aramos's Comments (214)

“Please. No one in CLOSE to their right mind EVER wanted to vote for McCain or Palin.”

“Based on what? Where do you get this stuff? "Most independents..."
Everyone I know is bitterly disappointed with Obama - no question. But if anything good can be said about this administration, it is that it could have been worse. McCain/Palin could have won. Our current system is only corrupt. It is worse to be corrupt AND stupid AND bellicose.
(reference: the years 2000 through 2008)
I'm disappointed - not suicidal.”

“Sorry aramos. Your supposition is based on old, tired, stale sayings. I worked in private enterprise as a BUSINESS OWNER for twenty-seven years, always made my payroll, paid my bills on time (net 30) NEVER went to the bank for a loan, earned a class A rating with Dunn and Bradstreet, and sold my business while it was profitable and under my terms. Why did I get out? To teach - Many of my colleagues in education have all the skills and talents to form and run a business, however they feel a commitment to educating the young a higher calling and more worthy of their talents. Quite frankly, it doesn't take much to run a business; and to follow on your standard of cliches, "It all comes down to luck and being in the right place at the right time".”

“So, the banks should be giving more, and more generous loans to existing and developing companies, with the usual business plans, financial and structural models required of success, so they can grow and hire and prosper, instead of taking shelter (and hunkering down with our deposits and governmental aid) and generating earnings solely on mind-boggling, unethically 'hidden' fees, avoiding reasonable risk, and engaging in all those creative, dangerous liaisons of unsustainable business practices... I think that Ms Warren is right on the money.”

“"Warren makes great points, but we don't need more acedemics, real jobs and the growth of the middle class is created by entrepreneurs"

1) We do need someone to make these points, and academics, who are skilled in collecting, analyzing, and presenting data, are particularly qualified to do so.
2) Growth is created by technological advance more than anything else. To develop new technology, we need to produce college and grad school graduates with strong scientific knowledge and critical thinking skills. This is the responsibility of academia.
I don't see why academics are a threat to entrepreneurship, anyway.”

“Actually, we need to arrest, try and imprison the member of the criminal capitalist class who have hijacked the economy, the banking system and Wall Street, and bring income tax rates for the rich back to the Eisenhower years, and things will improve dramatically for working people. GroverNorqusiting won't make things better for the middle class.”

“personally I think all this science business is also foolish, why can`t the scientists just get out of the way and let me work on my tech startup by myself”

“What in the world are you talking about?”

“Worse than Bush? That's funny. You're not paying attention.”

“What ideology is that? Because it certainly isn't progressive. He's continuing the Bush economy and the Bush foreign policy in the Middle East. That's not the change he campaigned on, nor is it the change I voted for when I cast my ballot for him and Biden.”

“I love how a media label sticks and resonates so easily with people. He's "timid" because a few talking heads don't like the speed of information they're getting on his decisions about Afghanistan? The war there is eight years in the making. The quagmire there is hundreds of years in the making. The cultural tension in Afghanistan is not something that gets fixed overnight. I wish we could just leave Afghanistan, but I imagine the President has information I don't. That reason might be military industrial complex approved and it might not. The lack of patience in this country is glaringly obvious.

I am no armchair president. I will be patient. If at the end of four years this President has gotten nothing done then I will not vote for him again. Until then, I'm giving him his chance to straighten out the myriad problems we face.”

“Exactly what does that make President Bush and the Republicans who pushed 5+ Million families into Proverty and gave the Rich 99% of all growth in our nation during his administration, lets' don't talk about the War we were lied into”

“I think that he needs a new PR person”

“Best Actor in Chief money could buy? No, you're mistaken, that was St. Ronnie Reagan.”

“please name a foreign policy success of GWB
a list of failures: can into the office with a budget surplus - left with the biggest deficit in history.
started 2 wars within the first 24 months of his terms - left two wars for the next president
ignores IRAN - IRAN gets closer to a nuclear weapon
ignores KOREA - KOREA test fires long range missiles
need major help with the wars - but only a few countries help with limited support
gives no support on gobal warming issues

snap shot of 8 years of GWB

9 months under OBAMA
the world agrees to financial rules (in theory)
1.1 trillion dollars to support loans for poorer countries
IRAN on OCT 01 sits at a table with U.S. representatives
foreign leaders like the new president
failure - didn't get the olympic games”

“He means well, but he's an empty suit, more concerned about his image than in what he actually accomplishes.”

“In the beginning I had so much hope for our new President. But I now think your description is correct.”

“Raygun has been out of office for decades, sport.”

“When Wall Street was running amok, the US was borrowing $2 billion a day from abroad. Unregulated financial markets were not exactly strengthening "America's ability to compete abroad."

Eventually, the ideology has to absorb the reality of what just happened.”

“Of course he is for free markets. He loves anything that is free.”

“You are attempting to discredit his position without giving him an opportunity to prove himself. For all we know in the end, he may be an academy award winner in the end.”

“Again.. Maher chose remarkably poorly in contrasting Ali with Obama!!! Ali was considered a lightweight... all show and flash... a fancy Olympian who wouldn't be able to cut it with street fighters! Ali is credited with destroying the entire ethic of heavyweight boxers for two generations. New boxers who come into the game or go to the Olympics are warned AGAINST "being like Ali" i.e. don't dance around and showboat.. don't try to PROVE you can take as much punishment as the toughest boxer... and work the body don't just try for fancy and skillful combinations!!! This is PRECISELY what Maher is correctly concerned about and warning Obama against. Ask ANY fight fan or trainer... GO IN FOR THE KILL is not what Ali was known for.. rather he is known for being blase about taking too much punishment in the early rounds and prolonging fights even with lesser boxers. What Maher SHOULD have said is FIND YOUR INNER MIKE TYSON. Go in and chase these tomato cans like Wilson and Boehner around the ring until you can place a lead glove upon their jaw and watch 'em crumble into the ropes! You can float like a butterfly in the debates in 2012... until then... start knocking some of these clowns out in 51 seconds!”

“So Obama is an empty suit? Just wait and see.”

“They are? Including the poor and uninsured?”

“America has the best care in the world...if you can afford it.

More and more Americans cannot.”

“Having the best technology and doctors is irrelevant if the average person can't get access to it.”

“And people in the US are flying to India for needed health care, and reimporting our meds from Canada...

Do you even google for 30 seconds before posting? Look up "health vacations" and you'll see one indicator of how great the health system in the good ole USA is...

This is what I love about conservatives, they can't be arsed to do even the most basic research, so their claims are transparently, laughably easy to strike down. On the other hand, they don't seem to stop telling a lie just because it's been shown to be a lie...”

“Shouldn't you be at a town hall meeting shouting at the handicapped?”

“From where?!

From 3rd world countries, not from Europe or Canada. Ya, the US has really great health care for a 3rd world country.”

“Let me counter with this:

Arguably, the best car in the world is the Lamborghini Testarossa;
People from all over the world go to Italy to buy a car
Most Italians can't afford the finest car in the World.

The best restaurants in the world are in Japan
People from all over the world go to Japan to eat.
Most Japanese can't afford to eat at the best restaurants in the World.”

“Would you be willing to watch video of people dying and suffering in Iraq and Afghanistan?”

“Here is truth-o-meter

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/”

“Keep repeating that until healthcare reform is passed, which will be shortly.”