Hang on to something John, a big, hot wind is headed your way.

John A. Joseph:

“The House Republicans just defeated a Democratic bill that would extend unemployment benefits for those who have lost their livelihoods in the current down economy, a downturn that can be directly laid at the feet of the Republican President who, not coincidently, threatened to veto the bill if passed.”

Perhaps you could offer some fodder for us gulls and saps out here who want to know how 199 Republicans could defeat 236 Democrats? Do Republicans get extra votes for exemplary character or do Democrats suffer from the “stoned slacker syndrome” and not bother to show up for votes?

Iconoclastic Sage,

It would still take enough epublican votes to equal a large enough margin to pass the bill. Whew!

This is why Democrats are in need of t more seats t get things done in Washington.

D. Walker:

“It would still take enough epublican votes to equal a large enough margin to pass the bill. Whew!”

I was joking about the stoned slacker thing but anybody who thinks 236 voting Democrats can’t overcome the opposition of 199 voting Republicans in the US House of Representatives is at the very least, seriously wanting in mathematical skills.

Here is a thought for you John. I’ve read that the crops are going unpicked because we have no workers to pick the fruit since we have now chased away all the illegals who were all too happy to pick fruit to feed their families. Why is unemployment going up when we have crops that need to be picked? Once we have all the workers we need to pick the crops, then we can give unemployment benefits. Let’s fill the jobs first.

Centrist-Did I understand you want illegals working here? I’m looking for some work for my days off. Where did you read this?

Now you know that A CENTRIST can’t back up anything that she saids.

Icono-FYI the vote was 279-144. Apparently it needed a 2/3 majority to pass and the bill was 3 votes short to override the veto that the President had promised.

Let’s not forget how these poor children are being starved to death by nancy Pelosi and the Democratic Party when they raised gas prices from 2.33/gal when they siezed power to over 4.00/gallon today.

Let’s set the record straight: the President cut taxes for all taxpayers. It was an across-the-board tax cut, just like JFK’s. Since the top 1% of wage earners pay 39% of all income taxes, since the top 25% of wage eraners pay 86% of federal income taxes, and since the top 50% of wage earners pay 97% of all federal income taxes, it might appear that only “the billionaires” got a tax cut, but that is false. Since the evil rich pay more, they got more of a tax cut. Are you saying we should cut taxes for those who don’t pay? That’s not a tax cut, that’s income redistribution straight out of Castro’s playbook.

Second, this economic downturn was not caused by the President. The president doesn’t run the economy, the economy runs itself. That’s capitalism 101, and it is a testiment to our Democrat-controlled educational system that you didn’t know that. Or maybe in your blind fury and hate-filled rage you just forgot. The economic downrurn has its root in declining housing prices. people, throught their own greed, bought houses they couldn’t afford. When interest rates rose, payments rose and could not be made (especially by subprime borrowers), therefore houses were sold or foreclosed, increasing the supply and driving inflated rices down. Which of these steps does George Bush control? Not one. If you insist on blaming a politician, thank Cisneros, Clinton’s HUD secretary. He’s the one who, back in the 1990’s, whined how poor people who could not afford mortgages were not getting mortgages and thus missing out on the housing boom. It was so unfair: we loan only to people who can afford to repay the loan! We should loan based on need, not on ability to repay! We need government regulation! faced with the threat of government control, banks threw the subprime mortgage industry into high gear.

John, I’ll give you credit for not calling the current downturn a recession. A recession is 2 consecutive quarters of negative GDP growth. We haven’t even had one yet.

It never ceases to amaze me how one man can have so much power according to the democrats. Our President is so dumb that he got enough democrats to vote against the extension for benefits. I am telling you, I find it fascinating that George is that dumb. At this time, GW is planning to raise the unemployment rate to 10%. Isn’t that what you naive democrats think?

The price of oil has skyrocketed. Your democrat buddies do not want to raise supply, pure and simple. No drilling is the solution to the oil crisis so let’s not drill. Let’s keep depending on the enemy to supply is. Now that makes great sense. One of the main reasons for this economic problem has everything to do with oil and your democrat buddies don’t want us to be self supportive. You get upset when jobs go over seas but you have no problem with us getting our oil overseas. Can you help me with that one?