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Old 08-01-08, 01:38 PM   #1
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Lets see, democrats let oil prices rise (it happened completely during their watch in congress by the way, and they passed laws to help it along no less in many ways), then when people are feeling the pinch, they bail us out. Hmm... Lets analyze this. All of a sudden, we are more reliant on big government. Hmm... Interesting. The path to communism / socialism gets shorter every day!

Joe Blow public is oblivious sometimes.

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0808/12237.html

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Old 08-01-08, 01:40 PM   #2
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Old 08-01-08, 01:46 PM   #3
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Keep laughing. The repubs are trying to fix the problem, but the demo's are trying to get more reliance on big gov.

And it is happening right now - http://qik.com/johnculberson

The demo's have walked out of the chambers, and the repubs stayed behind to debate - this is a historic point in history! This has never happened before!!! The repubs are trying to fix the problem. The demo's wlaked out because its part of their master plan for reliance on big government!

Watch the vid. That just blows me away!

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Well I don't put too much credence in the Republicans fixing anything other than their own bank accounts.
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Old 08-01-08, 01:49 PM   #5
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Well I don't put too much credence in the Republicans fixing anything other than their own bank accounts.
Well, if that is the case, why not allow the vote? The democrats just walked out without a vote! They don't want to vote, at least Pilosi doesn't want it.

Watch that video - http://qik.com/johnculberson - That is happening right now!

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Old 08-01-08, 02:35 PM   #6
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Economic stimulus package? Seems awfully soon to be repeating history.


In reality, neither Democrats nor Republicans are going to solve our problems. We need different parties. I would encourage people to at least look up the Libertarian party. I was a republican until I really understood the party, so I converted. Their views may not appeal to you but I urge you to consider them. Note the consistency of Libertarian policy with the ideals this country was based upon.
Liberty is a popular message that we can all embrace if we forget temporary gains from vested special interests in the two dominating parties in favor of a general upswing in prosperity.
The empirical proof is abundant, I will be more than happy to point it out. Again.

Even if you don't subscribe to Libertarian ideals for God's sake we have to do something now! That does not mean we need to ask the Federal or even the state government to do something now. They have a terrible history of making things worse and more expensive at the same time.

It also does not mean forcing other people to do things by seeking prohibition of their individual rights. Be they Gay or Communist or Satanist or whatever.


Actually, that really only leaves us with constitutionalists and libertarians. At least that would be a better two (but actually one) party system. Think about it, they are forced by their own platform to not mess with people or policy other than to not pursue policy.

Sure, the states can still ruin themselves, but at least we don't have retarded policies that affect all states, thus giving people the ability to choose which state most suits them.


I have a nice opportunity here to argue about how many "liberal" Californians and New Englanders have chosen "conservative" Texas as the best state for them but I won't because If Texans say something it tends to lose credibility. After all, they're just "ignorant" southerners.

It's nice to be blunt once in a while; it lets off a little steam


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Old 08-01-08, 02:36 PM   #7
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So I take it that this is just a cheap political grandstand play by the Republicans?

If a meeting was adjourned. It is adjourned. The Democrats did not "walk out" they adjourned the meeting. If the Republicans want to sit in the dark and kevetch, that is their right.

The First Amendment gives the right for the Republicans to peaceably assemble and talk and debate amongst themselves.

A historical event? Doubtful. Republicans being in the dark is neither an event nor historical.

That was nine minutes of my life lost forever.
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Well I don't put too much credence in the Republicans fixing anything other than their own bank accounts.
Well, if that is the case, why not allow the vote? The democrats just walked out without a vote! They don't want to vote, at least Pilosi doesn't want it.

Watch that video - http://qik.com/johnculberson - That is happening right now!

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Total BS from you as usual Subman.

They did not "walk out" like the republicans did a while ago to a waiting PR microphone. They finished up the business and ended the session. Turn the RPMs down on the spin machine.
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Old 08-01-08, 08:09 PM   #9
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Keep laughing. The repubs are trying to fix the problem, but the demo's are trying to get more reliance on big gov.

And it is happening right now - http://qik.com/johnculberson

The demo's have walked out of the chambers, and the repubs stayed behind to debate - this is a historic point in history! This has never happened before!!! The repubs are trying to fix the problem. The demo's wlaked out because its part of their master plan for reliance on big government!

Watch the vid. That just blows me away!

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So much wrong in your words it is funny!

Historic? Moaning when you don't get your way is historic? Talking after business has ended is historic? Democrats walked out?

Subman this is too rich man. How do you expect ANYONE to support your cause when you post such wacky stuff?
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Just cutting people checks is such a bad idea.

“Obama simply asks that big oil companies contribute a reasonable share of the windfall profits they receive from high oil prices over the next five years to pay for emergency assistance for families right now,” the campaign says."

No, what he is asking is that the taxpayers, through taxes, fund this emergency assistance, with the hopes that the money will be eventually replaced over five years.

The oil companies are not just going to fork over the entire amount 21 Jan 09. The government will waive its magic credit card and hit the mythical ATM machine and the cash will flow.

Did it ever occur to Obama that the slicky lawyers of the oil companies will just move the money so that it does not register as profit but as something else such as reinvesting it in their company (which is what we want). But by then the government will have already sent out the bribe checks and will need to come up with the cash from non-oil companies.

Hmmm I wonder where the government can get that money from??????
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