From: bknight on 8 Feb 2010 16:25 On Mon, 8 Feb 2010 15:15:37 -0600, "MNMikeW" <MNMiikkew(a)aol.com> wrote: > ><bknight(a)conramp.net> wrote in message >news:f8v0n5di4q87fntitcl71vjghenh2tfqpb(a)4ax.com... >> On Mon, 8 Feb 2010 13:04:26 -0600, "MNMikeW" <MNMiikkew(a)aol.com> >> wrote: >> >>> >>><bknight(a)conramp.net> wrote in message >>>news:7kn0n518v5f21gs2jo01qnst1gmi84n715(a)4ax.com... >>>> On Mon, 8 Feb 2010 12:36:20 -0600, "MNMikeW" <MNMiikkew(a)aol.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>>> All politicians have advisors, but no one "handles" Obama. >>>>>> >>>>>> BK >>>>> >>>>>Riiiiight. In that case no one handled Bush then either. >>>>> >>>> >>>> They didn't have to. Cheney made most decisions alone. >>>> >>>> BK >>> >>>Talk about urban legends. Guess who decied to try KSM in civilian court? >>>Wasent Obama. >>> >>> >> Not his call. >> >> BK > >You mean Holder made the decision alone? Gasp! That's what the Attorney General does, make legal decisions. BK
From: BAR on 8 Feb 2010 17:27 In article <c2f8726d-f6fa-4290-9377-dc1ea84e0491 @a32g2000yqm.googlegroups.com>, johnb505(a)gmail.com says... > > > We'd be 787 billion richer and have a far smaller government.- Hide quoted > > > text - > > > > > - Show quoted text - > > > > Far smaller? You're going to have a tough time proving that. Without > > the stimulus, would we have unemployment below 10% today? Would GDP > > have grown 2.2% in the third quarter of 2009 and 5.7% in the fourth? > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > More than likely yes.- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - > > You don't know that. Neither do the Tea Partiers and neither do I. If > Obama hadn't done the things he did to rescue the economy and end the > recesssion (which has ended) we could be in a severe depression now. > Nobody on the right seems to want to consider that. > John B, you support Bush completely and his rescue of the economy in the form of TARP?
From: BAR on 8 Feb 2010 17:28 In article <eb75656c-643a-4919-b9c3-29b24797a748 @u9g2000yqb.googlegroups.com>, johnb505(a)gmail.com says... > > > > You don't know that. Neither do the Tea Partiers and neither do I. If > > Obama hadn't done the things he did to rescue the economy and end the > > recesssion (which has ended) we could be in a severe depression now. > > Nobody on the right seems to want to consider that. > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------�----- > > > > I think you give the stimilus a bit too much credit seeing how much of it > > has yet to be spent. Most economists would disagree with you about the > > recession being ended.- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - > > Most economists defime a recession as two or more consecutive quarters > of negative GDP growth. The last two quarters have seen positive > growth. > Get ready for recession redux.
From: BAR on 8 Feb 2010 17:37 In article <5fYbn.136501$kQ5.27548(a)newsfe08.iad>, assimilate(a)borg.org says... > > On 8-Feb-2010, BAR <screw(a)you.com> wrote: > > > > > > But if one guy with money will vote to evict ten poor people, we > > > > > will > > > > > call that "democracy"? I don't think so. > > > > > > > > eviction is a result of not meeting one's contractual obligations and > > > > not of > > > > some vote taken. > > > > > > No, it can also be the result of someone buying out and tearing up a > > > valid contract of a fully paid up tenant. > > > > > > You need to get out more. > > > > What did the contract state what would happen if the property was sold? > > I'm sorry but Bert is right, you can't just tear up a contract; there has to > be provisions for non-renewal or termination; if not, every state has law to > deal with such situations. I've rented enough town houses to know that if the owner wants to sell they buyer often doesn't want to be a landlord. Read the fine print.
From: BAR on 8 Feb 2010 17:44
In article <600502fd-08c1-46db-99cd-d9d2703b74f6 @q27g2000yqn.googlegroups.com>, frostback2002(a)att.net says... > > On Feb 8, 8:32�am, BAR <sc...(a)you.com> wrote: > > In article <4b6f6b6b$0$21015$9a6e1...(a)unlimited.newshosting.com>, > > nob...(a)nospam.tampabay.rr.com says... > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sun, 07 Feb 2010 23:33:52 +0000, assimilate wrote: > > > > On �7-Feb-2010, Howard Brazee <how...(a)brazee.net> wrote: > > > > > >>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_strategy > > > > > >> At one time, the Republican party was the one standing for equal > > > >> rights. � �But now those Dixiecrats have moved to the Republican > > > >> party and things are different. > > > > > > No Howard, the Dixiecrats have long passed, except one Robert C Byrd > > > > perhaps. The "southern strategy" was a Nixon plan & that was almost > > > > half a century ago. Please give it a rest. > > > > > The fact remains that Bert's original charge--Democrats worked the > > > hardest to disenfranchise Blacks--is completely dubious when the racists > > > migrated en masse to the Republican party nearly half a century ago. > > > > Thank you for confirming that the Democrats form 1865 until 1965 were > > hell bent on disenfranchising blacks from voting. And, there were a > > couple of them into the 1970's. > > How about Byrd? West Virginia will soon be free from the: Robert C Byrd trash transfer station Robert C Byrd road to the Robert C Byrd mailbox Robert C Byrd .... |