All Posts by lomiller

Who is campaigning on tax cuts to big business.  I’ll give you a hint, his name starts with an M and ends with a cCain.  Who is complaining Obama will raise taxes on people making over 250K a year, McCain.  Who wants the richest of the rich who own these business to make their personal profits tax free, that’s another longstanding Republican line.

As I said elsewhere big business gives to both sides so the winner “owes” them, you’re your “facts” tell us is that no one things McCain will win.

Anyone with any sense knows business gives political donations to influence the winners.  That’s why they almost always give to *both* sides.  Republican donations are down because it’s blindingly obvious they can’t win.  All things being equal however they will normally give more to Republicans, which is why Republicans normally have 2X-3X as much money to spend on election campaign.

Now,  {Mod Edit} can we address the topic of the thread? 

http://money.cnn.com/2008/07/11/news/companies/indymac_close.ap/index.htm?postversion=2008071118

Banking regulators just took over Indymac, the 7th largest mortgage lender in the US.  This ranks a the second largest financial failure in US history behind the Bear Sterns failure earlier this year. 

Originally posted by olddaddy

Without Fannie May and Freddie Mac many more banks would fail. So yes, the Bush administration announcement to not let these publicly traded companies fail is a good thing.

I agree.  Normally you don’t want government interfering to much, but in this case there is a strong likelihood of broad structural damage to the economy if they fail.  This is why you need regulations designed to keep this situation from happening in the first place. 

It’s certainly not universal or even conscious but there may in fact be a sound evolutionary reason for women being attracted to guys who treat them badly, at least according to some evolutionary biologists. 

 Men who are sexually aggressive, do whatever they can to get laid including lies, deceit, trickery, alcohol/drugs and even force etc may not make good husbands but, any male children they father will tend to have more children of their own.   The evolutionary agenda for women is therefore to have a “nice guy” for a partner, but have the “bad” one father all their children. 

 I think there have even been studies that women are more attracted to “nice” reliable men who would make good reliable partners when they are not fertile, and then prefer the aggressive “bad boys” when they are fertile. 

Men have evolutionary strategies to counter this of course.  One, being they don’t end to be interested in a relationship unless it’s “good girls” they view as being less likely to cheat. 

Originally posted by bluberryhaze

the bush administration?

or the government?

 

The Bush administration heads the executive branch of government so there is no difference.  However, I can see why someone with an agenda would want to pretend there was. 

In related news, no link yet but I just heard on the news Indymac, the 7th largest US mortgage lender is no more.  It sounds like the US government is absorbing their assets and liabilities to prevent a failure cascade.  This may be the largest bank failure in US history. 

Originally posted by bluberryhaze

 

you leftist enjoy rewriting history.

the cold war was 'fought' between the US and USSR.

who won the cold war? are you saying russia won?

When did the US troops march surround the red army and capture Moscow, I must have missed that.  Oh, I see, you are saying they did and it’s all just a giant conspiracy to hide it and revises history.

 BTW I’m a moderate right of center who doesn’t care for extremists of any flavor, and doesn’t like propaganda BS from right or left,  The problem is the US right has it’s head so far up the ass of their corporate overloads they can’t see they have been made into

Originally posted by Vemoi

Debt has been going up forever and yes it is a problem.....that is the American way.

Outside of the Civil War, WWI and WWII no US president besides Reagan Bush and Bush has ever run a deficit over the course of their term.   In fact 3/4 of all US debt was incurred under those three Republicans.

Originally posted by Vemoi

 Man, It is like you live in Canada and don't realize tax cuts raise revenues.

I live in reality, and here in reality tax cuts do not increase revenues. 

Originally posted by Thrakk

the current economic problems go all the way back to Reagan and the path of destruction he set up.

 

I didn’t include there because I couldn’t decide if they were really love songs or not. 

Loreena McKennitt- The Highwayman

http://youtube.com/watch?v=S2CFM4ev-g8

Dr Hook - Sylvia's Mother

http://youtube.com/watch?v=WGJIZmGV69A&feature=related

Jacksone Brown – Shape of a Heart

http://youtube.com/watch?v=CIUnWuAeKl8&feature=related

Originally posted by CactusmanX

#5  The Cure - Love Song

 

Great choice!!  I haven’t heard that song in so long I forgot about it!  I need to add it to my list.  I also lovethat Teala put in some Laura Branigan songs but they don’t quite make my list.

I know, I know, there are some pretty sappy ones in there.

5) The Cure - Lovesong

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4SZhumbv0s&feature=related

4) Concrete Blonde - Joey

http://youtube.com/watch?v=MIIlUHBNkEc

3) Chicago - Hard for me to say I’m sorry

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QEyS5adfRQ&feature=related

2) Tracy Ullman – They don’t know

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4K1xnVFxfw0

1) Cowboy Junkies – Misguided Angel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-dtwVEPjto

Originally posted by Torak

Originally posted by lomiller

Gravity is also a theory, aren’t you terrified you could float off into space at any moment?

You mean you don't anchor yourself to the ground at all times????

Very brave.

You totally missed my point.

 

Originally posted by Torak

The key operating word here is "Theory".

 

It is not the "fact of evolution" or just plain old "evolution" as it can not be proven. It is a simple preference of belief.

The main thing with this is it helped  people start thinking outside of prescribed religion.

 

Gravity is also a theory, aren’t you terrified you could float off into space at any moment?

Theory is in fact the strongest statement science ever makes, it equates to the way laymen use the word fact in ordinary discussion. 

Violent crime isn’t going to make a significant difference in life expectancy in either country. Published papers rank well ahead of your “feelings” no mater which country they are published in, and it’s not cost brining down the US in the WHO rankings. (One could make an argument for funding mechanism working against the US, but Canada also has some quirks in the ranking system working against it).

BTW don’t trust anything that comes out of the Fraser institute, they are a special interest “think tank”.  Waiting lists do exist in Canada, just as many people can’t get immediate care in the US, by and large they are for *elective* surgery.

LOL who is getting peeved at having their preconceived notions dismantled?  Enigma suggested something that patently was not true and I called him on it.    

Canada ranks higher then the US in WHO rankings

http://www.photius.com/rankings/healthranks.html

Canada has a lower infant mortality rate and longer lifespan

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_infant_mortality_rate_(2005)

Canadians have a longer lifespan (despite generally similar lifestyles) 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_life_expectancy

Canada outperforms the US in a majority head to head studies

http://www.openmedicine.ca/article/view/8/1

Originally posted by Enigma

Universal Healthcare is horrid. No doctor will work in a communistic state of affairs. My church has a ministry where we take canadians to the US and pay for their various medical issues. We take families where their situations are dire and we have a seperate budget for this ministry and we have a co op of doctors who do this as a charity (so that our budget is not as burdened).

Canada routinely ranks ahead of the US in quality of care surveys.  Canada has lower infant mortality.  Canadians have longer lifespan.  All this and everyone is covered for 1/2 of what the US currently spends per capita on health care. 

If you are saying Canadians would even consider trading their system for a US style system you are a flat out liar.  If you are suggestion the US system performs better then the Canadian one you are a flat out liar. 

Originally posted by Cabe2323

Originally posted by Nierro

Originally posted by Cabe2323

 

Okay just so we are clear then If McCain has no Executive Experience while serving as a CO of a large squadron of over 1000 people

No he didn't.

 

So Obama has no experience at all leading people. 

 

Okay I am glad we have that clear now. 

Perhaps you don’t understand what leadership is…

What we are talking about here is Executive experience, and neither Obama nor McCain has such experience.   Leadership is a more ambiguous term.  Here is what wikipeida says:

“

1) Those entities that perform one or more acts of leading.

2) The ability to affect human behavior so as to accomplish a mission.

3) Influencing a group of people to move towards its goal setting or goal achievement.”

I don’t think there can be any question Obama has this quality is abundance.