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[Tzalaran]

The Democrats have the votes to get it done; they should ban all other political parties.

david (Sent Wednesday, March 04, 2009 10:17 AM)
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horrible idea and unconstitutional as well. would violate the 1st amendment right to assembly.

what i think we need is less reliance on political party, and more rigorous standards for our elected officials when we vote for them. its easy to see those who vote down party lines, and that habit of the electorate has ensured many of our current reps and senators an easy path to reelection. i dont' think that most of our representatives deserve to still be in washington, and it is time that we started getting new faces, new ideas, and new politics in our capital.

to show that no one is above the law, anyone in federal government convicted of corruption is hung as a traitor to the people they are supposed to serve (let them plea bargain down to 10 years in prison, maybe then we'll see some corrections system reform). anyone caught in sex scandals are removed from office and can never hold public office again. anyone caught in other shady dealings can have the same penalty. oh yeah, they lose all benefits of being a federal official as well, bye bye health care plan, pension, and all the other perks that they have created for their elitist club...

the only way to ensure elected officials follow the law is to have harsher penalties for them breaking laws.

thought for the day: our economy is tanking, but the black market seems to be doing just fine. perhaps it is time to have the U.S. look into decriminalizing and legalizing Marijuana, which would create a new sector in our economy if done properly and corporations were barred from participation. have it be a completely mom and pop shop style business model, with about 50% tax rate. studies have shown that 40-50% of americans are in favor of decriminalization, and the revenues that the government could potentially make through taxes would help to fund health care reform and drug rehabilitation centers. by changing the status of pot to a legal substance, the status of it as a gateway drug would change because right now the stigma is the same for pot as it is for crack, heroin, and amphetamines. This would also reduce the strain our prison system is currently putting onto our federal budget, housing people who's only crime was offering a service to those who desired it, capitalism at its finest...

[Tzalaran]

Quinnipiac has Obama's approval rating at 59% while other polls have him under 50%. Only the dumb and dumber or those who want his free entitlemnets are going to say he's doing a great job, and maybe those hung up on a socialistic society. His approval rating keeps goin down and down and down, and if he keeps writing those stupid policies, which some have considered unconstitutional and harrassing, he'll be down where GWB was when he left office ... at 33%.

I'm strongly in favor of class-action lawsuits against Obie's stupidity. We're Americans and we're not gonna take Obama's crap anymore. as for the libbys, I sometimes wonder if you're really Americans at all.

Palomino (Sent Wednesday, March 04, 2009 10:31 AM)
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this is absolute garbage Palomino, and i think you know it. i've never asked for a thing in my life from my government, and i think the President is doing an admirable job of trying to tackle not one or two problems that we face, but all of them at once. There is not one policy being enacted that he DIDN'T talk about the entire campaign. the people have gotten exactly what they voted for (in the most part, i'd prefer the Omnibus bill to be sent back but hey, i don't get most of what i want), and that is what is really disturbing the nay sayers. here is a pol who is following what he outlined during the campaign almost to the letter. the promises weren't fake, and he is doing the best he can to enact compromise on these issues because they will determine the fate of this nation.

risky, but with aggressive agendas come the greatest successes.

drop the socialistic society rhetoric. it is not true, and it is just another divisive fear tactic used by conservatives when they don't have any other arguments.

in truth, the republican brand would be better off doing everything they can to help the President succeed, because if they do that and he fails, people would be more open to their ideas. by endlessly opposing the President, they are setting themselves up to take the blame as obstructionists instead of reaping the rewards of saying "we told you so" if they were to help and he fails, as you all say is inevitable.

lets clear one thing up for here on out: pure capitalism and pure socialism are both one way streets to a broken state. it is only through balancing the capitalistic free market with social programs designed to look out for those who are unable to help themselves that there becomes true prosperity in a nation.

most right wing bloggers are confusing social programs for the disaffected as socialism, when there is a significant difference between socialism and a nation that attempts to take care of its citizens.

for too long we have judged success by the wealthiest, or the most influential, or the most powerful in our society, when the true strength of any entity comes from its weakest part. right now, the weakest among us is extremely fragile, and only by bringing their standard of living up can we hope to maintain American strength in the long term. to believe that strength comes from the top few, as opposed to the common masses is pure idiocy. there is no way that one rich person can counter the economic output of a nation, so instead of trying to prevent us from helping those who are being hurt in this ravaged economy, lets get the lower and middle classes some economic security and get that sector working again.

[Tzalaran]

He is stupid when it comes to most policy. Now he's trying to bust your money if you put in in banks overseas. Lawsuits will prevail in this matter.

Palomino (Sent Wednesday, March 04, 2009 10:23 AM)
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so now you are for people unloading taxable income in offshore accounts in an attempt to hide it from the IRS? weren't you complaining about all the tax cheats in the current administration last week, but now you're supporting cheating the IRS. come on man, you're slipping and are starting to contradict your own rhetoric...

your insistence that Obama doesn't understand fiscal policy is starting to ring false. it seems to me that he has a broad reaching plan to address all the problems inherent in our economic system, and that the wall street fat cats don't like the shift in focus from the wealthy and placing attention back on those who are struggling to make ends meet when doing everything they can to stay off government support. All the hysteria is coming from the affluent, all the middle class 401k holders have either liquidated their investments a long time ago, or are young enough to be in the market for the long haul, and expect to make back their wealth lost over the next 2-3 decades. the remainder of the market players are the wealthy, who are doing anything they can to make the market more volatile in hopes that Obama will change course from what he promised in the campaign (not gonna happen i'm afraid).

and Palomino, for someone who has decried the fall of the DOW and complained about how it is hurting you, you can't be too bad off if you just went out and bought new appliances for your new home... so you're not only losing credibility, your also losing sympathy...