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firstpersoninfinite commented on the blog post Polling: President Has Failed on Housing, Wall Street Accountability
The stimulus wasn’t close to a trillion dollars. As Krugman pointed out at the time, it was way too small to affect the economic hole Bush had dug for us. At least get your numbers right before you make fake accusations about “saviors”.
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firstpersoninfinite commented on the blog post Polling: President Has Failed on Housing, Wall Street Accountability
“One could argue that Democrats in the House and Senate would line up against Romney for the sake of appearances, as they did at times against Bush. This would equal a better outcome for the American people.”
I call this the George Will argument for divided government, since that anti-intellectual, intellectual brings out this argument every time it looks like Republicans might lose an election. It has no basis in reality and every basis in punditry, and as with any other specious logic it assumes the benefit of one’s own predjudices. It goes along with the “9/11 brought our country together” arguments of people like Glenn Beck. Obama will govern more to the left when the left makes him govern that way. Why do you think he made a weak move to solve the health care crisis? Because it was expected of him and he had no choice. Republicans have nothing but destruction planned for any election they win. “One could argue” that your argument has no basis in reality.
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firstpersoninfinite commented on the blog post On Ron Paul and Progressivism
I believe you are exactly right. Thank you.
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firstpersoninfinite commented on the blog post NYPD Press Repression at Occupy Wall Street Eviction
I think this atrocity against free speech was many things, but I immediately thought that Bloomburg was making a Donald Trump play for a chance at the Republican Party nomination. Or at least a vice-presidential bid. This was a free, Karl Rove Crossroads commercial. Wait and see.
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firstpersoninfinite commented on the diary post Rep John L Lewis Joins 100+ House Members to Define Dissent from Boehner’s DOMA Effort by Teddy Partridge.
I would be glad to see a Congressional vote on a “Belief in Marriage Act”. That would quickly get rid of the DOMA. And then make all the divorced people pay back the tax credits they enjoyed just for being married for awhile – that’s a true Ponzi scheme. It’s discrimination to refuse to allow [...]
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firstpersoninfinite commented on the blog post American Jobs Act to Be Filibustered Later Today
Every elected official is supposed to represent %100 of the people they represent. Voting is not a bipartisan decision – governing is.
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firstpersoninfinite commented on the blog post Obama Administration Releases Guidelines for No Child Left Behind Waivers
But what if the locals aren’t interested? Or only interested in pushing their uneducated notions of creationism or whites-only history? “No Mind Left To Shine” was really just that – an attempt to take education out of the hands of those who have to live with the consequences. It’s the Terry Shiavo version of educational reform – kill the patient with kindness to make them moral. We need to bite the bullet and push education to the level of the rest of the industrialized world. And for those who can’t go to college, make arrangements for them as quickly as possible, so they can become useful members of society. The right to fail and be a stupid adult should not be a possibility.
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firstpersoninfinite commented on the blog post Palestine Officially Seeks Statehood Recognition at UN
“Israel braced for protests and rallies among gleeful Palestinians by deploying 22,000 police officers around the West Bank and East Jerusalem. Protests are expected to be peaceful, but obviously this is a volatile part of the world, and provocateurs could lead to violence.”
And you failed to add,”on either side”.
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firstpersoninfinite commented on the blog post Will the Catholic Church declare war on Obama over gay equality?
“The Catholic Church does not have a monopoly on Child Abuse.”
No, but it does have a monopoly on providing a safe house for the abusers. You can’t equivocate evil back into goodness. Until the Pope has immolated himself on the steps of the Vatican in an attempt to mitigate the crimes of the Catholic Church, we have to assume they are just fine with them. -
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