Open Comment Time!
It’s a beautiful Sunday afternoon, with baseball and football on the tube and in the stadiums.
And with those with politics on their minds, it’s also time for the Open Comment Line here at Political Fix.
There’s been a ton of spirited debate recently, as evidenced by our hot traffic on Saturday’s posts.
So I expect that many of you have topics, persons or events to discuss — or that you want us to cover.
All that is fine to bring up.
BUT remember the rules: Civility reigns. No cursing, no profanity or obscene language. (I’ve had to take down numerous posts this weekend that violated the rules. Let’s keep it clean.)
No libelous personal attacks.
Be concise. And please keep your comments focused on regional or local matters. Use the same perspective when discussing national issues. (There are plenty of national blogs around.)
Batter up, and play ball!
Though I don’t agree with all mlgb says, I have to say that his assertions regarding the Bush administration’s handling of the war in Iraq are fairly accurate. But not just on moral grounds: It is largely this war, and the lies that brought us to it, that have me so dissatisfied with the GOP. The financial costs of this war are at the roots of the decline in the dollar, the mortgage crisis, and investment banking crisis. An end must come to such unwise and haphazzard policy making.
“No cursing, no profanity, no obscene language. You call this freedom of speech?”
If you want freedom of speech and press, go get your own press and your own voice, and publish it on your own.
On the internet, this is as easy as going to wordpress.com and signing up for a free account. In the physical world, it’s as simple as writing what you want to publish, printing it up, and distributing it lawfully to those who want it.
The PD political fix blog is paid for by them, they are the editors, they exercise editorial control, and thank goodness for that! IF we want to play in their sandbox in front of their hard-won audience, we get to play by their rules.
Hey Garrison: speaking of taking care of kids…how many more babies will be aborted thanks to your candidate and his pro-abortion stance? I will not generalize abortion to the entire Democratic Party, because fortunately there are many fine pro-life Democrats in Missouri.
> The financial costs of this war are at the roots of the decline
> in the dollar, the mortgage crisis, and investment banking crisis.
Huh? Last time I checked, the financial crisis was the result of reckless investment in subprime mortgages. Back in the days when you had to have good credit to get a mortgage, foreclosures were very rare. Now, there’s hardly a neighborhood that isn’t touched by them, and many communities are drowning in them.
As far as the cost, yes, it has been expensive, around $500 in five years. The mortgage bailout, if it happens as currently reported, will cost $700 billion. And many are saying that’s just the beginning, that it could be $2 trillion before it is over. And the greatest audacity is, even though advocates like ACORN were the driving force in creating this crisis, Democrats were trying to get a handout for ACORN written into the bailout bill. I guess they need some more funding for another crooked voter registration drive.
mlgb:
Sorry, can’t help. I’m not qualified as a special-ed teacher.
My gosh, Jo. Is it open house at the funny farm today? Not one of these posts makes the slightest bit of sense.
Nick,
can you explain to me how ACORN is the driving force behind this? Seems like there is fault with irresponsible lenders and irresponsible borrowers, probably more with those who actually have power (the lenders). An argument could be made that our policies that have shipped jobs oversees has contributed, or that the 500 billion we have spent in Iraq has impacted this as well. You could even argue that our infastructure that requires most Americans to drive a car and the subsequent high gas prices has contributed. What I have not heard from ANYONE is how ACORN, an organization that represents poor urban people is the driving force behind the economic collapse of this nation. But I eagerly anticipate your response, they are always interesting.
Richard, this one’s for you:
http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/09/barack_obama_and_the_strategy.html
Be sure to read all the way through. It should answer all your questions.
— Richard
“What I have not heard from ANYONE is how ACORN, an organization that represents poor urban people is the driving force behind the economic collapse of this nation. But I eagerly anticipate your response, they are always interesting.”
Good luck getting Nick to show you how to connect those dots
Nicks job in the slime machine is inventing dots, nasty, non factual dots - aka lies
The reason he can’t connect the dots is that he just makes up stuff.
This is just another NickDot
Best to ignore
“Good luck getting Nick to show you how to connect those dots”
This is STL’s way of saying he disagrees with Nick
“Nicks job in the slime machine is inventing dots, nasty, non factual dots - aka lies”
This is another way for STL to say he disagrees with Nick
“The reason he can’t connect the dots is that he just makes up stuff.”
And yet an additional way for STL to disagree with Nick
“This is just another NickDot”
STL is in a rut … he disagrees with Nick
“Best to ignore”
Seems Nick made a point that STL can’t refute.
http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB121745181676698197.html
STL it shouldn’t take you reading further than the third paragraph…
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