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QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 13, 2010 -> 04:06 PM) Because 2k5 is asserting it never happens. Where did you learn how to read? He didn't say it doesn't happen, he said that it happens in government in excess a lot and they get re-elected for it, and when it happens in corporations in excess, people get fired. Of course, in your utopia world of "government is great, corporations are evil", you're going to take examples of corporate corruption and sceam the sky is falling and we need to end the marketplace as it exists.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jan 13, 2010 -> 03:19 PM) My god. And however many died in the quake, a lot more will die in the coming weeks because they can't get clean water and food. Thankfully the weather down there isn't cold, so shelter isn't as immediate an issue, unless they get flooding rains. This time of year, they don't get that much rain, thank goodness but let's hope they can contain and get some places back on their feet before the rainy season hits.

QUOTE (Brian @ Jan 13, 2010 -> 11:58 AM) It'll be the best ratings they have had in a year if they let it ride out. Which is why they're letting it go. But that's a double edged knife they're twisting for sure.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Jan 13, 2010 -> 12:39 PM) I detect a little cynicism.

QUOTE (Cknolls @ Jan 13, 2010 -> 12:27 PM) Watch this math produce a decline in the unemployment rate: With the birth/death revision and the benchmark revision both expected to be a huge negative number, i.e. unemployment closer to 11%, how do you hide the decline,sorry too good to pass up? You reduce the number of people seeking jobs. And what do you get= a smaller rise in unemployment, or better yet, a decilne in the unemployment rate. EXACTLY. I've been predicting this for quite some time. It will mysteriously happen in the late summer... just in time for the elections, and they will walk on the water to say what good they've done.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 13, 2010 -> 11:50 AM) His statement was quite clear. He made a statement saying that there is more accountability in the private sector than the public sector, and as such you see less sweetheart deals. I found that surprising because I feel I've seen a whole lot of corrupt backroom deals come from the private sector regardless of this so-called accountability, so I questioned on it, and you'll note I have gotten zero specifics or examples or details as a response. I'm supposed to accept the platitude that the private public sector works better at imposing accountability without evidence. When I ask for that evidence, it pisses people off, rather than eliciting an educated response. If you're not willing to back up your own statements, then you're going to have a rough time in here because that's how you effectively debate an issue. Change that word, and that's what we get from you. You know, our transparent government. Private sector demands accountability because there's a shareholder who will kick your ass out if you don't give it to them. Government gets re-elected for being corrupt. Why's that so hard to understand? Obama is running the biggest ponzi scheme in American history right now and the platitudes are thrown at his feet by the likes of you every day. He can make money appear out of no where and enjoy the fruits of it with no ramifications, except to say by people like you that he's helping, saving the world and creating jobs.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 13, 2010 -> 11:51 AM) Quite frankly, yeah, another jobs bill to fix what was gutted from the stimulus would be a nice addition. You all control the legislation. Get your s*** straight.

Don't forget immygration. We have to make sure we can gerrymander the s*** out of the disctricts for Democrats in 2012. ETA. Wait, I thought the great stimulus bill was supposed to fix jobs? You mean we need another jobs bill? Wow!

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 13, 2010 -> 11:44 AM) Fine, you want to keep piling on. All I was doing was responding to his exact words. If you're unable to defend the very things you say, then don't say them. LMAO. You're the one asking circular questions to what's pretty clearly written. You don't want to see the point, you want to move it.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jan 13, 2010 -> 11:10 AM) Transmitters are terrible, though, in my experience, especially in crowded urban areas. Lots of background noise. Car radios are built to be replaced easily. Crutchfield is a great site for this - you can tell it your car model and year, and it tells you exactly which replacement units you can use. And they send you the kit to replace it yourself. So instead of a fuzzy-sounded transmitter for $100, spend a $150 and get an all new unit that does everything you want. Just something to consider. One that's wired into the antenna might not be bad though. The wireless ones are horrid.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Jan 13, 2010 -> 07:21 AM) Just posted this in a Volvo forum but it doesn't look like it gets much traffic. Perhaps someone in here has a recommendation? Instead of a mp3 transmitter, I ended up using my sirius radio that has a line in bcause it has a much stronger transmitter then those jiggy mp3 ones. Of course, I don't have the Sirius anymore - just use it for the transmitter for the ipod. Sort of weird that it doesn't play mp3 - most newer ones do. Interesting but bad luck for you.

From what's coming out today, it looks pretty damn bad.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 13, 2010 -> 08:55 AM) Oh good god. Nevermind. I quit. You know Balta, all you do is keep moving the carrot. You can never debate on face value anymore. As I said in the other thread. "Government Saves". That's all.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 13, 2010 -> 08:57 AM) Like I said in the other thread, I quit. There is no point. Government Saves. Make it a bumper sticker, baby. Oh, the irony all wrapped in those two words.

*YAWN* This whole thing is a waste of time. GOTTA PASS IT NOW! Why? SOTU. What bulls***.

Some of the early pics don't look good for Port-Au-Prince.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 12, 2010 -> 09:54 PM) I never said they were calculating it correctly. Your side continues to assert that it's impossible to gain any information about it, or that we should ignore any means of calculation based on whether or not you like it, not whether or not there's anything interesting or useful about the math. Yea, because it's true. You CANNOT calculate it. But they kept spreading it around like some glorified meaningful number, and you all want to spout off how the stimulus is doing its job, when it's not. The Democrats constantly create this strawman argument about how they are going to "fix jobs" and present some BS number to say, "see, we're fixing it" or "it would have been SOOOOOOOO much worse"... when they admit that it's all BS... where's the retraction? Where's the jobs? "Our side" has called BS on this from day one and now the White House "quietly" rejects the whole notion. Yea... ok.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 12, 2010 -> 09:25 PM) Republican Party platform item #47: from now on, the meaning of the word "Count" is considered identical to the word "Calculate". Whatever, Mr. Semantics. It means the same thing in regards to this, but that's fine, your post illustrates that the Democrats can't be wrong and the GOP is always wrong. We get it. Just like Tex's post in the other thread. Poor victims.

/waits on the arrival of one Dick Allen... hell I'll make the post... Sound about right?

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jan 12, 2010 -> 05:56 PM) Oh god. My wife's uncle runs a mission at a church outside Jeremie, which is on that SW penninsula. It kind of looks like the shock itself wasn't as bad over there... at least I hope. Keep us up to date if you hear anything.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 12, 2010 -> 09:33 AM) I was waiting for you to attack this article. At the end of the day, this whole thing just proved one thing. You can't measure jobs saved. Thanks for that. Bwwwwaaaaaaaaaahahahahahahahaaaaaa.... You can't count jobs created, Obama adminstration finally admits

QUOTE (Rex Kicka** @ Jan 12, 2010 -> 05:52 PM) MA elected a GOP governor for 16 consecutive years. It's less blue than you think. I think Coakley will win this comfortably - by about 10 points or so. But special elections, like off off off year governors races generally dont signal anything but a specific state's issues. Unless the Democrats win, then it means something. Good grief.

QUOTE (Controlled Chaos @ Jan 12, 2010 -> 12:44 PM) He's pretty impressive dude. Yea - but it is Massachusetts.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jan 12, 2010 -> 12:36 PM) WTF is a PITA? Now, as far as mass transit goes, if you really want to argue the inconveniences, then you need to look at your car's much higher costs, and longer commute times, and parking charges at public OR private garages as well. Let's be fair here. But regardless of that, no one is stopping you from driving and parking. All that stopped is the government artificially keeping the price of parking down, with, by the way, YOUR TAX MONEY. So you are in favor these privitization efforts, I assume. Here's the real answer: it depends. If your local government is bleeding that bad and needs a cash infusion to just run basic things, then, yea, I guess you do it. There's a whole lot more cost benefit analysis that should be done - and not just accounting benefit, economic benefit as well. In the future, how much money is this going to cost you for a short term cash infusion? Actually there was an article by a local writer down here just this Sunday and he brought up some interesting points. The big kick (as in and around Chicago) is privatizing highways so that they can get cash now to build more roads. All of these new roads are going to be tolled, of course, but the main point this guy was trying to make is if we would have just bit the bullet and paid a ten cent increase in taxes, the money recieved would be way over the amount that they are getting in short term cash infusions now to build these roads. He made a pretty good argument that no matter when it's done, a tax increase on gas should be/should have been done rather then privatizing all this and turning over that revenue stream to a "for profit" company. I can't wait for all these @$^@#$^ road projects - they are getting ready to spend $1billion right around the north side of the airport... that will be a nightmare.

QUOTE (Tex @ Jan 12, 2010 -> 12:46 PM) No, you maintain if the government cuts taxes, they will have more income. So as long as we follow sound GOP tax practices, the government will grow. They aren't taking more, yet they still grow. You still don't understand the multiplier effect and how that works, do you?