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Post by m52nickerson on Nov 30, 2011 14:51:14 GMT -5
It is (representing the Christian faith) or it isn't (it's a universal "holiday" symbol); it cannot be both. Who says it can't be both? Symbols can easily mean different things to different people.
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Post by m52nickerson on Nov 23, 2011 15:34:40 GMT -5
These people, Democrats and Republicans alike, need to all be fired and a brand new class needs to be put in it's place. I’m all for it if anyone can come up with a way to do it. Sure, all you have to do is get the majority of voters in this country to care about all the issues to educate themselves and then vote. ...of course you have to compete with Dancing with the Stars so that maybe very hard.
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Post by m52nickerson on Nov 23, 2011 7:05:48 GMT -5
Parts of it, not the whole. Now have you? He calls for the invasion of Iraq, North Korea, Syria and Libya, and threatening Iran and Saudi Arabia with US-backed terrorist insurgency. He also says that Palestinians are inferior and do not deserve to own land. And he also wants reform of the CIA to make it more conservative and pro-Bushite, to ban all 'terrorist sympathisers' (defined very loosely) from immigration and to create a national identity card to intrude on people's privacy. Oh, and he still wants Ahmed Chalabi, notorious huckster who took all America for a ride, to run Iraq. The book, which is co-written, calls for us be ready to respond to a North Korea attack. Find some way to deal with Syria, remove Gaddafi, and take a hard line with Saudi Arabia because of it's treatment towards women. Yes, I know he wants national ID cards, but that is not a huge deal. The rest well, I will have to take your word on it...that is if you read it? Again, did you? Even with all of this, even if Frum is foreign policy crazy, the article posted is still outstanding. Give credit where credit is do ltfred.
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Post by m52nickerson on Nov 22, 2011 23:31:53 GMT -5
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Post by m52nickerson on Nov 22, 2011 22:57:22 GMT -5
'What congress agreed on' was deliberately saboutaging the economy. Obama should allow congress not to deliberately saboutage the economy, because a strong economy is a good thing. To do this he should veto any cuts to spending, not any bills that would end cuts to spending. The problem is that the bill creating the super committee and the automatic cuts was already passed. So now the only thing the GOP is going to try and safe is defense spending. They are not going to sent Obama any other types of increases or bills to save other spending. What happened in the '70s was a wage-price spiral. Workers expected a rise in wages, which led to higher price increases and then higher wage increases. This is called wage-pull inflation. Wages are the leading indicicator of inflation. Low wage growth, probably low inflation. High wage growth, certainly high inflation. Okay, so you agree that in the 70's inflation out paced wages. No, the two leading indicators or measures of inflation is Consumer Price Index and Producer Price Index. Nether has anything to do with wages.
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Post by m52nickerson on Nov 22, 2011 21:13:02 GMT -5
Still crazy on foreign policy. Invade everybody. World Empire! Wheeeeeee! I never got that from Frum. Unless of course you are basing that only on his support of the Iraq war.
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Post by m52nickerson on Nov 22, 2011 21:02:08 GMT -5
So you're saying that Obama isn't responsible for a policy he says congress must pass (deliberately worsening the recession) because all the Republicans could spontaneously get together and become progressives? Yeah. That's going to happen. No, Obama is saying that congress is not going to weasel it's way out of what was agreed upon. Make no mistake that the GOP only want's to make carve outs for the mandatory cuts to defense spending and not the other automatic cuts. Inflation is basically wages. You can't have (or it's very, very difficult to have) high inflation without rapid wage increases. Inflation is a increase in the price of consumer products. The whole problem with the inflation that happened in the 70's was that wages did not increase.
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Post by m52nickerson on Nov 22, 2011 19:47:32 GMT -5
Obama is now threatening Republicans with veto if they refuse to pass Republican policy. We're well down the looking glass here, guys. Obama is responsible for the doulbe-dip recession he just caused. He didn't have to force congress to accept unnecessary and destructive spending cuts in a spending-starved economy. The results are his fault- not Big Bad Republicans, nor Nasty Evil Congress. Obama is at fault. No Fred Obama will not solely at fault. Congress has the power of the purse, they control spending in this country. If they get their shit together they could override any veto. High inflation would actually be better than the current disinflation. It makes debt easier to pay off, because wages increase and debt stays the same. It also speeds up the economy, effectively creating a sub-zero interest rate (in the long run). Debt and inflation are good- unemployment and low growth are bad. Obama is trying to reduce the good things, worsening the bad things. I think your daft if you think wages will increase to keep up with high inflation. It has never happened in the past.
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Post by m52nickerson on Nov 22, 2011 15:57:09 GMT -5
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Post by m52nickerson on Nov 22, 2011 14:01:39 GMT -5
So, now a question becomes: what is the difference between person A making a music video from which person B extracts the song from, and person A just giving person B a copy of the song itself? B would be taking the music illegally in both cases. Unless of course he uses it in his own video. I guess "use" is the whole key in free use.
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Post by m52nickerson on Nov 22, 2011 13:58:47 GMT -5
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Post by m52nickerson on Nov 22, 2011 10:37:04 GMT -5
Frum is spot on with this article. He is one of the conservatives that I respect. We need more like him.
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Post by m52nickerson on Nov 22, 2011 9:23:27 GMT -5
I cannot for the life of me understand how people arguing the anti piracy angle can blithely ignore the capacity for abuse inherit in this bill-basically giving anyone with an axe to grind access to a free cease and desist notice they can slap on any website that's legally binding. You should read the bill. Not stories about the bill, but the actually bill itself. It does not allow people to do what you are stating above. That being said, I do not think this bill is a good idea. As it has been pointed out there are laws in place now to go after individuals and sites that pirate copyrighted material. The thing that gets me is how many excuses and justifications for piracy there are in this thread. Something being over priced, or not being available in a certain country does not give people justification to steal.
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Post by m52nickerson on Nov 18, 2011 16:58:22 GMT -5
I hope not. 'Tax hikes' will probably mean a decrease of 'tax expenditure'... which is just government spending. Which Republicans always want to cut. In return for cutting spending, the Republicans will get the Democrats to cut more spending, driving the US further into double-dip recession. I hope the Republicans continue to reject any alleged deficit reduction deal. The US doesn't need to cut spending. Well the US will be cutting spending one way or another. If not from cuts agreed on by the super committee, then by automatic cuts that were put into place.
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Post by m52nickerson on Nov 18, 2011 15:58:33 GMT -5
It's hard even for Republicans to ignore reality forever. More so when most people, including the wealthy, support raising taxes.
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