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Ellis
12-22-2006, 02:34 AM
I made these pictures in tribute to my favorite political analyst, Bill O'Reilly...
His Own Painting At The White House...
http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/5184/oreilly3wl9.jpg
"Ok... who's the smart ass who put the O'Reilly picture up there?"
http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/6992/untitled7hj4.jpg
O'Reilly Against The World...
http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/6121/oagodsri8.jpg
Man Of Reason...
http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/2391/oreilly2copypy4.jpg
http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/6287/oreilly1copyff1.jpg
The Monument I Plan On Building Him...
http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/3936/orstzc7.jpg
I actually like Hannity even less... "three hours a day is all you need" my ass.
O'Reilly for kids... wow. That's our Culture Warrior.
Ellis
12-22-2006, 03:26 AM
To be honest, I don't think he is terrible guy and his heart is in the right place, but the man is just always angry, always goes from the 'gut' (as Colbert would say), and rarely actually thinks about what he is saying... and I never agree with his views.
The Colbert Report is actually a spin of The O'Reilly factor. "The Word" is Colbert's "No Spin Zone."
BigBuddhaPup
12-22-2006, 07:32 AM
I made these pictures in tribute to my favorite political analyst, Bill O'Reilly...
His Own Painting At The White House...
http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/5184/oreilly3wl9.jpg
"Ok... who's the smart ass who put the O'Reilly picture up there?"
http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/6992/untitled7hj4.jpg
O'Reilly Against The World...
http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/6121/oagodsri8.jpg
Man Of Reason...
http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/2391/oreilly2copypy4.jpg
http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/6287/oreilly1copyff1.jpg
The Monument I Plan On Building Him...
http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/3936/orstzc7.jpg
Beautiful art of our favorite arsehole, Bill Orally...
Yellow Journalism at its best...
IntheNet
12-22-2006, 08:10 AM
I made these pictures in tribute to my favorite political analyst, Bill O'Reilly...
I do hope Mr. O'Reilly goes into politics one day... the squeals of the liberal leftist mob would be priceless!
BigBuddhaPup
12-22-2006, 08:33 AM
I do hope Mr. O'Reilly goes into politics one day... the squeals of the liberal leftist mob would be priceless!
I hope ORally goes into politics too... then he can be exposed even more for the fraud he is... and the sex scandal(a la Clinton) on him would be priceless... You should start a petition/website to urge Bill to run for office...
Get John Gibson, Sean Hannity and the rest of the idiots at Fox to run while you are at it... Maybe even Ann Coulter, Mike "Weiner" Savage, too...
To quote masterful Dr. Seuss, "Oh, the Fun we will have"...:o
CKFresh
12-22-2006, 09:30 AM
Yeah, I would love for O'Reily to run for office. Can you imagine how crazy he would look on an actual fair and balanced platform, when people would call him out on his ridiculous comments. That would be awsome to see an actual intellectual debate him. Man.... we can only dream.
HibachiDG
12-22-2006, 01:10 PM
I actually like Hannity even less... "three hours a day is all you need" my ass.
O'Reilly seems like he at least puts research into what he talks about. Hannity doesn't even seem to bother with that. With Hannity I always leave getting the impression that he quickly spoke with someone, that person told him something and instead of digging deeper, if Hannity enjoyed the notion, he repeated it.
CKFresh
12-22-2006, 01:24 PM
I disagree with everything O'reily says but I love watching him. He makes the most outrageous statements you could ever imagine, and that's why I love him.
Marino13
12-22-2006, 02:05 PM
http://app.onlinequickblog.com/images/11961-19776/oreillymad.jpg
IntheNet
12-22-2006, 02:13 PM
I disagree with everything O'reily says...
I just bought his latest book, "Culture Warrior (https://www.conservativebookclub.com/Join/SingleBookJoin.asp?sour_cd=sb119az&prod_cd=c6958)" The best book of the year by far... I plan to give several copies as gifts to my friends. The secular progressivism you represent is directly addressed. You should read it...
BigBuddhaPup
12-22-2006, 03:13 PM
I am not for book burning...but I think Bill Orally's fiction is fine kindling...
I have watched him, he is a freakin' clown... I like it when Geraldo comes on... now that is entertainment...
Jaguar Rick
12-22-2006, 03:44 PM
Bill O'Reilly is the biggest flatulent filled wind bag since Rush Lamebrain. I enjoy him taking over the microphone when anyone makes a valid counter point. IntheNet, I'm not suprised you really like him. Even his sexual escapades eludes the critical eyes of our conservative friends. Where is the disgust? Is it OK to sexually harrass if you are a bozo?
Ellis
12-22-2006, 05:16 PM
I sent this e-mail to him today. I hope he posts it on his website. It would be so funny...
Dear Mr. O’Reilly,
My name is Rob. I am sixteen years old and I attend a public high school in Pittsburgh. Just a few months ago I was going through some hard times. As many young teens, I started to venture into drugs and sex. I found that the more and more I got into those things, the more empty I felt. I was hitting rock bottom. It went on like this for a number of months until I finally caught the break I needed.
I was in the living room, watching TV with my Dad. He had the O’Reilly Factor on. I wasn’t paying much attention at first, but after a while I really felt like my views connected with yours about politics and life. A few days after I watched your show, out of curiosity, I took a look at your books when I was at a local bookstore. I ran across your book “The O’Reilly Factor for Kids.” I wasn’t sure if I was too old to be reading it or not, but I decided to give it a try. The outcome was incredible. It only took me a few nights to read it. The more and more I read, the more and more it inspired me. It showed me that I wasn’t the only the only one going through these kinds of problems and that I needed to get my life back on track . It showed me that I can deal with these kinds of problems and don’t have to give into what other people want me to do.
After reading your book, I stopped using drugs and I even joined the ‘Young Republicans’ club at my school. I really like being a member of the club. We really make a positive impact in my community. We do charity work and post George Bush pictures in our school. It makes me feel great and is what I consider my alternative to drugs and alcohol.
Well, I just wanted to let you know what your book did for me, so that you can understand how big of an impact it has had on some of us.
Thank You,
Rob Miller
CKFresh
12-22-2006, 05:28 PM
I just bought his latest book, "Culture Warrior (https://www.conservativebookclub.com/Join/SingleBookJoin.asp?sour_cd=sb119az&prod_cd=c6958)" The best book of the year by far... I plan to give several copies as gifts to my friends. The secular progressivism you represent is directly addressed. You should read it...
Trust me I know what he would say. I really do watch his show every night for a good laugh. Yeah I know about the made-up war on christmas, and how everytime anything negative happens it's because of the secular progressive movement. Whatever. The guy is out of his mind insane and the only reasons his rating are so high is because A) there are so many insane people in this country, and B) a lot of sane people like me enjoy watching him make up things and harass liberal guest.
Funniest thing is he calls him self an independent. Right Bill, will believe you.
Bill O'Reilly is the biggest flatulent filled wind bag since Rush Lamebrain. I enjoy him taking over the microphone when anyone makes a valid counter point. IntheNet, I'm not suprised you really like him. Even his sexual escapades eludes the critical eyes of our conservative friends. Where is the disgust? Is it OK to sexually harrass if you are a bozo?
Seriously, why is this man considered moral and Clinton is not? Personally, I think they're both sleazy... but at least I'm consistant with that belief. The Right just gives O'Reilly a free pass... along with Rush's pill-popping... and Haggard's "hide-the-salami-while-blowing-meth" escapades, while Clinton is an evil womanizer.
:wtf: Seriously. Can one of you answer this question?
RavenPoe
12-23-2006, 11:35 PM
I'll have to get on board with the "Hannity is worse" team. O'Reilly is just an overloaded windbag but Hannity is........well.........what can I say that won't get filtered?
Ellis
12-24-2006, 12:39 AM
I totally agree. Hannity is 100% times worse. Same with Rush. I don't like Savage either, but at least Savage knows what he is talking about.
O'Reilly's heart is in the right place, but he just has no idea what he is talking about :D
Every day at work from '02 to '04 I was forced to listen to Hannity, Glenn Beck, and O'Reilly. Every f***en day for two years. :redhot: :redhot: :redhot: :redhot: :redhot: :redhot:
Hannity is a waste of life. That sounds harsh, but I do not care... he spews nothing but lies and excrement and is a propagandist of the worst sort... but he hides this with a sickly-sweet nationalistic/ moralistic coating he pretends is patriotism, so many people buy into it.
BTW: Different subject, but there is an interview of Scott Ritter by Seymour Hersh on Democracy Now (Dec. 21)... Ritter is a pretty smart cookie, discussing Israel/Iran/US nexus. Worth listening to.
Ellis
12-24-2006, 02:21 AM
Glen Beck... I kind of have mixed feeling toward him. I don't agree with almost anything says and the stupid voices he makes are annoying, but at the same time he is a nice guy and doesn't seem to take anything too seriously.
Hannity is irrational and a psychopath. Can't stand him either.
I can't stand Michael Savage. A have a few family members who love him, but he is completely on the other side as me. Don't like him, although at least he has valid arguments unlike Hannity.
Rush Limbaugh is just an idiot.
I listen to these guys on the radio even though I don't like any of them. I listen to them though just for the sake of something to listen to. I listen to more Beck than the rest of those guys. Beck has more fun on his show.
What show I do like is Loveline with Dr. Drew. It is such a messed up show, but yet so entertaining. I used to listen to it more when Carola was on it though. Still catch on my way home from work at nights though.
Tony Bruno used have a great show on Fox Sports radio, but that has been gone for a while. I hate Jim Rome's show during the day. Dan Patrick's show is just strait up boring.
Best show to listen to if you want a reasoned, rational debate is The Diane Rehm Show on NPR... none of the cable TV scream-fests or sound bite newsmoments... it's actual, factual debate and it's wonderful.
Fox News is garbage, but I don't think CNN, MSNBC or any of the network news shows are worth much either... I'm more likely to listen to BBC, NPR and read a whole lot of books.
...and of course Stewart and Colbert :thumbup:
BigBuddhaPup
12-24-2006, 07:33 AM
Cure,
I do like some of the content that comes on The Diane Rehm Show...she is annoys the hell out of me with her vocal delivery....
It....is.....so ....slllllllllllllooooooowwwwwwwww.... I....am...Di-ane...Rehm....
*cringes*... when she is quiet and the guests are talking, it is an entertaning show, which allows differing viewpoints with proper docurum....
I do listen to NPR while driving...
And yep, I watched Stewart, Colbert...and even the preachy Olbermann sometimes...
Jaguar Rick
12-24-2006, 09:04 AM
I like Diane Rehm as well. I think she has been afflicted by some sort of malady that has affected her speech. She is such a calm, attentive person. For the best news on TV, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart is a must. I never miss it if possible. They come up with some stuff that really makes you think, in a very funny way. ie: Mess O'Potamia.
MajorPirate
12-26-2006, 08:13 PM
I like OReilly, Hannity and Scarborough
Red Rover
12-26-2006, 10:53 PM
Every day at work from '02 to '04 I was forced to listen to Hannity, Glenn Beck, and O'Reilly. Every f***en day for two years. :redhot: :redhot: :redhot: :redhot: :redhot: :redhot:
Hannity is a waste of life. That sounds harsh, but I do not care... he spews nothing but lies and excrement and is a propagandist of the worst sort... but he hides this with a sickly-sweet nationalistic/ moralistic coating he pretends is patriotism, so many people buy into it.
BTW: Different subject, but there is an interview of Scott Ritter by Seymour Hersh on Democracy Now (Dec. 21)... Ritter is a pretty smart cookie, discussing Israel/Iran/US nexus. Worth listening to.
Do you approve of Ritter's predeliction for little girls in Iraq or did you even know he shilled for Saddam so he wouldn't be exposed as a pedophile?
Peter North
12-26-2006, 11:47 PM
Michelle Malkin, Pat Buchanan, and if I'm feelin' frisky, David Duke.
York Hunt
12-27-2006, 12:53 AM
malkin, tammy bruce, ingraham all rock.
o'reilly is usually totally right and great tv entertainment.
hannity is an annoying douche
savage is fukken hilarious
beck is lame
CKFresh
12-28-2006, 02:14 PM
o'reilly is usually totally right and great tv entertainment.
Uh..... wow.
Ask O"reilly if the ACLU hates Christianity and if the ACLU represents Christians ever. he will say the DO hate Christians and have never represented them, he says it all the time on his show. The fact f the matter is that the ACLU represents many Christian groups and many conservatives (Rush Limbaugh). But O'Rielly won't tell you that. That's because he is a moron who only tells you what HE BELIEVES.
I guess he is totally right. Rap music and secular progressives are the root of all evil in the world. Couldn't be anything else. Girls get into a fight - hip-hop culture. Someone get's murdered - secular progressive movement.
He is so narrow minded he couldn't tell the truth even if he wanted to.
IntheNet
12-28-2006, 02:25 PM
...For religion I prefer Dr. Laura Schlessinger (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&safe=off&q=Dr.+Laura+Schlesinger) and conservative commentator Dr. James Dobson (http://www.oneplace.com/ministries/James_Dobson_Family_Minute/)... For poliitics I prefer Laura Ingraham (http://www.lauraingraham.com/public/), Michelle Malkin (http://www.michellemalkin.com/), or Ann Coulter (http://www.anncoulter.com/cgi-local/welcome.cgi)... For veritas and truth on society, the Lawdog (http://thelawdogfiles.blogspot.com/2006_02_01_thelawdogfiles_archive.html) and, of course, for the best of it all, Bill (http://www.billoreilly.com/)....
Try reading from these:
http://www.publicintegrity.org/default.aspx
http://councilfor.cagw.org/site/PageServer?pagename=CCAGW_homepage
Anthony
12-29-2006, 08:34 AM
Well at least Hannity - or even Limbaugh so far as I know - doesn't have a thing against mixed martial arts (Ultimate Fighting, etc.) the way O'Reilly does.
BigBuddhaPup
12-29-2006, 09:44 AM
Michelle Malkin, Pat Buchanan, and if I'm feelin' frisky, David Duke.
Peter,
Pat Buchanan sometimes actually says a few things that make some sense...
Michelle Malkin is just attack cat...
David Duke is a piece of bigoted scat...
BigBuddhaPup
12-29-2006, 09:45 AM
malkin, tammy bruce, ingraham all rock.
o'reilly is usually totally right and great tv entertainment.
hannity is an annoying douche
savage is fukken hilarious
beck is lame
I will make it simpler... they are all douches...
BigBuddhaPup
12-29-2006, 09:46 AM
...For religion I prefer Dr. Laura Schlessinger (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&safe=off&q=Dr.+Laura+Schlesinger) and conservative commentator Dr. James Dobson (http://www.oneplace.com/ministries/James_Dobson_Family_Minute/)... For poliitics I prefer Laura Ingraham (http://www.lauraingraham.com/public/), Michelle Malkin (http://www.michellemalkin.com/), or Ann Coulter (http://www.anncoulter.com/cgi-local/welcome.cgi)... For veritas and truth on society, the Lawdog (http://thelawdogfiles.blogspot.com/2006_02_01_thelawdogfiles_archive.html) and, of course, for the best of it all, Bill (http://www.billoreilly.com/)....
More douches...
IntheNet
12-29-2006, 09:37 PM
More douches...
Have you read these folks and what they write? You should...
BigBuddhaPup
12-30-2006, 06:50 AM
Have you read these folks and what they write? You should...
IntheNet,
I do not opine about anyone or anything without knowledge of them/it first....
They are douches...
IntheNet
12-30-2006, 05:47 PM
IntheNet,
I do not opine about anyone or anything without knowledge of them/it first....
They are douches...
C'est la vie... what will be will be...
But some day you'll come to your senses... probably will be at tax time when you've just had enough of liberalism and you'll have a sudden hankering to be Hannitized... Then look me up and I'll put you in line...
BigBuddhaPup
12-30-2006, 07:29 PM
C'est la vie... what will be will be...
But some day you'll come to your senses... probably will be at tax time when you've just had enough of liberalism and you'll have a sudden hankering to be Hannitized... Then look me up and I'll put you in line...
I become more liberal as I get older... the adage is correct, wisdom does come with age... I am more than happy to pay 300 dollars extra a year if those tax cuts are repealed... raise taxes back to the pre GW Bush levels...I have no issue with it...
I don't want to be in line...you can stay in the line...I would rather be an individual...
IntheNet
12-30-2006, 09:29 PM
.. raise taxes back to the pre GW Bush levels...I have no issue with it...
Of course you don't ~ you don't care a whit about people loosing their jobs, the stock market crash, or high unemployment... you're a liberal after all...
You believe that such things as corporate investment in new jobs due to low taxes is fiction...
RavenPoe
12-30-2006, 10:45 PM
The stock market has crashed twice. Once under Hoover and once under Reagan. Hmmm.....
Bad argument I think. We tried what you're referring to once. It's called Reaganomics. That's what crashed the stock market in 87. All those tax cuts didn't seem to trickle down. They just stockpiled their moldy money and crashed the market. See, in a recession, the rich get richer and the poor get poorer.
The thin veil of republican economics to solidify the estates of their constituency is no new thing. There is no such thing as corporate investments in new jobs. The boom in the 90s was created by new companies, not tax cuts for existing companies. Try again.
I would start by increasing tax on gasoline by about $1.50 per gallon. That'd take care of a bunch of these SUVs. I'd also levy a serious increase on any vehicle that doesn't get 30 miles to the gallon. Let's make these Escalades and Navigators cost 200 grand. Then the rich could still have them and wannabes could deal with it. They'd have to put their "OBX" stickers on the bumper of a Honda.
BigBuddhaPup
12-31-2006, 07:33 AM
Of course you don't ~ you don't care a whit about people loosing their jobs, the stock market crash, or high unemployment... you're a liberal after all...
You believe that such things as corporate investment in new jobs due to low taxes is fiction...
People will not lose their jobs if tax cuts are repealed... the tax cuts were for the wealthiest of the wealthiest Americans....Supply side economics doesn't work, call it "trickle down", or Reaganomics, or "voodoo economics"(GHW Bush quote)...Stock market only crashed under Reagan and Coolidge... High unemployment has to do more with the lack of borrowing power(high interest rates) by companies than "normal" taxation... A larger deficit weakens the dollar, interest rates go up, companies can't afford to borrow more money... I am a liberal, and not a conservative... I didn't drink the Kool-Aid, I didn't buy into the proproganda that makes the rich richer and the rest of us blowing in the wind....
Corporations will invest in new jobs when they need new workers... if they need the help, they will get the help... that has nothing to do with taxation of the wealthiest of Americans...
Does it matter that the average income is below 1970 inflation adjusted levels? Does it matter that CEO's make 500 times what the average worker makes, when 25 years ago it was 30 times(inflation adjusted of course)? Is the 99.9 percent of Americans just as important as the elite .1 percent? It is greed, pure and simple, and it is ruining this country, we are as well off as the average American, and it has worsened under this administrations horrible economic policy...
BigBuddhaPup
12-31-2006, 07:43 AM
The stock market has crashed twice. Once under Hoover and once under Reagan. Hmmm.....
Bad argument I think. We tried what you're referring to once. It's called Reaganomics. That's what crashed the stock market in 87. All those tax cuts didn't seem to trickle down. They just stockpiled their moldy money and crashed the market. See, in a recession, the rich get richer and the poor get poorer.
The thin veil of republican economics to solidify the estates of their constituency is no new thing. There is no such thing as corporate investments in new jobs. The boom in the 90s was created by new companies, not tax cuts for existing companies. Try again.
I would start by increasing tax on gasoline by about $1.50 per gallon. That'd take care of a bunch of these SUVs. I'd also levy a serious increase on any vehicle that doesn't get 30 miles to the gallon. Let's make these Escalades and Navigators cost 200 grand. Then the rich could still have them and wannabes could deal with it. They'd have to put their "OBX" stickers on the bumper of a Honda.
I think I just said something similiar, RavenPoe...
I don't agree with the gasoline tax proposal... when our fuel costs go up it hurts our economy across the board... I would have no issue with larger gas guzzling tax(luxury tax) on a purchase of a SUV... "OBX"(Outer Banks, North Carolina) stickers rule, I am from NC originally after all :D ....
My first tax reform would be repealing the GW tax cuts... major overall would be flat graduated taxation system with no loopholes... then I would make the gov't actually balance the budget like they did for a few years...
IntheNet
12-31-2006, 08:09 AM
People will not lose their jobs if tax cuts are repealed...
Wrong. Investment income will be curtailed; thus forcing job cuts. For example, let's take the firm, Radio Shack (formerly Tandy Electronics)... it expands stores in malls across America and expands staff...Tax cuts will force the company to tighten expenditures, thus closing stores and cutting staff... your understanding of taxes and what companies do with investment income is in error.
... the tax cuts were for the wealthiest of the wealthiest Americans....
Wrong. (or I am among the wealthiest of Americans)! I benefitted from tax cuts and I am a proud member of the middle class! You see, when companies and owners of companies receive a tax cut, they take that money (that didn't go to the IRS) and invest it. Most of it goes to new jobs and investment strategies (other jobs in vetures). Thus tax cuts directly enhance America's productivity...
Corporations will invest in new jobs when they need new workers... if they need the help, they will get the help... that has nothing to do with taxation of the wealthiest of Americans...
Wrong. Established companies like Apple Computer show your example to be wrong, and new startups (such as Google) also show your example to be wrong. Tax cuts help companies spawn investment in new jobs in each case... In every example, redirectling corporate income from the IRS back to companies will yield investment... raising the tax will short circuit this process and yield greater unemployment: that is simply Economics 101!
Does it matter that CEO's make 500 times what the average worker makes, when 25 years ago it was 30 times(inflation adjusted of course)?
CEO income is not related to this tax cut discussion; did you throw it in to sidetrack issue? CEO income is high and is being addressed by corporate America....
BigBuddhaPup
12-31-2006, 08:32 AM
Wrong. Investment income will be curtailed; thus forcing job cuts. For example, let's take the firm, Radio Shack (formerly Tandy Electronics)... it expands stores in malls across America and expands staff...Tax cuts will force the company to tighten expenditures, thus closing stores and cutting staff... your understanding of taxes and what companies do with investment income is in error.
Wrong. (or I am among the wealthiest of Americans)! I benefitted from tax cuts and I am a proud member of the middle class! You see, when companies and owners of companies receive a tax cut, they take that money (that didn't go to the IRS) and invest it. Most of it goes to new jobs and investment strategies (other jobs in vetures). Thus tax cuts directly enhance America's productivity...
Wrong. Established companies like Apple Computer show your example to be wrong, and new startups (such as Google) also show your example to be wrong. Tax cuts help companies spawn investment in new jobs in each case... In every example, redirectling corporate income from the IRS back to companies will yield investment... raising the tax will short circuit this process and yield greater unemployment: that is simply Economics 101!
CEO income is not related to this tax cut discussion; did you throw it in to sidetrack issue? CEO income is high and is being addressed by corporate America....
Tax expenditures increased to 'normal' levels do not make companies give up employees... lack of purchasing power by Americans is what hurt businesses... a weak dollar, inflation, higher interest rates are what hurt businesses... small business startup have stagnated under this administration... these new business startups are what get our economy chugging...
I am glad you enjoyed your 300 dollar check... 25 percent of all tax cuts went to the top .1 percent of all Americans... only 33 percent of all tax cuts went to the bottom 80 percent of all Americans... most businesses in America are started by that bottom 80 percent... so how is this tax cut helping business or our economy?
How is it that our economy numbers were better under the Clinton administration, who didn't have these inane tax cuts? Apple started in the late 70's... Google started in the mid 90's... Two examples that have nothing to do with this administration horrible fiscal policy of don't tax and spend... well that is don't tax the wealthy, the rest of us can handle it, the wealthy will provide for us, they are so charitable...
I actually took Economics in college... supply side economics was discussed at length... it was never justified...the proponents of it always went to the 'leap of faith' as in the rich would spread the wealth through our society... ridiculous notion, it simply doesn't happen...
Jaguar Rick
12-31-2006, 10:40 AM
These so called "tax-cuts" were nothing more than a feel-good gesture from our newest proponent of Voodoo economics. When you are in a deficit, how can you call it a "tax-cut"? What we did is borrow against the future, as when Bush is out of office. Someone will be elected that will do the right thing and get our budget balanced again. That person, I am sure, will be called a "tax and spend" liberal.
I read some of the posts from those who think they know what they are talking about, and it's insane. You don't get anything for nothing. Spending more than you take in is wrong. It's wrong for individuals, it's wrong for families, and it's definitely wrong for government. If you don't believe it, you are either ignorant of history, or unable to believe it. Depressions are caused by most of the money being in the hands of the few. The path our current administration is on is a sure way to depression.
What gets me is the people who talk about, and despise, social spending, but never mention our bloated military budgets, and war spending. These people are the same ones who often exclaim their faith in Jesus. Let me ask you, what would Jesus spend the most on? The poor, or on the military? Social spending does more to help the economy than military spending does. The recipients of social programs spend their money on rent, food, and essentials, in their local areas. Military spending goes to areas with the highest paying jobs, to foreign sources of strategic materials, inflated costs, overruns etc., not to areas that need it most. If we don't like the re-distribution of wealth, why are we doing just that into areas that need it the least?
Before this latest war began, the White House Budget Office estimated the total costs of the current war would be $50-60 billion. This year we will spend over $100 billion alone. Where is the outcry from these conservatives? If you think we are wasting money on social spending, why can't you see the war costs as wasteful? When this war is over, what will we have gained? Osama the real culprit of the 9-11 attacks is still alive, Saddam is dead, along with 3000+ Americans, and we aren't a bit safer than we were after 9/11/2001. Sad, very sad.
RavenPoe
12-31-2006, 11:16 AM
You got it Rick. Reagan created the biggest social state in American history. The only difference between him and FDR is that FDR didn't require the recipients of the tax dollars to wear green. It's not a new idea at all. It was tried in Germany and Italy in the 1930s.
About Osama, remember that he was a bumbling moron prior to Al-Zawari joining Al Qaeda. What caused Al-Zawari to join Al Qaeda? We beat down his number one enemy, Saddam Hussein, in 1991. At any rate Zawari is dead now and Bin Laden is back to being a bumbling moron.
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