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If you examine all MSM, I think you'll see all of them are biased.
Which one promoted Obama to the max and didn't give equal time to the others. The ones who showed their least favorites in a bad light. Just one example of no favoritism. |
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Yo Fanta46, the problem with your 5 points that you make about Obama is that any other one of the candidates could have achieved the same 5 things. Suffice to have a good speech writer.
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If you examine all MSM, I think you'll see all of them are biased. Which one promoted Obama to the max and didn't give equal time to the others. The ones who showed their least favorites in a bad light. Just one example of no favoritism. You tell us. Show us an example too. You are the one making the claim. I myself didn't see any give him preferential attention! |
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Yo Fanta46, the problem with your 5 points that you make about Obama is that any other one of the candidates could have achieved the same 5 things. Suffice to have a good speech writer. That article is new. It isnt mine, I linked it! Did you even read it? |
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Edited by
Sojourning_Soul
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Fri 04/17/09 09:10 AM
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Obamas entire staff is from Wall Street..... those who got us here in the first place.... right down the line. Check out all their backgrounds. Holder is one of the key persons on the Fanny Mae fiasco (one of Obamas mentors).
His staff can create a false rally on Wall Street just as they scammed us with Fanny Mae and Freddy Mac. They have the contacts and the influence..... and now they're in control. We're Scr*wed! |
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Its a bit early to start declaring his policies are working. We aren't going to really know until the economy is fully recovered. The things he is doing are short term. When taxes go up, inflation goes up, and interest rates go up, then we will have a much better idea if a short term gain was worth it. All the while the debt continues to skyrocket. His idea of cutting the deficit in half might sound good to some, but when you see the numbers and realize that even if it happens that means about $1 trillion annually in deficits. You also have to hope that the growth they predict actually happens. If it doesn't we are going to be in serious trouble.
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Obamas entire staff is from Wall Street..... those who got us here in the first place.... right down the line. Check out all their backgrounds. Holder is one of the key persons on the Fanny Mae fiasco (one of Obamas mentors). His staff can create a false rally on Wall Street just as they scammed us with Fanny Mae and Freddy Mac. They have the contacts and the influence..... and now they're in control. We're Scr*wed! I have checked them out. I addressed this in a couple of posts back. |
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Fanta46
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Fri 04/17/09 09:22 AM
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Its a bit early to start declaring his policies are working. We aren't going to really know until the economy is fully recovered. The things he is doing are short term. When taxes go up, inflation goes up, and interest rates go up, then we will have a much better idea if a short term gain was worth it. All the while the debt continues to skyrocket. His idea of cutting the deficit in half might sound good to some, but when you see the numbers and realize that even if it happens that means about $1 trillion annually in deficits. You also have to hope that the growth they predict actually happens. If it doesn't we are going to be in serious trouble. The debt can be addressed and reduced without large tax increases. Simply juggling the programs and eliminating many of the unnecessary ones will reduce it a lot! First we need to recover though! |
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Yo Fanta46, the problem with your 5 points that you make about Obama is that any other one of the candidates could have achieved the same 5 things. Suffice to have a good speech writer. That article is new. It isnt mine, I linked it! Did you even read it? I'm just saying, he hasn't done anything yet, he's only made a bunch of eloquent, patriotic speeches, which anyone could have done. |
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I agree that cuts in discretionary spending can help, but at the moment, mandatory spending is almost 60% of the budget. When you add his healthcare plan, you might be talking 65% to 70%.
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Obamas entire staff is from Wall Street..... those who got us here in the first place.... right down the line. Check out all their backgrounds. Holder is one of the key persons on the Fanny Mae fiasco (one of Obamas mentors). His staff can create a false rally on Wall Street just as they scammed us with Fanny Mae and Freddy Mac. They have the contacts and the influence..... and now they're in control. We're Scr*wed! Actually, we're not going to be as screwed as you might imagine. There are groups monitoring the situation and if it gets to the breaking point, they will act. I have been watching a few activist sites, hosted by some pretty influential people. |
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I agree that cuts in discretionary spending can help, but at the moment, mandatory spending is almost 60% of the budget. When you add his healthcare plan, you might be talking 65% to 70%. The health care plan can be more than paid for with what was spent on the war in Iraq , or in what was spent funding the Iraqi gov's day to day operation while they built an unbelievable surplus. |
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Bush showed us that the President is above the law (not in truth, but by power of office with the threat of Marshal Law.... they used it on Congress to get their agenda passed quickly)... He can protect himself and his friends if he feels threatened by popular poll citing "civil unrest" as his warrant.
Somebody has to start filling the FEMA camps to continue funding ![]() |
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The price for Afghanistan is going to rise, and offset some of the gains by a limited withdrawl from Iraq. In his request for additional war funding, $83 billion to support the wars until September, some of the money goes for diplomatic programs and development aid -- including $1.6 billion for Afghanistan, $1.4 billion for Pakistan and $700 million for Iraq.
I am reading that the adminstration is concerned that the Pakistani government is going to collapse. What happens if it does? What happens if a radical islmacist takes over? That could change the dynamic immeasureably. |
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Yo Fanta46, the problem with your 5 points that you make about Obama is that any other one of the candidates could have achieved the same 5 things. Suffice to have a good speech writer. That article is new. It isnt mine, I linked it! Did you even read it? I'm just saying, he hasn't done anything yet, he's only made a bunch of eloquent, patriotic speeches, which anyone could have done. He's done a lot of things and hasn't even been there long. I'm impressed with how much he's done in such a short time. |
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Bush showed us that the President is above the law (not in truth, but by power of office with the threat of Marshal Law.... they used it on Congress to get their agenda passed quickly)... He can protect himself and his friends if he feels threatened by popular poll citing "civil unrest" as his warrant. Somebody has to start filling the FEMA camps to continue funding ![]() The FEMA camps? Projected emergency facilities that are active military bases which are already fully funded? |
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Edited by
Fanta46
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Fri 04/17/09 10:48 AM
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The price for Afghanistan is going to rise, and offset some of the gains by a limited withdrawl from Iraq. In his request for additional war funding, $83 billion to support the wars until September, some of the money goes for diplomatic programs and development aid -- including $1.6 billion for Afghanistan, $1.4 billion for Pakistan and $700 million for Iraq. I am reading that the adminstration is concerned that the Pakistani government is going to collapse. What happens if it does? What happens if a radical islmacist takes over? That could change the dynamic immeasureably. The Taliban is not the Afghan gov. Al Quieda is not the Taliban or even Afghanis. They attacked us! The Afghan people support their own nation! They have citizens willing to fight for that effort. Unlike the Iraqi's who never wanted us there to begin with. We are not paying large groups of militants in Afghanistan a weekly pay check not to shoot at our forces. We are not fighting in Afghanistan alone. We actually have Allies who have been fighting there while Bush was distracted on his illegal war in Iraq. If radical Islams take over Pakistan I dont think we will have a choice. We let India Nuke them or do it ourselves. The world is trying to prevent Pakistan from failing. The world has just as much at stake in not letting this happen. Probably more than us! We are not alone in Afghanistan. Why? |
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The Taliban is not the Afghan gov. Al Quieda is not the Taliban or even Afghanis. They attacked us! According to Bush! According to Bush, who lied about everything, he even pronounced "nuclear" as "NUKELAR", despite it being clear that someone from Yale, can not be dim enough to speak like this. |
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Those who are on Obama's new economic advisory board come from all walks of life and have held many different jobs in the past. Some were in a position to know while others were in the teaching field. I hear many who speak of their positions on various corporate boards, but upon a closer look I notice that the positions were largely honorary positions of title with no actual power and very little advisory strength. The biggest thing to note here is that the Bush Admin spent a lot of time denying the crisis when something may have been done to ward the crisis off. He took no action and no advice from anyone. How could he when people like Phil Gramm continued to tell him the crisis was a mental one, and spent all their energy covering up the truth in hopes of putting another imbecile into power to continue the madness. Another thing to note is that the economic advisory board is a new agency. Never before have people with these economic minds been brought together in one room on a regular basis to bounce ideas and knowledge amongst each other. The important thing is not necessarily who the individuals are but that they are all extremely qualified, and are now discussing their individual theories, and formulating "ONE" course of action to follow as a team in order to move America forward! Are these the ones you call "top economists"? |
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