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WhiteHawk
Yes, let's see Obama's sycophants explain that one.
Well, it was a lovely campaign speech, wasn't it? Reid yawned, Biden looked at his watch, and Obama said a whole lot of nothing.
There are few things in political life as ironic as watching an ardent anti-capitalist (who has spent his life surrounding himself with other ardent anti-capitalist Marxists, Maoists and worse) promise to get a private-sector economy growing. It would almost be funny if only it were happening to somebody else's country.
Posted in: Obama says 'I don't quit' as he makes job growth top priority
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WhiteHawk
Quite true.
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WhiteHawk
And just what did those governments embrace to enable that growth?
(Hint: It's in the title of the article.)
Posted in: Leftists slam capitalism at Social Forum in Brazil
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WhiteHawk
The deficit he tripled?
Posted in: U.S. Senate rejects Obama-backed deficit task force
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WhiteHawk
There's an understatement!
Mr. President, you've spent the past year tripling or quadrupling our debt with nothing to show for it but a larger and more inefficient government that's even less transparent than before. Now you're going to get to work doing what we wanted you to do a year ago?!?
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WhiteHawk
Did anybody feel that? I think the earth just stopped.
Just kidding, Alan, just kidding.
My only surprise is that this separation didn't happen years ago.
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WhiteHawk
kyoken:
Reputation. They stick around. When you think of Jaguars, do you think of reliable, quality cars? Chances are, you are like most people and remember the British-Leyland days, when they were terrible. But now they are routinely near or at the top of the quality surveys. Still, people flock to Lexus because the reputation from the BL days hasn't gone away.
Posted in: Toyota plans to sell 8.27 million vehicles worldwide in 2010
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WhiteHawk
And that proves what? You're the one making the blanket statement that socialists oppose having a strong military. Chavez doesn't seem to have a problem with having a military. In fact, he's found them rather useful when he wants to attempt a coup. And do I need to remind you of a certain Austrian-born German wannabe a few decades back? Or do you still believe he was not a socialist?
Those "right-wing" military dictatorships, what did they do? Force people to pay less taxes? Protect private property rights? Go around making people arm themselves for self-defense? How do you consider them right-wing? Just being anti-communist? That wasn't good enough to qualify the Austrian-born German wannabe as right-wing, and it won't work south of the equator either.
According to a Leftist's definition of right-wing, or mine?
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WhiteHawk
You meant 737, right? Almost nobody uses the old 727 anymore, due to noise regulations.
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WhiteHawk
No, that would be pacifists you're thinking of. Socialists have no problem with a strong military, as long as it's their military. How else would you enforce such restrictive policies? The threat of a strong military against a weak population.
That really depends on the administration and congress. Many Democrat politicians are openly fond of socialist/communist/Marxist/Maoist leaders, theories and policies.
Then they weren't right-wing.
Which would make them fascists or totalitarians, but not right-wing.
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WhiteHawk
gogogo:
Yes, not unlike the British maker of prams, which recalled ALL of their products from one country... the U.S. But not from any other country. And why? Because of America's abundance of lawyers, and how expensive the court system is for defendants.
kyoken:
It was on the front page when I posted. Guess it got moved.
Posted in: Toyota halts U.S. sales of Camry, 7 other models
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WhiteHawk
Well, at least that doesn't include the Yaris/Vitz. I've considered the 3-door hatchback.
Posted in: Toyota halts U.S. sales of Camry, 7 other models
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WhiteHawk
My only complaint is that the useless politicians should stay out of the way, instead of flying there for photo-ops. Even John Edwards has been there. Why?!?
Posted in: Clinton says critics of U.S. relief effort in Haiti misguided
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WhiteHawk
They just bounce from thread to thread. Why do you find them so menacing?
Finally. But you're wrong, not all politicians are like that. There have been notable exceptions who return power to states and citizens.
Seriously? You can't see it? Okaaaaay...
Democrat voters (not all, but many) want health care of the same quality we have now, they just want the bill sent to someone else. Preferably a Republican. Democrat leaders want the power to say who gets what, and use that power to build their unquestioning voting block.
If this were to play out, the DNC would strengthen its party base. Envy-based tax systems do the same thing, as do other social programs. The more people you have under a government health-care system, the more people you can scare by saying "the Republicans want to take away your health care!" Democrat candidates have been using that line for social security and welfare for years. Also, the private sector would suffer, as they would lose many clients to the "free" government program.
Republican (and independent, if the last three elections are any indication) voters don't want corrupt, inept idiots like Pelosi, Murtha, Obama, etc., having any more control over their lives and money than they do already. They don't want another system that is going to be bursting the budget with fraud and abuse, as so many other government social programs are now. Republican leaders want tort reform in order to bring down the cost of health insurance, so more people can afford it on their own.
You can't see how inept and/or corrupt politicians can have a detrimental effect on citizens? Really?!? Imagine Murtha, congress's "King of Pork", working deals and getting bigger and better hospitals for his district than they need. Would you like to know how he operates? Check out the federal funding for his nearly empty airport. Notice how he pressured Chrysler not to close an unprofitable store in his district when Chrysler was trying to restructure itself under the bailout.
Do you honestly think he would have a change in character when it comes to government health care? Do you really trust this corrupt abuser of the system to not follow his habitual pattern of behavior? Can you genuinely state that you cannot see how this would affect not only those paying for government health care, but those trying to get quality care outside of Murtha's district? And he's only one congressman. There are 435 more, each fighting for protections, exemptions and funding for their districts.
Just look at the special exemptions already promised to congressmen and senators just to get their votes. If the legislation is so good, why do so many exemptions have to be made?
The Democrats already want to spend over $1 trillion on their idea of health care reform. With that kind of money floating around (and the typical lack of accountability), you don't think it will be ripe for fraud and abuse? The current system is already clogged with fraud and abuse.
Tenncare almost bankrupted the state of Tennessee because of fraud and abuse. Not perpetrated by "greedy insurance companies", but perpetrated by the "poor, suffering" folks the system was supposed to be helping. Whenever the subject of investigating fraud and reducing the Tenncare budget came up, idiot Leftists vilified Republicans, conservative Democrats and moderate independents as being cold-hearted, wanting "the poor" to suffer and die painful deaths. But the (conservative Democrat) governor ordered investigations and guess what? The "poor and suffering" were doctor-shopping, getting multiple prescriptions for pain pills at the taxpayers' expense and then selling them on the street. Illegal aliens were applying for Tenncare coverage and getting it because the system was over-worked and under-supervised. Residents in the border states of Tennessee were coming to our hospitals and using Tenncare to pay for their bills. The effect all of this was having on the citizens of Tennessee was substantial. I know, because I live in Tennessee, I know people who investigated the fraud, and I saw abusers get prosecuted.
And then there's hurricane Katrina. Remember the fraudulent claims made by - not "greedy insurance companies" - people who supposedly needed emergency funding?
Just look at all the fraud and abuse in our welfare system. Perfectly able-bodied people whose families haven't worked in generations, because they know what forms to fill out, what lies to tell, and how to play the system. At least in Japan, people have to show receipts on where the money goes. But here, people can waste it on huge flat-screens TVs and "bling" wheels for their cars, because their food and shelter are provided by taxpayers.
And you want me to believe that somehow, magically, an unread 2,000-page piece of trillion-dollar-plus legislation will suddenly provide a system that works, without fraud, abuse, or political corruption? Do you honestly believe that yourself?
Republican leaders want tort reform, as do center-right voters. It has been in every piece of legislation the Republicans have submitted. The same submissions that Democrats (including Obama) have shelved and ignored, and then claimed never existed in the first place. Unmerited (aka baseless, frivolous) lawsuits cost health-care providers billions of dollars every year. Even the most obviously baseless suits can costs tens of thousands of dollars to defend against before they're thrown out. You can't see how this affects the private sector and citizens? Really?!?
Not only does this cost us billions now, but the Democrat leaders' refusal to consider tort reform keeps the cost of health care from being reduced, which in turn provides political leverage for "free" government health care. Which will cost us trillions.
So you keep saying, but I'm the only one providing specifics or personal experience. Don't tell me I'm confused, provide some evidence to prove me wrong, or at least counter my evidence with something other than your claims.
It's ironic how you're calling me confused. You can't tell the difference between Americans wanting health reform and Americans being opposed to the Democrats' proposed legislation.
First, you take the number that has been given for those who don't have health insurance and present it as the number of people who can't get health insurance. Which makes you a contributor to the hysteria, intentionally or not.
Second, how many people live in Japan? South Korea? The U.S.? Does any other nation with the population of the U.S. have government health care? Nations with a larger population? What is the quality of their health care?
Complainers like to say that the U.S. is the only civilized (or industrialized) nation without government health care. But they never mention the population. Yes, Japan has it. Their hospitals also turn people away. Canada has it. And some of their patients come to the U.S. for treatment because they can't afford to wait for a specialist in Canada. Same for the Brits. And still, their systems strain their budgets.
It's one thing to have government health care in a small country with a strong economy. It also helps for it to be homogeneous, so the cries of "racism" can't be politically exploited. We have a large, heavily-populated country with two unsecured borders, and "race profiteers" for (almost) each race. We also have a very powerful trial lawyer lobby, and guess who they support?
Are changes needed in America's health care system? Yes. Can you accurately tell me what they are? Apparently not. (But hey, USAFdude obviously can't provide any examples of racism against Obama, and you don't see that keeping him from repeating his claims either.) Are those changes addressed in the senate's legislation? Evidently not. Is the proposed "reform" practical? No. Is it affordable? Definitely not. The people of Massachusetts have had health care legislation that required people to buy health insurance (like the senate's proposed legislation). Care to guess what they came to regret about that?
Look, if after all of this you can't come back with anything substantive, I'm done. All you've done is whine about how I've treated you like everybody else (it's the internet, get over it), repeated unsubstantiated claims, and either ignore or not comprehend the parts of my argument which you can't refute. You might make a good protester in the streets, waving your sign and chanting your slogans, but you would never win a case in court.
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WhiteHawk
Looks like hardline Leftists in the Senate are bitterly clinging to their spending habits.
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WhiteHawk
adaydream:
Well, if they'll believe voodoo...
I don't see why Scientologists are interested in Haiti, as one has to buy your "salvation" in Scientology.
Actually, the "ministers" are trying to heal Haitians with touch. Reminds me a certain televangelist.
"I say HEE-YULL!" Hahaha...
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WhiteHawk
SushiSake3:
That's not entirely accurate. Many of us remember that the fiscal meltdown began shortly after the Democrats regained control of congress. Where the spending bills and budget are written.
Oops.
Posted in: Obama plans to help a middle class 'under assault'
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WhiteHawk
This is news? What else do Leftists do?
The thing is, if Leftist economic theories had any merit, Vietnam would be the economic center of the planet.
Posted in: Leftists slam capitalism at Social Forum in Brazil
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WhiteHawk
So those dictators were for low taxes, smaller government, strong private sector, average citizens owning guns, etc? Fascinating.
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WhiteHawk
Oops, forgot to respond to this:
I'm sorry, I thought I made that clear. Which part did you not understand? The part about those who truly cannot help themselves, or the part about those who can but have misplaced priorities?
Where's your evidence that it's accurate? 47,000,000 people? There isn't a single state in the U.S. that has that many people.
Besides, over one trillion dollars?!? We would have to have no health care available in the U.S. before it would cost over $1,000,000,000,000 to remedy the situation.
Yes, I think Boston proved that.
I never said that wasn't the case. Nor did I try to imply it. But do you understand why, or is that none of your business?
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