ScarletKnight1307's Comments (45)

“This is completely Political to try to put the Public Option in now

the conservative democrats will vote against it and they the liberals will be up in Arms. They will try again on the Senate floor and then will be added in conference committee.”

“There should be a tax increase or a gas tax to pay for past, present and future operations. We need at least 150k more in the Army and Marines. If we can't have a draft to do battle they can certainly to paperwork and civil deffense drill in the USA. Have a rapid deploy force that knows they are the first ones out and pay them like that so we have them all under the Uniform Military code of Justice. If there is a draft
10% of the privelage class the top 10% and the politicians kids go first. Time for people to earn their freedom not just whine about it over healthcare and climate change. Leaving Afghanistan with out Osama Bin Laden is failure he and his organization is the enemy but some how Bush, the Oil industry and the usual amount of American stupidity seem to have forgotten the guy who came into our largest city and killed 3000 people with the world watching and we haven't really done a thing about it but kill a bunch of rural Iraqi's and Afghans. Al Qaeda isn't an army that defends territory they are an Idea so lame political solution and profiteering which is what the problem is here isn't going to get rid of him. Your going to have get out out of your humvies and go in that cave and hunt them.”

“I am still not sure the public option is going to be everything those who are for it says it is. Why don't the just cap the rate of increase and If they violate the cap then the public option goes into play.”

“where will the money come for that

that's unrealistic there is not going to be a public option at least not right away

this will take years to implement

it took 3 months to get the stimulus out”

“State governments that don't anticipate downturns in the economy when they are legally required to balance their budget and don't have the option to borrow should voted out. What were they doing when housing prices were booming and taxes were flowing in, Did they not put anything aside. I have no problem taxing oil companies and it should be that way if they are using state natural resources to provide services needed here.

And if you hated the way education was going before then you are going to hate this

also, with all the state and federal budget pressures there is an anger against illegal aliens that is perculating all over the country.

It would help if they had majority rules by having a 2/3 majority to pass a budget it allows the few to control the many and not for the betterment for all in general.”

“Like most Californians the state of California depends on growth and high incomes to support the spending. The enemy may not be the Governor, the democrats or the republicans but the structure. The Budget requires a 2/3rd's vote that's ludicrous. How can you pass any real reform and how can the Governor be that big a player when the vote required is veto proof. What happened to majority rule.”

“why are in people in Arizona slow”

“you all on the left should really hold your fire until the state of the union in 2010 before you criticize. look at what's happened so far.
Fair Pay act
Children's health
The Stimulus bill
Stem Cell research
Guantanamo Bay ordered close
focus on Afghanistan
19 Month withdrawl program for Iraq
75 bb for homeowners bailout
public private partnership for bad assets
200 bb for refinancing
10+bb for small business loans
guarantee for auto suppliers
guarantee on Autos
looks like a framework for a deal with the Russians
Land act protecting federal lands all over the country

He is working his butt off”

“this is a fight the Republicans don't want to have

they should have to explain why

and if they still won't budge

then call Mr. Yoo and his colleagues to defend themselves and why this person should not be confirmed. This is an opportunity for the Administration and the Dems to act like they have a pair and tie the Senate Republicans to the worst administration in the history of the U.S.

I dare the Republicans to be this stupid

as a RWR republican (RWR-Republican Who Reads) i am guessing they will be”

“I think this is a great Idea and I think I heard AH bring this up several months before. I can tell you one fraud that has been under reported is that 30-40% of the sub prime loans the homeowners qualified for better mortgages. A lot of these people minorities and especially Hispanics were steered into these mortgages because of lack of knowledge and language barriers. I heard of shops that were taking Hispanics with 700 FICO's basically Great credit and putting them into 3 and 5 year adjustable rate mortgages that when they readjusted was far higher than they could afford causing delinquency and then making them bad credit risks after the original fraud while these shops were making 5 points.”

“Access is the problem, while you can smack a politician around and he or she will still come back after some time the business community doesn't have to.

Politicians will need you for the next campaign, bill, cause , speech

but really CEO's don't have to do they

depends on how public they want to be

and when the rockstar CEO was in vogue that was different”

“The fact is the Economy, Wall Street and the Banks success the last 5 years was based on Fraud. so to blame the downfall in the stock market on the Administration after 2 trillion dollars in funds has been spent is ludicrous. giving loans to people based on fraudulent income is fraud and so is all the income derived on it from the mortgage broker fees, servicers fees, wall street securitizations, banking stocks, economic data saying the Bush Tax cuts were working when it was all based on fraud in the housing market that continued to inflate the economy and suck investors in world wide into this inflated housing market with a lot of good people who bought at the top of the market base solely on housing prices continuously increasing. State governments had increase in Government funds and there for spending based on taxes from homes that were rising due to fraudulent loans. It's all a big scam that everyone participated.”

“and what would taking from the rich look like”

“First, Madoff should be behind bars and if you bother to do your homework you would know the government tried to put him behind bars when he was trying to hide assets but the Judge denied them.

Second, working class folk should be able to read the documents they were signing, this is what I use to call selective memory when I was Financial advisor. There would be no complaining if those houses went up in price and the people who didn't supposedly qualify resold them and made a lot of money. You see that is the bargain that everyone made in this crisis there was something in it for everyone and no one felt the need to say just because they are willing to give me this money should I take it. Pal every mortgage in America is required to put a HUD which tells you what your expenses are. There is a second document that says what your payments are. There is application that says what you are putting down for income. There is a document that tells you what your maximum payment will be and interest rate on a adjustable in big bold print. The fact is these people wanted the
house! The banks should have realized with everyone only offering these mortgages that as soon as the lock period ends all of these loans were at risk and should have offered a 30 yr fixed product for sub prime clients.
http://madeconomicscientist.blogspot.com”

“a couple of things, free trade doesn't mean us lowering our barriers and them not lowering theirs. Just as we ask for tough direct diplomacy with our enemies we need the same urgency with our trading partners. NAFTA needs to be tweaked and the Columbian fta needs to include workers rights. But what organized Labor needs to recognize is you must organize in those countries. At the same time we have to realize that these other countries either subsidize directly or indirectly by paying for health care costs. Health care to me is the long term economic silver bullet that can structurely help everyone at every level.”

“I don't know how useful it is to go on right wing blogs or radio and report the most outlandish or a sample of what they are saying.

Republicans can't stand not being in the executive branch and have thin skin

I know I am one

they are weak”

“What is wrong with you people

the guy has said we are going to be inclusive where the Republicans were not

Warren reached out to Obama knowing many of his ilk wouldn't give him the time of day. Where did you think this coming together would be? next to Stalin's house!

as a Republican (Libertarian wing) that voted for Obama, I am pleased that he has reached out. It's one of the reason's why I am with him. I understand that things are going to lean to the left for probably the next 8 years.

When will you be happy on the left

can you let the guy get sworn in first before you start whining

I know we are going to have deal with prop 8 which I voted against and gays in the military but can fix the economy first, health care, and get some of our troops out of Iraq first
can we do the school , move green energy jobs etc

can we do that first? everyone who is effected by prop 8 is effected by the above subjects”

“If there is one person I will take there word for it
that would Be General Powell
the fact is that Clinton bleeped that up and put him and the Pentagon in a box because of how Clinton remarked on it and how they went about it.
I don't like the rule because if you are in a job with security secrets it lends you to be black mailed. or if you are going for the same position ya know
but if he said he didn't want it written as a law I will take his word for it”

“Ms Friedland was right this is unprecedented. in '92 the deficit was the issue and after reality set it that was the underscore of his policy. His tax plan was passed to balance the budget and not spend. Let's also remember that Clinton benefited from an Incredible increase of productivity not his policies. Where he came in by balancing the budget it kept the dollar strong that kept the cost of capital low that spurred that economic growth with the productivity. Basically in '92 i was in college with a 2mb of ram and 60mb hard drive ya mega bytes. By the end of the Decade desktops were under a 1000 and the internet kept prices and materials low keeping inflation down coupled with low cost of capital not tax policy. Clinton could have lowered taxes, gone to a flat tax, or just cut spending but in the end it was the Internet and innovation that was the catalyst to economy. Norquist and the conservative are still trying sell bull over substance. because the republicans lost the '06 election is why the economy went down. Had nothing to do with the SEC changing reserve requirements from 12-1 to 40-1 or writing bad loans to poor people with poison pills dependent on them refinancing there leveraged houses that are now under water or adding 4 trillion on to the deficit? Really”

“with all due respect I don't want to hear about gays in the military until at least until summer 2009

we don't need to ruin the start of this presidency on an issue that is not a priority

let me say that again it's not a priority

for crying out loud some people never learn

the first things Obama should be thinking about

The Economy

Energy and the Automaker bail out as a component of that

reversing executive orders

How can we get those people out of Iraq

I don't want to hear about prop 8 or Gays in the Military atleast till summer or 2010

the above issues are about jobs, foreclosures, Long term viability and stop getting our kids killed in Iraq and getting more support to Afghanistan

this isn't even in the top 10 of issues

this is not the time to bring that up”

“this is a tough subject for me, I am not for gay marriage but as a thinker I still voted against prop 8 after taking some time think about it. If I had known this was an Amendment to the California constitution I wouldn't have taken any time to vote against it despite my feelings about the Issue.
This issue has already been struck down by the California supreme court and it is obvious to any thinker that this will end up in the U.S. Supreme Court where it will be decided. Voting for prop 8 just slows that down. Let it go to the Supreme Court where i believe Gay Marriage will be struck down. My problem is the Amendment does not put Civil Unions with equal benefits on the table and talks about the sanctity of marriage. If that is true between one man and one woman then that amendment means you can only be married once unless you are a Widow. If we are going down this road there are consequences!”

“If you look at the Transition team more than half were woman and the Jobs they are talking about are Treasury mostly I don't see any prominent woman that would inspire confidence on the Democratic side at least that I know of. State is the only other cabinet post they are talking about and if he is going to new people that takes out Madeline Albright.”

“for a prison that is only holding 250 prisoners this is rediculous to have to spend any political capital on this place. I know the liberals want to just close it and prosecute everybody but unfortunately it is not that easy. I think first they should prosecute everyone they can that had evidence without torture. Those who we tortured and have been there for years i am not sure how they can have useful information and any prosecution may not work they may need to be sent and tried in other countries or declared prisoners of war status unless congress declares them something else. The rest a deep investigation case by case to see why they are there and who essentially sent them there. if not prison then protective custody. If one of those people get released and and Jaywalks Obama will be held responsible. GitMo is all about torture otherwise we would declare them prisoners of war and have go by the Geneva convention. What value are we getting by having them there we can disperse them through our federal system easily without the public relations hit. As far as due process any Federal Judge will think long and hard before the release one.”

“YOU HAVE TO WIN FIRST”

“Something interesting that I didn't think about that

came up on Rachel Maddow show last night when she was talking to Gov. Mike Easley of North Carolina

was talking about rural voters in North Carolina

when asked about the Bradley effect (people saying they will vote for a black candidate and then don't)

he offered something very different

from what he has heard from people

he thinks there could or will be a Reverse Bradley effect

rural voters saying they won't vote for a black guy and then go in and vote for him.

he summed it up like this "They Like McCain, but they like their Jobs better"”