Here are two articles that I like a lot. A couple of readers have complained about all the politics. But My whole point in all that was to show the futility of right versus left.
So I have gotten tired of it too. This will be my last post on politics for awhile.
Here is an article by a college professor about "big Government" and how it takes away your freedom ... or maybe it doesn't.
Here is an editorial about the rage over obama-care, and what the rage is really all about.
Have at it, but they are both long articles and should be interesting to people who want to actually think about issues.
I agree that politics is getting old! That is exactly what they are banking on - that people will become passive and inactive!
ReplyDeleteThen there will be the diversions away from the actual points of conflict! To slowly and surely get you to accept their policy.
Because they Know Best!
It's YOUR MONEY, YOUR LIFE, AND YOUR FUTURE!
and
IT'S ONLY YOU THAT CAN LET SOMEONE ELSE CONTROL OR TELL YOU HOW TO LIVE IT!
IT WAS A GIFT GIVEN ONLY UNTO YOU!
I saw a poll today that said 50% of the American people are opposed to the changes passed with the new health care bill. Really? I consider myself to be well educated, and I try to keep myself well informed, and I couldn't begin to tell you what this new bill contains. 50% opposed? For what reason? Is it just to be opposed? I doubt 50% of Americans could tell you who their State Representative is, I do not believe they can tell you what is contained in the health care bill.
ReplyDeleteIt's proposed by democrats, that's reason enough for many republicans.
ReplyDeleteIt hurts the country, that's reason enough for many Republicans.
ReplyDeletei reject it because it forces you to have health inssurance, unlike car inssurance you can chose not to drive a car, however with health inssurance youhave no choice and that is agains the constitution that makes this great nation stand alone
ReplyDelete@8:47 "That is exactly what they are banking on - that people will become passive and inactive!
ReplyDeleteThen there will be the diversions away from the actual points of conflict! To slowly and surely get you to accept their policy."
Yeah, no...I look at the Eagle, my TV, online and listen to the radio and I don't see anyone becoming passive. I just don't think this blog was meant to obe a sounding board for "us against you." I thought his main niche was local happenings. That's why I visit. If you want to spout your politics,and I do as well from time to time, there are literally thousands of places to do it, and more popping up every day. "Passive"...sheesh.
Yeah you will have a choice to carry health insurance or not. Just like if you don't have car insurance, you will be fined when you get caught without it.
ReplyDelete." I thought his main niche was local happenings. That's why I visit.
ReplyDeleteWell you have a good point!
I guess everyone is just standing around waiting on their Welfare, Social Security and Unemployment checks!
But their actually might be some other things going on who knows?
Fidel Castro loves it. Calls it a "miracle". Heck, the murderer even has the gall to try & cite the Declaration of Independence.
ReplyDeleteSends oxox's to President Obama.
http://www.financetech.com/feed/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=224200440&cid=RSSfeed_FTN_All
D.Q.
Well, if Castro loves it, you know it's gotta be good for America!
ReplyDelete(That was sarcasm for those of you who are sarcasm impaired)
Castro is playing you fools. He knows his "support" to this administration might help get some of his cohorts back in Nov. What (actually) would HE care?
ReplyDeleteMaybe he's trying to. I don't care. He'll be dead soon. I just thought it was an interesting note. BTW, this was NOT widely reported by the major media. Hmmm.
ReplyDeleteD.Q.
Yep you sure can tell sg used to be a cop. About 9 out of 10 only know how to be sarcastic
ReplyDeleteHeh, heh. Thats because sg never learned how to have conversation.
ReplyDeleteWell whether Castro likes something is not a news story. Its just something attackers can use.
ReplyDeleteI am taking a break from the politics, but i see you guys are carrying it on very well ... keep going.
Im working on a freelance project today - actually making money - ill try to get back on board tomorrow.
Now Obama is taking over the Student Loan business as well. That will put private loan businesses out of work. What's next? What can the government take from the private sector next to bring about socialism faster? You can bet they are working on it.
ReplyDeletetoday the govenment take over of the viagra company was no supprise to many passive democrats, Obama explains the government needs more power to give the people what they need.
ReplyDeleteWhile many side line Republicans have seen the stiff arm of the government in action with Biden explaining that this is a big phuqing Deal in the ear of a less than impotent Obama
Many at the tea party wonder if this rectal insertion will be noticed by the American public after so many years of taking it up the caboose.
even with the mighty Viagra company behind the government and all the recent stimulous this reader wonders if Obama will be able to stiffen up the economy, or will it be a hard landing with continued Inflation???
even with the mighty Viagra company behind the government and all the recent stimulous this reader wonders if Obama will be able to stiffen up the economy, or will it be a hard landing with continued Inflation???
ReplyDeleteWell if it last more than 4 years you need to see a Doctor right away!
11:52
ReplyDeleteI beg to differ - he and DQ have cozy little conversations quite often.
Great minds really do think alike.
ReplyDeleteAt 7:19, true. As long as you agree with him, you can have a decent conversation.
ReplyDeleteHow quickly you forget!
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6b1VOAATNk&feature=player_embedded
Three of our better known contributors (who shall remain nameless!)
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@7:19, 7:32, etc.
ReplyDeleteHey, you guys should take a 4 min. break and watch this video. I mean it's almost in your own words.
Amazing, anytime you disagree with someone, you're called "racist", "don't care about the poor", "Hitler", or "attacker". Whatever happened to civil dissent in this country.
I DARE YOU to watch it. Oh never mind...all you guys want to do is argue. Your guy won, give it a rest. But, remember November is coming.
On their recess, the folks who sold their soul (& constituents) to pass this are laying low.
from REUTERS: http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N31244813.htm
D.Q.
From a Motley Fool Article:
ReplyDeleteBut with its $1.25 trillion mission nearly completed, the Fed will cease buying mortgage-backed securities tomorrow, March 31. The big question is what impact that'll have on housing going forward.
The honest answer is that no one really knows. Measuring the impact the purchases had in the first place is imprecise at best, and pondering life once they stop is even more so.
There are some reasonable assumptions, though, so we'll work from there.
Stimulus on steroids
First, how big is $1.25 trillion? Really freakin' big is the right answer, but in perspective:
•The value of all U.S. mortgages is roughly $12 trillion.
•Fannie and Freddie own or guarantee more than $5 trillion of mortgages.
•The value of all mortgage-related securities issuance in 2008 was $1.3 trillion.
•For $1.25 trillion, you could buy all of Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO), Boeing (NYSE: BA), Apple (NYSE: AAPL) and ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM) and still have enough left over to write a check for $1,820 to every man, woman, and child in America.
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They are working to reslove how to keep Companies that are TOO BIG TO FAIL from impacting the whole economy. Like what happened with the Auto Ind. and Banks!
But what do you do with a Government that has gotten too big to FAIL?
Their answer - MAKE IT BIGGER!
@9:03 The writer has a point. We're flying blind. Spending our way into oblivion. One would think Democrat or Republican alike could read that & understand. (Though neither one seems to be able to do that) Looks like the pied piper is alive & well...
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ReplyDeleteTake a few minutes and read this. You'll be glad you did.
Found this link interesting:
ReplyDeletehttp://projects.propublica.org/recovery/locale/kansas/cowley
The following businesses recieved loans from the Stimulus Program.
If they couldn't get a loan through normal channels, maybe they shouldn't have gotten a loan.
How many jobs will this create?
What if they default.
You gotta sell a lot of meat to pay back $131,000.
Also, wheres mine?
What are the chances all these people were contributers to the Obama campaign?
WB Meats LLC $131,500.00 Loan 7(a) Loan Guarantees TO AID SMALL BUSINESSES WHICH ARE UNABLE TO OBTAIN FINANCING IN THE PRIVATE CREDIT MARKETPLACE Small Business Administration
Mettling Chiropractic $97,000.00 Loan 7(a) Loan Guarantees TO AID SMALL BUSINESSES WHICH ARE UNABLE TO OBTAIN FINANCING IN THE PRIVATE CREDIT MARKETPLACE
PC's Saloon $31,000.00 Loan 7(a) Loan Guarantees TO AID SMALL BUSINESSES WHICH ARE UNABLE TO OBTAIN FINANCING IN THE PRIVATE CREDIT MARKETPLACE
M A S S Sheet Metal $30,000.00 Loan 7(a) Loan Guarantees TO AID SMALL BUSINESSES WHICH ARE UNABLE TO OBTAIN FINANCING IN THE PRIVATE CREDIT MARKETPLACE
I don't have a problem with you DQ, you know how to have intelligent conversation with the sarcasm impaired.
ReplyDelete(sarcasm intended)
ReplyDeleteYou know something, you people on the left have some very good points. I have spent the last couple of days just contemplating the world and my place in it, and I have seen that you do have the right idea on quite a few things. I am turning over a new leaf.
ReplyDeleteFirst of all, you'll be glad to know that I dropped off all my guns at the police station this afternoon, but not before I disabled them with my grinder. I just wanted them to know that when they finally get around to confiscating every gun in the hands of private citizens, (as they should, because I realize now that it's guns that cause crime, not the people who use them) they can skip my house. Then, I went and signed up for welfare. I had to quit my job in order to qualify, but that is a small price to pay for freedom. I can now take Mrs. Pelosi's advice and become an artist or something without having to worry about where my healthcare is going to come from.
I feel so free.
Tomorrow I plan to go volunteer at the closest abortion clinic because I hear they need all the help they can get. I am working on a speech to give to expecting mothers about why their lives are more important than the baby... oops, I mean the "lump of tissue" (whew. I gotta work on that... don't say "Baby".. don't say "Baby") inside them.
YES WE CAN! YES WE CAN!
Man, what was I thinking before?? The Constitution? Bah! That thing is so outdated. It is a living document after all, and needs to be brought into the 21st century.
This liberal stuff is going to be, like, totally awesome! Anybody wanna go throw eggs at tea party people? We could all carpool in someone's Prius and help save the planet while we're at it. I think there's one coming up on the...
Wait, what day is this?
i agree the constitution is like ah way before Reagan, who cares about what heppened 50 years ago, like wow how is this Kenndy guy that had a bay of pigs?? I know Thomas Jefferson was important he invented the nickle, and if it wasnt for that franklin guy we wouldnt have hot dogs,, but what i cant figure out is why some guy got famous for inventing those little logs
ReplyDeleteSG, i saw a story where the people who want guns outlawed are totally disgusted with obama because he doesnt seem real interested in taking your guns away.
ReplyDeleteoh well, maybe you you all gather them up and take them to him, he will remember he was supposed to do that.
If they couldn't get a loan through normal channels, maybe they shouldn't have gotten a loan.
ReplyDeleteduhhhhh small business administration loans ARE one of the normal channels.
From another good Motley Fool article about the Lehman Bros. bankruptcy!
ReplyDeleteLehman's demise -- the largest bankruptcy in history.
The depth of analysis in this report is mind-blowing. Consider this quote from the introduction: "The available universe of Lehman email and other electronically stored documents is estimated at three petabytes of data -- roughly the equivalent of 350 billion pages." From this heap, "the Examiner collected in excess of five million documents, estimated to comprise more than 40,000,000 pages.
Now you just wait! They will start writing bills in Congress that have petabytes of material!
Just think of the jobs they would create printing and carrying all those documents around from floor to floor!
But it is a good article about how out of control those Banks were/are still?
From CNN:
ReplyDeleteBefore discussing the merits of the law, Obama took a swipe at political opponents who predicted a catastrophe if it was enacted.
Over the past year, "there has been plenty of fear-mongering and overheated rhetoric" about the health care law, Obama said. Now, "those same folks are still shouting about how the world will end because we passed this bill. ... They say it's the end of freedom as we know it."
"So after I signed the bill, I looked up to see if there were any asteroids headed our way. I looked at the ground to see if cracks had opened up in the earth. It turned out to be a pretty nice day. ... Nobody had pulled the plug on Granny. Nobody was being dragged away to be forced into some government plan."
Obama also dismissed polls showing the country's continued sharp divide on the issue.
"It's only been a week" since the bill was signed into law, he said. "Before we find out if people like health care reform, we should wait to see what happens when we actually put it into place. Just a thought."
No, probably no asteroids or earthquakes!
Just a huge pile of debt that will eventually suck the life blood out of the Country!
Then, maybe like Greece, they will just have to decide what they (Government) can provide and what MUST be denied!
Just a thought!
"SG, i saw a story where the people who want guns outlawed are totally disgusted with obama because he doesnt seem real interested in taking your guns away."
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't say he isn't interested. Just because he hasn't acted yet doesn't mean he doesn't want to. I think he just has too much going on to start that fight right now. He is on record as being very anti second amendment. And, Eric Holder is one of the worst anti-gun people out there. You can bet he has been trying to get something done while they are in power.
It blows my mind that there are groups out there picketing Obama because he is not liberal enough. He is the most liberal, most radical, President in the history of this country, but to some he's not radical enough. Those people want complete government takeover. Crazy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6DmjBneGBc&eurl=http://www.conservativeoldhippie.com/index.php?s=49a75a20214f97bbba3cfebc330dbc6e&&feature=player_embedded
ReplyDeleteIn this short video, President Reagan debates President Obama. (In their own words)
Amazingly enough, then candidate (Senator) Obama actually admits this stuff publicly, yet people like lemmings follow along. Sheesh!!
Good video DQ. Here is a good one that I found from the links on yours.
ReplyDeleteObama without his teleprompter (and you thought Bush was bad).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S47sO1TCVmE&feature=related
@Anonymous April 1, 2010 10:47 PM,
ReplyDeleteI realize that SBA loans are normal channels.
My point is, these are already established business. These loans will do nothing to grow jobs or stimulate the economy. If they could not get a loan in the private sector, maybe they should not have gotten a loan. It is what got us into this mess in the first place. If you are a good risk get a loan. If not, close your doors.
Don't use stimulus money to prop up a business that perhaps should not be propped up.
Interesting article on SBA loan guarantees.
ReplyDeleteIt compares these loand to "Payday" loans.
They are issued to business that are struggling, in an attempt to keep their doors open.
If they default, they are guaranteed 100% by the Fed. Gov't.
http://personalmoneystore.com/moneyblog/2009/02/20/businesses-quick-loans-sba-stimulus-package/
@12:26 Thx. This "stimulus" mess is going to come back to bite us all. Pres. Bush started this & Pres. Obama finished it. These stimulus dollars simply allowed us to put off some very hard economic decisions. But, sooner or later these decisions will have to be made. It's insane: How can you borrow your way to financial security? Or as Vice-Pres Biden says; "we going to have to spend our way out of this recession". It will be time to push the "reset" button on the federal & state economies soon. The way we did things 10-20 years ago will not work any longer. The free money days are just about gone. I hate to see people without, but, we're about to see it, in spades.
ReplyDeleteD.Q.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FairTax
ReplyDeleteHere's Wikipedias overall assessment of the proposal for a "Fair Tax" system. This is in effect a plan to levy a National Sales Tax!
Proponents say it would be a more effective way to spread the tax over the population and would give the U.S. advantages which would attract business to the U.S.!
Best of all you would get to keep all your income from wages W/O any pre-deductions!
It would abolish the IRS and change the Power Base away from those Kings and Queens in Washington!
The fair tax is a great idea that has been around for a little while. Ron Paul and many conservatives are proponents of the fair tax. I would love to see it happen.
ReplyDeletehttp://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20100406/ts_csm/292228
ReplyDeleteHere is a good article on Yahoo this morning about the passage of the healthcare bill, and whether it will survive the 2010 and 2012 elections.