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this week we lost 17 soldiers in that bull#@*%! war in afghanistan. 2014 can`t come soon enough.
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I just checked again on Ms. Lerners right to plead the 5th after having made a statment and Lo and behold I`m right again. you see the trouble with the people who disagree with me which is every respondent on this site is that they feel that something is right just because the feel it should be. she could have made 20 or more statments before pleading the 5th it wouldn`t have mattered. I`m right and you`re wrong. it`s unfortunate that your combined hate for our president forces you to make outlandishly foolish statments. the republican party is in shambles and it`s all your faults. hate has a way of blinding people to the point that leads to their own destruction.
 Harry 5-24-2013 06:01 PM
Where are you getting your info?
Greater legal minds than ours are debating whether she wived her right or not? It's still being litigated.
Do tell.
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Marie 5-24-2013 08:07 PM
The IRS official, Lois Lerner, invoked the Fifth Amendment Wednesday as she declared she would not testify or answer questions on the advice of counsel.
“I will not answer any questions or testify about the subject matter of this committee’s meeting,” she said.
However, her statements prompted confusion in the hearing room, as she delivered a brief opening statement in which she claimed she had done nothing wrong. Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, said that given her other remarks, she may have “effectively waived” her rights. She effectively testified as to her innocence, so she did testfy and should answer questions he contends. He is not alone in that thinking.
Those on the left feel she invoked her 5th Amendment right, but those on the right sees it a bit differently.
Issa can hold her in contempt to compel her to testify, and would need a judge to sign the contempt order.
The fact she testified as to her innocnce under oath, one can reasonably discern her attempt at taking the fifth is to protect someone else.
The left does not want her to testify.
We'll have to wait and see how this unfolds.
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pvc. 5-25-2013 05:45 AM
Marie i hope she does testify. I`m no fan of the IRS and was actually a juror in a case against some poor schmuck who in reality did nothing wrong. he was the only person left in a company who they could point a finger at in a tax evasion case. to say this was a real stretch by that nazi like organization would not give it the justice it warranted. I voted against the IRS and evenyually so did all the others .it took a bit of debate but the poor guy was finally able to breath a sigh of relief afterwards. he`s probably still being audited yearly to this day.
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pvc. 5-25-2013 05:53 AM
Harry i get all my info from the internet. I don`t trust the pundits on cable since they have a financial stake in keping the most mundane stories alive for weeks on end. I sometimes watch r. Maddow but that only lasts for 15 minutes or so. Mathews annoys me . Sharpton is mostly about race and O`Donnell is on to late for me , It`s only their opinion, but having said that they are making a ton of money as per the amount of commercials they garner as a result of their need for profit. Morning Joe is just as bad. I`ve tried FOX but find them worse then the afore mentioned.
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Ms. Lerner was accused of committing a crime by , I think, ISA. since that`s a fact she had all the right to claim the 5th. It was also only an inquiry not a trial. I`m sure shell be back again as these issues apparently superceed the need for more jobs in this country. another point is the supposed AP situation. when a govt employee who works directly for the feds takes a job he or she takes an oath not to leak pertinent information. the justice dept has not only the right to investigate these leaks but the responsibility as well, let us not forget Benedick Arnold. the media has its ` shorts on fire because they need this type of information to comment on every day which adds to their ratings and the commercial time for which they are paid to do so. Bengazi on the other hand was a result of a bad decision made by ambassador stevens. he knew there was a riot going on before he left Tripoli, he not only endangered himself but the other 3 guards that were killed as a result. BY THE WAY a Bridge just collasped in Washington ST. infra structure and the jobs that go along with it are what this country needs not these trumped up scandals which thus far have not been even remotely proven by facts to be true. it`s the GOPs way of not having anything Good happen under this administration. we need jobs not not baloney.
William H 5-24-2013 11:10 AM
You are obviously one of Obamas lap dogs. Do you hear yourself, you sound like an ad for him.
Ambassador Stevens is responsible for Benghazi? Trumped up scandals, what has to happen before you wake up? With comments like that you should be Baker Acted. Your thinking is totally skewed. Wow, you're scary.
You go off half cocked about Bush and Cheney, but with Obama, evidence is slapping you right in the face and you can't see it. Talk about bigoted.
Fort Hood, Benghazi, Boston, all terrorism and all on Obamas watch.
His stratergy isn't working. Bin Laden is dead, but terrorism is stronger than ever because of Obamas weak foreign policy and lack of backbone.
In London a soldier was butchered in broad daylight by radical Muslim nuts. Their Prime Minister had no trouble calling it what is was, RADICAL MUSLIM TERRORISM. Obama still can't get those words out of his mouth, and made a statement saying "not all the Muslims in the U.S. are terrorists".
Really Mr. President? OK, why don't you tell us which one are so we can avoid them.
Obama and Holder are schackled by their ideology to such a degree, it prevents them from putting the wellbeing of this country first. Philosophical elitests make lousy politicians.
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Tony 5-24-2013 11:24 AM
Lerner screwed up. She should have just pled the fifth, stood up and left.
By making her opening statement, she voided her right to take the fifth.
The language in that Amendment states a right to refuse to make a statement or answer questions. So by making a statement, she voided that protection.
Foolish on her part.
Ms. Lerner may not be the guilty party here, I'm sure she didn't decide that course of action on her own. She was probably just obeying orders. Her taking the fifth is most likely to protect someone higher up. Got any guesses????
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Gerard 5-24-2013 12:38 PM
When you are subpoenaed before a Congressional hearing, it's an official proceeding, equally as important as a trial. Lying, perjury in an official proceeding is a felony.
Lerner was asked to resign but refused, so she was put on administrative leave with pay. The IRS wants her silenced, she knows where the bones are buried.
Also, all those who know Obama share one common opinion about him, he is a control freak, egotist. With those attributes it is not unreasonable to think he knows everything his minions are doing. To believe anything else would be naive.
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frankie 5-24-2013 01:28 PM
why do you keep putting down obama? don't you know the jews run the country and have all the money
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Connie 5-24-2013 01:41 PM
Mr. "I love Obama no matter what he does" has tunnel vision. He can't see the big picture. He gets hung up on one issue, jobs, or infrastructure. Both very important issues, but not to the exclusion of all others.
He is stuck in one groove that all criticism of this administration is a GOP trick to derail the president.
The GOP is doing exactly what the Dems do when the situation presents itself, "never let a good crisis go to waste" as Rahm Emanuel once stated.
The Benghazi deaths are terrible and show a serious breakdown in the system. But the IRS scandal is by far more serious by its sheer nature, it effects all of us. No one is immune from its reach. When the IRS starts singling out specific targets for any reason, it should be troubling to all of us. Today it's conservatives, tomorrow it's you.
That idiot Bette Midler thinks it's wonderful the Tea Party and conservatives were targetted by the IRS, and yet she can recognize that Jews were targetted by Hitler and how wrong that was. People like her are profoundly ignorant to revel in the thought that people they disagree with deserve to be harrassed by the government. I can't wait to see the look on her face when they target overweight, dishwater blond hasbeen singers.
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pvc. 5-24-2013 01:46 PM
lap dog ? just as I would expect from the likes of you. when you have any proof of your allegations feel free to fill us all in. as to ambassador Stevens he wasn`t responsible for the attack but he was responsible for putting himself and others in harms way. he made a mistake in going there knowing that trouble awaited. he also cost the lives of three other brave men. the fact that you go off half cocked as you always do with anything you can drum up without any proof whatsoever as long as you can blame the president shows how much you hate the man and not his policies. you william are a sorry unenlightened individual. by the way we still need Jobs and the do nothing GOP still throws up road blocks every time the subject comes to a vote. I suppose it makes you extremly happy that so many are out of work. your opinions just like the obsolete bridge in Washington ST. lays in ruins.
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Harry 5-24-2013 01:46 PM
I still don't understand why the Jewish vote is primarily Democratic. I know 70+ years ago FDR spoke out against the Nazi machine, but as Frankie joked, many big corporations are run by Jewish people. The Republican Party would actually benefit them better.
The Dems just want more government run businesses, more welfare and more taxes.
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pvc. 5-24-2013 01:48 PM
To tony and Gerard you are both wrong and should do a little legal research before you put your thoughts down for others to read.
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June 5-24-2013 01:49 PM
Ooooh, we struck a nerve with Philip.
Once a lackey, always a lackey.
The truth hurts, doesn't it Phil.
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pvc. 5-24-2013 01:55 PM
to ms. I hate obama. the number one priority in this country is more jobs and rebuilding the infrastructure is a perfect way to ease this countries under performing economy. there I`ve said it again. as to the irs. if you tried to secure tax free status don`t you think you should be looked into too? if not I`d like to get on the band wagon myself.
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pvc. 5-24-2013 01:57 PM
June I don`t know what you`re talking about and as usual neither do you.
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Gerard 5-24-2013 02:10 PM
Phil, all groups seeking tax free status should be reviewed. BUT, the records subpoenaed by Congress have shown, groups with "conservative" or "Tea Party" in their title were unjustly held up, some until one month after the presidential election. How convenient. They were harassed, required to produce information not required for others and required to redo multiple forms over and over, many had to hire legal representation to help at a significant expense. All this while non-conservative groups were approved in a timely manner, usually in 4-6 weeks. Even Obamas brother was approved for his tax exempt status for his group, by Lerner herself, in less than one month.
If you can't see the problem there, then there is no reason to discuss this further with you.
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Gerard 5-24-2013 03:25 PM
OK Phil, what did William and Tony say that was wrong? Be specific, because as far as what they said is concerned, they're right.
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pvc. 5-24-2013 05:06 PM
Gerard I`m not the one making assertions you are. so prove what you`re saying is legal. I`ll give you a couple of hints . one she was accused of a crime by Darrell Isa, from california. she was not being tried for any criminal activity. but isa`s implication prompted her response to pleading the fifth .if you look at the law, which of course you won`t , you will see that at that point she wasn`t even in contempt of congress which in the case of this do nothing obstructionist congress is most certainly the case. all these investigations are merely a dodge to stop any real progress for the united states. you apparently agree with this unamerican activity. I don`t .I`d put money on the fact that her pleading the 5th was the proper and right thing to do under the circumstances. many make the same mistake as you just did so don`t feel to bad. I just happen to know what I`m talking about .
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Tony 5-24-2013 06:18 PM
You say when the Dems do crappy stuff it's for the good of the country. But when the Repubs investigate the crappy stuff,you call them un-American.
You're definitely an Obama lap dog. WOOF!
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two words EXCLUSIVELY and Primarily. one means always the other means most of the time. if it were not for the convenience of some mid level Beaucrat the IRS situation would not exist. I also blame the Supreem court for this present situation in saying yes to citizens United.
Marie 5-23-2013 09:46 AM
Phil, I worked for the IRS in Holtsville, LI. I remember my supervisor chose another person and myself to work a new program. We were told to review and audit a selection of returns provided to us, that had home sales and go over them with a fine tooth comb to see if there was enough there, money owed the IRS, to make it feasible to create a program to check these types of returns on a regular basis, we worked those cases for 6 weeks. At the end, our findings were reviewed and the big dogs made a decision. We never found out if they did create a special unit for that issue. We were just worker bees, doing what we were told.
The point is no one does anything in ghe IRS without being told to do it. Your work is spot reviewed, and any deviation from the established rule could cost your job.
Those workers did not do that on their own, they were instructed to do that through orders from Lois Lerner.
My question is why did she risk her career to do that? Who told her to do that?
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Joe 5-23-2013 10:07 AM
Your government is abusing it's power, hurting average cirizens trying to exercise thier 1st Amendment right to free speech, and you blame Citizens United, a conservative group which advocates government control by citizens, not big government. Why?
Your thinking is counterproductive to the American way. Do you really understand what you are supporting?
Do you fully understand how bad, big government can spin out of control?
Look at what is happening now, the most feared agency in the US is singling out groups who oppose the current administration. That is very dangerous and should upset you.
With that kind of government, NONE OF US ARE SAFE.
Today it's conservative groups, tomorrow it could be small businesses, or religious groups, or people with pensions, etc. that's why it is so very, very important to nip this in the bud, so this ugly type of harrassment is stopped.
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Tony 5-23-2013 12:26 PM
Marie, easy answer to your question. Lerner was instructed by Schulman. Schulman met with Obama in the WH 118 times, not all of those visits were for an EASTER EGG HUNT. What arrogance.
Schulman is one of the top people, he answered to Geithner, who doesn't scratch his butt without Obama giving his OK.
This "I didn't know" excuse is wearing thin. If you don't know, then you don't belong in the job. Get someone in there who will make it his priority to know.
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pvc. 5-23-2013 04:26 PM
go to the internet and check out the article in the atlantic concerning the irs and disclosure. the law said exclusively and was basterdized at the demand of the senate around 2000 or 2001
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Tony 5-23-2013 04:32 PM
What???
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pvc. 5-23-2013 04:34 PM
marie it happens at the post office all the time. that`s the way it is with large govt. agencies. by the way since the irs is staffed by govt workers firing someone is no easy task due to the protection they have under the govt. employee protection labor laws. I thought you were a court stenographer?
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pvc. 5-23-2013 04:37 PM
Tony is this conversation becoming to much for you? if you`re that interested look it up. if you just want to knock Obama be my guest. he`s not going anywhere. your combined hate for this man is palpable.
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Marie 5-23-2013 05:16 PM
No, Phil, I was a court clerk, not court reporter, in Fl. Totally different jobs. But when I lived in NY I worked on Wall St as a young woman and then years later at the IRS on the Island. Three very interesting jobs to say the least.
Funny story, true too. Around 1988 at the IRS in LI, there was a young man, a bit strange, weird actually. We would get bomb scares at least once a year, but especially around April 15th. This idiot left a brown paper bag in one of the mens rooms with the apparent makings of a bomb. Not good.
We watched armed guards literally carry him out hog tied. Well we all thought he was finished. But a few months later he was back. It seems as the story went, the "bomb" was a stunt, and posed no real harm, so they let him come back because he was fast and accurate in his job!
Getting fired is almost impossible it seems.
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SAM 5-23-2013 05:23 PM
OH THANK GOODNESS PVC HAS FINALLY PUT THE BLAME FOR THE IRS MESS WHERE IT BELONGS..THE SURPREME COURT !! NOW WE CAN ALL SLEEP GOOD....PVC YOU HAVE ISSUES..
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Tony 5-23-2013 05:36 PM
Pvc, I'm glad it's that obvious. He's bad news for this nation.
We've been saying for months big government is all wrong. Obama, Holder, Clinton, Schulman, Miller, Lerner all claiming they knew nothing proves government is out of control.
Try running any business like that, you'd fold in a year.
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Tony 5-23-2013 05:41 PM
Sam, Phil loved the Supreme Court when they screwed us over and upheld Obamacare.
He picks and choses his "facts" to suit his opinion de jour.
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Mary 5-23-2013 08:15 PM
Boy have times changed, the IRS takes that nut back and kids today get expelled from elementary school because their pop tart resembles a gun.
This country has gone whacky.
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pvc. 5-24-2013 04:54 AM
Sam I do put the blame on the Courts opinion for citizens united. had it not been for that ruling the millions upon millions of dollars that were used in the past campaign would indeed deserve scrutiny . I hope you can see the detremental effect large amounts of money can have on the people in congress and the senate . if you cannot then so be it . it`s the duty of the IRS to see if these pacs are indeed living up to their responsibility which allows them to be tax free entities. if they are then they deserve the tax benefits they deserve ,if not they do not it`s fairly simple.
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pvc. 5-24-2013 04:58 AM
Tony just to bring you up to date on your statment. Roosevelt, Kennedy, Nixon,Regan and I`m sure many others used the IRS to put heat on their apparent enemies. wrong? Yes startling? NO.
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pvc. 5-24-2013 05:02 AM
Tony Affordible health care is a necessity for all of us. you on the other hand refuse to see the cancerous effect money has on our well dressed, overly insured representatives.
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SAM 5-24-2013 07:52 AM
PVC I DIDNT SEE YOU SPEAKING OUT AGAINST UNIONS MAKING BIG DONATIONS WHILE ITE MEMBERS WERENT FOR THE PARTIES GETTING THOSE DONATIONS..YOU CANT HAVE IT BOTH WAYS...AND YOU BELIEVE THAT OBAMACARE IS THE ANSWER WELL ANSWER ME ON THIS HOW CAN THEY LOWER PREMIUNS BY LETTING OVER 20 MILLION INTO OBAMA CARE WHEN THEY WONT PAY A DIME INTO IT..THE ANSWER IS TAKE AWAY FROM MEDICARE A SYSTEM THAT WAS PAIDED INTO BY WORKING PEOPLE..LOWER MEDICARE PAYMENTS TO DOCTORS MEANS THEY WILL SEE FEWER PEOPLE I DO ADMIT WE DO NEED A BETTER SOLUATION OBAMACARE ISNT IT.. IF IT IS SOOOOOOOOOOOO GOOD WHY IS CONGRESS EXEMPT ??WHY ARE BIG UNIONS EXEMPT..I KNOW BLAME THE SUPREME COURT..
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Marie 5-24-2013 10:01 AM
Sam, I think it will implode under its own weight. But before that happens it will cause much damage. Many of us will be adversely effected.
Too many people were involved in its creation, and none of them knew what the other submitted. It was a compilation of a "pork wish list" and as Pelosi said, "we have to pass it to see what's in it". It's a disaster.
But these politicians knew enough about it to realize THEY wanted nothing to do with it. They protected themselves and a select group of people who were lap dogs of Obama.
Only FOX News released that tidbit of information, so only FOX viewers were concerned with Obamacare. Those who choose to watch other stations refused to believe the exemptions to this mega-disaster heading our way and anything bad about it, because their news programs avoided those issues. Selective programming, they select what they want their audience to know.
That is why this Administration is working so diligently to silence FOX and digging into its reporters private messages. They must keep the opposing voice muffled in order to keep dragging us into s o c i a l i s m.
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5-22-2013 10:47 PM
Why don't we have great singers anymore?
Where are the Sinatras, or Bennets, Como or Crosby, Mathis?
Where are the new singers like Elvis Presley, Frankie Avalon, Paul Anka, Fabian, and Bobby Rydell.
We need singers like the Supremes, Platters, Cadillacs and Duprees, Dion, and Danny and the Juniors.
The music today sucks. Sorry, just my opinion.
pvc. 5-23-2013 05:44 AM
Joe i think it`s a result of a lack of romance . think of the movies of our time . now think of the movies that are now popular. it seems that every time james bond walks out of a building it blows up. Iron man is another form of visual candy. Last night I saw a movie called Taking Chance. it was thoughtfull and sad. If I hadn`t stumbled across it on free HBO I`d have missed something special. I`m not to crazy about todays music either. having said that there are wonderful singers in the clubs that dot New York city. so why not pick up the Sunday times and see how much is really available.
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June 5-23-2013 10:27 AM
We used to have variety shows on TV.
Carol Burnett, Dean Martin, Andy Williams, Lawrence Welk, Perry Como, Ed Sullivan. We had TV specials around the Holidays, like Sinatra and Judy Garland and Hope and Crosby.
TV today is mostly reality shows. Those shows are fine, there is an audience for them, but we need a little more variety for those of us who want a nice musical entertainment format.
I fully realize the movers and shakers who are making these production decisions are targeting the under 40 audience, but the baby boomer market it huge and should be considered too.
Phil is right, we've lost the romance on TV and movies, too much explicit sex and violence and computer generated special effects. Oh to have movies again like "Love Affair" with Charles Boyer and Irene Dunne. Good, clean romance.
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Mary 5-23-2013 12:35 PM
Last year there was a Christmas special on TV. I was totally grossed out. It was a Larry the Cable Guy farce and I thought very disrespectful. Toilet humor, that had nothing to do with that beautiful Holyday.
Too much garbage on TV.
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Does anyone know who is the watchdog for congress? Who Guards the Guardians , THEMSELVES?
Bob2 5-22-2013 06:36 AM
The answer to the first question is yes, and the answer to the second question is no.
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JRL 5-22-2013 10:27 AM
The government watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington released its annual “Most Corrupt Members of Congress” list.
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Tony 5-22-2013 11:34 AM
WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE THE WATCHDOGS, WITH OUR VOTE, OUR PRECIOUS VOTE.
WE MUST PUT PRIDE AND PARTY POLITICS ASIDE AND OUST A BAD POLITICIAN ASAP.
NIXON HAD ONE MAJOR SCANDAL, AND HIS ENEMIES LIST, BUT THIS PRESIDENT HAS SEVERAL SERIOUS SCANDALOUS ISSUES SURFACING, HE NEEDS TO GO THE WAY NIXON WENT. THEN WE AS A NATION CAN MOVE ON.
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Bob C 5-22-2013 12:29 PM
Phil, you have no problem calling people liars on this site if you don't agree with their remarks, but you refuse to use that same label on the biggest liar, Obama.
Your perceptions are very distorted, but make for a good basis for rebuttal.
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pvc. 5-22-2013 02:02 PM
bob c that`s because he`s not. your alterior motive do give one reason to believe that something else is bothering you. Is his obvious liberalism? is it his race? is it the way he sucessfully deals with terrorists? is it that you are in favor of more tax relief for the rich? what causes such vehimence ?whatever it is it`s eating you alive and that I do enjoy. keep it up and if Hillary comes sfter him I can look forward to enraging you and others for another 8 years. I find this to be fun but in your case not very challenging, intellectually that is.
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pvc. 5-22-2013 02:56 PM
tony if you`re right then why did the GOP try to restrict the voting rights for people of color in the last election? Isn`t their vote precious too?
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Tony 5-22-2013 05:48 PM
Phil, flip that record over, you know darn well your "people of color" were not being targeted. Voter ID for everyone, get it, everyone, is not being racist. Get a grip man, this racist crap has got to stop it's all BS.
It's not our fault that many in the minority areas play the system. If most of those without proper ID happen to be in a minority, well that's too bad. You want to vote, then get proper ID.
If it's too much trouble, then stay home.
They have no trouble producing an ID for welfare, food stamps and other bennies, and buying booze and cigarettes.
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Ray 5-22-2013 08:41 PM
Thst's right Tony. Hey Phil our vote is precious and precious to all, white, black, brown, yellow and red. The ID is to ensure only legal citizens vote and we only vote ONCE!
OBAMACARE WILL REQUIRE AN NEW PHOTO ID, WHAT DO YOU SAY ABOUT THAT REQUIREMENT?
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pvc. 5-23-2013 05:36 AM
tony you seem to forget what the PA. attoney general said before the last election. you seem to forget what they did in florida when they tried to inhibit the blacks from voting en mass the sunday before the election, this had always been their policy. I`ve mentioned these things before and refuse to run that gauntlet again. if you`re that interested look up the reports yourself. there has been so little fraud that the only necessity for the passing of a bill that allows all to vote. this bill isn`t to stop voter fraud it`s to protect the rights of people to vote without officials and bigots to get in the way of that right. it`s unfortunate that it had to come to this but reality is what it is. you`re right about one thing I`m a person of color. both my Italian grandparents came from Sicily we also had a bishop from Spain in the lineage.Racism is the unfortunate result of the bastardation of something that has always been sacred and will hopefully remain so in this free land and that is Immigration. don`t you think the irish treated the Italians with disgust? the Irish were treated with disgust by the white anglo saxons when the first started to come into this country after the Famine. Look how many Irish died in the civil war as a result of being sold a bill of goods by the people who ran the country at that time. Do not fear racism is alive and well in this country and always will be.it is up to those who realize this annoying fact to fight it at every turn. the hate I find on this site for our President makes it evident to me that bigotry has much to do with that hate. that`s my opinion and I`ll never be disuaded from either stating it or fighting against it.
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Tony 5-23-2013 10:42 AM
Phil, you are dead wrong. You are stuck on the idea that criticism of Obama is based on his color.
His color is Obama on the outside, I dislike him because of what's inside him. His ultra liberal thinking, his superiority attitude, his power crazy actions. It's Obama the politician I do not like. If he was 100% white, my feelings would be the same, it's his philosophy I disagree with.
If you can't get that through your head, the problem lies with you then, you assess situations by color, you are the racist.
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The tragedy that just occured in Oklahoma City unfortunately shows the need for govt assistance. some on this site have argued against it. Bangladesh on the other hand lost 1100 people so Izod, Nike and the rest could increase their profits a hundred fold.we can help the people in oklahoma by donating time and money and we can help the people in foreign countries by demanding that the companies that use their cheap labor to at least be responsible for building buildings that are safe. If they don`t then we should not buy their products.
William H 5-21-2013 10:39 AM
Government ASSISTANCE, key word assistance. The good people on this site have expressed concern this administration is abusing presidential power, and creating law that brings absolute government control into all facets of our life. That's very dangerous and un-American.
You choose to read what you want into our posts. You apparently can't see or worse refuse to see what this president is trying to do. All the signs are there, but you seem to be blind to them.
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Stephen O'Donnell 5-21-2013 11:59 AM
Hey Phil, the Governor of Oklahoma said thanks but no thanks to the government coming in to help. They can do it on a state level, not everyone thinks assistence is a right.
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William H 5-21-2013 01:07 PM
Phil, you interject other issues into discussions that sidetrack and derail importent information.
Big corporations in third world countries provide a better living standard. These people welcome the work, the risk of disasters in that region are just a fact of life in that area, whether we are there or not.
Just look at all the agencies the government runs now. All financial disasters. Now they run health care, and made the IRS in charge of managing the money end of that debacle with all our personal banking info. It's a nightmare.
We need to keep the government control of businesses and agencies to a minimum. There is an old saying "don't put all your eggs in one basket". It's a simple saying but is very relevant right now.
Remember, anything the government can give you, they can take away.
Another thing that has been stressing this nation is the ultra liberal attitude to allow anyone and anybody to enter this land and allowing them to avail themselves of all our citizen perks. Government has always been reckless with our money, they take of themselves very well, and the rest of us can go piss off, sorry for the language.
You appear to want to allow the government to run the show, you don't realize how much of your freedom you would relinquish by doing that.
You may be OK with that prospect, I am not. There is no guarantee that an agressive govenment machine won't keep taking more and more of our freedoms. The more they take, the more we lose and eventually the balance falters and they will take it all quite easily. Then we have no rights at all and are completely at their mercy. All the laws this administration are creating will stand forever or until another Congress repeals them, not an easy task or likely possible. The aggressive, oppressive intrusions contained in those laws in the hands of a future administration, with less scruples than the team we have now, could be disastrous for us all. (Not them, just the masses)
Power breeds corruption in the wrong hands. We are seeing that now. They sre drunk on power.
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June 5-21-2013 01:21 PM
Phil, look at it like this. A building contractor wants to build a development. He wants to control everything, the concrete, lumber, plumbing, surveying, electrical, finishing, etc. He very well may be able to do all of it, but at a much slower pace. But if he allows other companies, sub-contractors, to handle specific tasks, the job will go much faster and more efficiently.
The point is, if Uncle Sam is running all the disaster assistance, the response will be much slower and very likely inadequate. Keeping the disaster aid on a local and state level will assure a quicker response time, geared specifically for the community involved.
In Katrina, 2200 single wide trailers were left to rot because the paperwork got so tanged in red tape, they never reached their destination. Too many cooks in the kitchen, mass confusion. A total loss.
Big government is not the answer.
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pvc. 5-21-2013 04:07 PM
william H you`re making this tragedy fit your apparently twisted view of what is and is not the american way. the people in Oklahoma need help period . we help the world why not Oklahoma? thank god there aren`t more like you.
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pvc. 5-21-2013 04:10 PM
Show me the proof. I doubt if there`s any. I`ve already looked and found nothing that backs up your statment. that makes you a liar. I`m sure you can live with that.
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pvc. 5-21-2013 04:15 PM
T William H yet again . we are all children of God and when there is injustice or pain that we do not respond to we are culpable. we even send aid to Iran when a devistating earth quake occurs. we helped when that russian sub went down. If you don`t like what this country does then I suggest you move elswhere. are you really that cheap . you probably don`t have many years left on this planet so if I were you I`d err on the side of caution.
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pvc. 5-21-2013 04:22 PM
june we spend more on defense than any of the 13 countries below us combined. we have the money and the means to have more. that`s if the republican led congress will stop saying no to everything linked to Obama. this I feel is unamerican . as to the bangladesh disaster it`s comes at the hands of multi national companies whose use of workers at incredibly low wages and no safety standards is a disgrace. you apparently have no memory of the fire in new your at that infamous Arrow Shirt Waist factory where hundreds jumped to their death. nike and such are just as responsible as the dog that had that factory built. don`t buy their products. that wont kill you.
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Connie 5-21-2013 09:49 PM
WHAT THE HECK ARE YOU ON ABOUT?
Stay on topic, if that is possible. Geez!!!
And don't insult my intelligence, you drift off into babble.
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Harry 5-21-2013 09:59 PM
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, March 25, 1911 in the building now known as tne Brown building in Greenwich Village. The fire started in a scrap material waste bin most likely by a cigarette. The escape was blocked because managers locked stairwell doors in an attempt to limit pilfering and abuse of breaks.
The 146 deaths led to the revision of working conditions nationwide.
Human error was determined to be the cause of the fire and blocking fire exits.
Phil, I had no idea you are old enough to remember that, I know June isn't. Lol
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pvc. 5-22-2013 04:11 AM
Connie what the hell are you talking about? That`s not even a legible sentence. Are you talking to me or just looking up to the sky and pleading with God? by the way FEMA is already at work in Oklahoma and there will of course be complaints . that will not deter their important and necessary work.
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pvc. 5-22-2013 04:18 AM
Harry the biggest crime about that fire was that management locked the doors. productivity means more money for management and more work for you without the raise in pay attached. my mother worked in a sweat shop and on many days she took me with her since there was no one to leave me with. 40 hours a week for around thirty dollars . It was called piece work and work she did.
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Harry 5-22-2013 10:35 AM
The 20th century saw America basically come out of the dark ages for working conditions. Money was a big part of poor working conditions but ignorance played a part too.
All the horrible tragedies that occurred resulted in major improvements in labor standards.
Even the modern Twin Towers built in the early seventies proved to have design flaws that compounded the disaster.
We learn from mistakes, hopefully never to make the same mistake again.
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June 5-22-2013 11:28 AM
These recent topics about poor working conditions is very subjective. Our priest was born in Nigeria. He said when he was a child his family worked in the fields, from sunrise to sunset. He would get up, no breakfast, work for a few hours, walk to school, no lunch, no water, go back to work the field, then one meal, dinner. He often fainted, his mother would run over a mile to a well and bring back "milky" water for him.
The conditions in these terrible areas are so bad, even the worst factory "sweat shop" conditions are a major improvement in their lifestyle and standard of living. They welcome those jobs.
To us here in the western, civilized world, those conditions are unimaginable.
Kathy Lee Gifford was lambasted for her business practices with her companies. But it was shown that the young girls working making clothes is a far better life than the alternative for them, child prostitution.
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I saw the LIFE of PI last night . I also saw ARGO a few weeks ago . the life of PI to my mind was spectacular.Argo although good didn`t match up to Ang Lees masterpiece. If any of you get a chance try to rent STAND up GUYS with Pacino, Walken and Alan Arkin.we all grew up in a neighborhood where there was a proliferation of people who were justlike the characters in this movie.
Joe 5-19-2013 11:54 AM
All great movies, but Stand Up Guys is no "God Father" or "Goodfellars"
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Gerard 5-19-2013 12:31 PM
Pvc you refer in a prior blog that you back up your views with facts. But, many of your versions of fact are skewed by the slanted liberal news you watch. Not very accurate.
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Mary 5-19-2013 08:42 PM
In Church tonight, we met the usual people who sit by us. Most of us are seniors with middle class incomes. My husband and I follow politics fairly closely and have been very concerned with this IRS scandal. I was amazed when I mentioned this topic to this group. No one, out of six couples knew anything about the IRS story, Benghazi or the AP issue, nothing. The men were all geared up for talking golf and the women were gossiping about who wasn't at Church. But these are some of the same folks who pitch a fit when it affects them.
Come on people we have to start paying better attention to this stuff.
We don't have to get psychotic, but start paying better attention. These things will affect us all.
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pvc. 5-20-2013 05:56 AM
joe no it`s not but then again it doesn`t have to be. I thought it was amusing and I always enjoy Walken. that`s only my opinion.I did find the life of PI to be amazing on many levels.
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pvc. 5-20-2013 06:04 AM
Gerard I honestly rely on the internet since I find that the cable chanels are always blowing up one topic or the other for ratings sake. take Chris matthews for instance he and many on MSNBC are on fire about the AP situation. we watch something and then they tell us what we just heard. the truth is both you and I understand what we just heard and have bo need for them to explain it to us. that `s an insult to our collective intelligence.Fox is worse and CNN with WOLf , HOWL , Blitzer is constantly promoting the programming.they`re all interesting to a point but only to a point. make up your own mind since you most assuridly need no help from them.
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pvc. 5-20-2013 06:09 AM
Mary lets face it we`re all political junkies. most people don`t get involved until it affects them personally. that`s actually normal. my wife gives me one line answers on most topics. she has her opinions but would rather not discuss them all the time . every body gets to heaven in their own way.
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Joe 5-20-2013 06:51 AM
Phil, that may be true, but too many folks leave politics for others to battle, but when it effects them adversely they go ballistic, screaming "how did this happen" or "who let this happen" or "why didn't somebody do something before it got to this".
We junkies follow this stuff. We see all the BS, but too many people are in a fog politically, which is the perfect breeding ground for shady politicians to take advantage of their political ignorance. That's why I hope some folks read these blogs, there is a lot of important info discussed here in brief, easy to read articles, we try to cut to the chase, so to speak.
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pvc. 5-20-2013 09:09 AM
joe I agree but it seems that the storming of the Bastille is no longer fashionable. I`m surprised at how many people whom I know who don`t even vote. that`s why we have to keep this discourse up.
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Mary 5-20-2013 12:06 PM
My grandson reads this site and it helped him in hs Civcs class. He got a B+ at the end last year, which was a major improvement over previous grades.
He tried to follow the news on TV and in print news but these talks clarified complicated issues.
Good work all.
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pvc. 5-21-2013 05:59 AM
mary that`s great> phil
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A fan 5-22-2013 11:33 AM
In my family and circle of friends if you don't know the entire script of Goodfellas and The Godfather you can't converse with us. Is we go to a restaurant its "try the veal it's the best in the city" or "You laugh at me because you think I'm a clown, I amuse you?"
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Hot flashes 5-22-2013 11:40 AM
I love that movie. I love the scene when Ray Liotta is grown up and the scene shows him all dressed in tight, shiny pants, and the music is playing "Stardust". WOW!!!
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VB 5-22-2013 11:54 AM
True story,
In the early seventies, our dog was poisoned by a neighbor. A few days later we were at a bar-b-que in Shirley, L.I. These friends were a big Italian family. One man was "cousin Augie".
A big stereo-type "mafia" type.
When he heard my dog had been poisoned he suggested this:
"You can't kill his kids, it was a dog, but you break his legs....the wrong way....that way they never heal".
Movies imitate life, life imitates movies.
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Anna 5-22-2013 07:10 PM
Ray Liotta in Goodfellas, hubba, hubba!
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I want to thank all of you for your posts . it helps with the boredom whilst I`m on the mend.
Louise**Red Hook** 5-18-2013 03:47 PM
Glad to see that you are still among us..Glad you are on the mend...
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AJR 5-18-2013 09:07 PM
Phil drink red wine. My pop in law ate like a pig, but drank red wine everyday.
He will be 95 this summer and still drinks his wine. My pop watched his diet, ate healthy food, nothing fried, didn't drink or smoke. He was not heavy and was active. He died at 71 from a heart attack. Salute!
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pvc. 5-19-2013 05:11 AM
as ERIC ROBERTS said in the pope of greenwich village some years ago. It`s in the genes charley it`s in the Genes. To tell you the truth I consider myself very lucky to have discovered these things before they either stopped me short or disabled me permanetely. God must have put me here to defend the OBAMA. charley Rangel the thief and that MO MO Harry Reed who walks around like he`s over 100 ,Included. say what you want about those two and I`ll probably agree. Term Limits seems the only plausable answer and I in no way expect them ,both parties, to go near it. by the way it`s good to see that M. Bachman is still intellectually challenged.
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June 5-19-2013 10:27 AM
Say what you will about Bachman, but saying she is intellectually challenged s just not accurate. She is a very accomplished tax attorney. Disagree with her politics, but saying she us stupid is foolish.
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pvc. 5-19-2013 11:32 AM
i disagree she is in fact stupid . she is now calling for the impeachment of OBAMA, on what grounds? she expects you to believe that while going to a speaking engagementshe bumped into a mother whose daughter recieved the innoculation to prevent uterine cancer and as a result it made her autistic. we also support her whole family with government grants. maybe your right it does sound like I`m calling the wrong person STUPID. it should be directed towards the people who actually believe her nonsence.
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Ray 5-19-2013 12:02 PM
I sadly have to say there is enough evidence known to start impeachment proceedings. Again, it's the cover up, lying about too many serious issues.
We can't ignore that. Whether he is ever found guilty in an impeachment trial is another matter. But he needs to be grilled thoroughly.
It hurt me to learn Nixon was at fault, but sometimes the truth hurts.
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June 5-19-2013 01:08 PM
Phil, Ted Kennedy called for Nixon's impeachment and Kennedy was a murderer! Would you call him stupid?
Bachman is just the mouthpiece, she's a lawyer, expressing the opinions of many, many millions of citizens who see Obama as less than truthful.
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pvc. 5-20-2013 06:16 AM
Ray what we need is a job bill and immigration reform . there is absolutely no need for impeachment procedings unless your only need is to get even with OBAMA for winning re election. he`s got 3 and a half years left and will be gone after that. lets face it you hate the guy but that`s not enough for impeachment. show me what laws he has broken and back it up with hard evience not opinion. this stuff clouds the important issues.how about the fact that our National debt is at it`s lowest point in years.would that qualify for Kuodos or Impeachment?
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pvc. 5-20-2013 06:20 AM
kennedy didn`t murder Mary Joe . you act as if he held her head under water.Kennedy also wanted all of us to have the same health care as congressmen and senators. how could you disagree with that. his being human had his faults and was not perfect.whomever is without sin may cast the first stone.
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pvc. 5-20-2013 06:22 AM
june I`d feel more comfortable with her working for Hand R Block.
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pvc. 5-20-2013 06:24 AM
june many republicans called for Nixons impeacjment too.
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Gerard 5-21-2013 04:24 PM
We rehashed Chappaquiddick last year did you forget? Maybe Teddy didn't hold her head under water but he was responsible for her death nonetheless. The inquest could not definitely prove he was EVER in the car when it went in the water. He was too big and broad to get through the window as he claimed. He had no marks or bruises on his arms or torso as would have been expected on a man his size climbing out a car window in a panic. There was a great deal of time before the car filled with water, plenty of time for aid to arrive had he called for help. Mary Jo was still awake clawing to get out at one point as shown by the autopsy results of damage to her fingers and the roof lining. She may have been knocked out temporarily when the car initially went in. Teddy either let the car go in or helped the car go in with her in it, either way he was culpable. With her dead, the scandal brewing of her pregnancy and their affair would never surface and ruin his dream of becoming president and destroy his marriage too. You can be guilty of murder by doing something and by not doing something. He didn't report it to the police for hours, while he and his advisors and attorneys explored their options and course of action and got their stories right.
Teddy and health care is another issue.
The Kennedys talked a good talk. They were all politicians, but they didn't live the lives of liberal, minority loving people. They were sealed away in a world of privilege and money and power enjoying the best life had to offer, while telling the rest of how much we all need to tighten our belts. Teddy wanted national health care alright, which as we all see now, produces massive tax increases and distuption of the existing system, Social Security and Medicare. But what would he care, he was wealthy, very wealthy.
Peope bitched about Romney being wealthy with a net worth of 120 million approx. When JFK was president his net worth in todays money would be over billion dollars. But no one faulted him for his birth wealth.
Romney donated all his inherited wealth, his fortune was earned by his own abilities.
I bring this up because you always bring up past administrations deeds in an attempt to justify Obama's screw ups.
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pvc. 5-22-2013 04:25 AM
Gerard 1 he wasn`t a very big man at the time. 2 you`re making assumptions that are laced with your own prejudices for the man. He`s dead , She`s dead and that`s about all anyone now knows. he also did many good things for the country in his senior years. he was the first to say that everyone should have the same medical plan as those in congress and the senate. that to me makes sense.
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Gerard 5-22-2013 10:22 AM
Phil, go read the trannscripts of the inquest. Everything I posted was from that. He was always a big man, football type, not a thin man. A friend of mine had to climb out of a car window once and he was not in a panic and had some bruising on his body. He was much smaller than Teddy. The cars were similar in size too, so it's reasonable for them to note in the inquest he had no marks on him. Even climbing out of the water onto a wooden dock would leave some mark on his hands. Unofficially, witnesses said his clothes looked as if they had never gotten wet at all. But it was 12 hours later before his attorneys allowed him to report it.
He did do some good, but was a carousing drunk much too often. Remember the William Kennedy Smith rape case in 1991? Smith got acquitted, no surprise there, the Kennedy money machine at work. Teddy was out drinking with his nephew and gave him hs alibi. Witnesses said they were rowdy and fall down drunk and agressive with women.
Teddy, it was shown, paid another student to take a test for him in Harvard. He was inherently dishonest.
Sometimes, there arn't enough good deeds to make up for the bad things people do.
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5-18-2013 12:09 PM
Special Report...The White House just reported that Benghazi, IRS scandal and the spying on the Associated Press was all...Bush's fault! LOL
Michele Castagna Keeler 5-18-2013 12:19 PM
O the Great & Powerful was hit yesterday with a damning new internal report. The report showed that his administration gave witness protection to terrorists. As a result, terrorists who should be on the "no-fly" list were allowed to fly. It proves that the Wizard of OZ is still alive!
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pvc. 5-18-2013 02:51 PM
the person in charge of the IRS was in fact appointed by Bush. the republican congress did in fact turn down extra funding for additional embassy security. the ap situation came about to as a result of leaking pertinent information that would have put the life of our double agent and his family in jeprody as a result. this info led to the accusition of the bomb that was scheudled to blow a jet out of the air that was going from england to new york. as the old saying goes LOOSE LIPS SINK SHIPS. the revelation of that kind of information is called TREASON. of course the press is upset. even MSNBC. they nor anyone else is sacrosinct when it comes to the security of our nation.
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Marie 5-18-2013 06:18 PM
Acting IRS Commissioner Steven Miller was appointed by Obama in November, 2012 when IRS Commissioner Douglas Schulman left the post.
Schulman was nominated by Bush in 2008 to be IRS Commissioner and the nominatin was approved and confirmed by the full Congress, which was Democratically controlled both in the House and the Senate.
Mr. Schulman was and is a Democrat, and was highly recommended for the post.
Mr. Miller was not there when these abuses occured, and his spurious resignation is all for show. He was scheduled to leave his post voluntarily in early June. There was no punishment with his resignation, he left with pay and full pension.
The woman who headed the department and was heavily involved in this IRS abuse, Sarah Ingram, deserves to be terminated and maybe even prosecuted. But was rewarded with $101,000 in bonuses for a "job well done" and promoted by Obama to be the head of Obamacare implementation.
If that doesn't beat all!
That fact should scare the tar out of you, it does me.
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Anthony 5-18-2013 08:32 PM
Michele, all of Obamas questionable actions for the past 4 1/2 years as president and years earlier as a politically motivated ideologist, make sense and form an ugly picture, if you understand he is a marxist and wants to destroy anything and everything traditionally American.
Just like his own words in his writings attest to, he is diligently working to bring this nation down, both from the inside and outside. He sees America as a colonialistic, oppressive, tyrannical nation of overweight, overly religious racist, morally and materially decadent bigots. That is why he felt the need to apologize for us around the world.
His actions show a definite tolerance and leaning for the Muslim culture. He appears to know more about that culture than traditional cultures here.
His faux pas' are not mistakes, quite the contrary, his actions are very deliberate. The only problem he feels, is being found out, and having to lie about his motives and involvement. His arrogance is palpable.
He campaigned on CHANGE.
He was never challenged to explain what kind of change. The media and his cocoon of protection would not allow probing questions. If his detractors persisted, the race card was whipped out, thereby stopping all queries dead in their tracks.
Those of us who knew of him and his early work, were well aware of what kind of change he would bring, but we were chastised and called racist when we tried to call attention to his strictly controlled illusive, radical past and ambiguous record.
If what we were able to find was bad, can you imagine the level of negative information they have successfully hidden? Who hides favorable information?
Nothing happens without his knowledge and approval. He thinks he's king.
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Anthony 5-18-2013 08:58 PM
Phil, VP Biden shot off his mouth with a
comment in an attempt to look like he is in the know and blew the cover of our informant who helped the Seal team get Bin Laden. He's a joke. He's a heartbeat away from the throne.
This whole administration is a clusterf@$k of incompetent radical nit wits.
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Tony 5-18-2013 10:49 PM
We've had crappy politicians for decades some worse than others. Both parties are guilty we all know that.
We try to elect a politician we feel will govern with the values we hold.
This system is not perfect, but pretty damn close, better than most other countries can offer.
This system has broken down because of the PRESS.
The press should never be partisan and cover up issues unfavorable to the president.
The press is the problem, and has really hurt this nation.
WE NEED A WALTER CRONKITE AGAIN.
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Ken 5-19-2013 10:28 AM
Tony, Thomas Jefferson would agree with you 100%.
A free press is what keeps the government from becoming a tyrant.
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Marie 5-19-2013 10:58 AM
OK Ken, Tony I agree, so what can we do?
Our young people are graduating from college with a mostly liberal take on things. So when some enter journalism, they bring with them an idealstic, liberal attitude that governs their actions and opinions. What many neglect to do is keep their ideolgy out of their journalistic thinking and work product. They must be a neutral reporter of the facts. Anything else is harmful to us as a free society.
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Marco 5-19-2013 11:30 AM
JOURNALISM CODE OF ETHICS
The public journal is a public trust; acceptance of a lesser service than public service is a betrayal of this trust.
Presentation of the facts with accuracy and fairness constitutes the fundamental foundation of an ethical press.
Journalists will write only what they hold in their hearts to be the truth.
Suppression of the news, for any consideration other than the welfare of society, is a betrayal of public trust.
Bribery by one’s own pocketbook will be avoided and that individual responsibility will not be escaped by pleading another’s instructions or another’s dividends.
Journalists will engage strictly in the professional conduct worthy of their profession and refrain from abuses of power, as well as threats, intimidation or harassment of their sources, readers and the general public.
Journalists will respect readers and the general public by publishing opposing voices and interfacing with them professionally, employing diplomacy, courtesy and dignity at all times.
Publishers will refrain from public office and contributing bylined editorial content to their publications.
Advertising, like news and editorial columns, will serve the best interests of all readers. A single standard of truth will prevail for all.
The press shall fear God and honor man; is stoutly independent and unmoved by greed or power; is indignant at injustice; always respectful of its readers; unswayed by money and privilege or the clamor of the mob; seeks to give every man a chance as far as law and honest wage and recognition of human brotherhood; promotes international good will and cements community comradeship. The press is for the truth of humanity, of and for today’s world.
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Many coming out of college today have been inundated with a very liberal, superiority style of teaching. The result is many go into the world with the attitude "I am very intelligent, and I know what is best for everyone".
I've seen this in my own family. One nephew graduated from North Carolina University at Chapel Hill, probably the most liberal in the country. He went on to get a PhD. in Psychology. But he became a very far left thinker, even though he was raised in a conservative home.
He's a good nephew but feels he knows what's best for us and our opinions carry no weight. That type of thinking is what is running the country now.
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pvc. 5-21-2013 07:57 AM
Marie I`m sure you`re talking about Bill O` Riley, Hannity and Glenn Beck aren`t you?
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Marie 5-21-2013 04:34 PM
Phil, those three men have opinion shows. Not all of FOX news is opinion format.
Most of the other news agencies, lean very left, not just on their opinion shows.
Print news too.
Cronkite reported the news fairly. We never knew what his personal political views were until after he passed away.
He was a Liberal Democrat, but he was fair to both parties. Now HE was a journalist.
Hope you're feeling better.
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A man had two of the best tickets for the Augusta Masters...
As he sat down, another man came along and asked if anyone was sitting in the seat next to him..
"No", he said, "the seat is empty."
"This is incredible!" said the man, "who in their right mind would have a
seat like this, the biggest golfing event of the whole world, and not use it?"
He said, "Well, actually, the seat belongs to me. My wife was supposed to
come with me, but she passed away. This is the first Masters we haven't been together since we got married."
"Oh... I'm sorry to hear that. That's terrible. I guess you couldn't find
someone else?.. a friend or relative or even a neighbor to take the seat?"
The man shook his head... ...."No. They're all at the funeral."
Dumbfounded 5-18-2013 11:10 PM
Very funny but in my case very true. We had a family funeral and a very "close" immediate family member opted to go travel out of state to attend an auto race.
But sent flowers saying "BELOVED FATHER".
True story.
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This IRS scandal scares the crap out of me. I do not want them involved in my health care. Good grief, has our government gone nuts?
They actually admitted they were IDIOTS as to the Benghazi scandal. Amazing.
Our government admits they're IDIOTS, that explains putting the IRS in charge of our health records.
Webster 5-18-2013 01:00 AM
Phil you are jejune.
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pvc. 5-18-2013 07:26 AM
Joe the IRS scares the hell out of everybody.that agency an others are under their own control . that`s the real problem. on the other hand Nixon has been found to have used them for his own personnel vengance. he was as paranoid as many on this site.
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pvc. 5-18-2013 07:33 AM
If I`m insipid why keep commenting on my posts?
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sam 5-18-2013 09:14 AM
to pvc you dont think that obama was using the IRS to surpress conservative groups tea party to be exact.you think that a bunch of them out there decided to do this on their own ? who is being naive now ?
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Gerard 5-18-2013 10:38 AM
The IRS Commissioner, Stephen Miller is the level of management that runs the show. All the IRS Directors who run each service center and all the regional offices answer to him, and he in turn answers to Timothy Geithner, Secty. of the Treasury who answers to Obama. None of them, Geithner, Miller or the Directors woud risk doing anything that would end their careers and pensions. They were confident their backs were covered.
The directive to hassle certain groups came from the top, through the Congress down the food chain.
A couple of the IRS lower level peons were terminated for show. Miller was leaving in June anyway, with his hefty pension. Poop rolls down hill they say.
Sen. Levin had a hit list of names, conservative names, and all those names just happened to be those groups harrassed by the IRS.
This is not a couple of low level zealots trying to help Obama's campaign by messing with conservatives. This goes right to the White House. Just like Nixon. Obama is a control freak, his personality requires him to make ALL the decisions. He's drumk on power, and when he gets caught with his hand in the cookie jar, he lies.
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the Un resolution concerns the illegal sale of weapons to war torn countries and has nothing to do with an americans need or want to buy a weapon. just look at Africa whomever is supplying those independantcountries with weaponry does them nofavors. because of that we have kids under the age of twelve being purposly hooked on drugs and then formed into military units. the results are murder, mass evacuation and an incrediable amount of rape. this must be stopped and I`m in favor of it. this does not mean that the army will be knocking on your door to collect all weapons. that is a major stretch on your part and a poor reason to be against any regulation that would go a long way in stopping the genocide that Africa has become infamous for.
Bob 5-17-2013 10:54 AM
Your thinking is very basic, almost childlike, naive. Get into the real world.
Your are much too simplistic in your reasoning.
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pvc. 5-17-2013 01:14 PM
Bob basic and childlike ? It must be as a result of having to explain very real and serious problems to idiots like you. How would you feelif one of the rapees were your daughter? you`d probably blame Obama.
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WOW!!! 5-17-2013 01:43 PM
EARTH TO PVC....EARTH TO PVC....
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Bob2 5-17-2013 01:58 PM
Bob - It's a waste of time talking to PVC. He still thinks "the police officer is your friend", (whisper...) I'm sure he still believes in Santa and probably still looks under his pillow when he has a tooth pulled.
From the other (original) Bob - I'll now use Bob2
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Bob C. 5-17-2013 02:03 PM
Thank you Bob 2. I will use my last initial when posting so you can just use your first name. I'm relatively new on here. Thanks.
This PVC is all over the map.
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Anthony 5-17-2013 04:16 PM
Phil, you say you worry about guns, say from Virginia, finding their way to the streets of NY.
Well, guns don't kill people, people kill people.
In Virginia guns are used for hunting and self protection. In NY and Chicago ghettos they use guns to express their anger in gang violence. It's people, certain people, with a basic, barbaric thug mentality.
When you cure that, then the violence will end.
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sam 5-17-2013 07:49 PM
talking about guns ? when the topic should be the I R S..pvc whats your take on that ?
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Very concerned 5-17-2013 10:49 PM
I worked for the IRS for close to 20 years. An employee focused slogan submission was conducted.
This is the slogan that won:
FEAR..INTIMIDATION..#@*%!PLIANCE
No joke.
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Very concerned 5-17-2013 10:51 PM
WHY WOULD THE WORD
C O M P L I A N C E
BE SCRAMBLED???????
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Nerdy 5-17-2013 10:52 PM
The first syllable looks like part of a web site.
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pvc. 5-18-2013 07:22 AM
Oh my God Bob2! do you actually mean that those three don`t exist?
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pvc. 5-18-2013 07:23 AM
TO WOW #@*%!e in ,come in.
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pvc. 5-18-2013 08:31 AM
by the way Bob a numbr of police officers or former police officers are my friends and to think of a city or world without their help is in a word stupid another is rediculous another is foolhardy and you talk about being Naieve. I hope you don`t own a weapon especially with your childlike mentality.
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pvc. 5-18-2013 08:34 AM
anthony may I add to that , guns are also used to go from class to class and kill a number of innocent students. read the papers but that would necessitate taking your head out of the sand.
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pvc. 5-18-2013 08:40 AM
Sam the IRS is probably the most hated government bureau in the country. they have absolutely no oversite they also have the money to be so. the people that committed these haenous faux pas were merely mid level idiots who when they wake up in the morning with an Idea are allowed to immediately act on it. I see no grand plot by the government so it dies there.
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Bob C. 5-18-2013 10:46 AM
Phil, your posts are so off the wall, they scream for a response.
You fail to see a scandal with Benghazi or this IRS mess, but you have no problem laying a war conspiracy at Bushes feet.
You are the most partisan person I've seen, and unreasonable too.
Hang on to your fantasies if they help you sleep better at night.
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pvc. 5-18-2013 02:41 PM
to BOB C : and you sleep the sound sleep of the unjust. this is fitting especially on this site. Z ZZZZZZZZZZ
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Bob C 5-18-2013 10:26 PM
Phil, you call me unjust, how strange. I and several others posting here, have expressed our fear and concern this president is huring this nation.
People like yourself see only what you want to see, jusyifying things to suit your views.
I will not call you names, you are entitled to your views, as I mine. I do see you as very partisan and very tunnel visioned, which is preventing you from growing in your opinions.
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pvc. 5-19-2013 10:19 AM
Bob you see me as partisan when I think Harry Reed is a deadbeat and it`s more than time for his removal. Charley Rangel is a thief whom I have no use for.claire Mc caskil is worried about one thing , her job.anthony weiner who is now running for mayor is a dope but politics are all he knows. Now you tell me whom you don`t care for in the republican party. I`m fair and open minded match me. if you dare. How about Isa the arsonist., car thief and carrier of concieled weapons. how about Boehner who has been emasculated by the tea party. or MItch Mc Connel whose main purpose is keeping his job and doing nothing for the american people. each one refuses to advance a sorely needed job program tied to infrastructure. Go ahead I dare you. and if you can then we are able to agree on something whilst the GOP cannot bring themselves to.
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to William H. corporate profits are at an all time high the disparity in workers pay and that of the upper echelon has never been greater. what do you expect people like Trump and the others to say about giving some back to the employees? their cumulative greed is disgraceful . the worm will eventually turn as it did in pro sports and the talent will get it`s due especially with the pool of workers getting smaller every day. I`m for the working man how about you?
William H 5-16-2013 11:01 AM
If we didn't have wealthy people/companies hiring, there would be no workers. Unless you want to be a "worker" for the government.
A poor man doesn't offer you a job, wealthy people hire people.
Corporate profits are up, as the stock market shows, but mainly because big corporations sre sitting on their profits, hedging agsinst the insurance mandates created by Obamacare. They are keeping their employee numbers down.
The ratio of corporate salaries to employee salaries is an old socialst argument. They use that disparity to bolster their argument for a so#@*%!t style of governing.
A Capitalistic, free enterprise system allows creative, courageous, risk takers with a vision to make money, provide a product or service and provide jobs. If they become rich in the interim, so be it. That's their reward for taking chances, gambling with their money.
Under so#@*%!m, the government owns most if not all major components of business, controlling prices and availability of product/services and keeps the profits.
All those jobs on government payroll are paid by our taxes.
A country with government controlled businesses pays ridiculously high taxes.
60% in Denmark and Sweeden, 75% in France to name a few.
Capitalism creates jobs, competition, lower prices, selection and more choices.
Big government = high taxes
Big government = fewer freedoms
The more the government controls, the less we control.
If you like that thought, then you voted for the right guy.
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June 5-16-2013 12:33 PM
The big hurdle facing ANY party campaigning against the LiberalDemocratic machine we have now, is how do we convince a large section of our country that working for the American Dream is better than sitting on your duff and getting a check?
Once you create a mindset like that, it is almost impossible to change. The only way that is stopped is when the gravy train dries up. Then, we will see violence and anarchy like never before.
All of those societies that had government provide all, have failed. It's unsupportable.
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pvc. 5-16-2013 04:40 PM
if those are the people who hire others then why don`t they? by the was congressman Isa has been arrested a number of times for illegal weapons posession, car theft and accused of arson when one of his factories burned to the ground after he upped his insurance on the building from 100, 000 to 400, 000 . where are the jobs william where are the jobs? when is the infrastructure going to be rebuiltwilliam when is that going to happen maybe after the republican congress tries to get rid of the affordable care act which they will try to do another 40 times. you apparently love being screwed by these crooks without being kissed. you sound like a bitter old man. you all hate Obama for one reason or the other while being milked like an old cow by the people you adore. the country needs jobs and you kiss the butts of the party of no. what a joke. Wait till Hillary gets in she really knows how to play the game.the market is twice what it was when Obama took over, yet you still complain. I`d have to assume you`re either rich or a racist. if you can make suppositions so can I.
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WH 5-16-2013 06:18 PM
Phil, if you want to discuss these issues, i am all for it, but keep the name calling personal crap out of it.
Again I will say it, companies, big and small, are not hiring because of the oppressive mandates hovering over these businesses, they are trying to operate with the smallest job force possible. If you see obamacare repealed, the job market will take off.
Note: if an employer does not offer health insurance for each employee, he must pay a fine, approx. $2000 to the government for each employee) that is why they are not hiring.
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Connie 5-16-2013 08:03 PM
To WH,
It seems Mr. Phil still won't conceed ths administration is up to no good. Many important big dogs from both parties are admitting this admin. has too many issues of abuse of power. Bringing up other issues good or bad from previous administrations does not mitigate the bad stuff this admin. is doing.
I'm sick of Obama saying he had no knowledge of the situation. Is he that clueless or just a big fat liar?
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Jane 5-17-2013 12:01 AM
I posted this comment last year and it was widely misunderstood. But I still feel my statement is accurate.
First off, I voted for Barack Obama in 2008, but not in 2012.
I was so very proud of this nation electing a non-white president. I felt we had finally put racism behind us.
But I see that has not happened. It has become apparent that just because the president is not a middle aged white man, we the people cannot criticize him without being called racist.
When did we lose the ability to approve or disapprove what our president does?
I see now that we as a nation were not really ready to have a non-white president, we are too immature, too ignorant. If we had truly gotten past racism, then those on the left would not be using the race card at every turn.
Chris Matthews and Al Sharpton are blaming the "racist" Tea Party for this IRS scandal and Benghazi in the news just to attack Obama. Matthews made the idiotic statement that the definition of racism is whites want only whites in power.
So to him, only whites are racist. What a jerk. I'm so sick of whacos like him. He's the real problem. He needs to keep racism alive to keep his job, Sharpton too.
If Obama was a white man, this racist stuff would be out of the discussion, we would be able to criticize him as needed. Just like Nixon and Clinton.
Where all the non-whites who called for Nixons head racist? No, of course not. They just wanted a crooked president gone. But because Obama is a Black man, we citizens are intimidated from critiquing him, lest be called racist.
So again I say, we as a people were not ready for a president of color, because his color, some feel, gives him a blank check to run amuck. Now that's racist.
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pvc. 5-17-2013 05:06 AM
To WH you talk about crap and then expect me to give what you say credence and you lead off with Donald Trump. people aren`t being hired because it inhances the companies bottom line. you either refuse to acknowledge that plain and simple fact or as I`ve said there are other reasons for the way you feel. I`m for health care for everybody and I want the same health care that our congressmen and senators greedily suck up at our expense. why don`t you complain about that? by the way the more you say the more I say the difference being my ability to back up my comments with fact. Donald Trump? you`ve got to be kidding.
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pvc. 5-17-2013 05:23 AM
June the gravy train that you mentioned is being driven by the large corporations who refuse to let anyone else use the track.the population is getting older and the need for employees is only going to become more urgent. if they invest now instead or gorging themselves on their profits they will get the best of the best and will continue to do so if not their combined bottom lines will eventually go the way of the DO DO bird. I refuse to be a serf you apparently do not.
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June 5-17-2013 12:27 PM
Phil, the gravy train is the welfare handouts from the government. It has nothing to do with big corporations.
When there are no more people to tax, and we are all taxed out if existence, the gravy train will stop. Welfare is funded only, only, only by tax dollars.
Turn up your hearing aid, you're missing a lot of important information.
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Tony 5-17-2013 12:51 PM
Phil, you are using words that contradict your establshed views. You apparently approve of Obama's style of governing, big government, high taxes, government having its greedy hand in all aspects of our daily living. But then you tell June you do not want to be a serf. Well, under Obama that is exactly what we will be...serfs....working for the master, the government. Check out the definition.
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pvc. 5-17-2013 01:19 PM
Tony no need to check out what the word means on my part. I was describing you and others that slave for the limited few whose only intention is to throw people like you a few crumbs to satisfy your limited yearnings. I on the other hand aspire to level the playing field for everyone.
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Tony 5-17-2013 01:45 PM
Yes, but the team you're supporting will create a level playing for most, but a much lower standard of living, not what we enjoy now.
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June 5-17-2013 01:59 PM
Jane, unfortunately I think you are right.
Race has colored many important issues when it shouldn't have. The end result is the American people get short changed.
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KC 5-18-2013 12:54 AM
Hey Phil, take it easy with your meds, you're hallucinating.
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pvc. 5-18-2013 08:46 AM
KC I wish the meds were halucinatory.aspirin, blood pressure and cholesterol just don`t do the trick in that department . they also don`t help in the prevention of heart disease.
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June 5-18-2013 10:49 AM
Phil, very true. A lot of it is hereditary.
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congress is again voting to repeal the affordable health care act. this makes it 37 times. One would and should think there are more important things to do like jobs, infrastructure repair, immigration and background checks for the sale of deadly weapons.there are many reasons for calling this a do nothing congress the above are just a few. by the way I`d like to see Charley Rangle put in jail.
William H. 5-15-2013 01:56 PM
Obamacare is strangling our economy. It needs to be scrapped and start over.
It started out as a good, noble idea, but our nutty, greedy, out of touch politicians stuffed it with so much pork it became a job killing nightmare. (They exempted themselves from all the restrictive crap)
A nice simple health care law, much like Romneycare, with a few improvements and tweaking would be great.
22,000 pages of rules, regulations, mandates, new taxes and a slew of penalties enforced by the crooked IRS is not the way to go.
AND IT'S EXPENSIVE!
It is important, it's heavy shadow is suffocating businesses and job creation.
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Kellie 5-15-2013 02:01 PM
CHARLIE RANGLE AND JULIAN BOND ARE A DISGRACE.
RANGLE IS A CROOK AND BOND MAKES FALSE RACIST STATEMENTS AND AGREES WITH THE IRS TARGETING CONSERVATIVES.
HE'S THE REAL RACIST AND BIGOT.
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pvc. 5-15-2013 05:53 PM
To william H it hasn`t even been fully implementeed yet. instead of just blowing off steam give us just 5 real and provable facts that back up your claim.
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William H 5-15-2013 07:11 PM
Phil, do you watch the news?
The Dems and Republicans and many, many businessmen such as Trump, Buffet, MeNerney, Jr, (CEO Boeing) and even Harry Reid are calling it a "train wreck".
That has been said for about 6 weeks.
In very simple basic language, it is a job killer. It forces businesses to deal with another layer of oversight, the government, the IRS in particular. They are drowning in a sea of paperwork, red tape, applications costing a fortune in man hours. In business time is money.
Many businesses are downsizing in an attempt to stay afloat. That costs jobs, instead of creating jobs. The government jobs created for this debacle are funded by our taxes. Those kinds of jobs don't keep the economy going. It has the opposite effect. But that is a debate for another time.
It will begin implementation in January, 2014, but businesses are bogged down now, today, dealing with the preliminary set up.
That is how they know it's a disaster. Just the preliminary set up is a major mess.
I am a small businessman, Obamacare is hurting my business and preventing me from expanding and hiring more people, or even staying the same. I will have to let some folks go. That realization makes me ill.
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Gerard 5-16-2013 12:15 AM
Phil,
5 facts about Obamacare
1. Originally written as 2700+ pages of rules, mandates, taxes, penalties. Very little to do with health insurance.
2. Now has an additional 22,000 pages of "clarifications".
3. Limits patient/doctor decisions and options. Adds a third party in the decision making, adding weeks and months to the final answer. If denied, then red tape and more time to appeal.
4. Rations health care according to several prerequisites. (Age, available funding, etc)
5. Restricts what doctors and medical facilities can own or establish or earn, in the medical industry. (Restricts doctors owning medical facilities, hospitals, surgery centers) they want Uncle Sam owning it all.
Oh and 6. Congress exempted themselves, they keep their excellent coverage. They exempted Muslims under a religious statute. They exempted all unions. They exempted certain lobbyist groups. Those were political favors to big money supporters of this Administration.
This is in writing in the law. There is much more, the IRS will have all our banking info with the absolute ability to make withdrawals if they deem it necessary, and lastly the IRS will have all our medical records, in order to ensure medical procedures are not ordered unnecessarily. They made the IRS the muscle to enforce this monumental pile of crap. Penalties are collected on our tax return. There is no escaping it.
IT NEEDS TO GO!
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pvc. 5-16-2013 05:27 AM
Thanks Gerard. I to am against doctors owning their own medical facilities. it would create a conflict of interest. I agree that we all should have the same coverage as our senators and congressmen. the additional 22000 pages are due to the add ons that were put into the bill by our congressmen , more pork if you will. as to the IRS which everyone hates but is necessary who else is equipped with the in house procedures to manage the money being delved out by the taxpayers of this country. I`d like you if possible to point out where in the law it specifies the restrictions to the elderly as far as health care is concerned. you do realize that all too soon 50% of our population will be over the age of 65. this I`m not sure of but heard it this morning from Martha Stewart. It`s embarrassing to use her as a source but on such short notice she`s all I`ve got. I`ll try to do better after having checked in with the census bureau.
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WH 5-16-2013 11:58 AM
Phil, if you read the law, or at least the booklet for Obamacare, it indicates the need for rationing. Since the new law added tens of millions to the health insurance roster, and no new hospitals, surgery centers, doctors, nurses, beds have been added, the need to triage and ration care is necessary. It's that simple. They have indicated several possible situations that would warrant rationing, age is just a part of it, being too old and too young. The prognosis, the cost, the other physical ailments of the patient, available funding is a big one. If in any particular fiscal budget year, there was an unusually high medical care outlay, funds may be low and then procedures will be doled out more sparingly, it's all about money, the bottom line. Not good.
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Tony 5-16-2013 01:22 PM
Phil, why would you agree that doctors should be limited or prohibited from owning a medical facility? There is no more conflict of interest there than a lawyer owning a law firm, or a car salesman owning a car dealership, or you, an artist owning an art gallery.
That is a free enterprise system. The wording in Obamacare lays the foundation to make the government, not the people, own businesses, ALL BUSINESSES.
This administration is on a major power grab. It is utilizing anything available, legal or not, to ensure they control all.
Lies, sneaky behavior, cover ups, corruption, evasiveness are what we are getting from this president and his henchmen. But the noose may be tightening, and they are in panic mode.
It will get much dirtier now.
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pvc. 5-17-2013 05:16 AM
Tony all professions are not alike. when a doctor puts the bottom line before the care and well being of another individual he or she is no longer a doctor but a businessman . the doctors and nurses that voluntarily go to third world countries and try to make life liveable for those less fortunate than we should be idolized . those are the true doctors and humanatarians . as I`ve said before every person in this country should have the same medical coverage as our elected officials. what makes them so special, and how can you disagree with that.
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pvc. 5-17-2013 05:31 AM
Marie your last sentence was ridiculous . curly as I call Rand Paul doesn`t even have a shot. the GOP is drowning in its own vomit and will shamefully continue to do so. In south Carolina they just elected an embezzler who used public monies to visit his bombshell girl friend in south america. Obama on the other hand is a wonderful husband and father. Race aside who would you be more comfortable being married to?
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Marie 5-17-2013 10:50 AM
Phil, speaking of rediculous remarks, your calling Rand Paul "curly" doesn't bolster any opinions coming fom you.
As to Mark Sanford, he won basically by default. Elizabeth Colbert-Busch just fell apart at the end and gave up. The connection with her silly brother didn't garner her the votes she expected.
There are a lot of bad politicians out there and we need to sort through them and get them out, Obama is at the top of that list.
"I KNOW NOTHING ABOUT THAT" over and over again from Obama and Holder, now that is really rediculous.
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pvc. 5-17-2013 01:24 PM
Marie you apparently have no idea as to how the government works. the GOP is hell bent on making sure that nothing gets done and they`re doing a pretty good job of it. pretty soon there will be no GOP and no curly ,moe or shemp either.you `re backing all loosers but that`s your prividledge.
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Marie 5-17-2013 04:05 PM
Phil, I won't waste time debating my knowledge of how government works, since you would not accept whatever I say. But I will say I know my politics and my 30+ years working with the Republican Party reflects that.
You seem to think just because people see politics differently from you, it's an indication of their political ignorance.
That type of reasoning on your part, reflects poorly on your political intellect.
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Harry 5-18-2013 12:02 AM
Phil you think YOU know how government works? The people on this site know more about government, current events and politics than most journalists. The comments on this site are impressive. But you my friend use the tactic of changing the topic when you have no rebuttal for their factual statements. But we all recognize that in you and wouldn't expect any different from you.
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As all can see I `m feeling better every day and my comments reflect it. we need JOBS and a brand new infrastructure . instead of blaming Obama we should be blaming our do nothing and lazy representatives. what are we paying them for?
Joe 5-15-2013 09:19 AM
Bingo!
If our Congressmen or Senators flip on us and don't vote the way we elected them to do, we need to recall them and get 'em out.
Too many folks vote and know nothing about the issues.
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Joe 5-15-2013 11:27 AM
From a Rand Paul e-mail
Dear fellow Patriot,
Gun-grabbers around the globe believe they have it made.
You see, only hours after re-election, President Obama’s Administration announced it was doubling down on efforts to finally RAM the United Nations’ so-called "Small Arms Treaty" down American gun owners’ throats.
From the moment I heard that news, I knew Second Amendment supporters’ backs were against the wall.
But after the tragedy in Newtown, Connecticut -- and anti-gun hysteria in the national media reaching a fever pitch -- there’s no doubt President Obama and his anti-gun pals believe the timing has never been better to ram through the U.N.’s global gun control crown jewel.
I don't know about you, but watching anti-American globalists plot against our Constitution makes me sick.
But with the United Nations meeting in March to finalize their radical so-called "Small Arms Treaty" -- and a full U.S. Senate ratification showdown coming right on its heels -- there’s not much time to fight back.
You and I will only have a few short weeks to prepare for this battle...
If we’re to succeed, we must fight back now.
That's why I’m helping lead the fight to defeat the UN "Small Arms Treaty" in the United States Senate.
Ultimately, UN bureaucrats will stop at nothing to register, ban and CONFISCATE firearms owned by private citizens like YOU.
So far, the gun-grabbers have successfully kept many of their schemes under wraps.
But looking at previous attempts by the UN to pass global gun control, you and I can get a good idea of what’s likely in the works.
You can bet the UN is working to FORCE the U.S. to implement every single one of these anti-gun policies.
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pvc. 5-15-2013 01:22 PM
I see nothing wrong with owning a fire arm. many hunt , many feel it makes them safer in their homes many like to just go to the range and squeeze off a few and many are out and out collectors. I see nothing wrong with any of it. I do on the other hand have a problem with guns sold in batches in ,lets say virginia finding their way on to the streets of new york. guns just like cars should be sold to licensed buyers . background checks are a must and any sane minded gun owner should agree. as to your fear that the UN policy will effect the people who own weapons in the USA I highly doubt it,but you are entitled to your own opinion.
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Marie 5-15-2013 01:46 PM
Phil, I do agree with the letter from Rand Paul that Joe posted.
President Obama has indicated in the past and more recently also, that he supports the UN in this issue.
I would like to believe things like that would never happen here, but when you have an administration such as the Obama Administration that leans very far left, you have to at least consider the possibility.
Governments, except a Monarchy or Dictatorship, change as the thinking of it's people change. This Administration brought with it a very far left agenda, controlled by people chosen by Obama for their leftist ideals.
If America could ever be changed that much, it would be under this Administration.
This Administration makes me very uneasy. They are not transparent, they have pushed the envelope with abuse of power, they are incapable of admitting fault and will lie and blame anyone and everyone to avoid culpability. I just can't trust them on anything.
You must be feeling better, you posts are getting feisty again. Lol
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pvc. 5-15-2013 06:01 PM
Marie Rand Paul is just another noise in what has become washington dc. he is aspiring to be president and would say anything to get national coverage. If he is infact the gops only viable candidate it will lead to yet another democrat in the white house. I`m personally in favor of the two party system but will in all honesty have to re think my own personnel beliefs. a three party system may help in alleviating the log jammed congress we now must put up with.
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Marie 5-15-2013 07:22 PM
Phil, I like Paul Rand, much more than his father. He is a medical doctor, an eye surgeon. He is no dummy. I like his demeanor and the way he reasons an issue. He's not perfect, but no one is, but he is one of a few Republicans who may be able to offer a welcomed alternative to this liberal slide into so#@*%!m.
The Republican Party has to regroup, and go back to its true core beliefs. This wishy-washy straddling the fence attitude doesn't win elections.
The worst Republican out there is better than Obama.
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FACT:
Obama is encouraging and supporting legislation that would create policy that we American citizens would be subject to decrees from the UN.
REMEMBER OBAMA WROTE HE SUPPORTS A NEW WORLD ORDER RUN BY THE UN, THE HAGUE AND SEVERAL WORLD LEADERS. I'M SURE HE FIGURES HE'D BE ONE OF THEM.
HE'S BAD NEWS PEOPLE.
Joe 5-13-2013 08:54 PM
FACT:
A House Republican aide said the Appropriations Committee gave Obama all of the $689 million he requested for security upgrades under the embassy security, construction and maintenance portion of the State, Foreign Operations and Related Agencies bill.
But House Republicans did not meet the president’s request for the department’s worldwide security protection program, which funds local guards and security enhancements such as bollards to restrict vehicle traffic, according to an aide familiar with the debate. Embassy security, construction and maintenance funding covers structural renovations, such as increasing a building’s distance from a public road and reducing vulnerability to car bombs.
House Appropriations Committee Chairman Hal Rogers (R-Ky.), who formerly headed the subcommittee with jurisdiction over the State Department, has worked to improve the security of diplomatic facilities since the 1998 embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania. That effort has resulted in the completion of 94 new diplomatic facilities and the transfer of 27,000 people to more secure places, according to a House GOP aide.
But the GOP aide acknowledged, “In these tight budget times, the committee has had to make some tough choices to prioritize funding.”
Embassy security funding will be reduced further if automatic spending cuts established by the 2011 Budget Control Act take place as scheduled. Under the so-called sequestration process, embassy security, construction and maintenance funding would shrink by $129 million, or 8.2 percent.
The State Department is constantly renovating its embassies and consulates to improve their security in the face of evolving threats.
“An embassy built 50 years ago is not going to have the same security capabilities,” said a Democratic aide familiar with the program.
Another aide with knowledge of the State Department’s efforts to improve security said the consulate in Benghazi, where Stevens and other Americans died, was considered a “temporary facility.” It was not on the administration’s request list for structural improvements for fiscal 2012 or 2013, according to the source.
The Senate Appropriations Committee, which is controlled by Democrats, sought lower funding levels compared to the administration’s request for State Department security programs and embassy security, construction and maintenance.
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pvc. 5-14-2013 04:48 AM
joe after quoting a house republican aid as fact you needn`t have gone any farther.as far as his establishing a new world order using the UN as a template do you realize how ridiculous you sound. the fact remains that the republican congress voted down the additional monies needed to improve security for the embassies. Bengazi was not at the time of the attack a full fledged embassy but one that was being concidered as such. now what about a jobs bill, what about a ban on assault rifles or background checks for that matter. how about rebuilding our bridges and infrastructure. and how about Hillary?
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Joe 5-14-2013 09:57 AM
Hello Phil. I'm not making that stuff up. Obama has written that in his books and other political writings published. He admires that system. He likes the UN and agrees with much of what the UN says. He's more foreign than American in his world views. He admitted that too.
Many of his actions are laying the foundation for that system to be implemented here one day. Things like that don't happen over night.
The European Union in Europe is a prototype of that system, so we can't say it can never happen or is a fantasy.
Obama has a strange vision for America as he has attested to many times in writing, and in his classroom lectures. In his lectures and political protests in the '80's he was very open and critical of the Constitution, he is a constitutional lawyer, and advocated a complete removal of that document and a new set of laws created modeled after the UN guidelines.
Go take the time to research his writings. He is a very different person than many thought they elected. You'll see I'm right.
He's banking on folks such as yourself to ignore these little signals and write them off as ridiculous. But we're too smart for that.
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Confucius 5-14-2013 11:21 AM
Little Billy shaved the cat. Mom had a fit and punished Billy.
Billy argued about his punishment saying last week, little sister Susie bit the cat. Mom did't see that. A bald cat is not hard to miss.
Billy said Susie is just as bad but went unpunished, so why am I being punished?
Mom responded saying "no matter what others do good or bad, you shaved the cat and need to be punished".
Moral of the story:
Regardless of whether Bush, Clinton, Reagan, Carter or George Washington for that matter did bad things doesn't alter the facts that Obama has a lot of crap to answer for. Two wrongs don't make a right.
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pvc. 5-14-2013 01:34 PM
joe no matter what he wrote at one time he cannot change this country into what you not I thinks he wants. he has 3 and a half years left in his presidency. he`s tried to get a jobs bill passed tied to infrastructure. do you see anything wrong with that? he`s tried and will ultimately suceede in getting a law that at least will make background checks a necessity in the buying of handguns . immigration reform is another issue. congress on the other hand turns down most of what he wants even if they first argeed with it. if you deny that whatever Obama wants the republicans don`t want then there is no need to further this conversation. you feel as you do and I in no way will waste my time trying to convince you that black is indeed black and that white is white. i wasn`t put on this earth to educate the un educatable.
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Joe 5-14-2013 03:21 PM
You know Phil, you post your views and lately, they have been polite and reasonable, but that didn't last long. Your last dig at not being able to be educated is unnecessary and insulting. I am far from stupid. I read, and research and learn and read some more. I have forgotten more political knowledge than most people know. Politics had been my hobby and pastime for over 45 years. I will not insult you and throw back that comment to reflect your attitude. You say stick to the facts. Well the facts are out there, for all to see, but none are so blind as those who will not see.
Obama's pat answer is he had no knowledge of any of these scandals.
Fast & Furious, Benghazi, IRS scandal and a few others. If you believe he did not know about these issues, then he is incompetent, and should be relieved of his position. Either way, he needs to go.
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Judy 5-14-2013 06:00 PM
Phil, everyone on here offered their good wishes to you when they heard you were recovering from surgery. All political differences were set aside to wish you well.
Now that desn't mean we all agree politically nor should we. But when something is said that you don't think is right, just dsagree but don't insult people's intelligence. No one on this site is stupid. I have read some of the best political opinions I have ever seen from this site. Disagree, but be nice about it, these people actually care about you.
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Ray 5-14-2013 08:14 PM
If Obama is that CLUELESS, what the heck is he doing as President?
C'mom people, anyone of us in our business careers that used the "I didn't know about that" excuse, as often as he has would have been fired.
His gold plating is wearing thin and the worthless base metal is showing.
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Ken 5-15-2013 04:35 AM
Joe,
You left off one in Obamas' list of I was not aware of it-
"I can't address the issue because it's under investigation."
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pvc. 5-15-2013 05:38 AM
good wishes and my being polite as a result have nothing to do with the subject at hand.if these good feelings come at the price of my being who I am and what I honestly believe in then you are all sadly mistaken. you have no right to tie one thing to the other. the operation and the one to come are not life changing experiences as I see them. I don`t like what the GOP and the Democrats are doing to our country period.they all work maybe 12 to 20 hours a week to advance their own agendas . I saw Charlie Rangel on TV this morning and that thief was outraged at what some mid level idiot had done to the republicans and the supposed AP scandal . he of all people has the temetry to be outraged when he should have been kicked out of congress for his crimes. he of course hates the IRS. they uncovered his scam. we need jobs we need infrastructure and we need cooperation. this my way or the highway attitude is insulting to not only me but you as well.I again thank you all for your good wishes but my politics are still intact and as you see not tied to one party or the other, I speak for myself and always will.
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pvc. 5-15-2013 05:52 AM
Ken you conveniently forget how often Cheney used the executive prividledge mantra during the bush administration . last summer all were outraged as to the situation that led up to the ap investigation of leaking national security issues. the press is as always duplicitious in its reaction. now it`s Obama trampling on their first amendment rights.during the first Gulf War Gen Schwarzkoff wouldn`t devulge anything to the press until the mission had been accomplished. the press was outraged then as it is now. they are not entitled to carte blanche info when our national security is involved. and the lives of our military are at stake. I`ll bet that Bush regrets saying mission accomplished . Obama on the other hand gathers the facts and studies them before making a statment. that is right and proper and if the press can`t wait for his answer they`ll make something up anyway. nobody holds them to high standards anyway. if we in fact did the NEW YORK POST wouldn`t exist.that paper is such a rag that you can`t even clean your windows with it.
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Ken 5-15-2013 08:22 AM
Phil I agree you can't wash windows with the NY Post. You think if they became a left wing paper then you could?
Plil I agree there is massive corruption in DC. They are mostly out for themselves. For the record the GOP main stream hates the tea party candidates because the Tea party congressman and senators will not go along with the corruption.
The jobs bill that you favor is really not the answer. It is the same as hiring more federal workers. sure it puts people to work but, they must be paid by taxes. The taxes come from the people. Beside there is a shortfall in tax revenue therefore, the money is usually borowed by T Bonds. But, the treasury cannot find enought buyers for the bonds therefore, the Federal Reserve buys the bonds with extra paper money that they print This devalues the dollar with the resulant inflation. If the jobs bill were the answer all we would have to do is have half the people dig ditches and the other half fill them in - all paid for by the gavernment taxes. It's truly voo do economics. A Jobs bill should have been done with the first stimulas at least we would have gotten some infrastructure from it, like the WPA did in the depression. So they wasted almost one $trillion .We need sound economic reform, cancel Obama care and Obama needs stop with his anti-business attitude to fix the economy and that by itself will create private sector jobs and restore the economy. Business it unsure of what Obama will do next. This is why there is Trillion sitting in banks and not being invested. A jobs bill can only work to stimulate the economy when all other things are in place as I mentioned. To be honest with out political bla bla He should imitate what Bush did for 7 of the 8 years of his administration.
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Joe 5-15-2013 10:23 AM
Phil, no one, including myself, wants you to change who you are. All I ask is keep the insulting comments about ignorance, uneducated, etc. out of these exchanges. There are many voters who deserve those labels, but not the bloggers on this site.
None of us are stupid, just the opposite, these posts are well researched and expressed.
We have different political views, but neither you nor I are uneducated.
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Joe 5-15-2013 10:29 AM
Ken,
Why can't Obama's followers see and hear what he is doing? Blind loyalty?
Black pride? Naive, gullible? Political ignorance?
They have more excuses than Carter has liver pills.
Obama I believe thinks we are all dumb and will fall for anything he dishes out.
You are right about the jobs bill. He can only create government jobs which cost us money. That doesn't work.
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