How to Deal with Ultra-Left Academia

Perhaps to you - not to the folks who are in that income bracket

Again, tell that to the people you meet who wait on you in stores and restaurants

like I said... your three digit increase in tax payments next year goes through no one's roof, unless it goes through the top of the cardboard box you call home.


and the people I meet in stores and restaurants know that Bush has flushed a trillion dollars down the shitter in Iraq FOR NOTHING and somebody is gonna have to pick up that tab.
 
like I said... your three digit increase in tax payments next year goes through no one's roof, unless it goes through the top of the cardboard box you call home.


and the people I meet in stores and restaurants know that Bush has flushed a trillion dollars down the shitter in Iraq FOR NOTHING and somebody is gonna have to pick up that tab.

it is a 33% increase

meanwhile revenues are at record highs and the deficit is down over 57%

tax cuts bring in more money
 
but if you flush it down the shitter faster than you take it in, who cares?

You realize, of course, that the costs of the Iraq war are "off budget" and therefore do not show up in "budget deficits"?
 
but if you flush it down the shitter faster than you take it in, who cares?

You realize, of course, that the costs of the Iraq war are "off budget" and therefore do not show up in "budget deficits"?

So even with a war, high energy prices, rising revenues, and a defict down 57% - libs still want to raise taxes

Raising taxes will reduce the amount of money coming in to the government

If you are worried about "flushing money down the toilet" why not tell Dems to get rid of the pork

It is a shock to find out hundreds of millions for peanut storgae and money for shrimp farmers now falls under military spending
 
You realize, of course, that the costs of the Iraq war are "off budget" and therefore do not show up in "budget deficits"?

and when democratic pork starts to rise to the level of even 5% of the cost of the war that IS being flushded down the shitter with NOTHING to show for it, I will start saying something.
 
because with the "pork" at least we'll have succesful shrimpers...and more peanuts being stored...in Iraq, all we have is more dead and more blood and more enemies
 
You realize, of course, that the costs of the Iraq war are "off budget" and therefore do not show up in "budget deficits"?

and when democratic pork starts to rise to the level of even 5% of the cost of the war that IS being flushded down the shitter with NOTHING to show for it, I will start saying something.

With a near $3 trillion budget that is alot of pork you can go along with - of course when it is liberal pork you could not care less

I wondere if you were so vocal about sticking our nose in another country when Clinton sent troops to Bosnia - I bet not
 
With a near $3 trillion budget that is alot of pork you can go along with - of course when it is liberal pork you could not care less

I wondere if you were so vocal about sticking our nose in another country when Clinton sent troops to Bosnia - I bet not

do you understand that the cost of the war in Iraq is not reflected in the budget? yes or no?
 
do you understand that the cost of the war in Iraq is not reflected in the budget? yes or no?

As you say - prove it

I for one do not care how much it costs. The US took a $1 trillion hit on 9-11 I do not want another one

Do you?

Libs could really attack Pres Bush then
 
As you say - prove it

I for one do not care how much it costs. The US took a $1 trillion hit on 9-11 I do not want another one

Do you?

Libs could really attack Pres Bush then

you do not care how much it costs to put our troops in the middle of an Iraqi civil war that does NOTHING towards making us or the world safer from Islamic extremism?

Why am I not surprised?
 
you do not care how much it costs to put our troops in the middle of an Iraqi civil war that does NOTHING towards making us or the world safer from Islamic extremism?

Why am I not surprised?

Resilient Iraqis ask what civil war?

DESPITE sectarian slaughter, ethnic cleansing and suicide bombs, an opinion poll conducted on the eve of the fourth anniversary of the US-led invasion of Iraq has found a striking resilience and optimism among the inhabitants.

The poll, the biggest since coalition troops entered Iraq on March 20, 2003, shows that by a majority of two to one, Iraqis prefer the current leadership to Saddam Hussein’s regime, regardless of the security crisis and a lack of public services.

The survey, published today, also reveals that contrary to the views of many western analysts, most Iraqis do not believe they are embroiled in a civil war.

Officials in Washington and London are likely to be buoyed by the poll conducted by Opinion Research Business (ORB), a respected British market research company that funded its own survey of 5,019 Iraqis over the age of 18.
The 400 interviewers who fanned out across Iraq last month found that the sense of security felt by Baghdad residents had significantly improved since polling carried out before the US announced in January that it was sending in a “surge” of more than 20,000 extra troops.

The poll highlights the impact the sectarian violence has had. Some 26% of Iraqis - 15% of Sunnis and 34% of Shi’ites - have suffered the murder of a family member. Kidnapping has also played a terrifying role: 14% have had a relative, friend or colleague abducted, rising to 33% in Baghdad.

Yet 49% of those questioned preferred life under Nouri al-Maliki, the prime minister, to living under Saddam. Only 26% said things had been better in Saddam’s era, while 16% said the two leaders were as bad as each other and the rest did not know or refused to answer.

Not surprisingly, the divisions in Iraqi society were reflected in statistics — Sunnis were more likely to back the previous Ba’athist regime (51%) while the Shi’ites (66%) preferred the Maliki government.

Maliki, who derives a significant element of his support from Moqtada al-Sadr, the hardline Shi’ite militant, and his Mahdi army, has begun trying to overcome criticism that his government favours the Shi’ites, going out of his way to be seen with Sunni tribal leaders. He is also under pressure from the US to include more Sunnis in an expected government reshuffle.

The poll suggests a significant increase in support for Maliki. A survey conducted by ORB in September last year found that only 29% of Iraqis had a favourable opinion of the prime minister.

Another surprise was that only 27% believed they were caught up in a civil war. Again, that number divided along religious lines, with 41% of Sunnis believing Iraq was in a civil war, compared with only 15% of Shi’ites.

The survey is a rare snapshot of Iraqi opinion because of the difficulty of working in the country, with the exception of Kurdish areas which are run as an essentially autonomous province.

Most international organisations have pulled out of Iraq and diplomats are mostly holed-up in the Green Zone. The unexpected degree of optimism may signal a groundswell of hope at signs the American “surge” is starting to take effect.

This weekend comments from Baghdad residents reflected the poll’s findings. Many said they were starting to feel more secure on the streets, although horrific bombings have continued. “The Americans have checkpoints and the most important thing is they don’t ask for ID, whether you are Sunni or Shi’ite,” said one resident. “There are no more fake checkpoints so you don’t need to be scared.”

The inhabitants of a northern Baghdad district were heartened to see on the concrete blocks protecting an Iraqi army checkpoint the lettering: “Down, down with the militias, we are fighting for the sake of Iraq.”

It would have been unthinkable just a few weeks ago. Residents said they noted that armed militias were off the streets.

One question showed the sharp divide in attitudes towards the continued presence of foreign troops in Iraq. Some 53% of Iraqis nationwide agree that the security situation will improve in the weeks after a withdrawal by international forces, while only 26% think it will get worse.

“We’ve been polling in Iraq since 2005 and the finding that most surprised us was how many Iraqis expressed support for the present government,” said Johnny Heald, managing director of ORB. “Given the level of violence in Iraq, it shows an unexpected level of optimism.”

Despite the sectarian divide, 64% of Iraqis still want to see a united Iraq under a central national government.

One statistic that bodes ill for Iraq’s future is the number who have fled the country, many of them middle-class professionals. Baghdad has been hard hit by the brain drain — 35% said a family member had left the country.

Additional reporting: Ali Rifat

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/new...cle1530526.e
 
And to respond to a few posts in the beginning of this rant...

I am offended by organized religion whining about their twisted version of "truth" on a college campus. There are plenty of private institutions and Jesuit schools for the religious fanatics to go to. Stay out of the state universities. :arrow: :arrow: :arrow: :arrow: :arrow:
 
And to respond to a few posts in the beginning of this rant...

I am offended by organized religion whining about their twisted version of "truth" on a college campus. There are plenty of private institutions and Jesuit schools for the religious fanatics to go to. Stay out of the state universities. :arrow: :arrow: :arrow: :arrow: :arrow:

It is about time someone spoke up about Rev Al, Rev Jessiem and Looney Louie Farrakhan
 
And to respond to a few posts in the beginning of this rant...

I am offended by organized religion whining about their twisted version of "truth" on a college campus. There are plenty of private institutions and Jesuit schools for the religious fanatics to go to. Stay out of the state universities. :arrow: :arrow: :arrow: :arrow: :arrow:

The outrage of a cross in a Chapel
 

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