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Yes, please let us legislate a 'Buy Canadian' policy. And while we're doing that, how about we name it The Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act. With any luck, other countries will reciprocate, and we can turn a bad recession into a deep depression.

That's not the case at all. The market was anything but free. Government pressuring banks to loan money to people who wouldn't otherwise qualify resembles anything but a free market.

Oh, I've never once said that Democrats were 100% to blame. Just 80% - 90%. I'm glad we could find some common ground in this new era of bipartisanship.

Even if we accept your scenario as true, it still doesn't discount the facts that Bush and Republicans tried to reform said issues 1 year later, and were entirely blocked by DEMOCRATS under the guise of hurting so-called affordable housing. So your suggestion that somebody in the prior Administration should have seen this coming completely untrue, because they did see it coming, and they tried to correct the problems. The fact is Democrats in congress blocked said corrections. Again, from 2003: 'These two entities -- Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac -- are not facing any kind of financial crisis,'' said Representative Barney Frank of Massachusetts, the ranking Democrat on the Financial Services Committee. ''The more people exaggerate these problems, the more pressure there is on these companies, the less we will see in terms of affordable housing.'' ''I don't see much other than a shell game going on here, moving something from one agency to another and in the process weakening the bargaining power of poorer families and their ability to get affordable housing,'' Melvin L. Watt, Democrat of North Carolina. Sorry.

You've done no such thing. You lied. I called you on it. And you lost.

Say like in 2003? New Agency Proposed to Oversee Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae The Bush administration today recommended the most significant regulatory overhaul in the housing finance industry since the savings and loan crisis a decade ago. A report by outside investigators in July concluded that Freddie Mac manipulated its accounting to mislead investors, and critics have said Fannie Mae does not adequately hedge against rising interest rates. ... Unfortunately, Democrats blocked said regulatory overhaul, and concluded the following: ''These two entities -- Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac -- are not facing any kind of financial crisis,'' said Representative Barney Frank of Massachusetts, the ranking Democrat on the Financial Services Committee. ''The more people exaggerate these problems, the more pressure there is on these companies, the less we will see in terms of affordable housing.'' And ''I don't see much other than a shell game going on here, moving something from one agency to another and in the process weakening the bargaining power of poorer families and their ability to get affordable housing,'' Mr. Watt said. The New York Times So please stop lying jdobbin.

Geez, even when I describe things slowly, you people still don't get it. She wasn't asked to pay taxes on her per diem. By definition, a per diem isn't counted as taxable income. They reviewed the per diem portion related to her time spent in Wasilla only. It was deemed to now be taxable, in which she's paying. I'll ask this again, why are you people being so obtuse? Is it deliberate? On a seperate note: Obama victory bash owes city $1.74 mil PARTY IN THE PARK | Waiting for Dems to pay up Chicago has yet to recoup the $1.74 million cost of President Obama's victory celebration in Grant Park -- despite a burgeoning $50.5 million budget shortfall that threatens more layoffs and union concessions. "The Democratic National Committee has not yet paid us,'' Peter Scales, a spokesman for the city's Office of Budget and Management, said Thursday after questions from the Chicago Sun-Times. "We're reaching out to them this week." Link Now this case is completely different. Obama and his cronies have known about this bill for quite some time. I'd say, 4 months or so. Here's an idea. How about they pay their nearly $2 million dollar party bill before they chastize other people for throwing lavish parties and getaways?

Exactly. Government forcing banks to lend to people who otherwise wouldn't qualify isn't a free market, and wasn't a Bush Administration policy. In fact, they tried twice to change and regulate such corrupt policy, but Democrats blocked them at every turn, all under the guise of so-called affordable housing. Well, how's that affording everyone now? This needs to be run on television every day, 365 days a year, so people never forget.

So far Barack Obama, and his economic team have been a complete disaster in terms of running the economy. They've inspired no confidence, and as a result, the market has tanked every week since his inauguration. And his mortgage bailout plan is more of the same. He wants to reward people for acting irresponsibly, while making those who act, and acted responsible, support the others. So much for a new era of responsibility!

Because, there wasn't any taxes for her to pay before the election. It's pretty straightforward. Anyways, stop hijacking my Obama tax cheat thread. President Obama worked very hard to appoint several tax cheats to several cabinet positions, and I don't think he'd appreciate you stepping all over his hard work. After all, some of his appointees also worked very hard, to not pay their taxes for several years, even after being notified by the IRS. Hope n change.

Punked on Tim Geithner:

Don't forget video games and music too!

She's been told that the per diem needs to be treated as income. She wasn't told that last year, or say four years ago, or say almost a decade ago, like certain cabinet appointees. But, I realize that Palin Derangement Syndrome usually trumps the facts of circumstances. But unfortunately, she's not going to wait four years or longer to decide whether or not she pays her taxes. So she won't be qualified to accept a future Obama cabinet position, if one becomes available.

Nobody's apologizing for anything. I was just stating facts. I know facts can be stubborn things sometimes.

Do you people actually read the links you post? And are you deliberately being obtuse? "the governor’s office had asked the office to review the tax treatment of the per diem payments" http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/...pay-back-taxes/ I'll go really slow for those of you on the left. The Governor's office asked for the review of the per diem payments. So far so good? The review was completed. Still with me? And now, a tax bill has been presented. A new tax bill. Not an old one. Not one from last year, or say 8 years ago, and then waited for 4 years to pay, but not in full, only until she was selected for a cabinet position within the new administration. I went pretty fast on the last part, so those of you on the left, you may have to take a few minutes to re-read that part several times. All caught up now? Good. And seeing as tax season is right around the corner, I'm gonna give you guys a big heads up. Unbelievably, Sarah Palin will also receive a tax bill for this past fiscal year, in which she's going to have to pay was well.

See the New Deal, circa 1933. Four years later, recession. Once the government money dries up, so do the temporary jobs.

Where in the porkulus bill is the pay roll tax cut? And, if the pay roll tax was in fact cut, how does that solve the solvency of social security, in which pay roll taxes specifically fund? There's already a huge unfunded liability related to future social security costs. So basically, Obama's borrowed almost a trillion dollars from the Chinese, and made the social security solvency problem even worse by cutting its funding. Congratulations Mr. President!

Exactly. The 1000+ page bill was released for inspection at midnight the day before it was voted on. Voting on said bill started at 10am the next day. So I guess, if one stayed up all night, didn't eat, didn't sleep, didn't do anything else at all, and read 100+ pages an hour, they could have just gotten through all of it, in time to vote a few minutes later. Fact is, Obama broke several of his campaign promises. He didn't provide a 48-hour window for legislation to be read and inspected. He also promised that legislation would be posted online for a 5 day period, so the public could also read and inspect. Instead, he demanded it be shoved through congress because there was no time to waste. And then he promptly left Washington for the weekend to go on a Valentine's Day vacation with his wife, and then came back to sign the bill tuesday. Well, Mr. President, why couldn't congress have used the weekend to read the bill more carefully? Why? Because he's the crisismonger-in-chief, and the more congress would have read of his porkulus bill, the more votes he would have lost. Hope n change.

That simply isn't true. A one time tax rebate isn't akin to a tax cut, especially for people who don't pay those taxes. It's called welfare. The Reagan income tax rate cuts, and the Kennedy income tax rate cuts were real, and much, much, greater. And the Democrat congress may get a short-term bump, particularly from Obama's popularity coattails, but it won't last very long. President Clinton gave America, "the era of big government is over", and now Obama gives America, "the era of big government is just beginning."

America already spends more money per student than any other country in the world. What more do you want, gold-plated pencils? Money is not the problem with education. Structural problems lie with teacher's unions and democrats, who've consistently fought reforms to the system, which they've controlled for decades.

Muslim Man charged with wife's gruesome death ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (WIVB) - A shocking and gruesome story of a T.V. station owner's wife, found decapitated at the Bridge's Muslim T.V. network in Orchard Park. In pictures of happier times, 37-year-old Aasiya Zubair and her 44-year-old husband Mo Hassan, who founded Bridges T.V. Thursday evening, police converge on the station's Orchard Park studio and office. "The worst that I've seen, yeah," said Andrew Benz, Orchard Park Police Chief. Link The most ironic part of the story: The owner of a cable TV network created to promote better understanding of Muslims in America

Exactly. It's not going to be signed into law until tomorrow, but for some reason, it just couldn't wait to be read by those who were asked to vote for it on friday. Using the weekend to peruse the stimulus bill, I guess would have contributed to an economic disaster? But the Messiah can take the weekend off, Pelosi can head to Italy for vacation, and the bill can wait until tuesday to become law. Hope n change!

Nope. It's just something I feel like many American's will be thinking and saying, in a short period of time. However, an alarm bell does begin to ring when a President makes a public statement, about a CEO claiming he's going to re-hire workers once said President's stimulus bill is passed, but said CEO actually says the exact opposite shortly after. And an alarm bell does begin to ring, when a President, during the campaign, promises not to appoint lobbyists to his Administration, and then goes on to waive that promise and appoint said lobbyists to position after position. And an alarm bell does begin to ring, when a President claims that he's going to make all legislation available 48 hours before voting begins, so that the public can examine said legislation, but then makes the stimulus bill available to read at midnight of the day it's suppose to be voted on by members of congress (a 1000+ page bill of almost a trillion dollars). Hope n change!

Obama kills 20 more in Pakistan Twenty people have been killed in Pakistan by a suspected US missile strike near the Afghan border. Pakistani officials said at least 15 people were also wounded in the attack. The US has carried out more than 20 air strikes in north-western Pakistan in recent months. Pakistan's Government claimed the attacks are a violation of its sovereignty. Link Looks like Obama claims more innocent lives in his pursuit of his so-called war on terror. Which reminds me of a rather unfortunate comment he made during the Presidential campaign regarding Afghanistan. "We've got to get the job done there and that requires us to have enough troops so that we're not just air-raiding villages and killing civilians, which is causing enormous pressure over there." -- Barack Obama I'm posting these stories to preserve the same standard applied to the previous President. It seems as though some of you more critical types have gone a little silent on these matters since election day. Probably just computer problems, right? By the way, where's Osama Bin Laden, and why hasn't he been captured yet?

I'm not sure, but how many more promises will Obama break? The list of lies he told during the campaign, just to get elected, is ever growing.