obama White House for releasing the torture memos. "I am speaking out now because I feel our government has crossed the red line between properly protecting our national security and trying to gain partisan political advantage," Goss writes. "...

Good morning. The poem of the week is "Mirror" by Sylvia Plath. It comes with this advisory from the poem of the week blogger: "I love this one, but it hurts." It does. A little rough for a beautiful spring Saturday. If you didn't read Steve Kleinedler, about the death of his husband, Peter Dubuque, you should. It really tells the story of why marriage equality is important, but also how absolutely ordinary marriage is in Massachusetts. Steve learned that when Peter died. Equality matters. And, finally, Obama. Here's today's weekly address: