Jeffomil's Comments (106)

“Majority means NOTHING so long as there is the filibuster, and an entire political party who would be delighted to see this nation crash and burn for the sake of political point-scoring.”

“And someone works in the factories that make the cement and steel. Someone works in the factories that produce the equipment to work with it.

These are jobs either created or saved.”

“Republicans have not provided a rational explanation, they are just creating animosity...let me try to give you a rational point of view from a Conservative Perspective -- I would appreciate a rational response if you would like to debate it (show respect please).

There are several ways to spend the stimulus: 1) Use it to cover Fixed Expenses (buildings, telescopes, cement, etc), 2) Use it to cover Variable Expenses (labor) or 3) a Mix of Variable and Fixed. They are trying to do #3, but the majority of spending is on the Fixed side instead of the Variable -- this is the problem I have. If we just focused on Education alone by providing loans to all parties (whites, blacks, browns, pinks, blues...) or tutoring/after-school programs or vocational training, we could have increased the number of teachers at all levels of learning while investing in Variable Expenses -- the trickle down economics from here is quite simple, more people working means more consumption (ie houses/buildings being built, books/computers being manufactured, etc). Plus we get the benefits from a more educated work-force. Instead Congress approved multi-million dollar spending on "bobbles" (ie telescopes, jungle gyms, statues, bridges to no-where literally vacant islands, etc).

This is my point of view - I don't think it's biased against the current administration; it's just pragmatic.”

“I believe the tax cuts are also used in the number. That is, they did not subtract out the tax cuts to everyone when calculating the huge number.

And, for projects, I think the cost of materials was not subtracted out.”

“Yeah, I don't think this is about race. I think it's about stupidity. Or ignorance of the Constitution. Or both.”

“Just can't have a discussion with a lib w/o the lib playing the race card.”

“You ever heard of conflict of intrest. Or how about change in Washington as promised by Obama. Its business as usual. And the libs just keep on making excuces for their man, again and again.”

“Please. This is a textbook case of conflict of interest. Many of these huge speaking fees came from companies that already knew they would probably need government help to avoid insolvency. It's a crystal-clear case of desperate corporations trying to buy the friendship of a man that everybody knew would wield major power in the Obama administration. I can well imagine the reaction at Huffpo if a President John McCain had hired somebody with Summers' background as his economic advisor. But of course when Barack Obama does it it's perfectly acceptable to you.”

“I agree with most of your post except that not everyone who is questioning Summers is a tr0ll. Many are skeptics who continue to be cynical and call for r a dical changes.”

“worked with the blue collar folks didn't it?”

“I tried to tell my very Catholic mother-in-law that it was easier to be a moral person without religion, because you were makiing a moral choice based on what was right not making a choice based on whether or not you would be rewarded or punished. Morality has nothing to do with religion, nor does ethics.”

“Me too! What was the point of sendiing the email if he wasn't aware of that stereotype?? It would almost be better if he were HONEST about being racist rather than sending out something like this and then DENYING he knew what it was about.”

“That's exactly what I was thinking.....”

“And just suppose he had BOUGHT the home? With sales of his naked torso alone, he could easily purchase it...and so what? Tom Cruise, and Michael Douglas could buy that house I am sure, why not a President?”

“I don't suppose the Secret Service has any input in where the Obama family can stay, DUH!”

“They wouldn't do this to Bush, mention the current market value of the house where he is staying. Why do I keep thinking this has to do with r a c e ?”

“the media, like our politics, is obssesed with this populist-celebrity cult mentality... its like the show mtv cribs...”

“Agree. I wish he would head up a new agency to fix this investment bank subprime mess. He knew how it happened, he advised bi-partisan involvement for appropriate remediation, he knows all the problems this country will face in education and social security and he is loyal to the 8.3 million people he serves...and he serves well. Favorite comments "socialization of losses vs. privatization of profits" and "dwindling population of this country cannot support the social security system going forward".

T Boone Pickens has already recommended Bloomberg to be the one to regulate this crisis. And please, let's hope and pray that they don't hand Paulson the power he is looking for. Let Bloomberg be the one. Remember the last time we gave the Boosh administration power in a crisis?”

“Jeff, I saw hizzoner as well this am...why is it that the guys who clearly have the skills never make it to our critical vote? Bloomberg was more cogent on recent events and future problems than anybody I've heard, including Paulson.

Dump Sara, give Bloomberg the VP slot & let HIM take over for McCain when his aging gets REALLY obivious & steps down....

God bless the USA”

“you are missing the sarcasm....”

“her pointing finger didn't help.”

“Her speech was amazingly disrespectful.”

“Lucky for you Jeffoil the Clinton's gave me permission to vote for your crapola candidate which I will do based on their recommendation only”

“Oh my gawd.....Clinton didn't tow the party line! Exile him to the provinces! Silence him! He's just an old goat whose opinion isn't worth squat. Seriously, I really would hate to learn that every speaker had an assigned job and that the Democrat party no longer tolerates variations and diversity in thought.”

“Bill Clinton, except for personal failure, was one of the best Presidents since FDR. Truman became great because of his courage, Kennedy wasn't around long enough but showed us strength through his actions. Clinton fought a Republican Senate and Congress and succeeded in creating many programs for Americans. Unfortunately, Bush, a wanna be dictator led a Congress into a " no oversight and no accountability "eight years of downhill destruction, here and abroad. He erased many gains and installed the worst people to run the departments that dissolved many programs.We are in the well known crapper but with a new administration we will rebuild America at home and abroad. Bill Clinton will do what is best for America. He knows how.”

“Do remember that his speech was not previewed by the Obama campaign so that it was not edited nor scanned for better vocabulary than he might have chosen to use. This campaign must keep all players on the same page: the same platform, the same ethical stance.”

“Well Pres. C'linton's speech may not have blown your socks off or done that for a lot of others either, but for me he said a lot of the right things the right way, and dispelled a great deal of the nervous vibes floating around among Dems, who really weren't sure what to expect. I give kudos to both HRC and President C'linton on their speeches.”

“Jeffomil, the name Hussein is only carry to people who are too ignorant to know the name's meaning. HUSSEIN mean "GOOD LOOKING. So look it up. What scary about being good looking, something you are probably not familiar with.”

“Childish moronic statement as usual.”