andyboy's Comments (4961)

“You understand more bailing was done post-Bush. Obama is Geithner's boss. We all need to stop with the partisan appeasement. It's unseemly and contrary to logic.

Sometimes you have to be careful when you steer around unpleasant realities.....you can end up in a ditch!”

“Wow. Obama is totally in thrall to the generals and the military. What a bitter pill. It's America's job now to secure the rest of the world on our dime. I wonder what they are doing with all the poppy money? Can't they raise an Army and a police force of their own. This is a perversion. When we are experiencing an economic meltdown? I'm ready for the revolution.”

“The actual question is will the unemployment disaster be America's Katrina?

It's about us. Obama has a job and I assume he will for the rest of his lifetime.

The naked politicizing of Amercan's suffering without doing anything substantial to assuage it is the corrollary to the way Bush handled Katrina.

The glad-handing, pandering and blatant lying is enough to make one cry out in pain.

When will someone in government actually do something to help us? Are they content to just let our society collapse around us? Sadly it does seem so. Sorry. I'm horribly disappointed. In my gut.”

“United States of America - Keeping the world safe for opiates - God knows we need them now more than ever.

Just like Exxon and Healthcare Insurance did you ever notice how EVERY year is a record year for the Opium crop?

It seems Oil isn't the only thing that attracts oodles of attention from the good old US of A.

Poppies keep the "terrorists" in business. And those poppies are almost impossible to kill! You can try to burn them but they just come out unsinged! Incredibly hardy plant that one.

Your government lies to you with impunity all day every day...”

“Marlyn,

I was talking about suspected nuclear bomb making facilities. I don't even care if you give them an hour's warning to get away. I'm talking about defending against REAL terrorist threats instead of nation-building. I am so far from the right I'm even left-handed.”

“Light shine in the dark. Peace is a choice. I would devote a lot of resources to our homeland like stopping the next Hasan and get out of dodge in the Middle East. If they start building nukes you just bomb the dung out of them.

Isn't it the least bit embarassing to have had that screwball shoot up sacred ground at Ft. Hood and so very, very easily? I shudder to think what other atrocities will be visited upon innocent Americans because our leaders are too busy blowing mountains of cash on any number of idiotic and fruitless wars and bailouts and foreign aid to countries like Israel that don't even need the money. You know what Israel does with the aid we give them? They buy arms from us. Prety slick huh?

Nice racket if you can get into it.”

“Krugman is like balloon boy's Dad. He tells the media your inside the balloon but your really up in the attic. This way you'll agree to any amount of taxation to be able to come downstairs again. See how they create one disaster capitalism scenario after the other? It's non-stop now. Like a locomotive gone bersek.

It worked so well with the bank and car bailouts there's no stopping them now. You have no say so. They just take and take and take some more. They don't even care if you, your wife and your kids all have to work three jobs to survive. Just feed the Maw please feed the big black Maw.”

“Krugman C'mon. It's simple. So simple in fact you probably don't even see it since your so educated and all like that there....You just raise taxes.

Problem solved as Ross Perot would say. There is no problem that the government cain't tax a solution to.

That's what's known as an axiom.

Now I don't want anybody commenting that they could just add "fees". Those are taxes too.

Another axiom...There's always plenty of taxpayer money to spend for any and every reason under the sun EXCEPT to spend it on the actual American taxpayer.

Your like Pavlov's dog but you don't get the reward just the tax. Now get to work! 2-3 jobs are best!”

“There are volunteer groups like CAI that go into Afghanistan and build schools for girls. Something like 35 of them to date. They work with the tribal leaders. They are Taliban. So you can see as long as someone else is paying for it they are only to happy to let other nations give them a handout while they use drug profits to finance and perpetrate jihad.

The Afghani government is totally irresponsible and nothing more than a drug cartel. But we prop them up. I would declare war on Afghanistan itself not just the Taliban. Topple the regime and install a new figurehead. This way you scare the living daylights out of the Talibani's etc. You have nothing to lose because they are not working with us at all as it is now. They just take our money and then laugh at us as we struggle to help their people.

If your going to do something you may as well do it right. I would also start a draft. It's not fair. Mostly out of work lower economic ladder kids are enlisting (for the most part).

If we are going to run the ME we should run it properly. Half measures are doomed to failure.”

“And also what's so funny 'bout Peace Love and Understanding?”

“Why can't Afghanistan pay the $1.3 ???????”

“This is going to be a nice boon for the Insurance, Pharma & Medical Industries. When they so generously agreed to cut costs by being more "efficient" they sacrificed almost nothing (estimate 80 billions, a pittance). Then they will strike it richer than ever after millions are added to the "public option" rolls. A huge new market of subsidized patients to serve.

The bottom line is this won't serve to save people money and make healthcare less expensive. It's not A PUBLIC OPTION IF YOU CAN'T ACCESS IT. It's not an option if it's not available to all.

I compare it to the difference between going to public schools or private. We have public schools all across our land and everyone is free to access them. If you have a great job and you like your plan and you can afford it go right ahead and keep it. If not, you should be able to access a public option healthcare plan. You choose. Some bureaucrat does not decide for you.”

“Common sense means.....­recognizin­g that the Nobel Prize was given to Barack Obama because of the bang up job he has done as our President. Not many people got that . But Sarah did.”

“Sarah will sink or swim all on her own from here out. Three words for you. Quitter/ Loser / Unlikeable.

If she was honest and you could trust her it really would not matter how intelligent she is. Like if she was Andy of Mayberry smart. Or Gomer Pyle smart. Sarah is Sgt. Carter smart.

People sense this. It's the court of public opinion. The verdict comes down. You live with it.

It's like saying Fox was a big winner in it's war with the White House. Not really.

When a President openly calls you out for being just a partisan propoganda organ your credibility is being questioned by the commander in chief. What he says carries great weight. Just like George Bush. His views may have been way off base but you had to deal with them because of who he was.

The press is just calling Sarah out. Over and over.

Sarah is not a winner. She last won when she was elected Governor. That was eons ago in political time.”

“c55,

If nothing else she will be a source of entertainment for some time to come. The sad part is Sarah does not even realize the media flocks to her so they can splash her idiocy all over the civilized world. She really believes she is the next big thing in her heart of hearts. We sit around and marvel at how thick that pretty little noggin is. It's almost unfair to her. Can you imagine how often her handler or consultant or manager has to hold back full blown belly laughs as she careens around the landscape? I think I'd actually pay her to let me work for her.

Thanks for your reply. Huffpo is the greatest and it's because of commentors like you.”

“Hi Bob,

Great writing as always. Thanks. Your a beacon. But listen.....

I want to go on record here with my humble predictions vis a vis Sarah (Levi's girlfriend).

A) She will never be nominated for President or chosen again as a running mate. Why? Quitter / Loser / Unpopular.

B) She will never again hold elected office in any government.

C) She will be hired by Fox News. Take it to the bank. It's all she really wants anyways. Or she may have her own radio show and become another Laura Ingraham.

D) It will be revealed by Levi in his 14th minute of fame that they were in fact lovers. She will vehemently deny this and then be proven a liar by some kind of "blue dress" evidence. Levi is diabolical that way. He uses women like I use the toilet Bob. Everyday and often.

Luv ya man. Keep the faith.

Andy”

“Well then! Why didn't Mukasey just order the enemy combatants to be summarily executed? Was he perhaps in touch with Nidal too?

Oh I know it was all the actionable intelligence the detainees were providing. It was like a blizzard. They didn't want to stop them from spilling their guts. If only National Security didn't prevent everyone from knowing about it. Shoot.....Oops! Sorry! Bad pun there.”

“Quickly now. Start debating. Was it terrorism? If you think it was e-mail FOX NEWS and scream and jump up and down ( use all caps and !'s) that it certainly was terrorism and the liberals should start saying so rightaway. Cuz if they don't we will all know Nancy Pelosi planned this whole sordid episode. Or at least she secretly hoped that muslims would invade our sovereign borders and she told the security guards (wink) "take a break".

Another question: Was this the store that actor works at?”

“no body

I dunno but it's a great question. You would think so but has the SEC or FCC ever really caught or looked into much of anything? Madoff was about as blatant a con man as you could be. He was at it for decades.

Thanks for your reply it was very thoughtful”

“pottedferne,

LOL on that one! Thanks. If I was her I would not trust anybody over there. They would love to have her scalp. Just like Ms Bhutto I'm afraid. We should cut them off as far as aid. Karzai just uses the American cash to cover expenses incurred in his drug dealing. You know what I mean.

Andy - f/f”

“This is like asking a Mafia don to cool it with the corruption. You get that blank-eyed stare and then he kind of tilts his head to the side like a puppy who does not understand what you want.

"No corruption?......Oh yes Ms. Hillary Clinton! Yes yes of course. Sahib! Write that down on my not to do list. Corruption. Icksnay on the Oruption Cay."

I would not be dropping in over there if I was a white female politician. Hillary is either very brave or very naive and trusting. She could get blown off the face of the earth very easily. I'm not kidding she is putting herself in a very dangerous situation. Afghanistan is no joke.”

“I guess because it's probably attractively priced and also there are less and less truck drivers these days....

There are loads of individual stocks and companies that will still be making money. Warren gets an automatic bump the second he buys the value of one of his properties increases. It's great for him. He can make a fortune in good or bad times. He owns a huge chuik of our economy.

I have a measly little 401k that's worth next to nothing. And I'm scared to death about the economy and losing my job without any notice. Warren will never be in my position.”

“hey hoosier,

Great point there. That's why I think the evidence will need to be strong. If the proof is there about a deed he commited pre-torture I think you can get him. Thanks.

Andy - f/f for you too :)”

“Warren's response: "the point is not to say, 'Thou shalt not charge somebody more than X,' which would have restrictive consequences. It's to say, you've got to be really clear about it."

Hmmm yes Elizabeth we wouldn't want to restrict those loan sharks.

So I guess if your dumb enough to sign on for 25% interest it must be legal. It's your own fault and you deserve to pay that much.

The Watchdog agency that literally just watches the corruption and rip-offs. Sounds downright American to me. At some pint Ms. Warren almost seems to be rubbing the financial abuses we suffer in our faces. Can she do anything about it? Well we can't very well restrict bankers can we? Of course not.

Elizabeth actually advocates the abuses she is watchdogging because they mean economic activity. We need sub-prime loans for those bad-credit having unsophisticated rubes. They need someone to fleece them. Just make sure you spell out how badly your going to screw them first okay?”

“Kristen,

Good luck. I just hope your right. I'm wondering what the evidence is. I hope it's strong. A conviction might give some closure.

It's right and just to try these people and let the chips fall where they may. Those who nit-pick the differences between a military tribunal and this criminal trial are disingenuous. It had to come down one way or the other. A civil trial will tend to have more legitimacy in the world's eyes.”