Displaying 1,921 To 1,950 Of 2,270 Comments Great post David. » Posted By funksands On February 13, 2011 @ 7:43 am There’s plenty worth supporting. I view Obama as a bridge to change, not the change itself. » Posted By funksands On February 12, 2011 @ 11:31 pm Very true. » Posted By funksands On February 12, 2011 @ 11:28 pm Ad Lib, I couldn’t agree more with what you said. I’m not a purist, far from it. I think I was simply looking for an executive response equal to the peril we face. Regardless of outcome, the intent would have been a start. » Posted By funksands On February 12, 2011 @ 11:26 pm Very well said. I am particulary vulnerable to this argument as both my son and I are uninsurable. We have coverage through my business, but god help us if I ever shut it down. » Posted By funksands On February 12, 2011 @ 9:41 pm One of the only good things to come out the Carter administration is that he made it through without firing a shot. The whole four years. Pretty amazing given today’s context. » Posted By funksands On February 12, 2011 @ 9:39 pm I agree with you 100% » Posted By funksands On February 12, 2011 @ 9:33 pm I don’t expect magic. I’m a realist that understands the barriers that exist for the President. I also believe that long-term change will only come from the bottom-up not the top-down. I also don’t expect him to do it single-handedly but I do expect him to advocate. As far as being unable to be heard? That’s hogwash. He’s the President. He can be the most heard person on the planet on any topic he chooses to be. The global economy froze for 48 hrs in 2008. We have an estimated $638 trillion dollars of unfunded derivatives on the global books and we got a clearinghouse for trades (even though the prices of derivatives are still determined in a black box) and forcing originators of asset-backed securities to maintain a 5% ownership risk in their securities. It’s weak and the administration should be called on it. I can do that while still appreciating the good work he’s done. » Posted By funksands On February 12, 2011 @ 9:32 pm Don’t let my lazy description intimate that I am comparing Obama to Nixon as a person or to his ideology. Nixon was a paranoid scumbag. However, I do tie him very much to Nixon’s policies which were more liberal than Clinton or Carter ever were. Nixon: » Posted By funksands On February 12, 2011 @ 9:08 pm There is no better time than in the smoking ruins of a 100-year financial disaster to enact sweeping changes in the corrupted rules of the game. Obama did not have any interest in that. The rat is a given. » Posted By funksands On February 12, 2011 @ 8:55 pm Thank you SO much for your thoughts. I really appreciate them. » Posted By funksands On February 12, 2011 @ 8:49 pm Thanks. I appreciate that. » Posted By funksands On February 12, 2011 @ 7:36 pm I am hoping that these patterns are simply the result of cautious pragmatism rather than cynical manipulation. That would make me feel better. The question that nags me is what about the one after Obama? If we can’t count on the Dems to retake the economic initiative, who will? Now more than ever I am convinced that growing local candidates to specifically infiltrate the Democratic party from grassroots up is the only way we’ll change our fortunes. The Tea Party and their corporate backers did it. We can do it. » Posted By funksands On February 12, 2011 @ 7:36 pm I don’t disagree. I knew Black Nixon was never going to be Dennis Kucinich. I think you are illustrating one of the issues that I have with Obama. I understand the House and the Senate ultimately have final say over the details of bills. They don’t however have control over the message and the push of the administration. » Posted By funksands On February 12, 2011 @ 7:30 pm Isn’t it astonishing where the truly memorable emotional moments of our lives come from? If you were able to tell that story to the you of 20 yrs ago, it would have been met with polite, smiling puzzlement. The you of 20 yrs from now will nod, remembering every moment as if it were yesterday. Thank you for story, you have a lovely way with words and I look forward to more. » Posted By funksands On February 11, 2011 @ 7:52 am What We Can Learn From Rocky III Personally I think America’s avatar is Charlie Sheen. » Posted By funksands On February 10, 2011 @ 4:31 pm Doing Business – The Right Way (Part 2) PW, great post. I myself am a recovering business plan-aholic. My business plans would grow in complexity and length yearly. By 2008 it was 14 pages long. For a three-man operation. I found a book that changed my life. The One Page Business Plan. It took my 14 pages and distilled it down to one page. It isn’t for everyone, but the clarity of thought behind it was extremely helpful for me. Sorry for the plug, but a business plan is critical to long term success in whatever business you have, and in my opinion the less moving parts the better. Even better if you can find someone to act as coach, consultant, and accountability partner to make sure you execute your plan. » Posted By funksands On February 10, 2011 @ 2:12 pm The Failed History of Conservatism in America I think many of them do. I don’t think many of them care. » Posted By funksands On February 10, 2011 @ 3:30 pm I should clarify: National GOP. There are still a few good local ones. But they are a rapidly dying breed. » Posted By funksands On February 10, 2011 @ 2:45 pm Today’s GOP is nothing but a kleptocracy in theocracy drag. Conservatives are their unwitting but too-often willing dupes. » Posted By funksands On February 10, 2011 @ 2:20 pm If I may add to your good post: Right Wing fears (not Republican leadership, they are just disingenuous) Liberal fears Right-wingers are nervous and afraid of things that are either imaginary or might happen. Liberals are afraid of things that are actually happening. For me “conservative” is an awkward label. I know a lot of conservatives that really don’t resemble the list you have compiled. I prefer “right-winger” or “Republican” (no matter if they lable themselves a conservative) because the right-wing deliberately embraces your list and Republicans manipulate conservatives to advocate for that same list. Conservatives are fine. It’s the shitty clubs they join that make them go bad. Thanks for a great post. » Posted By funksands On February 9, 2011 @ 8:31 pm Adonai? There goes the neighborhood. » Posted By funksands On February 9, 2011 @ 8:38 pm Doing Business – The Right Way Great start PW. I have many many business owner clients and many many FORMER business owner clients. The obstacles you describe are very common among both groups. » Posted By funksands On February 9, 2011 @ 5:35 pm Very true. Cable new in general is a vast wasteland of wasted potential. » Posted By funksands On February 9, 2011 @ 5:23 pm Everything on FOX is scripted. Nothing is left to chance. The best theatres have the best stage crews. » Posted By funksands On February 9, 2011 @ 5:22 pm Some people in my household couldn’t help thinking what if this was a black jounalist interviewing George Bush? Many are asking the question; would he/she be looking for a new job right about now? » Posted By funksands On February 9, 2011 @ 4:54 pm I don’t understand. FOX has many divergent points of view: Blonde, Auburn, Strawberry, Platinum, and Greta » Posted By funksands On February 9, 2011 @ 4:51 pm Gifford’s rehab and the plight of others without access to her level of care Oh I have no doubt that we could attract as many people as needed to fill these positions. Lobbying has a funny way of killing good ideas. The two (or as PW correctly stated, three or four) tiers of care occurred to me when I watched the National Association of Free Clinics go out on their road show around the country, or the organization (name escapes me that KO and Ed Schultz championed last year) that usually goes to other countries instead decided to hold health clinics in LA, NO, and other major cities. Thousands and thousands of people showed up to get in many cases the first preventative care they had EVER received. How much money did that one clinic experience save that community in the long run? How many emergency room visits won’t occur because someone had a quick check-up? How much more productive is someone to their employer because they finally got a painful tooth pulled? This can and should be reproduced on a permanent, national level. The danger of this though is dooming our lower and lower-middle class to permanenet triage status rather than localized, permanent medical care. » Posted By funksands On February 8, 2011 @ 1:03 pm No thanks necessary. I think this platform will suit you very well. » Posted By funksands On February 8, 2011 @ 12:42 pm One of the interesting issues that many single payor and/or Medicare-style delivery systems are facing worldwide is that they aren’t asking citizens to pay enough into the system. If our current system is revamped to focus on outcomes, rather than procdures I think the finances would improve tremendously. However, like squeezing a balloon, a different problem occurs; If outcome becomes the standard of payment with a Medicare-type delivery system, then prevention of disease will become the most-cost effective way to battle that cost. The problem with that is that there are not nearly enough physicians to deliver general preventative medicine. In my opinion, we’ll need to end up with two tiers of medical practioners. The doctor that specalizes in a particular type of care, i.e. cardiology, and a different tier of “doctor” who’s specialty is localized preventative care. That will create a need for tens of thousands of new practioners. The AMA and medical schools will fight this tooth and nail, and these new “medical infantry” will not be able to rack up a million dollars in school debt simply to obtain the designations to do their work. It’s a difficult question. » Posted By funksands On February 8, 2011 @ 12:37 pmComments Posted By funksands
-imposed wage and price controls.
-indexed Social Security for inflation.
-created Supplemental Security Income.
-created the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
-created Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).
-promoted the Legacy of parks program.
-implemented the Philadelphia Plan, the first significant federal affirmative action program.
dramatically improved salaries for US federal employees worldwide.
-signed a bill that lowered the maximum U.S. speed limit to 55 miles per hour to conserve gasoline during the 1973 energy crisis.
-established the Office of Minority Business Enterprise.
-On February 6, 1974, he introduced the Comprehensive Health Insurance Act. Nixon’s plan would have mandated employers to purchase health insurance for their employees, and in addition provided a federal health plan like Medicaid that any American could join by paying on a sliding scale based on income.
1. What terrorists might do them
2. The gay agenda
3. The liberal agenda
4. What Obama’s plans might do the debt
5. What healthcare reform might do to them
1. Actual wars started for no reason that are bankrupting us
2. Actual debt piled up primarily by Republican presidents for the last 30 years
3. Actual wire-tapping
4. Actual suspension of habues corpas (sp?)
5. Actual people dying every day from lack of health care and / or going bankrupt
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