dfranz's Comments (187)

“It appears that billhodges is flypaper to the neocons who visit HP.”

“The Faux protests were funded by billioniares and just coincidently sprang into being after the election of Americas first black president.

I don't remember any Tea Party protesters when Bush was spending Trillions on wars that he did not fund. I also hear the blame they give to President Obama for the TRAP bailouts which were initiated and put into action by Bush.

You can wear all of the revolutionary war costumes you want and wrap yourself up in an American flag but when your constituents bring racist signs and pack weapons at a protests, there is nothing patriotic about that. It's a phoney "grassroots" bought and paid for by billionaires and joined by people who can't stand the fact that they lost the election. They should get over that, there will be plenty of loses in the future.”

“A fool and his money is soon departed.

Arizona is pretty wacky, but it's hard to imagine him getting elected.”

“The President seems content to let the thing run it's course and that ultimately means that if anything is passed it will be a disappointment. It seems to me that either his conviction about real Health Care Reform wasn't that strong or he has been too busy with all of the other things on his plate to spend much time explaining his desires to the American people. Perhaps the few years he spent in the Senate tainted his views of the legislative process. What ever the reason, it feels like his optimism has waned and he's just going to let what ever happens happen.

Support will fall as progressives become unhappy with the way things are being carried out.”

“This country has become an unfriendly place to be especially with the paranoia that we developed after 9-11 and the creation of the Homeland Security Department.

President Obama was well received by the rest of the world when he was elected and it appeared that he would change the negative trend Bush started. But in an internet world where our news is available for all to see, the angry crowds protesting anything the President does and the vociferous screaming by anti immigration lunatics do not present a pretty picture to potential visitors.

We may think of our country as the best country in the world, but that is not the universal opinion”

“Tiger will have to be the one who puts this simmering caulderon of gossip down. Stonewalling won't do it , nor will written statements. It will have to be done because golf is not a game that plays well when your mind is not on the game. He has been arguablly the most popular and recognizable athletes in the world. If he can plead mea culpa or make some resolution with his wife that leaves him with some shread of decency, his game will bring his fans back and keep his sponsors happy.

What his personal life will be like I can't say, but those types of distractions aren't good on the game either..”

“It feels as if we have been literally ripped off. Many banks have profited greatly by the economic crisis and the years that led up to it. The housing market was allowed to over cook and mortgages were given out like halloween candy. The resulting collapse has left many Americans in trouble. Jobs have disappeared and even people who didn't get suckered by low interest rates are losing their homes to the same people who caused the crisis. Whether or not you lose your home it's worth less than it was before Now people are being forced to use life savings to live.

I watch the banks greedily spend our tax payer money on themselves. Goldman Sachs took the money given to them at a very low rate and reinvested it in Australian bonds at a much higher rate, not interested in reinvesting it back in America. Small business credit is non existant and business are forced to lay off people.

It feels as if the financial industry is now so global Americans don't matter any longer. Something can always be done cheaper elsewhere or for more profit elsewhere. Where does that put the middle class? Who will buy the goods the super rich sell? The Chinese? The Saudis?

It is time to realize that with the exception of small local banks,(if any still exist) and credit unions, the American Financial System no longer cares about Americans. It's time to stop treating them like they do and worry about ourselves.”

“By over cooking the housing market with the tacit approval of the Bush Administration the banking industry has essentially ripped off every American who owns a home. Whether or not it is underwater, it is worth less than it was. Banks, mortgage brokers, real-estate agents and builders all cashed in on the unending flow of money. Once the bubble burst and everything fell into the toilet, American taxpayer money was given to the banks. What do they do? Continue to rip off the American consumers by investing that money gotten at extremely low interest rates overseas while foreclosing on homes of those out of work because of the meltdown. All the while bankers keep getting their outrageous bonuses on top of indefensible salaries.

And Washington DC doesn't like to talk about hurting banks. Indeed.”

“I believe that Wall Street in general thinks that average Americans are chumps and that the world revolves around them. Money talks. This is why bailed out institutions feel justified to give away billion$ in taxpayer money as bonuses to the same people who created the collapse in the first place.

Thus far the "recovery" has been all about making the banks whole again. Congress has been able to keep getting their "campaign contributions" while average Americans get nothing.

The fact that banks are foreclosing on the loans of Americans who were laid off because of the banking institutions activities and greed is a travesty of justice.”

“Everything is a smack down these days. There is no discourse. You can't reason with someone who doesn't want to reason. And civillity? Fuggitaboudit.

They say that 20% of the population has some form of mental illness. I think we've discovered where they have been keeping themselves.”

“I think I'm seeing a Republican cage match in our future.

I've been to Phoenix and I'd put my money on Hayworth in the primary, but he'll fire up the Democrats there and lose in the general election.

The question though is will Palin campaign there for Hayworth? He's her kind of guy.”

“In what way would the financial meltdown been any different with Hillary than President Obama? Hillary is as centerist as he is and probably would have most of the same advisors Obama has.

Job creation will be about opening the commercial credit markets which have been practically nonexistent since the crisis began. This may and area be where Obama has not had the best advise.”

“That all you got?”

“The banks have Geithner and Summers as their champion in the administration. Who is championing the needs of American workers? Where is the priority?”

“I'm afreaid that rounding up & imprisioning is mainly a Republican solution.”

“You mean because she mentioned a fact? Those darn facts always get in the way.”

“The Neocons hate it when those pesky facts are brought up. They really hate it when they are caught in a lie on video tape and then called out on it.

It's an outrage that anyone would question anything they say.”

“Only Republicans will be voted into office in Arizona which is still mourning the passing of Barry Goldwater. . It will be interesting to see which side of the Republican Party is still standing when this is over. McCain has made too many reasonable statements and is no longer thought of as a "real Republican­." So wait until Sarah Palin comes to town to support Hayworth, all he!l will break loose.

I see the cracks in the dike and expect the split to happen soon.”

“Beck is such a ripe field of disbelief and outrage that he can't help but call him out for his outrageous comments.

It's like watching a train wreck in slow motion.”

“Too bad you don't have a better grasp of the legislative process and how congress works. He is not the supreme leader as the Repub's have labled him.

I suggest you vote for Palin in 2012. Now there's a girl who can get things done.”

“Thank you for this Bob.

I have seen Sarah Palin so much these last weeks that my mild annoyance of her has developed into a full fledged detestment. You cannot get away from her and her idiotic slogans. Please go away.

I wonder if she realizes that she has about a 20% approval rating and that most people think of her as unintelligent? I think that when she has a few thousand people going gaga over everything she says at some tea bag type rally that she believes everyone feels that way. She may actually be incapable of seeing outside her own bubble.”

“Vitter is only trying to preserve the sanctity of marriage and the purity of the races. It's completely altruistic because he has the blessing of his mentors at C Street.

The man is a saint. A saint I say.”

“The best part about all of this is that those hard working souls at Goldman Sachs have a 16.5 billion dollar bonus pool waiting for them thanks to our bailout of AIG.

It will be a good Christmas on Wall Street, but it's going to be a little sparse everywhere else.”

“The only thing premature here is her belief that she is actually a viable presidential candidate.”

“Woah...thi­s is what you have when 2 angry groups collide.

What do you call undefined anger? Mental Illness.”