The books were cooked, and besides, like all dirty business of this type, there are two sets. The whole thing is as phony as the proverbial three dollar bill. My homeless friends didn't see any 'surplus'. What the country had was good credit. And maybe you don't recall so well. Things were falling apart during the summer of 2000, a full year and a half before Bush took office. I'll let you in on a little secret, the 'economy' was ruined by Wall Street hacks who put your mortgages and pensions into hedge funds and derivatives. The president has nothing to do with it, aside from assigning said hacks nice, cushy government posts. You can put Bozo the Clown in there and get exactly the same results. He will follow orders just like all the rest. If you are truly interested in a correction to the problem, you will look to the guy who has the power right now, and stop playing your little charade. You are only exposing your own biases...
Please, you're being no different than anybody else. You believe what you saw and heard on the TeeVee, and you do anything you can to protect and fortify your preconceptions, also brought to you by Procter & Gamble's 'Whiter Whites and Brighter Colors', so I understand the anger towards those who might try to enlighten you a little. Don't want to risk what little you have left.
The point of authority figures is to do more good than harm...
Say what?! The point of authority figures is to defend and expand their authority. "Good" and "harm" are not even considered, except as propaganda value to fortify said authority.
Already you are playing the same blame game as everybody else. Fuck the previous guy! What the hell does he have to do with the price of rice? The present guy can end it with the stroke of a pen. He's the ONLY guy that matters. If he doesn't, then it's OUR fault for voting for him, twice, I might add. If you crave for somebody to blame, then look in the mirror boy.
The ingredients are trade secrets, leaving us to speculate the worse as the only option, until they open up the books. That's just the way it has to be played.
In the Middle East, the US is Europe's (mostly the UK, but France has a big dog in this race) muscle. And even if Europe doesn't need the oil, they don't want to let China prosper from from it. So, at this point destabilization is the plan to scare them off, like in Africa. It's kind of like when Iraq burned the Kuwaiti oil fields during their withdrawal, or even what the Union troops did to Atlanta during occupation.
Yes, I do, but only while they are in office. After that, they are history, nothing more. Present policy is set/corrected by the guy in power, not by some guy from 100 years ago, or even 10 years ago.
Your "helplessness" is a result of conditioning.. And as they say, *Ignorance is no excuse*. Your response to my OP is very robotic, almost word for word, like all the others who respond to the idea of being responsible for your own chronic misfortunes. This system was built with your very own hands. Try as you might, you cannot deny it.
The FBI doesn't need his money? Heh, maybe not, but have you ever heard of a pirate leaving a found treasure chest unopened? They might not need it, but they sure want it. Let's see if they can't make it magically appear.
How many times do you people need to be told? If it's on a network, any network, it is out of your control! You really think you can stop the NSA, Google, or any of them?
They're just riding on the other side of arguments because it is a comfortable niche for them.
Very true. This is one method of providing an illusion of opposition. It is important to keep the electorate as evenly divided as possible. It makes the target much harder to see and hit.
You mean like a food labeling law? Lots of luck... I say, fuck 'em, and those that can should fully reverse engineer the hardware and spread the development around anonymously. We should take our rights, not beg for them.
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The run away ad hominem - nice!
The books were cooked, and besides, like all dirty business of this type, there are two sets. The whole thing is as phony as the proverbial three dollar bill. My homeless friends didn't see any 'surplus'. What the country had was good credit. And maybe you don't recall so well. Things were falling apart during the summer of 2000, a full year and a half before Bush took office. I'll let you in on a little secret, the 'economy' was ruined by Wall Street hacks who put your mortgages and pensions into hedge funds and derivatives. The president has nothing to do with it, aside from assigning said hacks nice, cushy government posts. You can put Bozo the Clown in there and get exactly the same results. He will follow orders just like all the rest. If you are truly interested in a correction to the problem, you will look to the guy who has the power right now, and stop playing your little charade. You are only exposing your own biases...
Please, you're being no different than anybody else. You believe what you saw and heard on the TeeVee, and you do anything you can to protect and fortify your preconceptions, also brought to you by Procter & Gamble's 'Whiter Whites and Brighter Colors', so I understand the anger towards those who might try to enlighten you a little. Don't want to risk what little you have left.
How can I dispute anything with a robot who can't see outside his box? Oops, I'm sorry, my bad, I was supposed to go to Room 12A...
:-) Very funny... Well, at least you didn't even try to disguise yours. Why don't you make a stab at it and show us all where I went wrong.
...let's imagine a President is handed over a strong economy, and is handed a budget surplus.
Why are you people so goddamned obsessed with the past??
We are still being impacted by the fucktwad Reagan.
Only because the government you all elected chooses to uphold his policies.
And the president still has the power of the executive order, many of which are entirely secret, like his kill list.
The point of authority figures is to do more good than harm...
Say what?! The point of authority figures is to defend and expand their authority. "Good" and "harm" are not even considered, except as propaganda value to fortify said authority.
Already you are playing the same blame game as everybody else. Fuck the previous guy! What the hell does he have to do with the price of rice? The present guy can end it with the stroke of a pen. He's the ONLY guy that matters. If he doesn't, then it's OUR fault for voting for him, twice, I might add. If you crave for somebody to blame, then look in the mirror boy.
And it's a bunch of crap, but it's getting page hits. Congratulations to all involved.
Now, let's make it simple, shall we?
Nobody, government or not, has any right to compel or prohibit speech, period, end of story.
There, done, end of thread.
Wasn't that easy?
The ingredients are trade secrets, leaving us to speculate the worse as the only option, until they open up the books. That's just the way it has to be played.
In the Middle East, the US is Europe's (mostly the UK, but France has a big dog in this race) muscle. And even if Europe doesn't need the oil, they don't want to let China prosper from from it. So, at this point destabilization is the plan to scare them off, like in Africa. It's kind of like when Iraq burned the Kuwaiti oil fields during their withdrawal, or even what the Union troops did to Atlanta during occupation.
Nobody drinks water anymore. That's what's in toilets... It doesn't have what plants crave.
Yeah? Well, for some reason, it seems to have what the dog craves.
Yes, I do, but only while they are in office. After that, they are history, nothing more. Present policy is set/corrected by the guy in power, not by some guy from 100 years ago, or even 10 years ago.
How are we going to blame this on Obama?
He's the damn President of The United States! In case you haven't heard, the buck stops there...
Your "helplessness" is a result of conditioning.. And as they say, *Ignorance is no excuse*. Your response to my OP is very robotic, almost word for word, like all the others who respond to the idea of being responsible for your own chronic misfortunes. This system was built with your very own hands. Try as you might, you cannot deny it.
Every taxpayer is a collaborator. Every shopper is a traitor. All money is blood money.
I think the quote goes, *You're a roofer on the death star*
There are no innocents
You'd think that IBM would have the power to pierce the corporate veil and nail Microsoft for champerty. They didn't.
Professional courtesy...
The FBI doesn't need his money? Heh, maybe not, but have you ever heard of a pirate leaving a found treasure chest unopened? They might not need it, but they sure want it. Let's see if they can't make it magically appear.
All *your* data are buried in the wall...
Sounds eerily familiar...
Redundant? Redundant?? I'll show you redu... oh wait, you're right. NSA and Google are redundant!
Oops..
I feel so very sorry...
How many times do you people need to be told? If it's on a network, any network, it is out of your control! You really think you can stop the NSA, Google, or any of them?
They're just riding on the other side of arguments because it is a comfortable niche for them.
Very true. This is one method of providing an illusion of opposition. It is important to keep the electorate as evenly divided as possible. It makes the target much harder to see and hit.
You mean like a food labeling law? Lots of luck... I say, fuck 'em, and those that can should fully reverse engineer the hardware and spread the development around anonymously. We should take our rights, not beg for them.
Lawsuit? Oh boy! I smell a t-shirt! In with the wash it goes...
That's to melt the ice or soften the asphalt on the road, for better traction.
So do we know for sure if this a real leak, or was this "leaked"?
That's the million dollar question for all these affairs.