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Ill. Senator Responds After Phil Gramm Says U.S. In "Mental Recession" And Is A "Nation Of Whiners"
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- The liberals on this forum are only affirming the Truth behind Phil Gramm''s comment. They are whining like little babies all over this forum.
Come on big daddy government! Take care of me! I don''t believe in free enterprise and doing something for myself! I want the Big Daddy Government to supply all of my needs because I''m a lib and I am used to be handed everything for free in life dating all the way back to my momma and poppa who spoiled me as a kid. - Reply to this comment
- Change is coming, hard and fast,
the Republican party of toe tapping and hate as you know it, will soon splinter and the old time good ole boy gang will no longer be relevant. - Reply to this comment
- This is a big stumble for the McCain campaign, this "whiner" line Phil Gramm threw out will plague McCain til November.
It pleases me no end! - Reply to this comment
- Waht he is saying is: ''''I got mine and screw the rest of you.''''
Posted by leftyintexas at 12:10 PM : Jul 11, 2008
That my friend is the conservative mantra. - Reply to this comment
- I almost forgot. Phil Gramm is just one those Republicon bosses who are looking down their noses at their fellow Americans and thumbing their noses at us. Waht he is saying is: ''I got mine and screw the rest of you.''
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- They are depending on someone else to give them HOPE. That is the mistake. Dependency.
Posted by Ariel133 at 11:49 AM : Jul 11, 2008
Well...what you call dependency others call BASIC HUMAN SERVICES! The redistribution of wealth and promoting an atmosphere of equality and fair chance is not a sign of over dependence, but a sign of outrage over our government''s blatant preference towards certain social hierarchies that are designed to build wealth on the backs of those who never have a real opportunity to attain any themselves. - Reply to this comment
- All I hear is whiners here and everywhere- and I don''''''''t hear how people are standing up and taking responsibility for themselves. They are depending on someone else to give them HOPE. That is the mistake. Dependency.
Posted by Ariel133
Not necessarily depending on a knight in shining armor although who''s to argue if one should come to their aid? But this is a forum where the public can express themselves and they get to choose the subject matter. - Reply to this comment
- All I hear is whiners here and everywhere- and I don''''t hear how people are standing up and taking responsibility for themselves. They are depending on someone else to give them HOPE. That is the mistake. Dependency.
Posted by Ariel133 at 11:49 AM : Jul 11, 2008
Ariel did you EVER occur to you that when people are not happy with something they will complain about it? When you aren''t happy with something, like the high price of gas, of food, of high cost of energy, little or no raises no matter how hard you work...you DON''T complain? HOPE for a change is what 80% of Americans want. Hope is NEVER a mistake. That OLD Republicon propaganda saying ''Take responsiblity for yourselves'' is nothing more than pure ''BULL'' spoon fed to you by your Republicon bosses in big business. They''re laughing at chumps like you who do their bidding for them. Only 193 days left! Enjoy! - Reply to this comment
The coming weeks will be telling as the farm bill works its way into law. And then we shall see if $130 oil is really only about real economy supply and demand and not the supply and demand of the speculators.
Posted by melchg
I thought I read somewhere that the loophole only applied to natural gas futures.- Reply to this comment
- The %u201CEnron Loophole%u201D, a provision that was slipped into the bill literally in the dead of night by then-Senator Phil Gramm [R %u2013 TX].
The provision, allegedly at the behest of Ken Lay of Enron, exempted from regulation energy trading on electronic platforms. This provision is believed to be the primary reason for the spike in electricity costs in California in 2001 and is at the heart of the debate re the speculation in oil prices today.
Currently, an attempt to eliminate the %u201CEnron Loophole%u201D has been attached to the massive farm bill (amendment by Sen. Carl Levin) that was passed with a veto proof majority and has been threatened with a veto by President Bush
Posted by ianlou at 11:28 AM : Jul 11, 2008
Informative! Thanks. - Reply to this comment
- All I hear is whiners here and everywhere- and I don''''t hear how people are standing up and taking responsibility for themselves. They are depending on someone else to give them HOPE. That is the mistake. Dependency.
Posted by Ariel133
And all I hear is whiners whining about people speaking out about tough times. According to vice chairmen of investment banks (who never seem to have to choose between medicine, food or gas) this is heresy. - Reply to this comment
- All I hear is whiners here and everywhere- and I don''t hear how people are standing up and taking responsibility for themselves. They are depending on someone else to give them HOPE. That is the mistake. Dependency.
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- Religion and patriotism have their place in distracting the masses. They''''re good for any season and Republicans favor going to this well in difficult times.
Posted by jon2012 at 11:16 AM : Jul 11, 2008
Yeah the Nazis were good at it but they could learn some things from the Republicons. - Reply to this comment
- Please don%u2019t be fooled by a car salesman. %u2026.As a patriotic American; I don%u2019t care if you are a Democrat or Republican, we deserve an honorable man like Sen. McCain.
Posted by themagic07 at 11:27 AM : Jul 11, 2008
When someone wraps themselves up in the flag and called themselves ''A patriotic American'', I smell an ELITEST BUSHITE TRYING TO PASS THEMSELVES OFF AS BETTER THAN THE REST OF US. The same goes for those little tin flag pins. I hated seeing OBAMA wear one just to appease the bushites. I suppose he has to do this to show he''s ''patriotic'' but it''s not necessary. He''ll still win regardless. - Reply to this comment
- Posted by themagic07 at 11:27 AM : Jul 11, 2008
Your problem is the people your''re trying to "convert" are far more objective, clear thinking, tolerant, compassionate, and less brainwashed than you are.
You don''t have even the slimmest hope in the world of turning the heads of those whose positions you mean to sway with your divisive, hateful, absolutely meaningless jargon. It''s funny to watch you guys squirm though. You deserve after what you''ve put this country through. - Reply to this comment
- And now for this week''s (or this day''s) episode of ''McCain - Senile or Liar?''
Yesterday in PITTSBURGH, McCain told a rather moving story about his time as a P.O.W. ''When I was first interrogated and really had to give some information because of the pressures, physical pressures on me, I named the starting lineup, defensive line of the Pittsburgh Steelers as my squadron mates.''
''Did you really?'' asked the reporter.
''Yes,'' McCain said.
''In your POW camp?'' asked the reporter.
''Yes,'' McCain said.
EXCEPT - In McCain''s best-selling 1999 memoir ''Faith of My Fathers,'' McCain writes: Pressed for more useful information, I gave the names of the Green Bay Packers offensive line, and said they were members of my squadron.
Stay tuned for more episodes of ''McCain - Senile or Liar?'' - Reply to this comment
- The %u201CEnron Loophole%u201D, a provision that was slipped into the bill literally in the dead of night by then-Senator Phil Gramm [R %u2013 TX].
The provision, allegedly at the behest of Ken Lay of Enron, exempted from regulation energy trading on electronic platforms. This provision is believed to be the primary reason for the spike in electricity costs in California in 2001 and is at the heart of the debate re the speculation in oil prices today.
Currently, an attempt to eliminate the %u201CEnron Loophole%u201D has been attached to the massive farm bill (amendment by Sen. Carl Levin) that was passed with a veto proof majority and has been threatened with a veto by President Bush - Reply to this comment
- PLEASE WAKE UP AMERICANS%u2026.A vote for the car salesman is a vote for over 20 years of personal relationship with REZKO, Wright, Ayers, and Farahkhan%u2026He is an empty suit; he can say anything to get elected. This rookie is a big PHONY. %u2026.I%u2019m tired of all his rhetoric%u2026..The more I listen to this guy the more I hate him%u2026%u2026He can not be trusted%u2026
Remember Muslim%u2019s sons are for life. Blood is sticker than water. He can say any thing and he can run BUT he can not hide.
I was a lifelong Democrat, but now Independent. I will never vote for Barrack Hussein OBAMA.
Please don%u2019t be fooled by a car salesman. %u2026.As a patriotic American; I don%u2019t care if you are a Democrat or Republican, we deserve an honorable man like Sen. McCain. - Reply to this comment
- God bless America
Posted by Barocalto at 10:57 AM : Jul 11, 2008
God never plays favorites. God bless the world.
Posted by leftyintexas at 11:00 AM : Jul 11, 2008
Religion and patriotism have their place in distracting the masses. They''re good for any season and Republicans favor going to this well in difficult times. - Reply to this comment
- What scares me even more is the way he froze up - he really looked like he was back in the jungle, and that is what makes him so dangerous -
McLame is seriously unbalanced - the man can''''t keep himself together when somebody asks him a legitimate policy question. I don''''t understand how he managed to get this far in life when he is such a basket case.
posted by mswolfestock
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Gonna be interesting to see him on the same stage with Obama in the debates. - Reply to this comment
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