keepthefaith

Correct. Meanwhile we have the existing technology to build automobiles that use little oil based fuel that would serve the driving habits of about 50% of the population. All we need are policies that facilitate a competitor to gasoline. http://news.muckety.com/2008/08/06/anne-ko...-crude-oil/4442

I don't know why anyone would block anyone. You lose so much entertainment value when you do that.

Much appreciated. I'd like to verify some of what he says and spent about 45 minutes looking through the bill and revisions and threw in the towel. Near impossible unless you have amazing patience which I don't have.

You would. Maybe not the best of the best but way above average.

Deficit reduction in this bill is simply via tax increases. What's good about that? How much ingenuity does it take to raise taxes?

You can't confuse Obama with the facts, his mind is made up.

They do make a case for selective extermination.

Ugh, you are right. I've spoken to a few friends in or near her district. They tell me she is a loved by most.

Let's just call the health care thing what it is as proposed. It's a requirement for people with more money to pay for health insurance for people without as much money under the watchful eye of the government. It's an opportunity to increase tax revenues. It's an opportunity to steal from one entitlement (Medicare) to increase funding for another entitlement (Medicaid). Congress and the President have to resort to very questionable tactics to get it through because it cannot be supported on the merits and design of the bill itself.

Here's what "free" health care and "free" internet costs in the UK. 2010-11 income tax rates Basic rate: 20% £0 - 37,400 Higher rate: 40% £37,401-£150,000 Additional rate: 50% Over £150,000 British pound = $1.51.

Stick to bashing quarterbacks. Stone age technology-wise? Where the hell are you hiding? Won't happen in our lifetime if private companies do it?

You now, Reagan was good, but it was the total incompetence of Jimmy Carter that made him look so amazing.

I can't imagine why the government would spend a nickel on this. If there is a market for faster internet service, the providers of these services will build out the infrastructure and sell the service to those that want to buy it.

http://www.bullshitbingo.net/cards/bull ****/ You can start with this and write your own cards. Fun to take to big meetings.

Reminds me of this. 6 minutes worth the watch.

If Congress and the White house had a fiscally responsible approach toward problem solving, the tea party movement wouldn't exist.

Anytime you want to defend the Health care reform bill written in the Senate as a good bill, a good solution for reform, you'll have an audience here.

They don't care. They're buying votes with taxpayer dollars. It's the bread and butter play in the Democrats playbook. This time, however, I think it will backfire. They're really motivating the Republicn turnout in November and again in '12 if they continue on this path.

We need a badass CFO for our country.

That might be your perception. See, many of us on the right believe we should stop treating different groups of people differently. We belive in equal opportunity to succeed or fail. We believe in personal responsibility. We believe in treating all citizens the same. We would do the following: Eliminate all affimative action programs Tell illegal aliens to go home and give them the help they need to leave Cut the Federal government budget by at least a third (states too) Tell every able minded and able bodied person that maintaining their health is their own personal responsibility Eliminate unions Then we can focus on the true needs of the less fortunate.

Jobs solve so many probems. Our economy has lost many of the jobs that could be performed by people of lesser skills and training. Jobs like manufacturing or basic customer service jobs. Jobs where somebody can show up, fill out an application and if they can be counted on to show up every day - they can get hired, trained and be productive. Many people simply aren't willing to make much effort to find work and through the use of technology or the loss of manufacturing, companies have outsourced these jobs often overseas. Somehow, through policy changes IMO we have to find ways to stop the jobs bleeding and begin to recover what we've lost. An economic recovery from where we are now will not be enough IMO. Otherwise, we'll simply continue to grow the unproductive entitlement class. Democrats primarily who continue to support entitlement legislation are doing favors to nobody. Not the recipients of those programs or the taxpayers who fund them. Frankly the Democrats simply give up on these people by giving them a crutch on which they can hobble forever.

Yup, we gotta have the stones to tell some people "sink or swim". Problem politically is that a lot of Dems think it's a birth right to have a place to live, food, health care and a few bucks.

Hopefully in the new deal the cap will be a true cap based on actual cash expenditures (no ammortizing bonuses). This will ensure that big market teams cannot outspend the smaller market teams.

Part of the problem with social security is that it's also used like welfare. A former employee of ours went to jail (for the 3rd time) after working for us. Twice for armed robbery and once for arson. He's about 27 years old now and out of jail. His parents (who I know well) didn't want the burden of dealing with him any longer. They did some research and found that he would be eligible to draw Social Security if it was determined that he was disabled in some way. They had him go to several doctors and one of course determined that he has some psychological issues. He now draws a Social Security check every month and also is on Medicaid and other public assistance. He doesn't work and has no intention of working. He has an apartment and lives by himself. The only thing wrong with him that I can see is that he had a significant drug problem (which he admitted to me) and he grew up in a lousy Chicago neighborhood and did what a lot of young men do and never grew out of that lifestyle. However, the brilliance of our government is to write him a check every month. He also has a daughter from a women to which he was never married and due to his "disability" does not have to support the child.

Yes, and our illustrious President keeps pushing it having never answered the questions and concerns raised by so many citizens and members of the opposite party. Questions of genuine concern that deserve direct answers.