Losing Faith...

[garyd]

Nice to see that you reamin consistently ignorant of reality. The only think Phil Graham did was eliminate Glass-Steagle which was not only anti trust legislation but largely redundant anti trust legislation. The only difference Glass/Steagle could have made would have been that a lot more smaller banks would have gone south and that there wouldn't have been so many really large ones.

They could trade in and had traded in everything they had traded in before the repeal of Glass/Steagle.
What killed every thing was that to much of the housing market had become tainted because of structural problems within the housing industry itself which no one on either side of the ailse has addressed yet.

 

[JBeukema]

You want to fix our economy?

fix our fucking infrastructure

else all is for naught

 

[nodoginnafight]

Don't mistake your minority status as a blow to democracy. The majority got what the majority wanted - THAT'S DEMOCRACY. What OP is lamenting is the fact that his personal political philosophy is in the minority.
Boo-hoo

 

[Chris]

Nice to see that you reamin consistently ignorant of reality. The only think Phil Graham did was eliminate Glass-Steagle which was not only anti trust legislation but largely redundant anti trust legislation. The only difference Glass/Steagle could have made would have been that a lot more smaller banks would have gone south and that there wouldn't have been so many really large ones.

They could trade in and had traded in everything they had traded in before the repeal of Glass/Steagle.
What killed every thing was that to much of the housing market had become tainted because of structural problems within the housing industry itself which no one on either side of the ailse has addressed yet.

The housing market??

Ha!

The $516 TRILLION DOLLAR derivative bubble is what destroyed our economy. Not the housing market!

Do a little reading....

Paul B. Farrell: Derivatives are the new ticking time bomb - MarketWatch

 

[eots]

In what we knew as a democracy. We are now living in a soft tyrrany

Not really.

We do not have a TYRANT.

We are basically lorded over by a classist oligarchy masquerading as two political parties pretending to be in some kind of real political opposition to each other.

And on issues that are not important to the Republic, they are in opposition to each other.

But in issues important to the class which runs things?

They are the same damned party, folks.

you completely nailed it...

 

[JakeStarkey]

Those who came up with the derivatives should go to prison for life, and their families should be barred forever from any form of government assistance. OK, what else? Alli has no idea what 'fascism' is. Txlonghorn is having trouble that his party screwed the pooch, and the litter all came out mutant social values conservatives.

Since the Republic was saved from the GOP right wing last November, we don't really have to worry about their bitching. Let them bitch. And least they are not destroying the government and wrecking our futures.

 

[bthoma91]

Democracy. Yeah....

"And to the Democracy, for which it stands..."

Hmmmmm.

see the comma? now finish the entire sentence. they are two differen ideas.


And to the REPUBLIC

FOR WHICH IT STANDS one nation under god, indivisable, and liberty, and justice for all


Dont be a michael moore bozo who crops things to make it sound the way you want

 

[Mr.Fitnah]

In what we knew as a democracy. We are now living in a soft tyrrany

We used to live in a republic it has now become a fascist oligarchy.

 

[rdean]

Surely no reasonable person actually believes Obama is fascist or tyrannical. Those are serious accusations with powerful, emotional words.

Then again, in America there's no law that requires you to be reasonable.

I'd say Obama is more "sincere" or "well intended". I also think he's wrong, but there are others who are convinced he's right, so we have to keep talking until we find the best solutions for as many people as possible.

Is Obama a socialist? I can't prove that he isn't. But who cares if he is? It is Congress that passes the bills, not Obama. Maybe we should worry more about them and less about which outlandish accusation will stir up the most negative emotion toward the president.

The right wing doesn't know the difference between Fascism, Communism, and Socialism. They think they are synonyms. Don't cha just love it?

 

[Avatar4321]

Surely no reasonable person actually believes Obama is fascist or tyrannical. Those are serious accusations with powerful, emotional words.

Course not, why would any reasonable person listen to the mans words and look at his actions? Its totally unreasable to actually notice what he is doing.

Then again, in America there's no law that requires you to be reasonable.

Very true. Read any of the threads on this board and you'll learn that quickly.

I'd say Obama is more "sincere" or "well intended". I also think he's wrong, but there are others who are convinced he's right, so we have to keep talking until we find the best solutions for as many people as possible.

If you thought he was sincere, you wouldnt think it unreasonable to conclude that he is fascist or tyrannical. How many leaders of freedom promote thuggery? How many freedom lovers propose telling companies what they can and cant do, who they can and cant hire or fire? How many freedom lovers want to massively regulate speech in order to silence opposition? How many freedom lovers propose multiple massive unread bills and try to push them through Congress with no debate?

Is Obama a socialist? I can't prove that he isn't. But who cares if he is? It is Congress that passes the bills, not Obama. Maybe we should worry more about them and less about which outlandish accusation will stir up the most negative emotion toward the president.

What the hell is outlandish about pointing out the facts and stating that Obama's actions are downright insane if we want to remain a free people? Obama said to look at the people he surounds himself with and youll see who he is. We do that and we are unreasonable because it demonstrates he is a classless tyrant wannabe.

 

[Avatar4321]

The right wing doesn't know the difference between Fascism, Communism, and Socialism. They think they are synonyms. Don't cha just love it?

One totalitarian is just as bad as another. They are all sister movements.

 

[Chris]

The right wing doesn't know the difference between Fascism, Communism, and Socialism. They think they are synonyms. Don't cha just love it?

One totalitarian is just as bad as another. They are all sister movements.

The only totalitarianism in this country are the corporate lobbyists.

They run the country.

Otherwise, we would have had national health insurance and clean energy a long time ago.