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“Call, it what it is. The Right Wing pundits go on television and radio and editorial pages and call for "lone wolves". And when successful, say it was the act of "an crazy individual", certainly not influenced by anything that they had done. So maybe its time for Liberals to practice "pre-emptive self-defence".”

“Okay, here is a response to your question. Cutting off federal funding to an organization if a single employee is indicted, as stated in her policy is foolish. If an employee of Boeing, or General Dynamics, or Blackwater, or KBR is INDICTED for embezzlement, or stealing from the corporation means that they cannot receive federal funding then those companies are out of business. The voter fraud indivctments against ACORN employees are no different. they stole from ACORN, who assisted in their prosecutions. This is just another attempt to reduce registration of voters in minority districts. I live in a predominantly white suburb of Chicago which has voted Republican for decades. When I go to vote, I walk in, they check my name and wave me over to the voting booths. In/out in 5 minutes. Go into a minority district and it takes hours. Notice how in Michelle's comments she once again calls it VOTER FRAUD? After all this time she still doesn't know the difference? No, this is still the GOP intentionally mis-informing the public to inflame the base. They are desperately searching for a LONE WOLF.”

“This appears to be a common routine for trolls. Unable to fashion a thought, you copy an argument, switch the descriptive words and post as your own. I don't know whether it is technically plagiarism, but it shows a lack of any true capability. It reminds me of the "I know you are but what am I" arguments I experienced as a child.”

“careful now, you just described my older brother. He lives in the insular world of San Diego's suburbs, where "quality people", like Ivan Boesky, frequent the overproced bars, salesmen and "dealmakers" of every stripe sit around and whine about the "non-producers and riff -raff that want to leach off there hard earned gains". Rush gives voice to all the petty hatreds and fears that these people seem to live on, and therefore must be a great American, or else, what would that make them.”

“Why? I prefer to spend my money with people that I believe exercize a modicum of public responsibility. Obviously, I don't think that spomsoring rush fits that criteria. I, and as many as I can convince, will boycott any sponsor of Rush. Simple as that.”

“I agree, but as Rush has a right to free speech, I have a right to try to organize a boycott against his advertisers. And let them know why I'm boycotting. I used to listen to Rush and Mark davis in Dallas, but grew bored with their obsession with the Clenis, and all the "I know what he's thinking" crap they spewed. So all I have to do is notify his sponsors that I won't buy their product as long as they support Rush. And get a large enough like minded group to do the same. We'll see what happens.”

“Future generations will get to this debt after they have paid off the 10 trillion created by Reagan and Bush. And you're right, this stimulus package is crap. It was watered down too much, and shrunk too much, in the attempt to get GOP support. that failed. So since all the GOP reps think everything is just hunky dorey, we won't spend any money in their districts. That should then make the stimulus about right sized to help the rest of the country.”

“There is a Federal Penitentiary in Marion, Illinois for starters.”

“So the buying and selling of paper, or as you call it, investing in the market, is of such value that we should all bow and pay homage to the rich. Aren't they the ones that said "we want a higher return on our investment", leading to layoffs here, to build factories in Mexico, then Guam, then China? Then it was "we want lower marginal tax rates", which lead to higher deficits and federal debt. Then it was "our investments went bust, and we're too big and important to fail, so we need taxpayer dollars". What's next? Oh yeah, Blackwater is there to protect them from the torch and pitchfork mobs that will be trying to get food in their kids bellies.”

“I would venture that about 100% of the people about to lose everything due to unemployment would love to make something of value. And the "damn expensive labor" is due to the "damn expensive cost of living". Companies like sears move away from mass transit hubs and out to the suburbs, or exurbs, and what does that do? The public has to build new, and expand old roads to provide accessibility to these new sites. Meanwhile, the old buildings, like you know, the Sears Tower, and lower paid employees have to find new work, pay gas, tolls car payments just to keep their old jobs, if they are even offered them. All the while the jokers "cresting financial innovations", or more truthfully, scams and Ponzi schemes, laugh all the way to the bank.”

“If he didn't buy the "ranch", there would be no place for all the taxpayer funded improvements. state of the art security perimeter, helicopter pad, back-up power and communications. And with the lower capital gains taxes, he reaps still another public funded windfall. Why did they call it a ranch with no livestock? How can a cowboy be afraid to ride a horse?”

“Obviously you don't work in the Corporate world. Increasing wages, howevern equitable or logical, will not make stockholders, particularly those in upper levels of management, happy. And anyone who works in the Corporate world can tell you, that is the sole reason we are allowed the air that we breathe.”

“You talk as if the Insurance companies are actually paying doctors. By taing the costs of insurance companies out, there is a huge surplus for paying fot actual medical care.”

“and the Freepers are saying she's an Obama plant to make the McCain campaign look bad. Like a plant is needed>”

“Joe is talking about buying a business "netting" $250k, as in after business expenses, you know, payroll, maintenance, inventory, etc. I guess it isn't worth it to him if he can't keep $250k a year. My best friend is a plumber and would love to net half that for other peoples work.”

“Damn it, make them filibuster. Get every major news organization to cover it. Show the American people just who is resposible for their problems.”

“Finally. I've been yammering on this for far too long. And the same goes for the other extraction industries.”

“better than denying drilling rights, why don't we demand market price for oil from Federal(public) lands. the same holds true for any 'extraction' industry.”

“At least he wants to get it to those who actually drive the economy. This is a consumer driven economy and trickle down never worked. Let's try trickle up for a change, since putting money into the hands of consumers actually improves the economy.”

“when it comes to military matters, I'll take the word of the Valedictorian of his West Point class and Rhodes Scholar over a graduate in the bottom percentile from the Naval Academy, where he likely gained admission as a "legacy".”

“Filibuster threats should be laughed at. Make them filibuster. All they have done is threaten. If they actually have tapes of them arguing against legislation that the American public wants, they can't come back in 4 years and say they actually supported it, but the Liberal Dem's were too weak to pass it.”

“"And I'd like to know why, our men and women feel that it is okay to treat the people of Iraq as anything less than an equal?"

Try fear as a reason. these are kids walking around in a shooting gallery as targets. their means of survival requires looking at those around them as 'us' and 'them'. and 'us' is a very small, very visible minority.”

“A large percentage of the anti-war protestors of the '60s, were in fact, draft protestors. And the squanderers of the end of the Cold War for the most part were that generations College Republicans, today's "Chickenhawks" who were never under any threat of being drafted. They, like today's college republicans, were "fighting the culture war at home". I suggest todays youth start researching those same 'pro-war, pro-Bush' faces for when they come up for election in 20-30 years.”

“I call bull sh*t on this one. I grew up in the south suburbs of Chicago. In high school I played football against Tinley Park. Tinley Park is so far from being a 'rich, white man's neighborhood' as to make the rest of your post likely troll-spew. I suppose you're another 'long time Democrat, leaning towards McCain' if Hillary isn't the candidate.”