Painesville, OH has joined the list of cities hosting a Tea Party Against Amnesty on Nov. 14. Their event will be 12 Noon - 2pm and will be held at 7 RICHMOND STREET 'City Square Veteran Park in Gazebo'
Please attend if you can and sign up to organize or show your opposition to Amnesty for illegal aliens at www.AgainstAmnesty.com
In fact, Republicans voted almost unanimously for the Iraq war. Democrats, on the other hand, were deeply divided. 61% of the Dems in the House voted AGAINST it. 42% of Dem Senators did. As opposed to the 98% of Reb congressmen and 97% of Reb senators who blindly followed their party leader’s lies about Iraq’s involvement in 9/11 and threat to the US.
As for Afghanistan, Obama has ALREADY sent more troops. There is now another question as to whether more troops are necessary, but he has already demonstrated a committed to the conflict and followed through on campaign promises.
As for Afghanistan, his generals on the ground, you know, the guy who is in a position to know, is asking for more troops. This is exactly what BO said he would do on the campaign trail. Was that a lie, did he change his mind or is he hoping people forget he said it? Since he's advocating the use of marijuana, my guess is he is hoping for the latter
You said: " We already saw what happens when you invade countries that didn't have anything to do with 9/11" hmmm.. last I remember, it was Congress that authorized the invasions, a Democratic congress.
You said: "Stop the hypocrisy already" It wasn't me but Barack Hussein Obama that said during the campaign he would get us out of Iraq and concentrate on Afghanistan. Three months after a request is made, our troops are still dying and he's done zero, zip, zilch, nada about Afghanistan.
Me a hypocrite? Because I'm wondering why the left has become strangely silent on the whole war thing? Because I ask why there is no moral indignation, no outrage over spilled blood on BO's hands, no screaming, pissing, moaning, belly aching? And you have the nerve to call me a hypocrite? You ought to take a good long look in the mirror, pal. I haven’t changed my tune on the Mid East and Afghanistan. BO and the left has. That’s the hypocrisy. Calling me names won't change that.
Get 'em reinforcements or get 'em out. How difficult can this decision be? Or, maybe this is that silly little thing called inexperience we warned you about.
Yes, I did say the government"let" Lehman Brothers fail. I said this to point out the difference between how Goldman Sachs was treated versus Lehman Brothers. Yes, I do believe they all should have been allowed to fail. You see, there is no gaurantee of successs, nor is there any gaurantee against failure. Yes, I truly believe thet GM and Chrysler should have been left to fail as well. There should have been no gov't bail out.
With regerds to the Earned Income Tax Credit, this is not something that is court ordered, the taxes they take from me are my "property". The gov't confiscates my property (money) and gives it to my neighbor in teh form of teh Earned Income Tax CRedit. Again, my property but once teh gov't takes it, I no longer "own or control" it. Sure looks like it matches the definition you posted.
A true free market has a higher standard of living, like Singapore & Hong Kong
:Nobel Laureate economist, Milton Friedman. But we will have zilch if we don't stop Obama Care.
Sen. Reid's tactics can still produce a bill with a public option. It all depends on the political environment
outside Washington. If the bill is only marginally unpopular (the current 40-55%), it will probably pass.
But if public opinion moves another five or so points (to, say, 35-60 against), then the moderates will
probably refuse to cave in. :REID'S BAIT-AND-SWITCH TACTICS, S FL CL, 10-29.
The US was asleep because liberals control BIG media... POST! GET THE WORD OUT!
STOP NATIONALIZATION OF HEALTH. IT'S IRREVERSIBLE, HARDCORE SOCIALISM ! Tell your congressmen,
especially Blue Dog Dem's, to vote no or you'll support their opposition - & DON'T LET UP. It's our only chance!
:Mark Levin, Conservative Talk Radio host, lawyer & author of 'Liberty & Tyranny'... If you don’t know their names, give
your zip code to the operator. CALL TOLL FREE: 1-877-851-6437... or 1-800-962-3524.. Tell friends.
2) Even in "advanced" socialism you can't get free emergency room care without a health card. Here, millions of aliens, poor &
tightwads do; its the law - done on purpose!... Like shoplifting in stores, it drives up prices for all. Obama Care won't even ask if
you're a citizen, let alone require it. It buys votes - at your expense. You think that's bad, BHO's Comprehensive Immigration
Reform Act lets 103 million in in the next 20 yrs! :http://www.heritage.org/Research/Immigration/wm1076.cfm
3) Medical Malpractice suits, outrageous rewards and huge rates for malpractice insurance cost us $200 bill / yr in health-care costs.
Serious tort reform could help 300 mill people... A Democrat-controlled congress has resisted reforms. Trial lawyers
are some of their biggest contributors :plime.com/l/133838-history/1/
Like the financial crisis, caused by socialist policies (The US hasn't been a free market for aprx 100 yrs) was our health
system sabotaged to create a crisis to bring in gov't-run health? Did they plan to make folks so mad, they'd hardly question ANY "CHANGE"?!
...ALL the bills START with gov't-run health....What were Obama's shocking plans? See
breitbart.tv/uncovered-video-obama-explains-how-his-health-care-plan-will-eliminate-private-insurance
You are partisan. Horribly partisan. You claim that Reagan ushered in the long term economic growth (with no regard for the shrinking middle class under Reagan), that Clinton inherited his economy from Bush, praise Bush Jr for his economic policies, make reference to the current unemployment rate, and now you blame Obama for any chance that you might be unemployed his second year on office. You also failed to judge the underlying cause and recovery from the first Great Depression by a similar criteria. In both cases, massive economic growth was ushered in with conservative policies, there was a coinciding transfer of wealth from poor to rich, and a subsequent collapse. The first recovery involved a massive infusion of new currency and a subsequent transfer of wealth (after inflation) from rich back to poor. A democrat held the highest American office during that recovery and the economy was somewhat stable for another 30 years. Your failure to acknowledge any of this makes you partisan.
As far as the jobs 'saved or created' there is absolutely no way to accurately account for anything but government funded jobs. Of course, Obamas earlier claims about job creation in the first year were nothing but a steaming load of crap. I never bought into it for a second. In fact, I put my predictions in writing last fall and again this spring. But nobody can accurately account for job loss or creation which can be directly attributed to Obama's policies. All I can say for sure is that it would be much worse if it weren't for the current infusion of currency. I'm not praising Obama for that. In fact, that infusion was riddled with corruption and political strategy.
I'm not putting my faith in Government. They are horribly corrupt (both major parties) and subject to the same rotten influense of big money and power. They also can't save us from ourselves. Of course, I'll take whatever short term stability we get, but I have no faith at all. ZERO for a true long term recovery. It will never happen under either party or even an independent for that matter. We have entered a new era of greed and corruption. One which will lead to the worst economic and cultural crisis of all time. If I believed in God I would pray. But I don't. So I will continue to tell it the way I see it. We're fucked.
I think I see the problem here. Its a very common one. You are confusing elements of big government authority with full blown socialism. They are not one in the same. In fact, the government could take every single penney from you and give it to your ex-wife and that still wouldn't be socialism. Legalized theft, yes. But not socialism. Now, if you want to say that alimony is also legalized theft, I might agree with you under most circumstances. But child support? No way. Thats your moral obligation. Lets try this: I'll give you an opportunity to prove your point once and for all. Its a flat out challenge: Are you ready?
I CHALLENGE YOU TO POST THE ACTUAL DEFINITION FOR SOCIALISM HERE AND GIVE THE REFERENCE. POINT OUT THE LINES THAT ALLOW FOR INDIVIDUAL LAND OWNERSHIP, HOME OWNERSHIP, PRIVATE INDUSTRY, AND PRIVATE PROPERTY. DO IT NOW. NO? THATS WHAT I THOUGHT.
So I'll post the definition again. Straight from Websters Dictionary.
Socialism: A system in which people as a whole, and not individuals, control and own all property.
You said: Hello? HELLO? knock knock knock IS THERE ANYBODY IN THERE? I'll explain another. PRIVATE PROPERTY AND PUBLIC DOMAIN ARE POLAR OPPOSITES. Hello? If the name of an individual or non-governmental entity appears on the check, ITS NOT SOCIALISM. If the name of an individual or non-governmental entity appears on the title, ITS NOT SOCIALISM. If the name of an individual or non-governmental entity appears on the deed, ITS NOT SOCIALISM. Have you ever heard of a re-possession? THATS NOT SOCIALISM. Have you ever heard of a court ordered transfer of wealth? Such as alimony, child support, or punitive damages? THATS NOT SOCIALISM.
hmmm.. not sure what you are trying to say here but I'll address your last point. A court ordered transfer of wealth (like Child Support or Alimony) is not socialism? I must disagree. If I am married to a pure out an out bitch and I dump her, why should I have to pay alimony to her? So the woman can maintain her lifestyle? If she wanted to maintain her lifestyle, she shouldn't have acted in a way that would get herself dumped. That is socialism, pure and simple, Court ordered socialism. If there are children involved and the one spouse cannot support the children financially, why not just give the kids to the financially secure parent? Two reasons why they won't: First - Socialism - keep the children with the parent without means and take from the parent with means and Second - how the hell would lawyers and the state make money of there isn't a transfer of wealth involved?
You said: These are all examples of pay or property restrictions or court ordered transfer of wealth in a capitalist society. BUT THEY ARE NOT PUBLIC DOMAIN AS LONG AS THE NAME OF AN INDIVIDUAL OR NON-GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY APPEAR ON THE CHECK, TITLE, OR DEED. ITS NOT SOCIALISM. THERE IS NO PRIVATE PROPERTY ALLOWED UNDER TRUE SOCIALISM. Hello? HELLO? knock knock knock. IS THERE ANYBODY IN THERE?
hmmm.. if I own property and there are lots of trees, would you say that I owned the trees also? If I wanted to cut down the trees to make some money, but the gov't won't allow me to cut down my trees, is that socialism? In effect, if they tell me I can't sell my trees, then I truly do not own them, the government dictates what I can do with them. Socialism. Period.
As for the banks, Wall Street and Treasury, have you noticed there is a revolving door amongst these institutions? Geitner was in the Treasury under Clinton, then he went to Goldman Sachs then the New York Fed now back to Treasury. Have you wondered why Goldman Sachs is now so profitable once again? Same thing with Bank of America and Citi Group. You want to talk about a good ol' boy Network? There it is. Ever wonder why they (Treasury) let Lehman Brothers fail? They simply didn't like Richard S. Fuld. He wasn’t part of "their" group.
As for a Dem at the helm from 93 to 01, as I mentioned he inherited that peace time expansion. You and I both now it takes years for policy changes to begin having an effect on the economy and the nation. In addition, I do believe there was a Republican Congress in place much of Clinton's years. Even still, they managed to slow down and reverse the expansion into the Bush years. You see, the president doesn't write laws, he only signs legislation into law. Congress writes the laws and the budget. Again, I am a conservative, period. I used to be a Republican, but not since the party abandoned its roots.
I think it also quite funny that the media pundits think the Republican party should be more like the Dems in order to "win". Isn't that silly? If they become the Dems, regardless of the seats we might hold, we've really lost.
This is quite fun and I love the debate, However, you should not assume that I am partisan, a repub, a poor or rich person. I am more like you than you might know. I am independent, will be out of a job next summer but have prepared (I hope) quite well for my unemployment phase. You see, for me, once Reagan took over, my career took off. I have remained gainfully employed through Bush, Clinton and Bush. Now under a Dem, I could potentially be out of work. It's not partisan, it's reality for me.
As for 640,329 jobs created or saved with the stimulus, do you believe it? Not 640,328 not 640,340 but 640,329! Last I looked, unemployment went from 8% when he took office to 9.8%. So, if we have a net job loss, how could 640k jobs have been saved or created? That's one argument. The other is, at $248,000 per job, they could've created a bigger stimulus by simply giving 640 thousand people a hundred grand to blow and it would’ve been cheaper. Either way, it's a farce. You know, maybe if business didn’t have the 787 billion confiscated from it, maybe, just maybe, they would be employing people all on their own without the government deciding who works and who doesn’t.
I simply think that anyone who puts their faith in the government to do anything right is a complete fool. And puh-leeze, don't talk to me about SS or Medicare as we all know the fraud and abuse in those programs (Parents coaching their kids to act like they have ADD so they can get SSI money, etc).
Reagan ushered in the longest peace time expansion of our economy since WWII. It took Clinton 8 years, 8 whole years to slow down that growth. You see, Clinton inherited that wonderful peace time expansion.
I don't know what you were doing, but my income increased five fold from the 80's to now. I absolutely love Ronnie Raygun. If you didn't jump in and expand your fortune, you are right, there's no excuse for slackers.
The bottom 40 percent of Americans are that way thanks to Dem/Lib policies. I've seen it with my own eyes. About 20 years ago, there was a firm hiring. I asked my neighbor to go with me to fill out applications. He was a widower raising two kids on welfare. When we got back from filling out apps, he told me he wouldn't take the job even if it was offered as he said he made more on welfare that what the job would pay. Without welfare, maybe he would've taken the job, worked his way up the ladder and been a much more productive member of society.
There is a portion of my hard earned income, comes right of my pocket and straight into my neighbor's in the form of the Earned Income Tax credit. You see, those people getting the EIC get more back in a tax refund than what they paid in. Where does the difference come from? Why, my pocket, of course! It's the portion of my income I'm not "allowed" to own. Must be the portion the Federal Government considers "public domain". The US Government has decided my neighbor needs it more than I do. Ain't that a bitch? Sure sounds like socialism to me. .. from each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs...
I don't want socialism. I want a more modest and down to Earth version of capitalism. I want a limit placed on the accumulation of personal wealth. I have no problem with the concept of private property but there must be a limit. I don't believe that a tiny minority of about 1.25 percent should be allowed to own 1/2 of all wealth worldwide. I don't believe that the richest 500 Americans should be allowed to own more wealth than the lower 40% of American households combined. That second equation may seem very hard to believe but its true. The richest 500 Americans actually own more bottom line wealth than the lower 120,000,000. Earth shattering but true. This obscene level of inequality can not be justified. If God himself told me that that the lower 120,000,000 Americans shoud own less actual wealth than the richest 500, I would tell God to go fuck himself. Its just not right. Of course, people make different contributions to society. Of course, some work harder than others. But we need a reasonable pay-scale and a reasonable distribution of wealth to reflect those actual contributions and work ethics. Thats not socialism. Not by any stretch of the imagination. By the way, I'm aware of the definitions for socialism under Marxist theory and the extended definitions. I don't believe in any of it. In fact, even our screwed up sell-out leaders don't want true socialism. Not that I'm singing their praise. I'm not. They suck. But I'm not going to call them a jar of pickles and I'm not going to call them socialist because they really aren't. THERE IS NO PRIVATE PROPERTY UNDER TRUE SOCIALISM. IF AND WHEN OUR LEADERS CALL FOR ALL PRIVATE PROPERTY TO BE CONFISCATED FROM INDIVIDUALS AND MADE PUBLIC DOMAIN, THEN WE WILL HAVE A TRUE SOCIALIST GOVERNMENT. THATS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.
The NBC pundits (Chatzky and Wong) are bound and determined (paid) to plug their coorporate sponsors and perpetuate the 'multiple credit card' lifestyle. Their claim is that you need more than one to build reasonable credit, finance a home, and be relatively secure financially. THAT IS ANOTHER FLAT-OUT LIE. The industry is simply too corrupt and predatory to deal with. It has been for at least 20 years. The use of 'multiple credit cards' is simply too risky, addictive, complicated (check that fine print), and ultimately expensive. In the vast, overwhelming majority of cases, the 'multiple credit card' user has ended up further in debt year after year after year. Their credit was built to some extent on a temporary basis and their ability to repay loans was diminished gradually right along with their bottom line. They ended up paying as much or more in finance charges as they did on principal. That is OBSCENE. Now, their net worth is way down. Their ability to get out of debt f#$&@#. That 'credit' didn't get them anything but F#$#@#. Still, those NBC pundits (liars) have the nerve to perpetuate that 'multiple credit card' lifestyle as if it were ever legit or necessary to begin with. It wasn't. Until two years ago, one could have built reasonable credit with a stable income, a checking account, a savings account, one secured credit card, one loan for a used car, one loan for a new car, and a reasonable downpayment. Until recently, that was enough credit to get a first home loan. Now, the economic boom is OVER. The majority are F#$&@#. Its only going to get worse. A LOT WORSE. The window for ordinary (decent) people to stake their rightful claim is closing fast. They better get out of debt soon and well prepared for the comming US/global depression. It will be catastrophic. Under these circumstances, it is downright reckless and irresponsible to promote more use of credit cards. Only a calculated PIG with an ulterior motive would have the nerve. The 'multiple credit card' lifestyle wasn't the only cause of this economic crisis but it was a contributing factor. Another vehicle amoung many to transfer wealth from poor to rich. Which again, is the single greatest underlying cause. IT WILL BE OUR DOWNFALL.
That call taken on 4.09.09 along with one of mine made in '08' are the only two I know of even remotely critical of Reaganomics or the concentration of wealth ever accepted on syndicated talk radio. Thats two calls accepted out of thousands that I have heard related to the economy. This topic is not allowed on syndicated talk radio.
4.16.09
Now, the syndicated talk radio pigs are bashing college professors like never before. Of course, that bashing is directed primarily at those who teach 'economics' or 'socio-economics'. Their attacks are downright robotic, shallow, partisan, and short sighted as usual. "Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach." -Mike Savage. If this is true, then how should we judge those who do nothing but write books, rip on the opposing political party, and run their partisan mouths on talk radio? Those who can't think outside of any political box? Those who won't acknowledge the real world stats in that previous paragraph? Those who can't even see the profound fundamantal differences between simple regulation, higher taxes, and full blown socialism or communism? Those who failed to predict the current economic crisis, failed to understand even as it was unfolding, still don't, and bash those who did and do? How should we refer to them? HALF-WIT HYPOCRITES. ROBOTIC IDIOTS. PREDICTIBABLE MORONS. PATHETIC FOLLOWERS. SOLD OUT LITTLE PARTISAN PUPPIES. PART OF THE PROBLEM.
4.25.09
Now, the syndicated talk radio pigs are defending the credit card companies and all of their rotten tactics. Once again, using 'free market' ideals to justify greed, fraud, and corruption on a level never seen before. Big surprise. IT MAKES THEM RICHER.
4.27.09
Remember that line near the beginning about 'humanitarian' progress "made in one area" and "lost in another"? The following is a quote from an article published this morning from the World Bank: "Developing countries, its main constituency, face "especially serious consequences with the crisis driving more than 50 million people into extreme poverty, particularly women and children," the bank said Sunday." Well isn't that great? What do you have to say about that Oprah? Are you still happy that you endorsed subprime? Did it make you rich enough? What about you Ellen and Phil? You hypocrite pigs. Not that subprime itself caused this global economic crisis. It didn't. You know it and I know it. But it certainly did accelerate this downturn. So what do the three of you have to say about it? Are you still happy that you endorsed subprime? What about the credit industry in general? What about their rotten oppressive tactics? YOU WERE PAID TO ENDORSE THEM. Did it make you rich enough? Have you done enough 'good' to compensate for this? What about you Brad, Angelina, Bono, Richard, Warren, and Michael? Do you still believe in concentrating the world's wealth? Is that what a 'humanitarian' should do? Have you done enough 'good' to compensate for this? What about you Bill? Are you rich enough yet? You alone literally have enough net worth to make a profound difference in the lives of those 50 million people. THATS FIFTY MILLION MORE INNOCENT DESPERATE LIVES YOU DISGUSTING HYPOCRITE PIG. I said it before and I'll say it again. It does not matter how much you 'give back'. It matters how much you keep. If it weren't for that obscene concentration of wealth and capital that all of you stand for, there never would have been a shrinking middle class, there never would have been such a market for subprime, there never would have been a collapse in the US housing market, there never would have been a global credit crunch, and this economic crisis never would have happened. Thats 50 million more innocent desperate lives f$#@#$ in the course of two years. Not to mention all the others and the havok wreaked in every developed country worldwide. Yeah. I think its safe to say that all of that 'humanitarian' progress "made in one area" has been "lost in another". Thats 50 million more innocent desperate lives f$%$#@ in the course of two years. All because of greed. IT WILL BE OUR DOWNFALL.
5.6.09
The campaign to divert our attention has taken a new turn. I've heard two more references made on syndicated talk radio to the distribution of wealth within a week. One carefully made in a very limited and misleading scope on the 'Jim Bohannon' show. Another involving a caller who was cut off almost immediately on the 'Rush Limbaugh' show. In both cases, the issue was played way down. I suspect there will be more. Hopefully, the 'anti-greed' callers are lining up to get through. The pundit's new strategy is and will be to appear as if they are considering the issue but make it seem less relevant. If they ever do acknowledge the vital signifigance, they will certainly focus more than ever on 'wealth creation' and swear on that the rich are somehow best qualified and willing to create and distribute more wealth for the majority if only we give them and the free market another chance. I just can't imagine any member of the 1% club having the courage to admit that they have simply accumulated too much wealth as individuals or as a group. To admit the remote possibility that no man or woman is worth 500 times the pay of another who works full time. They will never do so under any circumstances. There is already a massive PR campaign underway to benefit them. One involving comments from well known, jet-setting, filthy rich, public figures about 'homemade gifts', 'clipping coupons', 'saving money', 'washing laundry', and 'flying coach'. One designed to make the rich appear more generous, more down to earth, more human, more vulnerable, less materialistic, and less guilty. Less responsible for the global economic crisis. I strongly suspect the upcomming sequel to 'Wall Street' will villianize only certain individuals and attempt to put another positive spin on greed in general. They will certainly find a way to excuse or ignore the heavy concentration of wealth worldwide and the horrible economic and cultural concequences. Don't fall for any of it. Whenever you hear or read a single word in favor of the rich, go out of your way to find the opposing view. Whenever you hear or read another statement, policy, or proposal related to education, business, health care, the economy, culture, or humanity in general, consider the equation as a whole. The big picture. Not just the limited scope of that specific statement, policy, or proposal. Get the opinion of a professor of 'economics' or 'socio-economics' if possible. Consider real world events in detail. What you know firsthand. Not the PR crap shoveled in your face by filthy rich public figures. THEY WILL LIE RIGHT THROUGH THEIR ROTTEN TEETH.
5.18.09
Big surprise. Another TV show has been produced with an agenda. MORE CALCULATED PR CRAP FOR THE RICH. 'The Philanthropist' hasn't even premiered yet. But I know what to expect. More brainwash plots: 'The rich are good'. 'The rich are smart'. 'The rich are sexy'. 'The rich create jobs'. 'The rich pay more taxes'. 'The rich give back'. 'The rich want to make the world a better place'. Of course, they will villianize the occasional rich 'outlaw' or 'scumbag'. But the group as a whole will be shown in a positive light. More caring, more compassionate, more generous, ect. At least those who take up 'philanthropy' or 'good will'. Which in the real world, as they know, as they plan, as they deliberately publicize, includes ALL OF THEM. What a sham. Its already quite evident that the lead character will be another filthy rich 'good guy'. Of course, the same old plugs for medical testing, pharmaceuticals, universities, credit cards, and world travel will be thrown in. EVERY SINGLE EPISODE. Afterall, NBC has greedy coorporate sponsors and a juggernaut parent company to cater to. Go ahead and watch. But don't be their little puppet. DON'T FALL FOR THE CALCULATED PR CRAP. REMEMBER: EVERY SINGLE TOP EXECUTIVE ON THE PLANET HAS TAKEN UP 'PHILANTHROPY' OR 'GOOD WILL'. INCLUDING THOSE WHO WORK IN THE ENERGY, FINANCE, AND PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES. ITS A SHAM. NOTHING BUT TAX DEDUCTIBLE PR CRAP. THE RICH DO NOT WANT TO MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE. THEY WANT TO APPEAR AS IF THEY DO. OTHERWISE, THEY WOULDN'T CONCENTRATE THE WORLD'S WEALTH AND RESOURCES TO BEGIN WITH. THIS TV SHOW IS JUST ANOTHER CALCULATED TRICK TO SHOW THEM IN A MORE POSITIVE LIGHT. DON'T FALL FOR IT. THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A MULTI-MILLIONAIRE HUMANITARIAN. EXTREME WEALTH MAKES WORLD PROSPERITY ABSOLUTELY IMPOSSIBLE. WITHOUT WORLD PROSPERITY, THERE WILL NEVER BE WORLD PEACE OR ANYTHING EVEN CLOSE. GREED KILLS. IT WILL BE OUR DOWNFALL.
A few more points about the 'loss' of bottom line wealth. The monetary values for material assets are defined by the market for those assets. When you concentrate the world's wealth and capital to such an extreme, you also shrink the market for those assets and ultimately their market value. A similar rule applies to stock and bond values. We are in a severe global recession caused primarily by an obscene concentration of wealth and capital worldwide. Nearly all material assets across the board have finally been reduced in market value. Even yachts, personal jets, exotic cars, limos, castles, and mansions to some degree. Those assets are now effected simply because the majority worldwide are finally running low on money to hand over to the rich. That transfer of wealth can no longer be sustained at the same rate. Its not mathematically possible. Too many middle, working, and lower class households have finally gone bankrupt. Profits for the rich are finally down on average. Their stock and property values are finally down on average. However, the rich continue to rule the world with the same government influense, obscene buying power, extravogant living, and consumption of resources. Wall Street, Hollywood, and Pro-Sports compensation packages are still obscene. Health care, energy, and finance charges are still obscene. Bailouts are being made. Favors done. Funds diverted. Assets hidden. So any 'loss' taken on paper by the richest one percent is part illusion and part fraud. An accounting biproduct of their own incredible greed. Another reflection of an ACTUAL loss already taken in the real world by the vast majority. A loss taken year after year after year as the world's wealth and capital was concentrated. Remember: The strength, net worth, and buying power of the majority didn't just float away. It was gradually transfered to the rich. Now because of it, stock and property values are down worldwide. Its not an actual 'loss' taken by the rich. Its an illusion. The division of buying power remains obscene. Bottom lines fluctuate but the pie doesn't lie. The richest one percent are still to blame. Not only in America but also in every other nation. The world's richest one percent still own over 40% of all world wealth. That equation is obscene and vital to understanding. If and when their obscene share of wealth and resource is reduced signifigantly, the rich will FINALLY take a loss in the real world. Otherwise, its on paper only. Part illusion and part fraud. I'm sorry I didn't make this point earlier. Its a big one.
The American middle class are not amoung the 'world's richest one percent'. Not even close. Only millionaires fall into that category. Of course, the American middle class are very fortunate just to live in a developed country with fertile land and a comfortable climate. Of course, their income, energy, and food consumption are high by global standards. But as citizens of a developed capitalist country, they have no choice but to play the game as they know it. They also require some sort of mechanized transportation and relative income just to keep a roof over their head, the water running, the lights on, their children fed, and their families together. Otherwise, they will be evicted from their homes and their families seperated. The average American citizen is fortunate, spoiled, fat, brainwashed, love-sick, drug addicted, and incredibly ignorant to all of it. But they are not the problem. They are not deliberately concentrating the world's wealth and resource, raising the cost of living, oppressing others, telling lies to increase their own profit margins, brainwashing their fellow citizens, or making false unrealistic promises to cover for it. For the mostpart, they are perfect little victims of this global economic crisis. They have allowed themselves to be led around like puppies. Otherwise, they are not to blame. They don't even own a signifigant share of the bottom line wealth within the world or their own developed country. That incredible greed, fraud, corruption, and fault lies almost exclusively with the rich. Concentrating the world's wealth and resource was their bright idea. It was a deliberate act. It still is. Its their fault. The equation they stand for absolutely can not work.
The most desperate people in the world share only one fault. Its not their color, their religion, or their primitave way of life. Its the fact that they absolutely will not stop squeasing out babies that they can't provide for. That is a major fault on their part. Otherwise, they are innocent victims of the world's richest one percent and the rich within their own countries. Their leaders included. Almost all of whom are wealth concentrating pigs. Greed kills worldwide.
The new stimulus won't work. The new bailouts won't work. The new money won't work. The new budget won't work. There may be a shallow revival later this year or next but it won't sustain itself beyond 2010. No way. It absolutely positively will not work. Obama's efforts are revolutionary but they are too little too late. The opposition too strong. Which by the way, is not about national debt. Thats a lie. Nobody cares. Its about inflation. The rich are throwing a fit over government spending because when more money is printed, their money loses some value. They have some damn nerve. They already have too much money. Leaving the majority with too little. They won't give it up. They won't tolerate higher taxes. The equation they stand for absolutely can not work. Still, they have the nerve to throw a fit over government spending unless its their own budget with their own pork, their own diversion of funds, their own tax breaks, and their own kick backs. Hundreds of billions worth. In which case, they are all for it. Afterall, inflation is fine with all of them as long as they end up with a net gain in buying power. Otherwise, they throw a bloody fit. This is why Democrats and Republicans always fight tooth and nail over government spending. Its not about 'patriotism'. Its not about 'fiscal responsibility'. Its not about the 'middle class'. Its not about the 'next generation'. Its about their own incredible greed. Of course the majority were better off under Clinton. They were also better off under Reagan. Even with a lower GDP, they will still better off. Only because that massive transfer of wealth from poor to rich was still in the early to mid stages. It began in the late seventies. It was accelerated under Reagan and again under Bush. Now, we have finally reached a tipping point. The majority can no longer afford to pay all of their bills and sustain their share of the economy. In fact, they are in debt to the tune of almost $2,000,000,000,000. THATS ALMOST TWO TRILLION DOLLARS. Obama's efforts are about re-distributing some wealth. He is one of the very few politicians to care about the majority almost as much as his own bottom line. Which is about the best we can hope for from any politician. Unfortunately, the rich won't give up anything. Even those who claim to support him won't give it up under any circumstances. This leaves Obama with no choice but to print trillions in US currency, water down all existing US wealth, raise taxes slightly on the rich, and tweak the budget slightly in favor of the majority. Hopefully, resulting in a gradual transfer of wealth from rich back to poor. Its a revolutionary effort. Very noble. Unfortunately, it won't be enough to stop that runaway train. The rich are too greedy. The opposition too strong. The government too corrupt. Obama himself will sell out before its all said and done. Mark my words he will sell out to the rich. That vital transfer of wealth from rich back to poor will not take place. Therefore, Obama will have no choice but to acknowledge a severe US depression by the end of his first term or shortly thereafter. There will be no economic recovery without a more reasonable distribution of bottom line wealth. The richest one percent must be willing to settle for less. A lot less. Otherwise, there will be no economic recovery ever. Not one of us will live to see it.
Ford, GM, and Dodge are begging the current admistration for some type of 'bridge loan' in order to avoid bankruptcy. The unions are begging for it. The people are divided. All because of a LIE. Again, we have been mislead. I'm not disputing their need. Its legit. I'm disputing the underlying cause. Competition my ass. China my ass. Japan my ass. Those factors are real but not fatal. They are also concequential. Not primary. Again, its GREED and CORRUPTION. Not only that of the auto executives and celebrities who demand millions to endorse the product (Toby Keith, Tiger Woods) but also within the health care industry. Thats right. Health care. The average doctor is a millionaire several times over. The average health care executive many times over. Both on average, are members of the 1% club. AGAIN, ITS THEIR FAULT. If it weren't for the OBSCENE health care charges, brainwash plots, and artificially inflated market, then the financial burden placed on Ford, GM, and Dodge wouldn't be anywhere near as high. They could easily match the labor of Honda, Toyota, and Hyndai who's workers are younger on average, more liberal, and not so demanding when it comes to 'health care'. In this case, the little guy is partly to blame for their incredible ignorance. They smoke, drink, get fat, fall for the most OBVIOUS health care scams, live by drug and doctor, kiss greedy doctor ass, drive up the cost of their own health care, demand full coverage, and then strike if they don't get it. Retired US auto workers on average are now causing their former employers to incur several hundred thousand dollars PER RETIREE in health care expenses over the span of their retirement. Those in the current workforce are partly to blame as well. Not for greed. Their wages are reasonable. But their health care demands are well in excess. If they would simply open their eyes, acknowledge the incredible greed and corruption within the health care industry, get off the couch, get off the pharmaceuticals, and take care of their own bodies, then their own cost of living would be lower, their health would be better, the market for their product would be higher, and the financial burden placed on Ford, GM, and Dodge would be MUCH lower. I'm not discounting other factors like gas prices, competition, and the US product line. But greed and ignorance wreak havok like no other elements of our society. They cause or allow the cost of living to rise and the middle class to shrink along with the potential market for every major industry. In this case, they also raise the financial burden placed on US auto makers. Mark my words: One or two of the big three US automakers will go bankrupt. They will do so regardless of any 'bridge loan'. Other well known foreign auto makers will follow. The entire manufacturing industry will become a shell of its former self. Millions of retirees will be cut off entirely. ALL BECAUSE OF GREED, CORRUPTION, AND IGNORANCE. The ripple effect is profound. IT WILL BE OUR DOWNFALL.
12/16/08
The feds have now reduced their interest rate to an all time low. IT WON'T WORK. The same goes for any potential bailout for the US auto industry, or any other. IT WON'T WORK. IT ABSOLUTELY POSITIVELY WILL NOT WORK. I would bet my life on it a hundred times over. Again, our own leaders refuse to acknowledge the single greatest drag on our economy. The single greatest underlying cause for the global economic crisis. GREED. They all refuse to acknowledge the downside. Laffer, Greenspan, Bernanke, and Paulson refuse to acknowledge it. Bush, Cheney, Clinton, Gore, Palosi, Kerry, Obama, Bloomburg, Edwards, Kennedy, and Soros refuse to acknowledge it. Lars Larson, Mike Gallagher, Tammy Bruce, Laura Ingraham, Sean Hannity, Mike Levin, Lou Dobbs, Bill O'Reiley, Mike Savage, Maria Bartiromo, Suze Orman, Barbara Corcoran, Jean Chatzky, Carmen Wong, Jim Kramer, Rush Limbaugh, and Jim Bohannon refuse to acknowledge it. Oprah Winfrey, Bill Gates, Warren Buffet, Donald Trump, Richard Branson, Jack Welsh, and T-Boone Pickens refuse to acknowledge it. The same goes for all of their billionaire friends. All of the above are filthy rich hypocrite pigs who don't have the guts to admit the simple truth. This is not brain surgery. For the mostpart, its simple math. WE ARE IN THIS MESS BECAUSE OF GREED. The world's richest one percent are now so incredibly rich that there simply isn't enough wealth circulating beneath them to sustain the global economy. Its finally on the brink of collapse. IT WILL COLLAPSE. We are now entering what will go down in history as the worst economic and cultural crisis of all time by far. You think its bad now? YOU AIN'T SEEN NOTHING YET. NOTHING. Trillions more in wealth and capital will be concentrated (Not lost. Concentrated.). Many more banks large and small will fail. Tens of millions will lose their savings (Transfered from poor to rich.). Even some FDIC accounts will be forfeited (Yes they will. Yes they will. Yes they will.). Every major industry will become a shell of its former self. Unemployment will reach unprecidented levels. Millions of retirees will be cut off entirely. The lower class will expand further and become dominant. The financial aid system will fail miserably. The vast majority of those in need will have little or no access. Crime, poverty, and suicide will skyrocket. There will be riots and random acts of violence at banks, hospitals, and government buildings. The next generation will be left to fight in the crumbling streets over a shattered American dream. The rest of the world will have it even worse. So don't blame innocent people from other countries you idiots. Blame the rich. Blame the government. Blame the health care industry. Then blame yourselves for being so incredibly stupid for so many years. We have become perfect little consumer junkie, credit card, drug and doctor morons. We have fallen for every psychological marketing trick in the book. We have spent our money away without the slightest regard for where it goes, how it circulates, or how it accumulates. We have allowed a particular form of evil to grow out of control, intoxicate our society, consume our government, wreak havok on our own economy and culture, RUIN any chance we ever had at world prosperity, and jeapordize the very foundation of modern society. At the same time, we have allowed those who epitomize it to get away with calling themselves 'heroes' or 'humanitarians'. Putting a happy face on greed and dumbing down our society further in the process. THAT MEANS YOU. THE VAST MAJORITY. So wake up fellow citizens. Grow a spine. Don't fall for all of this 'good will' 'humanitarian' BS from the rich. IT IS A SHAM. NOTHING BUT TAX DEDUCTIBLE PR CRAP. Instead, look at the bottom line. IT'S F#@&#%$ OBSCENE. NOW GET IT THROUGH YOUR THICK SKULLS YOU IDIOTS. WE ARE IN THIS MESS BECAUSE OF GREED. AMERICA'S RICHEST ONE PERCENT NOW OWN ALMOST 1/2 OF ALL UNITED STATES WEALTH. THE WORLD'S RICHEST ONE PERCENT NOW OWN OVER 40% OF ALL WORLD WEALTH. THATS WAY TOO MUCH. THESE PEOPLE ARE NOT HEROES. THEY ARE NOT HUMANITARIANS. THEY ARE DISGUSTING HYPOCRITE SLOBS. IT DOES NOT MATTER HOW MUCH THEY GIVE BACK. THEY STILL KEEP WAY TOO MUCH. IT CAN'T WORK THIS WAY. IT ABSOLUTELY POSITIVELY CAN NOT WORK THIS WAY. IT NEVER HAS AND IT NEVER WILL. GREED KILLS. IT WILL BE OUR DOWNFALL.
Another word about the first Great Depression. It really was a perfect storm. Caused almost entirely by greed. First, there was unprecedented economic growth. There was a massive building spree. There was a growing sense of optimism and materialism. There was a growing obsession for celebrities. The American people became spoiled, foolish, naive, brainwashed, and love-sick. They were bombarded with ads for one product or service after another. Encouraged to spend all of their money as if it were going out of style. Obscene profits were hoarded at the top. All of this represented a MASSIVE transfer of wealth from poor to rich. Executives, entrepreneurs, developers, celebrities, and share holders. By 1929, America's wealthiest 1 percent had accumulated around 40% of all United States wealth. The upper class held around 30%. The middle and lower classes were left to share the rest. When the majority finally ran low on money to spend, profits declined and the stock market crashed. Of course, the rich threw a fit and started cutting jobs. They would stop at nothing to maintain their disgusting profit margins and ill-gotten obscene levels of wealth as long as possible. The small business owners did what they felt necessary to survive. They cut more jobs. The losses were felt primarily by the little guy. This created a domino effect. The middle class shrunk drastically and the lower class expanded. With less wealth in reserve and active circulation, banks failed by the hundreds. More jobs were cut. Unemployment reached 25% in 1933. The worst year of the Great Depression. Those who were employed had to settle for much lower wages. Millions went cold and hungry. The recovery involved a massive infusion of new currency, a World War, and higher taxes on the rich. With so many men in the service, so many women on the production line, and those higher taxes to help pay for it, the lions share of United States wealth was gradually transfered back to the middle class. This redistribution of wealth continued until the mid seventies. At the time, the richest 1% reaped about 10% of all private income and held about 20% of all United States wealth. Far less than previous levels. The middle class had home equity, free and clear assets, and money in the bank. Most American households were secure with a single full time provider. Most retirees could enjoy their lives, live in their own homes, afford basic health care, and not have to worry about going bankrupt. THATS THE WAY IT SHOULD BE. The tide began to change in 1976. Jimmy Carter was blamed for a recession that was actually caused by a number of global circumstances including greed. Then a short sighted little pig by the name of Arthur Laffer came along. Known for his famous 'Laffer Curve'. A simple and short sighted equation whipped up to increase tax revenues and profit margins without the slightest regard for ANYTHING ELSE. He convinced Ronald Reagan to campaign on and grant massive tax breaks to the rich and their respective industries. His half-baked theory was that by doing so, unprecidented levels of economic growth and revenue could be achieved. He was right. Unfortunately, he failed to see or acknowledge the big picture. He failed to understand or admit what should have been incredibly obvious after the first Great Depression. That 'economic growth' and 'actual prosperity' are two very different things. Jobs don't necessarily 'create' wealth. In fact, they almost never do. For the mostpart, they only transfer it from one party to another. The devil is in the details. Reaganomics, gave the rich and their respective industries the incentive to 'expand' and 'create jobs'. But those products and services were misrepresented, over-priced, and then sold or billed right back to the people. Often, without their knowledge, understanding, or consent. Certainly without a clue about how the economy REALLY works. All of this resulted in higher profits for those at the top and stagnant wages for almost everyone else. The cost of living went up right along with those obscene profit margins. The American people ended up working more hours just to maintain their standard of living. So with Reaganomics, the transfer of wealth from poor to rich was kicked back into high gear. Here we are 27 years later. Trillions in wealth and capital have been concentrated all over again. National and consumer debt are both at an all time high. The middle class are weak, the lower class flat broke, and the cost of basic living higher than ever before. The dollar is weak because too many of them have been hoarded and the government left with no choice but to print billions more backed up by loans from China. Its another perfect storm. THE BIG ONE. The largest economy in the world is about to go down in a ball of flames. Ground zero of a global economic crisis. CAUSED ALMOST ENTIRELY BY GREED. A MASSIVE TRANSFER OF WEALTH FROM POOR TO RICH. As a nation, we don't even see it because our entire culture has been defined by Washington, Wall Street, Hollywood, Pro-sports, and commercial health care. We have been lied to and led around like puppies by those with the worst possible motive. GREED. THEY WANT OUR MONEY. For the mostpart, we just bend over and let them take it. We have become their perfect little victims once again. A nation of consumer junkie, credit card, couch potatoe, drug and doctor morons. We spend most of our spare time on that couch getting brainwashed by greedy public figures who will say or do whatever it takes to get our money. Even worse, those public figures have re-defined any logical standard we ever had for 'good will'. Mother Teresa is dead. America's favorite 'humanitarian' is now a filthy rich multi-media pig who reaped a 2.5 billion dollar fortune from the majority by making damn sure they stay on that couch long enough to watch her show and read her magazine. Transforming them into pathetic, naive, love-sick fools who turn around and buy any product or service given away to a cheering studeo audiance or endorsed by their idol. The same goes for Ellen Degeneres, Dr Phil, Regis and Kelly, Rachael Ray, The View, and their respective demographics. Which by the way, are almost identical. Primarily, middle class housewives, retirees, and welfare mothers. Who have been shown through marketing research to spend most of their money and food stamps on over-priced CRAP advertised on TV or a TV show website (ivillage.com). Especially if that over-priced crap is endorsed by a 'hero' or 'humanitarian'. They are easy targets. Not like the rest of us are much less gullible. We're not. In fact, every filthy rich well known public figure and every major industry have followed suit with a similar marketing strategy. Dumbing down our society and cashing in on bogus promises to make the world a better place. They do it because they know it works. They also know that we are too stupid, short sighted, naive, smitten, and love-sick to take a closer look at the world and see that they are wolves in sheep's clothing. To see that what they are doing is FALSE. Their motives are FALSE. For example: From '04' to'05', Bono, Oprah Winfrey, Steven Spielberg, Chris Rock, other well known celebrities, and major coorporations like 'Apple' and 'The Gap' managed to raise about $18,000,000 for 'humanity' through their very well publicized 'Red Campaign'. Which basically involved the promotion and sales of various commercial products like T-shirts, computers, cell phones, and I-pods. A portion of the profits were to be shared with an effort to fight AIDS in Africa. The entire promotion was hailed in the name of 'good will'. The merchandise got sold. Every celebrity involved got their 'good will' kudos plastered all over the media worldwide. Here is the problem. THE AD CAMPAIGN ALONE COST ONE HUNDRED MILLION F$@&$#% DOLLARS. IT WAS A SHAM. NOTHING BUT A MASSIVE SALES PROMOTION DRESSED UP IN THE NAME OF 'HUMANITY'. In other words, that 'good will' would have done a lot more 'good' if they would have just donated the f&$#@$% ad money to begin with. Then again, it was never about 'humanity', efficiency, or effect. That was just a ploy to get people to buy more over-priced CRAP. Here is another example: In the fall of '01', Jennifer Lopez was invited to take part in a music video for charity. The effort was hailed as a benefit for victims of AIDS and 9/11. Well, Jennifer Lopez doesn't do ANYTHING for free. She DEMANDED AND RECIEVED the following for her exclusive use: A 45 foot trailer with a TV, VCR, stereo, an assortment of CDs, a white dressing room with lavish all white decor, all white furniture, and an assortment of exotic fruits and desserts. All of this was necessary just to get her sorry ass in the studeo for 30 minutes. FOR CHARITY. Of course, the organizers are partly to blame for selling out to a 'diva'. In fact, I have my doubts about the entire project. Charity just isn't what it used to be. Most of it has gone commercial. SOLD OUT. Even the UN has become a PR firm for Hollywood and Pro-Sports. Going so far as to allow George Clooney access to the UN headquarters auditorium with his own camera crew. A F$#@$&% CELEBRITY. Of course, that footage was plastered all over the media weeks later right along with plugs for his latest Hollywood blockbuster. Like I said, the UN has become a PR firm. Most of their 'good will ambassadors' are filthy rich, hypocrite pigs who dumb down their ignorant fans, take as much of their money as possible, buy up mass acreage and multiple mansions, flaunt their extravogant lifestyles, jet-set the world, burn through limited life sustaining resources like there is no tomorrow, drive up the cost of living worldwide, and then run their mouths about 'poverty' or some other 'injustice' everytime their latest commercial project hits the market. They do it for publicity. They even have the nerve to run their mouths about 'global warming', 'conservation', and 'green' living. As if the example they set is anything but obscene. As if a roll of eco-friendly toilet paper somehow offsets the clear cutting of a dozen acres to build another F%$#$@# CELEBRITY MANSION. Of course, they have NOTHING to say about greed or economic injustice. NOTHING to say about the obscene concentration of wealth and resources worldwide. NOT A SINGLE F%$#@#$ WORD. What a bunch of false heroes. These people have no real desire to make the world a better place. Their primary goal is to APPEAR as if they do. IT MAKES THEM RICHER. It also gives them a lame excuse to be such greedy, rank, filthy, disgusting, slobbering, squandering, hypocrite pigs. Amazing. EVERY big business, EVERY big celebrity, EVERY billionaire, and damn near every multi-millionaire on the planet have all taken up 'philanthropy' or 'good will'. Those with the most money, also have the most power, and influense by far. They own or influense every government, manage every major industry, and the lion's share of life sustaining resources. They literally rule our world. They always have. Still, every major problem of modern society gets worse by the day. The world's wealth is more concentrated than ever before. Her life sustaining resources are in high demand, more expensive than ever, and squandered by the rich on extravogant living. Meanwhile, families lose their homes, retirees lose their pensions, heroes lose their lives, crime is up, and red ink flows in nearly every community nationwide. The global economy is in a state of crisis. The prosperity of an entire world is about to be compromised. Still, those with the most power, money, influense, and 'good will' promise to make it all better. If only we continue to support them, fund their bogus 'foundations', and buy any product or service with their name on it. IT IS A SHAM. GOOD WILL HAS BECOME BIG BUSINESS.
The rich and famous do not want to be seen as 'pigs' or go down in history as 'villains'. They want to be seen as 'heros' and go down in history as 'humanitarians'. The market for their product has become global. The fan base has become global. Therefore, the 'humanitarian' effort and 'good will' PR machine has gone global. These 'humanitarian' efforts and 'good deeds' are not chosen to address the greatest need or injustice. For the mostpart, they are not even chosen by celebrities or executives. Those little stories they tell about it are LIES. These 'humanitarian' efforts and 'good deeds' are chosen for the mostpart, by trained image consulting, tax deducting, and marketing professionals who work behind the scenes for every big name celebrity and business on the planet. They are chosen almost exclusively to appeal to the largest demographic for their respective commercial products. The largest fan base. Its all considered and calculated ahead of time. Real world efficiency or effect is of little or no concern. Its all about PR, marketing, image, fame, and profit. This is why so many of the rich and famous have taken up 'philanthropy' or 'good will' around the world. This is why so many have 'schools', 'foundations', 'clubs', or 'playgrounds' in their own name. This is why so many play golf or appear on a TV game show for 'charity'. This is why so many sign motorcycles on TV, other merchandise, or auction off their own 'personal effects' for 'charity'. This is why so many have TV shows with a 'charitable' gimmick. This is why so many arrange photo ops with wounded veterans, firefighters, or sick children. This is why so many have adopted children from around the world (Which they always pay others to care for full time. The hired professionals are sworn by legal contract to confidentiality. Not allowed to discuss or appear in public with the children they care for. Those 'photo' and 'interview' opportunities are reserved exclusively for the rich and famous 'adoptive' parents. Often sold for millions.). This is why every 'humanitarian' effort and 'good deed' is plastered all over the media worldwide. Its not about 'humanity' or 'good will'. Its all about PR, marketing, image, fame, and PROFIT. This is why we are so often reminded of their respective 'good deeds' and 'humanitarian' efforts shortly before or after the release of their latest commercial product. IT IS A SHAM. NOTHING BUT A BOGUS CAMPAIGN OF TAX DEDUCTIBLE PR MARKETING CRAP. GOOD WILL HAS BECOME BIG BUSINESS.
Don’t believe one optimistic word from any public figure about the economy or humanity in general. They are part of the problem. Its like a game of Monopoly. In America, the richest 1%, now hold ALMOST 1/2 OF ALL UNITED STATES WEALTH. Unlike ‘lesser’ estimates, this includes all stocks, bonds, cash, offshore accounts, and material assets held by America’s richest 1%. Even that filthy pig Oprah Winfrey acknowledged that it was near 50% in 2006. Naturally, she put her own ‘humanitarian’ spin on it. Calling attention to her own ‘good will’. WHAT A DISGUSTING SELF-CENTERED SELF-PROMOTING HYPOCRITE SLOB. THE RICHEST ONE PERCENT HAVE LITERALLY MADE WORLD PROSPERITY ABSOLUTELY IMPOSSIBLE. Don’t fall for any of their 'good will' ‘humanitarian’ CRAP. ITS A SHAM. THESE PEOPLE ARE CAUSING THE SAME PROBLEMS THEY PRETEND TO CARE ABOUT. THE EQUATION THEY STAND FOR ABSOLUTELY CAN NOT WORK. Ask any professor of economics. Money does not grow on trees. The government can’t just print up more on a whim. There are serious concequences for doing so. Regardless, there is always a relative limit to the wealth within ANY economy of ANY size. So when too much wealth accumulates at the top, the currency loses value, the middle class slip further into debt, and the lower class further into poverty. A similar rule applies worldwide. The world’s richest 1% now own over 40% of ALL WORLD WEALTH. This is EVEN AFTER you account for all of this ‘good will’ ‘humanitarian’ BS from celebrities and executives. ITS A SHAM. As they get richer and richer, less wealth is left circulating beneath them. This is the single greatest underlying cause for the current US recession. The middle class can no longer afford to pay all the bills or sustain their share of the economy. Their wealth has been gradually transfered to the richest 1%. One way or another, we suffer because of their incredible greed. We are talking about TRILLIONS of dollars which have been transfered FROM US TO THEM. All over a period of about 30 years. Thats Reaganomics for you. The wealth does not ‘trickle down’ as we were told it would. It just accumulates at the top. Shrinking the middle class and expanding the lower class. Causing a domino effect of socio-economic problems. But the rich will never stop. They just keep getting richer. Leaving even less of the pie for the other 99% of us to share. At the same time, they throw back a few tax deductible crumbs and call themselves 'heros' or ‘humanitarians’. Cashing in on the PR and getting even richer the following year. IT CAN’T WORK THIS WAY. Their bogus efforts to make the world a better place can not possibly succeed. Any ‘humanitarian’ progress made in one area will be lost in another. EVERY SINGLE TIME. IT ABSOLUTELY CAN NOT WORK THIS WAY. This is going to end very much like a giant game of Monopoly. The current US recession will drag on for years and lead into the worst US depression of all time. The richest 1% will live like royalty while the rest of us fight over jobs, food, and gasoline. So don’t fall for any of this 'good will' 'humanitarian' BS from Hollywood, Pro Sports, and Wall Street PIGS. ITS A SHAM. Remember: They are filthy rich EVEN AFTER their tax deductible contributions. They get richer as we speak. They absolutely will not stop. Greedy pigs. Now, we are headed for the worst economic and cultural crisis of all time. Crime, poverty, and suicide will skyrocket. SEND A “THANK YOU” NOTE TO YOUR FAVORITE MILLIONAIRE. ITS THEIR FAULT. I’m not discounting other factors like China, subprime, or gas prices. But all of those factors combined still pale in comparison to that HUGE transfer of wealth from poor to rich. Anyway, those other factors are related and further aggrivated because of GREED. If it weren’t for the OBSCENE distribution of bottom line wealth within our country, there never would have been such a market for subprime to begin with. IF IT WEREN’T FOR THE OBSCENE, UNREASONABLE, ILLOGICAL, AND IMMORAL DISTRIBUTION OF UNITED STATES WEALTH, THERE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN SUCH A MARKET FOR SUBPRIME AND THERE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN A COLLAPSE IN THE HOUSING MARKET. Subprime did not cause this collapse. Otherwise, it would have done so back in the '90's. It didn't. It only delayed and then suddenly accelerated the inevitable. In fact, the market for subprime literally multiplied over the last decade as the concentration of United States wealth became more extreme. This created a false boom along with artificially raised values and then a sudden decline. Otherwise, the market would have tanked years earlier at a slower rate. Make no mistake. The housing and stock markets would have been in decline by now with or without subprime. Which by the way, was another trick whipped up by greedy bankers, executives, and politicians. IT MADE THEM RICHER. Along with many investors, developers, attorneys, and public figures. Including three of the most greedy, self-serving, self-promoting, hypocrite pigs that have ever lived. The credit industry has been ENDORSED for years by Oprah Winfrey, Ellen DeGeneres, and Dr Phil. Every interest rate. Every late fee. Every NSF fee. Every hidden charge. Every page of fine print. The industry as a whole was endorsed by them. They told their own loyal fans to run out and support it. In fact, they specifically endorsed Countrywide by name. IT MADE THEM RICHER. In order to fully appreciate this, you must realize what a rotten trick Countrywide had up their sleeve to begin with. How it was later ENDORSED by OPRAH WINFREY, ELLEN DEGENERES, AND DR PHIL. How incredibly irresponsible they were. How they betrayed their own loyal fans. How they were PAID FOR IT. How they contributed to the artificial rise and accelerated fall of the US housing market. Not only by concentrating so much wealth. Not only by flaunting their own extravogant multi-mansion lifestyles. Not only by promoting this unrealistic concept of 'bigger, better, faster, upscale' EVERYTHING. But also by endorsing subprime. Don't believe what you've heard from them or any other filthy rich public figure. THEY ARE PAID LIARS. It wasn't just about irresponsible lending, borrowing, local banker bonuses, or weak oversight. That was going on BEFORE subprime. It was actually much more cruel and calculated. Orchestrated from the top down. 'Predatory lending' is just that. Their plan was to give easy credit to millions while the housing market was high, inflate the market even higher in the process, reap a few years worth of payments from unsuspecting buyers, allow them to accumulate little or no equity, lie in wait as those homes increased in value, then jack up their rates making it near impossible for those buyers to make the payments on time. At which time, those buyers would be evicted, their dreams shattered, and their homes forfeited. Which by then, from the mid '90's until mid '07', would be even higher in value and re-sold for a higher price. The plan was to be executed primarily while the market was strong. They got away with it for a decade even before the talk show pigs endorsed it. Leaving thousands of buyers with NOTHING to show for all those payments made. This incredibly cruel and calculated plan was orchestrated in part by Countrywide. THE SAME COUNTRYWIDE ENDORSED BY OPRAH WINFREY, ELLEN DEGENERES, AND DR PHIL. IT MADE THEM RICHER. It also made many of their loyal fans homeless. What a rotten, disgusting trio of greedy, self-serving, self-promoting, hypocrite pigs. What a rotten, disgusting, immoral way to turn a quick buck. To make as many people as possible love you. Then tell those love-sick people to run out and buy a product or service because you say so. Because you were PAID to endorse it. Without the slightest regard for the downside or anything but your own obscene bottom line. Thats why they did it. GREED. Now, there are similar ties between every major industry, every Fortune 500 company, and nearly every public figure. IT MAKES THEM RICHER. It also drives up the cost and consumption for nearly every product, service, and resource on the market. So don’t fall for their ‘good will’ 'humanitarian' BS. ITS A SHAM. NOTHING BUT A CALCULATED, TAX DEDUCTIBLE, MARKETING PLAN TO RAISE THE VALUE OF THEIR OWN IMAGE. If you fall for it, then you’re a fool. If you see any real difference between the moral character of a celebrity, politician, attorney, lobbyist, executive, or card shark, then you’re a fool. No offense fellow citizens. But we have been mislead by nearly every living public figure. We still are. Even now, they claim to be ‘hurting’ right along with the rest of us. As if gas prices actually effect the lifestyle or bottom line of a millionaire. ITS A LIE. IN 2007, THE RICHEST 1 PERCENT INCREASED THEIR AVERAGE BOTTOM LINE WEALTH AGAIN. Most of these financial assets are on the books. Others hidden. Material assets aren't always disclosed. But make no mistake. America's richest 1 percent keep getting richer. On average, they are now worth almost $5,000,000 each. Thats an all time high. As a group, their net worth is over $20,000,000,000,000. THATS OVER TWENTY TRILLION DOLLARS. Another all time high. Which by the way, is much more than the entire middle and lower classes combined. Also more than enough to pay off our national debt, fund the Iraq war for a decade, repair our infrastructure, and bail out the US housing market. Still think that our biggest problem is China? Think again. Its the one percent club. That means every big name celebrity, athlete, executive, entrepreneur, developer, banker, and lottery winner. Along with many attorneys, doctors, and politicians. If they are rich, then they are part of the problem. Their incredible wealth was not ‘created’, ‘generated’, grown in their back yard, or printed up on their command. The lion's share was transfered FROM US TO THEM. Directly and indirectly. Its become near impossible to spend a dollar without making some greedy pig even richer. Don’t be fooled by the fall of the stock market, industry losses, lower profit margins, bank failures, or the occasional reported loss of a millionaire’s fortune. Overall, they just keep getting richer. They do so with little or no regard for their own industries or the economy as a whole. They are obsessed primarily with a desire to accumulate more personal wealth. They absolutely will not stop. Still, they have the nerve to pretend as if they care about ordinary people. ITS A LIE. NOTHING BUT CALCULATED PR CRAP. WAKE UP PEOPLE. THEIR PRIMARY GOAL IS TO WIN THE GAME. The one percent club will always say or do whatever it takes to get as rich as possible. Without the slightest regard for anything or anyone but themselves. Reaganomics. Their idea. Loans from China. Their idea. NAFTA. Their idea. CAFTA. Their idea. Outsourcing. Their idea. Downsizing. Their idea. Subprime. Their idea. High energy prices. Their idea. Oil ‘futures’. Their idea. The commercial lobbyist. Their idea. The multi-million dollar lawsuit. Their idea. The multi-million dollar endorsement deal. Their idea. $400 cell phones. Their idea. $200 cell phone bills. Their idea. $200 basketball shoes. Their idea. $30 late fees. Their idea. $30 NSF fees. Their idea. $20 DVDs. Their idea. $50 event tickets. Their idea. $30 books. Their idea. $400 PC operating systems. Their idea. $60 video games. Their idea. Obscene health care charges. Their idea. Subliminal advertising. Their idea. Commercial brainwash plots on TV. Their idea. Vioxx, and Celebrex. Their idea. Excessive medical testing. Their idea. The MASSIVE campaign to turn every American into a brainwashed, credit card, pharmaceutical, medical testing, love-sick, celebrity junkie. Their idea. IT WAS ALL THEIR IDEA. IT MAKES THEM RICHER. All of the above drive up the cost of living, shrink the middle class, concentrate the world’s wealth and resources, create a domino effect of socio-economic problems, and wreak havok on society. All of which have been CREATED AND ENDORSED by celebrities, athletes, executives, investors, developers, entrepreneurs, attorneys, and politicians. IT MAKES THEM RICHER. So don’t fall for any of their ‘good will’ ‘humanitarian’ BS. ITS A SHAM. NOTHING BUT TAX DEDUCTIBLE PR CRAP. In many cases, the ‘charitable’ contribution is almost entirely offset. Not to mention the opportunity to plug their name, image, product, and ‘good will’ all at once. Which is usually done just before or after the release of their latest commercial project. IT MAKES THEM RICHER. These greedy pigs even have the nerve to throw a fit and spin up a misleading defense with regard to ‘federal tax revenue’. ITS A SHAM. THEY SCREWED UP THE EQUATION TO BEGIN WITH. If the middle and lower classes had a greater share of the economic pie, they could easily cover a greater share of the federal tax revenue. They are held down in many ways because of greed. Wages remain stagnant for the vast majority because the executives, investors, developers, celebrities, athletes, attorneys, politicians, and entrepreneurs, are paid millions. They over-sell, over-charge, under-pay, outsource, lobby, re-locate, cut jobs, and cut benefits to increase or preserve their own obscene personal bottom line. They do so even at the expense of their own industries. Even after you account for the fall of the market and lower industry profit margins, the richest 1 percent still keep getting richer on average. Simply because their wealth is drawn from the majority in many ways. Not necessarily at the same rate, but still in their favor. They continue to reap more than they spend down or 'give back'. They have done so for many years. As more United States wealth rises to the top, the middle and lower classes inevitably suffer. This reduces the potential tax revenue drawn from those brackets. At the same time, it wreaks havok on middle and lower class communities and increases the need for financial aid. Not to mention the spike in crime because of it. There is a domino effect to consider. Caused primarily by a constant transfer of wealth from poor to rich. IT CAN’T WORK THIS WAY. But our leaders refuse to acknowledge this. Instead they come up with one trick after another to milk the system, feed the rich, and screw the majority. These decisions are heavily influensed by the 1% club. Every year, billions of federal tax dollars are diverted behind the scenes back to the rich and their respective industries. Loans from China have been necessary to compensate in part, for the red ink and the multi-trillion dollar transfer of wealth from poor to rich. At the same time, the feds have been pushing more financial burden onto the states who push them lower onto the cities. Again, the hardship is felt more by the majority and less by the 1% club. The rich prefer to live in exclusive areas or upper class communities. They get the best of everything. Reliable city services, new schools, freshly paved roads, new lighting, sidewalks, drainage, upscale parks, ect. The middle and lower class communities get little or nothing without a raise in basic service charges or a local tax increase. Which, they usually can’t afford. So the red ink flows followed by service cuts and lay-offs. All because of the OBSCENE distribution of bottom line wealth in this country. Anyway, when you account for all federal, state, local taxes, and fees, the middle class actually pay about the same rate as the rich. The devil is in the details. So when people forgive the rich for their incredible greed and then praise them for paying a greater share of the FEDERAL income taxes, its like nails on a chalk board. I can not accept any theory that our economy would suffer in any way with a more reasonable distribution of bottom line wealth. Afterall, it was more reasonable 30 years ago. Before Reaganomics came along. Before GREED became such an epidemic. Before we had an army of over-paid executives, investors, celebrities, athletes, attorneys, doctors, entrepreneurs, developers, lobbyists, and sold-out politicians to kiss their greedy asses. As a nation, we were in much better shape. Strong middle class, free and clear assets, home equity, savings, widespread prosperity, stable job market, lower deficit, ect. Our economy as a whole was much more stable and prosperous for the majority. WITHOUT LOANS FROM CHINA. Now, we have a more obscene distribution of bottom line wealth, and resources than ever before. We have a sold-out government, crumbling infrastructure, energy crisis, home forclosure epidemic, credit crunch, weak job market, weak middle class, weak US dollar, 13 figure national debt, and 12 figure annual shortfall. The cost of living is higher than ever before. Most people can’t even afford basic health care. ALL BECAUSE OF GREED. I really don’t blame the upper class in general. At least not as a group and not without exception. No economy could ever function without some reasonable scale of income and wealth. But it can’t be allowed to run wild like a mad dog. ALBERT EINSTEIN TRIED TO MAKE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND. UNBRIDLED CAPITALISM ABSOLUTELY CAN NOT WORK. TOP HEAVY ECONOMIES CAN NOT BE SUSTAINED. THEY ALWAYS COLLAPSE. Bottom line: The richest 1 percent will soon tank the largest economy in the world. It will be catastrophic. Like nothing we’ve ever seen before. The American dream will be shattered. and thats just the beginning. Greed will eventually tank every major economy in the world. Causing millions more to struggle, fight, starve, suffer, and die. Oprah, Angelina, Brad, Bono, and Bill are not part of the solution. They are part of the problem. THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A MULTI-MILLIONAIRE HUMANITARIAN. EXTREME WEALTH MAKES WORLD PROSPERITY ABSOLUTELY IMPOSSIBLE. WITHOUT WORLD PROSPERITY, THERE WILL NEVER BE WORLD PEACE OR ANYTHING EVEN CLOSE. GREED KILLS. IT WILL BE OUR DOWNFALL. Of course, the rich will throw a fit and call me a madman. Of course, they will jump to small minded conclusions about 'jealousy', 'envy', or 'socialism'. Of course, their ignorant fans will do the same. You have to expect that. But I speak the truth. If you don’t believe me, then copy this entry and run it by any professor of economics or socio-economics. Then tell a friend. Call the local radio station. Re-post this entry or put it in your own words. Be one of the first to predict the worst economic and cultural crisis of all time and explain its underlying cause. WE ARE IN BIG TROUBLE.
Issue 6 will add 9 more career politicians to the payroll in Cuyahoga Cty. Do you have any idea how much damage 12 politicians can do? Do you really want to have 9 more elitist individuals living off of our backs?
Quite frankly, class envy will get you nowhere. There is absolutely no reason, no reason what so ever to begrudge a man what he has just because (you think) he has more than you. (Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife, his man servant nor his maid servant... sound familiar?) Me personally, I plan on retiring in the Appalachian mountains. You see, the trick is not living where people have more than you but to go live somewhere where you have more than them :)
All this talk about demonizing the wealthy. Let's talk about money for a minute and all those evil, greedy, wealthy bankers:
Johny wants to buy a $200,000 house but only has $5000. Johnny goes to the evil banker who
a.) slams the door in Johnny's face evil banker that he is or
b.) Gives Johnny $195,000
The answer is B surprisingly. Even though you leftist nuts portray the bankers as evil, the evil banker gave Johnny 195 grand.
Those were real dollars, 195, 000 of them. Who is more evil? The banker for giving Johnny 195 grand or Johnny for taking it, promising to pay it back and then not paying it back?
No matter how you look at it, either Johnny is out of a house or the evil banker is out 195 grand.
And puh-leze don't start talking Consumer Protecction. If Johnny is too stupid to realize that he has to pay the money back or lose his house, then blame yourselves for your looney, liberal failure you call public education.
Wait, I'm starting to remember. It was Russia that demonized the rich. They stole all of the wealth from the rich. They limped along for about 89 years or so until Reagan crushed them!
I don't think I want to go that route. I've had enough of my wealth confiscated by the US Government and given to my neighbor in the form of: Earned Income Tax Credit; Section 8; Welfare; Medical Card; Food stamps, etc etc etc...
Marriner Eccles, FDR's Chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank - 1959
In other words, the first Great Depression was caused by greed. The rich couldn't settle for reasonable pay. They had to have more and more and more. That caused a shift in buying power from the majority to the rich. When the majority lost their buying power, they lost their ability to support the economy. Einstein said basically the same thing in 1949.
Its even worse now. Ordinary people havn't only lost their relative buying power. They have also lost their savings, home values, pensions, and benefits. Meanwhile, the rich have become super incredibly rich. The richest 500 Americans are worth about 2 trillion dollars. More than the bottom 40% of American housholds combined. The richest 1 percent are worth about 18 trillion dollars. More than the bottom 98% of American households combined. Thats just insane. I don't care how much work for humanity the rich claim to do. Its nothing but a cover for their own greed. We don't need anymore rich people to create jobs or make donations for charity. We need them to get reasonable about how much money and assets they keep for themselves.
Don't believe their excuse about paying more income taxes. They don't pay enough. For every tax the rich pay, they get an obscene profit, bailout, contract, or kickback from our government to cover it. We had a progressive tax system that worked for over 40 years after the first Great Depression. It prevented too much wealth from being concentrated. In 1976, the middle 80% owned about 2/3 of America's total wealth. Reagan lowered taxes for the rich. Bush lowered them again. Now, the richest 5% own about 2/3 of America's total wealth. The lower 95% own about 1/3. America's wealth has been transfered from poor to rich again. Now, we have another depression.
Don't believe it when the rich claim to be getting poorer. Property values have gone down for everyone. Thats because of the concentration of wealth and income. When the economy slows down, property values tank. So when rich people complain about lower net worth, its a trick. They still have the same buying power on average.
Too much wealth has already been taken away from the majority and concentrated into the private vaults of rich people. The same ones on TV telling us how much they want to help the world. Its a big lie. Just another way to promote their own names. Rich people don't want to help the world. They want to own it.
Now, the economy is ruined. Obama can't fix it because the rich won't let him. There will be no bailout for the people because the rich won't let it happen. They always want more. The same thing has been happening in other economies around the world. The world's rich have been getting richer. Now, we have a global recession. Its going to get a lot worse. It didn't have to be this way. Greed ruins everything.
You on the left come here and call me nutty, a crackpot, a racist, a hypocrite, etc.... but not one person from the left has refuted a single thing I've posted.
See, like your line here:
To all the nutty posters out there, especially the most recent crackpot with the swine flu conspiracy theory...
What the fuck is wrong with you? Me? Absolutely nothing. I’ve finally realized that all politicians are out for themselves.
You treat politics like your party affiliation is a sports team, and no matter how horrible your team plays, the other team must be cheating - 'cause you can't suck. So instead of looking at yourself, you find it easier to latch onto any insane thing Glenn Beck (or any of his ilk) have illuminated for you.
Nobody illuminated anything for me. Actually, I do not own a TV nor do I listen to Glenn or Rush or anybody else. I read. The Washington Post, the WSJ, the Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, every paper, every day.
Dems/Libs - ouch -don't be so mean! No, it's more like Quit being so socialist. I'm tired of the US taking my money and giving it to whoever lobbies the hardest.
ACORN? Ooooh - scary! Scary? No, try criminal. They are organized crime and should be prosecuted under the RICO laws. They extorted donations from financial institutions by threatening to file complaints against them under the CRA. Best of all, my tax dollars went to them and then ACORN funneled my tax dollars back to Dem/Lib politicians. Quite illegal.
The czars? Unelected mini-dictatorships. Have you looked into what's going on in Argentina? You might want to take a look.
Free-market? Lord, help us! Wait, are you talking out of both sides of your mouth like Obama? He demonizes capitalism after sending it to the brink of ruin through the Community Reinvestment Act, then orders them to raise their capital reserves which impedes lending THEN has the balls to demand that they lend! He has no clue what he is doing. Free Market? Of course it would work if you'd keep you damn hands off of it!
This country can't be ruined by President Obama - and one day, when all of your "Chicken Little" rantings and ravings have been captured on YouTube, you will look back and feel stupid and used.
Begging your pardon, but he can and he has. Not one person, but he and the Democrats have destroyed this country. Whoever in their right mind could have possibly imagined the US Government dictating how much money a person can earn? What justification is there for that? And please don't tell me it's because of the bail outs. We all know it was the Federal Government's policies that created the financial mess. I personally believe those institutions should have been left to fail.
Chicken Little? I'm not warning about something GOING to happen, I'm trying to get people to see that it already HAS happened. Look at Slavic Village and what section 8 housing has done to it. You can barely walk on Fleet let alone the side streets. Section 8 destroys neighborhoods. Period. And when we opposed Section 8, we were demonized as racists. Even though one would have to assume it is only a certain race on Section 8 in order for us to be called Racists. We said people would not value housing they did not have to work for. We were laughed at. Look around you at the housing mess. Sure looks to me like those fears came true.
You are being played by the corporate interests of the right-wing - just like pawns in chess.
In this case, the left is actually being played by the Insurance Company. Just yesterday, the LA Times had a piece showing how they (the insurance companies) and the AARP are going to benefit the most from this HealthCare Crap being foisted upon us by Congress.
The only party that actually attempts to follow the Constitution (fairly strictly) is the Libertarians. They don't want you either. Try the LaRouche websites, you'll feel comfortable there.
I personally do not care who wants me or doesn't. I'm going to live on the dole the rest of my life. I'll go the homeless route so I could vote 5 or 8 or 100 times, if I chose because someone will replace ACORN and I'm sure that group will drive me to all the different polls. I'm tired of seeing my money get taken from me and given to my neighbors in teh form of the Earned Income Tax Credit. And I can tell you this, I will never be forced to buy health insurance, I'll let you pay for me.
If George W. Bush had spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to take Laura
Bush to a play in NYC, would you have approved?
If George W. Bush had reduced your retirement plan's holdings of GM stock
by 90% and given the unions a majority stake in GM, would you have
approved?
If George W. Bush had made a joke at the expense of the Special
Olympics, would you have approved?
If George W. Bush had given Gordon Brown a set of inexpensive and
incorrectly formatted DVDs, when Gordon Brown had given him a thoughtful
and historically significant gift, would you have approved?
If George W. Bush had given the Queen of England an iPod containing videos
of his speeches, would you have thought this embarrassingly narcissistic
and tacky?
If George W. Bush had bowed to the King of Saudi Arabia , would you have
approved?
If George W. Bush had visited Austria and made reference to the
non-existent "Austrian language," would you have brushed it off as a minor
slip?
If George W. Bush had filled his cabinet and circle of advisers with
people who cannot seem to keep current in their income taxes, would you
have approved?
If George W. Bush had been so Spanish illiterate as to refer to "Cinco de
Cuatro" in front of the Mexican ambassador when it was the 5th of May
(Cinco de Mayo), and continued to flub it when he tried again, would you
have winced in embarrassment?
If George W. Bush had mis-spelled the word "advice" would you have hammered
him for it for years like Dan Quayle and potatoe as proof of what a dunce he
is?
If George W. Bush had burned 9,000 gallons of jet fuel to go plant a
single tree on Earth Day, would you have concluded he's a hypocrite?
If George W. Bush's administration had okayed Air Force One flying low
over millions of people followed by a jet fighter in downtown Manhattan
causing widespread panic, would you have wondered whether they actually
get what happened on 9-11?
If George W. Bush had failed to send relief aid to flood victims
throughout the Midwest with more people killed or made homeless than in
New Orleans , would you want it made into a major ongoing political issue
with claims of racism and incompetence?
If George W. Bush had created the position of 32 Czars who report directly to
him, bypassing the House and Senate on much of what is happening in America ,
would you have approved.
If George W. Bush had ordered the firing of the CEO of a major
corporation, even though he had no constitutional authority to do so,
would you have approved?
If George W Bush had proposed to double the national debt, which had taken
more than two centuries to accumulate, in one year, would you have
approved?
If George W. Bush had then proposed to double the debt again within 10
years, would you have approved?
So, tell me again, what is it about Obama that makes him so brilliant and
impressive? Can't think of anything? Don't worry. He's done all this in 5
months -- so you'll have three years and seven months to come up with an
answer.
Dems/Libs - ouch -don't be so mean!
ACORN? Ooooh - scary!
The czars? Unelected mini-dictatorships.
Free-market? Lord, help us!
This country can't be ruined by Presint Obama - and one day, when all of your "Chicken Little" rantings and ravings have been captured on YouTube, you will look back and feel stupid and used.
How the hell can Obama promote state socialist health care after admitting that the Federal Government is actually standing in the way of efficient health care for all?
And if you don't think Federal Regulations stand in the way of efficient health care, just ask yourself why he had to sign an order allowing Hospitals to ignore them?
Please, I beg of you Dems/Libs to respond to this one!!!
Thank you Dems for demonizing these same institutions for needing a taxpayer bailout after your policies ran them into the ground.
Another 25 billion I have to pay to keep people in houses they should never have been in in the first place.
The majority of Americans are heterosexual, 86% to be exact, as roughly 14% of the population are homosexual.
True, there are a lot of people who could care less what two consenting adults do in privacy. Nothing wrong there. However, there are a lot more people who are against "in your face flaming faggots" who promote the gay life style. There are those who want our children left alone, not "indoctrinated" with your liberal "Heather has two mommies" books you Dems/Libs want promoted in our grade schools. Shame on you. If society makes fun of fags and our children pick up on that and make fun of fags, so be it. If someone grows up gay and stays in the closet because of fear of ridicule, so be it, society is better off. Nothing wrong with someone being gay, and there is absolutely nothing wrong with keeping that lifestyle private, if you choose to be gay.
There are people with a life style that think it’s ok to lay with animals. There are also those with a lifestyle that think it’s ok to lay with children. These are life style choices just as being gay is a life style choice. I’m guessing the Dems/Libs would side with them also and attempt to legitimize these disgusting life styles if it meant votes even if it meant alienating a lot of Americans.
My apologies, but Dems/Libs promoting what some consider to be a disgusting life style does not prove that they are for America. If anything, some might consider it anti-American . It does, however, prove they like to divide us.
Thanks for playing. Please, feel free to try again.
I do not even have to put forth an argument as such as Max Baucus has done it for me. You see, Max Baucus does not like the attitude of the Medical Device Manufacturers Association. He dislikes them because they are opposed to his socialist health care proposal. In fact, he dislikes them so much, he is proposing a $40 billion dollar tax against them for this very reason - that he does not like their opposition to his healthcare proposal and he has stated so publicly. A few points here. One, taxes are supposed to be to raise revenue, not to crush your political enemies. Any politico that uses the tax code to crush political enemies needs to be in prison, period. Two, I thought Dems/Libs were for American workers? I am guessing that the Medical Device Manufacturers do indeed have workers manufacturing things. What will happen to these workers if Baucus gets his way with his punitive tax proposal? Dems/Libs won’t look all too friendly to these workers if this tax proposal goes through and puts them out of business. But I guess it's ok as long as the Dems/Libs are sticking it to somebody other than you, right? Is that how it works for you? I’m guessing that’s how Stalin’s goons felt, probably how Hitler's SS felt and most assuredly how Mao Tse Dung's goons felt.