drive-by-observer

Fox Noise's Sean Hannity has an agressive plan too. Give everybody the hand jive.

"Failed policies", Katie Wright?? At least the dems have policies! -- Drive-by-observer

Translation: It's better to have failed policies than no policies at all.

Thanks, Drive-By. You've summed up the Democrats in one sentence.

RIchard:

Thanks for another shot of "I know you are, but what am I". Always refreshing to field another original, yet predictable, toss from out there in RIGHT field.

Richard,,,,you really think that going down the same path that led us to this cliff is a good idea? That in itself would make me run from the GOP. And to say the Democrat have no policies,,,,,,wow, where has your head been for 18 months,,,opps don't answer that ,,i already know. Another translation,,,,if you don't know what you are talking about, it's better to stay silent rather than make yourself look like a fool.

Funny thing... Democratic policies that have actually moved past the GnOP so far have been successful or haven't had a chance to get fully implemented yet.

What has passed that has actually failed? Even the stimulus bills have worked to stabilize the economy and get things growing again, albeit slowly. Of course, if the Republicans hadn't whittled things out of the stimulus packages things would likely be a little better now, but that's speculation.

No, nothing so far has actually failed.

Drive By:

When in Rome . . .

bobr:

Haven't been around here long, eh bobr? I even got props from PIETRO the other day and I'm still basking in the glow.

YOU, on the other hand, have no idea what you're talking about and to whom.

Well Richard, If the shoe fits, You really should go right ahead and wear it, So far none of the Democrats policies have even came close to failing, Other than the fact that they are wasting time trying to appease Republicans and get some kind of bi-partisan help going for the USA, Rather than do that Republican politicians have been accepting money from insurance companies to stall healthcare and screw their voter, They have been accepting money from Wall St. to screw their own voters, They have fought un-employment extension which screwed their own unemployed voters, Their screwing Hispanic who have voted for them,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Need I go on??

No, you don't need to go on, but you and bobr can probably have a good conversation.

By the way, in your litany of criticisms of Republicans, you didn't manage to fit in any substantiation for your assertion that Democrat policies are working.

Richard, Washington State

The policies enacted where comprised to the point of truly not getting the job done true. But they are compromise bills. You see the Repubs don't compromise on anything so when they present a bill, they don't get any Dems to water it down. Thats why we have Medicare Pt D that wasn't paid for and doesn't allow Medicare to compete w/ the Big Drug Companies. Yes thats written in there. Medicare is prohibited from bidding on prices for drugs. The Dems problems is that they don't walk lock step like the Repubs. If they did, the the Health Care Bill actually would have repealled the Anti Trust exemption, and made the companies compete for our hard earned dollars. But instead in trying to get support from the Repubs who we're never going to support this bill anyway it was waterdown. Wall Street reform same thing, The bill is a start, but doesn't go anywhere near what it actually should be. Once again watered down for Repub support which only got 3 of them. My premise is this, have Bills so far too the Left that when it is watered down because the Dems are gluttons for punishment, its actually a Bill that works for the people.

But here are the facts, everything the Repubs have offered does little to nothing to change any of the problems we are ALL facing. Having Teabaggers screaming racial slurs at Black Congressmen doesn't help their cause. Having someone like Sharon Angle threaten Second Amendment remedies when she doesn't get her way is just plain idiotic. Having Teabaggers scream about the Government spending but won't have them touch their Social Security and Medicare speaks for itself. The Repubs created massive amounts of debt between 01-06 and didn't care about the deficit. Orrin Hatch (R) Utah has said as much. Darth Cheney said running deficits during wartime didn't matter. Of course, the wars weren't being paid for either. I just have a hard time w/ these Repub decifit hawks now ranting about the decifit when they are the ones that created the bulk of it. GWB came into the office w/ a surplus and also a recession from Clinton. The Dot.com bubble and NAFTA screwed the economy. He then had 911, which would have happened even if Al Gore was in office because of the intelligence agencies reluctance to work w/ one another. But Iraq, thats his. He owns that because he took the country into an unnecessary war that has cost billions if not trillions of our tax dollars. All this done on Repub watch as well.

So instead of being a naysayer and expecting instant gratification from the programs being enacted as flawed as they are, try a little patience. It took over 30 years to get here, it may take another 30 to get out of it.

It's as dirty on the clean side if your looking at at the GOP

I like the Tea Baggetts that want to succeed from the union, C-YA!

The Tea Party? Where were they during Reagan, Bush1, Clinton, and Bush2? Hiring illegal, sleeping with the enemy, and watching billions being wasted by government CONtractors while american were dying in their wars for profit. Tea=The Enemy of Americans Party.

B. Honest - I for one love to tea bag. It's nice. You really ought to give it a try.

I think we should give the Tea "Beggars" and Republicans Texas, New Mexico, And Arizona, Then build a fence around it and cut off all federal aid, Between them they collect more Federal aid paid for by the rest of the USA than the entire Welfare program, Social Security, and Medicare combined.

Bo,

Where do you get your facts from? Really, those three states receives more than others?

Brainwashed:

Yes, you are.

Richard....

You're the one that is brainwashed. You and people like you care very little about America and the financial mess it is in. People like you are why it's in the ditch.

All your rhetoric is just that, rhetoric. You have no knowledge nor know anything about truly living life as your ancestors did.

You care for your self only. To hell with the rest of the world unless they cow-tow to you. That is what you believe and you can't deny it. Deny it and you understand only then that you would be living in denial.

So say what you wish, attack others, attack me. And what does it accomplish? How much food will it put on your table? How much money will it put in your pocket? What will you have truly accomplished?

Other than making a fool of yourself at the expense of believing you are the only right ones in America. You can't understand that is the problem that you're already besieged with.

You can't fathom your ancestors and others that built this country. You can't see that it is the young generation of today that is destroying what was once built. It's right before your eyes yet you are so besieged with hatred that it has blinded you completely into following a false dream.

The yuppies of today that were the hippies of Woodstock are still stuck in their own excrement. Everything around them stinks because they are the stink. They rail against normal policies that would safeguard America.

They yell at the top of their lungs anger and hatred. They are no better than the Tea party they rail against with anger and hatred. They are the true racists. They know so yet they refuse to accept so. Their agenda is instilled with racism by attacking and shifting the attacks on others as racists. You think you have all of America brainwashed Richard. You are foolish to even entertain such an idea.

You and They care very little and know even less about history and the people that brought America out of a great depression. Those people pulled themselves up by their bootstraps and went to work to regain at least some of what they had loss.

You and people like you are the same old defeatists who defeat themselves rather than work to help themselves. You're the Europeans of 1939 that laid back in the sun on the beaches and reveled in folly.

You are the reincarnation of the leaders who said Hitler would never strike France nor any other country. Strike he did and wreck havoc he did. Neville Chamberlain thought he also new everything as you think you know everything.

What did the PM do? He appeased Hitler and signed a pact with him saying Hitler could have Norway just like you try to have your way. It didn't work Richard. Tell me, what happened or do you know?

How intelligent are you Richard?

That's where you're wrong Ginger> Why do you think Obama has taken his present position on the AZ immigration Bill?

Mr Obama understands he has lost the moderate vote and the moderates have no quarrel with the Tea party as long as they help defeat Obama and the illegals.

They care less Ginger. They were lied to and Obama continues to push his agenda in fact he has lost all the popularity he once had. Obama was supposed to be a post racial President.

He ran on the plank that racism would no longer exist. That was a dream and he himself has fueled racism in America. The DOJ is now the DONJ.

2.999 seconds longer than what the Repubs could put up, Huh, Door Knob?

Drive-thru - where ya been buddy? Sizing up Feisty, maybe fixing to ask her to the malt shop? You two could gaze into each others eyes and have a Vacant Stare contest. Might take weeks to get a winner.

And I see you're still stuck on stupid. No chance of that ever changing.

Have a good one Drive-thru. If you could ever figure out how.

Wow- pretty intelligent post yourself, there, kid. Thanky kindly.

Acturally, the Feisty one and I have been behind the barn, scheming up a way to get you to post all those good things the Bush years have produced for us all, but so far, you only seem to be stuck on.......YOUR SELF. Oh well, thanks for playing.

Door Knob.

Hey Drive-By - looks like poor little JoAnna is a tad jealous!

Did she REALLY say 'malt shop'? LMFAO!

Maybe now that you have her attention she'll finally answer the question you've been asking of her for weeks... Nah! Never gonna happen!

Quick... if you hurry you can still get that 'funny bone' massage! She's a real hummer that one!

drive-by-observer

Wow- pretty intelligent post yourself, there, kid. Thanky kindly.

Got to get down to your level Drive-thru. And it's a long way down pal.

Feisty, please, everyone wants to know the truth. Are you retarded? It used to be fun picking on you, and easy too, but over time we all come to realize that there just isn't much there there.

Oooops!

My bad... I meant she's a real 'hum dinger'!

And I say this with all due respect Feisty, you're one of the biggest dopes I have ever encountered.

OK- I'll cut you some slack one more time: Forget about Obama for a little while- we know what you think of the guy already. Take a few minutes and jot down some positive things about YOUR guy, GWB. Why is that so difficult?

It's like if I said "Rattle snakes are bad", you would say "yeah, but kittens are cute" or some other totally disjointed crap.

FORGET Obama- you can come back to him later. If you can't come up with anything positive on Bush, then at least get up here on the ol' soapbox and defend all these points the Tea Bag people share with the Repubs, and how they benefit a majority of us Americans.

Do that- and I'll quit calling you 'Door Knob'. Hell- maybe I'll even let you come behind the barn with me and massage that funny bone of mine.

Are you retarded?

____________

Ummm... NO...

Although you appear to be - retarded is an offensive word - but coming from an offensive person it doesn't come as any surprise!

You picking on me? Honey - I play on the professional team and you poor dear have never made it out of 'Pee Wee' league... so thanks for playing!

Ps: I'll take being a 'dope' of hope any day over a 'dope of nope'!

Feisty Redhead Roselle, IL

Are you retarded?

____________

Ummm... NO...

You may want to get a professional to check on that for you. Others differ with your self diagnosis.

You picking on me? Honey - I play on the professional team and you poor dear have never made it out of 'Pee Wee' league... so thanks for playing!

Gee, ya think? Come back when you have something important to say. The next time will be the first time.

Have a nice evening pee-wee.

Let's see JoAnna... what has the President done these nearly two years...

1. Ordered all federal agencies to undertake a study and make recommendations for ways to cut spending

1. Ordered a review of all federal operations to identify and cut wasteful spending and practices

1. Instituted enforcement for equal pay for women

1. Beginning the withdrawal of US troops from Iraq

1. Families of fallen soldiers have expenses covered to be on hand when the body arrives at Dover AFB

1. Ended media blackout on war casualties; reporting full information

1. Ended media blackout on covering the return of fallen soldiers to Dover AFB; the media is now permitted to do so pending adherence to respectful rules and approval of fallen soldier's family

1. The White House and federal government are respecting the Freedom of Information Act

1. Instructed all federal agencies to promote openness and transparency as much as possible

1. Limits on lobbyist's access to the White House

1. Limits on White House aides working for lobbyists after their tenure in the administration

1. Ended the previous stop-loss policy that kept soldiers in Iraq/Afghanistan longer than their enlistment date

1. Phasing out the expensive F-22 war plane and other outdated weapons systems, which weren't even used or needed in Iraq/Afghanistan

1. Removed restrictions on embryonic stem-cell research

1. Federal support for stem-cell and new biomedical research

1. New federal funding for science and research labs

1. States are permitted to enact federal fuel efficiency standards above federal standards

1. Increased infrastructure spending (roads, bridges, power plants) after years of neglect

1. Funds for high-speed, broadband Internet access to K-12 schools

1. New funds for school construction

1. The prison at Guantanamo Bay is being phased out

1. US Auto industry rescue plan

1. Housing rescue plan

1. $789 billion economic stimulus plan

1. The public can meet with federal housing insurers to refinance (the new plan can be completed in one day) a mortgage if they are having trouble paying

1. US financial and banking rescue plan

1. The secret detention facilities in Eastern Europe and elsewhere are being closed

1. Ended the previous policy; the US now has a no torture policy and is in compliance with the Geneva Convention standards

1. Better body armor is now being provided to our troops

1. The missile defense program is being cut by $1.4 billion in 2010

1. Restarted the nuclear nonproliferation talks and building back up the nuclear inspection infrastructure/protocols

1. Reengaged in the treaties/agreements to protect the Antarctic

1. Reengaged in the agreements/talks on global warming and greenhouse gas emissions

1. Visited more countries and met with more world leaders than any president in his first six months in office

1. Successful release of US captain held by Somali pirates; authorized the SEALS to do their job

1. US Navy increasing patrols off Somali coast

1. Attractive tax write-offs for those who buy hybrid automobiles

1. Cash for clunkers program offers vouchers to trade in fuel inefficient, polluting old cars for new cars; stimulated auto sales

1. Announced plans to purchase fuel efficient American-made fleet for the federal government

1. Expanded the SCHIP program to cover health care for 4 million more children

1. Signed national service legislation; expanded national youth service program

1. Instituted a new policy on Cuba, allowing Cuban families to return home to visit loved ones

1. Ended the previous policy of not regulating and labeling carbon dioxide emissions

1. Expanding vaccination programs

1. Immediate and efficient response to the floods in North Dakota and other natural disasters

1. Closed offshore tax safe havens

1. Negotiated deal with Swiss banks to permit US government to gain access to records of tax evaders and criminals

1. Ended the previous policy of offering tax benefits to corporations who outsource American jobs; the new policy is to promote in-sourcing to bring jobs back

1. Ended the previous practice of protecting credit card companies; in place of it are new consumer protections from credit card industry's predatory practices

1. Energy producing plants must begin preparing to produce 15% of their energy from renewable sources

1. Lower drug costs for seniors

1. Ended the previous practice of forbidding Medicare from negotiating with drug manufacturers for cheaper drugs; the federal government is now realizing hundreds of millions in savings

1. Increasing pay and benefits for military personnel

1. Improved housing for military personnel

1. Initiating a new policy to promote federal hiring of military spouses

1. Improved conditions at Walter Reed Military Hospital and other military hospitals

1. Increasing student loans

1. Increasing opportunities in AmeriCorps program

1. Sent envoys to Middle East and other parts of the world that had been neglected for years; reengaging in multilateral and bilateral talks and diplomacy

1. Established a new cyber security office

1. Beginning the process of reforming and restructuring the military 20 years after the Cold War to a more modern fighting force; this includes new procurement policies, increasing size of military, new technology and cyber units and operations, etc.

1. Ended previous policy of awarding no-bid defense contracts

1. Ordered a review of hurricane and natural disaster preparedness

1. Established a National Performance Officer charged with saving the federal government money and making federal operations more efficient

1. Students struggling to make college loan payments can have their loans refinanced

1. Improving benefits for veterans

1. Many more press conferences and town halls and much more media access than previous administration

1. Instituted a new focus on mortgage fraud

1. The FDA is now regulating tobacco

1. Ended previous policy of cutting the FDA and circumventing FDA rules

1. Ended previous practice of having White House aides rewrite scientific and environmental rules, regulations, and reports

1. Authorized discussions with North Korea and private mission by Pres. Bill Clinton to secure the release of two Americans held in prisons

1. Authorized discussions with Myanmar and mission by Sen. Jim Web to secure the release of an American held captive

1. Making more loans available to small businesses

1. Established independent commission to make recommendations on slowing the costs of Medicare

1. Appointment of first Latina to the Supreme Court

1. Authorized construction/opening of additional health centers to care for veterans

1. Limited salaries of senior White House aides; cut to $100,000

1. Renewed loan guarantees for Israel

1. Changed the failing/status quo military command in Afghanistan

1. Deployed additional troops to Afghanistan

1. New Afghan War policy that limits aerial bombing and prioritizes aid, development of infrastructure, diplomacy, and good government practices by Afghans

1. Announced the long-term development of a national energy grid with renewable sources and cleaner, efficient energy production

1. Returned money authorized for refurbishment of White House offices and private living quarters

1. Paid for redecoration of White House living quarters out of his own pocket

1. Held first Seder in White House

1. Attempting to reform the nation's healthcare system which is the most expensive in the world yet leaves almost 50 million without health insurance and millions more under insured

1. Has put the ball in play for comprehensive immigration reform

1. Has announced his intention to push for energy reform

1. Has announced his intention to push for education reform

Drive-thru - you want to talk about Bush, go right ahead. He's not my favorite President either. There are lots of things I probably agree with you on regarding Bush, and more then likely a few things I disagree with you about. I've made my stance on Bush very clear in many of my postings. I doubt you could find one posting where I defended him.

You want to be mature and have a detailed discussion about it? We can do that. Leave your friend Feisty home though. Won't get anything done with her around.

But MIke- kittens are cute!

I guarantee that you will defend him by opposing every effort to have a thorough investigation of everything that has been "sold" , like the Iraq invasion, to us over the last thirty years.

Geeze Mike S, learn to work the font size button! Bandwidth ain't free my friend.

Here Mike, try this regarding Obama. Nearly 10% unemployment, no end in sight. Deficits 4x bigger then the record ones Bush II had. No policy on stopping illegal immigration (other then to sue states that one want), Stimulus plan sold to Americans that it would produce 4 million jobs, we've lost 3 million since that time.

Lets just start with those.

Oh, and Drive-thru, what you do behind the barn is your business. I don't even mind that you take a few sheep with you when you go. I mean, if that's what you're into, then so be it. But answer this please, why do you always take the ugly ones?

Lets start with the fact that unemployment should of skyrocketed, but because of Obama's policies it has stopped. We've stopped the bleeding. Lets what the republicans want.How many jobs would of been lost if there wasn't a stimulus. What would the unemployment percentage been without it. Will it have just stopped with doing nothing? Tax cuts to the rich(hoover tried this and he is infamous for the president letting the Great Depression to happen), saying no to a campaign transparency bill. Saying no to unemployment benefits(which was bipartisan until recently). You think its ok peple are unemployed and they can go do whatever they want because they deserve it? They probably are hard working americans that lost their jobs with the recession. But the Republicans paint them as slackers and try to slam the blame on Democrats by blocking it hoping people won't notice. And it has doubled not counting for Bush's war costs in Iraq. (687 billion to 1.3 trillion). But lets face it, cutting taxes, that reduces the deficit how? Right less income to the government will reduce the deficit. Then the government will have to reduce in size to counter that right? Hopefully with this everything will get better as they just sit and watch(they gotten smalller can't really do much). I believe that would be the ideal republican economic plan right? Except we haven't heard one from any Republican! And with the defecit. Your conservative hero Reagan also doubled the defecit. In my opinion higher taxes for children beats the next Great Depression. I know that sounded bad but it is the lesser of two evils.

To paraphrase Lt. Col. Frank Slade (Al Pacino in "Scent Of A Woman"), "We're just gettin' warmed up"!!

Thanks for the reminder Auntie!

I LOVE that movie... BOOO YA!

JoannaSmith

You know your hero Ronald reagan is a traitor right? He sold weapons to the Iranians and claimed he didn't remember any of it. So he actually lied or was senile. I'm not sure which option is better, but he's still a traitor.

Dear Bob S,

It's a impressive list for sure, but unfortunately, a few of those accomplishments are really failures and takes away from the creditability of your opinion, but looking through those rose colored glasses will do that!!

I don't have time to go through each one of the accomplishments you list, but you get the picture!!

There is some good in there, but you have to look for it and they have not done what this country is begging for JOBS, that's the key phrase"JOBS"

If the President would have created jobs befroe he did those other "accoplishemtns" he would have a 70 or 80 percent approval rating, instead he followed the party line instead of looking out for ALL Americans!!

Max,

The reason Guantanamo is not already closed is because the Repubs, with the Blue Dogs, blocked him from doing that, same with the housing rescue plan. The Repubs have been using procedural rules to filibuster and block many of his bills that would be helping most Americans. Look to the Repubs for the answers on why they keep blocking anything that will help out the 95% of the Americans who are not already way over wealthy.

Look to the Banks and Corporations, who have had the lowest taxes in many decades and high profits, yet are still failing to provide jobs. They are hoping to create bad enough numbers on the economy to try to put the Repubs in power, but most of America is seeing through their game and are not buying it. With all of the tax breaks and incentives the Banks are still not making the loans that they were bailed out so that they could make and the Corporations are still not hiring even though they have Trillions of dollars in cash on hand...why is that?? Why do you blame President Obama for the policies of the Uber Rich, after all, THEY are the ones who do the hiring, Not Pres. Obama.

Dear B,

Love Love Love the talking points!!!

But we live in the REAL world, and your opinion is faulty!!

I wish I had time to expand on that, but time is money!!

Max,

I happen to live in this real world and understand it very well, apparently better than you do. You need to go back and study some more instead of just relying on old, debunked talking points. Oh, Sorry, you do not have time for that since you have to work to keep the food on your table too and, like you say, time is money. Have fun with that!

Dear B,

Your feeble attempt to insult me is laughable and hardly worth a response other than this comment!!

Democrats contol the house, senate and the white house and you can't get anything done without crying "it's the repubicans fault" .

It must be tough to go through life with a narrow view of America , Democrats good - Repubicans bad.!!

I thought you might be worthy of a adult discussion, but I was wrong.

Man , grow up !!

Max, max, max..............

If you don't understand that "CONTROL" of the Senate is often in the hands of the minority, so long as 41 of them hang together, in so far as they can obstruct, delay , or kill legislation, then we have no chance of having an adult discussion about politics with the likes of you.

It is a lot like the falsehood that things started to go bad when the Democrats took control of Congress in 2007. Yet you can't name one piece of legislation they passed in the last two years of the Bush administration which caused the economic crash.

Max Power

Max can you name any legislation that Bush/Cheney did that didn't add to the deficit?

Richard:

Lying? What is it they are lying about? I don't see any items noted on this thread that the far right has not proposed or suggested be repealed and/or implemented if they were to take power. Seems to me that the brilliant strategy lies in the fact that the Dems will be telling the truth.

Not about the Tea Party, CA, not about the Tea Party. They will demonize them and that always takes lying.

Richard,

The Tea Baggers have demonized themselves and the GOBP with their idiotic rants that have been FULLY DOCUMENTED. They are totally clueless about how the Government works or what our Constitution actually says. They are clueless that SS and Medicare/Medicaid are Government Programs. It does not take lying to show them out, only to run vid clips of their own words. Funny thing about facts that way, you say something on record and it does not go away! The GOBP's worst enemy at this point is themselves and the Tea Baggers because they have opened their mouths and let everyone see what idiots they are in trying to go back in history and overturn the good things that we have, and they are not even trying to get the barn doors closed after that horse got out!

One thing I conceded to idiot Democrats (not all of them are idiots, just the idiots are idiots) a long time ago is that they are without question the best at demonizing. Bar none. Incomparable. Non pareil! Head of the class.

You're #1 and I will never dispute that. I surrender.

Richard, Washington State

Your saying the Dems are demonizing the Tea Party for their own rhetoric. If they don't want their words use against them, then maybe they should be quiet. You Repubs have a habit of lying to the American about alot of things. Iraq has WMD's, taken us into a war where we would be considered "liberators" Death Panels, Sarah Palin? The Repubs have had no real ideas except to attack the Dems for theirs. They have stalled, obstructed, and whipped up their base and the fringe now when some of the programs and bills would actuall help the American People. That ghoul McConnell seeing his Wall Street handlers about Wall Street reform and getting his marching ordersin how to attack the bill. The Wall Street reform bill as imperfect as it was, was imperfect because the Dems we're trying to get Repub support. Waterdown bills help very few except for the people who the bill is to restrict.

You can't be angry and ranting about this and that because the Repubs would and are doing the same thing. You can't have it both ways. You have to stand w/ your base which includes the Teabaggers and John Birch Society because you have crawled into bed w/ them.

bob:

You may be on to something there.

Kind of like those on the right with the message of NO and stagnation calling those who lean to the left as pinko socialist communist traitor terrorists.

Now that's visionary. Some Americans eagerly anticipating those idiotic you betcha's and those I don't read but I can see Russia from my front door.

CA,

During the past election, Obama ran as a post-partisan centrist who would change Washington - no more left vs. right, red vs. blue, finding compromises based on shared values, etc. Now it's tea bag time.

Kind of like those on the right with the message of NO and stagnation calling those who lean to the left as pinko socialist communist traitor terrorists.

Most of America seems to feel Obama the candidate is not the Obama the president. He took a hard turn left from his centrist campaign. He got the car out of the ditch, turned it around and floored it to Athens. Most don't want to go there and the Republicans are saying nope.

Now that's visionary.

I don't know if Obama is a communist, socialist, etc., but he is a collectivist, or statist which share basic ideals. Most of America is center-right and does not share these beliefs. Socialism/whatever doesn't work and is the antithesis of what made America the great country it became. Nothing visionary about understanding that and nothing visionary about understanding that all good things do not have to be visionary.

Some Americans eagerly anticipating those idiotic you betcha's and those I don't read but I can see Russia from my front door.

It's sad that's all some Americans have to cling to.

Thanks for your comment CA.

Bob-1805084

When Teabaggers use the N word and spit on Black Congressmen that isn't racist? Obama may have run on the post Partisan agenda and tries to stay above the fray, but when you have Right Wing Tools like Beck, Limbaugh, Palin, Hannity always spewing their special brand of hate, it hard. Like your President GWB said during the debates w/ Kerry, " Its Hard". Of course he was being spoon fed answers via that pack he had hidden under his clothes, but it is hard. And unlike Bush, at least Obama admits to his mistakes.

Getting upset because the Teabaggers have given the Dems so much ammo is childish. If they would be quiet and instead of stirred up like some rabid mob, the Dems would have to work much harder. But instead you have John Boehner, that ghoul Mitch McConnell, that tool Jim DeMint all giving and keep giving everytime they open their mouths. You have Teabaggers like Sharon Angle and Rand Paul who run from the media because every time they speak, they insert their heads up their a*%es. They not used to taking questions that they would have to explain their positions because they only go on Fox. Rand Paul found out the hard way w/ Rachael Maddow, Sharon Angles runs away from reporters after stating she having a news conference and its not the first time she's done this. You have people like Breitbart who smears a woman's good name just to go after the NAACP and yes everyone overreacted, including the White House. But, we find out the tape was edited to appear racist.

You've made your bed, now sleep in it

Bob-1805084

Your saying the Teabaggers aren't racists? I know this a generalization, but from what is seen on the news, they don't appear to very appreciative of other races, or anyone who aren't them. We have the examples of Congressman John Lewis who was spit upon and call a N word. That appears to be quite tolerant.

Yeah that was Bush who said that when he was CONvincing America to go to Iraq and get the 9-11 terrorists and Saddam's oil they gave to China. Now they cannot account for 8.7 billion in Iraqi oil money between 2004 and 2007, that was Obama's fault too.

The Bush Family more crooked deals then the Mafia could ever dream of!

Brainwashed,

Post that source. Iraq oil went to China? Heck I'll post it for you. Look at the date of the article, the deal was done in 2010.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/world/3708649/China-to-develop-Iraq-oil-fields

Paul, he might be talking about the United Nations "Oil for food" program. We didn't buy Iraqi oil at that time, but China did. Saddam didn't use the oil for food.

Richard,

Maybe, but I doubt it though.

One check written by the woman for the entire balance deposited in her regular bank account would have solved her "problem".

Then the bank will pay 1% (pretty typical rate these days) and loan it out.

Prudential made standard disclosures that all investment firms and insurance companies have to make because they aren't banks and aren't FDIC insured. Yet they are part of a money market account system that handles billions of dollars all the time.

The only way there is anything untoward here is if Prudential would not honor a request or a check to transfer the funds to another institution.

The fact that some merchants refused the check was more a reflection of their own policies and/or ignorance than a rap on Prudential.

They also clearly told her it was being held pending her own decisions on how to manage what is a significant sum of money.

There is nothing to demonize here that I can see.

Further, if put in a single bank account, FDIC would only have insured $250,000 of the $400,000.

It's Prudential's JOB to manage assets!

The woman cited in the article also was emotionally distraught and incapable of handling the money when she got it. Prudential handled it, well, PRUDENTLY.

Tell me what this woman would have done with a lump sum check? Put it in a drawer for 6 months until she was more emotionally stable and didn't look at the money as a "consolation prize"?

So, let's say she got a lump sum check and put it all in her bank account, probably earning 1% or less. The bank shouldn't invest it? Like make a loan?

If the thrust of the article is to demonize Prudential, then this poor woman is being used by someone.

We received a notice regarding a checkbook after my father in laws death. I simply wrote back when I sent the death certificate with the paperwork that I do not want a checking account or a checkbook but a check for the full amount of the policy to be issued instead and they abided by that. Please let people know that just because that is how the company wants to negotiate the payout doesnt mean you have to take it that way.

Jeez, Frank, you really went off the deep end with the husband/wife implication. And don't worry, I am smiling and laughing all the time when I post here. And not just at myself. The lefties here are hilarious.

There is no point in coming here besides the fun. My real wife is laughing at you as well.

I would suggest that everything bad that has happened in this country in its 200+ year history was the result of "failed policy".

The Bush Tax Cuts and subsidies for the Oil industry is welfare for the haves against the have nots. Its class warfare pure and simply. When oil companies are making record profits, why do they need a subsidy from the taxpayers? When Bank Executive is skyrocketing but wages and salaries for the middle class are either stagnant or falling what do you call that? Someone wrote prior that the Dems are making more money than some of the Repubs according to some survey they found. So what, just means those are making those salaries are just as foul as the people their getting the money from.

This discussion is about how the Dems plan on using the Tea Party against the Repubs and some of our Right Wing friends are having a cow about it. The Repubs have made their beds, trying to refute the facts that the Teabaggers aren't Repubs if ludricious. Your just ashamed as you should be by their tactics and the things they have said and done now. It can't be taken back, it can be edited to look more presentable like the Repubs are doing to Sharon Angle's website. But the end results are the same once light is shined on it. She threatened to sue Harry Reid because he found her original website and posted it. All of a sudden, her rants about Social Security being privatized, ending Medicare, eliminating the EPA, Dept of Education, the Dept. of Energy, letting Corporation do as they want. And Rand Paul's view of the Civil Rigts Act. Let these views be judge by the voters and see where people stand then

Colorado Crenshaw..

The way to voice an opinion is to refuse to watch Fox News. Their ratings would go down. As for Helen Thomas and NPR, you can't get any more liberal.

CNN, MSNBC, CBS, NPR, and ABC all understand that President Obamas approval rating has dropped below 50% in every state in American. That's very bad news.

Obama is hurting his own party but he actually is running to protect none other than his position in the oval office. Bringing a lawsuit against AR was to his advantage only. It may prove to have been a disaster for the Democrat Party.

We shall see in November.

NPR is fine with me if they don't have a seat already.

Fox already does, so you comment is irrelevant. Haven't you ever noticed that Fox is the one out of many that asks different questions and gets the rest of the room and the president's spokesperson pissed off?

Can't we even have one?

Richard, Washington State

Remember when Darth Cheney shot his friend in the face, and waited? Where did he go for the interview? He went to Fox. Why? Because he knew he would get nothing but softball questions. The Bush administration did evrything it possibly could to exclude mainstream media especially MSNBC. So when Fox asks it ridiculous questions, and either Gibbs or Obama seem perturbed, maybe its because its a question w/o any merit or simply something that they can twist into something to stir the base.

Citizen Zane

What are they making up? All their doing is posting what has been said already. Your claiming that Teabaggers aren't Repubs? Your claiming that some of them aren't racists? Your actually saying the things Sharon Angle & Rand Paul who wants to do away w/ the Civil Rights Act are sane and should be posted?

Why?

Sandyshores

So your saying we need to go back to the GWB way of doing business then? Nothing should ever be done to corporations?