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Hootad Binky

Yes, and for the first time the US owes unprecedented amounts of money to countries like China and India.

I think it's safe to say that the US economy has been mismanaged; it has to have been when you hear Conservative and Republican pundits lauding taxpayer bail-outs and clamouring for more governmental oversight of financial markets!

They lobbied for lax governmental control in the Reagan era and then later lined up for the inevitable Savings and Loan bailouts; they get laws changed with Clinton and Bush and now they're getting a taxpayer-backed bailout from the Fed (with more in the pipeline, no doubt).

They are always the first to be paid, they always get exactly what they want, and they're willing to talk out of both sides of their mouth when there's easy money to be had, underwritten by the taxpayer of course.

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raycarey

to paraphrase sen. chris dodd, what this bailout has done is socialized risk and privatized reward.

Boon Mee

Heh...it's about time. This Moonbat over at Air America has finaly been run off!

Air America Host Suspended for Clinton Remarks - The Caucus - Politics - New York Times Blog

Hootad Binky

^ Didn't know you were such a Hilary fan

raycarey

^
and wasn't boon mee blubbering over imus when he was reprimanded by his station?

Milkman

Yes.

Knowing that if an unsound investment is made - too much risk is taken - that one will be bailed out, is a bad thing.

Boon Mee

I'm not but this chick clearly went over the line calling her a whore.
"In a rant so salty it could make a sailor blush, Rhodes repeatedly called Hillary a "big f***ing whore", to both cheers and jeers from the audience. The afternoon drive talker was there on behalf of Air America at an event sponsored by the local affiliate"

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Hootad Binky

^ Reminds me of the open season declared on Ralph Nader last time round; nasty stuff.

raycarey

you've called her worse...including implying that she is a murderer.

Boon Mee

The difference is I didn't produce a spittle-laced rant on National Radio (Air America) as that totally unhinged Randi Rhodes did. Have you seen the video? Pretty heavy shit...

Randi Rhodes has advocated assassinating President Bush and suggested that Mitt Romney's supporters are likely to commit mass murder.

sabang

Well, at least your radio is more entertaining than your TV.

Boon Mee

This is good. Obama supporters are now booing the Pledge of Allegiance!

"At the mere mention of doing the pledge there were groans and boos. Then, when the district chair put the idea of doing the Pledge of Allegiance up to a vote, it was overwhelmingly voted down. One might more accurately say the idea of pledging allegiance to the flag (of which there was only one in the room, by the way, on some delegate’s hat) was shouted down."

Right...we now know who to vote for in November, eh?



Oh, Those 43rd District Democrats | Slog | The Stranger | Seattle's Only Newspaper

Milkman

^ Agree. The Pledge of Allegiance is a disgrace. Jingoism and political socialization of children. I did it in elementary school. We had to do it every Monday.

Propaganda. nothing more; nothing less.

And by the way, The Stranger is kind of an alternative publication. I only read it once or twice, over 15 years ago.

Boon Mee

Why rookies shouldn't run for President:

"I warned Democrats not to take the risk of placing their bets on a candidate that had not had to fight a national campaign against a real opponent.
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Only a rookie would make a colossal blunder like calling Midwestern, small-town voters a bunch of bigoted, overly religious gun nuts...
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What makes this so breathtaking is the mindless, casual way in which Obama reveals his snobbishness and elitism. We saw hints of this from Michelle Obama, in her assertions about never being proud of her country until her husband ran for President. We had not seen it from Obama himself in such a blatant and unmistakable manner. The matter-of-fact style in which he spoke this shows the unthinking contempt he has for people he has never engaged — an acceptance of stereotypes without questioning them that shows his own bigotry, not to mention foolishness and poor judgment.
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It’s all the worse because it’s not a gaffe in the normal sense, but a revealing moment that shows how Obama really views Americans. With this statement, it’s not hard to understand why he sat in Jeremiah Wright’s church for 20 years and heard nothing that moved him to dissent.
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This clip will get played over and over again, in blogs, television show, and radio broadcasts not just until November but for years and years."

It sure will!

Hot Air » Blog Archive » This is why rookies shouldn’t run for President

sabang

At least Obama has not publicly, and in writing, denounced his own Country- and then had the temerity to run for President and CIC of it's Armed Forces! McCain has, and he's running on the Republican ticket that just loves to wrap itself in the Flag and loudly declare how patriotic and all Amerkin it is.

Strange times indeed.

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good2bhappy

Well well well. Another gaffe by Obi.
He is not electable, but if they drop him the dems will split apart.

sabang

^ I listen to the Polls, not Republican hype and Zionist hysteria- and they say otherwise.

raycarey

yes indeed.

good2bhappy

my comment came from fox news
is that either of them?

sabang