Wetzelbill
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Sun Nov-16-08 06:09 PM
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This Week panel discusses economy and bailout (Paul Krugman is excellent) |
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Sun Nov-16-08 06:25 PM
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1. thanks for posting. nt |
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Sun Nov-16-08 06:27 PM
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2. At Such a Dire Moment in This Country... |
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Edited on Sun Nov-16-08 06:34 PM by fascisthunter
to hear well educated conservatives rewrite history to make a point, to spin Obama's plans is just disgusting. Until these political hyenas get their heads out of their politically brainwashed asses and get on the same friggin page by acknowledging truth rather than their own spin, this country will die a thousand cuts. And what's worse is no one on that panel will suffer the way I and my community will, as we already are. Just disgusting and extremely detached...
Thanks to Paul Krugman for his appearance... the rest? Bleh.... hope they enjoy their Bush tax cuts...
PS - blaming FDR for the Depression now conservatives? It's because of greedy elitest scumbags such as yourself that we had a Great Depression and what makes it worse is how you lie about history when we need everyone on the same fucking page! People need to write these rich snooty bastards...
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Sun Nov-16-08 06:36 PM
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3. everything they believe in has been proven wrong |
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But they still spout it. In the middle of a crisis and in the middle of the bailout negotiations House Republicans nearly tanked the whole thing because they wanted capital gains taxes eliminated.... that's insanse. These people poison the debate, and actually get it framed in their favor, with radical ideas that have proven to be false. If we can't eliminate that ideology or reduce it to irrelevance than we'll never totally get where we need to be economically. We're hijacked by a radical economic ideology.
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Sun Nov-16-08 06:48 PM
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4. This Country Has Been Hijacked by Those Who Truly Do Not Care about This Country |
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Edited on Sun Nov-16-08 06:48 PM by fascisthunter
at least all other parts of it where they don't reside. That much is obvious... the lies though... even NOW!?!?!?! Sick!
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Sun Nov-16-08 11:04 PM
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15. Fuck the word "conservatives" they are fucking republicans ALL of them, we've |
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Edited on Sun Nov-16-08 11:46 PM by LaPera
all worked too hard to make the word "republican" a bad name, a name of hate, liars and cheats who despise workers...........all of which is fact.
Let's NOT let them off the hook with names the republicans now prefer, "conservatives", "GOP", "right of center" or "moderates" they are filthy greedy lying republicans and George Will & the other "conservatives" are corporate fascist, republicans, who embrace republican ideology, an elitist ideology, who always support & vote fucking REPUBLICAN!
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Mon Nov-17-08 12:51 PM
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Sun Nov-16-08 07:31 PM
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I would love to see George Will work on the Auto line at 65 years of age.
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Sun Nov-16-08 09:04 PM
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Those medical benefits are property of employees and retirees, honestly earned just as surely as are their paychecks. George Will should offer up some of his own net worth to help our nation's economy recover before he so freely volunteers the assets of others.
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Sun Nov-16-08 09:15 PM
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9. Exactly! That made me so angry... |
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Edited on Sun Nov-16-08 09:59 PM by RollWithIt
He basically said, "Who gives a shit about tens of thousands of Americans who will lose their insurance because they're not 65 yet."
Sick. There are many DU'ers that need to be taught about this sort of thing.
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Sun Nov-16-08 09:24 PM
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10. It's pricks like George Will |
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Who never did an honest days work in his lifetime that think everybody else should give up their hard earned benefits to rectify the situation. Conservatives.
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Sun Nov-16-08 09:40 PM
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12. This Is The Same George Will |
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That knowingly used stolen campaign papers from President Carter to prepare Ronald Reagan for his debate. The guy has no scruples and was shamed decades ago. Why was there no consequences for Will's shameful behavior?
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Sun Nov-16-08 09:35 PM
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11. It's A Nit, But George Will Is 67 |
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Sun Nov-16-08 10:03 PM
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13. Honestly, I've been watching his clips, and I hope he remains a mouthpiece of the right.... |
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The McCain campaign talked about elitism. That guy is completely out of touch. Way too many Washington cocktail dinners. Extremely out of touch with the problems Americans face. That line about under retirement age Americans losing their insurance "not a national crisis" wins us votes every time Americans see it.
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Sun Nov-16-08 10:32 PM
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14. He wasn't talking about retirement age Americans |
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He was talking about those well short of retirement age (65) who retire from one career.
Of course, if this is encouraged in the auto industry, that's another matter.
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Sun Nov-16-08 08:14 PM
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6. I loved the way he smacked down George Will |
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It must hurt being smacked around by a Nobel Laureate - there's no way he can come back after that!
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Sun Nov-16-08 08:25 PM
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7. Krugman: The only public voice representing FDR's heritage |
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Democrats of 2008 think they know better than FDR.
What else would explain Congress' reckless avoidance of a new New Deal?
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Mon Nov-17-08 03:38 AM
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17. My dad worked for GM for 44 years. |
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He was loyal to the company in the extreme. Now he's old and sick, and GM has cut off his health care.
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Mon Nov-17-08 02:03 PM
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20. GM is cutting health care for retirees? I hadn't heard about that. |
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Do you have a link? I'd like to read up about it.
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Mon Nov-17-08 10:27 PM
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22. I don't have a link other than my mother's email to me. |
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She got the notification from them, along with phone numbers to call for assistance in finding other coverage.
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Mon Nov-17-08 02:02 PM
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19. And Paul is soooo cute, too. |
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I love to look at him while he is being brillant.
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Mon Nov-17-08 02:44 PM
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"His supporters, young people particularly, who saw him as Walking On Water may be very disillusioned if he wisely cannot pursue all of these programs."
:grr:
I never saw that kind of sarcasm applied to the reich wingers by the usual panel here.
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Sun Nov-23-08 11:12 AM
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Edited on Sun Nov-23-08 11:13 AM by ochazuke
Krugman set Will straight on the efficacy of the New Deal last week, but just a minute ago (This Week on ABC), Will once again said "the New Deal DID NOT WORK!" Krugman wasn't there, but another guest rightly pointed out that the recession of 1937 was a result of Roosevelt pulling back from the New Deal.
My fear is that New Deal type stimulus will result in a Japan-like spending spree on destructive road projects. Here in Missouri, they want to 4-lane everything. The engineers want it of course. Probably the largest concrete company in the world, based in K.C., is for it. But it's like mandating that everyone in the USA have a coronary bypass operation.
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