satyriasis's Comments (891)

“Absolutely. This is one of the reasons I am a democrat. Science, information and technology are all critical to progress.”

“One man's drivel is another man's gospel....­..I was not the first one to bring up Ms.Rand in relation to this article.”

“Yes, and most of the dems including BHO went along with the spending.”

“Obama trys to defend this debt with three arguments.

First, he asserts that he "inherited" his large deficit from Bush (despite his Senate votes in favor of nearly every policy that created the deficit). This argument could be plausible if Obama had tried to rein in -- or at least not worsen -- the deficit. But after "inheriting" a projected $1.2 trillion deficit for 2009, he decided this was too small.

Based on the unproven notion that deficit spending can end recessions, Obama pushed through a massive "stimulus" spending bill whose very purpose was to bring the budget deficit to nearly $2 trillion. This suggests that even if he hadn't inherited a big deficit, he'd have created one.

Second, Obama claims he'll cut the deficit in half by 2013. So what? The deficit has quadrupled this year -- a 50 percent cut from that bloated level would still leave deficits twice as high as before the recession. By the president's own projections, deficits would rise back up over $1 trillion by 2018.

Finally, why criticize President Obama's deficits when the debt started shooting up under President Bush? In fact, Bush received mountains of criticism for his deficit spending. Even supporters of Bush's outlays can complain -- just as someone driving 75 mph has every right to yell "maniac!" at the car that blows past him going 100.

George W. Bush ran $300 billion deficits while fighting a war; Obama is now promising us permanent $1 trillion deficits even after America”

“That's a reasonable suggestion”

“All we would be doing by allowing the merger to go through is create the potential for Comcast to merge with Murdoch someday. All of these mega-mergers head in one direction ... towards stifling competition. Murdoch should have never been allowed to buy as many media outlets as he did, and now we're talking about doing it again, but just with a different face.”

“AMEN about the cosmetics! Plus sun screen is full of stuff that does not belong on the skin.”

“Uh, that was the way the GOVERNMENT changed the way inflation and unemployment stats are produced and collected.”

“Well, Germans are savers, so that was a shock absorber, too. My best friend lives in Germany; when she was living here, she could not believe the amount of credit card offers that people get. In Germany, you go to a bank to apply for a CC. They do not constantly send offers through the mail. All countries with a national health care system have that as a buffer, too.”