JoeUser ForumsMyrrander: Well, we only had taxable income of $60,000 but had no children to claim. That wouldn't put me and my wife into W's elite base.
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Daiwa: If Snow were correct about the market, oil should be at $25 per barrel since he has been "negotiating" with OPEC and the Saudis for quite a while, always says that prices will equalize and that the fundamentals favor price reduction. He said that at $35, at $40, at $45, at $50...... You get the idea he doesn't know what he's talking about?
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COL Gene: I think you and I are on the same page when it comes to the deficit and government spending. I hope you got a chance to look at Paul Kasriel's work (from my previous article). It really is good stuff. Interestingly, if you consider that oil was $25 when Bush came in and the Euro/dollar exchange rate was 0.85/1 and now it is 1.24/1 you can see that $53 per barrel is actually when considering the exchange really $77?! Of
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PlatotheWise: The White House would already have to have released oil to affect the price at the pump significantly and the action would be so obvious that people would laugh as they were pulling the switch to elect Kerry. There is so much information now about what is going on that if even that thought were breathed in the "oil pits" in Chicago the price would drop $5 a barrel. What might happen is that the White House would "floa
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Grim Xiozan: Well, I understand Nigeria and wonder when we will start hearing about the Al Qaeda influence there. The Sudan isn't really that influential to the situation as far as I know. I would appreciate a link to something if you have one. I think the problem is bigger than the work stoppages both abroad and in the Gulf. The real problem with oil is that China is very competitive (as well as India) for resources, their plants
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"I think the price is above what's justified by the fundamentals of the marketplace," John Snow said. "It's out of line with the fundamentals, and there will be a movement back toward the fundamentals, which means a lower price." John Snow, Secretary of the Treasury, is George Bush's point man on the economy who seems to think (noting the quote above
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M-Post: Well, if you consider the alternative to having a political system that every citizen can get involved with it's a lot uglier.....
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blogic: I think what many didn't like was the way the admission of error being something others would make the decision on. For example, a boss might make the decision that one of his workers did the wrong thing and fire him but the worker might think that he did nothing wrong. This statement of Bush's is very much in that vein. What people were looking for was a statement of contrition. They wanted, "I know now that I shouldn't ha
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Daiwa: I think the point of the person who asked the question was to see if the President felt he could grow or was really stagnant at Kerry contends ("more of the same"). It is not a weakness with me or many others that a person admits they could have done things differently. W seems to think that if you or me were given the same information he was given that we would have made the same decisions he did. This might be true, right? The thi
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Politically Active: The main elements of why someone votes the way they do should be (IMO) 1) which candidate best represents their interests best and 2) which candidate will do the best for the largest number of people. I think you weight those 2 in some way and come up with a choice. There is always conflict because no candidate possesses what everyone wants. Hypothetically then, let's consider a case in this election. Let's sa
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Draginol: Respect is something a person earns by their behavior and conduct. Ownership of the site is something I do respect. But it doesn't entitle you to say anything without others being able to comment on it. I make it very clear that infantile is an indication of behavior. I do not mention you by name or even refer to the time that it was said. That is information you have provided, not me. So let me make clear my position
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Daiwa: Bush could have made a very compassionate statement, such as "I believe we made a mistake when we _____________, but we have done everything we could to overcome and correct that and will work hard in the future if the situation happens again." This is how voters on both sides of the political spectrum know growth is accomplished. Doing what Bush did says "everything is a trap. Everyone really hates me and wants me to fail." <b
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BakerStreet: Well, if you think that Liberal as a label is the same where I live as it is in say California, or Texas, or North Carolina than I would ask that you explore that deeper. You know, in statistics one of the prime principles is that "statistics apply to a group, not an individual." So, in other words, a label for a group of Kerry supporters might better be liberal than say Democrat but to pick out one from the group and say he is
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BakerStreet: Behavior is infantile. It is not a label like fascist or communist. It describes a behavior and no one was mentioned as the receiver of the criticism. I certainly am not saying this about you and hope you know this. I am liberal in some ways, conservative in others, even undecided about others (mostly when they don't directly effect me). You don't have to have a position on an issue just because others do. I'm like that on g
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sandy2: First, any label given to someone is done so by someone too infantile in their outlook and behavior to be given any credibility. I was recently called a blind ideologue by someone and my respect for them was cut by almost 100%. People who do this are frustrated with your arguments and must resort to pandering to demons to justify their own sense of "rightness". Second, if you are looking for support, I have been reading yo
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Draginol: The debate was much more about the personalities of the men this time. Bush made a very bad error in not saying that he felt he had made any mistakes. That is what I think many will take with them. His sense that "history will judge" is sort of like Jesse James saying that he had to do what he had to do. It shows a sense of arrogance that many will find very unappealing. Both men seemed ill at ease with Gibson and it s
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hitparade: What I don't buy is a system where you have to make a choice between an SUV and health care. The problem with the economy is simply stated that there are too many problems to deal with in any simple matter. The pluses to the economy over the past 18 months were consumer spending and real estate (both new and refinancing). Those pluses are either now gone or waning. Anybody who tells you differently is trying to lift yo
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hitparade: There is an old saying that "figures lie and liars figure." But, toss into your salad the following: Yes, there is not a huge net loss of jobs, BUT, there is a huge net loss of income because $20 jobs were replaced by $7 to $10 jobs. Toss in that manufacturing jobs that have the good benefits (as well as pay) have declined the most since the great depression (1929-1940). Toss in that health care that cost an average of $2300 now
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Draginol: It's not "creative" outsourcing which you're doing that's demonized. What is demonized is outsourcing solely to lower costs by hiring workers in other countries to do the same job an American would. Take, for example, an IT support person for Dell (not true as far as I know). One living in Texas might cost you $15 per hour and one in India (a hotbed for these types of outsourcing) might cost you $7. This is the kind of
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Hitparade: I understand what you're saying. But let me ask this, if 9/11 had not occured, wouldn't the terrorist threat be just as great as now? Where was Mr. Bush prior to 9/11? You fault Mr. Kerry for what you do not know because he has not had the chance to show what he might do. But we do know what Mr. Bush was doing prior to 9/11. He was on vacation, playing a little golf, and when memo's from his National Security Advisor saying "Bi
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Trellinator: Oh sure, they took a poll in Texas and George Bush missed all the drills but they found documents that Edwards won the debates! Obvious forgery done on a Japanese word processor manufactured in China with sanskrit superscripts that couldn't be done except if standing on your head while practicing kama sutra! Just a moment of levity in another long day.....
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Grim Xiosan: Ok, so what your saying is that 400,000 people spent 30 minutes of their lives running out to 6 different polling sites and stuffed the ballot boxes, all on the democratic side. While the Republicans didn't have ANYONE? Does that really sound realistic to you?
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Daiwa: The Kerry-Edwards site has their set of plans for what they would do. You just have to look. Bush-Cheney has a similar thing on their website.
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Grim Xiosan: Well, when I looked it was 100,000 votes or so to 18,000. Do they got that much ability to flood? Just Asking....
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Draginol: As of 11:25 EST CNN and MSNBC Polls had Edwards ahead of Cheney by over 70% on each site. Interestingly, I saw it as even because neither man answered one question asked which was very irritating. But still NO admission of any mistakes by the administration...... Guess it will get real cold in Hell before that happens.
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