A Better U.S.A. for all
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I want to see this country be a better place for all of the people to live in. Let the discussion begin and continue on!
Gosh darn it...Doggone it Joe!...I betcha...Joe-6-pack...Isn't Mrs. Palin folksy? Please..PLEASE...PLEASEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!! She even managed to mangle the word 'nuclear' numerous times. She thinks the power that Dick Cheney has used as VP are in the constitution...and she can deliver rehearsed lines and strategies well. That woman a heartbeat away from the Presidency really and truly SCARES ME!!!! Read More »
Tonight's vice-presidential debate will be most educational...I hope that Biden does not make major gaffes and well,...Sarah Palin....I imagine she is well coached. I am going to watch SNL this week and see what the kids come up with!!!
I am so painfully aware that we will experience another Great Depression if Congress does not come up with and pass a bail out package. I,also, am glad that this one did not pass. Main St. was compromised out of it. I want to see Main St. included and more real oversight also. As a person who did not over spend and live very low on the hog, I was wondering how all the folks who were borrowing to keep up a prosperous lifestyle and Wall St. fat cats who were making $$$$ on the folks who were overspending(and actively critizing me for not doing so...) could go on. So, if we must bail out Wall St., then we should at least help some of the folks who were bamboozled by Wall St.-Lee Read More »
I watched the debate last night and was impressed with the way it was handled. First of all, I am glad that Barack stuck to his guns and insisted that the debate go on. Second, it was a civil debate on the issues which Jim Lehrer made sure were discussed. Finally, it showed the differences between the Republican ideologue and the Democratic progressive and how they would handle the various issues and crises now facing us. I hope that enough of the American voting public will see how important it is that we have a real change in the way that the government operates. Lee
Politics is...who gets what...and how much? - Anon
Politics is...who gets what...and how much? - Anon
The more I see, read and hear about the Bush Administration's efforts to bail out their friends on Wall Street, the more I get angry and frustrated. The administration wants a $700 Billion bailout package passed NOW!!!...with no controls or strings attached. Also, the Bush administration will not accept the addition of help for the little mortgage holders in this bail out.
It seems that Sen. McCain, the deregulation guy, is wrong...and presidential candidate McCain wants to reregulate the financial markets...after the bailout is approved, of course! I also find it very interesting that candidate McCain has a plan when he is president to fix this mess...and accuses Obama of not stepping up with a plan. Barack Obama realizes that he does not know enough about the details to come up with an effective plan and the plan has to be put in place NOW!
On CNN, Lou Dobbs pointed out last night that SENATORS McCAIN AND OBAMA should be in the Capital helping work out the plan needed now. Politikking should be put aside for the moment and action is needed now.
The economic future...and the future of our planet...of the world is at stake here. The Chinese have a curse..."May you live in interesting times." Well we are living in interesting times and it scares me and my friends. I hope that a majority of voters in this country vote on the issues and see what is at stake here. Read More »
It seems that Sen. McCain, the deregulation guy, is wrong...and presidential candidate McCain wants to reregulate the financial markets...after the bailout is approved, of course! I also find it very interesting that candidate McCain has a plan when he is president to fix this mess...and accuses Obama of not stepping up with a plan. Barack Obama realizes that he does not know enough about the details to come up with an effective plan and the plan has to be put in place NOW!
On CNN, Lou Dobbs pointed out last night that SENATORS McCAIN AND OBAMA should be in the Capital helping work out the plan needed now. Politikking should be put aside for the moment and action is needed now.
The economic future...and the future of our planet...of the world is at stake here. The Chinese have a curse..."May you live in interesting times." Well we are living in interesting times and it scares me and my friends. I hope that a majority of voters in this country vote on the issues and see what is at stake here. Read More »
Last night, I was watching the local news on TV and a new political ad for McCain came on...pathetic I was thinking....his concern (new found??? given statements made only a couple of days ago...???)for the economy and the mess on Wall St. and how he will "protect us". How will he? Not all that long ago, he said the "fundamentals of the economy are strong". Next day, AIG was on the brink of bankruptcy and Lehman Brothers was no more, not to mention the fire sale of Merrill Lynch to Bank of America and...the shock waves through global financial markets. There is a good rebuttal ad for Obama here and videos spoofs...and I would think...SNL will come up with something.
Did any one else see this ad? What do you have to say about it? I look forward to reading your comments.-Lee
Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a Republican. But I repeat myself.-Harry Truman(1948 Presidential race)
Did any one else see this ad? What do you have to say about it? I look forward to reading your comments.-Lee
Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a Republican. But I repeat myself.-Harry Truman(1948 Presidential race)
This article, too, was in yesterday's NY Times. After reading it, I was reminded of Dick Cheney...truly a scary thought!!!
Government is the name we give those things we do as a community. -Barney Frank
Here is a commentary on the NY Times article I just posted... Read More »
I am having a problem posting consistently to this blog. I cannot post to my blog from my page since the page was "updated" in look. It does not function as well as before. Anyone else finding they have this problem??? -Lee
Very good article from the New York Times... Read More »
This says it all....
"Today’s necessary but likely very expensive action for taxpayers is the consequence of regulatory neglect and of a broader political system’s reluctance to take on what should have been clearly seen as festering problems."
LAWRENCE H. SUMMERS, a former Treasury secretary, on the bailout of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
"Today’s necessary but likely very expensive action for taxpayers is the consequence of regulatory neglect and of a broader political system’s reluctance to take on what should have been clearly seen as festering problems."
LAWRENCE H. SUMMERS, a former Treasury secretary, on the bailout of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
I missed most of Jon Stewart's and Stephen Colbert's commentary on the RNC. I did watch last night and it was so inciteful and funny. Jon Stewart's video of McCain being ready to lead...and knowing how...how many times did McCain say "I don't know"???? It would make a good campaign ad against him. -Lee ;-)
Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a Republican. But I repeat myself.-Harry Truman(1948 Presidential race)
Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a Republican. But I repeat myself.-Harry Truman(1948 Presidential race)
I couldn't have said it better myself...
September 8, 2008
Letters
The G.O.P.’s New (Old) Sales Tactics
To the Editor:
Re “The Resentment Strategy,” by Paul Krugman (column, Sept. 5):
I agree that the G.O.P. is trying to sell the politics of resentment. But I think the problem goes much further.
One thing President Bush has done well has been to get so many people, often at an unconscious level, feeling that smart or educated or intellectual equals liberal equals un-American.
The result has been that the less educated you sound, the more of a patriotic American you are perceived to be.
In this way, Mr. Bush and other wealthy elites have been able to install policies that hurt poor, working- and middle-class Americans, while casting as snobbish elites those who think in nuanced ways about how to solve the real problems of ordinary Americans.
We live in a world of staggering complexity. As the last eight years have shown, we ignore that at our own peril.
Kathy Roberson
Middlesex, N.J., Sept. 5, 2008
September 8, 2008
Letters
The G.O.P.’s New (Old) Sales Tactics
To the Editor:
Re “The Resentment Strategy,” by Paul Krugman (column, Sept. 5):
I agree that the G.O.P. is trying to sell the politics of resentment. But I think the problem goes much further.
One thing President Bush has done well has been to get so many people, often at an unconscious level, feeling that smart or educated or intellectual equals liberal equals un-American.
The result has been that the less educated you sound, the more of a patriotic American you are perceived to be.
In this way, Mr. Bush and other wealthy elites have been able to install policies that hurt poor, working- and middle-class Americans, while casting as snobbish elites those who think in nuanced ways about how to solve the real problems of ordinary Americans.
We live in a world of staggering complexity. As the last eight years have shown, we ignore that at our own peril.
Kathy Roberson
Middlesex, N.J., Sept. 5, 2008
I just found a very useful link to a site called PolitiFact.com. It is operated by the St. Petersburg Times and Congressional Quarterly. Read More »
I am posting a lot today...I read a fact check on Sarah Palin's speech last night. It caught a few more misrepresentations...here is the link. -Lee
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080904/ap_on_el_pr/cvn_fact_check
Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence. John Adams (1735 - 1826), 'Argument in Defense of the Soldiers in the Boston Massacre Trials,' December 1770