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buddha4brains
I guess this is the flip side of "We'll be greeted with flowers". Is there no one that doesn't speak in hyperbole?
Posted in: GOP predicts doomsday if Obama budget passed
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buddha4brains
Too bad it wasn't on TV like the other games.
Posted in: South Korea beats Venezuela 10-2 to reach WBC finals
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buddha4brains
Don't forget that while the dollar figure looks high, as a percentage of the bailout (which AIG will eventually pay back) the bonuses are only a 0.09% of the bailout.
There seems to be more smoke than fire with this increasingly faux-issue. The Democrats are going to strangle themselves on this one if they are not careful (and they usually aren't).
Posted in: Republicans put brakes on to tax AIG bonuses
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buddha4brains
This is beginning to go from stupid to dangerous.
People have to get it into their heads that the bailout to AIG is a loan which they intend to pay back. As stinky as they are, AIG did not come into its present form without political help on both sides.
Stalking individual AIG employees' homes will not make the stink go away.
Posted in: Protesters visit AIG officials' lavish Connecticut homes
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buddha4brains
And apparently it was of no value to the Bush administration either since they essentially left it on the back burner to go start another war.
Posted in: 4 Canadian soldiers killed in Afghanistan bombings
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buddha4brains
Safari 4 (beta) made my head turn. And it works on a PC too. IE is always playing catch up.
Posted in: Microsoft adds shortcuts, security to new browser
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buddha4brains
smithinjapan I do not trust government when they go for populist sentiment to justify their actions. I did not trust Bush & Co. when they swayed public opinion towards their pet projects. I am not going to start with Obama. Like I said, it stinks no matter how many times you turn it over.
Posted in: Republicans put brakes on to tax AIG bonuses
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buddha4brains
I agree with the Repubs on this - doesn't happen often.
While the bonuses is a big chunk of change, it is chump change compared to the billions AIG paid out to foreign entities and American companies that had already received a first bailout (double dipping as it were). The more I read about this stinking pile of financial doo-doo the more I agree with Sen. Shelby who wants to slow things does a bit, assess what is really going on, and then act.
Posted in: Republicans put brakes on to tax AIG bonuses
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buddha4brains
Duh, the Democrats are in power. Before them it was the GOP spending the people's money.
Posted in: House passes bill taxing AIG and other bonuses
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buddha4brains
Apparently common sense does not include freedom or democracy.
Posted in: Ex-Bush admin official: Many at Gitmo are innocent
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buddha4brains
Fair enough.
Not much to disagree with you except to say that there is a lot of trash talk (as you know) and it is difficult to know the roses for all the thorns. If you want to criticize Obama, go ahead. Personally I want to wait a while longer, say 10-12 months, before I start pulling in the slack.
As for money and government, I have never seen a government (left or right) spend wisely and nor do I expect to. But I have to say that the worst administrators in my life time (looking at both America and my native Canada) have consistently been conservatives. When budgets have been balanced it has been mostly the non-conservatives. But mostly it is just a contest of who's sh*t doesn't stick as bad.
I think you expect too much and when everything is in the toilet you complain even more. Money, trillions of it, is going to either be spent or lost. That's the reality. Obama was never a messiah and he won't be able to stop the bleeding in a minute or a few months. A few months after that though we should expect to see results.
Posted in: House passes bill taxing AIG and other bonuses
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buddha4brains
And skipthesong don't forget all that money lost and wasted in Iraq, all those no bid contracts, crates of money disappearing in Iraq ... or is it the nickel and dime stuff that gets your panties twisted? Pelosi may not be the purest senator, but she still has a responsibility to speak to the issues of the day.
Posted in: House passes bill taxing AIG and other bonuses
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buddha4brains
Except for the ball to the head, a very good game to watch. Don't really want to see a Japan-Korea match up in the final so I will have to hold my nose and go with Venezuela. The US may get in and if they do a final with Venezuela would be worth watching.
Posted in: Japan beats S Korea to set up semifinal with U.S. in WBC
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buddha4brains
Sarge, innocent people shouldn't be locked up in the first place. And why do you need to be told that in the first place.
Posted in: Ex-Bush admin official: Many at Gitmo are innocent
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buddha4brains
To go with their "new clothes" no doubt.
Posted in: Ex-Bush admin official: Many at Gitmo are innocent
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buddha4brains
That the Bush administration knew that they were imprisoning innocent men and did not care should be shocking as that goes against what America supposedly stands for. But you perhaps know better and America no longer values freedom.
Posted in: Ex-Bush admin official: Many at Gitmo are innocent
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buddha4brains
Yeah right! I do not expect you running off to one of the failed states any time soon. You may think democracy sucks, but the alternatives are worse.
Posted in: Obama asks Americans not to expect too much from gov't; appears on Jay Leno show
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buddha4brains
No it wasn't. Weren't you paying attention? It was the selling of mortgages to people who normally would not qualify for them and the low teaser rate that was used to entice these people to buy. When the teaser rate expired the monthly mortgage bill went through the roof.
I would fully expect this administration to provide assistance that reflects the ability to pay. If not, then your question would be spot on.
Posted in: Obama asks Americans not to expect too much from gov't; appears on Jay Leno show
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buddha4brains
Ah SuperLib, these were the guys that aided and abetted the swaps. Without AIG backing the banks would not have jumped in so deeply. These are not "some guys".
Posted in: House passes bill taxing AIG and other bonuses
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buddha4brains
Some will want to say (and probably will say) that the Bush administration is in the past and that they kept America safe (except for 9/11 of course). But some things need to be addressed like how America could knowingly and willingly imprison innocent men. Freedom and democracy do not mean much if America is willing to hedge on those absolutely vital ideals.
Perhaps these crimes explain why Cheney is speaking out against Obama, to perpetuate the illusion that he did not do anything wrong.
Posted in: Ex-Bush admin official: Many at Gitmo are innocent