If the police police the people, who then polices the something something something...I think they should go through these peoples' investments before they can get ANY kind of public job, including the CIA. If you've read the news at all the last 6-7 years, then you could be excused for making the assumption that Something Is Rotten In Denmark. Is incompetence the same as dishonesty, do they amount to one and the same, what's REALLY going on here, and has anyone seen my 900 billion dollars? It was just here...full-bore balls-out audit of the whole 9 yards, top-to-bottom, left-to-right, up, down, 8 ways from zero. Find out What's Really Going On, here. Do that WEEKLY.

Posted at February 4, 2008 12:04 AM in response to CIA Watchdog to Get Watchdog

Bush and his mexican scab army...Chavez' worst nightmare...

Posted at February 3, 2008 8:51 PM in response to Anti-"Illegal Immigrant" is Anti-Immigrant Politics

It's a shell game. They should assemble a body of reform-oriented people on the Mall, with a large, Reader's Digest EZ-Read-font 'BALANCE THE FEDERAL BUDGET OR RESIGN, PLEASE' sign. This is just utterly stupid. Bush signed off on the Slumlord Law, Bankruptcy Reform Act, whatever you want to call it, and the corporations made themselves about the business of 'home equitying' people out the front door of their houses, with digital efficiency. They're good like that. It's all done with computers. And shady marketing. And, it's having a serious impact. But, when you luncheon with people who's general philosophy is Trumpian ekkynomix(with a bullet), well, you're going to have this new product, 'the homeless'. Kind of reminds you of some kind of War Of The Worlds thing...

Posted at February 3, 2008 8:50 PM in response to The People's House let down the People

Ray-gun took it over a trillion, and now this chicken's coming home to roost...and I think it's got a bad case of diahhrea....don't chickens ALWAYS have that, though? Hmmm...
buy a good hat before they shut off the VISA!

LOL

Posted at January 29, 2008 9:24 PM in response to What Will the Recession Feel Like?

The American Veal Calf has been deliberately baited into a situation of unsustainability, destabilized to encourage 'more economic output'.
Well, Murkins are puttin' out like never before, but bottom line is that people are also getting systematically screwed out of their economic security, such as it might be, their homes, and living basically under the 1-paycheck threat, meaning if you don't get paid next month, everything goes away, and don't forget The Children. The economy, or Con Me, produces incredible revenue for the healthcare industry, the automotive industry, defense industry, let's see, oh, yeah, and for the government.
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

Posted at January 28, 2008 8:59 PM in response to Burning the Consumer

10k for what, the laser-guided toilet paper rolls? What a cash cow this war is...war profiteering run amok.

Posted at January 28, 2008 8:46 PM in response to Burning the Consumer

That's a good discussion point, too, how many foreign parties have their proxies trying to tweak our country in favor of theirs, running around out there? I can think of two that have motive, make that three, counting Saudi Arabia,
everyone wants to lobby for this and that because now that they can have proxies, they bypassed the UN. I mean, why not go to the source where the Big Money is? IF all you have to do is chum up to some senator and tell a good sob story(we Murkinz are SUCKERS for a good sob story)...well, in short, it's no wonder the government can't balance its' budget anymore.

Posted at January 28, 2008 6:58 PM in response to Teddy Kennedy, Caroline Kennedy, Toni Morrison -- and me!

I don't care about his skin color, I'm concerned about fiscal and foreign policy, and so far, 'no sale'. He's also running under the democrat banner, and as far as I can tell, they're pretty heavy into some pandering these days. I don't want freebies, I want to know that the winner can 'do the math', and direct others likewise, and, AND, that they have no intention of turning the United States into a global homeless shelter.

Posted at January 28, 2008 6:54 PM in response to Teddy Kennedy, Caroline Kennedy, Toni Morrison -- and me!

I really don't care who they elect(yes, there is a 'they', and they have a damn sight more money than I do, if you're not into 7 figures, you're an honorary participant in this whole farce), as LONG as they have some straight talk and an actionable plan to go after run-amok federal spending. Get that budget business taken care of, and stop trying to use B.S. eco-poltix to box people in economically. We need exports.
For that, you need some type of fabrication facility, typically referred to as 'a factory',
and 'employees'. I mean, given the time, and someone to consult with on construction and fabrication, I think I could conceptualize an automated facility to make things, but the idea is to get people trained, and employed. People that have jobs have no need of 'government doughnuts'. Less government doughnuts=less national debt. I think the candidates' answers on some questions ABOUT the whole debt would be pretty revealing as far as their future plans for policy go. Taking the country 'condo' would generally fit with a real estate mentality, but that's kind of been a problem in this country for oh, about 20 years, now, all the realtors parceling the country off to the highest bidder,
and sure, business, but also the kind of business that'll see people doing things that will keep the domestic economy afloat without being on perpetual federal life support. Exports. Tools. Equipment. Things that don't eject bullets when you pull the little lever
but instead are useful for actual work somehow.
Sundries. Finished goods. Cars that get good mileage. The kind of things we're importing now because they outsourced all that icky work stuff to China so they could turn some states into parks for rich people to frolic in. Industry.
Industry that hasn't been hollowed out financially by unionists. Industry that makes things 'made in the USA' that are worth buying.

I saw a little bit of 'do it yourself' initiative, guy with a weedeater engine on the back of a bicycle. Getting all Harley-Davidson there (before they went public and got fat).
Indeed, going back to the basic wheel, the blank sheet of paper, the bare drawing board in an empty shop building. RE-creating. It'll be fun!

Posted at January 27, 2008 11:07 AM in response to The Clintons, Atwater, Rove, and the Future

What are they paying army privates now, 419k/week?

Posted at January 27, 2008 1:03 AM in response to Burning the Consumer