vippy's Comments (7146)

“Because, think of the alternativ­e...if folks like you and I don't care...the­n the palins of the world get their way....
And that ain't good for anyone.”

“He went to Copenhagen to meet with McChrystal on Air Force 1. That was right after McChrystal mouthed off. Obama made last-minute plans to talk to him face to face and the Olympic bid was convenient cover.”

“Correction vippy....t­he hicks are coming out of the woods and showing their TOOTH!”

“Maybe because the guy commuted many more sentences than his predecessors, and did it because, evidently, the guy found God.

Oh yeah, please cite your claims that this is "normal procedure and most of the time they work."”

“If Huckabee was a Dem then this story would even force the Salahis off the main at Fox News.”

“What this man had done should have given him a clue. Raping a young girl. Seems that if the perpetrator is a Christian, chances are he'll walk .. at least with Huckabee around. And others will have to suffer the consequences.”

“Two parolees committing multiple heinous crimes and not a story? First, they didn't just go out and make another mistake, they committed violent crimes on people again and again. Second, it shows the quality of judgment of an individual to make such important decisions without enough information. And last, if this was any Democrat the howls of rage from the right would make this a 24/7 news story.”

“Have you read about this man's history? And the valid reasons against clemency Huckabee chose to overlook? And he was basing this on his fantasy religious beliefs? Please. Get real. And if Roger Ailles can make a big thing of Willie Horton that certainly pales in comparison.”

“Not I

won't set foot in a Wally mart

the problem is that you have little choice, there are fewer choices to buy domestic everyday

recent polling usggests a majority of Americans are OK with paying a few dollars extra to insure getting US made goods”

“Actually, consumers in countries with neo-mercantilist, protectionist trade policies and industrial policies don't get asked. If they did, things might be different. It is the job of government to institute policies that lead to national prosperity. I know that there a lot of free traders and anarchists who oppose this idea. Try thinking of it in simple terms, like football. The team that has a good coach and practices plays will do better than the team that says players should all just do their own thing. The latter idea approximates failed right wing policies. Very simple, wither the U.S. learns to again play as a team or we lose.”

“Thank you. I hope more people are as clear minded as you are.

The countries who focus on infrastructures, manufactoring, education, and public health and safety nets, enviornmental control are the ones who will progress in the new century. It is not about simply currency manipulation (all countries have some form of governmental hands in it) but overall competitivness that do the trick.

I hope people realize the fundamentals of the situation, and stop blaming the simple and obvious ones so they can feel good about themselves ... "if they don't do this or that, we will be ok." No! As long as the behaviors in USA remain the same, there won't be any silver bullet or one shot solution, and certainly not in the form of simple currency correction or manipulation.”

“Totally wrong.”

“Where did they conduct the survey, Fox News' lobby?”

“It is frusterating to think that there are many American's out there who think that our current course is both Iraq and Afghanistan is both sustainable and morally acceptable while the domestic problems in our own nation are mounting by the day with very little being done about.

Now there are rumblings about Iran?

How much money have we p*ssed away into the sand in Iraq and Afghanistan, not to mention the lives lost and shared misery on all sides of the conflict, and yet there are people on this board that are angry because some of their fellow citizens are getting food assisstance?

Obama is going to send another 30,000+ troops to Afghanistan and there is now talk of imposing a 'War Tax' on every American to fund the ongoing conflict and yet conservatives rally against social programs for our own citizens.

How about calling our losses and bring our troops home from Iraq and Afghanistan?
How about funding a war on poverty, hunger, and healthcare in our own nation?
How about a little nation building right here at home?
How about”

“It only means 91 percent of those surveyed answered a question or questions interpreted to mean that military involvement is required to stay Iran's nuke quest. Involvement or intervention does not necessarily mean deployment of close to 150,000 troops and trillions of dollars we don't have.

Many people are misled to think that we have bottomless coffers, an entry and exit strategy, and a righteous cause. Unfortunately, brutalizing two nations' peoples, selling WMDs to a country to promote war with that country for having WMDs, and sacrificing thousands of American lives to retaliate against 19 dead misanthropes infinitely does not meet any of those tenets.”

“I pledge the allegiance, to the flag, of the United Corporations of America.
And to their profits, for which they stand;
One Nation, under the Fed,
with disparity and inequality for all...”