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QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 15, 2010 -> 08:28 PM) Republicans officially to roll out ~$4 trillion tax cut proposal. holy sh*t. how is it that we had this perfect balance in 1999-2001 where we were running a surplus, and ever since then both sides have been destroying it. we can't keep cutting taxes for anyone/everyone and we can't keep spending like crazy. Why cant we go back to the tax rates of 1999-2001 and back to those spending levels too?

Let's hope the team is rested... http://sports.espn.go.com/chicago/mlb/news...e=ESPNHeadlines

Shoot.. no one wants to start this thread. I'll do it!

QUOTE (Rex Kicka** @ Sep 14, 2010 -> 04:32 PM) I do think that there is a large popular tangent to this, absolutely. But a grassroots movement implies that it started from nothing - and the truth seems to be that there was some big money behind it from the start. It may have a grassroots feel to it now, but with the help of things like FreedomWorks and Fox News behind it from the start, this was astroturf that took root. There feels very little that's organic about it to me. I feel it was also orchastrated to the point where, no matter what action the Administration chose (stim spending or no stim spending) they would be out protesting no matter what. It was either... stop govt spending/takeovers or create more jobs. It would be interesting to ask these people, if they would have preferred no stimilus spending and a 13% unemployment rate instead?

QUOTE (jasonxctf @ Sep 14, 2010 -> 02:41 PM) http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/the-45-dumb...teabagger-rally and i'll add a comment here too. as a soon to be parent, 5 weeks and counting, I could never imagine bringing/involving my elementary school kids in politics like this. It seems creepy to me.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/the-45-dumb...teabagger-rally

QUOTE (greg775 @ Sep 10, 2010 -> 07:51 PM) How can a great country like ours have 10 percent unemployment? What the f*** is going on? December 1982, we were at 10.8% unemployment. It was 10.1% in October 2009 and has seemed to level off around 9.5-9.7% for most of 2010. I'm calling for the rate to drop to 9.3-9.4% by years end.

no doubt Teahan's defense is horrible. Offensively, I still think he has potential. His batting average is higher than Beckham, Quentin, Kotsay and Jones. His OBP is higher than Beckham, Jones, Kotsay, Ramirez, and AJ.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Sep 9, 2010 -> 08:39 PM) Have you forgotten 2001 to 2009? what am i forgetting... any maybe I truly am. In what context was GWB's exact name used to demonize a controversial issue?

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Sep 9, 2010 -> 08:25 PM) Of all the things to be upset about in the political discourse, you are really going to keep going with this? Because someone said "ObamaCare"? im trying to make a point. its not the exact issue of "Obamacare". its the overall dialogue. it seems like we (this country) can't have an intelligent conversation about issues/politics. We end up name calling and becoming very pety in the process. And both sides are guilty of it.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Sep 9, 2010 -> 05:51 PM) Insult is a poor description. But it's used in a derogatory manner. just like those who say Barack Hussein Obama. they say, well that his name. Yes, but they say Hussein because Hussein has a negative vibe for a lot of people. So its a way to associate the President in a negative way. "Name calling without Name Calling." Those same people never say John Sidney McCain or Willard "Mitt" Romney.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Sep 9, 2010 -> 04:13 PM) Yep. that was a joke. forgot to put it in green.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Sep 9, 2010 -> 05:06 PM) ObamaCare has been turned into an epithet for evil Democratic policies. exactly. and can anyone give an example of this type of name calling/association being used historically? In addition, I'm sure, the way this turned out, was not 100% of what he wanted. There was a lot of horse trading going on in Congress (house and senate) that he had no control over, but in the end it was the only way to get the 60 votes they needed to overcome yet another Republican filibuster.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Sep 9, 2010 -> 04:39 PM) Obamacare isn't exactly name-calling, I think you are stretching here. Your "like little children" comment is more name-calling than simply referring to the healtcare initiative as belonging to Obama, which it sort of does, for good or bad. so should we re-name any/all iniatives brought on by Presidents. How does BushTarp sound?

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Sep 9, 2010 -> 04:43 PM) Because the Democrats don't do that at all... so be the bigger and better man. (not directed at you specifically)

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Sep 9, 2010 -> 03:08 PM) That's a fair criticism, but I think there's a difference between expanding intelligence powers and increased military funding right after being attacked, and spending trillions bailing out companies/people and subjecting the country to Obamacare and the like. i forgot, name calling is especially important within the tea party. (socialist, obamacare, etc) Like little children.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Sep 9, 2010 -> 03:00 PM) He has a valid point that the Dems are weak and ineffective. They also only got to 60 seats because of Democrat senators who are center-right and wouldn't support liberal policies. They just beat out more-right Republican candidates. which leads to a bigger issue of why filibuster rules need to be adjusted. in today's political environment, the 60 seats that the Democrats had before Teddy died and Scott Brown won the election, will probably be the only time in my lifetime where either party will have 60 votes. The only way either party can get there, is by running Conservative Democrats (See Alaska, Montana, etc) or Liberal Republicans (see Maine, Delaware, etc)

87 in the Acura RSX Clean Diesel in the A3 TDI Can't wait until my Jetta Diesel comes in. Was just told today, that they are building it on 9/20 and that I should have it by 11/1.

i forgot which comedian used this in their act... if you're in a theater and a man collapses, someone screams, "is there a doctor in the house" and you can't stand up, you're not really a doctor.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Sep 7, 2010 -> 08:01 PM) Might be tacky for lawyers to call themselves Dr's but as you stated "its technically true." Not to mention the reason why you dont call lawyers "Doctors" mainly comes from the fact that in some countries/states you dont need to go to law school to become a licensed attorney. But if you have successfully been given a "juris doctor" you are in fact holding a doctorate. my high school gym teacher was also a Dr. too.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Sep 7, 2010 -> 07:46 PM) Instead of purchasing a new version of something that there's extra of already, you saved $18. You also put $12 into the pocket of the seller. That money will, hopefully, be spent on something more useful than redundant copies of books being produced. It's the classic "broken window" story. which can be true. But I'll tell you that I put the extra $18 into my savings account at the bank.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Sep 7, 2010 -> 07:43 PM) I'm white with a doctorate and agree with a lot of their viewpoints. and all of their view points aren't crazy. I just enjoy seeing people who pay the least amount in taxes, 10-20% brackets, (personal income, property, sales, etc) out there screaming about how their taxes are too high.

talk amongst yourselves. As a whole, is eBay good, bad or have little effect on the economy? I'll use a live example. Back in March, before a vacation, I wanted to buy that new John Hallerpin book about the 2008 elections. Forget what it was called, but it was a good read. So I went to Barnes and Noble and it was selling for full price. (guessing $30). I thought, there's no way I'm paying $30 for a book. Went on eBay and bought a used copy for $12. Read it on vacation and re-sold it on eBay for $8. While this is a small example, it speaks of a larger question. If eBay didn't exist, I would probably have bought this book brand new for $30. Thus this purchase helps the bookstore, store employees, publisher, author, truck drivers (moving the books), paper manufacturers, etc. Instead, I bought this used, which helped, me and the eBay seller.

i didnt see uneducated, white people on that list?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 7, 2010 -> 06:42 PM) There is no multiplier? That's going to be news to everyone except the Republican party. I could go and easily grab the CBO estimates of the impact of the stimulus package on GDP as a response. Their numbers say it has been well above the original $800 billion price tag. I'll agree that it's less bang for the buck than the ideal case of things like investment in a smart grid, but it's also better than the $500 billion or so in tax cuts that simply got stuck back into T-bill purchases. The other way to look at it long term is...this is work that needs to be done. Due in no small part to the "Small government!" revolution, we're 30 years behind on upkeep of a lot of infrastructure, and I think everyone can admit that it's causing growing numbers of problems. It's going to be vastly cheaper and much more effective to get caught up on it now. i was thinking about road construction/stimulus stuff while sitting at a railroad crossing this weekend. And a thought occurred. Where I live, there are some major roads that cross tracks. One or two of the major roads are fortunate enough to have had bridges built over the tracks. Others have not. I know that building a bridge over tracks is very costly, and time consuming. However, to me, that would be a worth while stimulus effort in construction. (1) You are hiring both construction workers and architects/engineers (2) You are using tax payer money to eliminate tax payer annoyances (3) You are helping people get places faster and reducing some effects of road congestion. (4) You are in a very small way, helping to increase fuel efficiency with cars. (no more sitting in neutral burning gas at the tracks) (5) See #4, you are also reducing gas/oil dependency. And if people believe that #4 is minimal, own a car with an onboard mpg calculator and see what happens when you are sitting in neutral for 3 minutes waiting for a train to pass. (or how much you lose by turning off and turning back on again) To take it a step further, I'm a big proponent of increasing fuel economy and reducing oil usage. (thus the 2 clean diesel cars my wife and I have). Some places just need to reconfigure traffic lights and patterns. I can't tell you how many times I'm stuck at red lights for minutes with no cars passing in the other directions.