billyfitz's Comments (37)

“What???!!!! No doctor has ever saved a life? Really?

If you prevent someone from dying via an organ transplant or an emergency operation or through medicine, YOU ARE SAVING A LIFE.

Yes, eventually we all will die, seeing as we are mortal, but postponing death is indeed saving a life.

By your twisted logic and word mincing, are you implying that sick people should not seek medical attention because they will eventually die anyway? What utter nonsense.”

“I would imagine that not every single member of the nazzi party was evil, but they were all guilty of being nazzis.”

“As far as Wall street bankers who are "decent", their silence about their bad coworkers before, during and after the bailout amounts to aiding and abetting. Until they turn in the bad apples, they are just as guilty and deserve no sympathy.

Also, the only reasons their firms haven't gone under is because of the largess of the American taxpayer - that's the only reason they still have high-paying jobs. Any whining on their part is an insult.”

“To tax it, we would have to do the smart thing and legalize it first. Think of the revenues that would generate..­.

And actually, in moderate doses pot isn't unhealthy at all. Go find a credible study that says otherwise.”

“By your ridiculous reasoning, we should still have a monarchy then.

Once in a while, the haves get carried away with too much greed. That is when the have-nots historically step in and start cutting off some heads. That is what history teaches.

We're getting to that point soon.”

“You are naive if you think his release wasn't politically and economically motivated.”

“You don't matter at all. None of us do. Welcome to the oligarchy.”

“It's a class war. We are losing. If everyone gets angry enough, maybe people will actually do something about it. Whatever that is, it will have nothing to do with politics or voting. The new administration has proven that avenue of recourse to be closed.”

“Somebody up there has something on her.”

“and the Obama administration continues to disappoint in it's handling of Wall Street, further proving that the wealthy in this country are not accountable for anything.

Nice.”

“The guy who wrote this is out of touch, and completely misses the bigger picture. The system has failed. Now we are being told that the only way to save it is with public funds. The problem is, how do you convince the public that the system is worth saving when it only seems to reward rich, greedy jerks?

The AIG bonuses were the spark that ignited a lot of pent up populist rage. And it is a justifiable rage. Yes the AIG bonuses constitute a small fraction of the bail out, but they perfectly represent what is wrong with the current system. It was the straw that broke the camel's back.

The real crime however was passing a bailout bill that had a compensation clause with absolutely no teeth and doing this counter to the public's obvious wishes. Washington, including Obama I hate to say, are just as much to blame as the folks at AIG. Now they are trying to act like no one saw something like this coming, and throwing together some silly measure to rectify their mistake.

The populist rage tax seems like typical Washington nonsense, but at least it shows that maybe the clowns in DC are finally listening to the people and not the lobbyists.

We'll see...”

“Wow you are ignorant. While the government does not run the economy, it sets the rules. Bush's irresponsible deregulation turning of a blind eye allowed the economy to destroy itself via greedy financiers.

The 52 months of growth you mention were a bubble. It popped - as all bubbles do - and all the gains were erased and then some by the time Bush left office. The end result is negative growth. He set us way back. Period. Take a math class.

And I'm not kidding.”

“What a bunch of cold-hearted, corporate D bags. No more Big Macs for me. Hello Burger King.”

“I won't be watching CBS news anymore, that's for sure.”

“Vive la revolution.”

“Explain.”

“This wasn't entirely created by republicans. Clinton set up the pins. Bush knocked them down. Your misguided anger towards only one of the parties at fault will allow the other to continue taking advantage of you.”

“Totally correct. They use party politics and loyalties to divide us when the fact of the matter is ALL of our federally elected officials are to blame - either for actively fleecing us or passively standing by and letting it happen.

In truth, there is very little difference between Democrats and Republicans, not when it matters.”

“So I guess we're all just going to let them get away with it? Washington is certainly doing nothing to hold these criminals responsible. What does that leave us?”

“What? Politicians promising one thing and doing another? Hypocrisy in Washington? No way.

People, what did you expect? Are you that naive?”

“Why aren't more people discussing this? This is a hugely important issue and bears at least some discussion.

Any post that slams repubs gets thousands of comments, but anything that calls Obama into question gets nada. I'm starting to feel the majority of people who use this site are sheep.

Folks, lets not forget that Obama, when all is said and done, is a politician and therefore needs to be watched like a hawk. Yes, he's the best politician we've had in a long time, but that's really not saying much.

Let's not become guilty of what Bush's supporters were guilty of - blind faith.”

“Hey Pam, the numbers don't lie. An overwhelming amount of Blacks and Latinos voted against Gay Marriage. Facts are facts.

The question is, what are you going to do to change that? Writing blogs to try to refute what is the reality isn't going to help anyone.”

“WILL AMERICANS JUST STOP GOING TO THAT GODAWFUL STORE! Nothing good comes from Wall Mart. Nothing. The uber-rich family that owns it could care less about Americans. They are strongly anti-union and anti workers' rights. All of the garbage they sell is made in China by exploited people working for slave wages. They destroy small town American business districts.

Just stop going to Wal Mart. So what if their junk seems so cheap. In reality, it carries a much larger price tag. STAY OUT OF WAL MART!”

“What do you expect when you elect a spoiled little rich kid who never had to work for anything in his life to the highest office in the land, just because he puts on a fake texas accent and says he is born again?

Remember, a good half of this country (arguably the less-educated half) supported him for most of his two terms. Blue collar Americans proudly supported the guy they wanted to have a beer with. Now these same people are wondering where their jobs went. Karma can hurt sometimes.

The red state Americans are responsible for the Bush depression, as they voted him. Us blue staters are equally culpable, because, we didn't protest vehemently enough when he stole the elections. We were all enablers.

You reap what you sow.

If we want to blame someone for the economic mess, we need just look in our made-in-Ch­ina-bought­-in- Wal Mart mirrors.”

“You're talking as if there is an excellent job market right now - there isn't. Where are these execs going to go? Who is hiring? You make it sound like they have their choice of jobs. They don't.

The bottom line is they work for a company that got itself into trouble and is relying on the American public to rescue them. Whether or not it is their individual faults is incidental. They need to make sacrifices like everyone else in this country, or they can go look for other jobs. Good luck finding them.

If you are a crew member on a sinking ship, you either start bailing or you jump ship. You don't ask the captain for a raise, because you weren't the one who drove the ship onto the rocks.”