From: William Clark on 5 Aug 2010 11:03 In article <9kel56d7p4qpc893l5io5lp8bnr5e9jupp(a)4ax.com>, bknight(a)conramp.net wrote: > On Thu, 5 Aug 2010 07:35:01 -0400, BAR <screw(a)you.com> wrote: > > >In article <7ubk565pp7jg48au57m3p0b23t4pl7a4f0(a)4ax.com>, > >bknight(a)conramp.net says... > > >> Actually, what we see is a usual silly, non sequitur, post from Bert > >> the Shallow. Good thinking you kept it so short. Its hard to > >> misspell simple words. > > > >I used Gravity's spell checker, sometimes I don't remember to use it. > >But, they haven't come out with a grammar checker yet. > > > Sure they have, its called high school English class. > > BK Yes, well he missed that part.
From: John B. on 5 Aug 2010 12:22 On Aug 5, 9:24 am, "Moderate" <no_spam_(a)no_mail.com> wrote: > "John B." <johnb...(a)gmail.com> wrote in message > > news:52959449-caff-4a47-8bde-3619e3e5bd71(a)m1g2000yqo.googlegroups.com... > On Aug 4, 5:46 pm, "Moderate" <no_spam_(a)no_mail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > "John B." <johnb...(a)gmail.com> wrote in message > > >news:0bfb8dd8-47d3-4bbb-9047-ed16d676c930(a)s9g2000yqd.googlegroups.com... > > On Aug 4, 3:52 pm, "Moderate" <no_spam_(a)no_mail.com> wrote: > > > > "Alan Baker" <alangba...(a)telus.net> wrote in message > > > >news:alangbaker-CD69E0.11575304082010(a)news.shawcable.com... > > > > > In article > > > > <a78ef6da-c403-4b76-8952-6a6acd495...(a)j8g2000yqd.googlegroups.com>, > > > > dsc-ky <Dudley.Corn...(a)eku.edu> wrote: > > > > >> I've had quite a while to think about Bummer Care. Callous or not, > > > >> that's my opinion. > > > >> Probably the majority of people in the US agree that the Bummer Care > > > >> is a bad plan and not worth what it will cost in $. There's not even > > > >> any conclusive proof that it will be better at saving any of those > > > >> innocent lives you are worried about. It doesn't even kick in for 10 > > > >> years. Wanna bet that the government finds a way to raid that fund > > > >> too > > > >> (like others)... and it never actually kicks in at all? > > > > > Nope. > > > > > That's not my point. > > > > > Someone says: "This will cost lives", and your reply is: "Meh.". > > > > > Justify it to yourself any way you like. > > > > The majority of Americans didn't want Obama care. A majority of > > > Americans > > > have opposed all of Obama's major policies. The polls aren't secret. It > > > isn't a surprise that Obama is polling at 41% approval if all of his > > > major > > > policies were against the wishes of the majority of Americans. > > > > It will be refreshing to have a government of the people by the people > > > for > > > the people instead of a government of the government by the government > > > for > > > the government. > > > > The saving lives line is a canard. We all die. > > > If a majority of Americans have opposed all of Obama's major policies, > > then why did a majority of Americans elect him to be president? He > > said during the campaign that he wanted to do health care, he wanted > > to do a stimulus package, he wanted to do financial services reform. > > So what happened? Did people change their minds about what they wanted? > > *********************************************************** > > > I don't know why anybody voted for Obama. I am certainly not a mind > > reader. > > I can read the polls and so can you. > > I know why people voted for him. What I don't understand is why he's > being beaten up for doing exactly what he said he would do. You got > any insight into that? > ******************************************************* > > Really? If you know why people voted for him then you have a leg up on me. > > He didn't do exactly what he said. His health care bill didn't make health > care more affordable. He money give away hasn't helped the economy. He > didn't fix immigration. He hasn't reduced corruption. He hasn't reduced > spending. You talk as though his presidency were in the past. The health care bill was not supposed to make health care more affordable the minute he signed it. You don't know that the stim. pkg., hasn't helped. Without it, the economy might be even worse than now. He hasn't gotten to immigration reform yet. He didn't say he was going to reduce spending.
From: dene on 5 Aug 2010 13:34 "Howard Brazee" <howard(a)brazee.net> wrote in message news:f86k56trhbll048qjvp27r0jkgmr5o36js(a)4ax.com... > On Wed, 4 Aug 2010 14:08:49 -0700 (PDT), "John B." > <johnb505(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > >If a majority of Americans have opposed all of Obama's major policies, > >then why did a majority of Americans elect him to be president? He > >said during the campaign that he wanted to do health care, he wanted > >to do a stimulus package, he wanted to do financial services reform. > >So what happened? Did people change their minds about what they wanted? > > Money talks, and our medical industry spent a lot of money. It > worked. Cliches. -Greg
From: Alan Baker on 5 Aug 2010 13:41 In article <8c0apdF57eU1(a)mid.individual.net>, "dene" <dene(a)remove.ipns.com> wrote: > "Howard Brazee" <howard(a)brazee.net> wrote in message > news:f86k56trhbll048qjvp27r0jkgmr5o36js(a)4ax.com... > > On Wed, 4 Aug 2010 14:08:49 -0700 (PDT), "John B." > > <johnb505(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > > >If a majority of Americans have opposed all of Obama's major policies, > > >then why did a majority of Americans elect him to be president? He > > >said during the campaign that he wanted to do health care, he wanted > > >to do a stimulus package, he wanted to do financial services reform. > > >So what happened? Did people change their minds about what they wanted? > > > > Money talks, and our medical industry spent a lot of money. It > > worked. > > Cliches. > > -Greg Here's clue for you, Greg: "Cliched" is not a synonym for "untrue". -- Alan Baker Vancouver, British Columbia <http://gallery.me.com/alangbaker/100008/DSCF0162/web.jpg>
From: John B. on 5 Aug 2010 13:51
On Aug 5, 1:34 pm, "dene" <d...(a)remove.ipns.com> wrote: > "Howard Brazee" <how...(a)brazee.net> wrote in message > > news:f86k56trhbll048qjvp27r0jkgmr5o36js(a)4ax.com... > > > On Wed, 4 Aug 2010 14:08:49 -0700 (PDT), "John B." > > <johnb...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > >If a majority of Americans have opposed all of Obama's major policies, > > >then why did a majority of Americans elect him to be president? He > > >said during the campaign that he wanted to do health care, he wanted > > >to do a stimulus package, he wanted to do financial services reform. > > >So what happened? Did people change their minds about what they wanted? > > > Money talks, and our medical industry spent a lot of money. It > > worked. > > Cliches. > > -Greg That's about all he's good for. |