Obama's Rhetoric is the Real Catastrophe

[deepimpact2]

Originally Posted by AKA_Monet

Oh Senator McCain is definitely NOT drinking the President Obama crunk juice, but, all of them are politicians and that is something "they" do...

Aside from that, I just learned that due to too much de-regulation, many of the big banks invested their money in derivatives. Derivatives are very risky investment tools. While you can make a TON of money, which we saw, you can lose it faster... In order to make that kind of money to invest, risky loans were made to people clueless about the printed paper. Then when the balloon was made, if you jumped out quickly, you were probably okay. But if you tried to back out within the last 2 years, you were left holding the bag. It was a shakedown.

Now, while President Bush 2 was not told to correct this kind of investments, President Clinton didn't do it either... And this kind of investment was made on the tail end of President Reagan... So, it took roughly 22 years for us to crash! That's like a Ecstasy-Crystal Meth rush mixed with a little crack. Just nuts. And it unknown if President Obama will smoke that glass pee pee or not...

Folks like money, fast... Instant gratification... We have got to have an "intervention" on this one...

This ain't the Drinky Crow Show...

You're right. That is something they do. However, I certainly don't think he would've done much complaining about the new Marine Ones if HE had been the one using them. I loved Obama's response.



As far as the issues with the economy...I'm waiting to see how things will work out in the next few years.

[AGDee]

I think friction is important in our branches. I think that friction is what makes the two party system work. Friction doesn't mean 'stalemate' as has occurred at times. Friction means a questioning of methods to achieve a common goal, to me. I think the friction keeps things fairly moderate, which is where we ultimately should be to be a fair representation of the whole country. I believe that some of our best policies, like workfare and the current ADC rules, come from the compromises necessary due to friction. See, I'm not as big of bleeding heart liberal as y'all tend to think I am

[KSigkid]

Originally Posted by AGDee

I think friction is important in our branches. I think that friction is what makes the two party system work. Friction doesn't mean 'stalemate' as has occurred at times. Friction means a questioning of methods to achieve a common goal, to me. I think the friction keeps things fairly moderate, which is where we ultimately should be to be a fair representation of the whole country. I believe that some of our best policies, like workfare and the current ADC rules, come from the compromises necessary due to friction. See, I'm not as big of bleeding heart liberal as y'all tend to think I am

Exactly! There's a line somewhere between productive friction and stalemate, and as long as there's some friction, as long as there are those checks and balances, I think things work a lot better.

[deepimpact2]

Originally Posted by AGDee

I think friction is important in our branches. I think that friction is what makes the two party system work. Friction doesn't mean 'stalemate' as has occurred at times. Friction means a questioning of methods to achieve a common goal, to me. I think the friction keeps things fairly moderate, which is where we ultimately should be to be a fair representation of the whole country. I believe that some of our best policies, like workfare and the current ADC rules, come from the compromises necessary due to friction. See, I'm not as big of bleeding heart liberal as y'all tend to think I am

I guess maybe it's a word choice thing. I don't see that as "friction." I simply see it as checks and balances. To me, the word "friction" has a much more negative connotation to it, and implies altercations and the like.