tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18122582.post6062057923064250793..comments2024-02-15T02:46:48.670-05:00Comments on Erin O'Brien: American muscleErin O'Brienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09089592061725346901noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18122582.post-78219112914070346382012-10-05T19:19:55.116-04:002012-10-05T19:19:55.116-04:00@MR-
You missed your calling-Political Consultant...@MR-<br /><br />You missed your calling-Political Consultant. LOL.<br /><br />RJ<br /><br />Afterthought- If Willard hears about this he'll use it at the next debate. True story-My 14 yo daughter watched the debate Weds and I had not heard her analysis until today. "Daddy that Gov. Romney smiled and said he'd give everybody everything." From the mouths of babes...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18122582.post-978411594533660992012-10-05T15:07:22.961-04:002012-10-05T15:07:22.961-04:00Say, RJ, you'll get a lot more votes on this b...Say, RJ, you'll get a lot more votes on this blog for Ms Stein if she were to change her first and middle names to "Frosty Beer".<br /><br />MRAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18122582.post-78009106726543723302012-10-04T00:22:14.908-04:002012-10-04T00:22:14.908-04:00RJ should've coached the Pres. Couldn't h...RJ should've coached the Pres. Couldn't have been any more boring.Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17626884939818771077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18122582.post-73982595461075865152012-10-03T22:54:44.739-04:002012-10-03T22:54:44.739-04:00FACT: Clean Coal is A MYTH
FACT: Managed Medica...FACT: Clean Coal is A MYTH<br /><br />FACT: Managed Medicare Sucks. Talk to Any Administrator of ANY Home Healthcare Agency.<br /><br />FACT: States Rights will get you the CSA. States Rights will get you George Wallace in the Schoolhouse Door. States Rights will get you Creationism in the classroom.<br /><br />Jill Stein 2012<br /><br />Randy JohnsonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18122582.post-84757321756399156382012-10-03T17:55:06.528-04:002012-10-03T17:55:06.528-04:00Kowabunga!Kowabunga!Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17626884939818771077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18122582.post-44650373051105571762012-10-03T17:22:58.372-04:002012-10-03T17:22:58.372-04:00Elizabeth Warren 2016
RJElizabeth Warren 2016<br /><br />RJAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18122582.post-19982911388597254772012-10-03T13:20:08.066-04:002012-10-03T13:20:08.066-04:00Yes! Libs, please vote Jill Stein. Yes! Libs, please vote Jill Stein. Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17626884939818771077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18122582.post-85125795520897099782012-10-03T11:22:27.472-04:002012-10-03T11:22:27.472-04:00Good points Kirk. After I posted I recalled somet...Good points Kirk. After I posted I recalled something else too about this little stroll down memory lane. The stimulus that fueled the economy out of the slump of the 70's( The dreaded Jimmy Carter Years the GOP likes to wave around) was EZ CONSUMER CREDIT. One of my favorite quotes about the Reagan Economic Policies -"They Strip Mined the Economy." Hells Bells once an amoral individual figured out they could become CORPORATE RAIDERS and make a killing in the markets by pushing every edge available and at most risk 3-4 years in Federal Prison it just became a matter of playing the odds. But, in classic American fashion the players (Investment Bankers)killed the goose that laid the golden egg(See: Credit Default Swaps) and now we're having to reboot the casino. And the fault gets laid on the GUBMINTS doorstep. True, just 30 some odd years late. <br />Funny thing is they label BHO as a Socialist but forget that "Two months into his presidency, Obama summoned the titans of finance to the White House, where he told them, "My administration is the only thing between you and the pitchforks."(Google it)<br />WHY ISN'T WALL STREET IN JAIL? Anyone that doesn't believe Capitalism plus Representative Gov't post Citizens United is ORGANIZED CRIME is in a deep state of denial. (Not a river in Egypt) <br /><br />JILL STEIN 2012!<br /><br />Randy JohnsonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18122582.post-32024027660195143612012-10-03T10:57:31.336-04:002012-10-03T10:57:31.336-04:00Had the same amount of money been spent on the the...Had the same amount of money been spent on the the New Deal as on WWII, the US would have been brought completely (instead of partially) out of the Great Depression. It was the size of the stimulus, not what the stimulus was spent on, that made the difference in the 1940s.<br /><br />Incidentally, there were TWO depressions during the 1930s. The second came about after FDR cut back on New Deal spending.Kirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02155991693956178030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18122582.post-60142873366269423652012-10-03T09:05:22.926-04:002012-10-03T09:05:22.926-04:00Something to think about. The whole damn world wa...Something to think about. The whole damn world was blown up after WWII. The only store open was in North America. Times have changed. This is not sophisticated economics sports fans.<br /><br />Randy JAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18122582.post-18407186864891907382012-10-03T08:42:04.777-04:002012-10-03T08:42:04.777-04:00I was not completely against the auto bailouts, ho...I was not completely against the auto bailouts, how they went about it is an issue. I think the model used in the 1980s Chrysler bailout was a betterway to go about it. Rewarding the UAW at the expense of bond holders is just wrong. The State of Indiana took a bath in the Chrysdler bailout (so did the State Teacher's Union Pension Fund).<br /><br />One could make an argument that the decade of Kenseyan spending and stimulus put in place by the FDR administration did not bring us out of the Great Depression. As your Granny said, it took WWII. <br /><br />Only a complete mobilization of the economy to the war effort saved us. <br /><br />One can look to what brought us out of previous deep recessions. Korea, Vietnam and the decade long WOT has not spurred the economy. The Kennedy, Reagan, and Bush tax cuts did.<br /><br />Something to think about.Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17269114655802698386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18122582.post-1936638802401095842012-10-03T08:05:01.161-04:002012-10-03T08:05:01.161-04:00Remember when all the Righties were trying to find...Remember when all the Righties were trying to find something nice to say about Bush?<br /><br /><i>Thank God that man kept us safe for seven years.</i><br /><br />MR: As we speak, Todd Akin is giving a speech on how the Dodge Ram becomes spontaneously pregnant whenever you shift into overdrive.Erin O'Brienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09089592061725346901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18122582.post-71784611941219091072012-10-03T00:46:29.590-04:002012-10-03T00:46:29.590-04:00Gee, Bill, do you suppose that "Would have be...Gee, Bill, do you suppose that "Would have been worse..." and "Would have been catastrophic..." are being used often because they are accurate?<br /><br />MRAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18122582.post-59332366457466413172012-10-02T21:55:35.882-04:002012-10-02T21:55:35.882-04:00Would have been worse. Would have been catastroph...Would have been worse. Would have been catastrophic. Words often used to to defend crappy decisions made by President Barack Obama.Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17626884939818771077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18122582.post-68699201800718160012012-10-02T21:13:14.186-04:002012-10-02T21:13:14.186-04:00Something that seems often forgotten in the questi...Something that seems often forgotten in the question of whether or not we ought to have supplied GM and Chrysler with bridge funding: Many, if not most, of the independent auto parts suppliers in the US also support the US operations of foreign manufacturers-Honda, Toyota, VW, Kia-all of them. The impact just not on domestic but world-wide industrial activity would have been catastrophic. <br /><br />As to the bondholders? They most likely would have been screwed with their pants on either way. All things being otherwise equal, the country is better off with the jobs saved.<br /><br />MR <br /><br />WV: 'sogrand'. That one's like getting dealt a natural inside flush.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18122582.post-69653567880873288602012-10-02T20:49:13.409-04:002012-10-02T20:49:13.409-04:00I never noticed before how much that 'Ram'...I never noticed before how much that 'Ram' decal looks like a diagram of the uterus and fallopian tubes. "Ram Tough", indeedy-doodie!<br /><br />MRAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18122582.post-23936573989092035022012-10-02T20:25:39.573-04:002012-10-02T20:25:39.573-04:0053% of 'Merkuns,('cording to the Mittster)...53% of 'Merkuns,('cording to the Mittster), who pay taxes, divided into $50B, comes out to $299.96 a pop.<br /><br />Hell, I spend that on chrome.<br /><br />philbillynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18122582.post-62205865191631534312012-10-02T20:16:34.045-04:002012-10-02T20:16:34.045-04:00Bail out GM: $50 billion.
Strike nerve: priceless....Bail out GM: $50 billion.<br />Strike nerve: priceless.-Bill<br /><br />Delusions of Grandeur-Medication<br /><br />Randy JAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18122582.post-7622693232553995852012-10-02T16:10:28.129-04:002012-10-02T16:10:28.129-04:00sell it to the Chrysler bondholderssell it to the Chrysler bondholdersJoehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17269114655802698386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18122582.post-37464303212478892502012-10-02T15:59:38.952-04:002012-10-02T15:59:38.952-04:00Bail out GM: $50 billion.
Strike nerve: priceless....Bail out GM: $50 billion.<br />Strike nerve: priceless.Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17626884939818771077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18122582.post-46222286250446920872012-10-02T15:48:56.933-04:002012-10-02T15:48:56.933-04:00"American taxpayers will never get their 50+ ..."American taxpayers will never get their 50+ billion back."-Bill<br /><br />Global War on Terror. Brown University Cost of War Project.<br /><br />298,000 Killed<br /><br />4 Trillion Spent and Obligated.<br /><br />Hey Bill. Fuck Off.<br /><br />Randy JohnsonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18122582.post-80337957056847278752012-10-02T14:43:50.082-04:002012-10-02T14:43:50.082-04:00Someone also brought up the GI Bill over at my Fac...Someone also brought up the GI Bill over at my Facebook page, where I linked this post.Erin O'Brienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09089592061725346901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18122582.post-47357068819479596032012-10-02T14:11:51.944-04:002012-10-02T14:11:51.944-04:00When I hear the great big cooling fan behind me sp...When I hear the great big cooling fan behind me spool up while accelerating my air-cooled flat four engine, everything makes sense and I am ecstatic. Every time, every gear, every day.<br /><br />My ancient Ford 4WD truck has reached the status of Pack Mule, strong and reliable beyond expectations, occasionally braying when I overload its paper thin clutch linings and creaking springs.<br /><br />When I drive my generic aeroblob Korean clone-car, I am bored and restless, and I have trouble finding it in parking lots.<br /><br />Actually, in my research, the fundamental boom in our economy post-WWII was a function of the G.I. Bill and the growth of capital markets. War is destructive, always, in the final analysis.philbillynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18122582.post-63224366073080709922012-10-02T13:00:12.975-04:002012-10-02T13:00:12.975-04:00Gram Soos was right. Not so much, your argument a...Gram Soos was right. Not so much, your argument about the bailouts. American taxpayers will never get their 50+ billion back. The bond holders will never recoup the money stolen from them. American muscle, in this case, is the power of the Government to screw whichever group of people they want or favor any group. GM is using government money to pay back government money so that they can borrow more government money. Cars or solar panels. No difference.Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17626884939818771077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18122582.post-11993297710265813862012-10-02T12:56:42.596-04:002012-10-02T12:56:42.596-04:00War was always the greatest stimulus...until Korea...War was always the greatest stimulus...until Korea and Vietnam, when all the stimulus profits went to Ike's Military Industrial Complex instead of local communities...like the original Cleveland Tank Plant, now the IX Center: <br />http://ech.cwru.edu/ech-cgi/article.pl?id=IC1 Michael Lawlesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07872581133344179082noreply@blogger.com