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  1. jerryzflies
    I can, and this is far worse. 1/2 million losing their jobs each month for months on end? Read again. Unemployment peaked at 10.8%. 2 years into Reagan's term. Try again. If you can't fix it with a hammer, the problem's electrical.
  2. jerryzflies
    Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell said of the bonuses, "This is an outrage" I guess the righties now have permission to agree with me. If you can't fix it with a hammer, the problem's electrical.
  3. jerryzflies
    Ah yes, hope springs eternal for the gun-o-phobes. How do you propose to do that? A good start would be not to rely on just their self-certification that they are not nutters. What's your excuse for this morning's Florida shootings? If you can't fix it with a hammer, the problem's electrical.
  4. jerryzflies
    Ummmm - NO. And I also remember the S&L crisis during Reagan/Bush years, with Keating and MCCAIN. Ummmm - WRONG. If you can't fix it with a hammer, the problem's electrical.
  5. jerryzflies
    If you bothered to read the articles, it is explained. If you can't fix it with a hammer, the problem's electrical.
  6. jerryzflies
    Please. Inflation peaked at 14.76% in March of 1980. Interest rates topped 15% in 1981. Unemployment was 10.8% in November/December of 1982. Nowhere near that today. The only reason there wasn't a record foreclosure rate under Carter is that subprimes didn't exist then. Megabanks and insurance companies didn't exist like they do today. Unemployment was around 6% at the end of Bush's term. Nice try. Cloud-cuckoo land for you too. PS REAGAN had been president for nearly 2 years by Nov. 82 There is simply no comparison. If you can't fix it with a hammer, the problem's electrical.
  7. jerryzflies
    RIGHT - that SURPLUS was SUCH a mess. You guys are living in cloud-cuckoo land. If you can't fix it with a hammer, the problem's electrical.
  8. jerryzflies
    If AIG had defaulted, a huge number of banks would have followed. If you can't fix it with a hammer, the problem's electrical.
  9. jerryzflies
    And that's because gun laws have no bearing on the prevalence of nuts who commit massacres, as these two current examples so aptly illustrate. What stopped the German shooter? Men with guns. When he encountered armed policemen, he knew his murderous spree was finished, and police shot him dead. What stopped the Alabama shooter? Men with guns. When he encountered armed policemen, he knew his murderous spree was finished, and he took his own life. It might be nice if more armed men were available to confront mass murderers much sooner. Like in Florida? www.kvoa.com/Global/story.asp?S=10008990&nav=HMO6HMaY Would be far more effective to prevent nutters from getting guns in the first place. If you can't fix it with a hammer, the problem's electrical.
  10. jerryzflies
    Did you bother to read your link? It shows very clearly that suicide rates are highest in states with the highest gun ownership. Where are the other 735 THOUSAND suicide attempts per year coming from? Obviously not from guns, given the lethality of a contact-range gunshot. Reading comprehension is important. Too bad you haven't shown any. Answer the question. The question is meaningless. The data is unequivocal - intentional gun fatalities correlate extremely well wil gun ownership rates, both within the USA and between nations. If you can't fix it with a hammer, the problem's electrical.
  11. jerryzflies
    Reagan inheriting Carter's mess. Ronnie was also a great communicator like Bammer. Seems Barack is just now getting the idea that his job isn't to tell people how bad it's going to be, but how he's making it better. That's hope & change I can live with. Weak, very weak. There was no record foreclosure rate during Carter's term. There was no loss of 50% in the stock market during Carter's term. No megabanks or mega insurance companies went belly up during Carter's term. Unemployment was 7.8% at the end of Ford's term and 7.2% at the end of Carter's term. You simply don't like the truth. Obama inherited a mess the like of which hasn't been seen since 1930 If you can't fix it with a hammer, the problem's electrical.
  12. jerryzflies
    And as the thread title suggests, any AIG exec accepting the bonus should be ASHAMED. If you can't fix it with a hammer, the problem's electrical.
  13. jerryzflies
    Did you bother to read your link? It shows very clearly that suicide rates are highest in states with the highest gun ownership. Where are the other 735 THOUSAND suicide attempts per year coming from? Obviously not from guns, given the lethality of a contact-range gunshot. Reading comprehension is important. If you can't fix it with a hammer, the problem's electrical.
  14. jerryzflies
    Well, clearly you just destroyed any credibility you might have had. If you can't fix it with a hammer, the problem's electrical.
  15. jerryzflies
    Did you bother to read your link? It shows very clearly that suicide rates are highest in states with the highest gun ownership. If you can't fix it with a hammer, the problem's electrical.
  16. jerryzflies
    Contracts are only as good as the lawyers hired to enforce them. Poor performance does not require a bonus. Paying a performance bonus to the people that are directly responsiable for the failure of AIG and a $150,000,000 gov't bailout is sending the wrong message Rather than paying a bonus to these poor excuse's for the best and brightest. They should be given a 30 day termination notice and in 30 days salary should be terminated. Like any other employee that can't do their job. Let these failures collect unemployment instead of a bonus. Only $150,000,000? You're wrong by a factor of 1000. It was $150,000,000,000 bailout. Clearly these incompetent execs deserve something other than a bonus. If you can't fix it with a hammer, the problem's electrical.
  17. jerryzflies
    So far, the pasture is greener, no more pork, we are finally "changing", we are helping the bail outs of those poor people who signed subprime mortgages, government will provide employment to the unemployed, he is increasing taxes on the rich, so the wealth will be spread around. I think we are doing just great! Who was the last president before Obama to have inherited an economic mess of this magnitude from his predecessor? Who was the last president to leave an economic mess of this magnitude to his successor? If you can't fix it with a hammer, the problem's electrical.
  18. jerryzflies
    Odd how so many want GM to get out of its union contract but support executive contracts. Double standard? If you can't fix it with a hammer, the problem's electrical.
  19. jerryzflies
    www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/14/AR2009031401394.html Bonuses? Hanging would be more appropriate. If you can't fix it with a hammer, the problem's electrical.
  20. jerryzflies
    Reverse them and you get Bush's numbers at the end of his term And they were STILL higher than the numbers for the Dem Congress... you have a point in here somewhere, other than just saying how incredible hopey-changey is after 6 weeks on the job, right? Also from the OP article: "and the only two leaders with lower approval ratings than Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi are Republican leaders Mitch McConnell and John Boehner." Do you have ANY idea how pathetic you cons look trying so desperately to make Obama look bad but not succeeding. If you can't fix it with a hammer, the problem's electrical.
  21. jerryzflies
    Not if suicides are included. au.geocities.com/googla007/gun-deaths-ownership2.jpg If you can't fix it with a hammer, the problem's electrical.
  22. jerryzflies
    Reverse them and you get Bush's numbers at the end of his term If you can't fix it with a hammer, the problem's electrical.
  23. jerryzflies
    www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a71W.d0sH5e4&refer=home Some of the biggest havens for cheats will now cooperate with US and other governments. If you can't fix it with a hammer, the problem's electrical.
  24. jerryzflies
    Would that make jerryzflies' whining about Hastert a typical left wing shitflinging party? Apparently you don't bother to read anything that disagrees with your preconceived ideas. I wrote that Hastert traveling on govt. planes was "quite appropriate". Here is the proof. www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=3508189#3508189 All the whining is coming from the right. Your apology will be accepted. If you can't fix it with a hammer, the problem's electrical.
  25. jerryzflies
    He's doing a damn sight better than his predecessor, that's for sure. However, there's really no basis for comparison except with Herbert Hoover. If you can't fix it with a hammer, the problem's electrical.