vandegrasse's Comments (120)

“translation: why vote for a republican?”

“You might want to back that up with facts. Simply saying so won't do.”

“Then help them understand how important they are. It's part of life that you might get the miracle you expected was yours. Who the 'H' you going to vote for....palin. mccain vitter, and the list goes on.

I understand what your are saying, but it will always take effort to engage younger people and Obama made it easy. We continue on...................”

“I agree.”

“Michael Moore has said it all beautifully. If you're still confused it is likely that you will never get it or don't want to get it. I assume your cynical remarks are aimed at the Nobel Committee, since President Obama did not seek this award. The Committee is endorsing his vision of change for the world I want to live in. A vision that is broader than health care alone. A vision I want to work for and yes fight for, that is not President Obama's responsibility alone.Cynics are like all critics; "They want to tell the farmer how to plow the field from the road" President Obama's leadership does not need to be spurred but your faith and understanding might..”

“Was he born in the US and can he prove it ;)”

“What are his qualifications? Better run and look it up.”

“Nice, and McCain would have done a simply dandy job of reforming wall street. What makes you think Hillary would have done a better job reforming Wall Street? Especially within an 8-12 month period? You people are so simplistic and naive to believe that the President by himself can just act as a dictator and force people to behave just because he said so. This is not about Obama, or Hillary. It's about a corrupt system that has been decades in the making. This country's entire financial system is deeply rooted in corruption and it will take at least a decade to get Wall Street at a point where it should be.”

“I think this country is going to go the way the USSR failed: it will just fizzle. No revolution. No war. Just coming home from Afghanistan with the military thoroughly discredited and and everyone just realizes all of a sudden that everything they once believed about the glory of the nation was a lie. Then it just fizzles.”

“A national day of not purchasing anything might help and it would cause no one to lose their job.”

“No, Government power plain and simple, but following the money does lead to corps and government officials in bed with each other doesn't it.

Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.
George Washington”

“HP went to Congress and got on his knees begging for tax payer money to bail out the crooked banks in 2008 . Congress approved $750 BILLION . About a year before that the FED was dumping money in to the banking system and as of today will not tell Congress what or to who they gave some of the money . AIG was bailed out and taken over by our government toxic assets and all in 2008 . The reason the new President offered Geithner the job was because Geithner knew where all the buttons were that needed to be pushed . So far that has worked out well . Regarding health care ; There is no Obama care bill . It does not exist . There is not a bill that congress has ready to sign . A bill will be signed when Congress completes it's work and the new President agrees to sign it . So any talk of a health care bill now is only conjecture . And in the case of the Repubs ; Smoke and mirrors . Complaining about what might happen is good politics .”

“You're right about money talking, but a nationwide boycott will hurt the business owners (evidently you are not one of them or do not work for one of them). If you want to hurt Congress, it has to hit their pocketbooks. Fight for term limits! I know of France, I was there when they had one of their biggest protests. Thousands of bakers (unionized) closed factories because they were fighting work week hours. Fine, I respect that. But some are short sighted in their protests. Many times they hurt themselves. Just like the unions here. They hold out for weeks and months for a nickel in salary that they will never get back in wages, never. Biting one's nose to spite the face, you know?”