I really, really hope that a lot of people who voted for Obama are experiencing buyer’s remorse now.
Associated Press, August 26 (emphasis added):
In a chilling forecast, the White House is predicting a 10-year federal deficit of $9 trillion — more than the sum of all previous deficits since America's founding. And it says by the next decade's end the national debt will equal three-quarters of the entire U.S. economy.
A new Web site launched Monday by the Obama administration to rebut alleged disinformation about the administration's efforts to reform the health care system claims that reform “would not add one penny to the deficit"--despite the fact that the two health care reform bills that have been analyzed by the Congressional Budget Office are predicted by the CBO to increase the national debt by $239 billion and $1.042 trillion respectively.
The administration, meanwhile, has not produced any health-care reform legislation that has been independently determined to be deficit-neutral.
I haven’t been a fan of Saturday Night Live since the original cast moved on to other endeavors, but I’ve gotta say that this clip (from 2005, I think) is a masterpiece.
I’m sure there are others, but I normally have cause to visit Townhall.com every day, and in my opinion, few news/opinion websites are as difficult to read as that one. Here’s a random screenshot taken today:
Click the image to view it full-sized, or go to the page itself to get the full effect.
Visually, the page is a riot of images and color. An unreasonable amount of time is required to find the text that the page was created for. Once reading, the reader’s eyes are continually hijacked by the oversized animated ads surrounding the text.
I found one flaw in Townhall’s evil design scheme: As soon as I arrive at the desired page, I can immediately go to the print view, which is far less cluttered and far more readable.
Townhall has one of the best daily collections of conservative opinion; that’s the only reason I go through the trouble to visit at all.
What do you think? Are any other high-profile conservative websites worthy of inclusion in the Web Design Hall of Shame?
