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Monday, March 30, 2009 03:02 PM

If Obama is a liberal I'd hate to see a "centerist"

Under Obama's leadership the democrats have:

1. given over $780 billion in corporate welfare.

2. increased the amount of our tax revenue that goes to churches via the "faith based" initiative.

3. increased the military budget by $40 billion.

4. increased the covert war in Pakistan.

5. increased our military presence in Afghanistan.

6. approved the building of new coal plants.

7. have not ended the Iraq War.

8. defended Bush's illegal actions under the guise of National Security.

There is no liberal or left wing in the democratic party anymore, one or two people in the senate and house but hardly a wing.

Tuesday, March 31, 2009 06:19 AM
Original article: The schizophrenic Obama

I'll make it easy for you Andrew

Name one liberal thing Obama has done?

stem cell research doesn't count because any thinking human being supports it, only the religious fanatics don't.

Tuesday, March 31, 2009 06:26 AM

American prisons only teach how to be a bigger criminal

and of course how to bulk up.....why in the world do we give these criminals free weights to get even bigger and stronger,

instead of making their minds bigger and stronger?

Tuesday, March 31, 2009 06:48 AM

Why are caucus voters so afraid of one person one vote?

Because that means the current leadership would lose much of their power.

Some examples of the caucus system at work:

North Carolina, which holds its primary Tuesday, got an additional 24 delegates for moving its presidential nominating contest from April to May. Indiana, which also has its primary Tuesday, got six extra delegates for keeping its primary in May.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/campaign_delegates;_ylt=Anh_EB4axu1.o2AbNobVRHUDW7oF

WASHINGTON — When Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill endorsed Illinois Sen. Barack Obama, she said she'd found a candidate who "gives us a reason to believe again."

Obama believed in her, too, donating $10,000 from his political action committee to McCaskill's 2006 campaign. She received nothing from the PAC of New York Sen. Hillary Clinton.

And when California Rep. Doris Matsui endorsed Clinton, she said the former first lady had been "a consistent champion and friend" of Asian Americans. Clinton's PAC had also befriended Matsui, giving $5,000 to her campaign. Matsui received nothing from Obama's PAC.

And if that's the case, it's good news for Obama. Since 2005, his PAC has donated $710,900 to superdelegates, more than three times as much as Clinton's PAC has. Her PAC distributed $236,100 to superdelegates during the three-year period.

The study found that the presidential candidate who gave more money to the superdelegates received their endorsements 82 percent of the time. That's based on a review of elected officials who are serving as superdelegates and who'd endorsed a candidate as of Feb. 25.

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/homepage/story/31905.html

But I think my favorite is the rule that lets the last state to vote get and extra 2 delegates......I mean why not, it's not like this is a democracy or anything.

And let's not forget Hillary actually won the popular vote in Texas and Neveda but got less delegate votes.....now there is the democratic caucus in action!!!!!

Tuesday, March 31, 2009 07:37 AM
Original article: The schizophrenic Obama

Obama's top contributors from the 2007 to 2008 election cycle

University of California $1,392,675

Goldman Sachs $1,035,095

Harvard University $831,110

Microsoft Corp $809,799

Google Inc $796,564

JPMorgan Chase & Co $700,808

Citigroup Inc $681,318

Sidley Austin LLP $604,938

University of Chicago $599,089

Stanford University $584,904

Skadden, Arps et al $564,345

Time Warner $540,051

UBS AG $529,869

IBM Corp $525,857

WilmerHale $525,792

Morgan Stanley $513,623

Columbia University $507,316

National Amusements Inc $506,751

Kirkland & Ellis $501,335

US Government $482,956

http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/contrib.php?cycle=2008&cid=N00009638

I'd say over $1 million in one year entitles Goldman Sachs to pull a string or two.

The following link is just for Goldman Sachs contributions http://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?id=D000000085

Tuesday, March 31, 2009 09:47 AM

"compared to Europe, the U.S. is taking much more aggressive action to confront the global economic mess"

since Wall Street, which is located in the United States, caused this mess isn't that appropriate?

Wednesday, April 1, 2009 06:48 AM

I've loved Isabella since Blue Velvet

a truly beautiful person inside and out.

Wednesday, April 1, 2009 06:51 AM

Isn't that the "this is for your own good" philosophy

that child abusers use?

Wednesday, April 1, 2009 06:57 AM

Basically it means you can't use the greenhouse effect as justification for classifying

something as a pollutant.

I thought we finally got past the people who don't think the greenhouse effect is real?

Wednesday, April 1, 2009 09:55 AM

It's the same with religion

they all claim to be under attack meanwhile they campaign to take away other people's rights.

Wednesday, April 1, 2009 09:59 AM

So much for the "liberal" congress

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama's Democratic allies in Congress are taking only baby steps with his budget, putting off crucial decisions on his ambitious plans to expand health care, curb global warming and raise taxes on the wealthy.

Indeed, key lawmakers are already playing "taps" over his proposals to chip away at wealthy people's ability to deduct charitable donations and mortgage interest at higher rates.

Instead, they designed a host of so-called reserve funds that give some modest procedural help to Obama initiatives but do nothing concrete to really advance them.

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/B/BUDGET_BABY_STEPS_ANALYSIS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

Wednesday, April 1, 2009 10:00 AM

This is absurd

how long are we going to allow people's personal religious choices to trump the law.

Wednesday, April 1, 2009 12:11 PM

Speaking of endless self-pity

Israel's new ultra-nationalist foreign minister has said it is not bound by a US-sponsored 2007 agreement to reach a peace deal with the Palestinians.

"The Annapolis conference, it has no validity," Avigdor Lieberman said.

He was speaking at a handover ceremony at the foreign ministry, prompting his predecessor Tzipi Livni to interrupt and diplomats to shift uncomfortably.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7977002.stm

Thursday, April 2, 2009 01:10 PM

The catholic church believes:

that a virgin human female got pregnant, that just being born makes a person automatically guilty (original sin), that any person who isn't a catholic will go to hell, etc.

Why on earth would anyone take these people seriously???

Oh yeah, Wall Street couldn't pay for all of Obama's campaign.

Friday, April 3, 2009 06:30 AM

Why not?

Religion is all about denying reality.

Friday, April 3, 2009 06:34 AM

"Risk-averse" isn't that just another word for coward?

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama's Democratic allies in Congress are taking only baby steps with his budget, putting off crucial decisions on his ambitious plans to expand health care, curb global warming and raise taxes on the wealthy.

Risk-averse Democrats, however, are merely kicking the can down the road rather than using the budget to give a real push to the president's agenda. On health care, global warming and even Obama's signature "Making Work Pay" tax cut, the pending House and Senate budget plans offer no clues as to how those big ideas might advance.

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/B/BUDGET_BABY_STEPS_ANALYSIS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

Friday, April 3, 2009 07:03 AM

I've never heard racism blamed on atheism before lol

that's a new one!

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