tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post6014516190141154875..comments2023-10-27T03:41:13.171-07:00Comments on Warning Signs: Unleashing AmericansAlan Carubahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10901162110385985193noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-67790962938242792112011-08-03T06:32:43.038-07:002011-08-03T06:32:43.038-07:00Pure, unmitigated, nonsense. To believe any of thi...Pure, unmitigated, nonsense. To believe any of this is to disregard the balance of the world political systems that are fine and have bright futures. Their only weak points have to do with their ties with the US in the aftermath of the Bush years. Without the threat of a failure in the US economy the current downturn would be a minor issue. Take a look at Brazil, India, China. Centralized planning, sensible regulations and economies with the proper mix of social democratic principles look the best at the worst of times.DHLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18174501036749243574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-75405808787481903582011-07-31T11:21:34.701-07:002011-07-31T11:21:34.701-07:00@J Johnston: We should form a club. I live in the ...@J Johnston: We should form a club. I live in the 13th Congressional District of CA, where an aging Democrat is about as unbalanced as Nancy Pelosi. I've actually considered reclassifying to Independent so I could do mischief in the primary it's so lopsided. If "Tea Party" were actually a party, I'd register there.Travis sezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16401004311240478669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-52727299985631974842011-07-31T10:59:09.828-07:002011-07-31T10:59:09.828-07:00@Gustav - I'm not sure Americans are "asl...@Gustav - I'm not sure Americans are "asleep", I think they truly feel entitled to other's hard work and energies. Americans (not all, but enough to cause a lot of trouble) are not willing to go through the hardships that balancing the budget and paying off the national debt will require. <br /><br />Too many Americans, in short, have grown up expecting the entitlements and will vote for BHO and anyone else who promises them free bread and circuses. We have a long, difficult road ahead of us.Donna Harrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01757829143764382949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-62811944646423689022011-07-31T09:33:03.984-07:002011-07-31T09:33:03.984-07:00I can't say Obama has been neutered politicall...I can't say Obama has been neutered politically, until I see him failing to get what he wants.<br /><br />Recently, the budget negotiations proved to be a farce, with Republicans talking about big savings that proved to be . . . what, I can hardly remember now. $100M? <br /><br />We are likely to see that again with the debt ceiling: Verbal victories for Republicans, and victories in substance for Obama. It blows my mind that the $830B stimulus, which was supposed to be a one-time thing, has with nary a word been incorporated as an annual expenditure that cannot even be trimmed until . . . years into the distant future. In just 18 months, the debt-to-GDP ratio will have gone from 100 percent to 120 percent. Obama is not neutered. Rather, Americans are asleep.Gustavhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04078512578818469594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-81709405851605770342011-07-31T07:51:18.570-07:002011-07-31T07:51:18.570-07:00I do not understand how Obama can steer America in...I do not understand how Obama can steer America in such a way that he looks at a win/win situation for himself time after time. He demands that any increase in the debt ceiling gets him past the next election. If that does not happen he will withhold payment to the fighting troops and blame another crisis on the Republican party for not compromising. His strategy is: “Do it my way or I will create a crisis and blame it on someone else!” The House supposedly controls the purse strings of the government.... yet Obama in effect “controls” the House. How can this be????? He will get his debt ceiling increase to carry over into 2013. As great as the Tea Party element in the House is....... it is still not getting us on the right track.<br /><br />The Congressional District I live in has a democrat in office that has been in office for over 16 years. He has been reelected by saying, “Look what I did.... I brought you mounds of bacon on top of bacon.” No one voting down here hears what he is really saying, “Look what I did....... I brought you debt on top of debt.”<br /><br />Conclusion: There truly is no cure for stupid.J Johnstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11127981724616565870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-68916046717874730532011-07-31T04:58:17.955-07:002011-07-31T04:58:17.955-07:00Election Day 2012 is just around the corner. Now t...Election Day 2012 is just around the corner. Now that far away really. Obama has essentially been neutered politically. The power has passed to Congress and the leaders in the Senate and House are working out the details of debt reduction. <br /><br />America has been through many financial crises and this is just one more unfortunate example of what happens when too much credit is available. Nations and people will spend too much easy money.Alan Carubahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10901162110385985193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-56244592506227930442011-07-31T01:56:25.332-07:002011-07-31T01:56:25.332-07:00When you hit the bottom, the only way out is up!When you hit the bottom, the only way out is up!Ronbohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02767498198886077632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-9836700789434282002011-07-30T20:07:52.541-07:002011-07-30T20:07:52.541-07:00Wise words, Alan, but what a path of hot coals, br...Wise words, Alan, but what a path of hot coals, broken glass and thorny thickets Americans yet have to cross just to GET to election day 2012 and take the first tiny steps to reverse BO's (and others') damage to this nation. God help us over the next 15 months.TJPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17628180650493416710noreply@blogger.com