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Band of Bumblers
Carrousel riders. Tough on Teddy. The California Dems. Whose 9/11? Plus more.
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REVERSE THE DAMAGE
Re: Peter Ferrara’s
America’s Record Recession:
Peter’s analysis is spot on. There is yet another factor that exists today which was not in play in any of the recessions since the 1930s. The ideal of a world economy is now a reality. Countries such as China, India, and many other former third world countries have now become major players in global trade.
These countries have begun to develop their own middle class and raise the overall standard of living for their populations. In order to compete and continue this growth they must attract business and investment capital to their shores while being agressive in their export activity. They can do so because of cheaper labor costs, lower taxes, fewer regulations and a benign legal environment.
American companies, and their domestic workforce, must compete and in order to do so are increasingly opening operations themselves or in joint ventures in these nations. Gone are the days when by our and European economic hegemony we were able to control world trade.
Those policies as outlined in this article will accelerate this
process and further delay any true recovery and job growth. If we
continue on the course Barack Obama has chosen, not only will job
creation cease but unemployment will remain in the double digit
range, inflation will rival that of the 1970s, and jobs lost to
countries overseas will never return.
— Steve McCann
Salisbury, Maryland
Since the non-government National Bureau of Economic Research
declared the recession started in December of 2007 when there was
a positive GDP growth, one would think that since Obama’s
recession (with historic unemployment and wage loss) would
continue even if there is a mild up-tick in the GDP in the third
and fourth quarters of this year. Until consumers (70% of the
economy) actually get into the action, claims of the recession
being over are all hype and hyperbole. Of course, for the
historically high millions and millions of Americans who now go
to bed homeless and hungry thanks to Democrats, the recession has
become a depression. One can only hope that a future Republican
Congress and President can reverse the damage of Obama Democrats
and take us back to the prosperous days of George W. Bush and
Ronald Reagan.
— Michael Tomlinson
Jacksonville, North Carolina
MOVE ON
Re: Matthew Vadum’s
Obama’s Plan to Desecrate 9/11:
God forbid we try to move on from the tragedy of 9/11.
Republicans and right-wingers just want to keep reminding people
of the event because it was such a successful campaign for seven
years for an administration that was a corrupt as it gets.
Sickening.
— Kristine
I think I can speak for a lot of people in my town and it is not
a Democrat day nor is it Republican day, we view it as a day of
rememberence for over 3,000 people that were also Americans . The
left or the right can call it what they desire, it is still a day
that will long be and will remain with us for many years. No one
has the power to erase that .
— Ken Roberts
Lebanon, Ohio
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Brubaker| 8.28.09 @ 7:06AM
Brandon Schaefer, I can only wonder what sorts of things you were writing and saying during George W. Bush's eight years in the White House.
Did you "support your president" then? Or did you perhaps, just once in awhile, voice your displeasure?
Michael Dooley| 8.28.09 @ 8:18AM
That's right, Kristine. Let's go back to doing what we did before since we all know it worked so well to line the pockets of Liberal academics and policy wonks: Hold expensive conferrences in choice locals with fine wines and food. Present papers, have panel discussions, sell books, wring hands, and all repeat the mantra: "Violence BAD. Talk Talk Talk!!! Violence BAD. Defund the military. We're ready to lead---now you follow!"
yeswecan| 8.28.09 @ 8:19AM
I do not consider him as my president.He has yet to prove he is eligable, let alone capable.His golf game is the last thing to prove he is good for nothing.Flush him.
Crabby Apple Mick Lee| 8.28.09 @ 9:43AM
Kristine: I was in the 4th grade the day JFK was murdered in Dallas. I was a sophmore in high school when Bobby Kennedy and Martin Luther King were cut down. You could say I "moved on" I suppose; but I've never forgotten how horrible those event were and how devistated the country became. I am a Conservative. JFK, Bobby and MLK were Liberals. It never occured to me to remember those days for anything other than what it were.
I take that back. Maybe I haven't "moved on". I get emotional whenever I think about each of those days just a little bit too long. For years I thought nothing would hurt so bad as losing those men. I was right. Until 9/11.
Big J| 8.28.09 @ 9:59AM
Brandon, what planet are you living on? If you do not see the marxist path your Dear Leader is dragging us down, I suggest it is YOU who packs up and chooses another country in which to reside.
Absolutely NOTHING this impostor has done to date is within the bounds of our founding document(s) (that would be THE CONSTITUTION, in case you are not aware), and he has violated his oath and the will and trust of the American people at every opportunity.
I recommend you promptly remove your head from the sand (or your backside, whichever is appropriate), wake up and smell the statism. I would even recommend taking a few moments to actually READ the Constitution and Declaration of Independence.
At least then you might actually have a CLUE as to how far off base you really are.
David Govett| 8.28.09 @ 11:44AM
America has never learned how to respond to Asian mercantilism. Maybe after the last dollar is spent by the last American worker, America will get a clue.
Richard Roark | 8.28.09 @ 11:52AM
Crabby,
MLK was a rethuglican
http://tinyurl.com/kmezo9
IMKessel| 8.28.09 @ 3:36PM
The Obama Administration reminds you of the Rocky Horror Picture Show?!? As a former (and proud) RHPS “Regular”, I am stunned by the comparison. Frank N. Furter was an innovator; he created his own creature – and then seduced him Frank demonstrated competence. Who in The One’s circle jerk is competent? (Frank is cut more from a Clinton clothe than the Emperor’s clothing.) Maybe on a really great day Madam Speaker might look a bit like Magenta – but Magenta knew loyalty. On the other hand, Riff was a back stabber. Plenty of turncoats in the White House now. Still, a better comparison is Cabaret . The time, Weimar Republic and the people were without direction and full of desperation. The party in charge was completely overwhelmed. Morale and morality were at an all time low. The economy tanking. National defense weakening. Just saying…
Alan Brooks| 8.28.09 @ 7:40PM
We don't want to be apocalyptic, but Ted as any kind of bona fide role (outside of RHPS) model, is nothing short of shocking.
(If this is progress then we perhaps don't want to discover what devolution really is. Ted and Jacko beloved heroes? Positively dystopian).
BTW, If you drown or molest a liberal do you ever get a pass? can you obtain a Get Out of Jail Free Card? where does one apply for the card?
Ira, the brave new world singularity is arriving.
Sue| 8.28.09 @ 9:37PM
To Brandon Schaefer: Mr. Obama was the one who stated he was "transforming America" and changing it into something we've "never seen before." Also, he made the statement that with his election, "it will be a game changer."
He deserves absolutely no slack on anything. I didn't vote for him as I don't know what "transforming America" "change America" means, but I vote for someone who will uphold the Constitution. Mr. Obama is the one who has "changed the rules" on how the presidency is viewed in this Country.
He is the one who has hired a significant number of "advisors" who function solely outside of the Constitution with taxpayer monies, accountable to no one. Presidents have done this in the past, and I disagreed with them too. This man has exceeded all normal "actions" performed by the executive and if this is the "change" I'm not to be counted in and I will not bend or change my beliefs under some pretext that "I need to support our President."
He said he was "a game changer." Well, I'm in the game and I will be the one rooting for the underdog in this dog fight, and it will be for the Constitution.
No president in history that I know of has ever made the statement that he was going to "transform America" and the "transformation" would begin with his election.
He started it. Not the citizens.
Sue| 8.28.09 @ 9:42PM
If we were to build nuclear, where would all of the United Mine Workers work? Unions, once again mucking up "hope" and "change."
Darn them.
Sue| 8.28.09 @ 9:51PM
Steve McCann: There has always been a "world economy. I have a tea kettle from the 1920s made in Portugal. There were lots of recessions prior to 1930 involving world currencies and world markets. What are you talking about? If you want to make the connection that China and Japan buy most of our debt, where it used to be the Euopean nations that's reasonable, but trade and currency recessions have been around for centuries.
Alan Brooks| 8.29.09 @ 11:48PM
JFK's death was a tragedy, though he wasn't exactly Geo Washington. But Ted was just a senator, and a pretty wild guy considering all the potential that was bequeathed by his family. His eldest brother was war hero, so it wasn't all a bad legacy for Ted.
Ted blew it.
You do not get rewarded for blowing it no matter who-- or whom (Ira, I attended only publik skools)-- you are. We don't like it, but this is unfortunately a world of darwinist rewards and darwinist punishments.
Even Jacko's public adulation makes a little sense, he had some, rather imbecilic, talent. A fair dancer and singer. Plus, entertainers are supposed to be kooky, or why would they want to be in show biz?
But Ted as hero and role model? Unglaublich!