mergina's Comments (6467)

“How in the h.ell can anyone tell wether or not a President is a one-termer in only 11 months? I have never seen people so desperate to get a President out of office..how pathetic some of you are.”

“An Independent is a person that isn't smart enough to have an informed opinion. We cradle these so called Independent's like if they where worth gold... meh.”

“Democrats will pay because the gave you health care? You are an idiot. Its just sad they are many idiots like you.”

“Don't expect many independent candidates to win a lot of elections any time soon. Moderates can tip the balance to one side, but they don't even come close to matching the numbers of either party.”

“Independent? Who do you havwe in mind for a Pres. Candidate? Palin, perhaps.?”

“I'm perfectly fine with taking a beating on my response to your post...and if so, well, I just hope it spurs the right kind of conversation:

Lobbying in and of itself isn' t illegal, as I'm sure you understand that; but, its a necessary part of the American political process. If I'm not mistaken, the tea-baggers showing up on capital hill might be considered as part of the lobbying, though not exactly.

I will submit that the exact date and time of the infection is not known, but, if you go back to what ever party or politician began subverting the will of the people and using it to justify corporate interests you'll be warm on the trail.

The other part of it is, how many of us can exercise our right(is it a right?) to lobby our reps directly? I know I can't afford to fly to Washington DC on short notice or schedule an appearance with my representative...and at this stage, it doesn't really matter. First off, 'blew-dog' dems and dumb repugnicons would not have listened to me anyway.
Secondly, we outnumber lobbyists, population wise. That is to say there are not more lobbyists, than there are citizens. Even if we got half the population to get out and vote that would still out number them.

The electorate still needs a good political education...but we can do this.

WE have to do it.

"WE are the one's we've been waiting for..."”

“well said merenga”

“Catch 22, things were pretty much buggered up already and not just wasteful spending but downright useless and even charged for but absent projects. To fix the damage, more money has to be spent and you are basically stuck with the same contractors because they are already there. All you can do is dramatically tighten up on auditing and of course investigation and prosecution. That unfortunately does take time, years in fact but it really needs to be done and as soon as possible so the US can escape that republican boondoggle and quagmire before it becomes a democrat one.”

“The American voters may not see this the way you do. Please recall this cautionary comment after the next election cycle. I will do likewise.”

“Term limits by themselves limit learning and experience as much as they enable consolidation of power and chances for corruption.

Bottom line, they sound great, but they are no substitute for the public actually paying attention and voting out the dead wood.”

“Term limits are a dreadful idea.

Mexico has term limits. All legislators are limited to a single term.

And we all know what reputation Mexico has in governance.

You got anything useful to say?”

“I certainly won't qualify for the subsidies, but for the mandate. At 32 and in excellent health, my mandate will help enrich the insurance companies and offset the costs for the less healthy.”

“The bill is not finalized yet. Let's wait and see what Obama signs before throwing stones at him?”

“I really wish the People of this country had the stones or even the concern to get up off there lazy butts and storm the castle! If enough people did this what a change could be made! but we cant even play nice among ourselves on this site! we are doomed!”

“Do you really believe for one second that these people would impose term limits on themselves? Their want for power and the perks that go along with it are more important to them than anything or anybody.”

“I always find it interesting that so many people never cared until now. Lobbying, payoff and bribes were just fine with gops in power.”

“Messages like ''save your money and download via Bittorrent''.

I saved enough this year to buy a new 52 inch LCD ,,,my old 40 inch one goes in the bedroom.

If you enjoy loud mouth people and no privacy ...go to a theater.”

“Best Post Ever! Nice to see some insight as to how the home crowd feels. Which is exactly as I suspected.”

“I agree, mergina. We spent 8 years with Bush/Republican trashing of America. Obama hits office, and we've spent another year of Bush/Republican trashing of America. What difference can it make, whether there is a candidate with a D or R next to their name? Once they are elected, they transform into Bush/Republicans. Al Franken thinks the current health care bill in the Senate is good, because 300 million Americans will be criminalized if they don't pony up money to the insurance industry.”

“no...it's going to get close to 2029--not 2012. It's moving at a specific speed, on a specific trajectory, without interference it will get here in April 2029---not in December in 2012. Let me repeat this because it's really important---this asteroid is not accelerating, it's not decelerating, it is moving at a very specific speed on a very specific trajectory and will not arrive 17 years earlier. April 2029 is not a guess, it's not a date pulled out of a hat, it's physics.

cheers
LF”