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Republicans got us into messes, lack ideas to get us out
Saturday, Nov. 28, 2009 | 2:01 a.m.
I must comment on Richard McCord’s sarcasm-filled letter to the editor in Friday’s Las Vegas Sun concerning the attempts by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to get us out of the economic mess, a mess I believe was created by Republicans.
Typically from House Minority Leader John Boehner and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell we hear only negativity with no ideas that would get the nation out of this morass. That is why the Republican Party is the “Party of No” and why I dub Republicans the “Abominable No-Men,” and why they are not simply phonies, but, on a higher level, “fauxnies.”
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Jules, aren't you cute calling people names.Put away your mom's computor and go back to bed because cartoons will be on in the morning. Don't forget to eat your Wheaties so when you grow up you can be a mean ole democrat.
Harry Greid and Nancy Piglosi are going to get us out of this economic mess? That is a joke. All those two are going to do is bankrupt the Government and line their own pockets in the process. Democrats are the party of know nothing.
The so called stimulus plan has done nothing but increase the defecit and give raises to worthless state and local government workers who do absolutely nothing useful.
Democratic Purity Test is
(1) DEMs support invasive government, large national debt, high deficits and job killing taxes by supporting bills like Obama's "stimulus" bill, TARP, Cap and Trade;
(2) DEMs support government-based health care reform and oppose market-style private run healthcare;
(3) DEMs support government-based energy reforms by supporting tax, cap and speculate legislation;
(4) DEMs support workers' right to union intimidating card check;
(5) DEMs support illegal immigration assimilation into American society and citizenship for illegal immigrants;
(6) DEMs support quitting in Iraq and Afghanistan by rejecting military-recommended troop surges;
(7) DEMs support containment of Iran and North Korea, by verbal sparring to eliminate their nuclear weapons threat;
(8) DEMs support the breakdown marriage by rejecting the Defense of Marriage Act;
(9) DEMs support health care rationing and funding of abortion;
(10) DEMs reject the right to keep and bear arms by supporting government restrictions on gun ownership;
We the Teabaggers are saying no to the above which Democrats want to ram down our collective throat.
This is what the WE wants:
(1) We support smaller government, smaller national debt, lower deficits and lower taxes by opposing bills like Obama's "stimulus" bill;
(2) We support market-based health care reform and oppose Obama-style government run healthcare;
(3) We support market-based energy reforms by opposing cap and trade legislation;
(4) We support workers' right to secret ballot by opposing card check;
(5) We support legal immigration and assimilation into American society by opposing amnesty for illegal immigrants;
(6) We support victory in Iraq and Afghanistan by supporting military-recommended troop surges;
(7) We support containment of Iran and North Korea, particularly effective action to eliminate their nuclear weapons threat;
(8) We support retention of the Defense of Marriage Act;
(9) We support protecting the lives of vulnerable persons by opposing health care rationing and denial of health care and government funding of abortion; and
(10) We support the right to keep and bear arms by opposing government restrictions on gun ownership;
isn't it funny...
how the stupid pathetic lying republicans conveniently forget...
that it was their boys who made the mess...
w the scum bag liar loser clown and cheney the evil doer...
those maggots made the mess...
they have perfected the concept of selective memory...
obama said it best...
when the people that created the mess cry that you need to mop faster...
those low life scum bag maggots can stick it in their ears...
well i paraphrased the last part...
but you maggots get the idea...
I'm birdie I'm a scumbag name caller...
To be a Republican;
You have to believe that those privileged from birth achieve success all on their own.
You have to be against government programs, but expect Social Security checks on time.
You have to believe that government should stay out of people's lives, yet you want government to regulate only opposite-gender marriages and what your official language should be.
You have to believe that pollution is OK, so long as it makes a profit.
You have to believe that a woman cannot be trusted with decisions about her own body, but that large multi-national corporations should have no regulation or interference whatsoever.
You love Jesus and Jesus loves you and, by the way, Jesus shares your hatred of AIDS victims, homosexuals, and President Clinton.
You have to believe that it was wise to allow Ken Starr to spend $70 million dollars to attack Clinton because no other U.S. presidents have ever been unfaithful to their wives.
You have to believe that a waiting period for purchasing a handgun is bad because quick access to a new firearm is an important concern for all Americans.
You have to believe it is wise to keep condoms out of schools, because we all know if teenagers don't have condoms they won't have sex.
You have to believe that the ACLU is bad because they defend the Constitution, while the NRA is good because they defend the Constitution.
You have to believe that socialism hasn't worked anywhere, and that Europe doesn't exist.
You have to forgive Newt Gingrich, John Ensign, and Gov. Sanford for their marital infidelities, but that that bastard Clinton should have been impeached.
Hypocrites!
Wayne, having a bad day today? Thank goodnes you didn't mention Alex P. Keaton.
If you believe that only Republicans got us into this mess then you need to upgrade the koolaid that you are drinking.
Where are the jobs Obama promised?
hey wayne...
bravo!!!
Where are the Burritos Obama promised?
I fail to see how blaiming one side of the aisle over the other is going to bring about any progress. It seems to me that such finger pointing will only get us running around in circles. Yes, the "stimulus" plans are only a ploy to make the Government feel good about taking action in this recession, and will have little positive affect on the future of our economy. But we should remember that that first big "stimulus" package was puhsed through the system under the Bush administration.
George Bush also heavily supported The Immigration Reform Act of 2007 during his final year of presidency. This bill offered anmesty to all illegal immegrants living in the United States.
Plus, as far as I recall the current health care bill was stripped of Government funded abortion.
If WE were all true teabagers, we would be taking real action against all Government, both Right and Left of the aisle. Both Republican and Democrat elected officials are forgetting that this is a Government 'by' 'for' and 'of' the people. And we only have ourselves to blame if WE are unhappy with the state of our country.
Teabager, I assume, refers to the Boston teat party, were colonial Americans boycotted the tea tax imposed by the King of England by throwing the tea in Boston Harbor. Not by just complaining about the tax. So TAKE REAL ACTION if you are unhappy with this country. Run for office. Or gather twenty of your friends together and have them get twenty of there friends and so on, and litter the Whithouse lawn with the paperwork from you tax-return. Or find some other way to send a real message to our government. Words are too easily wasted in today's world.
This is how this mess happened:
1) Carter created a program to get poor people into homes and the Republicans agreed to it
2) Clinton signed laws that was passed by Republicans to degrulated banking and mortgage lending.
3) Clinton pushed really hard on the financial lending institutions to relax standards so that anybody, especially poor minorities, can get into homes
4) Bush continued the policies of Clinton
5) Clinton appointees to the FRB voted to keep interest rates artifically low
6) Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (quasi-government private institutions) were buying up risky ARM mortgages and bundling them up other OK mortgages and re-selling them into the market place. This removed the risk from the people who were making the mortgages for they were just selling to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac for a quick profit
7) Gas prices start to rise and the Feds had to raise interest rates to combat inflation. The higher gas prices hurt the economy and people lost income and lost jobs. Also the higher interest rates trigger people not to met the rising ARM rates mortgage payments. Forclosure started to happen and the real estate market collapsed.
This is not the first lending/banking caused economic panic.
There has been many lending/banking caused panics in US history.
The Democratic Party was born out a lending/banking caused panic.
The government should simplified banking and take out the complexity. Those people in DC/NYC/Charlotte/San Fran think they are so smart with all those degrees. They are not really that smart.
They should go back to basic banking and heavily regulated it.
Here is a big big hint that it was both Republicans and Democrats that contributed to the big mess...........
There has not been any significant hearings by either the Senator or Congress or by the Executive branch into the cause of the mess.
They are covering their own butts.
Republican Purity test, what a joke.
The Nazis had a Purity test too!!!
I see Mr. Schlegel is posting the usual Democrat talking points and as always, they make no sense.
Priviledge-Most of the Fortune 400 have obtained their wealth the honest way. They earned it. Of the top ten wealthiest only five have inherited it and they are relatives of Sam Walton. The other five are Bill Gates, Microsoft; Paul Allen, Microsoft; Larry Ellison, Oracle; Warren Buffet, Berkshire Hathaway; and another gentlemen from Microsoft whos name I don't remember. Priviged? no. Smart and hard working? Yes. They earned whaht they have not Uncle Scam.
Social Security? I would love to have back the money those government scum took from my paycheck plus the amount my employer paid and have this invested at 6%. I would have about $750,000. I'll keep the little pittance they give me every month because I earned it many times over. Social Security is a scam and anyone who thinks different is a fool. Go take some finance classes and don't be so stupid.
I don't see why two gays should be married. Homosexuality is a perversion just like child molestion is. We don't let a 5 year old girl marry a 70 year old man. This is America and English is the language we have always spoken here. You can speak anything you want at home but if you go to the government office I should not have to pay to provide a translator for you. If you want to live here learn the language, otherwise move somewhere that speaks your language.
There is little pollution in this country I have no problemw with it.
A fetus is not a part of a woman's body, it does not have the same genetic makeup as the woman. The genetics of a fetus are a combination of the mother's and father's genes. Why should a woman be allowed destroy to something created by two people.
I'm not sure what Jesus thinks. The Bible condems same sex relationships. The woman at the well admitted her sins to Jesus and he told her to change her ways and go and sin no more. I expect he would say the same thing to gays.
Ken Starr was not investigating Clinton for cheating on his wife, (looking at Hillary, I can understand why he did). Clinton was prosecuted for lying under oath in a federal trial and was convicted by the judge. He should have been removed from office. He got off easy as he only lost his law license.
If I received a death threat or was a battered wife who was being harassed by an estranged husband I would want to buy a firearm that day. The solution to the gun problem is to add twenty five years to the sentence of anyone using a firearm in a felony. That is real simple.
Parents should be the one's providing condoms to their children. The schools cannot even teach students to read, write and add adequately. They should concentrate on what they're supposed to do and leave moral judgements to the parents.
Socialism has not worked well as there are a number of European countries are turning to the right, Germany being to most notable. Socialism is downright stupid in the first place. If I would receive my pay and many other benefits whether I worked or not I would spend my days on the golf course or ski slopes. Why work if you don't have to. I spent my working life to benefit myself and my family, and have done quite well. I have not done it for the "greater good".
Mr Gingrich, Ensign, and Sanford did cheat on their wives, but I have never known this to be illegal. Ensign and Sanford did possibly break some other laws and should pay for them. I see that Teddy Kennedy murdered a young lady and walked away from that. Charlie Rangle is too damned stupid to know to pay taxes on his Carribean investments, yet he is chairman of the committee that writes tax law. Genus. William Jefferson just got thirteen years in the slammer for cold cash. A great American. How many other Democrats are under investigation for ethics violations? Maxine Waters? Shiela McKinnie, Jessie Jackson Jr.? Don't throw stones at Repbulicans as there are a lot more Democrats looking at charges than anyone else.
Hypocrites? Yes Mr Schlegal you are one and I enjoy very much seeing the colapse of our economy under the expert guidence of Obama and the Democrat Party which you liberals elected. Only the best will survive.
jlb said...
"I enjoy very much seeing the colapse of our economy under the expert guidence of Obama and the Democrat Party which you liberals elected. Only the best will survive."
...You shouldn't enjoy it; BHO and his liberal/socialist pals are trying to destroy capitalism in order to establish a socialist system and redistribute the wealth. And the sad part is that most people do not recognize this fact yet. I played golf today with a wealthy capitalist, and he is still proud of the fact that he voted for BHO; he considers himself better than me, whom he considers a racist; when confronted with the fact that BHO is a socialist/communist who is trying to destroy this country, he just poo-poos the idea. I mean this guy is mega rich and mega smart and he can't see it, or else he just refuses to see it in a misguided attempt to rationalize his vote for BHO. Our country is doomed if we don't get this guy out of the WH in 2012.
DJIA up 4000 points since April.
Jules - you make a great Democrat. Just get in line and repeat the same old nonsense you hear from the mainstream media.
The party of no? So you feel it's better to spend, spend, spend on more and more programs when our deficit is already way past irresponsible?
Please, for the sake of the country, tear up your voter registration card. You may have a new one when your IQ surpasses 10.
djia up 2000 since april
Mr. Greenberg; GREAT LETTER.
Phargo:
The housing mess started with George Bush and
peaked in 2005. Bush lowered mortgage regulations
more than any president. It is not over yet
because it is so huge of a disaster. It may not
be fixable for many years. President Obama can
only do so much. He will be re-elected in 2012.
Teabaggers have no answer to anything.
Sorry, March 9 DJIA 6500
Thanks
The stock markets are inversely tied to Obama's approval ratings. The investor community is acutely aware of who and what we have in the White House.
Why is Mr. Geitner and Mr. Bernake getting more nervous daily as the Congress is getting ready to pass Ron Pauls' bill to audit the fed.
Do you think that there will be secrets uncovered that that will point to the way the Federal Reserve has manipulated our economy since its begining? Do you think that some of the major businesses and banks illegal doings that have been controlling the fed and our economy will finally be exposed the country?
Are there some that are afraid that they may be found out that their federal crimes relating to their businesss practices will bring federal charges against them.
I think it's about time to expose the the way the fed has manipulated Americas money since its begining.
total freaking bullcrap. too much government regulation from liberals forcing their "Community Reinvestment Act" onto banks got us into this mess. this lowered lending standards all across the board and created things like the subprime loan, no money down, and ninja loans (no income, no job). then criminal bankers acting with no moral hazard because they knew the goverment would ride to the rescue compounded the problem by selling mortgage backed securities and derivatives on these risky loans. the source of the original problem is the CRA lowering standards. both parties have responsibility but, it is the liberals who have by far the most.
obama = criminal Presidential usurper
federal reserve = criminal bankers
al gore = criminal climate alarmist
democrat party = criminals and criminal enablers
republican party = criminals and criminal enablers*
voters for obama = criminally insane and/or lazy willing slaves
*there are few people in Washington that aren't criminals. i think Ron Paul is maybe one of the good guys. he can choose who we send to the stockade.
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Why is so hard to say that all parties may be to blame? Throughout the years. Regardless of political affiliation, are we too ashamed to admit that our political representatives are human and prone to make mistakes just like any other?
But I do understand, it's easy to blame the person who voluntarily decided to take charge of a nation.
Typical posts by right-winger's who NEVER stand up and accept blame for the mess that they created.
Obama inherited a complete mess.....very much like the mess that FDR inherited from Herbert Hoover in 1933.
One major difference, however, between what Obama inherited and what FDR inherited is the fact that FDR had no war in the Middle East to contend with....
The economy is slowly getting better but we're a long way from being where we were 10-12 years ago under the Clinton administration.
I find it rather bizzare that many right-wingers are actually hoping that the economy will continue to go in the crapper which would be bad for the country but great for the Republicans come election time in 2010.
In other words, the Republicans care very little about the country as a whole....they want control of the government and nothing else matters....
Of course, they would have all of us believe that they are the party that truly represents each and every American.