No, I think we all know there is trouble. But continuing on like there is no problem, and then spending more is absurd.
j-mac
Everyone knows there is a problem, especially those people out of work, but it didn't just happen yesterday. Where was your outrage as Bush doubled the debt while the economy was booming? You seem to think Beck discovered the debt problem all on his own. Ross Perot has been there before.
You didn't say anything then. I did.Oh I see, so I can't say anything now, because I didn't say anything then? How is that not a fallacy?
j-mac
Everyone knows there is a problem, especially those people out of work, but it didn't just happen yesterday. Where was your outrage as Bush doubled the debt while the economy was booming? You seem to think Beck discovered the debt problem all on his own. Ross Perot has been there before.
Are you just as outraged at wasting a trillion dollars in Iraq?
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Bushs last budget......3.2 trillion
Obamas 2012 budget....3.7 trillion.
You didn't say anything then. I did.
That just shows you are a partisan hack.
I was more outraged at Bushs deficits because the economy was in good shape at that time. Now that the economy sucks and much of the spending is to keep it from going into a depression it's a little different.
He didn't say anything and is therefore a "partisan hack"?
You must spend a lot of time being "outraged".
Many were annoyed with Bush spending, which is one of the reasons why his numbers ultimately went so low.
But of course we also have to deal with the present rather than just pointing fingers. It's a matter of whatcha gonna do now.
He didn't say anything and is therefore a "partisan hack"?
You must spend a lot of time being "outraged".
Many were annoyed with Bush spending, which is one of the reasons why his numbers ultimately went so low.
But of course we also have to deal with the present rather than just pointing fingers. It's a matter of whatcha gonna do now.
Of course, there is the feeling, as there was in 2009 with the Tehran demonstrations, that something unheard of has taken place, as U.S. President Barack Obama has implied. It is said to have something to do with Twitter and Facebook. We should recall that, in our time, genuine revolutions that destroyed regimes took place in 1989 and 1979, the latter even before there were PCs. Indeed, such revolutions go back to the 18th century. None of them required smartphones, and all of them were more thorough and profound than what has happened in Egypt so far. This revolution will not be “Twitterized.” The largest number of protesters arrived in Tahrir Square after the Internet was completely shut down.
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The Egyptian government is hardly in a position to confront Israel, even if it wanted to. The Egyptian army has mostly American equipment and cannot function if the Americans don’t provide spare parts or contractors to maintain that equipment. There is no Soviet Union vying to replace the United States today. Re-equipping and training a military the size of Egypt’s is measured in decades, not weeks. Egypt is not going to war any time soon. But then the new rulers have declared that all prior treaties — such as with Israel — will remain in effect.
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[...]It is not that nothing happened in Egypt, and it is not that it isn’t important. It is simply that what happened was not what the media portrayed but a much more complex process, most of it not viewable on TV. Certainly, there was nothing unprecedented in what was achieved or how it was achieved. It is not even clear what was achieved. Nor is it clear that anything that has happened changes Egyptian foreign or domestic policy. It is not even clear that those policies could be changed in practical terms regardless of intent.
The week began with an old soldier running Egypt. It ended with different old soldiers running Egypt with even more formal power than Mubarak had. This has caused worldwide shock and awe. We were killjoys in 2009, when we said the Iranian revolution wasn’t going anywhere. We do not want to be killjoys now, since everyone is so excited and happy. But we should point out that, in spite of the crowds, nothing much has really happened yet in Egypt. It doesn’t mean that it won’t, but it hasn’t yet.
Read more: Egypt: The Distance Between Enthusiasm and Reality | STRATFOR
George Friedman offers some sobering analysis.
Egypt: The Distance Between Enthusiasm and Reality | STRATFOR
Well, he believed ouf control spending was perfectly fine when a republican president did it ot but, he was totally outraged when a democrat does it. That is a partisan hack.
Annoyed? Thats laughable.
Or he's just trying to fit it.
The buzzphrase "partisan hack" seems to be the coin of this particular realm.
You're right. They screwed it up, now Obama can fix it.
And how's he doing so far? Is that balanced budget anywhere is sight?
Maybe he just needs another four years and then he'll get all his **** together.
Say, that could be his campaign slogan!
Obama never promised to balance the budget. That's ridiculous. Every rational person knew balancing the budget was impossible after the mess Bush left. Just avoiding a depression was Obama's goal.
I do have news for you. Things are going to get much worse and there ain't a damm thing anyone can do about it.
That's a lie, too.
But you would agree that the "Hope and Change" BHO promised has led to hopelessness and plenty of changes for the worse. Did you actually vote for this boob?
Did you believe him about "no corporate bailouts"? Were you shocked to discover what a liar he is?
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But you would agree that the "Hope and Change" BHO promised has led to hopelessness and plenty of changes for the worse. Did you actually vote for this boob?
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Can't speak for USA-1, but most of us voted for Obama for the same reason a starving man would eat a rat.
Good analogy.
Exactly, the alternative is worse.
And what was your alternative to eating that rat?
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