Recent content by Caligirl

Then why won't anyone answer my questions? What are the root causes here? What we had was unsustainable, surely an economic disaster was inevitable. i certainly thought so anyway, and also did not see how my house could triple in value in five years, I mean WTF?

What are the root problems here? I think overpopulation (unsustainable - you can't keep growing and growing for more and more people as resources get further and further thinned out) as well as financial deregulation (short term burst leads to bubbles and then pops). I mean, I guess I don't...

It's true for the people around here - they buy into the creationism, Obama is a muslim terrorist, the republicans will build the economy - they vote against their interests and spook at their own shadows, with Meg/Carly signs in their lawns as their homes go into foreclosure.....

I never thought of it like that - I think you are right!

Daniels is one candidate I would look at.

You can slide on the first criterion, we lefties certainly did with Barack Hussein Obama! I never thought he'd make it out of the primaries, with a name like that. It would be like the republicans finding their dream candidate is actually named Rainbow Kumbaya Oneearth.

Ummm. I'd hope that most congresspeople have TiVo.

the funny thing is that some pundits (and my husband) say that this is a tactical strength of the GOP - that their strategy is more effective than the Kumbaya strategy of democrats - by saying that they are the ONLY ones that make this country better. Ever.

Sorry Brain, I do need remindeing from time to time. I voted no.

I'm also about thirty years older than you, junior. I understand that the jobs picture is grim. I understand also that the candidate who believed that 'the fundamentals of our economy are strong' in August 2008 did not win, THANK GOD. Else it would have continued to be denial from the white...

The data wasn't 'created by liberal spin doctors' but ya the graph was - The data says that jobs are being created, not as fast as they are needed but one HELL of a lot faster than they were under Bush, and that this turnaround started when Obama came into office. Everyone seems to have...

Exactly why I think elections should not be backed by corporate interests - I am tlaking the electronic machines here as well as the financing.

yeah, I agree actually it was all of them working together. But Bush was a ******* menace to this country and we're living in the shit he created. Look at ANY economic downturn of any real size and it takes years to get out of, so what the hell were you expecting when Obama came in...

Hey if you think Obama destroyed this country then you're a partisan dipshit too.

I don't understand the Fed. I am distrustful of corporations because they exist to make money - NOT to protect people, the environment, or any particular set of values. Is this true of the Fed? If so I distruct them as well.