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Ah, that explains a lot now.
Like I said, I earned my opinion by serving this country whether you agree or not. Have you served your country?
The platform really isn't all that bad. Yes, there are a few whackos in the Lib party too, but I do believe it could very well be the party that replaces the Republican party.
Our Country is slowly moving towards social tolerance. Now that the grasp of Evangelicals on this country has been loosened I do expect the Lib party to grow.
Living in fear your country is being taking over by the horrible liberals. Only thing you can do is hurl harassment though.
Good thing life expectancy is only 74 years in the U.S.
Stop Loss took me back a second time. I certainly didn't wish to go back. You do know what Stop Loss is right?
As a Veteran nothing shocks me anymore. I've seen first hand, from two tours, what a waste of national treasure and blood Iraq has been.
We are the terrorists, I've seen enough dead civilians to last me a life time. If I was a Muslim I would want to kill Americans too.
I've earned my opinions by serving.. have you?
Ever see the movie Red Dawn??
I would probably be Republican if it wasn't for that. Instead I had to settle on Libertarian haha.
Ah yes.. one of the 14 points of Fascism!
Gotta love the Bush era "terror alerts"
Obsession with National Security: Fear is used as a motivational tool by the government over the masses
The Evangelical Christian Right certainly is and is what destroyed the Republican party.
Buy on the rumor, sell on the news. Should be quite a wild ride now for day traders.
shake shake.. shake shake.. shake your booty.. shake your booty! haha, love it.
Speaking of Robber Barons..
Were you aware of this lawsuit? Very scary..
http://www.scotuswiki.com/index.php?title=Citizens_United_v._Federal_Election_Commission
No, Joe is simply a symbol of a greater problem. There are some true whack jobs on the right.
I like his plan.. so I guess I'm not too worried. I don't subscribe to the crazy idea it will lead us to Socialism. A $220B deficit over 10 years also doesn't seem unreasonable to me for a complete overhaul. Not when we are spending $10B a month in Iraq.
If a public option puts insurance companies out of business I say GO FOR IT! One less institution profiting from what should be a basic right. Socialism is an economic system, not a political system. Funny though that most screaming Socialism the loudest don't even have a clue what it is. It is like listening to Palin try and explain the bailouts to Katie Couric.
I'm sorry but I believe it is the driving force in most cases when it involves the far right frignes. Anyone with even a little common sense can look at Joe Wilson's past, his associations and put two and two together. Some folks simply don't want to bring up that subject though.
There are a number of "Good ole" Grey headed White men, from the deep south, who simply can't stand the fact that a liberal black man is president. Anyone with any common sense can see this, some simply wish to put their blinders on.
It's not going to make any sense unless you try to make sense of it.
I don't know anything about Cuba's health care system so I can't really comment.
tomorrows the big day eh? Anyone's palms sweating yet?
There is a reason some of us are holding. All it takes is a little effort to conduct some DD and understand what is happening. They have enormous support of local Government and are partnered with one of the largest China state owned Ag companies. Not even FEED, CNOA or any of the other China Ag companies can claim that.
Biggest sleeper is an understatement. Because it is a pinksheet many don't take it serious. I would buy more, but I'm loaded to the gills already. I thought the Beacon report did a very good job explaining the company. http://siafchina.com/download/SIAF.pdf
I honestly believe the differences in spending among different areas is mainly attributable to crooked politicians and kickbacks not so much inefficiency.
There is a ton of corruption in our Government that needs to be weeded out.
There are always more than one road into a city. People will disagree on which road to take but ultimately everyone reaches the city. It is human nature, if it wasn't we would all live in harmony and there would be no points to argue. It all boils down to our ideologies. It is those very ideologies that causes us to live in a world of constant strife.
No, I'm not an Obama lover, but of all the presidential candidates we had to chose from, I believe we did get the best one. Palin?? need I say more?
A few have already placed him on the stake, poured the gas and are ready to light the match. The guy has barely been in office 6 months and already he has stirred up the largest debate in decades. That alone deserves some admiration.
Obama has not signed a bill yet, I will save my judgment until that day comes. Until then I am smart enough to filter out the noise.
Want my solution?
Abolish the IRS. Put in place a "Consumption Tax" of 10% on all items except food, housing and clothing.
Heavily tax American companies that import their products.
Do away with capital gains tax, as currently that is basically a tax on savings.
Completely overhaul our Securities regulations.
Abolish all Corporate funding of PAC's.
Corporations should no longer have the same rights as individuals.
Tort reform across the board.
Abolish sentencing of victimless crimes, legalize Marijuana and tax it 20%, the same with Alcohol and Cigs.
Create a single payer Universal Health care system. Abolish medical insurance 100%, they do nothing to contribute, they are nothing but middle men. It can be government run, or operated as a non-profit regulated by the government. Make pharma more competitive.
Eliminate profit from education, Reform our college system to make it affordable. Education is key to our advancement as a Nation. Right now American is full of stupid.
Last but not least.. make National Service mandatory similar to Germany.
Actually it is the American public's fault. We vote in people who are not qualified or fit to be in public office because they have tons of money to make cool looking campaign adds that win over our hearts with moral and religious bull shit instead of intelligent thinking. Our media doesn't report the news anymore, they keep score on who is winning and loosing. We love to be entertained, we spend too much, we borrow more so we can spend more. We don't make an effort to obtains the facts, instead we watch either CNN or Fox and get the "news" spoon feed to us like the sheep we are. We allowed Corporate power to destroy the foundation of our Nations mom and pops. We allowed Wall Street to run amok. We tried to police the world..
Oh I could go on and on.. This is not just about Bush.. no this is a culmination of America becoming a Nation of stupid, fat lazy people who can't consume enough to be happy.
No.. WE.. Americans are 100% at fault..
Every developed Nation has some form of universal health care.. we are the only one that does not. Pretty sad if you ask me.
Hey.. we are a capitalist country though.. if you can't make a buck off something it is Un-American.
Not at all.. I lack compassion, or so says my wife. I certainly got a very valuable education from it though.
All I'm saying is the Obama administration got handed a nasty problem. I didn't agree with the bail outs at all, I would have rather seen all the banks simply go bankrupt. The recession would have been probably turned into a depression but in the long run we would have been better for it.
It didn't work out that way however and our Government decided it was better to spend our way out of it and hope to be able to control inflation down the road.
With that said, much of Obama's so called future deficit problems were inherited. He simply continued the bailout program Bush started. I do not believe $220B over 10 years, or $1.8B per month to overhaul health care is anything to be outraged over when compared to past spending. It is an investment for our future and over time, if handled correctly, should strengthen us in the long run.
The stimulus bill, will also provide a large amount of investment that should help us in the long run with infrastructure projects and tax cuts for the middle class.
Keep in mind, Obama wouldn't have needed to pass a stimulus bill if the Republicans had not run our deficits to the moon by lowering taxes, decreasing revenue to the government while trying to wage a two front war. Let us not also forget the huge amount of fraud, waste and abuse by military contractors.
No, I firmly believe this is the start of a political revolution in which our Government has moved to far to the right over the past 2 decades, empowered corporate greed and caused a huge shift in the wealth of this country to the top 1% leaving the middle class decimated.
The poorest are also the most uneducated and we have a very large pool of these people to which all the special interest groups have spent millions in order to spread their propaganda to.
Those who have pushed our Nation to the brink of Fascism, spurred by the Christian evangelical movement, are now finding themselves loosing a grip on power as more and more people are waking up to what is going on. There is certainly a power struggle between the far left and far right as we try and swing our country back to the center some.
Both sides are putting up as much noise as possible to sway opinion, but I believe America is wising up.. I at least hope so.
Oh I don't.. remember I was a stock promoter at one time haha.
I have a friend that drives down to Mexico to get her prescription medication. In Mexico she spends $15 dollars per refill, in the U.S she would spend $380 per refill without insurance, and that is for the exact same medication. She can also buy more at one time than she could here in the U.S.
I would almost bet that if cost control measures were simply put into place we could reduce 50% of medical costs in this country.
A single payer system in the best way to go in the U.S.
Hmm.. would you say that the same folks who were obsessed with revenge are the same ones screaming the loudest against Obama?
It reminds me of Wall Street, were a small few profit from the emotions of the masses.
Anytime I see emotion.. I see money. I recently took a road trip from Texas up to Ohio. I noticed when passing through the "Bible Belt" most truck stops/travel spots carried a large amount of Jesus related retail items as compared to other States.
It truly is a big business.. Religious Fascism.. very scary.
I've got an idea.. if France is ranked #1 in the world for Health Care.. why not simply copy their system??
Seems it would be far easier to copy something that works then trying to pull something out of Congresses ass.
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/9994.php
Still, I do not ever recall all this negativity when the Bush administration and the Republican congress drove our deficits to record levels.
Keep in mind, Obama came into office with a broke country, nobody said it was going to painless to get us out.
Bottom line is, there is simply to much special interest in Washington now to get anything meaningful done. Before we can move forward as a Nation we need to solve the core problem of campaign financing which in essence has created a merging of Corporate interest and State Governance.. or better known as Fascism.
For all those hard core right wingers that support Citizens United, their law suit is one Supreme Court decision away from solidifying our Nation as a Fascist state.
http://www.scotuswiki.com/index.php?title=Citizens_United_v._Federal_Election_Commission
I'm surprised we see the word "Socialism" so prevalent in the media in regards to the far left wing agenda, but we hardly ever see the word "Fascism" in regards to the far right wing agenda.
Fascism scares me far more than Socialism.
Can I ask you a question?
Do you believe we need to reform health care in this country? The statistics show we spend more and have less than many other developed nations. We are currently ranked 37th by The World Health Organization. We are also ranked pretty low on education, which is pretty obvious by the stupidity I see daily.
I'm curious why so many anti-Obama people are quick to point out how wrong he is.. but I have yet to see any intelligent debate on how to fix the problem. All I have seen is a bunch of screaming and finger wagging from the right and a bunch of confusion from the left.
The problem is both camps are entrenched and nobody is willing to budge. Pretty sad state of affairs.
Did I mention my daughter is going to learn Mandarin?
More spin..
Again, as a stock promoter I know all to well how spinning words can make a world of difference.
“More troubling, the president insists that his health reform efforts would not add ‘a dime’ to the deficit. But the claim is at odds with the very credible Congressional Budget Office which projects it adding $220 billion over the coming decade.”
Okay, so lets run with this..
$220 billion over 10 years. That is $1.8B a month. The Iraq war has cost us on average $10B a month and has done absolutely nothing for our country. That is one point no one can argue. I served two tours there and saw it first hand.
So your telling me so many folks are up in arms over $1.8B a month to completely overhaul our Nations health care industry but spending $10B a month in Iraq is money well spent? I would imagine the people on Investorshub.com would know a little bit about how investing works. Iraq is certainly not an investment.
What the F$%^ is wrong with you people? Can't anyone do simple math?
Where was all this screaming and outrage when we were waging two wars, blowing billions of dollars and our Republican led government was REDUCING taxes and borrowing at an alarming rate from China to fund its budgets. Oh that is right.. folks got fed up and elected Obama into office.
There is a reason why my own board is "Emerging China Small Caps", because under the Republican leadership China now owns the U.S.. Our nations wealth has been funneled into China thanks to our great leaders.
And people are bitching over $220B, I am simply amazed at the stupidity.
Some folks simply can't get over the fact that a black democrat is President.
Stand with Joe..
MONEY MONEY MONEY..send me your MONEY
Just like a stock promoter.. I should know I was one.
God Americans are stupid little lemmings who can't think for themselves and intelligent people profit from it.
What does Obama have to do with anything?
He is the President, his job is to make policy, not create the legislation that governs it.
The only other job he has is the commander and chief and I doubt he can do any worse than Bush did.
What is the fascination with Obama?? I simply do not get it.
All he can do is sign, or veto legislation. Congress is responsible for drafting legislation.
Those holding Obama responsible for the stupidity of Congress must not understand how our Government works.
In a perfect world, the President sets the agenda, then Congress debates how to execute the agenda. Some folks just don't get it.
Sad.. very sad indeed.
No he did not.. not in the least bit.
There is a huge difference in lobbying your ideas and trying to create a spectacle out of it.
Just so you know.. I think both parties are disgusting, but right now the Republicans are showing very few of them know how to debate an issue. Anything coming out of the Republican party these days is finger wagging and the spread of misinformation.
I have yet to see genuine debate coming from either side. All of Congress needs to be flushed and ordinary businessmen and citizens needs to replace them. PAC money has destroyed our Nation.
spin spin spin..
That is all anyone does these days. Nothing in the bill would have allowed illegals to obtain health care. The problem was the fact that the way the medical system is set up, many doctors do not require proof of citizenship. It was an exploit in the existing system, not in the bill itself as it had language stating illegals were exempt.
I am really sick of seeing all this BS spewed by both groups.
Instead of Republicans making the case against the exploit in the existing system and bringing it to the attention of Congressional members in order to draft more explicit language in the legislation, they instead used it as a way to spin their own agenda.
What disgusts me even more is how stupid and gullible most Americans are to fall for the propaganda from both sides.
Welcome to Fascist America.. created by the stupidity of Americans.
FEED out $5.39 > $4.80
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