Obama's Rhetoric is the Real Catastrophe

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by deepimpact2

Ksigkid, this type of criticism comes off as hateration and sour grapes. If someone feels he isn't a great speaker, that's their opinion, but to express it in this way, to this extent...that speaks to something else.

Not if you've actually paid attention to the content of DrPhil's posts.

[sugar and spice]

Anybody who says that this is, or is going to be, equivalent to the Great Depression clearly isn't paying attention. At the same time, an important fact to keep in mind is that we aren't at the worst point of this particular recession yet, so it's useless to be comparing statistics right now. This recession will certainly last longer than the one in '81-82, and numbers are probably going to continue getting worse. (It's still too early to see which will end up worse than the '81-82 statistics and which ones won't.) Recovery will probably take longer too. A lot of the problems contributing to our current recession are more complicated than those in previous ones, and will require more intensive fixes in order to avoid long-term damage to the economy--and in that sense, it has more in common with the Great Depression than, say, the recession of the early 80s. But they'll be thematically similar, not similar in degree.

[DGTess]

Originally Posted by sugar and spice

But they'll be thematically similar, not similar in degree.

Especially if the press and the administration keep telling us they will.

Things are not good. Further nationalizing - first banks, now medical records, and whatever's next - and government pork are not the answer. But they can't get the American people to bow down without convincing those taxpayers there is nothing else to do.

[ASTalumna06]

I make a motion that if anyone is to take someone’s opinions seriously, they will only do so if that person doesn’t use the word “hateration” when stating their position

[KSig RC]

Originally Posted by ASTalumna06

I make a motion that if anyone is to take someone’s opinions seriously, they will only do so if that person doesn’t use the word “hateration” when stating their position

As much as I like the concept, I reserve the right to make shit up (including words) in support of any and all of my future arguments, so I'll have to move to table this proposal.

[KSigkid]

Originally Posted by KSig RC

As much as I like the concept, I reserve the right to make shit up (including words) in support of any and all of my future arguments, so I'll have to move to table this proposal.

Second that motion...only because if I'm posting after getting home from class at 11 pm, or, worse, at 2 in the morning after hours of studying, I'm likely to include some words in my postings that don't make a whole lot of sense.

[Kevin]

Originally Posted by KSigkid

Second that motion...only because if I'm posting after getting home from class at 11 pm, or, worse, at 2 in the morning after hours of studying, I'm likely to include some words in my postings that don't make a whole lot of sense.

consent...

[ASTalumna06]

My motion did not include all made up words, only "hateration" (mainly because it has been overused, and it's becoming annoying)

[DaemonSeid]

pick a flavor everybody!!

[CrackerBarrel]

Originally Posted by DaemonSeid

pick a flavor everybody!!

Your picture is outdated. As of the new ad campaign it will officially be called simply "H" and only talked about by Lil' Wayne in abstract terms over a series of pictures of old time haters where no one is really sure what is going on.

[DaemonSeid]

Originally Posted by CrackerBarrel

Your picture is outdated. As of the new ad campaign it will officially be called simply "H" and only talked about by Lil' Wayne in abstract terms over a series of pictures of old time haters where no one is really sure what is going on.

and Alex Rodrigues will be featured too?

[DrPhil]

On an ALLEGEDLY less subjective and haterationalistic note, I appreciate the fact that the 787 billion stimulus package has been signed into law.

And, luckily for me, 1) I didn't have to hear him talk about it and 2) there is this website (http://www.recovery.gov/) that SHOWS Americans where the money is going without all the colorful language and hooplahas. See..... Rock on!

[PeppyGPhiB]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

2) there is this website (http://www.recovery.gov/) that SHOWS Americans where the money is going without all the colorful language and hooplahas. See..... Rock on!

Damn - that was fast! As a marketing professional who works with Web design/designers, I'm seriously impressed! Did he have to issue an executive order to get that site done?

[preciousjeni]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

On an ALLEGEDLY less subjective and haterationalistic note, I appreciate the fact that the 787 billion stimulus package has been signed into law.

And, luckily for me, 1) I didn't have to hear him talk about it and 2) there is this website (http://www.recovery.gov/) that SHOWS Americans where the money is going without all the colorful language and hooplahas. See..... Rock on!

I'm very concerned about this stimulus package and the affect it will have on us in the future because 1) it's only going to extend the inevitable and 2) it does our debt problem no good.

I'm also a little mad at this page:

http://www.recovery.gov/?q=content/investments

Could they really not increase the size of ALL the bubbles just a smidge so that the "$8 B" could fit in the littlest bubble? LOL

[DrPhil]

Back to one of the topics....

Originally Posted by preciousjeni

I'm very concerned about this stimulus package and the affect it will have on us in the future because 1) it's only going to extend the inevitable and 2) it does our debt problem no good.

What are our realistic options?