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Didn't you get the memo? ANYTHING bad is the fault of the Republicans, and anything GOOD is the work of the Dems. List all of the positive things the R's have done over the last few decades.

The buy offs continue. This was a hard task to begin with, but but sacrificing any sort of integrity, he's turning into a complete disaster. The pain of this transition should be shared by all. I know, the pain and despair was silent under the millions w/o a voice who didn't have HC; couldn't we have just lived under the guise of everyone being happy?

As well as joke McSame; you who think we're in a recession are just whining. The NBER is whining? Last Four Recessions and their Durations 12/07 - ? 3/01 - 11/01 8 months 7/90 - 3/91 8 7/81 - 10/82 16 You don't recall McSame saying something to effect that people were whining ifthey say we're in a recession and times are hard? My, you do know your politics/politicians; glad to see the McCain electorate has done their homework. Just shows how badly your little stereotypes suck. No stereotype, just McSame's camp's assinine assertion about whining and the recession in our head. Actually it was Phil Gramm of McSame's camp who made the brilliant assertions. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivroxPyG-IE&feature=player_embedded Nevermind facts, just move along with your pseudo version.

As well as joke McSame; you who think we're in a recession are just whining. The NBER is whining? Last Four Recessions and their Durations 12/07 - ? 3/01 - 11/01 8 months 7/90 - 3/91 8 7/81 - 10/82 16 You don't recall McSame saying something to effect that people were whining ifthey say we're in a recession and times are hard? My, you do know your politics/politicians; glad to see the McCain electorate has done their homework.

As well as joke McSame; you who think we're in a recession are just whining.

Sure he can, he logs onto the internetS all the time.

The conclusion in your thread title does not follow from the article you posted. In fact the chief exec IS to blame if the organization has inadequate technology. Why didn't Bush do something about it instead of leaving the mess to Obama to clear up? Too busy looking for mythical WMDs, maybe. So it is Bush's fault My bad Tell us something new. Yet again Of course The sun comes up in the morning We have to get up....its Bushs fault You get a parking ticket...bush's fault Flat tire on the wifes car....that SOB Bush You miss you connection. Bush yet again The weatherman misses the forecast and ruins your weekend...will give this one to Cheany 1) Your response is non-responsive; it fails to address Kallend's points. 2) Yes it is the predecessor's fault for handing off a POS. 3) Fortunately it is such an insignificant failure that it is overshaddowed by, IDK, the total failure of the economy, 2 illegitimate wars, etc. 4) You really are hard up for things to find that are not the Bush admin's fault that you can only find things that are hsi fault - hillarious.

You don't get it, the US lost fewer and a lower % of people per capita than many, mnay other countries, yet the US histopry books and guys like you still think we beat both Germany and Japan when in reality we beat Japan with help and we helped the USSR beat Germany. Italy was mutual and quick. What's next; the American Indians loved us? Love guys who write the history books based upon their egos rather than truth. As for bearing on today, I was drawing a reference that you called them irrelevant today and established their relevance today as well as then; I'm sorry for you that you're unable to discern a parallel. If you want to try to understand what others mean by, "ugly American" just look at the words you're writing about an ally in one of the most relevant wars in world history, ours died next to theirs and you mock their importance. As far as I know, we've never had a disagreement with the Kiwi's and you call them irrelevant; see why Republicans make poor ambassadors? 1) New Zealand still has a significant Maori population, which is like Polynesian peoples. They celebrate Chinese New Year. 2) Your ideas about ethnocentricity are antiquated at best, actually just wrong http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ethnocentric - characterized by or based on the attitude that one's own group is superior http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/ethnocentric - 1. Sociology. the belief in the inherent superiority of one's own ethnic group or culture. - 2. a tendency to view alien groups or cultures from the perspective of one's own. I understand your thinking is limited to white/black and that skin color determines ethnicity or that origin 100's of years ago means there will be no diversion from cultural ethnicity, I do understand Republican thinking as primordial. However, it is you who thinks ethnicity is determined by origin 100's of years ago as unchanging and that of skin color. Since ethnicity is heavily tied to culture, are you going to say American ethnicity/culture is anything like New Zealand ethnicity/culture? Did the Kiwis oppress a race/races of people like the US did? NO. Do the Kiwis have such a depraved HC / social system that they selectively dole out who gets medical care? NO. You can't have it both ways; defame New Zealand for being so far out there and CULTURALLY DIFFERENT FOR HAVING CRADLE-TO-GRAVE, yet culturally the same, as part of their population derrived from the same place some of the US did 100's of years ago. Furthermore, blacks = 13% of the US as well as Mexican/Hispanics are the fastest growing demographic at 15+%, Asians at 4% and then others. So to say we are even racially European as a rule is yet another Republican falacy. But I won't stop you, as you think America runs the world. Your party's corporate love has assured that China rules the world.

Illustrative of the arrogance that makes the world hate us. If even symbolic, it's important to have the support of others. At its peak in July 1942, New Zealand had 154,549 men and women under arms (excluding the Home Guard) and by the war's end a total of 194,000 men and 10,000 women had served in the armed forces at home and overseas. A total of 11,928 New Zealanders, or 0.73% of the 1939 population, lost their lives. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_history_of_New_Zealand_during_World_War_II Yea, they were insignificant in WWII, a war they got behind; and what was their population then? See, American arrogance to minimize the sacrafice of others via ethnocentric views. ____________________________ MORE RESEARCH______ - 1940 population 1,637,300 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealand - 11,928 died in WWII - .728% of Kiwi's died - 1940 US population = 132,122,446 http://www.census.gov/popest/archives/1990s/popclockest.txt - 416,000 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II_casualties Hell, that last graph did all the math for us: USA rate of WWII casualty = .32% New Zealand rate of WWII casualty = .73% NEW ZEALAND HAD > TWICE THE RATE OF CASUALTY AND YOU HAVE THE FUCKING GALL TO UNDERMINE THEIR VOICE, THEIR PRESENCE IN WARS? DO YOU GET IT, EVEN A LITTLE?

Not to mention that all these "shovel ready" projects aren't "shovel ready" to begin with. It went to maintain teacher's jobs as states were going to lay them off due to shortfalls and the automaker's bailout, but those were probably pretty minor to the grand scheme. See, in Nazimerica, we must restore the uber-rich to their previous status before the little folks go back to work. We're doing that with the bank bailout and part of teh stimulus, now unemp is shading off, the market is doing great (don't tell Stanley) and the GDP is great as well. So the typical recovery is top-down, as in any fascist nation, just wait and unemp will subside. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UxZNjqVT9M You won't find this on the Onion or on Wiki....though you might find some of this information quoted in old magazines lying around at the VA if you're there. What's your point? He referred to hiring teachers, etc. You've said nothing here. His legacy will be measured on the economy - OK, it will. Just as his ability to be reelected is based upon that too. It took Clinton his whole first term to start to rite the ship, the 2nd term to fly; you expect this mess many times worse than Clinton inherited from your party to be fixed overnight? You guys are amazing, but what else can you say to defend your criminals? Really, what can you say?

I'll remember this phrase next time someone questions the cost of the wars. Stimulus = necessary Wars = hobby

Sure it did. Fear of the present fiscal policy direction kept businesses from taking advantage of expansion opportunities and hiring people. My bad, I forgot about trickle down fantasy world. More, 'make the millionaires into billionaires and we will then hire the poor, don't do the prior and we don't do the latter. Yea, gov shouldn't feed the poor, only corps should decide who eats.

Obama is fascist now? He's the architect of this saving grace stimulus that, according to you, will only work from the top-down. Nope, he's pro-labor and not as pro-corporate as the R's. But fascism is a fiber of America, regardless of party; it's systemic. Remember, the bank bailout to teh rich occurred under the R's, the stimulus under teh D's. Going back to Hoover, tac cuts my friends uccurred under the R's (including Harding/Coolidge), tax increased at teh end of Hoover's term under pressure and New Deals under the D's.

Thru your ambiguity, "it" allegedly means the stimulus. The stimulus was designed to stimulate the economy, but I agree, Mike, retaining public school teachers was a waste. Perhaps it could have been used for vouchers so private teachers could show us, err, brainwash our kids, the ways of Jebus, the GOP and Sarah Palin, media whore. Ahh, I see, don't address the issue, attck teh poster - ad hominem. Considering you didn't disagree and support it, I can only say that you acquiesce. Considering corporatism is a key element to fascism and anti-labor is also, I see fascism as a clear element to the US. Are you saying GWB's mess Obama inherited, freefalling unemp, hasn't leveled off? There are job losses in

Right, I was thinking the same thing as I was reading this, he called me a name, not worth my time to research it. Pot-kettle X10. See, the connies do this to avoid talking about the clip I've posted numerous times where Lush is making fun of a Parkinson's victim. It would make more sense to just run rather than build a strawman around their hero and then declare they never listen to him.

Not to mention that all these "shovel ready" projects aren't "shovel ready" to begin with. It went to maintain teacher's jobs as states were going to lay them off due to shortfalls and the automaker's bailout, but those were probably pretty minor to the grand scheme. See, in Nazimerica, we must restore the uber-rich to their previous status before the little folks go back to work. We're doing that with the bank bailout and part of teh stimulus, now unemp is shading off, the market is doing great (don't tell Stanley) and the GDP is great as well. So the typical recovery is top-down, as in any fascist nation, just wait and unemp will subside.

from what I can tell you don't design your comments to appeal to anything. Love all the examples..... usual/usual. like anyone here could change your mind on this topic? It was bait. Thanks for biting. Had hoped it might have been more enthusiastic, but I didn't want to get too aggressive with my baiting. Didn't want you to whine "PA!!". Bait? I'm asking for examples of your lame assertion. I guess there will be none.

I guess it's the latter then, alliteration actually takes writing talent.

If I thought you didn't care, I might. First spell nanny, now name-corrector-nanny? What's next? Now, explain why I should use his name. How's this: Rush Hudson Limbaugh III, as in Rock Hudson. Why not, he draws attention to Obama's middle name, why can't we just call him Hudson? See, this way when you complain about me using, 'Lush Rimjob' you can avoid talking about how he makes fun of MJ Fox's Parkinson's....at least you have your priorities straight Same lie, different time Here it is again, as apparently you cannot read the other post: QuoteME: - Made fun of MJ Fox's Parkinson's RUSHMC: This is a mischaracterization a best a lie a worst. It is what your hate Limbaugh media said he did but it was more a shot a Fox himself. You really should do better than this MY EVIDENCE: http://www.youtube.com/...&feature=related ____________________________________________________ ME: - Made a racist remark about McNabb saying he isn't good, just the media wants to support him due to his color/race RUSHMC: This one is totally wrong. This was a shot at the MEDIA and had nothing to do with McNabb at all except he we the center of the point. It WAS about McNabbs race, but not about McNabb. Two lies in a row sir MY EVIDENCE: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iueJLjF-WtM Saying McNabb isn't good, just cause he's black he get's credit is attacking McNMabb on all kinds of levels. I do understand how you cannot see that tho. _______________________________________________________ ME: - Swore all druggies to hell, then was discovered to be one RUSHMC: He was addicted to pain pills for pain. Far step from a druggy. You are stretching here MY RESPONSE: Michael Jackson, Elvis and so many others weren't druggies either. Booze is a drug, if you are an alcohilic, you're a druggy. Just because your drug dealer wears a tie instead of hangs around street corners doesn't change the user's addiction. And to denounce drug addicts while being one is hypocrisy cubed. Feel free to actually comment on these...... won't stay up late waiting.

Right, we laughed as the USSR went down thinking we were impervious.

Which is why the artificial deficit spending recovery needs to be replaced with a real recovery tax increase, much like Hoover did in 1932 by raising the top tax brkt from 24% to 63%. It worked. We now have a top brkt of 35%, time to jack it to 50-60%. Garbage like Reagan and GWB insisted on dropping it, now we have another mess.

The money is there, it's just stagnating in the hands of the rich. The only 2 ways to fix this are to: - Raise taxes - Deficit spend If you do the Republican thing and shrug, you're fucked.

One thing is for sure, the USA will continue to spend money it has not got, on killing innocent foreign civilians, while a certain few 'make' an absolute 'killing' out of it. Also the US federal reserve will continue to print money, the Euro will gain even more strength, and China will continue to influence the global economy more than ever. what does the future hold for the USA financially? +1,000

Considering economists haven't fully understood 70's stagflation, I don't see how you can predict it.

Of course you don't count the bottom, we'll just give you a mulligan. sub 7k? Still sugar-coating? It was 6547 as far as I see. Trying to mitigate your guy's good work? Did you forget about that little GDP thingy that has made an insane recovery? http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/gdp/gdp_glance.htm Oh, and projections will be 4% the 4th Q of 2009. Can you leave out your BS rag sites like seeking alpha? You sound like that other guy on here (Stanley) who's been forecasting a market pop for some time now. http://seekingalpha.com/article/179913-crony-capitalism-on-obama-s-economic-policies Continued slow growth and job reinstatement. Tax increases also. It will take unionization before wages get good again. However, product demand will help.