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- luckyorphan0
For the ill-informed on this site:
‘The Illustrated Man’
Obama’s enemies have painted him as an alien threat. Can he fight the flight from facts?
http://www.newsweek.com/2010/08/…"Our maddening times demand that the truth be forthrightly stated at the outset, and not just that the president has nothing in common with the führer beyond the possession of a dog. The outlandish stories about Barack Hussein Obama are simply false:
- he wasn’t born outside the United States (the tabloid “proof” has been debunked as a crude forgery)
- he has never been a Muslim (he was raised by an atheist and became a practicing Christian in his 20s)
- his policies are not “socialist” (he explicitly rejected advice to nationalize the banks and wants the government out of General Motors and Chrysler as quickly as possible);
- he is not a “warmonger” (he promised in 2008 to withdraw from Iraq and escalate in Afghanistan and has done so);
- he is neither a coddler of terrorists (he has already ordered the killing of more “high value” Qaeda targets in 18 months than his predecessor did in eight years)
- nor a coddler of Wall Street (his financial-reform package, while watered down, was the most vigorous since the New Deal)
- nor an enemy of American business (he and the Chamber of Commerce favor tax credits for small business that were stymied by the GOP to deprive him of a victory).And that’s just the short list of lies."
- Just thought that would help clear things up a bit.luckyorphan
- *face palm.********
- *double face palm********
- Feel free to refute with real evidence.luckyorphan
- ********0
Minister of Pakistan wants Obama to lead all muslims.
- Is there a conclusion that should be drawn from this article?luckyorphan
- You tell me. Obama is a hardcore christian, so i find this intriguing. I didn't know muslims would let a christian lead.********
- I wouldn't say he's a hardcore Christian. But he is certainly not a muslim. That being said...luckyorphan
- ...there's a long tradition of congregations of one faith being led in prayer by someone of another for one ceremony.luckyorphan
- That being said, this minister does not sound very sane.luckyorphan
- luckyorphan0
Why Do CEOs Make So Much Money?
http://www.newsweek.com/2010/09/…"While one can argue the merits of layoffs on a company-by-company basis, what’s striking is that the executives who are the most willing to ax workers also seem to be the least likely to tighten their own belts. Management guru Peter Drucker once noted that after CEO-to-worker pay ratios went above 25–1, major moral questions started to be raised. It will be hard to make employees believe that “we’re all in this together” when it becomes clear in public documents that company leaders have largely insulated themselves from any financial risk."
- Do you know who sidney harmon is? Do you agree with him?********
- I'm well aware of Sidney Harman. On what topic are you referring?luckyorphan
- ...hello?luckyorphan
- Do you know who sidney harmon is? Do you agree with him?
- luckyorphan0
When unions mattered, prosperity was shared
By E.J. Dionne Jr.
Monday, September 6, 2010
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp…"Between 1966 and 1970, as Gerald Seib pointed out last week in the Wall Street Journal, the United States enjoyed an astonishing 48 straight months in which the unemployment rate was at or below 4 percent. No, the unions didn't do all this by themselves. But they were important co-authors of a social contract that made our country fairer, richer and more productive."
- BuddhaHat0
Fucking independent country bumpkin bastard senators backed the fucking labor government again for fuck's sakes, now we have Gillard for 3 years unless the G-G rules a double dissolution in future.
I'm going to go outside and scream and possibly break something. ARGH!!
- locustsloth0
Petraeus Condemns U.S. Church's Plan to Burn Qurans
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB…"It could endanger troops and it could endanger the overall effort," Gen. Petraeus said in an interview. "It is precisely the kind of action the Taliban uses and could cause significant problems. Not just here, but everywhere in the world we are engaged with the Islamic community."
- 74LEO0
^ @locustsloth
Are you so surprised. To understand the christian right is to understand the history of the Crusades. I'd say after 8 years of Bush we are well into Crusade #13 or even 14.- Not surprised at all. Just happy to see someone of authority (ie someone who's fought the Taliban) is speaking out against itlocustsloth
- luckyorphan0
Gov. Barbour's civil rights fairy tale
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp…In a recent interview with Human Events, a conservative magazine and Web site, Barbour gave his version of how the South, once a Democratic stronghold, became a Republican bastion. The 62-year-old Barbour claimed that it was "my generation" that led the switch: "my generation, who went to integrated schools. I went to integrated college -- never thought twice about it." The "old Democrats" fought integration tooth and nail, Barbour said, but "by my time, people realized that was the past, it was indefensible, it wasn't gonna be that way anymore. And so the people who really changed the South from Democrat to Republican was a different generation from those who fought integration."
Not a word of this is true.
- Srriously??? Its amazing that these people say things like this on record. What a stone faced liar.Ramanisky2
- Check the link and watch the video. It's surreal.luckyorphan
- georgesIII0
BUMP
ahahhahaha
- georgesIII0
anyways
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- u799350
Ah
- luckyorphan0
A rare case of a conservative bringing reality into the political discourse:
The Day After Tomorrow
By DAVID BROOKS
Published: September 13, 2010
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/1…
"The social fabric is fraying. Human capital is being squandered. Society is segmenting. The labor markets are ill. Wages are lagging. Inequality is increasing. The nation is overconsuming and underinnovating. China and India are surging. Not all of these challenges can be addressed by the spontaneous healing powers of the market."
- luckyorphan0
^^ And I just had to follow up with an outstanding comment to the article above from Len Charlap of Princeton, N.J.:
"Conservatism is supposed to be nonideological and context-driven."
This is exactly the point, but Brooks gets it exactly backwards. I am a mathematician. I like facts, data and logical arguments derived from them. I consider myself a realist. The trouble with Conservatives is that they ignore the facts. Here are just two of many such:
1. All other industrialized countries have some form of universal government run health care. They get better care as measured by all the bottom line public health statistics, and they do it at half the cost per person. If our system were as efficient, we would save about $1.3 TRILLION each year. Problem solved.
2. In 1946 the debt was 120% of the GDP, It went straight down to about 32% in 1973. During this period 1946 - 1973 taxes were much higher. Marginal rates were at least 70%; they were 93% under Eisenhower. The economy was better than what we now have. For example, median wages went up 3 times as fast as since 1973. CEO's earned 50 times what their workers earned; it is 500 times today. Staring in 1973, the percent of wealth and income taken by the richest 10%, 1%, and 0.1% has gone up at an ever increasing rate. We need, we must have much higher taxes on the Rich.
Please tell me a period when raising taxes on the Rich was bad for the economy. Perhaps when Clinton did so?"
- #2 is especially effective at destroying all conservative taxation arguments.luckyorphan
- ukit0
ahahaha!!!
http://www.politico.com/news/sto…
The path to a Republican Senate takeover narrowed to the point of vanishing Tuesday night, as marketing consultant Christine O’Donnell upset Rep. Mike Castle in Delaware’s Senate primary and likely dashed the GOP’s hopes of capturing the seat in the process.
Though six other states and the District of Columbia voted in primary elections Tuesday night, the outcome in Delaware had by far the most profound implications for the fall campaign. While Castle was comfortably on track to capture Vice President Joe Biden’s former Senate seat, O’Donnell will enter the general election at a wide disadvantage to the presumptive Democratic nominee, New Castle County Executive Chris Coons.
O’Donnell was written off early in the race against Castle, dismissed by members of both parties as a perennial candidate with a history of embarrassing personal financial problems. But a late endorsement from former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, reinforced by hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of independent spending from the conservative Tea Party Express, vaulted her into the lead.
- TEABAGGERS, UNITE!ukit
- shitty pick either way it wentPonyBoy
- You're missing the point, this one election probably lets Democrats keep control of the Senate for the next two yearsukit
- All thanks to Palin and the "tea party"...:)ukit
- you think O'donnell will swing left?
a teabagger will vote w/the 'right' nearly 100% of the timePonyBoy - No, O'Donnell will now lose to the Democrat. Delaware is a liberal state, the only reason Republicans had a chance is because this Mike Castle guy is well known and popular thereukit
- because Mike Castle is well known and popular thereukit
- ah... I see where you're going here... ignore my post on the next page :DPonyBoy
- PonyBoy0
You seem like you're partying over this decision... like it's good for the left or something?
Castle's a rhino of the worst nature - barely moderate from what I've read...
... O'donnell will be far more conservative than him... she's damn near a conservative repub's dream...
