rodnacious's Comments (39)

“I agree with you Arianna, with an explanation. The similarity between Afghanistan and Viet Nam is this... a lack of strong leadership on the part of the Afghanistan government. Karzi is a leader in name only; he has no statue. His credibility with the people of Afghanistan and the world-at-large were diminished greatly by the fraudulent elections.

Karzi has yet to implement a standing army and without an army, without State and local Police, no amount of money and military assistance is going to support Afghanistan as a nation. In that respect, Vice-President Biden is within is right to speak up. The problem is he is advocating a withdrawal for all the wrong reasons.

Afghanistan is salvageable if we focus on the infrastructure of a government supported by a strong military and Police element that will hold the country-side. Pakistan has those elements in place; they need money to finance those elements!”

“I like your idea!!”

“If you did your homework, you would find that the unionized middle class is what kept this country going. When those jobs were sent overseas and reduced through union busting tactics, we saw the beginning of the decline of the economy.

Now that there is no middle-class, we have the concerted attack on paying taxes of any kind. California is a prime example of how to destroy municipal government with thoughtless notions of what is good and not good for the country.”

“I guess that is why we have so many banks failing...”

“Dick Cheney, in his lust to vindicate himself, is about to incriminate himself. Those files would put him at the center of the probe on 'torture' and how much he knew about the methods used.

It is so funny to see how a devious individual will throw the net to catch himself...”

“Meeting the Demand for Universal Health Care...

As a child, my grandmother told me to always protect my health because if you lose your health all the money in the world can’t get it back. I never forgot what my Grandmother told me. I, by the grace of God, don’t have the problem that a lot of my neighbors are facing on a daily basis – what will I do if I am diagnosed with a malady that requires hospitalization?

You can read more of this article at:http://cozumelian.blogspot.com/2008/09/meeting-demand-for-universal-health.html”

“The National Mood: A Quiz

I am sick of...a. Rotten bankers 2. I can certainly do without any additional advice or comments from...a. Economists 3. I'm very bored with... a. Paul Krugman 4. A day without ______ is a day without sunshine. a. Glenn Beck 5. Please wake me when... d All of the above.”

“I bet the ASU President never thought that it would get this bad...”

“From the responses of the crowds every place that she has gone in Europe, I don't think that you have it right, and that's a good thing!”

“I didn't start having panic attacks until my mid-fifties... My blood pressure has been 246/147 with a heart rate of 121 as recently as two weeks ago. I am now on a regiment of meds that include a beta-blocker - CarVEDILOL (25 mgs).

My blood pressure is a 128/66 with a heart rate of 70. I think that I am going to be okay. Sonograms of my heart and a cardiac catheter were excellent.”

“Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me! No more money for the banks. Let the chips far where they may!”

“Brother, you got it right. Everybody is making the statement that Obama should do it this way. I don't see him taking notice as to what they are saying though!”

“If the next president wants to put prisoners in Guantanamo, what prisoners would he put there? Under Obama, these wars with Iraqi and Afghanistan should be over in less than his first term. Anything else?”

“President-elect Obama has said that he will not support torture in any form. His selectee, Mr. Holder, for the position of Attorney General will be working with him in achieving his goals.

That should answer any questions that you have in this matter John.”

“The most telling factor that I have been able to discern about Mr. Obama is that he is his own man. He is a thinker who finds little difficulty in implementing his thoughts. He is comfortable with the people that he choses to work with him in reaching his goals.

Don't worry about Obama not making the grade... he conquered Harvard's Law Review. With Michelle at his side and the American people in consensus, he can't fail.

It is Congress that worries me. They gave Bush Carte Blanche to do everything under the sun and now want to be judicious after the horse has left the barn.”

“O has also said that if anyone were launching rockets into my kids bedroom, I would do everything to protect them... let the bombing continue until Hamas stops the rockets and suicide bombers.”

“Just think, if Hamas would have been doing the constructive business of obtaining a peace agreement with Israel you would not be writing any of this. We all have great empathy for the suffering of the Palestinians is Gaza, but wonder why they allow Hamas to continue to use their country as a base for terror.

For the same reasons that the United states went to war in Afghanistan (Iraq excluded) and Turkey bombs Kurdistan - terror will not be condoned by anyone anywhere.”

“"For those shedding crocodile tears for Hamas, its time to take a good hard look at what it has wrought on the Palestinians of Gaza."

Palestinian people... look at what you are allowing others to do to your well-being! Find the wherewithal to speak up for yourselves!”

“Mr. Cenk Uygur, your argument has merit, but please be reminded that Gaza is by its physical position on the map, isolated from the the rest of Palestine. Israel is exercising the right of self-protection to deny entry into its space to a people that would send suicide bombers into its midst.

The real issue is whether the people of Palestine want peace bad enough to deny sanction of Hamas and its inability to negotiate in good faith for a permanent peace. A permanent peace means... no missiles, no suicide bombers, and the recognition of the rights of Israel to exist.

The Palestinian people, by their silence are condoning the position of Hamas. Until they lift there voices in condemnation of the ideas of Hamas, they are doomed to suffer.”

“Rachel is my girl - Integrity is her middle name!”

“Tolerance is the counteractive of your thoughts of relativism my dear Sir. No one should be able to impose their thoughts on another, nor should they be able to classify one human being as good and another as evil.

The disappointment here is that so many fractions are feeling that they alone are ultimately responsible for Obama being elected to the Office of President. Back up, realize that you are only one part of the whole. Just because you feel that your one vote made all of this so is what is so ironic.”

“How better to influence the thoughts of Reverend Warren than to embrace him through mutual contact that is visible. You cannot understand another person if you tend to hold them at arm's length.

For those of you who feel abandoned at this moment, take heart that the President-elect is going to be President to all of the people, not just you. One gesture of camaraderie, does not, an agenda make.

Relax, enjoy the ride!”

“Okay Congress… let me get this straight – You give AIG one hundred fifty billion because they say that it is what they need to continue doing the same things that they have been doing prior to discovering that they need a few billions. You pass twenty-five billion to CitiGroup and guarantee three hundred twenty billion dollars of bad debt without questioning what they are going to do with that money. In all you mete out over a half a trillion dollars without one request for a business plan to ensure that you be giving these beggars more of the same.

The Big 3 Automotive manufacturers ask for a 'loan' and you decide that you are going to play hardball with the people that paid the taxes that you used to give to Wall Street... (more - http://cozumelian.blogspot.com/2008/12/how-republicans-are-burying-big-three.html)”

“I have, since the first utterance of the word - bailout - being trying to get anyone's attention to what I believe is the answer to the auto industry, and all of our economical problems. Evryone wants to throw money at the issues and hope that they go away. That is not the answer, and we see that stimulus packages are not the answer either.

Here is what I believe to be the answer:

1. We should renegotiate all of the loans that are sub-prime and get rid of the ARM forever. All of the loans that are delinquent, or borderline should be extended so that the borrower can meet the payments. In other words, if it takes more than thirty years to repay a loan at three hundred dollars a month, as oppose a fixed thirty year loan with payments of nine hundred, then restructure the loan so that the person can make the payments.

2. Identify all loans and the circumstances that are presently making the borrower delinquent in payments - resolve it by one of two ways. Re-finance the loan terms in such a way that the borrower can make payments, or place that loan at high risk for further evaluation and resolvement.

More... http://cozumelian.blogspot.com/2008/09/how-to-rescue-economy.html”

“It is easier to let those that made all of the money when times were good pay back the money, or go under when times are bad. Let them see what it is like to not have two nickels to rub together.

I am tired of watching others steal everything that is not tied down while those in a position to stop it watched in amusement. No to a bailout, no to an administration that lies at the drop of a hat!”