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Route 66, Tocqueville, and Obamacare
http://www.nationalreview.com/cr…Stretching across the 2,400 miles from Chicago to Los Angeles, there’s an America that President Obama doesn’t know and wouldn’t recognize: the America along Route 66. When one travels along “America’s Main Street,” the most striking thing is the wonderful creativity on display. In this flourishing of creativity, we see the evidence of liberty. We see the result of people being free to start, run, and patronize establishments of their own choosing, exercising their rights to do so just as the American Founders intended and fought to allow.
Meanwhile, in Washington, the president is actively promoting, and Congress is seriously considering, a plan that would curtail liberty and exercise previously unthinkable levels of control over individual Americans, doctors, insurers, small businesses, and everyone else associated with health care. The contrast between the limitations being proposed in Washington and the freedom of Route 66 could hardly be starker.
- Rt. 66 is America's main st? Maybe in 1962...TheBlueOne
- Analogy dude, analogy.********
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Economy Gains No Jobs in August, Rate Holds at 9.1%
http://www.cnbc.com/id/44370439It was the first time since World War II that the economy had precisely net zero jobs created for a month.
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Fucking amazing! Let's see that again:
It was the first time since World War II that the economy had precisely net zero jobs created for a month.
- Credible enough of a liberal-biased network for you all?********
- oddly enuogh it's the public sector that has lost the most jobs. But that fucks with your worldview.TheBlueOne
- yet somehow corporations are enjoying record profits on lean, overworked laborBonSeff
- but guessing that doesnt mean shit to youBonSeff
- jackass.BonSeff
- Look at you fuckers assuming again... ridiculous********
- Credible enough of a liberal-biased network for you all?
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Pentagon fears listening posts from China
Tech firm tied to nation’s military
http://www.washingtontimes.com/n…A Pentagon report has found that a multibillion-dollar Chinese telecommunications company that has been seeking to make major inroads in the U.S. market has close ties to China's military, despite the company’s denials.
The Pentagon’s annual report to Congress on China's military, released last month, identifies Huawei as a high-tech company linked to the People’s Liberation Army (PLA).
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New-home slump keeping door shut on U.S. recovery
http://www.latimes.com/business/…Plagued by too many houses and too few buyers, 2011 is shaping up to be the worst year on record for new-home sales. The slump is pushing the key home-building industry into its fifth year of decline and keeping the U.S. economy from a rebound.
- building homes is the worst idea in economy recovery.74LEO
- popfodders doesn't grasp thatTheBlueOne
- pizzafire0
- scahill is a badass. good follow on twitter tooBonSeff
- such bullshit that keith was removed for donating to democrats74LEO
- Scahill is Charlie Day's Twin from Its Always Sunny ... and yes he is a badass .. need more like himRamanisky2
- pizzafire0
oh and sign here
- good luck, Obama and Holder belong to the same health club and go to the same parties. *sigh********
- and you live in your mom's basement.TheBlueOne
- No, actually I moved out of my mother's house at age 18. Working ever since. You said it, BO is the same as GWB********
- good luck, Obama and Holder belong to the same health club and go to the same parties. *sigh
- TheBlueOne0
And the two biggest political stories today haven't been mentioned I see:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/0…
and...
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Left paints the campaign as a religious war
The fundamental facts of the presidential race at this moment are that unemployment is high, the economy is by far the most important issue to American voters, and President Obama's handling of economic questions is overwhelmingly unpopular. Republican presidential hopefuls Rick Perry, Mitt Romney, Michele Bachmann and others are hammering the president daily on matters of job creation and economic growth.
Now some of Obama's activist allies and supporters in the press are engaged in a sharply focused effort to change the subject. Even as economic anxieties continue to rise, some of the nation's premier political journalists are consumed with the alleged influences of obscure religious philosophers on Republican candidates; on questions of creationism, evolution, and the age of the Earth; and on the fantasy that a Republican president might transform the United States into an Iranian-style theocracy.
The fundamental facts of the presidential race at this moment are that unemployment is high, the economy is by far the most important issue to American voters, and President Obama's handling of economic questions is overwhelmingly unpopular. Republican presidential hopefuls Rick Perry, Mitt Romney, Michele Bachmann and others are hammering the president daily on matters of job creation and economic growth.
Now some of Obama's activist allies and supporters in the press are engaged in a sharply focused effort to change the subject. Even as economic anxieties continue to rise, some of the nation's premier political journalists are consumed with the alleged influences of obscure religious philosophers on Republican candidates; on questions of creationism, evolution, and the age of the Earth; and on the fantasy that a Republican president might transform the United States into an Iranian-style theocracy.
- i feel about govt like you feel about AA. Religion should be kept out of it. But a number of the front runners are willing to mix the two. It's a legitimate subject of concernlocustsloth
- the two. It's a legitimate matter of concern, even it isn't the primary matter at handlocustsloth
- exactly********
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Meanwhile, with the economy still tanking, some liberal commentators have worked themselves into a virtual panic over religion. On Wednesday alone, one Washington Post columnist declared flatly that "Rick Perry is a theocrat," while another discussed the urgent task of "saving America from Rick Perry."
Will these diversionary efforts succeed? Political journalists can talk about theocracy all they want, but Americans are still overwhelmingly concerned with jobs. The more hysterical the religious speculation becomes, the more voters will be able to spot an effort to change the subject.
- pasted that twice accidentally.********
- You should just stop pasting shit altogether.TheBlueOne
- ha ha lol********
- pasted that twice accidentally.
- TheBlueOne0
And by "the alleged influences of obscure religious philosophers on Republican candidates" you are referring to the long established beliefs of American Christian sects that have people driving cars around the country with pictures of dead fetuses on it, the endorsement on major airwaves of killing abortion doctors, and letting women carry the child of their rapists to full term?
Last I heard these all happen and aren't "alleged", but go ahead and keep living in your little fantasy world.
- ahhh those are fucking extremists, you have that in all things dude, not the majority man********
- ahhh those are fucking extremists, you have that in all things dude, not the majority man
- TheBlueOne0
When candidates refer to the New Testament values for forgiveness and helping the poor they suddenly become pussy hippies. When they start talking about taking away rights and killing people like the jews did in the old testament they're solid, upstanding Christian citizens. That's how it works.
- 74LEO0
Who knows how many billions in tax payer dollars was and is currently being lost to bushs and obamas faith based initiative.
- You forgot, it's "alleged"TheBlueOne
- what do you mean by alleged?74LEO
- 74LEO0
- Allegedly.TheBlueOne
- "fool for christ" - yep.johnny_wobble
- 74LEO0
- yeah it's pretty bad, I don't like her at all! In fact, let it be known I will be HYPER-PISSED is she get's the nod.********
- GOP will pick the one who supports their agenda74LEO
- It's gonna be Romney or Perry. Romney seems a bit more even-keeled, he's getting shit on for being a Mormon********
- Someone who wears magic underwear for protection shouldn't be in charge of nuclear weapons. End of.mikotondria3
- yeah it's pretty bad, I don't like her at all! In fact, let it be known I will be HYPER-PISSED is she get's the nod.
- 74LEO0
- All alleged.TheBlueOne
- Shut your stupid cunt face you pathetic bitch.mikotondria3
- TheBlueOne0
On day White House kills new ozone rule and zero jobs report drops, they send email with this headline: "Cleaner Air and a Stronger Economy – A Record of Success"
Utter fail.
- 74LEO0
Why is everyone so surprised nothing has changed its Bush all over again.
Obama Wants to Expand Role of Religious Groups
With an eye toward courting evangelical voters, Senator Barack Obama arrived here on Tuesday to present a plan to expand on President Bush’s program of investing "FEDERAL" money in religious-based initiatives that are intended to fight poverty and perform community aid work.
- 74LEO0
Federal Funding of Faith-Based Services
Why Not Give Federal Funds to Churches?
"The government gave more than $1 billion in 2003 to organizations it considers 'faith-based,' with some going to programs where prayer and spiritual guidance are central..." recently reported Laura Meckler, AP writer.And in February 2004, the Presiden Bush issued an Executive Order earmarking an astonishing $3.7 billion to be doled out to faith-based and other organizations.
An additional $40 billion in federal money is given out by state governments, he said, and many states do not realize that federal rules now allow them to fund these organizations. "
full catastrophe
http://usliberals.about.com/od/f…- yes, it's TOO freakin much. CUT THAT SHIT TOO! CUT CUT CUT********
- yes, it's TOO freakin much. CUT THAT SHIT TOO! CUT CUT CUT
- Ramanisky20
I hate this thread and Politics all together.
- it's like the train wreck you can't look away from. popfodders reminds us all that there are americans out there that love their country just as much as you do, they just hate 50% of the people in it.brandonp
- who the fuck are you brandonnp shit********
- someone with a head on his shouldersRamanisky2
- pshhh yeah your ass is itchy brah********
- good one .. p-foddsRamanisky2
- haters gonna hate, huh pfods?brandonp
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Feds to sue a dozen-plus banks over mortgages
More than a dozen banks are expected to face lawsuits from a federal housing agency accusing them of misrepresenting the value of mortgage-backed securities.
- I'm guessing you don't read other people's posts. TBO just posted that a page ago. whatever, just saying********
- *blinks*TheBlueOne
- He called me TBO instead of TheBlowHard. Wonders, not ceasingTheBlueOne
- hey, I can be civil********
- Johnny Mathis has soothed your angry heart.mikotondria3
- I'm guessing you don't read other people's posts. TBO just posted that a page ago. whatever, just saying