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It's entertaining to watch them play their game.
Obama blames Bush, Bush blames Clinton, Congress blames AIG, etc....
They want to know who to blame? I suggest they look in a damn mirror.
Washington is "business as usual", which is why I keep saying if people want real change, they need to clean the place out. Until then, it's just more crap on top of crap.
People blame Obama, he's not "saving us" or "Changing us" fast enough.
People blame Bush for all the crap, all the problems, because he was such a buffoon.
Bull shit. Pure bull shit.
Lets put the blame, at least for the screwed up bailouts that are putting this country over 11 TRILLION Dollars in the whole where it belongs. The majority of the screw ups are caused by the 100 traitors in the Senate, and the 500+ traitors in the House, and the countless lobbyists, and other scum suckers that infest our government. You know, the ones who -had- to pass emergency bailouts for rum distillers and arrow fletchers last November, the bailout we -needed-, that went from 10 pages to over 400 pages, to "protect our investment", yet managed to forget little things like accountability for all that free money of ours they were giving out.
You would think the American People would be outraged.
Yet, most of those traitors kept their jobs.
-3- of those traitors got promotions.
Remember, Senator Obama, Senator Clinton and Senator Biden all said that these flawed bailouts were "urgent" and "vital" and "well prepared". Remember Senator McCain also was all gung ho for them.
But none of them had time to really read it before they voted it into law and sold us out.
The system is still broken, and whoever wears the title "President" gets all the blame for what the rest of those screaming sorry sons of bitches screw up.
and "We The People" continue to devolve into sleeping sheep.
But, lets keep blaming Bush, or blaming Obama. It's easier after all than actually fixing the problem.
Like firing ever last one of these sell outs.
America
Saturday, April 4, 2009
Something ELSE the Obama Apologists will ignore
Something ELSE the Obama Apologists will ignore
Actually, you're both right.
I consider myself a Libertarian.
I consider the United States to be the best country going.
I also recognize that like any other imperial nation, and the US is one, it got there on the backs of second class citizens.
Rome rose because of it's slaves, and serfs.
England rose because of it's serfs.
America rose because of slavery, and the willingness of those we consider second class citizens, to toil long hours in crap conditions.
It wasn't rich white men in fancy suits who picked all that cotton, dug ditches and blew holes in mountains to lay train tracks, or who pick lettuce for our salads.
Rome fell, because their serfs and those Rome pissed off came calling.
England's Empire is a shallow shell of itself, it's colonies and territories released.
America's fate, is still to be decided.
My friends in other countries will argue on who is best, no problem. It's good to be proud of your country.
Here's the rub.
My president shouldn't bow down to anyone. He shouldn't kneel, bow, kotow, or otherwise show submission to -any- other national leader. The US may be the "New" kid, historically speaking, but we're the only remaining intact superpower. Remember, it was American aid that kept the USSR and Britain from being a German conquest, that returned France to it's people, that has helped Israel stand against a region intent on it's destruction, that has aided disaster victims around the world over and over again.
We've had some clueless leaders. Our current one could be one of them. But, he made some comments recently that make sense.
We can keep arguing who's the better country, or we can work together, beat these crisis's, and all become stronger, together. A strong Europe IS a strong America, and vice versa.
Someone needs to tell BO to stop acting like a freshman, and be the class leader. Also, that dvd's and an Ipod aren't exactly "great gifts". Next he'll be giving an IPhone to the Japanese PM. Time to dig out the good gifts, like something really American.
Next time BO, give the Queen an autographed football from the Superbowl champs, and the King of Saudi Arabia some good ol fashioned New Orleans Gumbo!
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| Originally Posted by CuongNhuka  He's a Libertarian. They tend to make claims like that. |
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| Originally Posted by Sukerkin Hmmm. "Claims" is it? Over here in England we tend to call that "Telling the truth". I suppose it's just another example of how we are two cultures seperated by a common language  . |
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| Originally Posted by CuongNhuka It's a claim because it doesn't agree with his world view. I'm just pre-empting the reply. |
I consider myself a Libertarian.
I consider the United States to be the best country going.
I also recognize that like any other imperial nation, and the US is one, it got there on the backs of second class citizens.
Rome rose because of it's slaves, and serfs.
England rose because of it's serfs.
America rose because of slavery, and the willingness of those we consider second class citizens, to toil long hours in crap conditions.
It wasn't rich white men in fancy suits who picked all that cotton, dug ditches and blew holes in mountains to lay train tracks, or who pick lettuce for our salads.
Rome fell, because their serfs and those Rome pissed off came calling.
England's Empire is a shallow shell of itself, it's colonies and territories released.
America's fate, is still to be decided.
My friends in other countries will argue on who is best, no problem. It's good to be proud of your country.
Here's the rub.
My president shouldn't bow down to anyone. He shouldn't kneel, bow, kotow, or otherwise show submission to -any- other national leader. The US may be the "New" kid, historically speaking, but we're the only remaining intact superpower. Remember, it was American aid that kept the USSR and Britain from being a German conquest, that returned France to it's people, that has helped Israel stand against a region intent on it's destruction, that has aided disaster victims around the world over and over again.
We've had some clueless leaders. Our current one could be one of them. But, he made some comments recently that make sense.
We can keep arguing who's the better country, or we can work together, beat these crisis's, and all become stronger, together. A strong Europe IS a strong America, and vice versa.
Someone needs to tell BO to stop acting like a freshman, and be the class leader. Also, that dvd's and an Ipod aren't exactly "great gifts". Next he'll be giving an IPhone to the Japanese PM. Time to dig out the good gifts, like something really American.
Next time BO, give the Queen an autographed football from the Superbowl champs, and the King of Saudi Arabia some good ol fashioned New Orleans Gumbo!
Friday, April 3, 2009
Why what you the voter want doesn't really matter.
See here for background
Seven upstate Democrats reject all 9 state budget bills
Some key bits:
But why? Don't our elected officials work for us?
Hardly.
For those senators, it’s not an easy choice: risk alienating an unknown number of voters back home or a known number of Democratic leaders in Albany with the power to end political careers. But all the Senate Democrats are sticking together to approve the budget.
Yup. Better to piss off us voters, who will forget about this mess in a few months because we have a short attention span, and are too stupid to actually look things up, remember, and look at third party candidates, for most career politician's to worry about.
Wake up NY, and America. Before it's really too late to retake your government.
Seven upstate Democrats reject all 9 state budget bills
Some key bits:
What’s going on? Why would so many Democrats buck their leadership on such a crucial matter?
One answer is because Democrats control the Assembly with a highly secure 109-41 margin, leaving plenty of wiggle room to let some members avoid making a politically uncomfortable vote without affecting the overall outcome of a bill the leadership wants passed.
Yes, they can say no, while being assured they, and not we the voters get what we want.But why? Don't our elected officials work for us?
Hardly.
For those senators, it’s not an easy choice: risk alienating an unknown number of voters back home or a known number of Democratic leaders in Albany with the power to end political careers. But all the Senate Democrats are sticking together to approve the budget.
Yup. Better to piss off us voters, who will forget about this mess in a few months because we have a short attention span, and are too stupid to actually look things up, remember, and look at third party candidates, for most career politician's to worry about.
Wake up NY, and America. Before it's really too late to retake your government.
More taxes on cancer sticks? Oh Noes!
Re: That didn't take long - Obama enacts first tax
It's been confusing the US government too, since Lincoln was in charge.
It's not the place of the Fed to feed you, educate you, provide your drugs, your retirement funding, your health care, and hundred of other things, yet suggest they stop and people *****. Stop bitching or stop wanting the Fed to coddle and take care of you.
It's not the Fed's job to ail out your bank, your stock broker, your favorite car maker, etc. Since last July the Fed has put us 11 -TRILLION- in the hole with all these botched bailouts, and they want more still.
Moneys going to come from somewhere. It's an Obamination. I saw it said in another thread about a Depression. Not yet. Soon. Soon as we fire up the Soup Kitchens and start lining up for bread again.
25cents a pack, so we can have health care for poor kids.
Never mind that only 5% will go to the kids, and the other 95% to a bloated maze of gov. inefficency to "manage' it, just like Medicaid and Medicare and any other gov. program. But, when we need to hire a 10th clerk for each applicant, we can add another 25c per pack on to cover it. Oh, and 5c per gal for gas too, just because.
Here's a thought. Smokers. Take a month off. I know, you can't do it you'll die, but do it anyway. According to the World Health Organization in 2000 35% of US men, 22% of US women smoked. Lets use the lower # here. 22%. 300 Million US population 2008 est). 66,000,000 smokers. The average smoker will smoke a pack a day, 20 cigarettes. For the sake of argument, we'll halve that. 15 packs a month.
66 million smokers x 15 packs a month = 990 million packs of smokes a month.
990 million packs x $1 pack Fed tax is $990Mil removed from the Federal budget
Pocket change to the Fed, but it'll be noticed.
Think about it.
Oh, assuming it is a pack a day, that bumps it up to at least a Billion and a half pulled from the Fed Trough. That will be felt.
State governments, which tack on the majority of the sin taxes will feel it even more ad 5+ billion if pulled from them.
Of course, such a tactic might also put a few tobacco companies under as well. So it's a dangerous tactic, especially if more than 15% of smokers fail to return to addiction after a month clean.
(From MartialTalk)
It's not the place of the Fed to feed you, educate you, provide your drugs, your retirement funding, your health care, and hundred of other things, yet suggest they stop and people *****. Stop bitching or stop wanting the Fed to coddle and take care of you.
It's not the Fed's job to ail out your bank, your stock broker, your favorite car maker, etc. Since last July the Fed has put us 11 -TRILLION- in the hole with all these botched bailouts, and they want more still.
Moneys going to come from somewhere. It's an Obamination. I saw it said in another thread about a Depression. Not yet. Soon. Soon as we fire up the Soup Kitchens and start lining up for bread again.
25cents a pack, so we can have health care for poor kids.
Never mind that only 5% will go to the kids, and the other 95% to a bloated maze of gov. inefficency to "manage' it, just like Medicaid and Medicare and any other gov. program. But, when we need to hire a 10th clerk for each applicant, we can add another 25c per pack on to cover it. Oh, and 5c per gal for gas too, just because.
Here's a thought. Smokers. Take a month off. I know, you can't do it you'll die, but do it anyway. According to the World Health Organization in 2000 35% of US men, 22% of US women smoked. Lets use the lower # here. 22%. 300 Million US population 2008 est). 66,000,000 smokers. The average smoker will smoke a pack a day, 20 cigarettes. For the sake of argument, we'll halve that. 15 packs a month.
66 million smokers x 15 packs a month = 990 million packs of smokes a month.
990 million packs x $1 pack Fed tax is $990Mil removed from the Federal budget
Pocket change to the Fed, but it'll be noticed.
Think about it.
Oh, assuming it is a pack a day, that bumps it up to at least a Billion and a half pulled from the Fed Trough. That will be felt.
State governments, which tack on the majority of the sin taxes will feel it even more ad 5+ billion if pulled from them.
Of course, such a tactic might also put a few tobacco companies under as well. So it's a dangerous tactic, especially if more than 15% of smokers fail to return to addiction after a month clean.
(From MartialTalk)
The greatness of America:
The greatness of America:
Americans built railroads from sea to shining sea!
On the labors of Blacks, Chinese, Irish and the odd Indian.
America built a great industrialized nation!
Using child labor, animal parts, and whatever Irish immigrants we had around.
America Saved Europe in WWI!
After coming in kicking and screaming and waiting until the very end, and doing little more than providing enough fresh troops to the grist mill to turn the tide.
America Did it Again in WWII!!!
Again, being forced into the fray, then ignoring that front while selling tons of gear to everyone.
America put a Man on the Moon!!!
After being beaten into space by guys launching dogs and landing on rock, not water.
America is the Land of the Free, Home of the Brave, For Liberty, and Justice, For All!
Unless you're gay or lesbian. Women only qualify for 3/4 of that, Justice depends on your bank balance, and liberty depends on which state you're in.
Reality depends on your position at a given moment.
Americans built railroads from sea to shining sea!
On the labors of Blacks, Chinese, Irish and the odd Indian.
America built a great industrialized nation!
Using child labor, animal parts, and whatever Irish immigrants we had around.
America Saved Europe in WWI!
After coming in kicking and screaming and waiting until the very end, and doing little more than providing enough fresh troops to the grist mill to turn the tide.
America Did it Again in WWII!!!
Again, being forced into the fray, then ignoring that front while selling tons of gear to everyone.
America put a Man on the Moon!!!
After being beaten into space by guys launching dogs and landing on rock, not water.
America is the Land of the Free, Home of the Brave, For Liberty, and Justice, For All!
Unless you're gay or lesbian. Women only qualify for 3/4 of that, Justice depends on your bank balance, and liberty depends on which state you're in.
Reality depends on your position at a given moment.
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