Earmarks are not the problem. Eliminating earmarks will not change the magnitude of the problem. Sure, eliminating them would make a contribution--but it would help like giving up cigarettes helps to pay the mortgage when you don't have a job. We have to look for solutions elsewhere.
I don't know if the pundits are being fooled. Most of the pundits I have read haven't offered an opinion on who the winner of the election will be. Of course, I don't count pollsters as pundits.
McCain quite rightly promises victory. I don't say that it is correct that…
I really don't think anyone has the right to be immature or angry. I think that this is something that people do. They don't even have the need to do it. They just do it.
However, governments are supposed to act for the good of their people--at least democratic…
You'll get no argument from me on the expansion of power. But it seems to me more like big brother than a nanny state. McCain tries to leverage the nanny state notion. Obama, I think, is speaking into the silent outrage at the creeping big-brother-ism.
I don't think it's true that anyone who questions Obama's policies is called a racist. What I think is true is that many people question the motives of those who so badly misrepresent Obama's policies or who imagine from his voting record and incidental associations that an Obama presidency…
"To harbor" does mean "to protect and shield". However it also means something else. It means "to take shelter".
Your house can harbor mice. You most likely are not harboring them. The mice are harboring in your house. You might even know that they are there, but you are…
Very nice post at 4:03. Very well said. Thinking back to what Powell said, either McCain or Obama would be a good president. I don't know that I agree with him completely, but I am impressed that he said, impressed that he meant it and impressed that he knows…
You didn't address your post to anyone. However, you use the language of my post. And I am the only person who has called for government to government diplomacy. Let's not be coy.
SezWho2 at 05:21 PM JST - 29th October
Earmarks are not the problem. Eliminating earmarks will not change the magnitude of the problem. Sure, eliminating them would make a contribution--but it would help like giving up cigarettes helps to pay the mortgage when you don't have a job. We have to look for solutions elsewhere.
Posted in McCain says pundits being fooled; promises victory at 05:21 PM JST - 29th October
SezWho2 at 02:02 PM JST - 29th October
WilliB,
Don't a lot of Americans want to "improve" the constitution to prohibit both abortion and gay marriage?
Moderator: Back on topic please.
Posted in Authorities say skinhead plot against Obama wasn't fully formed at 02:02 PM JST - 29th October
SezWho2 at 01:50 PM JST - 29th October
I don't know if the pundits are being fooled. Most of the pundits I have read haven't offered an opinion on who the winner of the election will be. Of course, I don't count pollsters as pundits.
McCain quite rightly promises victory. I don't say that it is correct that…
Posted in McCain says pundits being fooled; promises victory at 01:50 PM JST - 29th October
SezWho2 at 01:03 PM JST - 29th October
Nippon5,
Yes, I know what you said. And I know how you meant it. And I was taking issue with how you meant it and saying, "tain't necessarily so".
That Syria has harbored terrorist groups in the past says nothing about what they are doing now. We have brutalized "enemy…
Posted in U.S. calls Syria raid 'successful' as Damascus fumes at 01:03 PM JST - 29th October
SezWho2 at 12:40 PM JST - 29th October
skipthesong,
I really don't think anyone has the right to be immature or angry. I think that this is something that people do. They don't even have the need to do it. They just do it.
However, governments are supposed to act for the good of their people--at least democratic…
Posted in Eight reported killed in U.S. attack inside Syria at 12:40 PM JST - 29th October
SezWho2 at 12:35 PM JST - 29th October
Nessie,
You'll get no argument from me on the expansion of power. But it seems to me more like big brother than a nanny state. McCain tries to leverage the nanny state notion. Obama, I think, is speaking into the silent outrage at the creeping big-brother-ism.
It's all Newspeak to…
Posted in Obama, McCain roll through western swing states at 12:35 PM JST - 29th October
SezWho2 at 12:30 PM JST - 29th October
Wolfpack,
I don't think it's true that anyone who questions Obama's policies is called a racist. What I think is true is that many people question the motives of those who so badly misrepresent Obama's policies or who imagine from his voting record and incidental associations that an Obama presidency…
Posted in McCain warns Obama is big taxer at 12:30 PM JST - 29th October
SezWho2 at 10:42 PM JST - 28th October
Nippon5,
"To harbor" does mean "to protect and shield". However it also means something else. It means "to take shelter".
Your house can harbor mice. You most likely are not harboring them. The mice are harboring in your house. You might even know that they are there, but you are…
Posted in U.S. calls Syria raid 'successful' as Damascus fumes at 10:42 PM JST - 28th October
SezWho2 at 10:27 PM JST - 28th October
LFRAgain,
Very nice post at 4:03. Very well said. Thinking back to what Powell said, either McCain or Obama would be a good president. I don't know that I agree with him completely, but I am impressed that he said, impressed that he meant it and impressed that he knows…
Posted in Obama lashes McCain as Bush 'clone' at 10:27 PM JST - 28th October
SezWho2 at 03:05 PM JST - 28th October
Nippon5,
You didn't address your post to anyone. However, you use the language of my post. And I am the only person who has called for government to government diplomacy. Let's not be coy.
The following statement is, I think, misleading:
Posted in U.S. calls Syria raid 'successful' as Damascus fumes at 03:05 PM JST - 28th October