We are in the worst financial crisis this country has faced in modern times. During these eight long years of Republican control, we have seen runaway greed, the deregulation of financial institutions and the mismanagement of the housing market resulting in the skyrocketing number of home foreclosures. This has led to a disastrous unraveling of the U.S. economy. We can't continue with four more years of the irresponsible practices and policies of the Bush administration.
The country can't afford to elect John McCain! In his own words he admitted that he doesn't know much about the economy. The day the stock market plunged 504 points, McCain agreed with President Bush that "the fundamentals of the economy are strong." For 26 years in Washington, McCain has supported deregulation of the financial sector. He even chose Phil Gramm, a key player in the mortgage crisis, to be his chief economic adviser before the former Texas senator resigned in disgrace. With this type of judgment, who would be Treasury secretary in a McCain administration?
McCain has illustrated his lack of judgment time and time again. Not only did he pick an unqualified running mate, but he supported the Bush Doctrine, this preemptive, unnecessary war in Iraq, a war that Barack Obama was against from the beginning. Five years later, the war continues, costing the American public $435 million a day -- money that is desperately needed here at home.
So, as the war wages on and the economy continues to falter, as the government spends billions bailing out companies from bankruptcy, who is left to pay the bill? The American taxpayers -- the people who are working harder for less and are watching their 401K, pensions and life savings disappear. Barack Obama is fighting for these people.
We need a President Obama, a man of intelligence, integrity and vision, to end the war, to lift us out of this economic storm, and to lead this country back on the road to prosperity.
I am pro-life...but life is not just in the womb. And I dare say there's not a Republican ticket on the horizon who will be able to...or who is actually remotely interested in...overturning Roe VS Wade. Well...maybe Mike Huckabee.
There are MANY reasons why one should vote in this election. And as much as I have a Christian world-view...I absolutely believe in the concept of separation of Church and State. We should STAY OUT of each other's business. And that goes both ways. Churches should be given the ability to set their moral compass in whatever direction their faith allows, and government should have the ability to grant every person total equality under the law.
You are wonderful in every sense of the word..People who need people,are the luckiest people in the world..Let's put America back in shape.
Since your post is still here, I thought I'd ask a rhetorical question of sorts. In light of our economic situation, do the lyrics to "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?" take on any new meaning, to you? I mean I understood the concept of the wolf being at the door, and everything. But the detail in this song is now much more clear to me.
Or were you wise to it all at the time when you were performing it?
Your fan,
Steven
Shock and Awe coming to a neighborhood near you.
Yes, McCain has said that he does not know much about the economy. This is honest, because the economy is not his strong suit. National Security is. Military and foreign policy is. Obama does not have much knowledge about the economy, but other than McCain, he is pretending to know more than he does. What is more honest?
McCain's running mate still has to prove her value. Let's see what the debate will show.
And if you really believe that Obama is "a man of intelligence, integrity and vision, to end the war, to lift us out of this economic storm, and to lead this country back on the road to prosperity" then I have a nice plot of land on the moon that you might be interested in...
Not to mention the willingness of Mc Cain to bomb Iran with his take no prisioner attitude he keeps pushing to the forefront.
It is mind boggeling how anyone can just flippantly dissmiss the hard work and accomplishments of a candidate who is solid in his direction as to where he wants the Country to go. The Mc Cain camp keeps lying about Obama's record and the Media repeats the lies and allows them to go unchallenged for the most part making it appear that they will have a hand in the outcome.
I have got to take a deep breath and ask myself if people are just that stupid or are they just being senister or both?
Whatever valid points may be contained in an article is voided when the article is peppered with lies. The deregulation Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac's rules were deregulated during the Clinton years. Just a fact. Bush tried to tighten them. This does not let him off the hook for flooding the market with cheap money that perpetuated the housing bubble. But he did not loosen the rules. Just a fact. He did try to reign them in, but was blocked by the Democrats in Congress. Just a fact.
Stop screaming that the economy is unraveling. It has a very, very bad sector that is tanking for various reasons, including, but not limited to, Wall Street's greed induced ineptness. It may or may not go into a recession, but we are not in a recession, so quit harping on about that.
Ideologies apart, just stick with the truth and your issues shine brighter.
Ease up and focus. I did not blame Clinton. He was part of the equation. It goes back to the Carter years if you want history.
But it is not all Democrat, but they are just as culpable. I can acknowledge that Republicans can share part of the blame, but you are incapable of doing the same from your side.
This is a Socialist experiment gone wrong for many reason. The absolute bottom line is: When you believe everyone deserves a house just because, and change regulations to that effect, and coerce lenders to loan to minorities who are not qualified for a loan, i.e. (buy at market price, %20% down of your own money, etc.), what do you think the end result is going to be? Nirvana? They are not going to make their payments, especially if attached top an arm that Clinton's pal Cuomo green lighted kickbacks to brokers resulting in this mess of ARM loans defaulting along with others that should not have a loan to start with.
So don't just throw out "The Clinton Years" as if Clinton made every decision and HIS house and senate were green-lighting all HIS ideas.
That's what happened between 2001 and 2007, when Bush had a Republican House and Senate.
Amazing, isn't it, how we Dems end up being responsible for everything that goes wrong in this country, whether we are or not?
Watch out for the blank check! Paulson wants...no oversight how $$ is used. THEY NEVER LOSE. Screw up everything and still work it to their advantage. It was NOT subprime loans ...it was the slice and dice derivative $$ packaging that cause the meltdown. GOP blaming Clinton and Dems-- already seeing rise in GOP approval polls.
SPREAD THE WORD --- it was Phil Gramm's 2000 deregulation that made con-game DERIVATIVES possible.
1. Dodd, Christopher D-CT $133,900
2. Kerry, John D-MA $111,000
3. Obama, Barack D-IL $105,849
4. Clinton, Hillary D-NY $75,550
Obama/Biden = part of the problem!
Phil Anderson: American Council of Life Insurers, Aetna, AIG, New York Life, MassMutual, VISA
Charlie Black: JP Morgan, Washington Mutual Bank, Freddie Mac, Mortgage Bankers Association of America, National Association of Mortgage Brokers
Carlos Bonilla: Financial Services Roundtable, Freddie Mac
Alberto Cardenas: Fannie Mae
David Crane: Financial Services Roundtable, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Deloitte & Touche, KPMG, Ernst & Young, Bank of America, Association of Corporate Credit Unions, Freddie Mac
Arthur Culvahouse: Fannie Mae
Alfonse D'Amato: AIG, Freddie Mac
Melissa Edwards: Freddie Mac, National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts, Access to Capital Coalition
Benjamin Ginsberg: Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance, AIG Technical Services
Phil Gramm: UBS Americas
Alison McSlarrow: Fannie Mae, Hartford
Susan Molinari: Freddie Mac, American Land Title Association, Association of Consumer Credit Unions, Beacon Capital Partners, College Loan Corp, Coventry First, E-Trade, Financial Services Roundtable, Rent-A-Center
John Napier: Freddie Mac
Susan Nelson: AIG, San Antonio Credit Union
Aquiles Suarez: Fannie Mae
Don Sundquist: Freddie Mac, The Hartford
William Timmons Sr.: American Council of Life Insurers, Citigroup, Dun & Bradstreet, Freddie Mac, Vanguard Group
Vin Weber: Agstar Financial Services, AKT Investment Corp., American Institute of CPAs, Ernst & Young, Freddie Mac, Louis Dreyfus Corp, PriceWaterhouseCoopers
For the complete gang of 83, see: http://www.motherjones.com/mojoblog/archiv...street_aig.html
For every crooked company you read about there are a hundred others doing the right thing. Tax breaks, no matter how small, have a positive impact on what we can do with these companies (for the good of us, our employees, stockholders, and society in general). I'll bet either you or one of your immediate family members works for a corporation. Imagine that.
And I'm also tired of hearing about how people who want affordable healthcare for thier children or a decent education are "intitalists." Those who really have a sence of intitlement are those who are born into wealth and who who reap the benifits of that wealth for the rest of thier lives without working any harder than any middle -lower income person who works 40+ hours a week and has to make hard choices between retirement savings or college funds for thier kids - or even harder choices like a tank of gas or a doctors visit for thier child.