VPN's Comments (61)

“Please don't compare apples to locoweed. Bush was a blithering idiot and failure from day one. It's amazing how a disaster like 9/11 saved his political hide, for, as you will recall, he was very unpopular after his election and up to 9/11.

President Obama has done many good things. But there are things "core" to us that are obviously not "core" to him: a robust public option, real reform in regulating industry and the banks and bankruptcy reform, to name a few. He could start by getting rid of Geitner and putting Krugman in his place.”

“Oh like Obama would comment honestly about his first year record? You're kidding right? In any event, you ignored the larger issue. Namely, Obama would have hammered Bush for doing as Obama did. You know. I know it. And more importantly Obama knows it. Now the kool aid crowd (go to the mirror right now for a peek) won't see it because they're blind.”

“If you actually read my post sparky, you'll see that I am merely quoting. I issue no pronouncements, any more than the rest of you!!
Semper fi”

“May only spokesmen speak? Okay, then by whom have you been appointed?
Semper fi”

“You’re right of course. I was using it as an example of all the shortsighted ideas on the right. Everyone who actually thinks knows that drill baby drill is a dead end for our economy. The same with health care. The status quo is ruination for our economy now and into the future. Ditto, cap and trade.

The special interest aren't winning, they have already won.

The only ones who don’t see it are brainwashed or have a follow the herd mentality just like the Love it or Leave it idiots during Viet Nam.

The special interests know that they are working against the interests of our country but wealth is where their loyalties are.

"...an imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics.­" Plutarch

Galbraith noted that these markets were never free and that as capital became more concentrated market forces stopped working.
This is why we are in this recession.

The top 1 percent owns more wealth then the bottom 90 per cent. Now if that isn’t concentrated I don’t know what is. It seems that Galbraith has been proven correct.

A democracy is not really a democracy if 300 people can affect 300 million people. If 50% of the wealth is with .5% of the people and 50% of the populace at or near poverty level.

Galbraith and Plutarch are being proven correct.

The one thing we learn from history is that we do not learn from history.”

“VPN and Bernie, and I are all on the same page, we need to be conservative unlike the neocons. That is conservation of the environment and our resources , (they are limited)!

I feel lucky to have a Senator like Bernie Sanders in my State (Vermont), he cares about the people and the environment unlike the neocons!

Nirek”

“I would argue that America as a nation never got over it.”

“VPN:
Rip Van Winkle?”

“But "they" do give it to Barack Obama for escalating a needless war. Got it.

Keep the change. And the excuses.”

“What's real about Obama?

Is GITMO closed?
Has Don't Ask Don't Tell been stopped by Presidential (Executive) Order?
How about DOMA, is Obama speaking out on that?
Public option to provide healthcare to the 47 million he promised it to?
War in Iraq? Check.
War in Afghanistan? Double Check.

Keep the change...a­ll Obama needs are cowboy boots and a fake Texas accent.”

“For now we are entitled to our opinions, so you may certainly disagree which is good.

You may see that change in the coming years though.”

“I agree too. Been trying to post HP knocked me down 20 times.”

“That attack was a direct result of McChrystal's poor insight into the Taliban's response when he announce that they were pulling back to the cities and left them exposed if you are talking about Afghanistan and not Pakistan.”