Betzee said...

Betzee at 09:22 AM JST - 21st July

“The situation is precarious and urgent here in Afghanistan and I believe this has to be our central focus, the central front in our battle against terrorists,” Obama told CBS News. “If we wait until the next administration it could be a year before we get those troops on the…

Posted in Obama meets Karzai, promises steadfast Afghan aid at 09:22 AM JST - 21st July
Betzee at 04:44 AM JST - 21st July

I for one am glad conservatives, and conversatism is really more a philosophy than an ideology, are taking stock of where they've brought the country:

*“We’ve been extremely discouraged by the policy trajectory of the Bush administration, with big increases in unfunded entitlements, big increases in deficit spending, considerable growth…

Posted in House Speaker Pelosi calls Bush 'a total failure' at 04:44 AM JST - 21st July
Betzee at 03:41 AM JST - 21st July

It took him twenty years to find out about Rev. Wright?

Frank Rich addresses this in his column today:

Mr. McCain’s fiscal ineptitude has received so little scrutiny in some press quarters that his chief economic adviser, the former Senator Phil Gramm of Texas, got a free pass until…

Posted in Obama visits troops, officials in Afghanistan at 03:41 AM JST - 21st July
Betzee at 02:40 AM JST - 21st July

California is losing people by the millions = this is really gonna hurt their tax base and they already are in a deficit + the fires are bad this year.

A bit of an overstatement. The Golden State typically has a net outflow during economic downturns and gets an inflow…

Posted in Bush assures Americans that U.S. economy will 'pull through' at 02:40 AM JST - 21st July
Betzee at 12:16 AM JST - 21st July

The common person is worse off generally than 8yrs ago.

Indeed. The average American has to shoulder the burden of bailing out reckless financial institutions, shoulder the cost of two wars, cope with high oil prices and rising food prices as the value of the almighty dollar shrinks.

Some posters…

Posted in Bush assures Americans that U.S. economy will 'pull through' at 12:16 AM JST - 21st July
Betzee at 11:43 PM JST - 20th July

SezWho,

Our primary system, instead of generating candidates with the best qualifications, begets us the ones who capture the prize by virtue of a well-executed campaign (Obama), or the ones who prevail in a front-loaded selection process (McCain). Just a year ago, it was widely assumed that Rudy Guiliani had…

Posted in Obama visits troops, officials in Afghanistan at 11:43 PM JST - 20th July
Betzee at 11:24 PM JST - 20th July

“In a time of war,” Mr. McCain said last week, “the commander in chief doesn’t get a learning curve.” Fair enough, but he imparted this wisdom in a speech that was almost a year behind Mr. Obama in recognizing Afghanistan as the central front in the war against Al Qaeda.…

Posted in Obama visits troops, officials in Afghanistan at 11:24 PM JST - 20th July
Betzee at 01:46 PM JST - 20th July

McCain should actually consider himself lucky the press is trailing Obama, otherwise someone might notice his own shifting views. For example:

In February Mr. McCain said he would balance the federal budget by the end of his first term even while extending the gargantuan Bush tax cuts. In April he…

Posted in McCain TV ad accuses Obama of shifting views on Iraq for political gain at 01:46 PM JST - 20th July
Betzee at 08:56 AM JST - 20th July

There is good sign that oil price can go down.

The thing about speculation is that it gets you where the price will end up quicker. Speculators drive prices up but they pull out and cause the market to fall fast as well.

The other day McCain proposed an extended…

Posted in Bush assures Americans that U.S. economy will 'pull through' at 08:56 AM JST - 20th July
Betzee at 08:32 AM JST - 20th July

Betzee, also says right things about the plaguing problems which needs to be worked on, by business managers,next administration, Obama or Mccain or Others.

Many of those in foreclosure will cheerfully admit they overstated their incomes on the loan application. No doubt this was true in the past as well.…

Posted in Bush assures Americans that U.S. economy will 'pull through' at 08:32 AM JST - 20th July