yabits said...

yabits at 07:58 AM JST - 18th June

To anyone who actually believes Republicans are better at defense issues, I have this question: Prior to 9/11, and during the time that Islamic militants were bombing the Khobar Towers, US Embassies in Africa and the USS Cole, can you name one Republican who called out for more aggressive action…

Posted in Obama rebukes McCain; says bin Laden free due to GOP tactics at 07:58 AM JST - 18th June
yabits at 03:41 AM JST - 18th June

Madverts, the debate isn't whether violence and attacks exist in Iraq, it's whether such is on the decline.

No. The question is whether any decline (or increase) is indictive of a sustainable trend.

As the article states in several passages:

“This relative calm is the calm before the storm,”…

Posted in Iraqi violence down at 03:41 AM JST - 18th June
yabits at 07:55 PM JST - 17th June

The stat that may be most important is overall quality of life. The Economist magazine's Intelligence Unit puts together statistics which purports to measure this using a variety of individual indicators including material well-being, health, political stability, family life, community life, climate, job security, gender equality and political freedom. (No…

Posted in Anti-Americanism at record levels worldwide, report shows at 07:55 PM JST - 17th June
yabits at 10:47 PM JST - 15th June

Now a days, it's not just rich people who are involved in the stock market and other investments. 100,000,000 Americans own stocks

Perhaps, but only a tiny percentage own enough to be taxed at a 28% capital gains rate. There is no reason why labor can be taxed at…

Posted in Black conservatives conflicted over Obama at 10:47 PM JST - 15th June
yabits at 09:23 PM JST - 15th June

prague writes:

He pointed out that U.S. troops have remained in Korea, Japan, and Germany long after conflicts there have ended. Makes perfect sense to me as a guy who served in Germany for over three years in the U.S. Army.

Really? This makes "perfect sense?"

Well, to a…

Posted in McCain says setting Iraq withdrawal date 'not that important' at 09:23 PM JST - 15th June
yabits at 09:01 PM JST - 15th June

Given his positions on taxes and free trade - he wants to raise taxes on capital gains and dividends up to 28 percent and he is very anti-free trade - I really think he would be a disaster.

How would returning capital gains taxes on the richest Americans to…

Posted in Black conservatives conflicted over Obama at 09:01 PM JST - 15th June
yabits at 12:11 PM JST - 15th June

sailwind writes:

Thank goodness for the elite college educated liberal arts majors to ask the real questions instead of from the great unwashed masses who couldn't ask an intelligent question if their lives depended on it.

The average citizen can ask intelligent questions on a topic that they've taken…

Posted in McCain, Obama camps fail to agree on joint town hall sessions at 12:11 PM JST - 15th June
yabits at 05:07 AM JST - 15th June

George Bush has nothing to do with this thread.

Regarding accomplishments for a person seeking the office of president, Bush did set the bar pretty low. I do sympathize, however. It would be better if Americans could completely get him out of our minds.

McCain's accomplishments were fully laid…

Posted in McCain, Obama camps fail to agree on joint town hall sessions at 05:07 AM JST - 15th June
yabits at 12:53 AM JST - 15th June

Question: Why would a presidential candidate whose overweening narcissism led him to pen not one but two autobiographies before the age of 45 (though he has no accomplishments Americans would generally recognize as making him presidential caliber)

What kind of person labels The Audacity of Hope as an "autobiography?"…

Posted in McCain, Obama camps fail to agree on joint town hall sessions at 12:53 AM JST - 15th June
yabits at 12:42 AM JST - 15th June

Unfortunately, Sen. McCain said it would be just the two of them.

The bogusness of it all comes in the fact that the town hall meeting is the ONLY forum McCain wants to subject himself to. I'm all for town hall meetings -- but also for other formats as…

Posted in McCain, Obama camps fail to agree on joint town hall sessions at 12:42 AM JST - 15th June