Just look at his recent statements on the CEO bonues revelation. Are they obscene? Yes. Are they inappropriate in these times? Yes. Are they any of Obama's or the federal government's business? NO!
He has two options. First take back any bail out money those corporations recieved, then STFU. Option two, STFU.
Politicians caused the problems we are having today with the Lend to anyone who can breath regulations (Community Reinvestment Act) and then shooting off their mouths and causing runs on institutions (Barney Frank anyone?)
"We" will not recover from this Charley-Fox through the divine intervention of your patron saint Barry, but through the hard work of American business left free to do their jobs.
FDR could not spend out way out of the depression, neither can Barry.
"I suppose you looked it up?" - no, I remember it quite clearly.
"Wait, isn't a third of that line mine?" - I know how you "progressives" love to recycle crap. But does make the statement any less true? Feel free to reiterate.
And you obviously missed that fact that he said these words while accepting the democratic nomination. He wasn't even in the White House and yet the Oceans and the Earth, THAT DAY, began to respond to his divine will. Or so he would like to think.
"this was the moment when we began to provide care for the sick and good jobs to the jobless; this was the moment when the rise of the oceans began to slow and our planet began to heal; this was the moment when we ended a war and secured our nation and restored our image as the last, best hope on Earth"
Our Savior, the Almighty, the All Powerful, the One, Barry.
...I just need something to get me the 6 miles to work and then back again. The four mile round trip to the grocery store would be a bonus. Ahh...But in TX, AC and heating are a must.
Hmmm... I don't think there is a lack of charitable contributions, food subsidies, etc. There is enough food and there are governments and organizations that are more than will to ship and distribute the food.
The problem is when the local tin pot dictatorships, corrupt officials, etc. prevent/hinder the distribution in order to consolidate power and/or enrich themselves.
I would suggest that THE primary problem isn't with getting food to those who don't have it, but the fact that those who don't have it are prevented in one way or another from producing it themselves.
North Korea isn't starving because Koreans don't know how to produce food. Or take Zimbabewae, once the food basket of the continent and now starving.
Let me rephrase...the distribution problems are caused by governments or thugs with guns acting in the place of governments.
Bottom line is there is no shortage of food, there is no lack of desire to see that those who need it get it. The problem is that there usually is someone who has a vested interest in preventing the proper distribution and is willing to back up that interest with violence.
Your minds are closed because you think you know better than everyone else.
Theories that are at odds with your understanding of the world or that conflict with your politics are automatically deemed inferior. The only viable theories you consider are based more on emotional reactions to the perceived evils of the world than anything else.
Consider trickle down. The theories Obama supports and presumably you too, are based on those that have been shown by empirical evidence to be abject failures and have brought untold misery to the world. Soviet Union, North Korea and Zimbabwe for instance. Centralize control, heavy government regulation, government ownership (we are seeing that now).
Conversely is a empirical fact that lowering taxes and going easy on regulation boosts the economy and increases income going to the government. Hell, John F. Kennedy understood that, Rising tide and boats sound familiar to you?
What we are seeing today is a direct result of government regulation. That is the pressure from regulatory agencies to lend to pretty much anyone who can breath. Sure, the private sector went bonkers once they realized that they had the backing of the Fannie Mae and Mac, but who encouraged them to lend recklessly and then bought all the doomed notes?
Or look at Stem Cell Research. Opponents of FEDERAL GOVERNMENT funding of fetal stem cell research would not believe that research into adult stem cells would lead to anything. Their minds were closed. But, despite the fact the fetal stem cell research received plenty of non federal funding, there is still no viable therapy. On the other hand, adult stem cell research is much more promising with several therapies being explored and meeting with success.
If those who think they know more than the rest had their way, adult stem cell research would have been shut out from any funding because if any success was shown, it would undermine the argument for federal funding for fetal stem cell research.
For how many decades did those who know better than the rest claim that the Second Amendment was a state right? Apparently they didn't know well enough. Now, the fact that it is an individual right is set in stone as much as Row v. Wade is.
You worship Science and at the same time shit all over it by demonizing anyone who has the temerity to ask questions and express doubt. The very same thing that Science encourages.
You are all for free speech as long as someone is saying what you think should be said. Campaign Finance laws target political speech that any reasonable person would understand is at the heart of the First Amendment . Hate speech laws are nothing more than an attempt to protect others from having their feelings hurt. As long as you are a "protect group" that is. People are of course free to cuss and spit on service men. anti-abortion protesters, etc.
So just like the executives and presidents of the large corporations need to understand that their decisions affect people in ways they can't imagine, so to do the "Ivory Tower, open minded" need to understand that just because you echo theories back and forth to each other about the nature of humans and the proper order of society doesn't mean they are worth a sack of warm shit.
Nothing really, just a very good example of so-called progressives taking away freedoms in extrajudicial venues under the guise of "equality" and "fairness".
The very premise of its existence expressed on the home page is oppressive in nature.
Slashdot Mirror
Welcome to the new Left, same as the old Left...full of hate, bile, venom and particularly sensitive to insults directed to their Exalted One.
Perhaps they will issue a Fatwa against those who dare question their Mohammad.
Make no mistake, he uses "we" in the royal sense.
Just look at his recent statements on the CEO bonues revelation. Are they obscene? Yes. Are they inappropriate in these times? Yes. Are they any of Obama's or the federal government's business? NO!
He has two options. First take back any bail out money those corporations recieved, then STFU. Option two, STFU.
Politicians caused the problems we are having today with the Lend to anyone who can breath regulations (Community Reinvestment Act) and then shooting off their mouths and causing runs on institutions (Barney Frank anyone?)
"We" will not recover from this Charley-Fox through the divine intervention of your patron saint Barry, but through the hard work of American business left free to do their jobs.
FDR could not spend out way out of the depression, neither can Barry.
I'm sure you will take it to mean whatever makes you feel superior.
"I suppose you looked it up?" - no, I remember it quite clearly.
"Wait, isn't a third of that line mine?" - I know how you "progressives" love to recycle crap. But does make the statement any less true? Feel free to reiterate.
A gaffe is when you say there are 57 states in the union instead of 50. Although, I do recall he stopped to think about it before he said it.
And I guess "progressives" know all about reiterating baseless assertions ad infinitum. they've had 8 years of practice.
And you obviously missed that fact that he said these words while accepting the democratic nomination. He wasn't even in the White House and yet the Oceans and the Earth, THAT DAY, began to respond to his divine will. Or so he would like to think.
Charlie Manson had a greater sense of humility.
I think your opinion of Barry and of Science are both higher than is warranted.
Of course if you doubt Barry's demi-god status among his supporters, you simply have to read more Slashdot.
"this was the moment when we began to provide care for the sick and good jobs to the jobless; this was the moment when the rise of the oceans began to slow and our planet began to heal; this was the moment when we ended a war and secured our nation and restored our image as the last, best hope on Earth"
Our Savior, the Almighty, the All Powerful, the One, Barry.
I can probably get the wheels attached to the Macbook, but I don't know where I'd sit.
Not as humid I'm sure as TX
Not even close.
Clearly, you have never lived in the southern states.
...I just need something to get me the 6 miles to work and then back again. The four mile round trip to the grocery store would be a bonus. Ahh...But in TX, AC and heating are a must.
Ahh...but if you removed all government interference, then they would be able to produce their own food, would they not? (The vast majority at least.)
Hmmm... I don't think there is a lack of charitable contributions, food subsidies, etc. There is enough food and there are governments and organizations that are more than will to ship and distribute the food.
The problem is when the local tin pot dictatorships, corrupt officials, etc. prevent/hinder the distribution in order to consolidate power and/or enrich themselves.
I would suggest that THE primary problem isn't with getting food to those who don't have it, but the fact that those who don't have it are prevented in one way or another from producing it themselves.
North Korea isn't starving because Koreans don't know how to produce food. Or take Zimbabewae, once the food basket of the continent and now starving.
Let me rephrase...the distribution problems are caused by governments or thugs with guns acting in the place of governments.
Bottom line is there is no shortage of food, there is no lack of desire to see that those who need it get it. The problem is that there usually is someone who has a vested interest in preventing the proper distribution and is willing to back up that interest with violence.
And in every instance, that distribution problem is caused by governments.
Oh! Ouch! That one hurt! I surrender.
I don't think you see anything beyond what you want to see.
Well, when you portray yourself to be as pure as the wind driven snow, it only takes one guy to piss in it and make you look like a jackass.
Obama's snow has been pissed in and now he looks like just another jackass politician.
I just can't bring myself to read any further
And that, ladies and Gentlemen, is an "open minded" Progressive.
Case closed.
Your minds are closed because you think you know better than everyone else.
Theories that are at odds with your understanding of the world or that conflict with your politics are automatically deemed inferior. The only viable theories you consider are based more on emotional reactions to the perceived evils of the world than anything else.
Consider trickle down. The theories Obama supports and presumably you too, are based on those that have been shown by empirical evidence to be abject failures and have brought untold misery to the world. Soviet Union, North Korea and Zimbabwe for instance. Centralize control, heavy government regulation, government ownership (we are seeing that now).
Conversely is a empirical fact that lowering taxes and going easy on regulation boosts the economy and increases income going to the government. Hell, John F. Kennedy understood that, Rising tide and boats sound familiar to you?
What we are seeing today is a direct result of government regulation. That is the pressure from regulatory agencies to lend to pretty much anyone who can breath. Sure, the private sector went bonkers once they realized that they had the backing of the Fannie Mae and Mac, but who encouraged them to lend recklessly and then bought all the doomed notes?
Or look at Stem Cell Research. Opponents of FEDERAL GOVERNMENT funding of fetal stem cell research would not believe that research into adult stem cells would lead to anything. Their minds were closed. But, despite the fact the fetal stem cell research received plenty of non federal funding, there is still no viable therapy. On the other hand, adult stem cell research is much more promising with several therapies being explored and meeting with success.
If those who think they know more than the rest had their way, adult stem cell research would have been shut out from any funding because if any success was shown, it would undermine the argument for federal funding for fetal stem cell research.
For how many decades did those who know better than the rest claim that the Second Amendment was a state right? Apparently they didn't know well enough. Now, the fact that it is an individual right is set in stone as much as Row v. Wade is.
You worship Science and at the same time shit all over it by demonizing anyone who has the temerity to ask questions and express doubt. The very same thing that Science encourages.
You are all for free speech as long as someone is saying what you think should be said. Campaign Finance laws target political speech that any reasonable person would understand is at the heart of the First Amendment . Hate speech laws are nothing more than an attempt to protect others from having their feelings hurt. As long as you are a "protect group" that is. People are of course free to cuss and spit on service men. anti-abortion protesters, etc.
So just like the executives and presidents of the large corporations need to understand that their decisions affect people in ways they can't imagine, so to do the "Ivory Tower, open minded" need to understand that just because you echo theories back and forth to each other about the nature of humans and the proper order of society doesn't mean they are worth a sack of warm shit.
Open minded Liberals/Progressives are some of the most closed minded people I know.
Nothing really, just a very good example of so-called progressives taking away freedoms in extrajudicial venues under the guise of "equality" and "fairness".
The very premise of its existence expressed on the home page is oppressive in nature.
Who mods the Troll Moderators?
I submit to you the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal.
http://www.chrt-tcdp.gc.ca/index_e.asp
Infamous for prosecuting people for words they write and say.