Better yet maybe the markets are deteriorating because banks got greedy and made bets they could not cover.
Or it may be the Three Trillion dollars we have sunk into Iraq.
I am going with a little of both.
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Better yet maybe the markets are deteriorating because banks got greedy and made bets they could not cover.
Or it may be the Three Trillion dollars we have sunk into Iraq.
I am going with a little of both.
[QUOTE=Gato Hunter]Better yet maybe the markets are deteriorating because banks got greedy and made bets they could not cover.
Or it may be the Three Trillion dollars we have sunk into Iraq.
I am going with a little of both.[/QUOTE]Hrm. I'll attribute the cause to government meddling in the housing market thanks to New Deal reforms.
As for the cost of the current war, as a percentage of GDP, the war is cheap compared to similar conflicts; somewhere between 1 and 2%.
[QUOTE=Darkme]Hrm. I'll attribute the cause to government meddling in the housing market thanks to New Deal reforms. [/QUOTE]Not to be vicious, but this might qualify as the most stupid statement ever posted on AP.
Dogg,
You are far too generous.
[QUOTE=Jackson]Originally Posted by Jackson.
Face it guys. John McCain's selection of Palin as VP was the best political "head fake" in decades.
McCain had Obama and everybody else assuming that he was going to select Romney, luring Obama into selecting Biden as the best matchup against Romney.
McCain then selects Palin, and in a single stroke energizes his conservative base while simultaneously appealing to the defected Hillary voters.
Experience counts!
And you guys think Obama is ready for Putin?[/QUOTE]Haha, yes great head fake. Seems he forgot to check he was plowing into a brick wall in the reverso. Oooh, and all those lies exposed in every major newspaper and the journalists, even Karl Rove of all people, throwing him under the bus. That's gotta hurt. And now he's just starting to run down the wall like a broken egg, so unseemly. McCain + Palin = McPain.
Experience counts, umm hmmm. Too bad Palin's is so tawdry when it's not outright vacuous. And McCain, so on the wrong side of the fence of regulating Wall Street when the jig is finally up on all the lousy business they wrote. And McCain asking "where do I get in line for one of those Reformer tee-shirts I saw Obama wearing". McPain, say again brothers, give me some of that McPain to run the country on.
[QUOTE=Doggboy]Not to be vicious, but this might qualify as the most stupid statement ever posted on AP.[/QUOTE]I'm sure you don't deny that Fannie Mae was a product of the New Deal and you surely don't think that socialization of risk, and the moral hazard it creates, had nothing at all to do government meddling. Then again, maybe you do. Who knows?
Maybe you can do me the courtesy of explaining why you think I'm wrong. Or not.
[QUOTE=Bacchus9]Haha, yes great head fake. Seems he forgot to check he was plowing into a brick wall in the reverso. Oooh, and all those lies exposed in every major newspaper and the journalists, even Karl Rove of all people, throwing him under the bus. That's gotta hurt. And now he's just starting to run down the wall like a broken egg, so unseemly. McCain + Palin = McPain.
Experience counts, umm hmmm. Too bad Palin's is so tawdry when it's not outright vacuous. And McCain, so on the wrong side of the fence of regulating Wall Street when the jig is finally up on all the lousy business they wrote. And McCain asking "where do I get in line for one of those Reformer tee-shirts I saw Obama wearing". McPain, say again brothers, give me some of that McPain to run the country on.[/QUOTE]Hi Bacchus9,
What "lies exposed in every major newspaper" are you talking about?
And please tell me what you're talking about with your statement "even Karl Rove of all people, throwing him under the bus"? Who did Rove "throw under the bus", and how did he do it?
BTW, in case you didn't actually compare them, the Republican [u]Vice-Presidential[/u] candidate has more executive experience than the Democratic [u]Presidential[/u] candidate.
Honestly, it's beginning to look like the radical left liberals are becoming unglued. But then again, they've always been an emotional group.
Thanks,
Jackson
Something people need to think about!
Hmmmmmm.
You couldn't get a job at McDonalds and become district manager after.
143 days of experience.
You couldn't become chief of surgery after 143 days of experience of.
Being a surgeon.
You couldn't get a job as a teacher and be the superintendent after.
143 days of experience.
You couldn't join the military and become a colonel after 143 days.
Of experience.
You couldn't get a job as a reporter and become the nightly news.
Anchor after 143 days of experience.
BUT.
'From the time Barack Obama was sworn in as a.
United State Senator, to the time he announced he.
Was forming a Presidential exploratory committee,
He logged 143 days of experience in the Senate.
That's how many days the Senate was actually in.
Session and working. After 143 days of work.
Experience, Obama believed he was ready to be.
Commander In Chief, Leader of the Free World.
. 143 days.
We all have to start somewhere. The senate is a.
Good start, but after 143 days, that's all it is.
- a start.
AND, strangely, a large sector of the American.
Public is okay with this and campaigning for him.
We wouldn't accept this in our own line of work,
Yet some are okay with this for the President of.
The United States of America?
Come on folks, we are not voting for the next American Idol!
Please, please forward this before it's too late!
[QUOTE=Doggboy]My concerns are many about this choice, but my sarcastic comments about the choice of Annie are more reflective of my concerns about pandering to the public. The common folk that Rock Harders refers to, often vote for candidates based on criteria that might be better used to "elect" a winner of "American Idol", rather than candidates who are more qualified to run the country. [/quote] Sorry to be so slow to reply but I’ve been busy trying to get from one side of the world to the other, but this begs a reply, I know you are smarter than this post Dogg and I can’t believe you posted it.
You’re concerned about folks from “NASCAR states", but what about all the “uneducated” folks that live in government housing projects in big and mid size cities across the nation? You know the ones that get their welfare check every month and traditionally vote democrat?
What about all the union members that simply vote the “union way”, which is traditionally democrat?
And what about all the black voters that are voting for Obama simply because he portrays himself as black, (pandering?) Are you equally concerned about these voters? If so why haven ’t you voiced these concerns?
[QUOTE=Doggboy] Annie is sort of a combination of Julia Roberts in "Pretty Woman" and Princess Diana. A woman who appeals to those who get all gushy about somebody being elevated to a position completely at odds with their background and experience. Nice for movies and anachronistic monarchies, but silly bullshit in the real world. Or one would think. [/QUOTE]You continue to use names like “Annie” so I assume you don’t have a problem with me and others using names like "BO", “H”, “Hussein” or perhaps we could join the ranks of Al Sharpton and use the term [i]“The Magic Negro”[/i] to refer to a guy who has zero leadership experience.
[QUOTE=Punter 127]Sorry to be so slow to reply but I've been busy trying to get from one side of the world to the other, but this begs a reply, I know you are smarter than this post Dogg and I can't believe you posted it.
You're concerned about folks from "NASCAR states", but what about all the "uneducated" folks that live in government housing projects in big and mid size cities across the nation? You know the ones that get their welfare check every month and traditionally vote democrat?
What about all the union members that simply vote the "union way", which is traditionally democrat?
And what about all the black voters that are voting for Obama simply because he portrays himself as black, (pandering? Are you equally concerned about these voters? If so why haven 't you voiced these concerns?
You continue to use names like "Annie" so I assume you don't have a problem with me and others using names like "BO", "H", "Hussein" or perhaps we could join the ranks of Al Sharpton and use the term [I]"The Magic Negro"[/i] to refer to a guy who has zero leadership experience.[/QUOTE]Punter-firstly, I am from a middle class southern family and followed Nascar as an urchin until I became enamored of sports inhabitated by athletes.;) As far as the similarities / differences between white trash and black trash, I tend to agree more often with the sentiments expressed by middle class and poor black folk than I do with middle to lower middle class white folk. IMHO this class of white voters has been manipulated, and essentially, duped for years by the Republican leadership. And I will add, certainly not all Republicans. Please note that my favorite republican, and a guy I would vote for over Obama, Chuck Hagel, stated today that Palin does not have the experience to be Vice President of the USA.
To finish, IMHO Obama is not pandering to blacks by being black! What's he supposed to do, put on "white face"? As for the term "Annie", it doesn't have any racial connotation. It refers to a gunslinging cowboy chick. It doesn't come close to the racially tinged and demeaning names you refer to. It's as much a joke as anything else. Like Palin.:)
[QUOTE=Doggboy]Punter-firstly, I am from a middle class southern family and followed Nascar as an urchin until I became enamored of sports inhabitated by athletes.;) As far as the similarities / differences between white trash and black trash, I tend to agree more often with the sentiments expressed by middle class and poor black folk than I do with middle to lower middle class white folk. IMHO this class of white voters has been manipulated, and essentially, duped for years by the Republican leadership. And I will add, certainly not all Republicans. Please note that my favorite republican, and a guy I would vote for over Obama, Chuck Hagel, stated today that Palin does not have the experience to be Vice President of the USA.
To finish, IMHO Obama is not pandering to blacks by being black! What's he supposed to do, put on "white face"? As for the term "Annie", it doesn't have any racial connotation. It refers to a gunslinging cowboy chick. It doesn't come close to the racially tinged and demeaning names you refer to. It's as much a joke as anything else. Like Palin.:)[/QUOTE]I know where you come from and I come from a very similar area, and I don ’t think the NASCAR folks are anymore “manipulated, and essentially, duped ” then the voters I mentioned.
[I]“Obama's alleged "inauthenticty," as compared to such sterling examples of "genuine" blackness as Al Sharpton and Snoop Dogg. Speaking as an African American whose last name has led to his racial "credentials" being challenged — often several times a day — I know how pesky this sort of thing can be.”[/i]
I didn ’t come up with term Al Sharpton did. He and others apparently see Obama as only half black, I’m sure it’s something he’d like to take back now.
My point is wrong is wrong no matter who does or says it.
[QUOTE=Punter 127]I didn 't come up with the term, Al Sharpton did. He and others apparently see Obama as only half black, I 'm sure it 's something he 'd like to take back now.[/QUOTE]Al Sharpton, and Jesse Jackson as well, are just pissed off that Obama is both smarter than they are, and very likely to be way more successful than either of them. They are like a couple of over the hill baseball players pissed off at the new rookie shortstop who has stolen their thunder. And, my guess is that if Obama was "all" white, they would be way more supportive of him. Envy displayed by the elderly is an ugly thing.
[QUOTE=Jackson]Hi Bacchus9,
What "lies exposed in every major newspaper" are you talking about?
And please tell me what you're talking about with your statement "even Karl Rove of all people, throwing him under the bus"? Who did Rove "throw under the bus", and how did he do it?
BTW, in case you didn't actually compare them, the Republican [u]Vice-Presidential[/u] candidate has more executive experience than the Democratic [u]Presidential[/u] candidate.
Honestly, it's beginning to look like the radical left liberals are becoming unglued. But then again, they've always been an emotional group.
Thanks,
Jackson[/QUOTE]Hi Jackson,
There's a lot to be said for paying attention to alternative news sources to Fox. Do your homework so I don't have to explain the obvious, if you follow the news.
Palin, poor girl can hardly construct an intelligent sentence, whose "executive experience" appears to be hiring her. No I'm not going there. If you want to join in the make believe comparisons, and indulge in the false statements that eventually get shown for what they are - enjoy. Your ability to judge character and ability is impaired to suit your agenda and you're not to be taken seriously. It was frightening enough voters would turn the country over to Bush. Turning it to a doddering old fellow and an empty suit? We aren't in Kansas anymore Toto.
Don't confuse unglued with elation. Elation at the prospect that maybe this time the American public will pick a candidate with a brain full of ideas, political skills and a plan instead of one of the handicapped individuals the Republican party has to offer. The polls are giving that nifty "head fake" it's just desserts. Wham!