From: William Clark on
In article <hks11j$j6i$1(a)speranza.aioe.org>,
"Moderate" <no_spam_(a)no_mail.com> wrote:

> "William Clark" <wclark2(a)colnospamumbus.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:wclark2-6A0626.09040209022010(a)charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu...
> > In article <alangbaker-09E570.11121808022010(a)news.shawcable.com>,
> >
> > Number one, you give people a contract with a loophole in. If you are
> > poor, you don't read/understand the fine print, and you can't afford a
> > lawyer. Or. in the case of a legal agreement, you simply harass the
> > renter, and convince them that they do not have legal rights that they
> > actually do. That is a very common tactic, since in many cases the
> > renters do not have access to the kind of legal advice they need.
> >
> > A few typical examples from New Jersey:
> >
> > http://tiny.cc/8LLDQ
>
> A typical Clark cite. Unread and unsupportive of his argument. Very
> scientific.

Not unsupportive at all. Classic examples of how those with money and
influence can abuse those without.
From: John B. on
On Feb 9, 3:26 pm, BAR <sc...(a)you.com> wrote:
> In article <2eca23d8-b634-4145-abee-
> fdd831ad8...(a)y7g2000vbb.googlegroups.com>, johnb...(a)gmail.com says...
>
>
>
>
>
> > On Feb 8, 10:37 pm, assimil...(a)borg.org wrote:
> > > On  8-Feb-2010, "John B." <johnb...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > 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?
>
> > > The Federal Government has intervened in two and only two recessions: this
> > > one and the Great Depression. See a pattern?
>
> > > --
> > > bill-o
>
> > Two events do no make a representative sample. Nonetheless, the
> > parallels I see are (A) that Hoover's do-nothing policy during the
> > first three years of the Depression made it worse and (B) FDR's
> > immediate intervention in the economy through government spending
> > stabilized it in 1933, although obviously not permanently.
>
> Where does the government money come from? What controls are put in
> place to stop the government from spending the money when the economy
> shows signs of returning to normal.
>
> Either you want the government to take over or you want the private
> sector to thrive. Pick one and only one.

Controls consist of the inspectors general of the Treasury Department
and the TARP, the GAO, the congressional oversight committees, and the
press. All govt. agencies that have money left over at the end of the
fiscal year have to give it back to the Treasury.
From: William Clark on
In article <hksb74$6jb$1(a)speranza.aioe.org>,
"Moderate" <no_spam_(a)no_mail.com> wrote:

> "MNMikeW" <MNMiikkew(a)aol.com> wrote in message
> news:7tdouaFpc3U1(a)mid.individual.net...
> >
> > Obama wanted an across the board tax on the "cadillac health plans". The
> > Unions told him, oh no you don't.
>
> Don't forget that the Unions also do the President's bidding. Let's not
> forget the SEIU thug violence at early tea party rallies. Once they got the
> bad press the goons were called off. You don't see any more SEIU thugs at
> tea parties.

And actually you never did in the first place. Other than in your own
mind and a questionable staged video.
From: BAR on
In article <wclark2-595FAF.16061509022010(a)charm.magnus.acs.ohio-
state.edu>, wclark2(a)colnospamumbus.rr.com says...
>
> In article <hks11j$j6i$1(a)speranza.aioe.org>,
> "Moderate" <no_spam_(a)no_mail.com> wrote:
>
> > "William Clark" <wclark2(a)colnospamumbus.rr.com> wrote in message
> > news:wclark2-6A0626.09040209022010(a)charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu...
> > > In article <alangbaker-09E570.11121808022010(a)news.shawcable.com>,
> > >
> > > Number one, you give people a contract with a loophole in. If you are
> > > poor, you don't read/understand the fine print, and you can't afford a
> > > lawyer. Or. in the case of a legal agreement, you simply harass the
> > > renter, and convince them that they do not have legal rights that they
> > > actually do. That is a very common tactic, since in many cases the
> > > renters do not have access to the kind of legal advice they need.
> > >
> > > A few typical examples from New Jersey:
> > >
> > > http://tiny.cc/8LLDQ
> >
> > A typical Clark cite. Unread and unsupportive of his argument. Very
> > scientific.
>
> Not unsupportive at all. Classic examples of how those with money and
> influence can abuse those without.

Caveat Emptor

Caveat Venditor

From: Jack Hollis on
On Tue, 9 Feb 2010 03:26:03 GMT, assimilate(a)borg.org wrote:

>On 8-Feb-2010, Carbon <nobrac(a)nospam.tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
>
>> >>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.
>> >
>> > Wow, really? Why don't you name these "masses" of racist that migrated
>> > to the republican party?
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_strategy
>
>"The neutrality of this article is disputed." IOW it was written by a
>Democrat. Aren't you the one professing a need for objectivity? Unless it
>fits your biases I guess.

Why would anyone use Wiki as a reference for anything?