Bachmann: God demands attention to tea party message
Michele Bachmann, campaigning in Sarasota, Fla. over the weekend:
“I don’t know how much God has to do to get the attention of the politicians. We’ve had an earthquake; we’ve had a hurricane. He said, ‘Are you going to start listening to me here?’ Listen to the American people because the American people are roaring right now. They know government is on a morbid obesity diet and we’ve got to rein in the spending.”
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1811/0311
August 29th, 2011
9:46 am
“Joe Biden opens his mouth about US Navy SEALs”
” Let me briefly acknowledge tonight’s distinguished honorees. Admiral James Stavridis is a, is the real deal. He can tell you more about and understands the incredible, the phenomenal, the just almost unbelievable capacity of his Navy SEALs and what they did last Sunday.”
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/tobyharnden/100086416/joe-biden-opens-his-mouth-about-us-navy-seals/
This one too:
“Biden Reveals Location of Secret VP Bunker”
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/05/18/biden-reveals-location-secret-vp-bunker/
RB from Gwinnett
August 29th, 2011
9:46 am
Oh, I get it. If he’d said you “are” terrorists, that would have been bad, but in the simple mind of you liberals, only saying you’re “acting like” terrorist is ok? What a pathetic group of exucuse makeing sheep you are.
Just curious… Don’t terrorists earn their title by “acting like terrorists” too? What’s the damn difference?!!
poison pen
August 29th, 2011
9:47 am
philosopher
” @Call it like it is. One need be neither a God-hater or church hater ro be offended by someone USING God for personal gain”
True, And that goes for all the preachers on TV, none of them are poor.
Joe the Plutocrat
August 29th, 2011
9:49 am
“…I went to the place where every white face is an invitation to robbery; I’m sitting here in my safe European home, don’t wanna go back there again…”
Good little liberal
August 29th, 2011
9:49 am
Those radical Republicans. Talking about God.
Because as we all know, it is the Republicans that have gone to the extremes, never the Democrats.
We have always been a nation that ignored God and didn’t allow God into the government. Those prayers, publicly spoken by Presidents of the past, both Republican and Democrat? They were just allusions. They never happened. The Billy Graham crusades that filled coliseums, making most rock concerts look like a small meeting of close friends? Never happened. it’s just propaganda. ANd if they did, the religious zealots caused massive riots and killed people. That’s it. They were beating up Black people and gays and Billy Graham was egging them on.
The Democrats have kept a steady line, never wavered from the same course they have always held. They have not gone to the far, far left like so many Republicans say that they have.
Religion has never been allowed to be part of American celebrations. It was never called the Christmas Holiday, it was always called the Winter Holiday. Easter was about a bunny rabbit that lays eggs, not about anything religious.
Yes sir. The Democrats have not gone to the far, far, far, far extremes of their party. It’s been the Republicans who are wanting to take our country to the extremes that we have never been before.
God Bless Ameri . . . Er . . . . Mother Earth Bless America. Yea, that’s it. Mother Earth Bless America!!!
Uncle Jed
August 29th, 2011
9:49 am
Brosephus
August 29th, 2011
9:42 am
++++++++++++++++
My Brother, I obviously misinterpreted your post and thought you were making the point that anyone accepting a monotheistic diety was a Christian by default. My apology is offered.
Tile accordingly. (35 years)
And now, I really am “off to see the tiller, the wonderful tiller of soil.”
JKL2
August 29th, 2011
9:50 am
joe mama- Who outed Valerie Plame?
And who died because of that?
Keep Up the Good Fight!
August 29th, 2011
9:50 am
When Scout reposts his little pouts over and over….. does he still get to say “Well, well” like its a surprise… or it is that ACTING!
Adam
August 29th, 2011
9:50 am
Obama as anti-business:
http://www.businessinsider.com/obama-administration-targets-regulations-to-save-face-with-businesses-2011-8
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/75f62250-4441-11e0-931d-00144feab49a.html#axzz1WQLCywKK
And please, don’t give me the “well he’s only doing it to blahblahblah.” If you acknowledge that his actions in these articles are true, then you really can’t legitimately claim he is anti-business.
Adam
August 29th, 2011
9:50 am
More anti-business Obama: http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2010/08/07/slow-to-spend.html
philosopher
August 29th, 2011
9:51 am
@poison pen- yep, not sure what your point is, though….
Adam
August 29th, 2011
9:52 am
GLL: Because as we all know, it is the Republicans that have gone to the extremes, never the Democrats.
Why just the other day Obama said God hates Republicans and business! I saw it in a chain email….
Jm
August 29th, 2011
9:53 am
Obama the job and business destroyer.
What a re-election slogan that will be.
Adam
August 29th, 2011
9:53 am
The Democrats have kept a steady line, never wavered from the same course they have always held. They have not gone to the far, far left like so many Republicans say that they have.
By far the truest statement I think I’ve seen from you today.
Granny Godzilla
August 29th, 2011
9:54 am
From TPM
“Team Bachmann says the line wasn’t meant to be taken seriously.
“Obviously she was saying it in jest,” campaign spokesperson Alice Stewart told TPM.
let’s get some of that “don’t make fun of God” outrage ginned up now please
Adam
August 29th, 2011
9:55 am
JKL2: And who died because of that?
I am sure that if anyone died, you wouldn’t know, and that if no one did, that makes it PERFECTLY OK!
Jm
August 29th, 2011
9:55 am
Adam 9:50 sure u can
If you get rid of 5 irrelevant regulations but add 10 awful ones, you’re still anti business. Get it? (no)
Joe the Plutocrat
August 29th, 2011
9:55 am
Scout, I the truth is; we don’t know who took down bin Laden. ever hear of a little government trick called “disinformation”? (or better yet, compartimentalization) if it serves our purposes (in terms of counter-terrorism) to tell everyone “the SEALs did it” or “SEAL Team Six, which doesn’t exist; did it” that’s the story we sell. chance are, not even Biden knows the true identity of “the shooters”. in fact, it is entirely possible we crashed the ’secret stealth helicopter’ on purpose to send al Qeada, Pakistan and by proxy; China on a false trail. or, let me put it in terms you and the other neo-cons can understand; it’s like telling the media and citizens we are invading a country to find/destroy WMD, or to avenge 9/11; when really the motive was something entirely different.
Keep Up the Good Fight!
August 29th, 2011
9:56 am
And now the silly “Bachmann saying God is sending a message on behalf of the Tea Party” charade is just like any other politician leading a prayer, or attending an event where there is a prayer false equivalent…. Thanks GLL!
Adam
August 29th, 2011
9:56 am
Jm: Yes we all know how much regulations hamper business. Why, if it wasn’t for that pesky minimum wage and slave labor laws, I could just grow my business that much better!
kayaker 71
August 29th, 2011
9:56 am
If this had been Bush’s long lost uncle, Bookman and then Tucker, would have broken their pencils getting this into a thread. Seems that Uncle Onyago, Bozo’s long lost uncle who left Kenya about 25 yrs ago had a blood alcohol of 0.14, just a bit above the legal limit, and nearly hit a patrol car because he was drunk. He had just come from the Chicken Bone Saloon in Framington, MA where he apparently was swilling a few before driving home. He had been held, like Aunty Zeituni, on a deportation warrant but released earlier. Aunty Zeituni is now occupying government housing in MA and is no longer on the deportation list. Wonder why. Uncle Onyago will no doubt enjoy the same result. He seems to have been in this country for over 25 years as an illegal. You just can’t make this stuff up.
Gordon
August 29th, 2011
9:57 am
Adam @9:50,
That’s great if he actually does that. Of course at this stage it is just talk, but I’ll give him due credit if and when he does it. What he has actually done to this point cannot be considered business friendly.
poison pen
August 29th, 2011
9:58 am
Adam
Obama as anti-business:
http://www.businessinsider.com/obama-administration-targets-regulations-to-save-face-with-businesses-2011-8
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/75f62250-4441-11e0-931d-00144feab49a.html#axzz1WQLCywKK
” And please, don’t give me the “well he’s only doing it to blahblahblah.” If you acknowledge that his actions in these articles are true, then you really can’t legitimately claim he is anti-business.”
We all know that he is for business, heck! look at all the taxpayer money he gave to Bankers, Wall Street, GM, and everyone else without any strings attached.
No interest loans, CEO’s still making millions, Corporations still moving business overseas, you can’t get any more big business friendly than that.
I wish he wasn’t big business friendly.
Adam
August 29th, 2011
9:59 am
poison pen: I agree
rene
August 29th, 2011
9:59 am
does that stage collapse mean god hates country music fans?
Joe the Plutocrat
August 29th, 2011
10:00 am
Scout, or as a former sniper, it’s like the Warren Commission telling America that your former USMC brother in arms, Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in Dallas November ‘63. this doesn’t even suggest Oswald was part of some government conspiracy or rogue federal agency; but simply that served the interests of those in power to sell the “lone gunman” theory to John Q. Zapruder.
Gordon
August 29th, 2011
10:01 am
Adam, you have a penchant of gross overexaggeration. First it was saying Republicans are going to turn the USA into a theocracy, now you are mentioning slave labor laws and the miminum wage in the same sentence. When do we get the Hitler reference?
But you are right about one thing: if government didn’t artifically raise the price of labor you and others could grow your businesses and hire more people.
Joe the Plutocrat
August 29th, 2011
10:02 am
rene, only Sugarland fans, and only because Sugarland fans aren’t really country music fans (not evangelical enough)
JKL2
August 29th, 2011
10:03 am
adam- I am sure that if anyone died, you wouldn’t know, and that if no one did, that makes it PERFECTLY OK!
It’s like comparing what you call American “torture” techniques of playing rock music and taking embarrassing photos with middle eastern techniques of breaking bones and chopping off body parts. The last I checked, Valerie Plame was still enjoying life on the talk show circuit. Too bad our Navy Seals can’t say the same thing.
F. Sinkwich
August 29th, 2011
10:03 am
“As President Obama prepares his jobs plan speech, he’s also filling out his economics team, preparing to nominate Princeton University’s Alan Krueger to be chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers. Krueger, 50, a labor specialist…”
Oh, good. Another lefty looney labor lacky academic with no real world experience leading Obama’s economic team.
I can feel this economy taking off like a rocket now!
LOL.
Not. More like OMG.
poison pen
August 29th, 2011
10:04 am
philosopher
” @poison pen- yep, not sure what your point is, though….”
The point is, that they all use the pulpit for personal gain, I don’t trust any TV preacher.
A Face in the Crowd
August 29th, 2011
10:04 am
“Team Bachmann says the line wasn’t meant to be taken seriously.”
Isn’t that redundant?
I agree with Jay’s earlier comment that she has to be given some attention. She’s in the running for the president. The more attention given her lunacies, the better. She seems intent on offering plenty of fodder.
Adam
August 29th, 2011
10:08 am
Gordon: Yes, if you remove all morality from the industry, then there is no need for regulation and people can build businesses and “hire” as many people as needed to do the work.
Mick
August 29th, 2011
10:08 am
rb
**It matters as much as the Vice President calling half the country “terrorists**
Half? surely you jest, more like an 1/18th…
Bosch
August 29th, 2011
10:11 am
RB @ 9:46
Defending? Hardly. If Obama had indeed said, “I think the people who do not agree with me are my enemies” or if Biden had actually called people who disagreed with him “terrorists” I would be with you in condeming such statements.
However, make your criticisms and your poutrages about real things. Things that really happened instead of getting all ballistic and bent out of shape about imaginary things. Because when you insist upon lying about what people actually say and post those lies here, in a vain attempt at scoring political points, or to create some kind of imaginary “gotcha,” we will call you on it. Every. Single. Time.
stands for decibels
August 29th, 2011
10:12 am
American “torture” techniques of playing rock music and taking embarrassing photos
boy, someone sure is in serious denial.
This is what just one (1) guy got at the hands of our enhanced interrogators.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article6111109.ece
and that’s just what the Dept. of Justice owned up to.
Granny Godzilla
August 29th, 2011
10:13 am
“Businessmen” who became Presidents…
Herbert Hoover
George W. Bush
Any more shining examples?
Doggone/GA
August 29th, 2011
10:14 am
“Those radical Republicans. Talking about God”
There’s a BIG difference between talking ABOUT God and talking FOR God
bookman parrot
August 29th, 2011
10:16 am
please continue to support “our” incumbent who has 9+% unemployment, sky-high prices on fuel, etc…
Jeff
August 29th, 2011
10:19 am
God has blessed America in the past and will in the future if we get back to the small government that our founders wanted.Right now we are under a tyranny under the guise of security and helping the poor.They (in power now) don’t give a damn about the poor,and security is just a means to control your life.The message of God and liberty does not fit well there and the Tea Party IS that message.
AmVet
August 29th, 2011
10:19 am
Pro-torture Americans are merely westernized and emasculated would-be Taliban.
You just know these bloodlusting neo-cons wish they could get away with chopping off some Muslim heads and other body parts.
Too bad for the chickenhawks, we are not gonna let them…
It's All Dikksie Now!
August 29th, 2011
10:22 am
Jim Kunstler described all this beautifully 2 weeks ago:
“Looking every inch the Assistant Manager of a J.C. Penny, Rick Perry of Texas stepped on-board the touring evangelical freak show that the Republican pre-primary parade has turned into. I like to think of him as George W. Bush without all the encumbering intellect. I give it three months before media snoops catch him in bed with Michele Bachmann. The two of them will claim it was all right because Jesus was there as chaperone and anyway, “…alls we did was watch the Vikings-Cowboy game….”
Oh these sons and daughters of the high corn! Make no mistake (to borrow a favorite war cry from the presidential cheat sheet), both of these heartland bozos are dumb enough to lead America straight into the graveyard of failed states. Imagine a summit between Rick Perry and whoever succeeds Hu Jintao – the incredulous side-glances of the Chinese leader and his interpreter when Mr. Perry presents the official gift from our nation: a miniature Bible made by the inmates at Stringfellow State Prison and “prayed over by qualified preachers twenty-four hours a day!” Or how about Michele Bachmann and Vlad Putin. I’d sooner watch a gerbil in a terrarium with a King Cobra.
Meanwhile, the other day poor Mitt Romney tried to explain to a crowd of Iowa hot-heads that “corporations are people!” “
Good little liberal
August 29th, 2011
10:22 am
Adam, Keep Up
Absolutely dead on. Democrats never have any sort of problems with religion. Always welcome it in public places. And of course Democrats always speak so highly of religious people. It is truly the party of acceptance and love.
We are the world . . . We are the children . . SING ALONG!!! We are the ones that make a brighter day so let’s start giving away money that belongs to anyone but us . . .
I may start weeping from happiness at all the love from the Democrats to the religious people in our country, just like they have always been.
Mick
August 29th, 2011
10:22 am
parrot
Yeah, keep sqawking on those unemployment numbers, remember sept 08 when the bottom fell out? That mess will linger for at least another 5 to 7 years or more, no matter who is the president…
Gordon
August 29th, 2011
10:22 am
Adam,
Just because some people believe the minimum wage should not be raised above a certain level does not make them immoral, nor does it mean that they don’t believe businesses should be regulated. I believe there should be a minimum wage to combat collusion among businesses, but it should not be related to what some people term “a living wage”. Also, businesses should be forced to provide certain working conditions for all its employees.
It is not nor should it be the concern of a business to pay someone what a liberal thinks they need to live at a certain level. The job belongs to the business, not the person. What the person owns is their ability, experience, and motivation.
Businesses and “the market” will never be moral in the sense you talk about. They should follow the law. One of the things liberals always say, and they are exactly right about, is that you can’t legislate morality. I find it hilarious when they then turn around and try to take the moral high ground when someone disagrees with them on issues like the minimum wage or entitlements.
philosopher
August 29th, 2011
10:23 am
@poison pen: I not only don’t trust them, I loathe what they do. However, they aren’t actively seeking to be the president of my country…I can turn the TV off and they do not affect my life (in ways that I am aware of, at least)….
jt
August 29th, 2011
10:24 am
This article just goes to show that Bachmann is stupid. Everyone knows that the disasters have been sent because of God’s ire concerning Ron Paul.
Anyhow,imho-
.
All presidential candidates, and all current administration officials(cabinent level and up) , should be subjected to random AND scheduled drug tests…………..the results being public information in that they are public officials or running for the same.
Seems fair.
.
Congress too.
Bosch
August 29th, 2011
10:30 am
Gordon,
Do you not think that a minimum wage is good for the free market in the sense that it sets a standard for expected cost of living and easier for businesses to price accordingly?
Redneck Convert (R--and proud of it)
August 29th, 2011
10:31 am
Well, she might of spoke a little too quick there. But nobody’s perfect.
Anybody got a picture of her with that foot-long hot dog? I need a little pick-me-up to get my Monday going. Monday is always a hard slog.
Have a good week everybody.
Joe the Plutocrat
August 29th, 2011
10:32 am
jt, you’re gonna have to talk to the folks at “Big Pharm” as “the free market” has yet to develop a drug test for the opiate of the masses. now there is a riddle wrapped in an ironic enigma for you.
I can’t get off my Clash connection. forget about the “Give ‘Em Enough Rope” principle. what about the “London Calling” principle – specifically “Death or Glory”?
“…every gimmick-hungry yob, digging gold from rock and roll; grabs the mike to tell us, he’ll die before he’s sold, but I believe in this, and it’s been test by research; he who f***s nuns will later join the church…”
philosopher
August 29th, 2011
10:33 am
@ Jeff: “God has blessed America in the past and will in the future if we get back to the small government that our founders wanted.” for real?!?! Your God supports small government? Did He tell you that? Is that written somewhere?? For real? Oh, so YOU talk for God, too….WOW, that’s amazing!
Soothsayer
August 29th, 2011
10:34 am
Every time Michelle opens her mouth, this is what I think of. For you Redneck!
yuzeyurbrane
August 29th, 2011
10:36 am
I think the Devil made her do it.
Joe the Plutocrat
August 29th, 2011
10:36 am
somebody needs to contact Bachman to see if we can get any info on how god will punish us if we elect a polygamist who wears special underwear (and doesn’t drink Coke OR Pepsi)?
lynnie gal
August 29th, 2011
10:36 am
I blame god for Michelle Bachmann.
Good little liberal
August 29th, 2011
10:43 am
Bosch
When you have a specific amount of money to pay your employees, having the government tell you to almost double everyone’s wages is always a good thing. You immediately know who’s job you are going to cut, and isn’t that just great for our economy?
Redneck Convert (R--and proud of it)
August 29th, 2011
10:43 am
Many thanks, Sooth. I’m all charged up for work now. I bet that Monica Lewisky is jealous.
Good little liberal
August 29th, 2011
10:44 am
philosopher
Talking to God is so 1989.
In Government we trust.
That’s the ticket.
kayaker 71
August 29th, 2011
10:44 am
Only 14% of the American voting public think that this country is headed in the right direction…… and they are all right here on this liberal love fest. You might think that you have a lock on political wisdom but reality will set in before long and, like Bookman described in one of his much earlier threads, will have the privilege of having the DNC meet in a phone booth. Remember the phone booth analogy? Only 21% of the voting public were Republicans? Well, last November changed that perception, if there ever was a perception of any validity. Your denial is beyond belief.
AmVet
August 29th, 2011
10:44 am
Perhaps I can induce Mr. Bookman to create a post on the minimum wage?
It could be another interesting expose on how the self-destructive, fiscally non-conservatives think…
redneckbluedog
August 29th, 2011
10:45 am
I would like to thank God for Michelle Bachmann, and this article….I”m really starting to depend on my dear Michelle to say something stupid pretty much every day….It give me a reason to get up in the morning…..So, what was the message sent by Katrina and Rita..??? and the tsunami…? and the huge Iceland volcano that choked off air travel in Europe…? Please interpret that for me, or Michelle, sayer of sooths…and maybe Brother Pat Roberson can help……
larry
August 29th, 2011
10:45 am
Hi, Im roaring here. Here me roar.
Geeezzz
LMAO
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August 29th, 2011
10:46 am
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Joe Mama
August 29th, 2011
10:46 am
JKL2 — “And who died because of that?”
Releasing classified information is a crime whether someone dies as a result of it or not. I feel pretty sure you know that already, but perhaps you’ve never held a security clearance.
Jeremy
August 29th, 2011
10:47 am
I applaud her publically speaking of faith in God, which many men holding position of leadership and authority are afraid to do. I also believe the catastrophic events we see are divine warning signs, it is written, not to be taken with a grain of salt.
Michele is one of those politicians herself. Her pledge of $2/gallon gasoline is something even the average politician wouldn’t conjure. She could probably be more effective focusing on being the wife and mother she is, or maybe a pretty little comedian or fashion model.
williebkind
August 29th, 2011
10:47 am
“I think the most disturbing thing about bachmann is that there are people in the republican party that obviously take her seriously, to the detriment of that once reasonable party”
Wow that sounds like the liberas drooling over Obama!
Good little liberal
August 29th, 2011
10:47 am
AmVet
I think it is wonderful that we had the all-wise Democrats almost double the minimum wage. It allowed the companies that were not patriotic to get out of here. So what if we lost a few million jobs. Those people can just let the government take care of them, like they have some sense.
redneckbluedog
August 29th, 2011
10:48 am
AmVet
August 29th, 2011
10:44 am
Do you get your rocks off working people to death for $9.00 and hour….because I’ve got news for you…That dog won’t hunt no more….People will just quit nowadays and sell dope for cash…..If you want a civil society, then the free market must have more opportunity than the black market..!!!!
larry
August 29th, 2011
10:48 am
No , wait a minute, that was my stomach.
Anybody for an early lunch.
Maybe we can dunk the Tea Party once and for all.
Joe Mama
August 29th, 2011
10:48 am
JKL2 — “The last I checked, Valerie Plame was still enjoying life on the talk show circuit.”
Irrelevant to the question I asked. Who outed her, please?
Mike
August 29th, 2011
10:48 am
Definitely a perfect example of using the Lord’s name in vain. She’s actually quoting Him on a line He never spoke. It’s no different than those billboards that made up fake quotes by God such as, “Come to my house before the big game—-God.”
This lady shouldn’t be our president. Try a different mother figure, Republicans. You’re not doing so well with the first three (Palin, O’Donnel, and now Bachman).
Good little liberal
August 29th, 2011
10:49 am
redneckbluedog
Yes. Saying anything about God is STUPID. She should put her faith in lawyers and politicians the way Democrats do. they are so wise.
Joe
August 29th, 2011
10:49 am
Since Bachmann in your view makes wacky statements that deserve your attention what about Obama’s… Do they deserve just as much???
redneckbluedog
August 29th, 2011
10:49 am
philosopher
August 29th, 2011
10:33 am
YES INDEED…..GW Bush tried blowing that smoke up our hind ends for 8 years and God crashed the economy….RIGHT….?!?!?!
Good little liberal
August 29th, 2011
10:51 am
larry
Let’s get rid of the Tea Party. Let’s silence the opposition.
BTW, You are invited to the book burning tonight. Bring all the books written by Tea Party members.
redneckbluedog
August 29th, 2011
10:51 am
Good little liberal
August 29th, 2011
10:49 am
Reckon God caused the BP oil spill…?!?!? or reckon that was BP…?!?!?! or maybe it was Obama’s fault…!!! Yep…probably Obama’s fault…..
williebkind
August 29th, 2011
10:52 am
Look at this blog talking down on Christains and candidates who are not ashamed of their beliefs. Well you can go to NY City where they do not let Christains speak at a ceremony dedicated to all Americans. Yep if only they were muslims or atheists no one would dare do that. Hell they may get blowed up if they did. But liberals have never been known for the home of the brave.
Good little liberal
August 29th, 2011
10:52 am
Joe
Obama’s wacky statements don’t count. Neither do Biden’s because we know what they really mean and they have love in their heart for all mankind. There I go weeping again.
Mike
August 29th, 2011
10:52 am
I often wonder what part of “Love thy enemy” do Republicans not get. We should be sending bread to the Middle East, not bombs.
Keep Up the Good Fight!
August 29th, 2011
10:52 am
Well I see the quality of GLL’s logic still has not improved. Questioning a candidate for President’s claim that “God is sending a message and I know the message is X” is now the equivalent of criticizing as stupid “saying anything about God”.
Gordon
August 29th, 2011
10:53 am
Bosch,
I think a minimum wage is necessary to avoid collusion among businesses in a similar industry or a monopoly from artificially holding down what the market will bear. It is an example of the proper role of government to regulate business. I think it would be appropriate for it to be tied to the cost of living, which I think some states do. I also believe there should be standards for working conditions (safety, age restrictions, overtime, etc.).
I think the “living wage” argument is bogus and arbitrary. A person with minimum skills should not be paid more than what they are worth to the business they are working for. The desire by some to force businesses to treat their employees beyond what is required by law leads to higher unemployment. Businesses exist to make a profit, and the government exists (among other things) to ensure they do that in a way that does not harm society. Both are necessary, and neither is wrong. Raising the minimum wage beyond what the market would bear DOES harm society because it leads to higher unemployment. It also discourages those who are able to keep their jobs from improving their skills.
larry
August 29th, 2011
10:53 am
Bring all the books written by Tea Party members.
Dont you mean book ?
redneckbluedog
August 29th, 2011
10:53 am
Good little liberal
August 29th, 2011
10:47 am
YES INDEED, AGAIN…..When tax rates in 1953 were 93% on top marginal income earners…CEO’s moaned and groaned and complained….But they didn’t leave the country…!!! That’s because they cared more about America back then than about the almighty dollar….!!!! The more old, smell, moldy corporations that leave this country…the more opportunities for fresh, exciting, pro-America start-ups….!!!!!!
Granny Godzilla
August 29th, 2011
10:54 am
“Look at this blog talking down on Christains and candidates who are not ashamed of their beliefs”
piffle-induced hysteria
Mick
August 29th, 2011
10:54 am
yaker
Presidential election year turnout will be much greater, don’t expect a repeat. Especially after the iced tea party pretty much has shown they they have no idea how to govern…
marc
August 29th, 2011
10:54 am
We’re on a mission from God……..isn’t that what The Blues Brothers thought? Tell you what Michelle…start wearing the suit and sunglasses and yes I will vote for you…..God just told me to…shhhhhh.
Good little liberal
August 29th, 2011
10:54 am
redneckbluedog
Silly red neck. That was Bush’s fault. Obama is only responsible for good things. And those weeks of delay in acting on the oil spill? Bush’s fault. And refusing the aid of foreign countries that had the largest oil skimmers in the world? Bush’s fault.
It’s sort of easy being a Democrat, isn’t it?
AmVet
August 29th, 2011
10:55 am
Don’t even have a thread on the topic yet, and one”misguided’ observation.
redneckbluedog, you have misinterpreted my post. I advocate for economic justice, not a plutocracy as do the Republicans.
Only 14% of the American voting public think that this country is headed in the right direction.
UP 3% from November 2008.
larry
August 29th, 2011
10:55 am
Besides , i thought AQ was the opposition. And the President has been doing a bang up job shuttng them up.
out of the blue
August 29th, 2011
10:56 am
Now, it starts to get interesting!
Perry became a millionaire while serving in office
Read more: http://www.star-telegram.com/2011/08/28/3319362/perry-became-a-millionaire-while.html#ixzz1WQi06X6r
I just hope more people would start paying attention.
Good little liberal
August 29th, 2011
10:59 am
redneckbluedog
Wow, you are sure right. Companies are eeeeeevil!!!! When the government runs out of money, they just print up some more. When companies run out of money, they go away and jobs are lost, so why should they be concerned when the government forces them to almost double wages? They are ee-eee–eeeeevil!!!
And the prices that seem to be going crazy on groceries? Who cares. We’ll just give out more food stamps.
williebkind
August 29th, 2011
10:59 am
Granny Godzilla
August 29th, 2011
10:54 am
Ok GG you are not allowed to post on this blog! It may cause a disturbance in the force!
stands for decibels
August 29th, 2011
11:01 am
I applaud her publically speaking of faith in God, which many men holding position of leadership and authority are afraid to do.
This is another in a long series of Weird Stuff Right Wingers Choose to Believe.
(Seriously, is there ANYONE in any elected position of consequence in America who hasn’t felt compelled to “publically” speak of their faith in God? I’m hard pressed to think of any American politician of note who so much as acknowledges his/her own agnosticism, let alone atheism.)
Good little liberal
August 29th, 2011
11:02 am
Keep Up
Ah, the wise person who blamed the earth quake on the Republican’s attempt at cutting funding for the USGS. Mother Earth Bless America, Pal. You just keep on thinking with that giant brain of yours.
Adam
August 29th, 2011
11:05 am
kayaker: You’re still not getting it
I disapprove of the job Obama is doing. I don’t think the country is headed in the right direction. This does not make me think that Bachmann or Perry or Romney will put us back on the right path. They will poison the water even more if elected.
Unless you guys nominate Huntsman, or someone else comes along into the field who is actually potentially better, you can pretty much be guaranteed I won’t vote Republican for President in 2012.
If Obama disappoints me on the tax cuts thing again, he can count on my vote going to Americans Elect instead.
AmVet
August 29th, 2011
11:06 am
stands, atheists are the one remaining group in this republic that it is perfectly acceptable to demonize and discredit for no legitimate reason.
The legacy of religious bigotry gone amok…
Jm
August 29th, 2011
11:06 am
Larry sorry the tea party is the bane of your existence
Bad news for u: they are here to stay
Keep Up the Good Fight!
August 29th, 2011
11:06 am
GLL, nice try but a false claim. You really don’t have real discussion today….just a lot of false claims…… and another childish effort at an insult. So far your “logic” shows a definitive failure in your posts.
Good little liberal
August 29th, 2011
11:07 am
Adam
Shame on you. Obama loves you. You should vote for four more years just like these four years. After all, who needs a job, anyway?
Adam
August 29th, 2011
11:09 am
Jm: Bad news for u: they are here to stay
Well, considering they were always here, just another another name (The Religious Right), you are correct.