Displaying 871 To 900 Of 16,275 Comments What a bunch of pure bull shit, Kalima! Would some one please remind Mr.McGoo that what she said was on a Sunday Morning TALK SHOW! It wasn’t at some congressional hearing. I’m sure that McCrappyPants has told the truth every time he has been on a news show, just like everyone else. And now he doesn’t have guts to put her nomination up to a vote, instead he’s going to do the ChickenShit thing and put a hold on her! » Posted By bito On November 27, 2012 @ 9:22 pm These are the numbers I woke up to this morning on the front page of my newspaper that made my eyes pop and my jaw drop: 100,000 — 6,000 — 24,000 ❗ And I haven’t heard a peep about them on the telly today. • There have been around 100,000 murders in Mexico since the beginning of the Calderón administration in December 2006…. • Mexicans have reported 6,000 cases of people disappearing at the hands of soldiers, police or other authorities. • At least 24,000 murdered people have been buried in paupers’ graves without being positively identified. I find this amazing, not just the numbers but the fact that it goes almost unnoticed in the U.S. and that we are the main cause of these numbers with our endless “war on drugs” and our gun laws. What a perfect combination and we seem unable to do anything. If these we US numbers would we do anything and with the US being the cause, shouldn’t we do something? Why can’t we? We can’t decimalize pot, what would the for profit prisons do with all their empty cells and their multimillion dollar contracts? And we can’t crack down on the multimillion dollar drug smuggling industry because everyone knows that the average person in the US needs 6-8-10 AK’s to protect their themselves. This absolutely outrageous. And here we have Mr. McGoo worried about 4 deaths in Benghazi, 3 contract spooks and an ambassador and he says nothing about what’s happening at his own back door. Don’t you think that this story should get some national coverage? Years of killing hard to add up in Mexico » Posted By bito On November 27, 2012 @ 7:39 pm K’es the the cap on SS income is around $107,000 dollars this year and Congress lifting it a quicker pace than it is right now is a no brainer way to extend the solvency of SS. And allowing Medicare the ability to negotiate is another no brainer, well it’s a no brainer to everyone but the R’s and Big Pharma. » Posted By bito On November 27, 2012 @ 6:42 pm Sue, I’ve also read that about Henry, that he would be quite comfortable at a Nazi party meeting. » Posted By bito On November 27, 2012 @ 4:10 pm Remember that when Ford allegedly used the line about paying his workers so the could afford the product, he already had gone through a couple of bloody strikes to push him to that conclusion. Let’s just say he had a little persuasion and didn’t just come up with that on his own. » Posted By bito On November 27, 2012 @ 3:51 pm Brazil World Cup 2014 mascot unveiled – video http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/video/2012/nov/26/brazil-world-cup-mascot-video Brazil’s 2014 World Cup mascot, a blue and yellow armadillo, is officially named Fuleco following an online vote. But hundreds of thousands signed an online petition last month demanding more options. Despite the large number of signatures, organisers decided to maintain the original name selection Hey, AB have you ever seen a blue an yellow one? While sober? 😉 » Posted By bito On November 26, 2012 @ 10:42 pm I highly recommend reading this article: Global economic woes prompt soul-searching on capitalism It’s is an interesting look at the world economies in layman’s terms that even I can understand of the past, present and future of capitalism. A small sampling: The first requirement is stability, without which entrepreneurs will not take risks. In the early stages of development, this means adherence to the rule of law and a system of property rights that guard against expropriation. [….] The second prerequisite is legitimacy, which is not the same as fairness or equality. Capitalism is neither fair nor equal, and never will be, but large quantities of fairness have been injected to ensure it has retained political legitimacy. [….] Buying groceries by credit card Hope springs eternal: China’s manufacturing sector has perked up a bit; there are encouraging noises coming out of Washington about avoiding the fiscal cliff; the euro is still in one piece – could it be that recovery is coming at last? After all the false dawns, this could be the point at which capitalism shows its resilience and regenerative powers. Since the birth of the modern industrial age more than 250 years ago, there have been only brief deviations in the upward trend of production. The Great Depression looks like a mere blip on the upward sloping graph of UK or US GDP. Even so, the depth and length of the crisis has led to a degree of soul searching. While policymakers insist publicly that vigorous recovery will eventually arrive, there is private concern that deep structural problems are blunting the effectiveness of a stimulus unprecedented in its scale, scope and duration. These concerns are well founded. To understand why, it is necessary to look at the basic ingredients that historically have made capitalism tick in all its many guises, be it America’s free-market approach, Sweden’s welfarist model, or China’s state-run variant. The first requirement is stability, without which entrepreneurs will not take risks. In the early stages of development, this means adherence to the rule of law and a system of property rights that guard against expropriation. As economies grow more sophisticated, it comes to mean additionally a degree of economic and financial stability. Those taking long-term investment decisions need to feel confident that there will be a steady stream of returns and that the banking system is robust and well-managed. The second prerequisite is legitimacy, which is not the same as fairness or equality. Capitalism is neither fair nor equal, and never will be, but large quantities of fairness have been injected to ensure it has retained political legitimacy. Quite early on, in the first half of the 19th century, it became clear to the more far-sighted capitalists that a method had to be found of ensuring that a rising tide lifted all boats. The observations of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels on the immiseration of working people in Britain’s industrial revolution were accurate but, even then, steps were being taken to improve living standards. Some of these were self-help measures by workers (trade unions, friendly societies); others were the result of pressure from social reformers and politicians (better sanitation, expansion of education). Later, starting with Bismarck in Germany, there was the development of a system of old-age pensions, stage one in the creation of welfare states. By the middle of the 20th century, an array of checks and balances were in place to ensure the fruits of growth were shared – from progressive taxation to the US’s 1944 GI bill, paying extra benefits to more than 2 million returning soldiers. Sustainability is the third ingredient needed for capitalism to work. Companies that deplete their capital, either physical or human, can thrive for a while but eventually run into problems. Consumers who finance their spending by borrowing against rising property values eventually find the debt burden too much to sustain. [….] The story of capitalism in the postwar world, before the current crisis, falls into two phases. In the first, there was a great deal of macroeconomic and financial stability. Recessions were rare, banking failures virtually unknown. The system was legitimate because living standards were rising across the piece, and the gap between rich and poor narrowed. Consumers funded their spending out of rising incomes rather than through debt, while the Bretton Woods system ironed out balance-of-payments problems. With climate change not yet on the agenda, the system looked sustainable. […] What has happened since? There has been an improvement in corporate profitability, especially in the US, as jobs have been shed and wages held down. Austerity for the many and booty for the few is not doing much on the legitimacy front….. http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/economics-blog/2012/nov/25/global-economic-woes-capitalism Kalima’s MB gets a round about Hat Tip on this, once again I saw this while reading an article she had posted, luv that three year old, it has so much to offer. » Posted By bito On November 26, 2012 @ 10:31 pm Do the Republicans in Congress have a problem with realizing that 2 or more thing can happen can both happen at the same time? Speaking of debt, deficit and budget’s, why have the Dems let jobs, jobs, jobs let slip out of the discussion on them? Unemployment is a major factor when talking about short term deficit and budget’s. And I for one would still like to see the formation of an infrastructure bank which would have an effect on both long and short term not just on all three, but also on some standard of living/quality of life issues. » Posted By bito On November 26, 2012 @ 9:41 pm Sally, Not only did they not ask Mr. Ricks his opinion, evidently they never read word one that he has ever written. I am curious of one thing though I wonder if the person in charge of screening was also somehow involved in helping vet a certain half term governor? 😉 » Posted By bito On November 26, 2012 @ 7:46 pm It is hard to get into anywhere near “Christmas Spirit” for me Sally, especially when you feel like you are used, nothing but a cog in the consumer wheel. I find it quite demeaning to deal with their “door buster,” trap just to get you out and into the game. If they have a product and want to sell it fine, do it, but all this game playing really turns me off. It makes one feel like your in an experiment that Pavlov came up with. » Posted By bito On November 25, 2012 @ 5:54 pm Excellent chart to have and with so many good facts in one place. Just looking at some of them is enough to anger any sane person and #4 and the the “Shadow Banking System” has been enough to push me off the edge for a long time! It’s atrocious, shameful and greed at it’s most despicable level! Taxing even a very small amount could solve much of the worlds problems in poverty, health care and nutrition. After reading some of the facts in Sally’s post, think of it $21-$32 TRILLION dollars hidden and untaxed and why? How much lobbying and influence do you think can be peddled with $32 trillion in your pocket? This is being discussed in Europe right now: A scheme designed to net trillions from global tax havens is being scuppered Switzerland and other offshore specialists are doing their best to frustrate international transparency in taxation And as the the headline insinuated, the prospects aren’t very good which is quite frustrating. An answer to many problems just sitting there! » Posted By bito On November 25, 2012 @ 5:23 pm Sally, this has little to do with his intelligence, but I a chance to speak with him years ago, I think he was running against Shrub at the time. I told him that even though I disagreed with him 85% of the time, I respected his honesty and integrity—ehhhh, no longer is that possible. He like so many others in his party has lost any integrity that they may had had at one time. » Posted By bito On November 25, 2012 @ 2:59 pm And McCain graduated in the lower half of his Naval Academy class. Of course he got that appointment to Annapolis all on his own, right? Ignore the fact that his granddaddy was an Admiral and his daddy became one later if he wasn’t one then. No strings attached to his appointment, nope, none at all. » Posted By bito On November 24, 2012 @ 3:36 pm Kalima, I love the look some people have when they kick my stick, the look at the cane, then their foot, looking like ” my foot? My foot would never do that” or the look like “why was your cane in my way?” A majority of people do apologize, but I wouldn’t dare go out to one of those sales. I’m talking like I even have the money to even go to one of those sales! 😆 » Posted By bito On November 24, 2012 @ 1:54 pm Thanks Glenn for the quote. Let’s hope Senator Saxbe and other stick with with their renunciation of the Norquist pledge. Salon says that Grover only has 39 votes in the Senate and 219 in the House (a majority). There is little doubt in my mind that Senator Chambliss would win in the general election, where Norguist uses his power is in the primary. Salon also lists McCain and Corburn but I wouldn’t put my money on either one of them, however it’s great they are talking about it, like you said “drip, drip, drip, a few more drips and maybe Grover will get drowned in his own infamous toilet. Other Republicans have made similar comments, like Sen. Saxby Chambliss of Georgia: “I’m frankly not concerned about the Norquist pledge.” Or Sen. John McCain: “Fewer and fewer people are signing this, quote, pledge.” Or Sen. Tom Coburn of Oklahoma, who has called it a “tortured vision of tax purity.” Maybe we can get Grover singing a new tune, and wipe that smirk off his face with a few solid votes, now is the time for a Republican to be seen as a statesman and not just a party hack. From Norquist Norquist, however, seems unfazed: “It’s been 22 years since a Republican voted for a tax increase in this town,” he said, the Times reports. “This is not my first rodeo.” » Posted By bito On November 24, 2012 @ 11:53 am Were PBO’s coattails that long or did ALEC Exposed and other lefty sites do a great job of voter education? How about a combination? 117 ALEC Members Voted Out in 2012 Still a lot more work to do but it was a good showing of aware votersand a good lesson to be aware of who’s who in state and local politics. http://www.prwatch.org/news/2012/11/11859/117-alec-members-voted-out-2012 More>>>> http://www.prwatch.org/news/2012/11/11859/117-alec-members-voted-out-2012 (in the 3rd: Michigan 21 — Ohio 23) » Posted By bito On November 24, 2012 @ 11:12 am That’s a good one Kalima, by taking two positions at the same he thinks that means being bipartisan. 😆 Ain’t it the truth. » Posted By bito On November 24, 2012 @ 10:21 am Next time I hear a Republican say we should run the government, I’m going to ask: Which business? Hostess? Hewlett-Packard(which was once the outstanding business,)or Bain Capital. Any one who says that overused line is ignorant of how both bushiness and governments are run. I also like the one “Run it Like a Household Budget!” The good news today is that Senator Saxbe Chambliss (R-GA) denounced the Grover Norquist “No tax pledge” (I need to find the exact quote) and that a good number of new R house members aren’t taking the pledge or retuning ones are rescinding the pledge. I’ve said before that it will only take a few Senators along with a dozen House members to break through this stalemate and get more on board to compromise. Wisjhful thinking on my part? » Posted By bito On November 24, 2012 @ 9:57 am Any one want to join in on a class action lawsuit on every retailer that has those “early bird” “door busting” specials? First of all I think that the whole concept of them is demeaning, able bodied or not, but what chance does a disabled person have on the getting to their “deals when they only have a very limited quantity without getting injured from the onslaught of bodies? There aren’t any accommodations for disabled at all, so what are they supposed to do? » Posted By bito On November 22, 2012 @ 5:55 pm I wonder how Mr.Boehner gets away with ecen mentioning the ACA and deficit reduction while ignoring this from the CBO: That ignores the plain words of the most reliable and non-partisan judge of these things — the Congressional Budget Office — which said in July that the Affordable Care Act doesn’t add to the debt, it lowers the debt. Repealing the law would add $109 billion to the debt through 2022. (The Supreme Court, in fact, made the law $84 billion cheaper when it ruled that states don’t have to accept the law’s Medicaid expansion.) I guess the election results didn’t have any effect on the R’ when it some to lying and pesky facts. » Posted By bito On November 22, 2012 @ 4:39 pm I will happily second that notion Nirek! » Posted By bito On November 22, 2012 @ 3:59 pm Thanks for posting those Sally, but I fear that with most “drunk uncles,” they don’t give a flying frig about any pesky facts. Just saw this from Dr. Krugman on Dan Senor and Rasmussen polls being a lefty poll (?) On the great Republican polling debacle: Dan Senor says that it was a “systemic problem” with polling. Except that if you actually did any kind of simple poll averaging, you got the race right. Senor does admit that the problem may have been more acute on the right-wing side, but then says that it wasn’t just on that side, because Rasmussen got it wrong. May I say that not considering Rasmussen to be “on the Republican side” tells you everything you need to know about the GOP’s analytical capacity, right there? http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/22/thanksgiving-leftovers/ » Posted By bito On November 22, 2012 @ 3:41 pm What are peoples thoughts on the fiscal cliff/curb and what should the Dems do? Should they just let all the Bush tax rates expi Jump! Why Obama should go off the fiscal cliff? http://tv.msnbc.com/2012/11/19/jump-why-obama-should-go-off-the-fiscal-cliff/ » Posted By bito On November 19, 2012 @ 8:23 pm Sally, you said ” It was hard even on those that knew how to farm and respect your land.” That was just the thing, no one knew how to farm that land. That type of soil had never been seen before and many thought it was indestructible, endless, and the equipment they used killed the top soil. Throw in an endless amount of greed combined with drought and bingo… Can you imagine seeing a wall of dirt from horizon to horizon hundreds of feet high blocking out the sun and sky while rolling at you a 65mph? Hard to imagine. That was in 1935 and you couldn’t flip on the weather channel to find out what was going on, it must have been absolutely frighting! Like k’es said it took years of science based farming to pull us out. Can you see the R’s of today accepting the science, they can’t accept global warming or diversified alternative energy. » Posted By bito On November 19, 2012 @ 7:19 pm Yes, k’es, I did watch it too. It is one of the most important pieces of history and it often gets ignored or is just treated with a couple of paragraphs on something that happened during the wars. I had a good friend a few years back that had a bunch of books on the dustbowl. She knew the subject up and down back and forth. I wish that this Ken Burns project was required watching in the schools right now, perhaps people would see what shortsighted greed does. Do you think we could take over the tv’s of everyone and force it to played in every home? It’s amazing that some of the root on those native grasses went down as far as 15 feet and held moisture. I a very short time we were able to destroy ecostructure. » Posted By bito On November 19, 2012 @ 6:44 pm Weekly Address: Working Together to Extend the Middle Class Tax Cuts President Obama urges Congress to act now on one thing that everyone agrees on — ensuring that taxes don’t go up on 98 percent of all Americans and 97 percent of small businesses at the end of the year. On Friday, the President had a constructive meeting with Congressional leaders on finding ways to reduce our deficit in a way that strengthens our economy and protects our middle class, and he looks forward to working together to get this done. Call yor email your Representative and “tell” them to get to work, work WITH President Obama, FOR the 98% and to TAX the top 2%. Everyone has to pay their fair share. » Posted By bito On November 19, 2012 @ 10:52 am DVB TV Live – 19.11.2012 – U.S President Barrack Obama’s historic speech at University of Yangon, Burma. Great speech and the President sets another mark in history, couldn’t have been better Mr.President! » Posted By bito On November 19, 2012 @ 5:03 am Ahha! It has been revealed: He is a secret democrat which is really what most republicans are…..a weak, old, self promoting politicians. The only ones holding on this country together (whatever is left) are real conservatives and the teaparty I guess we just need a secret decoder ring to find out who “The only ones holding on this country together…” really are like that person! (D-R-I-N-K-_ M-O-R-E_ O-V-A-L-T-I-N-E) » Posted By bito On November 18, 2012 @ 10:57 pm Kalima, well my rest went quick, just as I put my feet up, someone decided to rile every dog in the city it seems LOL. What a fantastic memory I don’t have, I had already forgotten about your Mac had to “report to sickbay.” That’ pretty much what my email said but mine is a bunch worse than sickbay, close to “trauma critical care,” not the place to enter! 😆 » Posted By bito On November 18, 2012 @ 10:36 pm Sally, after reading the article he was screaming about http://frontpagemag.com/2012/dgreenfield/while-new-jersey-residents-suffer-governor-christie-goes-on-saturday-night-live/ , he has a point, can I just say: a plague (or pox, I’m not picky, whichever is worse) on them both) » Posted By bito On November 18, 2012 @ 10:21 pmComments Posted By bito
What are they?
‘How many people died?’ key question as president’s term ends
Obama backs lifting income cap for Social Security
Social Security Wage Base
While policymakers insist vigorous recovery will arrive, there is concern that deep structural problems are stalling a revival
First thing was/is Benghazi, they can’t accept that both a spontaneous demonstration and on organized one could both happen now it’s taxes, they can’t accept that both closing loopholes and raising marginal tax rates can happen at the same time, is that so hard? It seems it’s always black or white any combination is prohibited.
re then come back and pass a tax reduction bill just for the 98%? Or should the Dems fall for the R’s claim that Dems have a bunch to lose? Here’s a quick look at it, tell us what you think?
Obama speech at University of Yangon – DVB Live
http://frontpagemag.com/2012/dgreenfield/while-new-jersey-residents-suffer-governor-christie-goes-on-saturday-night-live/#IDComment494335068
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