dayman

The GOP needs a cleansing and a retooling.

When Republicans say this they lose primaries.

Man I felt awkward just watching that. Why tip-toe around the truth that we all know...to be supported by the GOP fully any candidate has to be against gay marriage and abortion and to a far lesser extent cannot really talk too seriously about carbon emissions. It's an institutional flaw with their party (IMO) however for those that feel that way it guarantees their issues are front and center and they always have a candidate by the neck regardless of whether or not that candidate would otherwise be open to some reasonable discussion on the issue. The country would be far better off if Dems could just be pro-life and Repubs could be pro-choice and either party could have a view on gay marriage and both could acknowledge climate change as something that is somewhere between "concerning" and "a big !@#$ing deal"... If that happened...I think the GOP would be better off honestly. Just my opinion though, as I write I am instantly thinking about the wedge it drives and understand why the GOP guards those positions so well but I still think they would be better off.

Just poking my head in here haven't read everything...are they on strike right now or is it still negotiating? I thought I heard a blurb that they were set to strike soon...

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Informed of Williams' comments, Howard told ESPNNewYork.com, "If that was an issue, I think they would've thrown some flags. I didn't see any flags out there." Spoken like a man who was punching people in the face all day and knows it

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How can people not think that was a fumble?

60 minutes interviewing the guy now. Pretty interesting details on this whole bit

Now now Rob...he should spend eternity with his family (or so Big Love tells me)...and he'll die of a bullet from SD Fan not gonorrhea

You're full of **** I think Romney literally is ****, and he's full of human

God you guys are so full of ****

Romney is full of **** for sure. In what way is Obama full of ****?

Just accept that you are slowly realizing your candidate is full of **** and knows it himself.

Nope. Not if it was a solid move. I love me a strong president. Always have always will

Just to clarify you guys (assuming you are) are upset of this ... why?

I know you guys hate Obama but this stuff is serious. I flipped through some book the other day (didn't buy it just looked) after hearing his interview on Sirius of some ex-FBI dude that did all this stuff ... we got holes. If we're going to be Stuxnet'in other people we need to take efforts to secure our own networks.

And tell me why you can say that w/ a straight face. What evidence do you have that will happen. B/c there is plenty of evidence it won't happen, and hasn't happened. We've done nothing but cut cut cut for over a decade....we should be awash in jobs and should have been for the last decade...your thinking is just a fantasy. It's not a plan. It's a hope. A hope that hasn't come true...obviously we can't "balance the budget" to grow the economy which grows b/c we balance the budget...there needs to be an actual plan...and the government spending doesn't match up w/ the growing economy over the last few years of stagnation...we really could have used a little more gas in 2010/11 (linked w/ a compromise kicking in around 2013/14 to provide stability and giving us time to get things under control)

I'm not sure how $5 trillion in tax cuts puts us "closer to cracking the code" http://www.bloomberg...ses-table-.html I know you guys hate Obama and think the Liberals are just insane, but the truth is the GOP philosophy really is the thing keeping some sort of a deal from happening. The fiscal cliff is there to force a "grand bargain" of sorts...and one side basically still going with "all my stuff" (massive tax cuts)...that's not a bargain and it doesn't add up. You guys can call Romney a bold leader w/ a plan, or Ryan some wonk-genius boy...but it is what it is. If Obama gets a second term we're going to get something close to Simpson-Bowles...that is going to work a lot better than this madness the GOP is trumpeting...all that assumes of course the GOP agrees to *gasp* some revenue increases...so here's hoping they take it to heart when they lose this election.

Ahem *puts on raspy, silky smooth, soothing voice* "So far everyone who has bet against America has lost money" *enjoys massive applause*

you just !@#$ed up...somewhere...clearly...

That is pure maniac talk

And the solution is to not pay our bills? Makes no sense...tough problem no matter who you ask and most reasonable agree we need revenue increases and spending reductions (more spending reduction than revenue increase obviously) and we can't shrink up the economy while doing it b/c then we won't be able to do anything but pay our interest and eventually it will collapse. So we need to find a way to compromise on an appropriate balance between revenue increases and spending reductions through a smart policy that allows leaves room for policy that allows us to grow out of this stagnation. Sound familiar? And the elephant in the room is the mortgage write down thread...we can't do the most important part (keep growing at a moderate rate) until we get with it. Throw the tea party and Grover and anyone so pissed they can't think anymore out (including liberals), come to terms on Simpson-Bowles, write down substantial mortgage debt, and capitalize on the investments we've already made in the reinvestment act which are more than anybody has reported on. That will kick us in the right direction pretty hard, and in the coming years after taking that path we'll have more room to push even harder. Before long...we'll be alright.

A default would be bad for the short term, and catastrophic if we defaulted for any considerable amount of time. You cited a defaults in the past...was it good for long term economic outlook? Whether we make payment of our obligations (when we are the US government) is not the answer to spending problems. The only answer to spending problems is...obviously...coming to terms on a budget deal that works well enough and both sides can accept.

LOL and our spending is under control? You arguing for or against my position that the debt limit does not solve our spending problems?