Displaying 2,521 To 2,550 Of 16,275 Comments BINGO, KQ! That was a great line among many great sentiments. I am here to say they are wrong. (Applause.) I’m here in Kansas to reaffirm my deep conviction that we’re greater together than we are on our own. I believe that this country succeeds when everyone gets a fair shot, when everyone does their fair share, when everyone plays by the same rules. (Applause.) These aren’t Democratic values or Republican values. These aren’t 1 percent values or 99 percent values. They’re American values. And we have to reclaim them. (Applause.)…. » Posted By bito On December 6, 2011 @ 2:58 pm Yep, AB, they skip the rabies vaccine and take the shots to end all sense of integrity. » Posted By bito On December 6, 2011 @ 2:44 pm Let me at him AB! No one harms our AB!! I’ll hit him with my stick if you hold him! 🙂 PBO did do a good portion on that very thing today in his speech. When taxes were higher on the top 5% more jobs were created than under the “trickle on” theory. » Posted By bito On December 6, 2011 @ 2:40 pm No Sue it was a Brit movie that was a ‘spy thriller” and stared Clive______? It was about international bankers running guns. Edit: Clive Owen in “The International” http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0963178/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mDi49Qj1xk » Posted By bito On December 6, 2011 @ 12:52 pm WOW, WOW, WOW:!! What an expansive and inclusive speech. Game On R’s! Keep up your “ring’ kissing of the 1% and your Birther Mr. Trump, keep up your clownish ways and your love of your know-knothing Tea-bag Base. Keep on keeping on with your Sharia law and hate of all things not rich, straight, white and Christian. Be exclusionary, I dare you! Insist on cutting Health Care, ACA, Medicare and Social Security. » Posted By bito On December 6, 2011 @ 12:42 pm Great video Patsy! There was a movie many years ago with somewhat the same theme, it wasn’t about selling third world countries arms, goods or services, it was about getting the country in debt and then keeping them in debt while they exploited their resources to pay off their debt. Turmoil was the bankers friend. » Posted By bito On December 6, 2011 @ 12:31 pm “And that theory (trickle down) fits well on a bumper sticker…..but here’s the problem, it doesn’t work–never has, never will” Great speech Mr. President He is making an #OWS speech » Posted By bito On December 6, 2011 @ 11:14 am President Obama Speaks on the Economy Osawatomie High School, Osawatomie, Kansas Edit: Event concluded and removed. If you missed it, you missed a great speech and the parameters for the campaign to Re-Elect President Obama. » Posted By bito On December 6, 2011 @ 10:56 am Governor Scott (R-FL) better hope tar and feathering is illegal in Florida! Scott hits a new low http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/main/2011/12/scott-hits-a-new-low.html Rick Scott has hit a new low in PPP’s Florida polling with only 26% of voters now approving of his job performance to 58% who disapprove. His previous worst numbers had come in June when he had a 33% approval rating with 59% unhappy with his performance. Scott’s numbers with Democrats are pretty much unchanged compared to then and his standing with independents has gotten a little better. What’s really caused the bottom to drop out for him is that even Republicans are starting to really sour on his leadership. In June Scott had a 63/30 approval spread with them. That’s now dropped all the way down to 46/31. There are some more interesting results, but this one, with all the talk of him for VP stuck out: There’s not much evidence Rubio would be a game changer as Republican Vice Presidential pick next year either. Only 24% of Floridians say they’d be more likely to vote for the GOP ticket if Rubio was on it, compared to 41% who say that would actually make them less inclined to vote Republican. The numbers with independents are similar to the overall ones at 22/38. And this is good news and NOT reported on the teevee! Finally Democrats lead the generic Congressional ballot in the state 46-40. That’s become the trend for the party in big states- we recently had similar findings in Ohio and Pennsylvania- and bodes well for the party’s chances to take back the House in 2012. And the thing I like about PPP is that one can actually read the poll and the questions. HERE » Posted By bito On December 6, 2011 @ 10:36 am k’es, sorry to say but the Dems were slow on the uptake and actually recessed and didn’t start doing the “pro forma” sessions until after W had made 161 appointments. It is now standard practice to go into them not giving PBO any chance to do them. RE: the executive order. Yepper your right, every time PBO signs one there is an outcry of “commie-fascist-socialism” and “unconstitutional.” I think the R’s have to take some sort of vaccine that builds up their immune system towards and blocks any concept of hypocrisy. The Senate R’s just showed how well it works today, they filibustered the confirmation of a Federal judge. When W was president, they called that act unconstitutional, not now. » Posted By bito On December 6, 2011 @ 9:55 am Watching the opening day procedures of the Senate today and Leader Reid announced 2 votes for the day, one for a Federal Judge and on CFPB Director-in-waiting Richard Cordray, it took a minute or so. To my shock Minority leader McConnell took 10+ minutes to say “Stuff it, Dems, Stuff it PBO! Since the beginning of the Obama administration, Republicans have escalated the use of the filibuster to historic levels and have blocked nearly 20 percent of Obama nominees. Half of the oversight positions mandated by financial reform legislation are vacant or occupied by temporary caretakers. So are two crucial seats on the Federal Reserve Board of Governors. One in seven federal district and circuit court judgeships are currently or soon to be vacant. The list goes on and on. The Nation: Obama And GOP Obstructionism Think Progress has an interesting proposal on a recess appointment: If CFPB Nominee Richard Cordray Is Not Confirmed, Obama Should Invoke The Roosevelt Precedent To Appoint Him » Posted By bito On December 6, 2011 @ 8:41 am For KQuark: On The payroll tax cut extension…Again Mitt Romney called President Obama’s payroll tax plan a “temporary little band-aid.” But now, with the public favoring an extension, Romney has flip-flopped, saying he would “like to see the payroll tax cut extended.” With Mitt Romney it’s not what he says – but what he does. And his plan would help the wealthiest Americans and not the Middle Class. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=2uN46DsfkbM [img]http://assets.democrats.org/frontend/mm-mitt/mitt_quiz-2mitt-petessake-hdr.gif[/img] http://www.whichmitt.com/payroll_tax_cut_extension » Posted By bito On December 6, 2011 @ 7:45 am In The Only Adult’s words” “It’s Obama’s fault!” Automakers Set for Best Year Since 2008 as U.S. Shoppers Returning Consumers entered this year’s final month demanding models ranging from big pickups to luxury sedans to fuel-sipping hybrids after pushing November’s sales to the fastest monthly pace since the government’s “cash for clunkers” trade-in program in August 2009. […] Consumer confidence surged in November by the most in more than eight years, and the portion of consumers planning to buy a new vehicle within six months climbed to the highest since April, data from The Conference Board showed Nov. 29. Damn that Obama with his stimulus(which didn’t work) and his auto bailouts (which were loans) for throwing a clinker into the TPGOP talking points! Didn’t Mitt say “screw Detroit, let them go bankrupt”? Of course Bloomberg spins it as “consumers are just now replacing their worn out cars. BS, if they were just doing that, they would be buying a newer used car not a new one. » Posted By bito On December 5, 2011 @ 5:50 pm And I think this is exactly what Paul Krugman meant with what he said in the video Sue. And Mr. Gingrich has some advantages none of the previous challengers had. He is by no means the deep thinker he imagines himself to be, but he’s a glib speaker, even when he has no idea what he’s talking about. And my sense is that he’s also very good at doublethink — that even when he knows what he’s saying isn’t true, he manages to believe it while he’s saying it. So he may not implode like his predecessors. » Posted By bito On December 5, 2011 @ 3:51 pm Interesting post from the “Progress Report” today on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and the nomination of Richard Cordray as head of it. But this one part astounded even me! SHOW ME THE MONEY: Unsurprisingly, opponents of the Bureau have accepted millions of dollars from Wall Street. Just three GOP co-sponsors of anti-CFPB bills in the House racked up an impressive $1.4 MILLION in Wall Street cash during the 2010 election cycle. Those in the House who voted to cripple the agency earlier this year have taken 83 percent more money from Wall Street than those who didn’t. And the 10 Republican senators who voted against Cordray’s nomination in Senate Banking Committee have taken an astonishing $31 MILLION from the financial industry. » Posted By bito On December 5, 2011 @ 2:48 pm Funny or Die » Posted By bito On December 5, 2011 @ 2:29 pm Sue, Maybe it’s my watching too many PBS/BBC mysteries, Agatha and Sherlock wouldn’t have jumped to conclusions so quickly. 😆 » Posted By bito On December 5, 2011 @ 1:54 pm Thanks Sue, but like when the story first broke, why was “foul-play” ruled out within hours of the death? And why so little follow up? She was a whistle-blower, turned herself in, probably knew the terms of the plea deal for days/weeks and suddenly dies hours before her court case? The people she was blowing the whistle on stole millions, face 30+ years in prison and are on the lam. I would just hate for this story to get “lost.” » Posted By bito On December 5, 2011 @ 12:17 pm Em, I just hope that many remember that name, Tracy Lawrence, and google and tweet it daily. Questions need answered. » Posted By bito On December 5, 2011 @ 11:02 am Em, exactly and it did for one day! I have been looking for any follow-up and can find zilch. Why? Oh, look a squirrel! » Posted By bito On December 5, 2011 @ 10:29 am The Presidents Address: EDIT: Event concluded. The White House briefing can be seen at: » Posted By bito On December 5, 2011 @ 10:25 am Paul Krugmans take on Newt “thinking” patterns: And Mr. Gingrich has some advantages none of the previous challengers had. He is by no means the deep thinker he imagines himself to be, but he’s a glib speaker, even when he has no idea what he’s talking about. And my sense is that he’s also very good at doublethink — that even when he knows what he’s saying isn’t true, he manages to believe it while he’s saying it. So he may not implode like his predecessors. » Posted By bito On December 5, 2011 @ 9:54 am What did happen to Tracy Lawrence besides a one day story? » Posted By bito On December 5, 2011 @ 9:22 am The business model: Risky loans Former Countrywide executive VP Eileen Foster says employees of the company had a financial incentive to make loans, regardless of their quality. Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7390532n&tag=contentBody;storyMediaBox#ixzz1fckjExHX B-B-B-But it was Freddie and Fanny! » Posted By bito On December 4, 2011 @ 6:33 pm King Street Patriots Make it Clear: Poor People Shouldn’t Vote [T]he poor can be counted on to vote themselves more benefits by electing redistributionist politicians. Welfare recipients are particularly open to demagoguery and bribery. Registering them to vote is like handing out burglary tools to criminals. It is profoundly antisocial and un-American to empower the nonproductive segments of the population to destroy the country… » Posted By bito On December 4, 2011 @ 3:22 pm Sunday Question for Liberals Are you hoping that the most moderate Republican presidential candidate wins the nomination (and is therefore more likely to be a less damaging president from your point of view), or that the most extreme candidate is nominated (and is therefore less likely to win the presidency)? http://plainblogaboutpolitics.blogspot.com/2011/12/sunday-question-for-liberals.html Actually I think should be aimed at Dem leaning independents, not liberals and I’m not even sure who amongst the R’s running would qualify as “moderate.” Smartypants said… I’m with David Frum on this one (even tho I’m a liberal Democrat). I’d like to see an extreme candidate win the nomination and then get overwhelmingly defeated by Obama. All that is in hopes that perhaps it would finally get the crazy wing of that party to STFU.
» Posted By bito On December 4, 2011 @ 1:57 pm a-hum-mana-a-hum-mana….. GOP Supercommittee Member Admits Bush Tax Cuts Didn’t Create Jobs, Can’t Explain Why
HUNT: But I’m asking, why did the economy grow a lot? Why were more jobs created in the previous decade under higher taxes than in this decade under lower taxes? UPTON: I don’t know specifically the answer to that question. I can – I can maybe merit a guess. But, I mean, in large part is because our job – we lost jobs. I mean, look at the jobs report that came out this last week, three-hundred- some-thousand people actually stopped looking for jobs. http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2011/12/04/381510/upton-cant-explain-tax-cuts-jobs/ I specifically can’t answer that because Mr. Norquist and Mr. Luntz didn’t give me the talking points on this question, you rascally fellow, Al! That was a “Gotcha question” wasn’t it? BTW, my red crayon broke yesterday. » Posted By bito On December 4, 2011 @ 11:08 am Two sentences from a Reuters report this morning, one action sounds mean spirited and one a rather benign sacrifice. Just me? In a pair of Senate votes last Thursday, Republicans and Democrats said no to each other’s plans. Not exactly correct, a majority of Republicans rejected both plans. But now this: Republicans objected to Democratic calls to slap a new tax on those making more than $1 million to cover the projected $110 billion cost of extending the payroll tax cut. vs. this: And Democrats rejected the Republican proposal to pay for it by extending a pay freeze on federal workers and reducing the federal work force. Did that ‘slap” at your sense of unbiased reporting? » Posted By bito On December 4, 2011 @ 8:07 am What is her plan on how to keep up her liberal/progressive facade if Newt does win the nomination? » Posted By bito On December 3, 2011 @ 4:50 pm Hey, does any one know what this squiggly red underline underneath this word means? 😉 » Posted By bito On December 3, 2011 @ 4:02 pmComments Posted By bito
http://www.npr.org/2011/12/06/143193361/the-nation-obama-and-gop-obstructionism
How many jobs were saved and are now being created and BTW the UAW just signed a new agreement on good paying middle class jobs.
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