BPCentrisAmerican's Comments (195)

“Ed put it best, if there daughter had been born North of the border, her and the baby would be alive today, so much for the pro-life crowd.”

“I guess the 22 million jobs Clinton policies created were fictional and a as I recall a Republican lead congress was happy toe vote for bad trade legislation in fact sponsored just about all of it, including the elimination of the separation between commercial and investment banks which put deposits at risk. You can call it liberal if you want, in fact your partially right, "supply side" is direct descendent of Milton Friedman's neo-liberal economic theories based on a utopian world economy, which has been embraced by conservatives for last 90 years, Reagan loved it so much he used it as the bases for Supply Side Raganomics.

One more thing Neo-conservativiism is direct decendent of the neo-liberalism of the 1960s, prominate neo-conservatives today were neo-liberals in the 60's or there decendendednts, Bill Kristol's daddy was true life communist and proud of it, Michael Savage whiner was a leftist hippy, who wanted to be the next Lenny Bruce, but lacked the talent, there are many others who enjoy FOX favorite pundint status, who are former communist, lieftist, even a former black panther member and a communist. I think there professional radicals who never got over the glory days of the 60's and just changed sides.

lovesds, if your a true conservative and care about the GOP the so-called RINO's aren't your problem, it's neo-liberal former communist and the theocrats pretending to be conservatives, who are taking this country down.”

“Didn't Reagan bail out Chrysler, didn't that make him a socialist, the right wing's revisionism is fascinating.”

“To bad Sarah only job is to glad hand and sign her revenge book.”

“Bush's policies didn't create one new net job, Ron Paul. The fact is the Bush labor dept. redefined unemployment and his commerce people pulled housing, food and energy out of the inflation index, convenient. Any home owner will tell you there cost on everything went ballistic from property taxes to heating cost from 2003 on, so much for neo-conservtive economics.­.”

“It's more like trickle out to China and India.”

“My father severed in the Civilian Conservation Corps building roads in rural PA, he also helped out local farmers, which put fresh food on the table, yet I listen to neo-cons today in there little think tanks like CATO and AEI accuse FDR of talking theses steps to buy votes, FDR policies electrified the South, yet the right-wing tell each other he did it for political gain, being part of big liberal conspiracy to create a welfare state, the flaws of there logic is mind blowing. The Great Depression gave rise to the Nazi and Fascist parties in Europe, militarism in Japan, yet they believe to this day that FDR should have did nothing and it all would have worked out. FDR saved there precious capitalism and prepared this country for an impending world war, which the right wing thought we could sit out until Japanese war planes laid it on our door steep.”

“President Obama could seize upon Governor-Elect Christie's theme, while giving him attribution, and pursue that course. I agree the difference is Governor-Elect Christie won't be vilified for it and called a socialist and a tyrant, Obama will, the right wing is vested in his failure. Right-wing media and politicians will praise Christie and tear Obama apart, and there lies the problem with American politics today, rapid division trumps everything.”

“They said that about Reagan, who had equally high unemployment numbers, 3 years into his 1st term. When Carter left office in 1980 unemployment was in the 7% range, by 1983 it was over 10% and St. Ronnie had to run on that record in 1984.”

“Lives were lost during Katrina. I do not appreciate the comparison.

Great point, considering if the Bush administration hadn't destroyed FEMA, which became a truly competent organization during the Clinton era and Secretary Wit, or if National Guard troops and there equipment weren't tied up in Iraq, or if HLS had propositioned military assets a head of the storm etc. some of those lives would have been saved. The Bush Administration didn't cause Katrinia, and I don't condemn him for the fly over, but when I saw live video of a flooded city, people desperate for rescue and Bush cutting McCain's birthday cake, and giving a speech in California with the a navy war ship towed out behind his as a prop, I knew he was finished politically.”

“That's funny because small business suffered under Bush 41 and 43n and prospered under Clinton. All business suffered under Reagan, "down sizing" was the phase that defined the 80's and companies down sized, because conservative administrations talk about small government but exploded it, there neo-liberal business approach never came close to the economic prosperity that was achieved in the 90's under Bill Clinton. Now Republicans are saying they lost there way under George Bush, yet Ronald Reagan lorded over big deficits, big government, tax increases and 2 major recessions, an historical fact.

Hoover a Republican is blamed for causing the Great Depression yet, when Hoover applied conservative principles, trying to address in spending leading to the market crash of 1929, and those same principles locked the country in the worse economic disaster ever, The right wing don't like to talk about Hoover's 2 Republican predecessors, who's policies set the stage for the Great Depression, policies that bear an creepy similarity to what translated under George Bush.”

“Katrina was easy compared to the complexity of the economic disaster, if President Obama declares an economic national emergency, like Governor elect Christie is planning to do in my own state, the right wing media machine will be all over him. If Obama did what German Chancellor Andrea Merkel did in 2007 to provide a social safety net so Germans could come out of the down turn with at least a roof over there heads, Obama would ridiculed beyond belief, it's a lose, lose for him, because the right wing isn't vested in the success of the nation.

FDR did more than any other president for average Americans ravaged by the Depression, which neo-liberal Republican policies set in motion, than any other president. The prosperity of the 1950s wasn't possible without the New Deal reforms, yet the conservative elite, to this day ridicule FDR, a beloved 4 term president, who followed 3 hated 1 term Republican presidents. Bush's own grandfather took part in a movement called the Liberty League a group of bankers, industrialist and right wing politicians, who planned a military over-though FDR in 1933.

I believe Obama needs to stop playing by-partisan nice guy, it's not working, the unemployment could end tomorrow and the right wing would find another reason to attack Obama as they attacked Bill Clinton in the late 90's, a president with a 70% job approval and the best peace time economy ever, yet Republicans hunted him, like rabid dogs.”

“I don't think he is, he makes lots of money playing to a low educated racist audience, it's called show business and there's a sucker born every day.”

“Olbermann dosen't pretend to be specking gospel, he also fact checks and apologies if he gets it wrong. FOX is constantly screwing up and lying to there audience, after getting caught by the Daily Show for putting a phony tea-bag photo to inflate the size of the crowed, Hannity actually corrected the record, now there using campaign rally pics to inflate the size of the Palin book signing crowds, this people never give up. When a republican gets into a scandal, how many times has Fox put a D after the politician's name.

I constantly hear how Media Matters is far left, guess what, David Brook, Media Matters founder was a right wing hit man in the 90's, who ghost wrote books going after the Clintons, it seems Brook grew a moral compass. How left wing is it to point out when the media is being inaccurate with there own video and transcripts. FOX and the radio talkers aren't there only targets, could it be they just lie more.”

“Glenn has a tough time with the truth also, than he again he lives in a very up-scale suburb in CT and Hannity on Long Island, no bad for 2 college drop outs, do you?”

“Beck has always stopped short, even reversing his own statements to keep the legal dept. happy, but the loons who think he's for real have vivid imaginations, and it only takes one.”

“Although Beck was weird on CNN, he wasn't anything near as weird as he is now, CNN's more main stream audience didn't really flock to his style and his ratings were poor, now he's a huge success with FOX's audience, which I think is less educated and as weird as Beck pretends to be, yes pretends. I don't believe for a NY minute that when Beck goes home at the end of the day he's that crazy, so it's scary to me there's an audience that is as nuts as Beck's act.

I never got into Glen Beck's goofy broadcast style, even on CNN, he looks goofy, like the kid in high school, who stood in the corner and picked there nose, everyone avoided. He makes controversial statements like his r a c is m comment, than retracts it with his next breath, he uses the term "some people" as Wolf dose, all the time, a broadcast phase, which is common on CNN, translation no one really cares, fake controversy. On FOX he blurs into one gimmick after the other, with little substance behind his words. I don't believe he's dangerous by himself, what's makes him dangerous is the goof balls who actually take this former FM shock jock seriously.”

“Thank you for your service and your right.”

“PS, Chris also pointed out how all these hawkish neo-cons never served in the military.”

“One more time Bush 41 was president when the Soviet Union broke up, he and Baker did the behind the sense diplomacy, which lead to that point. Star Wars did not end the cold war.”

“Sorry, the Cold War Ended under Bush 41, deal with it.”

“Your absolutely right, Mikhail Gorbachev was the 1st Soviet leader, who understood the realities of the day, he didn't only risk his political career, which ended when the Soviet Union devolved, he risked military over through, he risked it all. Although Ronald Reagan played his part in ending the Cold War, Bush 41 and Jim Baker did the hard work of diplomacy that opened the door. The Berlin Wall finally came down during Bush 41's Presidency. Bush 41 would not go to Germany and make speeches at the Wall because he didn't want to empower the hard liners in the Soviet Union. What puzzles me is why Republicans never give Bush 41 the credit he deserves, thieve turned Reagan into some kind of cartoon icon, which even his son Ron Reagan is uncomfortable with.”

“Republicans need to stop deluding themselves Ronald Reagan single handily ended the Cold War, he didn't, he played his part, like presidents before him, the Cold War ended due to a cascade of events, Soviet-Afghan war, the revolt of Soviet satellites states like Poland, not to mention a willing moderate Soviet executive who was based in reality, anyway the Berlin Wall came down on Bush 41's watch, not Reagan.”

“31 Republicans?”

“Wow is that simple, I well ad a few more.

Pray that your property taxes don't explode like mine did from 2003 to present, George Bush's 1st Treasury Secretary Paul O'Niel said this would happen if the Bush tax cut where allowed to happen.

I, as well all my friends don't have flat screem TV's, wait my wife's parents have one, a gift from the kids.

Also pray you don't get sick, 7 out of 10 personal bankruptcies happen to people with health insurance.

Your advice would have been more realistic during the Clinton, when if lost a job, another one was less than a month away.”