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QUOTE(Rex Kicka** @ May 4, 2007 -> 07:57 PM) There's the Wall Street Journal - circulation 1.7 million. The New York Post. The Washington Times. MSNBC has Joe Scarborough and Tucker Carlson, CNN has Nancy Grace and Glenn Beck. USA Today leans conservative enough that it was the newspaper that got the most access to the White House in the first term of the Bush administration. I get the Wall Street Journal, but it certainly isn't for the "conservative" news. Duh.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ May 4, 2007 -> 08:38 PM) I think a big part of the reason for this is that as far as the majority of Americans go, this economy is still not trickling down. To my eyes, it's the same reason why ads last year trying to run on the "Strong economy" didn't work for the party in power...the average person just doesn't feel this economy is anywhere near as strong as the market does. I can go up and down the list. Higher oil prices. Inflation (I'm paying 20% more for milk than I was a mere 4 months ago!). The weakening of the housing market (vacancies are at a record high now), the bankruptcy bill, skyrocketing health care prices, the fact that the job market is sputtering along barely able to keep up with population growth, and the complete stagnation of median income over the past few years. I know for a fact that you can tell me all you want about how great the Stock Market is doing, that doesn't change the fact that I'm working 2 jobs right now because the Fiancee can't find one. When people's personal economic situation is in the tank, no amount of stories about how great the stock market is doing will change their opinion of the situation. oh, it's trickling down.

Sadly, it's probably needed.

QUOTE(mac9001 @ May 4, 2007 -> 07:26 AM) Actually the reason the US Dollar has maintained strong value and reliability is because of it's wide acceptance as a international medium of exchange. More foreign trade can only help increase the value of the dollar, in fact the reason the dollar has slid in comparison to the Euro is the wide acceptance of the Euro in international oil and gas sales. Countries in the EU and major oil producers such as Iran, Venezuela and Norway prefer the Euro to the dollar, likewise China and Japan have been diversifying their foreign currency reserve. In short the biggest threat to the dollar is the Euro and in the future the gold dinar. That's somewhat true, and moreso true from a historical perspective. However, the dollar has been allowed to sink because they are trying to equal out the deficit somewhat by the float.

If/when the market corrects itself and falls, that will be the perils of the George Bush economy. f***wads.

GP, there's a lot of complexity to your question. a) No and no. B) it's not a bad thing, if you look at the price of US goods in a foreign market. Those are the simple smart ass answers. What are you exactly trying to debate here?

QUOTE(mr_genius @ May 2, 2007 -> 11:51 PM) the guy is a colossal phony i can't watch him on tv for more than 2 seconds without getting pissed. the democrats will only raise taxes on those that are wealthy. what they don't tell you is they consider anyone any family making over $40,000 a year "wealthy", Fixed that for you.

nevermind, i guess we get to see it when the rest of the country does. So Phil's gone... that sucks, I actually thought he was halfway decent. So Chris, Blake or Jordin goes. I actually think Jordin might go.

so who went? we're on AI delay due to 100 mph winds.

I love the "new course" wording. Why can't these assholes just say we're running away because we can't deal with it?

They (Circuit City) didn't pay these people any kind of severance, they just let them go. I doubt they had any effect on the cost portion of the p & l. And on the AMR issue, I know a certain individual that is VERY close to the pilot's union... and it's getting mighty interesting. That's all I can say about it now.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ May 2, 2007 -> 05:13 PM) The US farmers are among the most heavily subsidized in the world. Its a big issue outside of the US, but no one here wants to look like they are putting farmers out on the street, so nothing has been done about it. Places like Mexico and South America have farmers suffering the same types of problems as our steel workers have been. This is one of the biggest "hangups" on the Doha talks for the WTO right now. If an agreement for Doha is going to be reached, farmers in this country will have to pay the piper.

:puke

Another thought in all of this - how many people realize that the TRADE "deficit" goes away as soon as a currency is revalued? How long has it been since China has revalued? I think they have some inflationary pressures over there, at least the last time I checked. It's all fuzzy math - but the bottom line is our government needs to stop spending money when they don't have it to spend. They could ger more revenues through growth or higher taxes, and they would still spend more then they bring in, and that is the point. QUOTE(Texsox @ May 1, 2007 -> 02:28 PM) I'm not convinved that we would net a benefit. Is government waste less than or greater than the profit that a private business would feel is justified? I think we have expanded the government beyond what should be funded and perhaps those areas would be privitized, but agfain, I'm not convinced we would see a savings at the same benefit level. IF the government were ran like a real business, it would have shut down years ago. Of course we'd see benefits - it's been proven time and time again.

Tex, why do you keep saying things that 1) has no relevance at all to what SS is saying, and 2) saying that the deficits are growing when in actuality they are starting to shrink back again? It's interesting, really, that almost all of us that are "fiscal conservatives" are madder then hell at how our government has handled spending, and you keep running around in the hyperbole world of "wooo hoo free stuff" when none of us are advocating that and furthermore hate the thoughts of it. It's a FACT that revenues coming in to treasury right now is at an all time high, and it's a FACT that it wouldn't have happened if the tax cuts didn't stimulate the economy. Let's just print more money to cover this stuff - that works - oh wait a minute, that's called introducing a great depression - something that the Democrats would like to see because it means that the evil capitalisic society can implement more government controls! WOOT! It's becoming obvious that this is all about straw man's arguments for you and not truths. The reason that our deficits are high is 100% the overspending, not the tax cuts. It's also a bad problem that foreign countries hold our money - but it's not about the tax cuts, it's about trade imbalances. I would argue they would hold even more of our money if it weren't for the stimulation that our economy has had as a result of the early 00's tax cuts.

Me, +1 and a half.

GWB CERTAINLY is not a fiscal conservative, and that's hugely why we are in the problems today that we are... Iraq War notwithstanding.

It sounds to me like something in the coding itself is mapped incorrectly. Maybe that's too much of a "brilliant" observation. Seriously, sometimes when things are mapped in VB, it's not written to a:\ but \\shared\file\savetome.db - and if that's set up wrong, it can't figure out where to save it so it terminates the program.

QUOTE(Texsox @ Apr 30, 2007 -> 06:16 PM) I wish it would happen that way. I see a small group that will be the swing vote on everything. Perhaps they will act differently than everyone else we send to Washington, but I'm thinking the new party will work harder at representing "their constituents" by pointing out the great projects (pork) they have brought to their district in hopes of getting more of their new party elected. It is pork grease that lubricated the wheels of congress. No matter what, two of the three will be needed to pass. The only time I see the DEMs and REPs getting together would be to figure out a way to eliminate the 3rd Party and bring things back to "normal". There will be even more pressure to keep the party votes in line or else a three way deal would be necessary, something even harder to do. QUOTE(Gregory Pratt @ Apr 30, 2007 -> 06:23 PM) There will never be three viable parties in this country unless it's for a short short short period of time. See: Bull Moose, La Follette's Progressives, Nader, maybe. Ummm, hmmm... why do you think there was such a bipartisan rush after 1992, and again after 1996, to change the campaign laws? It couldn't be that both existing parties were trying to kabosh any chance a third party candidate has to win a major election, could it? Naaaaaaaaaaaaaah. /rolly

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Apr 30, 2007 -> 03:48 PM) Damn, I feel bad for Brandon... Hopefully he gets his stuff straightened out. The kid always went out of his way for people on Soxtalk, and I wish him nothing but the best. ^^^^ It amazes me as some folks continually nitpick and destroy those that they know nothing about around here.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Apr 27, 2007 -> 02:43 PM) See that's where you and I are different. You see that, and assume that means that the GOP is the ultimate evil media machine. I hear that and say what is the other side of the story. I find it interesting that somehow the democrats are this bunch of inept bumbling fools, who have this horrible disadvantage, because they never thought to be mean to anyone else in their whole lives. The poor guys can't even get their message out. Awww, poor democrats. I am sure that there is no chance that there isn't an equally effective movement that decries everything that Republicians say as either the rantings of religious wackos, or a neo-con conspiracy to try to take over the world, or control the worlds oil markets, or take down everyone who disagees with them, or completely disregard the law (because no other public officials have ever done that), who hate everyone who isn't a white christian male, who only care about the rich, and supply every man-woman-child in the country with a machine gun so that they can kill freely anyone who looks at them funny. Nope, it is just the evil Republicians. Wow.

QUOTE(Damen @ Apr 26, 2007 -> 10:22 PM) I'm not really referring to them, so much as the Matthews', Dowd, and O'Donnell gigglefests. Well, to them, the RNC talking that way is "funny" ... and that they are spinning it that way, not that they are being called out that way.

This show has gotten absolutely ridiculous, yet continues to grow in popularity. How the hell is that?

Yep... this is the Hannity and Limbaugh talking points. Like they need it anyway.

And right now, that's why Barak is the candidate that gets it... the attack machine that is the Clinton machine has to do the damage. If he survives that, he's our next president.