The President is Missing

Apparently, you fail to see what is going on and to know what capitalism is.

Maybe if the government stopped paying mercenaries to run its wars, it could balance its budget.

It amazes me that our government can wage war at the drop of a hat and get instantly funded, as much money as they care to ask for.

Well wishes for your son from me too. And for you, back home worrying.

I posted a long time ago that I believe that people who have more to protect should pay more in taxes. It works the same way when one buys car inurance and home insurance. The more they are worth the more you have to pay for protection. Someone who makes 30 million dollars should pay more for their protection than someone who makes $30,000. What you posted is a mathmatical lie. I know that the idea is to snow the common man which conseratives are expert at.

Thank you, as well.

Good point.

One thing I have to say about the right: while they once hid behind the lie of trickle down economics, they now are close to admitting they're simply selfish "greedheads."

Plain Old Me,
Best Wishes from me to you and your son who's downrange, as well.

Thanks, snood. I hadn't wanted to talk about it much. He's been there for two months and has a little girl on the way, ready to debut in May.

As opposed to the sort who like to pile on when a Republican is being criticized?

How about the sort who criticize all Republicans simply because they are Republicans?

I only occasionally visit most political threads from time to time. This thread was not originated for the purpose of fighting it out with the oppopsition. However, have at it if that's what you are determined to do.

I personally don't criticise Republicans for being Republicans. I do so because I am outraged at the fundamentalism that drives their actions these days.

By "fundamentalism", do you mean going back to the Constitution and lower taxes? That's pretty fundamental.

My mother was a republican - I don't just dismiss republicans in general. Some specific ones, yeah.

You know that Finn, so stop with the broad brush.

Quite right. As a general rule, when liberals criticize conservative leaders, conservatives take the opportunity to criticize liberal leaders, and when liberals criticize liberal leaders, conservatives take the opportunity to criticize liberal leaders. I started a thread in advance of the 2008 election for supporters of Obama to express their disagreements with their candidates. I invited supporters of McCain to start their own thread about their disagreements with their candidate, but, of course, they would have none of it. That didn't stop some of them, however, from piling on Obama in my thread -- and, I'll note, Finn was the first to hop on.

Eventually, though, conservatives manage to express some hesitant disapproval of their own leaders. It just happens after they leave office. I was surprised with the number of conservatives who courageously stepped forward to criticize GW Bush after Jan. 20, 2009. It was like someone had flipped a switch.

As in irreducible density.

All I know is those founding fathers were pretty smart guys and I think it's a good idea to get back to basics. I went to a Tea Party on Saturday in Spokane, Washington. You wouldn't believe it, but the first speaker spent about 15 minutes speaking for reforming marijuana laws. He said the government has no business telling people they can't smoke a weed that grows in their back yard.

That almost sounds "progressive".

The founding fathers did not set up the Constitution in the exact form it exists today. That is because they knew that situations change and our needs also change and made provisions to add amendments. Those benevolent guys originally set it up so that we could have slaves, disenfranchise women, allow only property owners to vote, etc. But they did not set it all in stone, which is why we will never return to the original concept, no matter which party rules.

I understand what you're talking about. What I'm talking about is our right to gather peacably and speak out for lower taxes. I don't think The American people should find that so dangerous to our nation. Why all the anger and hate directed towards these Americans?

This is beautiful, man. Look at the expression on his face. I can almost see smoke coming out of his ears.

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/theoval/post/2011/04/obama-to-reporter-let-me-finish-my-answers-next-time-/1

Democrats do not argue against peaceful assemby and free speech. They do speak against dismantling the government and balancing the budget on the backs of the real taxpayers, the middle and lower classes.

(Check back to the last Bush administration to see how Republicans believe in peaceful assembly for other than their own and report what you find.)