Thursday Morning open thread
The ice and sleet just missed Memphis this morning. So all the local schools are open. My morning commute upstairs was quite easy today.Â
We are barely in the second month of the massive $787 billion stimulus package. Most of the spending impact does not start until 04-01-2009 (tax cuts-food stamps-unemployment benefits) plus many of the construction projects will not start until the summer. Yet we are already hearing talk of another stimulus package. What about the $30 billion in ad ons to the recent Budget bill? Are we so anxious to spend that we cannot even wait until some of this stuff kicks in before we start passing bills to spend more??
I mentioned to my wife that this country needs to make some sacrifices to get through the hard times like our “greatest generation” did during the Great Depression and WWII. She said what do we need to do? Here’s a partial list:
1. Those folks who borrowed money for a house and now find themselves under-water. Don’t walk away. Do what you can to pay that mortgage, live up to your promises that you made and don’t ad to the default problems.
2. Spend your money in a responsible way. I personally would rather not spend money on foreign oil or clothes made in China but money spent in local eateries or plumbers or local stores seem like good spends.
3. I know our businesses need to do what they need to do to survive and prosper. I personally would rather see salary/benefit freezes or even pay cuts then layoffs. Fedex cut all its salary workers by at least 5% to avoid layoffs.Â
4. Take a job -any job- to keep America going. I know folks think I am kidding when I say that I want to read stories about Mexican workers going back home because Americans are doing their jobs but I am not.
5. Stop smoking-lose weight-stop having babies (if you are under 18 and un-married)-be more responsible for your actions. Live your life in such a way that will make America a better place now and in the future.
6. Look for ways to help your family-friends-neighbors that don’t involve laying out tax payer dollars.
Any more ideas?
http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/obama-honeymoon-fades-2009-03-11.html
The American Taliban (John Walker Lindh) who actually met with OBL at one point, remember him?
His defense attorney is heading to the Justice Department.
Good job Barry!
ruh..roh..
http://hotair.com/archives/2009/03/12/frisco-police-union-accuses-ayers-of-1970-bombing/
Howard, tell me the Walker attorney thing is a joke. Right?
Oh my, Obama wanted to replace a Rep US Atty with a Dem!
Sound familiar?
LOL? Where’s the outrage, we need investigations!
Politicizing the Justice Dept!!
Source: Obama Administration sought to replace U.S. Attorney Hanaway
KSDK — St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Bob McCulloch was asked to be the new US Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri, replacing Catherine Hanaway at the post, sources tell NewsChannel 5.
According to the sources, McCulloch, a Democrat, turned down the post to stay prosecuting attorney for the city.
Hanaway, a Republican, is a former Speaker of the Missouri House of Representatives. She was sworn in as US Attorney in April 2006.
NewsChannel 5 will have more information on this story as it becomes available.
KSDK
Stupid liberals thought this wasn’t going to happen:
Corporations head to low-tax Switzerland; Escape Obama’s tax-seeking administration…
Drudge
He’s DESTROYING this country.
Great job dupes!
Hope and change. And YOU fell for it.
An inexperienced far-left empty suit.
Enjoy the carnage.
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/obama_administration/obama_approval_index_history
Interesting trends.
Comments?
Frank
Foreclosures up 30 percent in February
Mar 12, 6:55 AM (ET)
AP
Capitalism in Action
This is a game
The winner gets $10. COLD HARD CASH-sent in the mail, if you prefer paypal then speak to dave..
The name of the game is Hedge Money
or Capital or who wants $10.
if you are intersted in playing… go to the thread below and read starting at comment # 122.
QUEs 5 : who did cheney throw the F bomb at on the senate floor ?
New Jobless Claims Rise More Than Expected- AP
The government says the number of Americans filing initial claims for jobless benefits rose last week while the total jobless benefit rolls reached a new record. The Labor Department says first-time requests for unemployment insurance increased to 654,000 from the previous week’s figure of 639,000, above analysts’ expectations.
who did cheney throw the F bomb at on the senate floor ?
Comment by Tim V — 3/12/2009
Sen Leahy
Foreclosures Skyrocket 72 Percent In Cook County
score 1 point for HD !!!!
Quinnipiac NJ Governor
Christie(R)46%
Corzine(D-Inc) 37%
Hmm…..
gee.. i wonder why ???
#15 refers to #12
Oh and just a little add in on that poll:
“There are no good numbers for Gov. Jon Corzine in this poll, and since it was taken before his Draconian budget was released, his numbers could be even worse today,” said Clay F. Richards, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute.
“Chris Christie continues to widen his lead over Jon Corzine in the race for Governor and this poll indicates Christie could become stronger once he gets better known.”
Q 6 -what is a nickname for leahy( a derogatory nic) ?
Sen Leaky
hint- it had something to do with him blabbing intel,,,,to a reporter ?? or some source ?…
and it starts with an L
the japanesee econ aint doin so well..
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Japans-4Q-GDP-revision-apf-14612899.html
and it starts with an L
Comment by Tim V — 3/12/2009
See #19
Ready for higher taxes?
U.S. lawmakers sizing up health benefits for taxation
Lori Montgomery
Washington Post
WASHINGTON – With President Barack Obama’s plan to tax the rich to pay for health care facing deep skepticism on Capitol Hill, key lawmakers are pressing a different way to raise money: taxing the health benefits workers receive from their employers.
Since companies began offering group health insurance on a large scale during World War II, the value of that benefit has never been counted as income, reducing workers’ taxable earnings by an average of $9,000 a year for family coverage.
In recent weeks, however, Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., chairman of the tax-writing Finance Committee, has repeatedly advocated changing tax laws to include employer benefits, arguing that it makes sense to fund the health care changes by sucking cash out of the existing system.
Wasn’t McCain going to tax health care as well?
Rasmussen CA Senate
Boxer 50%
Schwarzanegger 34%
Boxer 47%
Fiorina 38%
ahh howard it is a nmae in front of Leahy that also has an L as in L… Leahy… but i will allow your answer and give you a point for #19
question #6 is now CLOSED..
Q7 : a nickname for Sen Leahy that highlights the fact that he leaked sensitive intelligence information when he was on a commitee and may have even been the head. it starts with an L and also contains leahy’s last name
related to RD’s thread comments
5. Stop smoking
easier said than done. offer me $100 cash to quit cigs for 90 days and you have my ear… otherwise…
zzzzzz
yes RD, I have 2 ideas:
1. Pray
2. Find a non-garage mechanic and pay him well…just make sure he is very honest and that you trust him… and that his rates are at least 1/3 less than the going labor rates in your area. also make sure he doesn’t try to scre# you by jacking up the parts price or pad his labor hours…
Wasn’t McCain going to tax health care as well?
Comment by Brandon
why don’t YOU tell us….
Take a look at this story:
http://www.courant.com/news/opinion/editorials/hc-rennie-dodd-house0308.artmar08,0,4360050.column
Do you think Sen. Dodd will be subject to the same scrutiny for this sweetheart deal in Ireland from a man he secured a pardon for as the now jailed former Rep. Duke Cunningham for the sale of his Del Mar, Calif., property for a $700,000 premium over fair value?
Tax the health care benefits one receives from the employer?
Uh, is this the middle class tax cut Obama promised us? So if your employer pays $250 towards your health insurance premium each month and you are in the 20% bracket:
250 X 20% = AN EXTRA $50 per month in taxes.
But, but with that big middle class tax cut the messiah cut our taxes an average of $52 a month (drops to $32 a month in January). So much for that tax relief Obama kept bragging about during the campaign. That didn’t take long, did it.
Hahahaha Change you can believe in.
NY-20 Siena Poll
Tedisco(R) 45%
Murphy(D) 41%
Brandon
Oh lazy me. If you post links on those polls I will do a thread up on them
Thanks
Ralph
WHY IS GOTMO STILL OPEN????
WHERE IS THE CHANGE WE CAN BELIEVE IN???
Yes, McCain proposed taxing health care in a manner very similar to the proposal the Obama administration has recently floated.
GE’s rating cut to AA-plus
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Standard & Poor’s stripped General Electric Co (NYSE:GE – News) of its top-tier, triple-A credit rating, lowering its rating by one notch to AA-plus with a stable outlook, citing the credit profile of the GE Capital unit.
Q8- for sports fans : what wide reciever did the Bills recently sign that has been accused of having an attitude and has played on AT LEAST 2 other NFL teams ?
Okay:
NJ Gov poll:
http://www.quinnipiac.edu/x1299.xml?ReleaseID=1275
CA Senate:
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/election_2010/election_2010_senate_elections/california/election_2010_california_senate
NY-20:
http://www.siena.edu/uploadedFiles/Home/Parents_and_Community/Community_Page/SRI/SNY_Poll/20th%20CD%20SNY%20Poll%202%20Release%20–%20final_2.pdf
yeah RD, isn’t this a POLLING SITE !!!
Hey rd, can you unban me??????
Bristol Palin & Fiancé Split
http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20264935,00.html
I’m shocked!
kb
Phil,
I also hope you don’t live in a state that receives most of its electricity from coal-fired plants. In many states that depend heavily on coal for electricity (most notably NC (60%), VA (49%), and OH and IN (both more than 90%)) bills will skyrocket to pay for Obama’s cap-and-trade plan. That non-tax will cost a lot more than our “Making Work Pay” handout.
Hey Keybored,
Want me to provide a link to the gallup poll showing Obama less popular than the so-divisive George W. Bush at this time in 2001? Why is Obama such a polarizing personality?
I’ll say this about Bristol, at least she won’t be scamming off the welfare rollls like all the varmint and scum that Obama’s economic policy disproportionaley favors. What was it that Jeremiah Wright said, which Obama agrees with considering his twenty-year attendance at the church and his having Wright as a spiritual mentor, that the CIA invented AIDS to attack black people?
Is that the democrat position Keybored? Did the CIA create AIDS to kill black people? Obama believes it, so I just wonder if liberals agree with Obama?
EPH
I can barely post a thread or a post. I could not figure out how to unban if for love nor money.
Was that question just an attempt to get me to post on my own thread?
The Pop music of the 1930’s is so superior to this current music stuff and no I have never watched American Idol. Except for a few minutes and I did not inhale
Comment by rdelbov
consider a better internet connection or a new computer
open that wallet and watch the moths fly out…
Lets see how I do:
1. House under water….Check. Payments on time and up to date….Check
2. Spending responsibly…Just canceled my McAfee anti-virus account as it DOES NOT WORK HALF THE TIME…will use free stuff as it should work at least as well….Check
5. Never smoked, at 45 I’m as lean as I have ever been at 9% body fat(low carb works!). Taking kempo Karate with my 5 year old son for extra exercise. Wife has had here tubes tied….Check
6. Became guardian for our 16 year old niece to keep her out of foster care…Check
2.1 Keeping Louisville slugger in business since I’m on my third bat keeping the boys away form the niece….Check
Tommy_Boy
I can’t wait to see who Bristol’s new boyfriend will be. I’m sure Sarah Palin will parade them both in front of the cameras when she runs for president in 2012. By then, Bristol should have another kid or two.
I wonder what she’ll name them – inquiring minds want to know!
kb
2.111
Where are all the freakin’ people who were criticizing Bush’s debt spending right before the election??? In just two months, Obama, Pelosi, Reid, et al, have created more debt than Bush did in 4-5 years. Where’s their outrage? Why aren’t they railing against Obama?
The liberals who supported Obama knew that his campaign promises were all lies so they aren’t surprised by any of this. The Indies and Rinos who voted for Obama are the ones to blame for BHO getting elected, because they were stupid enough to fall for the lies.
BHO – no more earmarks (before election day).
BHO – no more earmarks after this year (current position).
Matt Lauer was actually spinning this story this morning as a POSITIVE sign of change and how BHO is taking on the DC establishment. WHAT!?!?!?! A democrat breaks a campaign promise, but that is still viewed by the MSM as doing what he promised. HUH??? We are definitely living in Wonderland where what is isn’t and what isn’t is.
TB and kb,
Here is the poll kb wont show you…
(about as relevant as the Palin’s daughter)
http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/time/1998/12/15/coming.out.html
Key Bored – are you as critical of democRats and liberals who have out-of-wedlock children?
You truly are an a@@ho/e!!! Crawl back into the toilet where you came from.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/examiner/archive/1998/12/06/NEWS5661.dtl
Just poke fun at Arianna Huffington and KB will magically disappear
rdelbov
While there are those walking away from homes that bit off more than they can chew, or are simply irresponsible, I think the majority that do so simply can’t afford it anymore due to a variety of reasons:
mortgage rate change
Out of work
underemployed
medical bills
illness
kb
I wonder what Michael And Arianna will name their next kid?
Oh wait. Michael decided to turn gay in order not to committ suicide and get away from her. Looks like no kids!!!
WHY ARE HUSSEIN’S POLL NUMBERS LOWER THAN BUSH’S POLL NUMBERS AT THE SAME POINT IN THEIR FIRST TERMS?????
STOP THE ILLEGAL WAR AGAINST WORKING AMERICANS!!!!
2.111 on IT. Don’t get sucked in by IT. If you don’t feed IT, IT will go elsewhere for food.
IS IT 2012 YET???????????
IMPEACH ‘BAMA AND BIDEN AND BILLARY!!!
Depressed Conservative
I’m only critical of politicians who parade their out of wedlock pregnant children in front of the camera, and are publicly opposed to sex education and contraception – all for political gain of capturing religious right votes.
kb
2.111
Keybored,
I’m more worried about the sewer rats on the welfare rolls that Obama seeks to increase.
Publicy opposed to sex education and contraception? Just keep on repeating lies, that’s bs.
MDefl
You calling me “it” reminds me of the psychotic, transvestite serial killer in “Silence of the Lambs”. He referred to his victim as “it”.
Speaking to his kidnap victim in the well: “It puts the lotion in its hands, and rubs it on its body”
Creepy
kb
TB,
2.111
Tommy_Boy
Teen Sex, Sex Education And Sarah Palin
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=94332508
“On one side of the debate, some oppose providing contraceptive information to teenagers. They just want teens to abstain until they are married.
Gov. Sarah Palin is among that group. In response to a questionnaire during Alaska’s gubernatorial race, Palin said, “I am opposed to explicit sex education.”
Palin opposed sex-ed
http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0908/Palin_opposed_sexed.html
kb
obama advertising on our site is as funny as john mccain advertising on screw em kos’s site in the campaign…clueless.. or is he reaching out to us conservatives… we report… you decide…
see the left side ads… LOL
aren’t any of his friends tweeting him ???
Tommy_Boy
Do you consider anyone unemployed receiving unemployment insurance “sewer rats”?
kb
Keybored,
All I need to say in Bristol’s defense is that at least she, in contrast to obama’s kids, we know she…
Loves America
Doesn’t think the CIA created AIDS to hurt black people
Doesn’t think our chickens were coming home to roost on 9/11
God D*amn America is not in the bible
Our country is not the US of KKA
That there are 50 states in America, not 57
How do we know Obama’s kids disagree all the items I’ve listed…because father Barack made them listen to sewer rat Jeremiah Wright rant and rave about this for their entire lives.
Why is Obama more divisive than George W. Bush as proven by the polling data?
gotta go
kb
To eloborate my opening thread-there are people who are walking away from homes worth nearly a million dollars only because they owe more money then what the home is worth. Here’s an article on that
http://hamptonroads.com/2009/03/life-jacket-some-under-water
You see 20 to 25 % of homeowners who own more on their homes then whats its worth. By skipping payments or simply walking away they are entitled to either relief.
I say Man up America and live up to your obligations. Don’t take the easy way out. Right now more people who are working full time are walking away from their homes & their home loans then ever in the history of the USA.
In 1980 to 1982 when unemployment was far higher then today people did not walk away from their homes.
If you want to help America be responsible
Ah Keybored,
Typical sewer rat selective use of quoting and inability to engage in parsing.
What did she mean by “explicit sexual education?” Could she have been opposed to the sewer rat style sexual education that Obama implemented in some broken down Chicago school?
Keybored, do you have a difficult time saying God Bless America? Having a sewer rat as your spiritual mentor and then endorsing that sewer rat’s ideas by bringing your kids to the church and “palling” around with the other sewer rats at that church is all you need to know.
If you want to help America be responsible
Comment by rdelbov
amen,amen, and amen !
preach it RD !
http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0309/FBI_raids_office_of_DC_CTO_Obama_appointee.html
ruuhh rhooo another one bites the dust ?
reminds me of a song
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/03/12/chuck-norris-for-president-%e2%80%a6-of-texas/?eref=politicalflipper
Now, I think this is just TOO FUNNY! LOL
kb
Comment by KeyBored
waves g bye to the troll….
#71- wave refers to
Steele stepped in it again. I supported him because of his communication skills. His appearances on Fox were great. I dunno what has happened to him?!
Be responsible?
What for?
This is the new America. You don’t need to do that anymore.
http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20090312/NEWS0101/903120405/1008/NEWS01
I can understand why Senaotrs McConnell and Cornyn want this guy to retire. If he stays, he might cost them that seat.
mornin Tim
no more posts from me today until after midnight- i promise
thank you
KeyButthead – Palin did not “parade” her kids around for political gain. If she tried to shield the kids from the media, then you and all the other lying rats in the dem party would have criticized her for that.
Maybe if Palin’s daughter had an abortion, then you and the other left field lunies would have treated her like a hero. Viva Abortion – that’s the dem/lib mantra right?
Obama hasn’t even proved he’s a citizen. Still ducking and hiding under cover, with assistance from the MSM.
The “prom king” president is being walked all over by the dem establishment because BHO has no cahunas and won’t stand up to his own party even if it means breaking campaign promises. Sad, pathetic, arrogant, self-delusional: worst president ever!
38 – Terrel Owens. At least he can’t ruin the Bills. They aren’t good enough to ruin.
“Stop smoking
easier said than done. offer me $100 cash to quit cigs for 90 days and you have my ear… otherwise…” Tim V
doesn’t smoking cigarettes cost more than $100 for 90 days? in illinois they are $4 a pack or so
“Wife has had here tubes tied….Check” Rob D
ummmmmm … why did you not get YOUR tubes tied.
for men it is an easy in-patient operation that takes 10 minutes.
#87
She was having a c-section for our second child so while she was cracked open, so to speak, it was a convenient option…saved me some pain too.
it is just one small snip of the scissors … how hard can it be?
“how hard can it be?”
just to be clear … by “it”
i was referring to the procedure
doesn’t smoking cigarettes cost more than $100 for 90 days? in illinois they are $4 a pack or so
Comment by lisab
i go to the rez and buy 5-7 cartons at 12.75 per carton sooo i pay $1.27 per PACK….
in NY brand name cigs are 6-$7 per pack…
im plannin on quittin again soon.. until my wife told me she wanted a divorce– i had gone 90 days w/out a cig.
i will lower my request to : $50 for 6 months…
someone “incentivise me….
how hard can it be?
Comment by lisab
before or after “the snip” ?