What will kill the U.S.A.?

[dipso]

Originally Posted by m21sniper

If there is a 'final nail' it will be the leftist mantra of "A free lunch for all."

Maybe you can explain, how does taking our tax money and giving it to Iraq and China and the others who hold our debt make our country wealthier than taking our money and re-distributing it throughout our country.

I am not for handouts and believe that people should have to work for welfare( that solves our field worker problem), but I can not see the downside of building our roadways, schools, levees, bridges, factories, border fences, law enforcement, teachers, etc,,,,,. with the money we currently give to other countries.

We are in debt because we don't manufacture anymore.

You're quote above is funny, as your republican administration steers the Titanic.

You do realize your tax dollars are going to bail out the real estate crash. Your tax dollars are going to bail out the mortgage industry and your tax dollars are going to bail out the banking industry.
You are not even going to get any stock shares for this investment, does this sound fair to you?

Now if these companies made record profits, do you think you would see a check? I do not think so.

Like I said republicans "privatize the profits, socialize the losses"

[rammstein]

Socialism.

[dipso]

Originally Posted by Joeaksa

Eventually the wimp liberals come into power as they vote the "go getters" out. This is not far from happening. Everytime we get a "Jimmy Carter or Slick Willy" into the office they mess things up for years so a conservative comes in and gets things worked out, then the wimp libs think that they can take over again and it happens.

You're right, I am so glad Bush came in and got things worked out. If you philistines weren't busy joking about Jimmy Carter at the time, your t-bone Pickens character would not be needed right now.

I realize he had one of the highest IQs of any president, but that doesn't mean he is speaking a foreign language.
I don't expect you to be a progressive thinker but laughing at those who are just makes you look even stupider.

Now look at the mess the neo-cons have gotten us into. You're even thinking about voting for grandpa McCain, jesus, the guy is just learning how to use a computer.
He is a luddite.

[Dottore]

Originally Posted by nostatic

My g/f is from HK. Speaks Cantonese and Mandarin (as well as fluent English and some German). Double hedge bet...

Long shot...her name's not Cheryl is it? (My ex who lives in LA.)

[nostatic]

Originally Posted by Dottore

Long shot...her name's not Cheryl is it? (My ex who lives in LA.)

that would be funny. Nope. Your ex an artist?

[BeyGon]

Originally Posted by azasadny

Read "Atlas Shrugged" by Ayn Rand. I consider the book to be prophetic...

Liberals and elitist snobs don't like that book, or any other by Ayn Rand.

[nostatic]

one could also argue psuedo-intellectuals and weak-minded parrots think Rand is deep. So what's your point other than name-calling?

Can a thinking person not like Ayn Rand, or is it a universal truth that she was brilliant? fwiw I know some liberals who love Atlas Shrugged...

[trap]

Speaking from what I believe is roughly the center, I could agree with the previously mentioned, "Right wing whackjobs." Fortunately it is... uh... fairly easy to... uh... keep track of several of them...

They, of course, would be followed closely by "Left wing whackjobs." As a group, however, they are not nearly as vocal or active (except in the whacked out delusions of right wing whackjobs).

As for the person who suggested that Republicans are always having to clean up messes left by Democrats... Have you ever read any American history? Surely both are to blame for their share of crap but does stuff like the Great Depression ring any bells? How about the year 1973?

[dipso]

This is the root of our problem.

[nostatic]

just to clarify I'm not saying that people are of any particular ilk because they like Rand. She certainly is the darling of the right and I understand why. I just don't care for her work, and while I agree with a few of her tenets, I certainly find some of her positions to be disturbing.

[Rick Lee]

Originally Posted by nostatic

just to clarify I'm not saying that people are of any particular ilk because they like Rand. She certainly is the darling of the right and I understand why. I just don't care for her work, and while I agree with a few of her tenets, I certainly find some of her positions to be disturbing.

I dunno know about that. More than one Rush album's lyrics are based on Rand's writings and anyone who's read Neil Peart's own books knows he's about as far from a righty as one can be.

[kstar]

Saturated fats, insidious taxation and government (not the ideal of government, but our current government: Dems and Repubs).

China won't kill us, they're counting on us and we both need to be good partners to each other.

[BeyGon]

Originally Posted by nostatic

one could also argue psuedo-intellectuals and weak-minded parrots think Rand is deep. So what's your point other than name-calling?

Can a thinking person not like Ayn Rand, or is it a universal truth that she was brilliant? fwiw I know some liberals who love Atlas Shrugged...

So did I say something that wasn't true?

Liberals and elitist snobs don't like that book or any other by Ayn Rand.

[nostatic]

Originally Posted by Rick Lee

I dunno know about that. More than one Rush album's lyrics are based on Rand's writings and anyone who's read Neil Peart's own books knows he's about as far from a righty as one can be.

read my previous post - I said I know liberals who like Rand. But she is certainly a poster child for much of the right.

[m21sniper]

They're making a movie out of Atlas Shrugged for 2009 release. It stars Angelina Jolie.

[Rick Lee]

Originally Posted by m21sniper

They're making a movie out of Atlas Shrugged for 2009 release. It stars Angelina Jolie.

Can't wait to not see that one.

[m21sniper]

Russel Crowe and Brad Pitt are both also slated to be in it.

[BeyGon]

Originally Posted by Rick Lee

Can't wait to not see that one.

Can't wait to see how Hollywood rewrites it. I can't believe they could follow the book. Maybe they updated it to The Clinton years.

[Jim727]

Ignorance. And the willful pursuit thereof.

[artplumber]

Originally Posted by nostatic

Greed and narcissism go hand in hand with hubris.

I was getting a little scattered during the edit (3 y/o distraction), but intended to acknowledge that greed/narcissism and hubris are two faces of the same coin.