Buffett's secretary to attend State of the Union

[Zander]

Obama's "laser focus on jobs" and quest for "energy security" is the exact reason he nixed the XL pipeline......He is the master of doublespeak. Orwell would be proud!

 

[DiamondDave]

Nah.. that's not a propaganda move

 

[Stephanie]

Of course...Can't whip up a little class envy without having a nice convenient prop for the cameras to pan to, can we?

A shame that embarrassment isn't in the repertoire of emotional responses of the progressive socialist.

Conservatives, (and more specifically, conservative Republican office holders) are minimizing the importance of the OWS movement and defaming them at the increasing peril of civil unrest like this nation has not seen in a LONG time.

George Soros on the Coming U.S. Class War - Print View - The Daily Beast

my gawd, this man is a friggen Billionaire many times over that is financing the Ows and the upheaval in this country. and you buy into his orgasmic visions.

 

[Zander]

Buffet's secretary is a 1% er.....She makes over $200,000 - or else Buffet is a liar.

 

[freedombecki]

Obama's "laser focus on jobs" and quest for "energy security" is the exact reason he nixed the XL pipeline......He is the master of doublespeak. Orwell would be proud!

I just don't know why we can't have a president who cares for everyone in
America, not just his suck-ups.

This president is so deep into his Marxism and class chaos, anger is brewing on the continent over his omissions and gloss-overs.

People get drawn into the charade of speeches when they need to know why accountability has been flushed from this White House.

 

[Mustang]

You don't get to call the regulation a lack of regulation.

If it was bad regulation, so be it.

But the left is so bent on their "deregulation BAAAAAAAD" narrative, as though it equals total anarchy, that they don't bother making such distinctions.

In the meantime, y'all continue to completely ignore CRA, F&F, insane Fed policy, on and on....

What is this? A semantic hoedown?

When Congress eliminates regulations that have been in place for decades to prevent the very type of fraud that eventually takes place...And prior to the financial market meltdown, the executive branch failed to take it's regulatory role seriously because of an ideological aversion into what it saw as 'interference in the market place,' any person who want's to be taken seriously can't, in the aftermath of the financial carnage that ensued, then point to the remaining laws on the books and say...

"HEY, we had regulation! SEE!"

That doesn't pass the laugh test.

But conservatives are playing more than just a silly, disingenuous game in an effort to shift blame. They're playing dangerous games because they're advocating even FEWER regulations in pursuit of the mythological free market Nirvana. I know it for a fact because I've heard Republicans talk about repealing Frank/Dodd. That's like trying to repeal a new fire safety code barely three years after the Chicago fire.

Even Alan Greenspan, that Ayn Rand devotee, was forced to admit in 2009 that he was in error when he pushed for ever freer financial markets with unconstraining rules and regulations. Frankly, Greenspan's mea culpa was hardly a consolation to the millions of people who saw their collective net worth fall by an estimated $16 trillion, not to mention the people who have lost their homes, their jobs, their life savings, their retirements, their children's college funds, etc.

Now, as the pain continues, I understand that the opposing political party is going to blame the current economic condition on the current president. That's the way that politics is played. Like I say, I get it.

But when conservatives' answer to the economic problems created by a lack of constraints against the men running the financial markets (see human greed) is to reduce regulations even further, it's as if they're incapable of learning the paramount lesson of the new the century barely three years after the financial roof caved in.

 

[Oddball]

Who enabled them, you Leninist buffoon?

 

[Mustang]

Of course...Can't whip up a little class envy without having a nice convenient prop for the cameras to pan to, can we?

A shame that embarrassment isn't in the repertoire of emotional responses of the progressive socialist.

Conservatives, (and more specifically, conservative Republican office holders) are minimizing the importance of the OWS movement and defaming them at the increasing peril of civil unrest like this nation has not seen in a LONG time.

George Soros on the Coming U.S. Class War - Print View - The Daily Beast

my gawd, this man is a friggen Billionaire many times over that is financing the Ows and the upheaval in this country. and you buy into his orgasmic visions.

First of all, Soros has a pretty good track record when it comes to predictions.

Secondly, the historic privation you've only read about in books or have only seen in old black and white documentaries? He's seen it up close and personal! Hell, he LIVED it!

 

[Remodeling Maidiac]

Anyone want to guess what at least part of what the State of the Union address is going to be about?

Among this year's guests are Debbie Bosanek, the longtime secretary for billionaire Warren Buffett. Obama frequently cites Buffett's complaint that the nation's tax code is unfair because he pays a lower tax rate than his secretary....

Buffett secretary to attend State of the Union - Yahoo! Finance

I suspect a vast majority of viewers won't care and will see right through the childish antics.

 

[Stephanie]

Conservatives, (and more specifically, conservative Republican office holders) are minimizing the importance of the OWS movement and defaming them at the increasing peril of civil unrest like this nation has not seen in a LONG time.

George Soros on the Coming U.S. Class War - Print View - The Daily Beast

my gawd, this man is a friggen Billionaire many times over that is financing the Ows and the upheaval in this country. and you buy into his orgasmic visions.

First of all, Soros has a pretty good track record when it comes to predictions.

Secondly, the historic privation you've only read about in books or have only seen in old black and white documentaries? He's seen it up close and personal! Hell, he LIVED it!

yeah yeah, what we all know about him is not what we all know about him...some of you will sleep with any enemy to this country..is out of ignorance or you just wish our downfall?

 

[Zander]

Here is "the great orator's speech", broken down to it's most cogent moments.....

I, um, uh, welcome, um er uh, you to um, der, uhh. tonite. The the the the notion um, uh 1% er's need to um, uhh, duh, uh, ummm. Err ahh Pay more!! duh uh umm, Fairness!! dah,duh dum, fair share.Dum, uh, duh, um vote for me, and um uh eh, ummm., you'll uh umm get , the the uh more um, uh ......treats! the Uh, um Social, uh um, uh um, the duh der, Justice. Gawd um er, uh bless the the um United States of , um er, ica.

 

[bripat9643]

Anyone want to guess what at least part of what the State of the Union address is going to be about?

"Gimee, gimee, gimee." That's what every Obama State of the Union speech is about.

 

[Zander]

Anyone want to guess what at least part of what the State of the Union address is going to be about?

"Gimee, gimee, gimee." That's what every Obama State of the Union speech is about.

And......"it's um, Bush's um, ah....fault!

 

[Stephanie]

Anyone want to guess what at least part of what the State of the Union address is going to be about?

"Gimee, gimee, gimee." That's what every Obama State of the Union speech is about.

And......"it's um, Bush's um, ah....fault!

look for a lot of I I I's and how it's the Republicans fault from blocking him and his greatness.

 

[Zander]

Buffet's secretary makes over $200,000 per year- she's a working class hero!! Nope- she's a 1% er!!!

 

[CaughtInTheMid]

Buffet's secretary makes over $200,000 per year- she's a working class hero!! Nope- she's a 1% er!!!

i think the threshold for the top 1% is making ~$400,000/year. but someone may need to double-check that for me.

 

[bripat9643]

I suspect a vast majority of viewers won't care and will see right through the childish antics.

Sadly, there are way too many people who don't see through stuff like that. The world is full of gullible fools.

 

[bodecea]

Here is "the great orator's speech", broken down to it's most cogent moments.....

I, um, uh, welcome, um er uh, you to um, der, uhh. tonite. The the the the notion um, uh 1% er's need to um, uhh, duh, uh, ummm. Err ahh Pay more!! duh uh umm, Fairness!! dah,duh dum, fair share.Dum, uh, duh, um vote for me, and um uh eh, ummm., you'll uh umm get , the the uh more um, uh ......treats! the Uh, um Social, uh um, uh um, the duh der, Justice. Gawd um er, uh bless the the um United States of , um er, ica.

Two Things:

1. I didn't see that in the transcript.

2. If you have to make something up to make a point.....you really haven't MADE your point.

 

[chanel]

President Barack Obama has left unanswered a major question about his Buffett Rule tax on millionaires: Just how much money would it raise?

“I’m not going to give you a schedule of how broad individual tax reform would break down and what impact it would have,” White House press secretary Jay Carney said at the Wednesday briefing. “The president simply believes that as a matter of principle that unfairness ought to be changed.”

Republican lawmakers — noting the absence of real numbers — attacked the plan as a political charade, an attempt to score points in the November election instead of a serious policy to reduce federal debt. One outside analysis by the non-partisan Tax Foundation indicates the rule would generate another $36.7 billion a year in revenue — far from enough to make a serious dent in a national debt of $15 trillion.

“It’s a smokescreen,” Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.) told POLITICO. “Barack Obama just wants to pit one group against another so he can raise more money to spend on a bloated government.”

Read more: Buffett Rule?s impact? White House won?t say - Josh Boak - POLITICO.com