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#51

Atlas Shrugged

Posted: 4/12/11 at 2:43pm

Unless of course there is a major act of terrorism that you were warned about and ignored - then it is your predecessors fault.

BTW, the stock market closed at 7,920.66 on the day Obama was sworn in to office. At that time, we were over shedding 700,000 jobs a month.

Goth must follow the John Kyl version of facts.

#52

Atlas Shrugged

Posted: 4/12/11 at 3:25pm

"The tension here is that both Gore and the Prince [Charles] are obviously well-meaning, and their campaigns for environmentally sensitive alternatives to consumerist depredations on the planet are important and timely. If they failed to be as greener-than-thou in their practice as in their message, does that fact impugn the message? To think so is to commit the ad hominem fallacy, in which the truth of what someone says is taken to be undermined by the fact that he does not act accordingly. But clearly, although saying one thing and doing another makes a person inconsistent or, when the aim is to cheat in some respect, dishonest, it does not falsify what he says if what he says is true."

"But if we are going to point the finger at them for not doing as they say we should do, does that not imply that we accept they are right, and that this obliges us to act appropriately ourselves?"

"I would rather have an energy-wasting Al Gore fighting to save the planet than an energy-wasting Al Gore not caring about the planet. People like Gore and Prince Charles have a platform, and the worst thing they could do is fail to use the platform in support of worthwhile causes, whether or not they are personally no better than the rest of us in doing their individual bit."

-- AC Grayling, Thinking of Answers

#53

Atlas Shrugged

Posted: 4/12/11 at 3:28pm

I love that for one important reason: GOTH DOES IT ALL THE TIME!

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#54

Atlas Shrugged

Posted: 4/12/11 at 3:33pm

And don't you dare take away my incandescent light bulbs, you fascists!

#55

Atlas Shrugged

Posted: 4/12/11 at 3:47pm

Carmona said she created the policy six years ago after watching students bring "bottles of soda and flaming hot chips" on field trips for their lunch. Although she would not name any other schools that employ such practices, she said it was fairly common.

Six years ago? Why didn't Bush and Cheney throw off the yoke of government oppression back when it was starting?

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#56

Atlas Shrugged

Posted: 4/12/11 at 3:52pm

But But But Bush...... Namo

Gothampc's rule of politics #1: Ignore the past.

"A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men" - Willy Wonka

Updated On: 4/12/11 at 03:52 PM

#57

Atlas Shrugged

Posted: 4/12/11 at 5:04pm

No, that's not entirely true, Craig. It's more like "ignore the past when it's convenient". Goth has no problem dredging up past Democratic failings or trotting out policy as long as it proves his point. The thing is, someone does the same trick to him and he either ignores it or vanishes.

"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."

#58

Atlas Shrugged

Posted: 4/12/11 at 5:11pm

Laugh it up funny boy! Obama can't blame Bush for this.

"The US budget deficit shot up 15.7 percent in the first six months of fiscal 2011, the Treasury Department said Wednesday as political knives were being sharpened for a new budget battle."

Link

If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.

#59

Atlas Shrugged

Posted: 4/12/11 at 5:13pm

Gothampc

You fail to see that the deficit is as large as it is because of previous history. It's not like we were running even CLOSE to the black and then Obama caused a huge deficit.

Perspective and big picture thinking Gothampc - try and use it.

"A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men" - Willy Wonka

#60

Atlas Shrugged

Posted: 4/12/11 at 5:14pm

Funny boy? Really?

'There are three sides to every story. My side, your side, and the truth. And no one is lying. Memories shared serve each one differently' -Robert Evans-

#61

Atlas Shrugged

Posted: 4/12/11 at 5:16pm

It has nothing to do with her. It has everything to do with the government interfering in what should be personal matters. The problem is that she and her husband think they have the moral ground to tell everyone else how to live their lives.

Republicans don't seem to mind when conservative Christians do it, so...what's the problem again?

"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian

#62

Atlas Shrugged

Posted: 4/12/11 at 5:25pm

"You fail to see that the deficit is as large as it is because of previous history."

Funny how you blame it on "history" when a Democrat has messed things up. When you don't like what a Republican is doing, then it becomes their problem.

What's your excuse for the Democrats not passing a budget?

If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.

#63

Atlas Shrugged

Posted: 4/12/11 at 7:19pm

Gothampc

Can you show me where I blamed the Republicans OR Democrats for the deficit? My comment was that HISTORY is to blame. That means both parties. See - unlike you - I can be objective when looking at the big picture. I don't have to point the finger at one party over the other when it comes to something like the deficit.

BOTH parties are to blame. Period. But that's not what you started your argument with, now is it. You want to blame Obama. You can't. Obama's merely a contributing factor.

"A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men" - Willy Wonka

#64

Atlas Shrugged

Posted: 4/12/11 at 7:57pm

The current state of Washington really is due to both parties refusing to act for the good of anything other than themselves.

"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."

#65

Atlas Shrugged

Posted: 4/13/11 at 10:16am

No Kad- the budget problems can be laid on two republican failings: First the insistence on lowering taxes that are already at historic lows. If Paul Ryan's "road map" is approved, top bracket taxes will be at their lowest since the income tax began in the 1930's. Republicans claim this will somehow be "revenue neutral" even though our wealthiest citizens will be paying about ONE THIRD less than they do now.

The second failing is running two extraordinarily expensive wars "off-budget"- that is not tracking or reporting these expenses as part of the debt. When President Obama took office, Republicans were able to blast him for immediately bloating the budget by merely reporting what had been spent by his predecessor.

Updated On: 4/13/11 at 10:16 AM

#66

Atlas Shrugged

Posted: 4/13/11 at 10:22am

^^^ This is why discussion with you is futile.

Once again, the Democrats were supposed to pass a budget last year and did not do that. All of this budget angst would have been avoided if they were doing their job. Then when voters get mad and give the House back to the GOP, Democrats do their best "seniors are going to die and the poor will go hungry" routine.

If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.

Updated On: 4/13/11 at 10:22 AM

#67

Atlas Shrugged

Posted: 4/13/11 at 10:38am

Gothampc -

So where did I say it was either party's fault? Or are you going to ignore my question?

Also - can you respond to the point brought up that BOTH parties are to blame. Or are you definitively stating it's 100 percent the Democrat's fault and Republicans have NO blame whatsoever?

Please elaborate.

"A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men" - Willy Wonka

#68

Atlas Shrugged

Posted: 4/13/11 at 10:39am

He's right, all those Democrats going on and on about death panels, that Sarah Palin woman chief among them.

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#69

Atlas Shrugged

Posted: 4/13/11 at 11:03am

"Also - can you respond to the point brought up that BOTH parties are to blame. Or are you definitively stating it's 100 percent the Democrat's fault and Republicans have NO blame whatsoever?"

First off, you respond to two facts:

1. When Obama became POTUS he had control of both the House and Senate. He had from January 2009 to January 2011 to get things under control.

2. Prior to January 2011 when the GOP took control of the House, Democrats were supposed to pass a budget and did not.

If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.

#70

Atlas Shrugged

Posted: 4/13/11 at 11:11am

Congrats Goth, you have mastered the Republican talking point: You have repeatedly stated that if Barack Obama had passed a budget earlier we would not have been in this situation in April. If it makes you feel better I will state plainly and openly that I wholeheartedly agree. You are correct! All better?

Of course the issue is "Why didn't we pass this budget when the President submitted it in September?" Because Republicans would not accept it. Remember that whole fricassee about the Bush tax increases that were scheduled to go into effect in January? The months of filibuster threats? That was all part of this budget fight. Ringing any bells? I remember it well.

So YOU ARE CORRECT- we WOULD NOT have had this horrible fight in April if we had passed the budget in September- we would have had it in September.

#71

Atlas Shrugged

Posted: 4/13/11 at 11:23am

I have no idea what you want me to respond to. I have stated (more than once now) that both parties are to blame. And then I threw it back to you to see what your response was.

And as Joe has illustrated - there's cause and effect. But it appears you just want to talk about this second in time and (again) disregard the past.

"A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men" - Willy Wonka

#72

Atlas Shrugged

Posted: 4/13/11 at 11:29am

No both parties are not to blame. The Democrats have had 2 full years of unfettered control. In addition, when Bush was still POTUS, he pretty much signed anything that they sent him. One criticism I have of Bush was the beginning of TARP. So Democrats have pretty much had complete control of the purse strings for the last four years. But come April 2011, the Democrats try and blame the Republicans for killing seniors and letting the poor starve. Not going to accept that at all. The Democrats are the cause for all the mess we are currently in.

If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.

#73

Atlas Shrugged

Posted: 4/13/11 at 11:32am

Ok - now I know where you stand. And I disagree completely. So there's no point in having a logical discussion with you because you're never going to convince me that both parties played a role - and clearly I'll never convince you that they did.

The effort is futile - even at a simple discussion level.

"A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men" - Willy Wonka

Updated On: 4/13/11 at 11:32 AM

#74

Atlas Shrugged

Posted: 4/13/11 at 11:37am

Like trying to teach a pig to sing.

#75

Atlas Shrugged

Posted: 4/13/11 at 11:42am

And BUSH had six years with a Republican Congress- and did not produce anything NEAR a balanced budget- much less one that paid down the deficit.

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