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		<title>By: Tom Middleton</title>
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		<dc:creator>Tom Middleton</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:52:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Oh, yeah, Scott, so you’re suggesting that the American voters are going back to the policies, values, and major misdirections of Dubya next election? I mean, do you really believe that’s going to happen? 

Your opinion of us voters out here is yet another reason why your party is growing weaker. We’re not the dummies you seem to be praying to God we become by 2010 or beyond. (You do believe in God, don’t you?)

Your party grew weaker and lost the political war during President Roosevelt’s administration, because the voters didn’t become the dummies it wanted them to become.  And, Scott, we won’t do it now either. And why didn’t you mention his administration in your last diatribe against all things good?? 

It’s like I said, President Roosevelt doesn’t exist in your political mentality, because he was extremely successful doing all the great things he did, based upon all the true American values your party spends every single day fighting to the death.

“Me, me, me” is not going to be the operating philosophy anymore, Scott. The American people know that the only way our incredibly wonderful country can be what our Founders intended, is together. 

They’re tired of all the divisiveness in Washington - why they elected President Obama in the first place. But the fact that your party won’t go along with anything that doesn’t resemble your tried-and-failed policies of old, is NOT his fault. Scott, it’s yours.

We’re not the big dummies your party thinks we are, or like you, Rush, and all the little Rushers want us to become. We want success for our country, Scott, not failure, and your party of “NO, NO, NO” has proven decisively that it’s far, far better at creating massive problems than solving them. And your suggesting that we voters out here are going to suddenly decide that Dubya was right after all? Really?  Scott, you’re the nutty one!

If you think we’re going to return to the insanity of the last eight years because you don’t like President Obama, then good luck, dude. You’re living in the same unreality that Dubya did when he was president, but like you said, we’ll see.

I personally want to see this president succeed, not fail like you and Rush want. And the fact that Mr. Obama strongly disagrees with the policies and massive failure of Dubya’s administration is a really GOOD thing, Scott, in spite of what you think. (Do you want the Bush stats? I&#039;m trying to be kind here.)

“No, No, No” simply isn’t going to cut it anymore. We Americans resolutely rejected these kinds of Washington antics last November, but apparently you and yours didn’t get the memo. (Hint: Your leadership hasn’t put it in a talking point yet.) And we also know that President Obama was handed a boat load of trouble from your failed Republican presidency, and that he won’t be able to overcome it in a wish and a day. 

It took eight years to create these massive results of failure, and as smart as he is, President Obama and Congress could not have possibly overcome them in nine months or less. It took President Roosevelt some time, and it will take us some time as well. 

But we’ll get there, Scott.  And when we do, we’ll be the democratic, egalitarian America that the world loves and wants to do business with once again. And once again, we’ll be that “greatest nation in the history of the world” that takes care of it’s own, not just the wealthiest among us, and which cares enough about our founding constitutional principles to actually live them for a change. 

You know, your Dubya tried to undermine them in the name of party greed and that “permanent conservative majority” he, Rove, and Cheney wanted to subordinate us all to forever. But Scott, America was born in opposition to such shenanigans, and we’re not going to return to them in 2010, 2012, or 20ever, except in your dreams.  

But dream away, dude. Under president Obama, this is still America, and we&#039;re still about freedom, and you can still try to be anything you want. But you might want to think about one thing before going forward: Your dreams are most people’s nightmares, and when and if you ever realize this, there will be room in the Democratic Party for you and anyone else in your party of “NO, NO, NO, even Rush.

But with Rush’s $400 million contract to spew his venom and malcontent, I’m pretty sure we won’t be seeing him anytime soon. Getting that much money to be that stupid, guarantees he won’t be getting smarter very quickly at all - if ever.

But you, Scott, I think you know better than most of what you’re saying. Oh, and the stimulus has produced jobs and more are on the way. And if you could have kept Dubya out of the Social Security Trust Fund, everything there would be fine. See? You’re learning already! 

But you can keep listening to Rush in hopes of getting him to share some of his massive wealth with you, or you can get busy helping us make America great again.  By this time next year, I believe even you will be thinking more democratic.  And if you are, then other Republicans will be as well. 

And if they are, then you know what the polls will be saying about the next month’s elections. Trust me, Scott: WE ARE MAKING AMERICA GREAT AGAIN, and you can join with us now or join with us later, but I promise you (and I hope you will remember this conversation), you will join us. We’re the winners, Scott, not your weakening party of “NO, NO, NO”!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Oh, yeah, Scott, so you’re suggesting that the American voters are going back to the policies, values, and major misdirections of Dubya next election? I mean, do you really believe that’s going to happen? </p>
<p>Your opinion of us voters out here is yet another reason why your party is growing weaker. We’re not the dummies you seem to be praying to God we become by 2010 or beyond. (You do believe in God, don’t you?)</p>
<p>Your party grew weaker and lost the political war during President Roosevelt’s administration, because the voters didn’t become the dummies it wanted them to become.  And, Scott, we won’t do it now either. And why didn’t you mention his administration in your last diatribe against all things good?? </p>
<p>It’s like I said, President Roosevelt doesn’t exist in your political mentality, because he was extremely successful doing all the great things he did, based upon all the true American values your party spends every single day fighting to the death.</p>
<p>“Me, me, me” is not going to be the operating philosophy anymore, Scott. The American people know that the only way our incredibly wonderful country can be what our Founders intended, is together. </p>
<p>They’re tired of all the divisiveness in Washington &#8211; why they elected President Obama in the first place. But the fact that your party won’t go along with anything that doesn’t resemble your tried-and-failed policies of old, is NOT his fault. Scott, it’s yours.</p>
<p>We’re not the big dummies your party thinks we are, or like you, Rush, and all the little Rushers want us to become. We want success for our country, Scott, not failure, and your party of “NO, NO, NO” has proven decisively that it’s far, far better at creating massive problems than solving them. And your suggesting that we voters out here are going to suddenly decide that Dubya was right after all? Really?  Scott, you’re the nutty one!</p>
<p>If you think we’re going to return to the insanity of the last eight years because you don’t like President Obama, then good luck, dude. You’re living in the same unreality that Dubya did when he was president, but like you said, we’ll see.</p>
<p>I personally want to see this president succeed, not fail like you and Rush want. And the fact that Mr. Obama strongly disagrees with the policies and massive failure of Dubya’s administration is a really GOOD thing, Scott, in spite of what you think. (Do you want the Bush stats? I&#8217;m trying to be kind here.)</p>
<p>“No, No, No” simply isn’t going to cut it anymore. We Americans resolutely rejected these kinds of Washington antics last November, but apparently you and yours didn’t get the memo. (Hint: Your leadership hasn’t put it in a talking point yet.) And we also know that President Obama was handed a boat load of trouble from your failed Republican presidency, and that he won’t be able to overcome it in a wish and a day. </p>
<p>It took eight years to create these massive results of failure, and as smart as he is, President Obama and Congress could not have possibly overcome them in nine months or less. It took President Roosevelt some time, and it will take us some time as well. </p>
<p>But we’ll get there, Scott.  And when we do, we’ll be the democratic, egalitarian America that the world loves and wants to do business with once again. And once again, we’ll be that “greatest nation in the history of the world” that takes care of it’s own, not just the wealthiest among us, and which cares enough about our founding constitutional principles to actually live them for a change. </p>
<p>You know, your Dubya tried to undermine them in the name of party greed and that “permanent conservative majority” he, Rove, and Cheney wanted to subordinate us all to forever. But Scott, America was born in opposition to such shenanigans, and we’re not going to return to them in 2010, 2012, or 20ever, except in your dreams.  </p>
<p>But dream away, dude. Under president Obama, this is still America, and we&#8217;re still about freedom, and you can still try to be anything you want. But you might want to think about one thing before going forward: Your dreams are most people’s nightmares, and when and if you ever realize this, there will be room in the Democratic Party for you and anyone else in your party of “NO, NO, NO, even Rush.</p>
<p>But with Rush’s $400 million contract to spew his venom and malcontent, I’m pretty sure we won’t be seeing him anytime soon. Getting that much money to be that stupid, guarantees he won’t be getting smarter very quickly at all &#8211; if ever.</p>
<p>But you, Scott, I think you know better than most of what you’re saying. Oh, and the stimulus has produced jobs and more are on the way. And if you could have kept Dubya out of the Social Security Trust Fund, everything there would be fine. See? You’re learning already! </p>
<p>But you can keep listening to Rush in hopes of getting him to share some of his massive wealth with you, or you can get busy helping us make America great again.  By this time next year, I believe even you will be thinking more democratic.  And if you are, then other Republicans will be as well. </p>
<p>And if they are, then you know what the polls will be saying about the next month’s elections. Trust me, Scott: WE ARE MAKING AMERICA GREAT AGAIN, and you can join with us now or join with us later, but I promise you (and I hope you will remember this conversation), you will join us. We’re the winners, Scott, not your weakening party of “NO, NO, NO”!</p>
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		<title>By: Scott</title>
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		<dc:creator>Scott</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 12:47:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>You say that it is temporary huh?  I will believe it when I see it.  You know that it will NOT be temporary.  Social Security was supposed to ALWAYS be there for us, correct?  That was how it was written.  What happened to it?  BANKRUPT.  It&#039;s so exciting knowing that I get to contribute so much of my money every paycheck to something that I will NEVER get to enjoy because the well dried up.  What happened to it?  Where did all of this money go?  Forgive me for sounding pessimistic when you say that these stimuluses, laden with pork that have not kept the economy going, have not created jobs, and were only added in there so that the Dems could satisfy their voters&#039; interests.  Didn&#039;t Obama say he was going to go line-by-line through the bill and remove the pork, remove the parts that do not produce jobs?  Didn&#039;t he?  What happened to it TOM?  What happened?  And you want more money to be printed to further devalue the dollar?  Before we think about giving out another stimulus, why don&#039;t we release the funds scheduled to go out next year which conveniently scheduled during an election year?  And you say that I and Republicans are only thinking about myself.  How do explain that TOM? 
Seriously, stop drinking the Obama Kool Aid.  His economic policies do not and will not work.  Please tell the whole story about Limbaugh BTW.  When he said that he wanted him to fail, he said that if he is going to move forward with Socialist policies, then he wanted them to fail.  Why? Because, he, like, everybody else who has a clue, understands that his Socialist plans, are going to put this country in danger.  Obama is nothing more than a puppet of George Soros.  Soros loves it because he making money off of this Presidency and enjoys seeing this country become more like Europe.

If you think that this country will sit back and cast a vote for a Democrat next year when:
-unemployment is still at 10%
-when the dollar value is lower than a peso
-when we are still engaged in wars that Obama said we would be out of
-when the American public are pissed off because their Congressman voted for a wreckless healthcare bill without reading it
-when their Congressman voted for a cap and trade bill without reading it
-when everybody starts realizing that they do not have as much money because of tax hikes and the results of cap and trade and healthcare become more prevalent in their minds,YOU ARE NUTS!!!
 Last year was an anomaly  People wanted change.  They turned to Obama because he pandered to so many different people for votes.  One person may have voted for him because they just wanted to believe we would be out of Iraq.  Another one might have voted because they believed that he would actually follow through on his promise to bring everybody together, televised by CSPAN, to reform our healthcare system. Those same people, after seeing that he has done NOTHING, won&#039;t make the same mistake again.  But, hey keep believing.  Even though his poll number are mirroring Carter and Congress&#039; approval ratings are the lowest ever, keep believing that Americans will vote for these clowns again.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You say that it is temporary huh?  I will believe it when I see it.  You know that it will NOT be temporary.  Social Security was supposed to ALWAYS be there for us, correct?  That was how it was written.  What happened to it?  BANKRUPT.  It&#8217;s so exciting knowing that I get to contribute so much of my money every paycheck to something that I will NEVER get to enjoy because the well dried up.  What happened to it?  Where did all of this money go?  Forgive me for sounding pessimistic when you say that these stimuluses, laden with pork that have not kept the economy going, have not created jobs, and were only added in there so that the Dems could satisfy their voters&#8217; interests.  Didn&#8217;t Obama say he was going to go line-by-line through the bill and remove the pork, remove the parts that do not produce jobs?  Didn&#8217;t he?  What happened to it TOM?  What happened?  And you want more money to be printed to further devalue the dollar?  Before we think about giving out another stimulus, why don&#8217;t we release the funds scheduled to go out next year which conveniently scheduled during an election year?  And you say that I and Republicans are only thinking about myself.  How do explain that TOM?<br />
Seriously, stop drinking the Obama Kool Aid.  His economic policies do not and will not work.  Please tell the whole story about Limbaugh BTW.  When he said that he wanted him to fail, he said that if he is going to move forward with Socialist policies, then he wanted them to fail.  Why? Because, he, like, everybody else who has a clue, understands that his Socialist plans, are going to put this country in danger.  Obama is nothing more than a puppet of George Soros.  Soros loves it because he making money off of this Presidency and enjoys seeing this country become more like Europe.</p>
<p>If you think that this country will sit back and cast a vote for a Democrat next year when:<br />
-unemployment is still at 10%<br />
-when the dollar value is lower than a peso<br />
-when we are still engaged in wars that Obama said we would be out of<br />
-when the American public are pissed off because their Congressman voted for a wreckless healthcare bill without reading it<br />
-when their Congressman voted for a cap and trade bill without reading it<br />
-when everybody starts realizing that they do not have as much money because of tax hikes and the results of cap and trade and healthcare become more prevalent in their minds,YOU ARE NUTS!!!<br />
 Last year was an anomaly  People wanted change.  They turned to Obama because he pandered to so many different people for votes.  One person may have voted for him because they just wanted to believe we would be out of Iraq.  Another one might have voted because they believed that he would actually follow through on his promise to bring everybody together, televised by CSPAN, to reform our healthcare system. Those same people, after seeing that he has done NOTHING, won&#8217;t make the same mistake again.  But, hey keep believing.  Even though his poll number are mirroring Carter and Congress&#8217; approval ratings are the lowest ever, keep believing that Americans will vote for these clowns again.</p>
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		<title>By: Tom Middleton</title>
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		<dc:creator>Tom Middleton</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 21:41:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Scott, the stimulus wasn’t meant to be a panacea. It was only meant to prime the economic pump, and in that regard, it&#039;s had a positive effect. 

Many economists both here and abroad thought it should have been much larger, but President Obama chose the smaller, more conservative approach, knowing that a second stimulus might be necessary. I sure hope that learns him once and for all, goshdarnit! </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Scott, the stimulus wasn’t meant to be a panacea. It was only meant to prime the economic pump, and in that regard, it&#8217;s had a positive effect. </p>
<p>Many economists both here and abroad thought it should have been much larger, but President Obama chose the smaller, more conservative approach, knowing that a second stimulus might be necessary. I sure hope that learns him once and for all, goshdarnit! </p>
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		<title>By: Tom Middleton</title>
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		<dc:creator>Tom Middleton</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 21:28:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Sorry about the name-thing, Scott, but let’s move on. I just assumed you were OK with the sound of your name.

Anyway, if you remember from your schooling, “socialism” is the PERMANENT takeover of major industries, not the temporary one President Obama is enacting. And he’s really not even doing that. All he’s doing is shoring up key industries through temporary financial backing, to prevent a massive job loss and subsequent loss of those industries to foreign competitors. And this is wrong? Sheeesh! Where’s your patriotism, dude?

You call it socialism, but I call it smart as heck. Why are you and yours so chomping at the bit to reduce our beloved America to a second-class economic status, when with a little temporary help in the right places, we can keep our great nation economically strong and moving forward? It makes no sense to do otherwise.

Crying “socialism” is OK for political campaigns, I guess, but it has nothing to do with what our president is doing to get us out of the deep, deep hole your Dubya put us in. I say this now, knowing you won’t accept a word of it, and why? It’s not a Republican talking point in an overall effort to win in 2010 and 2112.

But like I said, the American voters are seeing through your party’s permanent campaign to get back into power and complete the terrible things you did to us under ex-president Bush. Dubya loves to talk about how he “stuck to principles,” but it’s those principles that got us into this mess, and it’s those principles that CANNOT get us out.

But by saying “No, No, No” to everything that comes out of the White House, you hope President Obama will fail in his presidency like Dubya did, so you can re-ascend to your CONservative throne once again, and start giving us more and more of what got us into this mess. “I want him to fail,” Rush said months ago, and this has become the Republican mantra ever since – your mantra as well, Scott.

Oh, and as for evidence that big government works, I only offer one piece of conclusive evidence – Franklin Delano Roosevelt. He saved our American economic system from certain greed-and-deregulation demise, put people back to work, and was popular enough with everything he did to get elected president four times. It worked, Scott, IT WORKED!

And even though history books speak of him heroically, and he was certainly a hero at the time, even here in the South, people like you pretend like he never happened. He doesn’t fit your far-right mentality of me, me, me, so why should you ever say he existed at all. But this is kind of like Iran’s Ackmadenijad, who likes to say 6 million Jews weren’t slaughtered by the Nazis, when we all know they were. Denial, denial, denial, and it doesn’t work, Scott.

And we all know President Roosevelt, who was instrumental in beating the Nazis, happened as well, and what a true hero he was to the American way of life. He saved it, Scott, and for that reason alone, he’s lovingly living deep in the American political psyche and probably always will be. 

And if you can remember, he was called “socialist” as well, even “communist,” and who do you think were his primary political opponents throughout his entire, very long, and very successful presidency? Any guesses? That’s right, it was your party of “No, No, No” that tried to stop him in everything he did, like creating our beloved Social Security. But they couldn’t, Scott, because the American voters then were much smarter than the dummies in your party, and they won, and we won, and we’re all a great nation today because of it.

Our President Obama has said repeatedly that he has no interest in running our automobile or any industry, and the sooner we can get out of them with healthy ones left in our wake, the better. And, my friend, that’s not socialism. That kind of attitude and temporary-but-necessary fix was not socialism when President Roosevelt did it, and it’s not socialism now. So BIG GOVERNMENT DEFINITELY HAS ITS PLACE! 

And what our president is trying to do with health care isn’t socialism either, even with a poll-approved public option. When you stop and think that all of those Repubs in Congress are getting their very excellent health care straight from the government, and that it’s far superior to anything us underlings out here get from the greedy health care industry, then I don’t think there’s a problem, even in their minds. 

If it’s not “socialism” when they get it - and it’s not – then it’s OK for the rest of us to have an alternative to the profit-motivated health care industry that loves to deny people basic coverage for pre-existing conditions, that kicks very sick people off the rolls to their certain deaths, and which jacks up already-high premiums annually to make their big bottom lines even bigger. 

But you’re still calling it “socialism,” Scott, and I think I finally have a taste of what our great President Roosevelt went through when he heroically saved us, and why. Today’s Republican Party is the same one that fought him tooth-and-nail decades ago and lost for the very same reasons it’s losing now. So it’s One in Five, Scott, and that’s way down from what it was even a short time ago. Like I said, my friend, your party is in trouble. Buh-bye!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sorry about the name-thing, Scott, but let’s move on. I just assumed you were OK with the sound of your name.</p>
<p>Anyway, if you remember from your schooling, “socialism” is the PERMANENT takeover of major industries, not the temporary one President Obama is enacting. And he’s really not even doing that. All he’s doing is shoring up key industries through temporary financial backing, to prevent a massive job loss and subsequent loss of those industries to foreign competitors. And this is wrong? Sheeesh! Where’s your patriotism, dude?</p>
<p>You call it socialism, but I call it smart as heck. Why are you and yours so chomping at the bit to reduce our beloved America to a second-class economic status, when with a little temporary help in the right places, we can keep our great nation economically strong and moving forward? It makes no sense to do otherwise.</p>
<p>Crying “socialism” is OK for political campaigns, I guess, but it has nothing to do with what our president is doing to get us out of the deep, deep hole your Dubya put us in. I say this now, knowing you won’t accept a word of it, and why? It’s not a Republican talking point in an overall effort to win in 2010 and 2112.</p>
<p>But like I said, the American voters are seeing through your party’s permanent campaign to get back into power and complete the terrible things you did to us under ex-president Bush. Dubya loves to talk about how he “stuck to principles,” but it’s those principles that got us into this mess, and it’s those principles that CANNOT get us out.</p>
<p>But by saying “No, No, No” to everything that comes out of the White House, you hope President Obama will fail in his presidency like Dubya did, so you can re-ascend to your CONservative throne once again, and start giving us more and more of what got us into this mess. “I want him to fail,” Rush said months ago, and this has become the Republican mantra ever since – your mantra as well, Scott.</p>
<p>Oh, and as for evidence that big government works, I only offer one piece of conclusive evidence – Franklin Delano Roosevelt. He saved our American economic system from certain greed-and-deregulation demise, put people back to work, and was popular enough with everything he did to get elected president four times. It worked, Scott, IT WORKED!</p>
<p>And even though history books speak of him heroically, and he was certainly a hero at the time, even here in the South, people like you pretend like he never happened. He doesn’t fit your far-right mentality of me, me, me, so why should you ever say he existed at all. But this is kind of like Iran’s Ackmadenijad, who likes to say 6 million Jews weren’t slaughtered by the Nazis, when we all know they were. Denial, denial, denial, and it doesn’t work, Scott.</p>
<p>And we all know President Roosevelt, who was instrumental in beating the Nazis, happened as well, and what a true hero he was to the American way of life. He saved it, Scott, and for that reason alone, he’s lovingly living deep in the American political psyche and probably always will be. </p>
<p>And if you can remember, he was called “socialist” as well, even “communist,” and who do you think were his primary political opponents throughout his entire, very long, and very successful presidency? Any guesses? That’s right, it was your party of “No, No, No” that tried to stop him in everything he did, like creating our beloved Social Security. But they couldn’t, Scott, because the American voters then were much smarter than the dummies in your party, and they won, and we won, and we’re all a great nation today because of it.</p>
<p>Our President Obama has said repeatedly that he has no interest in running our automobile or any industry, and the sooner we can get out of them with healthy ones left in our wake, the better. And, my friend, that’s not socialism. That kind of attitude and temporary-but-necessary fix was not socialism when President Roosevelt did it, and it’s not socialism now. So BIG GOVERNMENT DEFINITELY HAS ITS PLACE! </p>
<p>And what our president is trying to do with health care isn’t socialism either, even with a poll-approved public option. When you stop and think that all of those Repubs in Congress are getting their very excellent health care straight from the government, and that it’s far superior to anything us underlings out here get from the greedy health care industry, then I don’t think there’s a problem, even in their minds. </p>
<p>If it’s not “socialism” when they get it &#8211; and it’s not – then it’s OK for the rest of us to have an alternative to the profit-motivated health care industry that loves to deny people basic coverage for pre-existing conditions, that kicks very sick people off the rolls to their certain deaths, and which jacks up already-high premiums annually to make their big bottom lines even bigger. </p>
<p>But you’re still calling it “socialism,” Scott, and I think I finally have a taste of what our great President Roosevelt went through when he heroically saved us, and why. Today’s Republican Party is the same one that fought him tooth-and-nail decades ago and lost for the very same reasons it’s losing now. So it’s One in Five, Scott, and that’s way down from what it was even a short time ago. Like I said, my friend, your party is in trouble. Buh-bye!</p>
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		<title>By: Scott</title>
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		<dc:creator>Scott</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:53:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>AND YOU WANT A SECOND STIMULUS??  HOW HAS THE FIRST ONE FARED?  READ BELOW.  TOM, THIS IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING YOU SHOULD READ SO THAT HOPEFULLY YOU WILL GET A CLUE.  

The [data] compares the White House&#039;s February 2009 projection of the number of jobs that would be created by the 2009 stimulus law (through the end of 2010) with the actual change in state payroll employment through September 2009 (the latest figures available).  According to the data, 49 States and the District of Columbia have lost jobs since stimulus was enacted.  Only North Dakota has seen net job creation following the February 2009 stimulus.  While President Obama claimed the result of his stimulus bill would be the creation of 3.5 million jobs, the Nation has already lost a total of 2.7 million – a difference of 6.2 million jobs.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>AND YOU WANT A SECOND STIMULUS??  HOW HAS THE FIRST ONE FARED?  READ BELOW.  TOM, THIS IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING YOU SHOULD READ SO THAT HOPEFULLY YOU WILL GET A CLUE.  </p>
<p>The [data] compares the White House&#8217;s February 2009 projection of the number of jobs that would be created by the 2009 stimulus law (through the end of 2010) with the actual change in state payroll employment through September 2009 (the latest figures available).  According to the data, 49 States and the District of Columbia have lost jobs since stimulus was enacted.  Only North Dakota has seen net job creation following the February 2009 stimulus.  While President Obama claimed the result of his stimulus bill would be the creation of 3.5 million jobs, the Nation has already lost a total of 2.7 million – a difference of 6.2 million jobs.</p>
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		<title>By: Scott</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ajc.com/cynthia-tucker/2009/10/19/the-right-and-political-reasons-for-mini-stimulus/comment-page-2/#comment-8243</link>
		<dc:creator>Scott</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 12:24:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Tom, Wait until the next years elections.  I don&#039;t know why you insist on inserting my name every 5 seconds.  It&#039;s kind of annoying, Tom.  Tom, I called Obama a Socialist because he himself believes in Socialist policies, both in thought and by his actions.  Tom, when the government takes control of banks and automotive sectors, and threatens to increase its role in healthcare, THAT is socialism.  I AM looking out for both myself and my country, Tom.  Tom, You still have not provided any evidence of how big government has helped any country.  Tom, even China figured that one out as they have moved much more towards capitalism.  Tom, what happened with Russia and the eerily similar policies that they had before their downfall?  Tom, we already bail out Social Security, USPS, Medicare, AMTRAK, Government Motors, and big government states like NY and CA with taxpayer money on a regular basis; why would you think that letting the government increase its stake in healthcare would have different results?  Tom, all we are going to do by continuing to increase the debt on this country using fiscally irresponsible policies (Healthcare reform, stimulus bill laden in pork that produce NO JOBS, cap and trade, soon coming immigration reform) that the Democrats are proposing, is bury the country further into debt.  Tom, I hated it when the Republicans spent like Democrats too and disagreed with how fiscally irresponsible they were. Tom, just watch next year&#039;s elections.  Tom, I guarantee that a country looking at 10% unemployment, a decreased dollar value, and increased taxes will not make the same mistake they made last year.  Tom, look at every poll out there; they are waking up Tom.  Tom, they are waking up.  Tom, Tom, Tom, Maybe you should wake up too.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Tom, Wait until the next years elections.  I don&#8217;t know why you insist on inserting my name every 5 seconds.  It&#8217;s kind of annoying, Tom.  Tom, I called Obama a Socialist because he himself believes in Socialist policies, both in thought and by his actions.  Tom, when the government takes control of banks and automotive sectors, and threatens to increase its role in healthcare, THAT is socialism.  I AM looking out for both myself and my country, Tom.  Tom, You still have not provided any evidence of how big government has helped any country.  Tom, even China figured that one out as they have moved much more towards capitalism.  Tom, what happened with Russia and the eerily similar policies that they had before their downfall?  Tom, we already bail out Social Security, USPS, Medicare, AMTRAK, Government Motors, and big government states like NY and CA with taxpayer money on a regular basis; why would you think that letting the government increase its stake in healthcare would have different results?  Tom, all we are going to do by continuing to increase the debt on this country using fiscally irresponsible policies (Healthcare reform, stimulus bill laden in pork that produce NO JOBS, cap and trade, soon coming immigration reform) that the Democrats are proposing, is bury the country further into debt.  Tom, I hated it when the Republicans spent like Democrats too and disagreed with how fiscally irresponsible they were. Tom, just watch next year&#8217;s elections.  Tom, I guarantee that a country looking at 10% unemployment, a decreased dollar value, and increased taxes will not make the same mistake they made last year.  Tom, look at every poll out there; they are waking up Tom.  Tom, they are waking up.  Tom, Tom, Tom, Maybe you should wake up too.</p>
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		<title>By: Tom Middleton</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ajc.com/cynthia-tucker/2009/10/19/the-right-and-political-reasons-for-mini-stimulus/comment-page-2/#comment-8185</link>
		<dc:creator>Tom Middleton</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:59:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Same ol’, same ol’, Scott. You’ve either memorized the Repub talking points from the last six months, or you’re getting a fresh copy e-mailed in everyday. Either way, you’re only representing about 1 in 5 (20 percent) of voters these days by continuing to spout that self-serving stuff. Add to this that your base is almost getting smaller by the day, and Houston, you have a problem.

Doesn’t this tell you something, Scott? You and yours are losing the argument, and yet you’re holding firm to what four of five voters now recognize as K-R-A-P. (That’s unless you can find an Independent or three who might agree with you. Check with Dobbs.)

Scott, you folks are going down, and you’re sitting there being true to your absolute nothing with a wink and a smile – pure Sarah Palin. Conservative Repub philosophy only works for a short time, if it works at all, and it only benefits a handful when it does.

You lost in November because a majority of the voters figured you out – that you’re the party of financial greed.  And like any giant pyramid scheme that wants grass roots support, only the people at the top will ever get the benefits you have to promise everyone. So we’re on to you, Scott. My question to you is this: Why can’t you see it? 

You said John McCain lost because he didn’t appeal to your narrow base, a base NOT a majority of the American voters. So, Scott, when you think about it, that meant Mr. McCain, a very good man indeed, needed to reach out to attract more voters to win, and guess what?  You and yours couldn’t follow, and you lost the election. What else could have happened with your defeatist recalcitrance, Scott? You lost, Scott, you lost, and for your party&#039;s very personal reasons!

And you’re going to keep losing if you can’t do any better than your party of “No, No, No” has been able to do in these first few critical months of Mr. Obama’s presidency. (And please don’t forget that he inherited all the failures and mis-directions of Dubya, something I’m never going to let you do.)

And why are you calling President Obama a “socialist” for asking all Americans to do what&#039;s right for their country first, not just for themselves? MMMMMMMM… Could it be that your party only believes in doing what’s right for yourselves and not for OUR country.

Like I said, Scott: Keep on with your tried-and-failed talking points and your party will be going buh-bye for good. Then all of you left (in a far-right sort of way) can gather on some rich man’s golf course every year to celebrate Rush’s birthday, and won’t that be fun? 

Please sink one long and deep, Scott, and please do it for all of those who were promised $millions by your Republican Party for their votes but actually lost money instead. That’s the vast majority of us these days, Scott, and please take notice.

And please, please make sure that Rush gives you a really big smile and wink when you do. I’m going to miss having the Repubs around for sure, but knowing Rush will smile that big after you sink a long one will make all the difference in our brand-new and very democratic world. Scott, you betcha, and talk to you later, I’m sure!  

Cynthia gives us some really interesting subjects to talk about, doesn&#039;t she? Yea, Cynthia!!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Same ol’, same ol’, Scott. You’ve either memorized the Repub talking points from the last six months, or you’re getting a fresh copy e-mailed in everyday. Either way, you’re only representing about 1 in 5 (20 percent) of voters these days by continuing to spout that self-serving stuff. Add to this that your base is almost getting smaller by the day, and Houston, you have a problem.</p>
<p>Doesn’t this tell you something, Scott? You and yours are losing the argument, and yet you’re holding firm to what four of five voters now recognize as K-R-A-P. (That’s unless you can find an Independent or three who might agree with you. Check with Dobbs.)</p>
<p>Scott, you folks are going down, and you’re sitting there being true to your absolute nothing with a wink and a smile – pure Sarah Palin. Conservative Repub philosophy only works for a short time, if it works at all, and it only benefits a handful when it does.</p>
<p>You lost in November because a majority of the voters figured you out – that you’re the party of financial greed.  And like any giant pyramid scheme that wants grass roots support, only the people at the top will ever get the benefits you have to promise everyone. So we’re on to you, Scott. My question to you is this: Why can’t you see it? </p>
<p>You said John McCain lost because he didn’t appeal to your narrow base, a base NOT a majority of the American voters. So, Scott, when you think about it, that meant Mr. McCain, a very good man indeed, needed to reach out to attract more voters to win, and guess what?  You and yours couldn’t follow, and you lost the election. What else could have happened with your defeatist recalcitrance, Scott? You lost, Scott, you lost, and for your party&#8217;s very personal reasons!</p>
<p>And you’re going to keep losing if you can’t do any better than your party of “No, No, No” has been able to do in these first few critical months of Mr. Obama’s presidency. (And please don’t forget that he inherited all the failures and mis-directions of Dubya, something I’m never going to let you do.)</p>
<p>And why are you calling President Obama a “socialist” for asking all Americans to do what&#8217;s right for their country first, not just for themselves? MMMMMMMM… Could it be that your party only believes in doing what’s right for yourselves and not for OUR country.</p>
<p>Like I said, Scott: Keep on with your tried-and-failed talking points and your party will be going buh-bye for good. Then all of you left (in a far-right sort of way) can gather on some rich man’s golf course every year to celebrate Rush’s birthday, and won’t that be fun? </p>
<p>Please sink one long and deep, Scott, and please do it for all of those who were promised $millions by your Republican Party for their votes but actually lost money instead. That’s the vast majority of us these days, Scott, and please take notice.</p>
<p>And please, please make sure that Rush gives you a really big smile and wink when you do. I’m going to miss having the Repubs around for sure, but knowing Rush will smile that big after you sink a long one will make all the difference in our brand-new and very democratic world. Scott, you betcha, and talk to you later, I’m sure!  </p>
<p>Cynthia gives us some really interesting subjects to talk about, doesn&#8217;t she? Yea, Cynthia!!!</p>
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		<title>By: TnGelding</title>
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		<dc:creator>TnGelding</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 23:53:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Randall W. Capps 

October 20th, 2009
5:31 pm

They shouldn&#039;t have house notes or car notes. They should have learned by now that if you can&#039;t pay cash you can&#039;t afford it. They do have escalating health insurance premiums if they chose to purchase additional insurance to supplement Medicare, or rising health care costs if they didn&#039;t. Insurance is our number one expense. I&#039;m about ready to unload anything that needs insuring.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Randall W. Capps </p>
<p>October 20th, 2009<br />
5:31 pm</p>
<p>They shouldn&#8217;t have house notes or car notes. They should have learned by now that if you can&#8217;t pay cash you can&#8217;t afford it. They do have escalating health insurance premiums if they chose to purchase additional insurance to supplement Medicare, or rising health care costs if they didn&#8217;t. Insurance is our number one expense. I&#8217;m about ready to unload anything that needs insuring.</p>
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		<title>By: Randall W. Capps</title>
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		<dc:creator>Randall W. Capps</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 21:31:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Earlier it was those on S.S. that were the greedy people.  I guess those on S.S. don&#039;t have car notes, or house notes or escalating health insurance premiums?   

What does this woman do to earn her job?   Republican leadership?   Lady, the Dem are in power.  If you haven&#039;t figured that out yet, I have a bridge you might like to buy in Brooklyn.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Earlier it was those on S.S. that were the greedy people.  I guess those on S.S. don&#8217;t have car notes, or house notes or escalating health insurance premiums?   </p>
<p>What does this woman do to earn her job?   Republican leadership?   Lady, the Dem are in power.  If you haven&#8217;t figured that out yet, I have a bridge you might like to buy in Brooklyn.</p>
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		<title>By: Scott</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ajc.com/cynthia-tucker/2009/10/19/the-right-and-political-reasons-for-mini-stimulus/comment-page-2/#comment-8141</link>
		<dc:creator>Scott</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 20:56:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Tom, 

I hate to break it to you but the party of NO NO NO is the Democrat party.  They stopped everything during the last 2 years of Bush&#039;s presidency.  They did everything they could to undermine his Presidency.  It is funny that you are implying the Republicans are stopping the reforms from occurring.  Last time I looked, the Dems have the numbers to do whatever they want.  How come they haven&#039;t taken advantage of it?  Perhaps, many of them are scared and know that the American public do not want the product they are offering????

The reason why the Rep party lost the elections was because many wanted change.  Not solely a change in the White House, but a change in EVERYTHING.  Shoot, I wanted change somewhat.  Not enough to vote for a Socialist, but I sure didn&#039;t like anybody else in Congress, Rep or Dem.  Most did not want/expect this much change at once though.  Obama ran saying that he would make change that everybody liked.  He pandered to everybody just get their votes.  Now, all of those moderates and independents are having 2nd thoughts.  They realized that the guy was a schmoozer and all he could do was TALK a nice talk, but DO nothing.  They are leaving him and he is trying to appease them, upsetting the Far Left of the Democrat party.  You wait, the Democrat party eats their own; it&#039;s been done over and over again.  I wouldn&#039;t be surprised to see it again.  

Another reason why the Reps lost.  They tried acting like Democrats.  They spent like Democrats.  They got away from Conservative principles.  Shoot, they nominated a closet Democrat in McCain and alienated its Conservative base.  I know many Reps that voted for the Dem ticket simply because they wanted to teach the Reps a lesson.  

I am just shocked that you are willing to accept Big Government. I am assuming that you were against the Patriot Act.  This takeover the government that is going on right now makes the Patriot Act look insignificant.  Again, nobody has yet to offer a single example of how expanding government helped their country.  The reason...BIG GOVERNMENT DOES NOT WORK!!!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Tom, </p>
<p>I hate to break it to you but the party of NO NO NO is the Democrat party.  They stopped everything during the last 2 years of Bush&#8217;s presidency.  They did everything they could to undermine his Presidency.  It is funny that you are implying the Republicans are stopping the reforms from occurring.  Last time I looked, the Dems have the numbers to do whatever they want.  How come they haven&#8217;t taken advantage of it?  Perhaps, many of them are scared and know that the American public do not want the product they are offering????</p>
<p>The reason why the Rep party lost the elections was because many wanted change.  Not solely a change in the White House, but a change in EVERYTHING.  Shoot, I wanted change somewhat.  Not enough to vote for a Socialist, but I sure didn&#8217;t like anybody else in Congress, Rep or Dem.  Most did not want/expect this much change at once though.  Obama ran saying that he would make change that everybody liked.  He pandered to everybody just get their votes.  Now, all of those moderates and independents are having 2nd thoughts.  They realized that the guy was a schmoozer and all he could do was TALK a nice talk, but DO nothing.  They are leaving him and he is trying to appease them, upsetting the Far Left of the Democrat party.  You wait, the Democrat party eats their own; it&#8217;s been done over and over again.  I wouldn&#8217;t be surprised to see it again.  </p>
<p>Another reason why the Reps lost.  They tried acting like Democrats.  They spent like Democrats.  They got away from Conservative principles.  Shoot, they nominated a closet Democrat in McCain and alienated its Conservative base.  I know many Reps that voted for the Dem ticket simply because they wanted to teach the Reps a lesson.  </p>
<p>I am just shocked that you are willing to accept Big Government. I am assuming that you were against the Patriot Act.  This takeover the government that is going on right now makes the Patriot Act look insignificant.  Again, nobody has yet to offer a single example of how expanding government helped their country.  The reason&#8230;BIG GOVERNMENT DOES NOT WORK!!!!</p>
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