Obama's First Year Achievements

[BigBadBrian]

Number 1. That magnificent stimulus package that put so many Americans back to work.

Oh yeah, unemployment topped 10% under Barry. :hee:

[BigBadBrian]

Number 2. Forcing Americans to purchase Healthcare Insurance.

Oh yeah, Scott Brown stole "Teddy's" senate seat. :tongue0011:

[BigBadBrian]

Now seriously, name his accomplishments...if there are any.

[bueno bob]

Now seriously, name his accomplishments...if there are any.

On the environment:

* Included funding for "green" jobs in the stimulus bill
* Initiated first steps to develop a legally-binding treaty to reduce mercury emissions worldwide
* Dedicated more than $60 billion for clean energy
* Instituted "cash for clunkers," getting more fuel efficient cars on the street
* Acknowledges reality of climate change and his desire to work on an international policy like Kyoto

On health care:

* Overturned the federal funding ban for stem cell research
* Instituted better standards for comparative research in medicine and an agency to handle this
* Added staff to the FDA and brought back emphasis on science
* Allocated over $1 billion to the National Institutes of Health, whose budget Bush let stagnate
* Eliminated funding for abstinence-only education
* Signed an executive order repealing the "Mexico City policy" or "global gag rule" that withheld U.S. funds from organizations that discuss or provide family planning services abroad

Featured Legislation

Signed on October 22, 2009
Veterans Health Care Budget Reform and Transparency Act

Signed on August 06, 2009
Cash For Clunkers Extension

Signed on June 22, 2009
Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act

Signed on May 22, 2009
Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility, and Disclosure (CARD) Act of 2009

Signed on May 22, 2009
Weapons Systems Acquisition Reform Act

Signed on May 20, 2009
Helping Families Save Their Homes Act

Signed on May 20, 2009
Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act

Signed on April 21, 2009
Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act

Signed on March 30, 2009
Omnibus Public Lands Management Act

Signed on March 20, 2009
Small Business Act Temporary Extension

Signed on February 11, 2009
DTV Delay Act

Signed on February 04, 2009
Children’s Health Insurance Reauthorization Act

Signed on January 29, 2009
Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act

1. Ordered all federal agencies to undertake a study and make recommendations for ways to cut spending

2. Ordered a review of all federal operations to identify and cut wasteful spending and practices

3. Instituted enforcements for equal pay for women

4. Beginning the withdrawal of US troops from Iraq

5. Families of fallen soldiers have expenses covered to be on hand when the body arrives at Dover A.F.B.

6. Ended media "blackout" on war casualties; reporting full information

7. Ended media "blackout" on covering the return of fallen soldiers to Dover A.F.B.; the media is now permitted to do so pending adherence to respectful rules and approval of fallen soldier's family

8. The White House and federal government are respecting the Freedom of Information Act

9. Instructed all federal agencies to promote openness and transparency as much as possible

10. Limits on lobbyists' access to the White House

11. Limits on White House aides working for lobbyists after their tenure in the administration

12. Ended the previous "stop-loss" policy that kept soldiers in Iraq/Afghanistan longer than their enlistment date

13. Phasing out the expensive F-22 war plane and other outdated weapons systems, which weren't even used or needed in Iraq/Afghanistan

14. Removed restrictions on embryonic stem-cell research

15. Federal support for stem-cell and new biomedical research

16. New federal funding for science and research labs

17. States are permitted to enact federal fuel efficiency standards above federal standards

18. Increased infrastructure spending (roads, bridges, power plants...) after years of neglect

19. Funds for high-speed, broadband Internet access to K-12 schools

20. New funds for school construction

21. The prison at Guantanamo Bay is being phased out

22. US Auto industry rescue plan

23. Housing rescue plan

24. $789 billion economic stimulus plan

25. The public can meet with federal housing insurers to refinance (the new plan can be completed in one day) a mortgage if they are having trouble paying

26. US financial and banking rescue plan

27. The "secret detention" facilities in Eastern Europe and elsewhere are being closed

28. Ended the previous policy; the US now has a no torture policy and is in compliance with the Geneva Convention standards

29. Better body armor is now being provided to our troops

30. The missile defense program is being cut by $1.4 billion in 2010

31. Restarted the nuclear non-proliferation talks and building back up the nuclear inspection infrastructure/protocols

32. Reengaged in the treaties/agreements to protect the Antarctic

33. Reengaged in the agreements/talks on global warming and greenhouse gas emissions

34. Visited more countries and met with more world leaders than any president in his first six months in office

35. Successful release of US captain held by Somali pirates; authorized the SEALS to do their job

36. US Navy increasing patrols off Somali coast

37. Attractive tax write-offs for those who buy hybrid automobiles

38. "Cash for clunkers" program offers vouchers to trade in fuel inefficient, polluting old cars for new cars; stimulates auto sales

39. Announced plans to purchase fuel efficient American-made fleet for the federal government

40. Expanded the SCHIP program to cover health care for 4 million more children

41. Signed national service legislation; expanded national youth service program

42. Instituted a new policy on Cuba, allowing Cuban families to return "home" to visit loved ones

43. Ended the previous policy of not regulating and labeling carbon dioxide emissions

44. Expanding vaccination programs

45. Immediate and efficient response to the floods in North Dakota and other natural disasters

46. Closed offshore tax safe havens

47. Negotiated deal with Swiss banks to permit US government to gain access to records of tax evaders and criminals

48. Ended the previous policy of offering tax benefits to corporations who outsource American jobs; the new policy is to promote in-sourcing to bring jobs back

49. Ended the previous practice of protecting credit card companies; in place of it are new consumer protections from credit card industry's predatory practices

50. Energy producing plants must begin preparing to produce 15% of their energy from renewable sources

51. Lower drug costs for seniors

52. Ended the previous practice of forbidding Medicare from negotiating with drug manufacturers for cheaper drugs; the federal government is now realizing hundreds of millions in savings

53. Increasing pay and benefits for military personnel

54. Improved housing for military personnel

55. Initiating a new policy to promote federal hiring of military spouses

56. Improved conditions at Walter Reed Military Hospital and other military hospitals

57. Increasing student loans

58. Increasing opportunities in AmeriCorps program

59. Sent envoys to Middle East and other parts of the world that had been neglected for years; reengaging in multilateral and bilateral talks and diplomacy

60. Established a new cyber security office

61. Beginning the process of reforming and restructuring the military 20 years after the Cold War to a more modern fighting force... this includes new procurement policies, increasing size of military, new technology and cyber units and operations, etc.

62. Ended previous policy of awarding no-bid defense contracts

63. Ordered a review of hurricane and natural disaster preparedness

64. Established a National Performance Officer charged with saving the federal government money and making federal operations more efficient

65. Students struggling to make college loan payments can have their loans refinanced

66. Improving benefits for veterans

67. Many more press conferences and town halls and much more media access than previous administration

68. Instituted a new focus on mortgage fraud

69. The FDA is now regulating tobacco

70. Ended previous policy of cutting the FDA and circumventing FDA rules

71. Ended previous practice of having White House aides rewrite scientific and environmental rules, regulations, and reports

72. Authorized discussions with North Korea and private mission by Pres. Bill Clinton to secure the release of two Americans held in prisons

73. Authorized discussions with Myanmar and mission by Sen. Jim Web to secure the release of an American held captive

74. Making more loans available to small businesses

75. Established independent commission to make recommendations on slowing the costs of Medicare

76. Appointment of first Latina to the Supreme Court

77. Authorized construction/opening of additional health centers to care for veterans

78. Limited salaries of senior White House aides; cut to $100,000

79. Renewed loan guarantees for Israel

80. Changed the failing/status quo military command in Afghanistan

81. Deployed additional troops to Afghanistan

82. New Afghan War policy that limits aerial bombing and prioritizes aid, development of infrastructure, diplomacy, and good government practices by Afghans

83. Announced the long-term development of a national energy grid with renewable sources and cleaner, efficient energy production

84. Returned money authorized for refurbishment of White House offices and private living quarters

85. Paid for re-decorations of White House living quarters out of his own pocket

86. Held first Seder in White House

87. Attempting to reform the nation's healthcare system which is the most expensive in the world yet leaves almost 50 million without health insurance and millions more underinsured

88. Has put the ball in play for comprehensive immigration reform

89. Has announced his intention to push for energy reform

90. Has announced his intention to push for education reform

91. Built a swing set for his daughters outside the Oval Office.

Any other questions, BigDouche?

[BigBadBrian]

Any other questions, BigDouche?

Yeah.

The source you copied and pasted this load-of-mostly-steaming-horseshit from.

Because we ALL know you couldn't come up with one of these "facts" off the top of your head, let alone all of them.

:smileyfart:

[ELVIS]

Any other questions, BigDouche?

You cannot be serious...


:rofl:

[ELVIS]

I mean like...:hee:

[Guitar Shark]

I love the fact that he replied to "BigDouche"

[BigBadBrian]

I love the fact that he replied to "BigDouche"

Well....somehow I didn't think he was talking to the real douche....jhale. :biggrin:

[bueno bob]

Well....somehow I didn't think he was talking to the real douche....jhale. :biggrin:

That's the best of your "wit"?

Pretty fucking weak, BigDoucheBrian.

That specific enough for you?

[bueno bob]

You cannot be serious...


:rofl:

Says somebody who worships up at the sky in the hopes a ghostly version of the Easter Bunny is going to grant their Christmas miracle and give them a never-ending table of non-fattening all you can eat chocolates after they die?

LMAO

[ELVIS]

That crap you pasted is what's weak...

[ELVIS]

Says somebody who believes in and thanks his creator daily.

LMAO

Keep laughing, fool...


:elvis:

[bueno bob]

Yeah.

The source you copied and pasted this load-of-mostly-steaming-horseshit from.

Robert Watson, Ph.D.
Coordinator of American Studies
Lynn University

And who are you again?


Because we ALL know you couldn't come up with one of these "facts" off the top of your head, let alone all of them.

:smileyfart:

I'm sorry, did you come here to learn something or were you just posturing for attention? Well, mission accomplished, I just gave you your moment in the spotlight - you got a response, slut-muffin. You hung your cleavage out, a guy stared, and NOW you're pissed that you're being objectified?

Go home and tell your parents I said to bitchslap you.

[MAX]

Says somebody who believes in and thanks his creator daily.

LMAO



I do the same thing and there's something wrong with this is because? :confused:

[Guitar Shark]

Bob, you're turning me on.

[bueno bob]

Keep laughing, fool...


:elvis:

Why, is your almighty Jeezus going to strike me down with a lightning bolt?

I FUCKING DARE HIM TO TRY.

[bueno bob]

That crap you pasted is what's weak...

Well of course...anything to make Bush look a little better, by ANY measure. That's really what the Republicans are aiming for, right?

I can understand on some level, given his legacy of shit and Cheney's reign of terror. You guys are desperate to make ANYBODY on the other end of the fence look worse.

I'd call that a LOT more weak, personally.

[ELVIS]

Who cares about Bush ??

[bueno bob]

Who cares about Bush ??

"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."
- George Santayana

Yeah, yeah, yeah...I got it...all that past stuff doesn't even matter, that's the ticket...let's not blame the parties responsible for starting the fire, let's place the blame on the fire department for not putting it out on YOUR schedule.

How logical.

[Nickdfresh]

Who cares about Bush ??

You did, when you were deep-throating him in 2000 and 2004...

[Dr. Love]

Our little Bueno Bob is all grown up. Brings tears to my eye and erections to Sharkie's pants.

[jhale667]

That's the best of your "wit"?

Pretty fucking weak, BigDoucheBrian.

That specific enough for you?



There you go messing up his pathetic attempts at deflection again...:biggrin:

More like BigDoucheBitch.

[Dr. Love]

I suggest BigBitchBrian, keeps the alliteration, yo

[Seshmeister]

Our little Bueno Bob is all grown up. Brings tears to my eye and erections to Sharkie's pants.

While you are on fire Bob how about you name a galaxy that isn't far far away....? :)

[knuckleboner]

Number 1. That magnificent stimulus package that put so many Americans back to work.

Oh yeah, unemployment topped 10% under Barry. :hee:

actually, most economists agree that it was a success. (though, they will disagree at exactly how successful.)

3rd quarter 2008 GDP fell 2.7%. 4th quarter GDP fell 5.4%. 1st quarter 2009GDP fell 6.4%. 2nd quarter GDP (the first full quarter of the stimulus), fell 0.7%. quite a drop, i'd think? 3rd quarter? 2.2% increase. 4th quarter? 5.4% increase. and, if you're keeping track at home, that's the best increase since 2003.

stimulus the only reason? of course not. but if anyone who think sthat giving billions of dollars of tax cuts, billions of dollars of emergency safety net programs (to allow the recently laid off to continue consuming) and billions of dollars in projects didn't at least have some positive impact on the economy, does not understand economics.

[Seshmeister]

George W. Bush's first year in office
from http:/hNww.redpepper.org.uk

1. Significantly eased field-testing controls of genetically engineered crops.
2. Cut federal spending on libraries by $39 million.
3. Cut $35 million in funding for doctors to get advanced pediatric training.
4. Cut funding for research into renewable energy sources by 50%.
5. Revoked rules that reduced the acceptable levels of arsenic in drinking water.
6. Blocked rules that would require federal agencies to offer bilingual assistance to non-English speaking persons. This, from a candidate who would readily fire-up his Spanish-speaking skills in front of would-be Hispanic voters.
7. Proposed to eliminate new marine protections for the Channel Islands and the coral reefs of northwest Hawaii (please see San Francisco Chronicle, April 6, 2001).
8. Cut funding for research into cleaner, more efficient cars and trucks by 28%
9. Suspended rules that would have strengthened the government's ability to deny contracts to companies that violated workplace safety, environmental and other federal laws.
10. Approved the sending of letters by Interior Department appointee Gale Norton to state officials soliciting suggestions for opening up national monuments for oil and gas drilling, coal mining, and foresting.
11. Appointed John Negroponte -- an unindicted high-level Iran Contra figure to the post of United Nations Ambassador.
12. Abandoned a campaign pledge to invest $100 million for rainforest conservation.
13. Reduced by 86% the Community Access Program for public hospitals, clinics and providers of
care for people without insurance.
14. Rescinded a proposal to increase public access to information about the potential consequences resulting from chemical plant accidents.
15. Suspended rules that would require hardrock miners to clean up sites on public lands.
16. Cut $60 million from a Boy's and Girl's Clubs of America program for public housing.
17. Proposed to eliminate a federal program, designed and successfully used in Seattle, to help communities prepare for natural disasters.
18. Pulled out of the 1997 Kyoto Treaty global warming agreement.
19. Cut $200 million of work force training for dislocated workers.
20. Eliminated funding for the Wetlands Reserve Program, which encourages farmers to maintain wetlands habitat on their property.
21. Cut program to provide childcare to low-income families as they move from welfare to work.
22. Cut a program that provided prescription contraceptive coverage to federal employees (though it still pays for Viagra).
23. Cut $700 million in capital funds for repairs in public housing.
24. Appointed Otto Reich -- an un-indicted high-level Iran Contra figure -- to Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs.
25. Cut the budget of the Environmental Protection Agency by $500 million.
26. Proposed to curtail the ability of groups to sue in order to get an animal placed on the Endangered Species List.
27. Rescinded the rule that mandated increased energy-saving efficiency regulations for central air conditioners and heat pumps.
28. Repealed workplace ergonomic rules designed to improve worker health and safety.
29. Abandoned campaign pledge to regulate carbon dioxide, the waste gas that contributes to global warming.
30. Banned federal aid to international family planning programs that offer abortion counseling with other independent funds.
31. Closed the White House Office for Women's Health Initiatives and Outreach.
32. Nominated David Lauriski -- an ex-mining company executive --- to post of Assistant Secretary of Labor for Mine Safety and Health.
33. Approved a controversial plan by Interior Secretary Gale Norton to auction oil and gas development tracts off the coast of eastern Florida.
34. Announced intention to open up Montana's Lewis and Clark National Forest to oil and drilling.
35. Proposes to re-draw boundaries of nation's monuments, which would technically allow oil and gas drilling outside of national monuments.
36. Gutted the White House AIDS Office.
37. Renegotiated a free trade agreement with Jordan to eliminate workers' rights and safeguards for the environment.
38. Will no longer seek guidance from The American Bar Association in recommendations for the federal judiciary appointments.
39. Appointed recycling foe Lynn Scarlett as Undersecretary of the Interior..
40. Took steps to abolish the White House Council on Environmental Quality.
41. Cut the Community Oriented Policing Services program.
42. Allowed Interior Secretary Gale Norton to shelve citizen-led grizzly bear re-introduction plan scheduled for Idaho and Montana wilderness.
43. Continues to hold up federal funding for stem cell research projects.
44. Makes sure convicted misdemeanor drug users cannot get financial aid for college, though convicted murderers can.
45. Refused to fund continued cleanup of uranium-slag heap in Utah.
46. Refused to fund continued litigation of the government's tobacco company lawsuit.
47. Proposed a $2 trillion tax cut, 43% of which will go to the wealthiest 1 % of Americans.
48. Signed a bill making it harder for poor and middle-class Americans to file for bankruptcy, even in the case of daunting medical bills.
49. Appointed a Vice President quoted as saying, lf you want to do something about carbon dioxide emissions, then you ought to build nuclear power plants (Meet the Press)
50. Appointed Diana Roth to the Council of Economic Advisers. (There is no gender gap in pay, Boston Globe, March 28, 2001.)
51. Appointed Kay Cole James, an opponent of affirmative action, to direct the Office of Personnel Management.
52. Cut $15.7 million earmarked for states to investigate cases of child abuse and neglect.
53. Helped kill a law designed to make it tougher for teenagers to get credit cards.
54. Proposed elimination of the Reading is Fundamental program that gives free books to poor children.
55.1s pushing for development of small nuclear arms to attack deeply buried targets and weapons. This would violate the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty.
56. Proposes to nominate Jeffrey Sutton, the attorney responsible for a recent case weakening the Americans with Disabilities Act, to federal appeals court judgeship.
57. Proposes to reverse regulation protecting 60 million acres of national forest from logging and road building.
58. Eliminated funding for the We the People education program which taught school children about the Constitution, the Bill of Rights and citizenship.
59. Appointed John Bolton, who opposes nonproliferation treaties and the UN, to Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security.
60. Nominated Linda Fisher, an executive with Monsanto, for the number-two job at the Environmental Protection Agency.
61. Nominated Michael McConnell, leading critic of the separation of church and state, to a federal judgeship.
62. Nominated Terrence Boyle, an ardent opponent of civil rights, to a federal judgeship.
63. Canceled 2004 deadline for automakers to develop prototype high mileage cars.
64. Nominated Harvey Pitts, a lawyer for a teen sex video distributor, to head SEC.
65. Nominated John Walters, a strong opponent of prison drug treatment programs, to be Drug Tsar. (Washington Post, May 16, 2001.)
66. Nominated J. Steven Giles, an oil and coal lobbyist, for Deputy Secretary of the Interior.
67. Nominated Bennett Raley, who advocates repealing the Endangered Species Act, for Assistant Secretary for Water and Science
68. Is seeking the dismissal of class-action lawsuit filed in the US against Japan by Asian women forced to work as sex slaves during WWII.
69. Earmarked $4 million in new federal grant money for HIV and drug abuse prevention programs to go only to religious groups and not secular equivalents.
70. Reduced the Low Income Home Assistance Program by 40%; it aided low-income individuals who need assistance paying energy bills.
71. Nominated Ted Olson, who has repeatedly lied about his involvement with the Scaiffe-funded Arkansas Project to bring down Bill Clinton, for Solicitor General.
72. Nominated Terrance Boyle, a foe of civil rights, to a federal judgeship..
73. Proposes to ease permit process, including environmental considerations, for refinery, nuclear and hydroelectric dam construction. (Washington Post, May 18, 2001.)
74. Proposes to give government the authority to take private property through eminent domain for power lines.
75. Proposes that $1.2 billion in funding for alternative renewable energy come from selling oil and gas lease tracts in the Alaska National Wildlife Reserve.
76. Plans on serving genetically engineered foods at all official government functions.
77. Forced out Forest Service chief Mike Dombeck and appointed a timber industry lobbyist.

[Seshmeister]

The amazing thing about this is that prior to September 11, 2001, George W. Bush was on vacation for 96 days -- Given that he’d taken office on January 20th of 2001, that means that as of September 11th, he’d been ‘on the job’ for 234 days. If 96 of those were vacation days, he was on vacation 41% of the time.

[Guitar Shark]

He was the most vacation-y president in U.S. history and it's not even close.

[Seshmeister]

We're told that the fact he spent half of 2001 on vacation had absolutely no influence on all the warnings of a huge terrorist plot being ignored.

[LoungeMachine]

Who cares about Bush ??

That's right, we forgot....

You're more a cock man.....

:gulp:

[DEMON CUNT]

Ha ha! BigBlandBrian shoots and misses again! Owned.

[Seshmeister]

[size=4]
49. Appointed a Vice President quoted as saying, lf you want to do something about carbon dioxide emissions, then you ought to build nuclear power plants (Meet the Press)



I'm a bit confused by the inclusion of this one it's just about the only thing I would agree with him on. Why not say 'Appointed sick evil torturer as Vice President'....?

[kwame k]

Let's have the President defend himself.......

*****Caution***** he uses facts and numbers here so an understanding of basic math might be helpful ;)

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[Nitro Express]

Whenever I think of Obama I think of him getting in the presidential limo (the beast) and picking up some burgers at a DC burger joint. It's late and I'm starving. I want Obama to bring me a burger.

[Nitro Express]

To be honest. There was shit and water all over the floor before Obama ever came in. He walked into a horrible mess but he would have signed that horrible healthcare bill into law and cap and trade. Both would kill small business and he claims now to be the small business helper. All you get from Obama is rehtoric.

[BigBadBrian]

actually, most economists agree that it was a success. (though, they will disagree at exactly how successful.)



KB, of course the stimulus would have had some positive effect. You throw almost a TRILLION dollars at a problem and something has to happen.

However, even if we believe Barry and 2 Mil jobs were created, it still averages out to $140,000 a Job! Nevermind 9% unemployment was their doomsday scenario and how high did unemployment get/still is?

Anyhow, here's a list of economists who DONT think the stimulus is working. Maybe it'll eventually work during it's "second phase" like that idiot Biden says.
:hee:

Abrams, Burton
Professor of Economics
University of Delaware
Agnello, Richard
Professor of Economics
University of Delaware
Ahiakpor, James C.W.
Professor of Economics
California State University, East Bay
Albrecht, William
Professor Emeritus of Economics
University of Iowa
Andron, Geoffrey
Professor of Economics
Austin Community College
Arias, J. J.
Associate Professor of Economics
Georgia College & State University
Ashby, Nathan J.
Assistant Professor of Economics
University of Texas at El Paso
Averitt, George R.
Purdue University, North Central
Banaian, King
Professor of Economics
St. Cloud State University
Barch, David J.
Adjunct Instructor, Economics
Webster University
Baumel, C. Phillip
Distinguished Professor Emeritus
Iowa State University
Beck, Stacie E.
Associate Professor of Economics
University of Delaware
Belcher, Larry
Professor and Chair of Finance
Stetson University
Bellante, Donald
Professor of Economics
University of South Florida
Bender, Bruce
Professor of Finance
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Bethune, John J.
Kennedy Chair of Free Enterprise
Barton College
Bhagat, Sanjai
Professor of Finance
University of Colorado
Bise, Robert G.
Professor Emeritus of Economics
Orange Coast College
Booth, Donald
Professor of Economics
Chapman University
Boss Jr., Edward H.
Chief Economist
Commission on Government Forecasting and
Accountability, State of Illinois
Brat, David A.
Professor of Economics
Randolph-Macon College
Brown Jr., George F.
Founder and CEO
Blue Canyon Partners, Inc.
Brown, David P.
Laun Professor of Finance
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Browning, Edgar K.
Professor of Economics
Texas A&M University
Brucker, Eric
Professor of Economics
Widener University
Brunner, Lawrence
Associate Professor of Economics
Central Michigan University
Bryson, Phillip J.
Professor of Economics
Brigham Young University
Brzeski, Andrzej
Professor of Economics Emeritus
University of California, Davis
Busch, Andrew B.
Global Currency and Public Policy Strategist
BMO Capital Markets
Butkiewicz, James L.
Professor of Economics
University of Delaware
Butler, Henry N.
Executive Director
Searle Center on Law, Regulation, and
Economic Growth
Calabria, Mark
Director of Financial Regulation Studies
Cato Institute
Calomiris, Charles
Henry Kaufman Professor of Financial
Institutions
Columbia University
Castanias, Richard
Professor Emeritus
University of California, Davis
Cebula, Richard J.
Shirley and Philip Solomons Eminent Scholar
Chair, Department of Economics
Armstrong Atlantic State University
Chance, Don
James C. Flores Endowed Chair of MBA
Studies and Professor of Finance
Louisiana State University
Cobb, Joe
Retired economist
Glendale, Arizona
Cochran, John P.
Professor of Economics
Metropolitan State College of Denver
Colella, Frank
Professor Emeritus
Simpson College
Collinge, Robert
Professor of Economics
University of Texas at San Antonio
Colwell, Peter F.
Professor Emeritus of Finance
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Conover, C. Mitchell
Associate Professor of Finance
University of Richmond
Cooper, Kathleen B.
Senior Fellow
Southern Methodist University
Costrell, Robert M.
Professor of Education Reform and Economics
University of Arkansas
Coval, Joshua
Professor of Finance
Harvard Business School
Dammon, Robert M.
Professor of Financial Economics
Carnegie Mellon University
Daniel III, Coldwell
Professor Emeritus of Economics
The University of Memphis
Davies, Antony
Associate Professor of Economics
Duquesne University
Davis, Michael C.
Associate Professor of Economics
Missouri University of Science and Technology
Davis, Ronnie H.
Vice President & Chief Economist
Printing Industries of America
DeSalvo, Joseph S.
Professor of Economics
University of South Florida, Tampa
DeSerpa, Allan
Professor of Economics
Arizona State University
Dhrymes, P.J.
Edwin W. Rickert Professor of Economics
Columbia University
Dougan, William
Professor of Economics
Clemson University
Douglas, Christopher
Assistant Professor of Economics
University of Michigan, Flint
Duncan, Floyd H.
Roberts Professor of Free Enterprise Economics
The Virginia Military Institute
Dunlevy, James A.
Professor Emeritus, Economics
Miami University (Oxford, OH)
Ebenstein, Lanny
Visiting Professor, Department of Economics
University of California, Santa Barbara
Eckalbar, John
Professor of Economics
California State University, Chico
Egger, John B.
Professor of Economics
Towson University
Elzinga, Kenneth
Robert C. Taylor Professor of Economics
University of Virginia
Entin, Stephen J.
President
Institute for Research on the Economics of
Taxation
Epps, T.W.
Professor of Economics & Statistics (Emeritus)
University of Virginia
Eubanks, Larry S.
Associate Professor of Economics
University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
Evans, Dorla A.
Professor of Finance
University of Alabama in Huntsville
Evans, Paul
Professor of Economics
Ohio State University
Falero Jr., Frank
Emeritus Professor of Economics
California State University
Fama, Eugene F.
Professor of Finance
University of Chicago
Farr, W. Ken
Professor of Economics
Georgia College & State University
Featherstone, Allen M.
Professor and Director of the Master of
Agribusiness
Kansas State University
Feigenbaum, Susan K.
Professor of Economics
University of Missouri, St. Louis
Fisher, Eric
Professor of Economics
California Polytechnic State University
Flint, Harold D.
Professor of Economics
Montclair State University
Ford, William F.
Former President
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Frank, Murray Z.
Piper Jaffray Professor of Finance
University of Minnesota
Franko, Layton W.
Adjunct Asstistant Professor, Department of
Economics
Queens College
Frechtling, Douglas C.
Professor of Tourism Studies
The George Washington University
Gallegos, Alejandro
Professor Emeritus of Economics
Winona State University
Gay, Gerald
Chairman and Professor of Finance
Georgia State University
Genetski, Robert
President
Classicalprinciples.com
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Truman State University
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University of New Mexico
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Associate Professor of Finance
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[Seshmeister]

KB, of course the stimulus would have had some positive effect. You throw almost a TRILLION dollars at a problem and something has to happen.

You would think so, oh wait a minute Iraq.

[LoungeMachine]

Hey, Brie....

Where's YOUR source link to your "list" hmm?

Or did you just come up with it off the top of your head?

:rolleyes:

[chefcraig]

Whenever I think of Obama I think of him getting in the presidential limo (the beast) and picking up some burgers at a DC burger joint. It's late and I'm starving. I want Obama to bring me a burger.

Yep. At least Bill Clinton inspired people by jogging to McDonald's.

[BigBadBrian]

Hey, Brie....

Where's YOUR source link to your "list" hmm?

Or did you just come up with it off the top of your head?

:rolleyes:

From the top of my head....after I went to a certain Congressman's website!

:baaa:

[MAX]

I loooooove this shit... :rolleyes:

So, this is helping the economy?

See, I can copy and paste just as well as Bob and Sesh. ;) :D

The College Waste Projects

Last week, Senators Tom Coburn and John McCain released the Stimulus Checkup, which highlights 100 wasteful projects funded by the Recovery Act.

Campus Reformers, did you know that at least 15 of the most wasteful projects are at colleges and universities throughout the country? All of these programs account for $583,161,482 of your tax dollars.

Given that college students are facing 18% unemployment, it would be beneficial if these projects funded jobs for recent graduates. The only problem is that the job creation is minimal despite the millions of dollars lavished upon universities.



1. 31.3 million to Corinthian Colleges, Inc.

Corinthian Colleges are a for-profit education company that has often been scrutinized and the focus of federal probes. According to Stimulus Checkup, 83 lawsuits have been leveled against them.

The 31.3 million was given through an increase in Pell Grants, which 70% of Corinthian students recieved.

2. $1.57 million to Penn State to look for dinosaurs in...Argentina

While looking for dinosaurs is cool and certainly helps further science, how does this create jobs or spur economic activity? The money used by Penn State will fund researchers to work in another country. Much of the $1.57 million will go to Argentina's economy not ours.

The team of four using this grant are researchers and professors with existing jobs. Also two of researchers are not employed in the United States.

3. $1.1 million to Oklahoma State University to study the role of grandparents in Alaska.

Funded through stimulus money funneled through the National Science Foundation, this grant will fund Professor Tammy Henderson and two new hires at OSU to travel to Alaska and study grandparents in rural, semi-urban and urban areas.

According to Henderson:

"Is it fair? Um, I do not feel that the political answer is one that I should take as a university professor. But I will tell you as a professor who is trying to change the world by giving it good science and good theory it was a good thing to do."

4. $950,000 to Arizona State University and the University of Arizona to study ants.

Through a partnership of the universities, this National Science Foundation grant will, "examine larval development, ant caste systems, and ―colony fitness. The University of Arizona will use the information to, 'develop ―a model [for ants] to determine the optimal strategy for distributing specialists in a variable work environment.'"

Through this project, 4.92 jobs will be saved. While we're questioning what a .92 job is, an article on AZCentral.com captures what you're probably thinking:

But some projects are head-scratchers, at least to critics. They involve arcane research; do not address immediate, essential public needs; or don't create or save many jobs. Such projects aren't taboo under the stimulus but have drawn fire from lawmakers who argue they do little to help the economy or industry.

5. $564,635 to Duke University to send undergraduates to Costa Rica for the summer

For the next five summers, lucky undergraduates will get a free trip to Costa Rica to study the rainforest. According to Stimulus Checkup:

Each year, ten students will participate in an eight-week program at the La Selva Biological Station in Costa Rica. Students will also be given a chance to experience Costa Rica‘s ―ecotourism‖ opportunities—a brochure likewise boasts, ―A short bus ride from there takes you to the capital city of San Jose, where you can experience the full variety of Tico‘ culture ad cuisine

Once again, this stimulus project will send Recovery dollars outside of the country to stimulate another economy.

Duke has also been tremendously successful in obtaining grants from the Recovery Act. They even created a web site to catalog all of their funding.

$389,357 to State University of New York-Buffalo to study young adults who drink malt liquor and smoke weed.

Funds will pay 100 test subjects $45 to keep a journal of their daily malt liquor drinking and marijuana smoking usages. According to researchers, "malt liquor consumption is an understudied topic."

While this grant will be putting a small amount of money into the US economy, it also encourages drug trafficking since it is illegal to purchase marijuana in the U.S. Other portions of this grant will be used to hire additional researchers.

The SUNY system also has its own web site devoted to Recovery grants.

7.$233,825 to UC-San Diego and Georgetown University to study exit polling in...Africa

Once again, stimulus funds will be used to stimulate economies in other countries. The project will send four graduate students and one undergraduate to Africa, which will, "result in a robust understanding of how Africans vote, which will in turn allow for a better targeting our external aid funds aimed at promoting democracy on the continent."

Just how many jobs does this create? According to StimulusWatch.org, this project will result in .17 full-time job (FTE) for the principal investigator, .19 FTE for graduate students at UCSD, .44 FTE for gradute student researchers at Georgetown and 7.29 FTE for polling workers a a sub-grant award in Africa.

Not only will this grant result in a couple hours of employment per week for select graduate students at UCSD and Georgetown, it will hire seven people in Africa. Where does the Recovery Act specifiy employment for people in Africa?

8.$221,355 to Indiana University to study why young men do not like using condoms

Stimulus Checklist reports that this study will:

...advance our understanding of…the role of cognitive and affective processes and condom application skills in explaining problems with condom use in young, heterosexual adult men, and to create ―education strategies tailored to the needs of individuals who have trouble using condoms effectively.

The National Institutes of Health notes that this project will show:

Consistent and correct use of condoms can be a highly effective method of preventing the transmission of HIV and many STIs, yet studies show that problems with condom use are common. This project is one of the first to examine under controlled conditions the role of cognitive and affective factors and condom skills in explaining condom use problems in young, heterosexual adult men.

9. $219,000 for a National Institutes of Health study examining the "hookup" behavior of female college students

This NIH study will examine the link between alcohol use and hooking up. Researchers at Syracuse University will recruit 500 income freshmen women and contact them monthly for a year to, "document sexual hookups, noting when there is alcohol involved."

The researchers could save $219,000 and just ask current college students about the link between alcohol and engaging in sexual activities.

Also note the design of the study. This requires 500 underage women to voluntarily detail their illegal activities on campus. Since freshmen students are typically under 21, any alcohol consumption is illegal. The study also requires young women to volunteer details about inebriated sexual encounters.

Michael Carey, the researcher behind the study told the Syracuse Post-Standard:

"I did not prepare an application to create jobs or stimulate the economy," he said. "I prepared an application of scientific study to address an important public health problem and I think that is a valuable contribution to society.

10. $210,000 to the University of Hawaii to study how honeybees learn

This grant, which hires one research assistant, will conduct, "behavioral experiments with honeybees focused on short-term memory, concept learning, and relational learning."

11.$150,00 to Carnegie Mellon University to develop super-football gloves

Football is undoubtedly important to many colleges but does developing the next generation in football gloves spur economic growth?

The Business Times reports:

Some of the government funding has also gone to what was clearly the domain of private enterprise. NanoGriptech, a company that is barely a year old, was given US$150,000 to develop technology mimicking the sticky feet of geckos - to ultimately produce better football gloves.

While it seems that $150,00 would go a long way towards developing a new type of glove, Stimulus Checkup reports:

Professor Metin Sitti with Carnegie Mellon University has already collected $450,000 in federal money for his project.166 While in the long run, Dr. Sitti is most interested in developing applications to help robots climb difficult surfaces, in the short run he is hopeful to use his adhesive materials for ―sports gloves specifically designed to provide increased grip to a football surface.

12. $95,000 at the University of Massachusetts-Boston to study pollen from the Viking age

This award is described as, "uising pollen to assess local environmental variation during the viking age." What it will do is hire a graduate assistant to count pollen grains that were collected from farms in Iceland. This data is supposed to shed light on how environmental changes effected the Viking Age.

According to David Williams, president of Citizens Against Government Waste told the Boston Globe, "People are scratching their heads because some of this doesn’t make sense. Studying pollen during the Viking Age isn’t going to create a lot of jobs and help the economy.’’

13. $49,818 to the University of Alaska at Fairbanks to attend the global warming conference in Alaska

Remember the Copenhagen conference that's been in the news? Stimulus funds are paying for 11 students and four teachers from the University of Alaska to attend the UN's Convention of Climate Change.

According to the grant description:

...attendance at COP15 will encourage Rural Development students' interest in science and to pursue science degrees in greater numbers. In addition to attending the convention, the students will meet with students and faculty from the Department of Eskimology at the University of Copenhagen, the International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs, the Indigenous People's Secretariat of the Arctic Council, and the Greenland Home Rule Government while in Copenhagen.

While the trip will certainly be enlightening for the 11 students, it won't create any jobs or help improve the economy. Well, it will help improve the economy of Copenhagen. Stimuls Checkup also points out:

...a trip from Alaska to Copenhagen, Denmark for all 15 passengers will result in the emission of 53,940 pounds of carbon dioxide from the air travel alone. In Fairbanks, that is the same amount of carbon emissions produced to heat and light approximately two single family homes for an entire year.

14. $30,000 to the University of Maryland to determine if meth is a rat aphrodisiac

Researchers will study if using methamphetamines, "gives female rats an overpowering desire to have sex."

The Baltimore Sun interviewed the university officials and the doctoral student, Mary K. Holder, who submitted the grant:

Mary K. Holder, the Baltimore graduate student who received the research grant from a unit of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, said she hoped that her findings might be helpful in treating meth abuse. Holder said in her grant application that the study would explore "the molecular underpinnings" of meth-induced sexual behavior and would use immunocytochemistry and other advanced techniques to examine the drug's impact on brain cells in rats.

15. $8,408 to Florida Atlantic University to study if mice get drunk

This grant will examine the connection between rats and "spatial navigation" after they have consumed alcohol. Scientists designed this study after noticing that "...human who consume alcohol have trouble with 'navigation, memory, and attention."

With the funding, Robert Stackman, the psychology professor in charge of the project, hired two additional research assistants. He told the Herald-Tribune in Sarasota, Fla. that he is, "looking at what parts of the brain are affected by ethanol, the type of alcohol found in alcoholic beverages, and their connection with the ability to navigate. Think drunk driving."

While most of these research projects probably have a legitimate purpose, was this the point of the Recovery Act? With the $583 million awarded to these colleges, how many jobs should have been generated in the private sector?

Instead, these professors and academics took advantage of a government cash cow to pad their research at the expense of the U.S. tax dollars. Due to a lack of accountability, these grants were awarded even when they did not come close to achieving any of the three goals that were established by Congress.

[MAX]

What's the obsession with bees? :confused:

Millions In Stimulus Money Studies Robotic Bees, Buys Office Furniture
Few Jobs Created At Universities Receiving $100 Million In Stimulus Funds

BOSTON -- Nine million dollars was given to Harvard University to research and assemble robotic bees. No jobs were created with the stimulus money.

Harvard also received $225,000 to study Narwhal whale tusk function and $176,000 to research pre-natal conditions in Gambian women.

At UMass-Boston, $94,000 is funding a study of pollen. One job was reported, for a graduate student to count pollen grains and assess environmental changes in Northern Iceland during the Viking colonization.

More than $100 million in stimulus dollars were given to colleges and universities for scientific research.

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"If that's going to put people back to work, I need to know how," said state Sen. Richard Tisei. "That's a perfect example of wasted money. People are catching on to what this was all about."

In a statement, a Harvard University spokesman told Team 5 Investigates that the projects help "maintain our country's role at the forefront of scientific research and innovation." They also said the projects "will lead to jobs."

One billion dollars has gone to schools across the state to make sure teachers aren't laid off and services aren't cut. But some of the expenditures are unusual.

They include $12,000 for pest control in the Bridgewater schools, $25,000 for vertical blinds in Agawam schools and in Edgartown schools, $13,000 was spent on window cleaning.

"We shouldn't have been using the money to supplement operations that were already supposed to be taking place because it has put the state in a bigger hole," said Tisei.

Across the Bay state, nearly $4 million will spruce up small regional airports, including $400,000 to Gardner, where the airport averages just 14 flights a day.

And at the state's Department of Revenue, $56,000 worth of furniture was expended for child support enforcement officials in their Boston office.

One unemployed Boston resident told Team 5 the state needs to spend the money on jobs.

"I'm looking for a job and the way the economy is, things could be a whole lot better. We have a long way to go. If anything, we should do some public works projects and get some union guys on the street. It's all about jobs," he said. Another resident said, "If it's not creating jobs, let's not do it. People need jobs."

[MAX]

You leftys trust CNN don't you?

CNN poll: 52% say Obama doesn't deserve reelection in 2012
By Michael O'Brien - 02/16/10 01:35 PM ET
52 percent of Americans said President Barack Obama doesn't deserve reelection in 2012, according to a new poll.


44 percent of all Americans said they would vote to reelect the president in two and a half years, less than the slight majority who said they would prefer to elect someone else.

Obama faces a 44-52 deficit among both all Americans and registered voters, according to a CNN/Opinion Research poll released Tuesday. Four percent had no opinion.



The reelection numbers are slightly more sour than Obama's approval ratings, which are basically tied. 49 percent of people told CNN that they approve of the way Obama is handling his job, while 50 percent disapprove.

Still, the 2012 election is still a long way's away, with this fall's midterm elections looming large. Republicans are hoping to make inroads into Congress, while Democrats are hoping to hold onto gains won in the 2006 and 2008 cycles.

Respondents to CNN were split at 46 percent as to whether they preferred a generic Republican or Democratic candidate in this fall's elections.

At least one retiring lawmaker is confident Obama will sail to reelection, with Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) predicting Monday the president would win "overwhelmingly" in 2012.

The CNN poll, conducted Feb. 12-15, has a three percent margin of error.

[diamondsgirl]

At least one retiring lawmaker is confident Obama will sail to reelection, with Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) predicting Monday the president would win "overwhelmingly" in 2012.



invite this guy to the Front Line, he would fit in nicely.:hee:

[MAX]

From cbs.com and c'mon, y'all like that source, no? :confused: I mean it's not "FAUX" news and it's the network that employs Couric (completely unbiased journalist :rolleyes: ) who let Palin have it, no?


94 percent of respondents to a recent CBS/New York Times poll who don't believe the stimulus has created a substantial number of new jobs.


K, so that 94% leaves approximately 6% (most of whom currently reside within this forum, I presume? :p ) who honestly believe what OBAMA stated yesterday regarding the stimulus, job creation and the overall success of the economy, no?


I read this doozy at your democraticunderground.com (one of my many lefty, lib friends, yeah, I'm friends with some of you. lol emailed it to me.) just incase y'all wanna look it up? lol. That site of yours states that 11% of Americans believe Elvis Presley's still alive, 20% believe the Earth does not orbit the sun and that 6% believe the Apollo moon landing was a hoax. So and as some of you have stated prior, those are simple numbers. However and in all fairness to you folks, I'm kind of stabbing you with your own dagger. lol Cos the numbers I lifted from your lefty site were used to compare the stats amongst Americans who believed in such crap compared to the people who approved of W. just two years ago.

Regardless...

Looooooooooooooocccccyyyyyyyyy........ You got some splainin' to do!!!!!!!!!

http://www.sunshinelookalikes.com/look-a-likes/celebrity%20photos/Ricky%20Ricardo.jpg

[Guitar Shark]

What's the obsession with bees? :confused:


Google "colony collapse disorder" and you will learn about how the future of our food supply is at risk.

While I don't know that "robotic bees" are the answer, it's a very legitimate problem.

[LoungeMachine]

Here you go Maxi....

I know you dont like The Googles....

Colony collapse disorder - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colony_collapse_disorder)

[MAX]

Here you go Maxi....

I know you dont like The Googles....

Is that your band's name? :p

No and seriously, thanks. I'll give it a read.

:gulp:

[MAX]

So and to put this in a nutshell, OBAMA'S putting together a financial commission for whaaa? An organized group to tell him what, to stop fucking spending? Seems easy enough to me...

Hey Barr, if one doesn't have the money to spend then don't fucking spend it!!! Or does that make too much sense?

cnnmoney.com ( http://money.cnn.com/2010/02/18/news/economy/obama_debt_commission/index.htm?cnn=yes&hpt=T2)

Broke! Fixing America's fiscal crisis

President orders debt panel, names chairmen

By Jeanne Sahadi, senior writer February 18, 2010: 12:22 PM ET


NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- President Obama issued an executive order on Thursday that formally creates a bipartisan fiscal commission, a first step to forcing painful decisions needed to get the U.S. debt load under control.

Raising taxes, cutting spending and reforming Medicare and Social Security are all fair game, and thought to be impossible without the backing of both Republicans and Democrats.

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President Obama signs the executive order creating a bipartisan fiscal commission. Standing behind him are the commission's co-chairmen - Erskine Bowles (l) and Alan Simpson (r).
"Everything's on the table. That's how this thing is going to work," the president said immediately after signing the order.

The commission must deliver a report to the president by Dec. 1 that makes recommendations for bringing annual deficits to no more than 3% of the size of the economy, as measured by gross domestic product, or GDP. Currently annual deficits for the next decade are on track to be well above that level.

The commission will also be expected to suggest ways to permanently lower the country's total debt - currently expected to hit 77% of GDP in 2020, according to the White House Budget Office.

The president formally named the two co-chairmen he has chosen for the commission: Alan Simpson, a former Republican senator from Wyoming, and Erskine Bowles, a Democrat who served as White House chief of staff under President Clinton.

He said the two men "are taking on the impossible: they're going to try to restore reason to the fiscal debate."

The commission will have 18 members. Six of them, including the co-chairmen, will be chosen by the president. Another six of them, divided evenly between the parties, will be chosen by the majority and minority leaders in the House. And six of them will be chosen by the leaders of both parties in the Senate.

It's not clear yet when the Democratic leadership will name their choices.

It was also not clear before the president signed the executive order whether House and Senate Republicans would even choose to participate.

After the President signed the order, a spokesman for Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., told CNNMoney.com that McConnell will name three Senate Republicans to the panel. But his instructions to them will be to focus more on spending cuts than tax increases.

"After trillions in new and proposed spending, Americans know our problem is not that we tax too little, but that Washington spends too much - that should be the focus of this commission," McConnell said in a statement.

A spokesman for House Minority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio, gave some indication that House Republicans might participate but didn't say it was confirmed.

"We still haven't heard from the president on our proposal to start cutting spending right now," the spokesman said. "That doesn't mean we won't participate in this commission, but it does indicate that Washington Democrats aren't serious yet about shutting down their spending binge."


0:00 /4:25Paulson's concerns about the deficit
Earlier this month, Boehner had asked the president if he would use certain legislative procedures to ensure that the House cannot ignore White House spending cut proposals.

Deficit hawks say that the country cannot adequately address the looming fiscal shortfalls without addressing both taxes and spending.

Tough calls ahead
Since the commission is being created by presidential order and not by statute, Congress isn't legally required to vote on its recommendations. The Senate last month voted down a statutory commission which would have guaranteed that the commission's recommendations would be given an up-or-down vote in the House and Senate - no amendments, no filibuster.

Nevertheless there is a chance that recommendations from the presidential commission will be given serious consideration. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., have given their assurances -- in writing -- that they will bring the group's recommendations to the floor for procedural votes before the end of the year. The House will only take them up, however, if they pass the Senate first.

Voting for the commission's recommendations will likely be a tough pill for both parties. But the idea behind a bipartisan panel is that it can give political cover to lawmakers since no recommendation can be made unless it has the support of 14 of the 18 commissioners.

Whether lawmakers choose to face the challenge of addressing the country's long-term fiscal challenges head-on is a matter of political will. So far that will has not been in evidence. It remains to be seen whether a bipartisan commission dedicated to the task can help turn that around.

"This is not a Republican or Democratic problem - this is a challenge for America," Bowles said in a White House statement announcing the commission.

Even if the panel's work can't push Congress to overcome its inertia on the issue, Simpson said, "The American people are going to know about a lot more where we are headed with an honest appraisal of our situation."

[Guitar Shark]

Hey Barr, if one doesn't have the money to spend then don't fucking spend it!!! Or does that make too much sense?



If only you had communicated this to President Bush before he got us involved in an extremely expensive war against the wrong country.

Oh, and also before he pushed for enactment of the prescription drug entitlement that is completely unpaid for.

The problem you identified, MAX, is not unique to Obama by ANY stretch of the imagination.

[LoungeMachine]

If only you had communicated this to President Bush before he got us involved in an extremely expensive war against the wrong country.

Oh, and also before he pushed for enactment of the prescription drug entitlement that is completely unpaid for.

The problem you identified, MAX, is not unique to Obama by ANY stretch of the imagination.

and let's not forget BushCO ran both wars OFF BUDGET.

I love these guys who are bitching about the firemen trying to put out the fire that THEIR team started......

SOMEBODY has to pay for the trucks, water, and hoses......

:gulp:

[MAX]

If only you had communicated this to President Bush before he got us involved in an extremely expensive war against the wrong country.

Oh, and also before he pushed for enactment of the prescription drug entitlement that is completely unpaid for.

The problem you identified, MAX, is not unique to Obama by ANY stretch of the imagination.

As usual and as I've also stated many times prior, I was less than thrilled with W's performance during his second term. Unfortunately, OBAMA'S boasting that he's stopped the recession from worsening when he has not.

I'm also sorry but I absolutely refuse to keep blaming the continuous financial downward spiral on W. Sure, he gets a lot of the blame but OBAMA'S sure not living up to his promises to improve it.

[MAX]

SOMEBODY has to pay for the trucks, water, and hoses......



and the bees... :p

[LoungeMachine]

Unfortunately, OBAMA'S boasting that he's stopped the recession from worsening when he has not.

.

And just how the fuck do you know this?

:gulp:

[knuckleboner]

If only you had communicated this to President Bush before he got us involved in an extremely expensive war against the wrong country.

Oh, and also before he pushed for enactment of the prescription drug entitlement that is completely unpaid for.

The problem you identified, MAX, is not unique to Obama by ANY stretch of the imagination.

actually, you forgot one of the more significant factors in the rapidly escalating budget deficits: the 2001 and 2003 bush tax cuts during his first term.

presumably max also was against those, as they were extraordinarily fiscally irresponsible. and a far bigger factor in today's budget deficits than the stimulus and any other new spending.

[knuckleboner]

KB, of course the stimulus would have had some positive effect. You throw almost a TRILLION dollars at a problem and something has to happen.

However, even if we believe Barry and 2 Mil jobs were created, it still averages out to $140,000 a Job! Nevermind 9% unemployment was their doomsday scenario and how high did unemployment get/still is?

Anyhow, here's a list of economists who DONT think the stimulus is working. Maybe it'll eventually work during it's "second phase" like that idiot Biden says.
:hee:



you list a bunch of academics. nowhere does it say that they think the stimulus has had no effect on the economy. i'll give you that it's likely that most of these people will call the stimulus a failure because it hasn't hit some specific target. but that actually does NOT mean that the package did not have a positive effect.

most people will agree that it was not the perfect legislation. certainly, it could've focused more on certain areas and included a number of highly less efficient spending.

but it doesn't mean that billions of dollars to school systems so that they don't lay off hundreds of thousands of teachers didn't have an effect.

it doesn't mean that billions of dollars in tax cuts didn't have some effect.

it doesn't mean that billions of dollars in unemployment benefits (which most credible economists will agree is crucial to maintaining demand for goods during high unemployment) didn't have some effect.

it doesn't mean that billions of dollars in construction projects that otherwise would not have occurred did not have some effect.

did the stimulus stop the unemployment rate from hitting X? no. but is that the fault of the stimulus, or initial economic projections that were clearly not dire enough?

the true question is whether, and to what extent the stimulus kept the unemployment rate from getting worse. if the real peak was 10.2%, does ANYBODY think that the stimulus increased that number? can anybody credibly argue that the stimulus didn't bring down that number, at least somewhat, from what it otherwise would have been?

(and, FYI, the funds have not been fully spent yet. they are still going for the next year or so. it would've been extremely foolish to have a significant influx of funds into the system, only to completely withdraw them immediately afterwards.)

[PETE'S BROTHER]

and the bees... :p

:lmao:

Hulu - Saturday Night Live: The Killer Bees (http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0oGkme43X1LW6AAYlFXNyoA/SIG=12m65b8d9/EXP=1266626360/**http%3a//www.hulu.com/watch/1476/saturday-night-live-the-killer-bees)

[diamondsgirl]

Here you go Maxi....

I know you dont like The Googles....



lol :biggrin:

[Seshmeister]

As usual and as I've also stated many times prior, I was less than thrilled with W's performance during his second term.

With all due respect anyone that voted for Bush a second time is a simpleton- a political fuckwit.

It's amazing to me that you would have the fucking nerve to make any comment on any political matter at all here or anywhere.

You have proved yourself to be completely stupid on political matters. Cut your losses. Move on.

You should shut the fuck up for at least 10 years on anything to do with politics and impose a voting ban on yourself for at least 20 years.

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_S4vBC-4dYZs/SF0yjL9cnGI/AAAAAAAAA5s/E7mJsSZ-UFI/s400/FrankBurns.jpg

Have you no shame?

Cheers!

:gulp:

[LoungeMachine]

:gulp:

Nice....

[Nickdfresh]

KB, of course the stimulus would have had some positive effect. You throw almost a TRILLION dollars at a problem and something has to happen.

However, even if we believe Barry and 2 Mil jobs were created, it still averages out to $140,000 a Job! Nevermind 9% unemployment was their doomsday scenario and how high did unemployment get/still is?

Anyhow, here's a list of economists who DONT think the stimulus is working. Maybe it'll eventually work during it's "second phase" like that idiot Biden says.
:hee:

Abrams, Burton
Professor of Economics
University of Delaware
Agnello, Richard
Professor of Economics
University of Delaware
Ahiakpor, James C.W.
Professor of Economics
California State University, East Bay
Albrecht, William
Professor Emeritus of Economics
University of Iowa
Andron, Geoffrey
Professor of Economics
Austin Community College
Arias, J. J.
Associate Professor of Economics
Georgia College & State University
Ashby, Nathan J.
Assistant Professor of Economics
University of Texas at El Paso
Averitt, George R.
Purdue University, North Central
Banaian, King
Professor of Economics
St. Cloud State University
Barch, David J.
Adjunct Instructor, Economics
Webster University
Baumel, C. Phillip
Distinguished Professor Emeritus
Iowa State University
Beck, Stacie E.
Associate Professor of Economics
University of Delaware
Belcher, Larry
Professor and Chair of Finance
Stetson University
Bellante, Donald
Professor of Economics
University of South Florida
Bender, Bruce
Professor of Finance
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Bethune, John J.
Kennedy Chair of Free Enterprise
Barton College
Bhagat, Sanjai
Professor of Finance
University of Colorado
Bise, Robert G.
Professor Emeritus of Economics
Orange Coast College
Booth, Donald
Professor of Economics
Chapman University
Boss Jr., Edward H.
Chief Economist
Commission on Government Forecasting and
Accountability, State of Illinois
Brat, David A.
Professor of Economics
Randolph-Macon College
Brown Jr., George F.
Founder and CEO
Blue Canyon Partners, Inc.
Brown, David P.
Laun Professor of Finance
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Browning, Edgar K.
Professor of Economics
Texas A&M University
Brucker, Eric
Professor of Economics
Widener University
Brunner, Lawrence
Associate Professor of Economics
Central Michigan University
Bryson, Phillip J.
Professor of Economics
Brigham Young University
Brzeski, Andrzej
Professor of Economics Emeritus
University of California, Davis
Busch, Andrew B.
Global Currency and Public Policy Strategist
BMO Capital Markets
Butkiewicz, James L.
Professor of Economics
University of Delaware
Butler, Henry N.
Executive Director
Searle Center on Law, Regulation, and
Economic Growth
Calabria, Mark
Director of Financial Regulation Studies
Cato Institute
Calomiris, Charles
Henry Kaufman Professor of Financial
Institutions
Columbia University
Castanias, Richard
Professor Emeritus
University of California, Davis
Cebula, Richard J.
Shirley and Philip Solomons Eminent Scholar
Chair, Department of Economics
Armstrong Atlantic State University
Chance, Don
James C. Flores Endowed Chair of MBA
Studies and Professor of Finance
Louisiana State University
Cobb, Joe
Retired economist
Glendale, Arizona
Cochran, John P.
Professor of Economics
Metropolitan State College of Denver
Colella, Frank
Professor Emeritus
Simpson College
Collinge, Robert
Professor of Economics
University of Texas at San Antonio
Colwell, Peter F.
Professor Emeritus of Finance
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Conover, C. Mitchell
Associate Professor of Finance
University of Richmond
Cooper, Kathleen B.
Senior Fellow
Southern Methodist University
Costrell, Robert M.
Professor of Education Reform and Economics
University of Arkansas
Coval, Joshua
Professor of Finance
Harvard Business School
Dammon, Robert M.
Professor of Financial Economics
Carnegie Mellon University
Daniel III, Coldwell
Professor Emeritus of Economics
The University of Memphis
Davies, Antony
Associate Professor of Economics
Duquesne University
Davis, Michael C.
Associate Professor of Economics
Missouri University of Science and Technology
Davis, Ronnie H.
Vice President & Chief Economist
Printing Industries of America
DeSalvo, Joseph S.
Professor of Economics
University of South Florida, Tampa
DeSerpa, Allan
Professor of Economics
Arizona State University
Dhrymes, P.J.
Edwin W. Rickert Professor of Economics
Columbia University
Dougan, William
Professor of Economics
Clemson University
Douglas, Christopher
Assistant Professor of Economics
University of Michigan, Flint
Duncan, Floyd H.
Roberts Professor of Free Enterprise Economics
The Virginia Military Institute
Dunlevy, James A.
Professor Emeritus, Economics
Miami University (Oxford, OH)
Ebenstein, Lanny
Visiting Professor, Department of Economics
University of California, Santa Barbara
Eckalbar, John
Professor of Economics
California State University, Chico
Egger, John B.
Professor of Economics
Towson University
Elzinga, Kenneth
Robert C. Taylor Professor of Economics
University of Virginia
Entin, Stephen J.
President
Institute for Research on the Economics of
Taxation
Epps, T.W.
Professor of Economics & Statistics (Emeritus)
University of Virginia
Eubanks, Larry S.
Associate Professor of Economics
University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
Evans, Dorla A.
Professor of Finance
University of Alabama in Huntsville
Evans, Paul
Professor of Economics
Ohio State University
Falero Jr., Frank
Emeritus Professor of Economics
California State University
Fama, Eugene F.
Professor of Finance
University of Chicago
Farr, W. Ken
Professor of Economics
Georgia College & State University
Featherstone, Allen M.
Professor and Director of the Master of
Agribusiness
Kansas State University
Feigenbaum, Susan K.
Professor of Economics
University of Missouri, St. Louis
Fisher, Eric
Professor of Economics
California Polytechnic State University
Flint, Harold D.
Professor of Economics
Montclair State University
Ford, William F.
Former President
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Frank, Murray Z.
Piper Jaffray Professor of Finance
University of Minnesota
Franko, Layton W.
Adjunct Asstistant Professor, Department of
Economics
Queens College
Frechtling, Douglas C.
Professor of Tourism Studies
The George Washington University
Gallegos, Alejandro
Professor Emeritus of Economics
Winona State University
Gay, Gerald
Chairman and Professor of Finance
Georgia State University
Genetski, Robert
President
Classicalprinciples.com
Giacalone, Joseph A.
Professor of Economics
St. John’s University
Gillette, David
Professor of Economics
Truman State University
Gilley, Otis W.
Head, Department of Economics and Finance
Louisiana Tech University
Gisser, Micha
Professor Emeritus of Economics
University of New Mexico
Goodwin, Barry K.
Distinguished Professor, Departments of
Agricultural and Resource Economics and
Economics
North Carolina State University
Graham, J. Edward
Associate Professor of Finance
University of North Carolina, Wilmington
Gramm, Phil
Vice Chairman
UBS Investment Bank
Grant, Richard
Professor of Finance & Economics
Lipscomb University
Greene, Kenneth
Distinguished Professor of Economics
Binghamton University
Gregory, Paul
Cullen Professor of Economics
University of Houston
Gresik, Thomas
Department of Economics and Econometrics
University of Notre Dame
Grinols, Earl
Distinguished Professor of Economics
Baylor University
Hakim, Simon
Professor of Economics
Temple University
Hart, William R.
Professor of Economics
Miami University (Oxford, OH)
Haslag, Joseph H.
Professor and Lay Chair in Economics
University of Missouri
Hazleton, Jared E.
Principal
Texecon (A Texas Economic Consulting Firm)
Helvacian, N. Mike
Senior Fellow
National Center for Policy Analysis
Henderson, David R.
Research Fellow
Hoover Institution, Stanford University
Henderson, James W.
Ben Williams Professor in Economics
Baylor University
Herren, Robert Stanley
Professor of Economics
North Dakota State University
Hill, Jesse
Adjunct Professor of Economics
University of Dallas
Hoehn, John
Professor, Environmental and Natural Resource
Economics
Michigan State University
Holtz-Eakin, Douglas
President
DHE Consulting LLC
Houser, Daniel
Professor and Chairman, Economics
Department
George Mason University
Howard, C. Thomas
Professor, Reiman School of Finance
University of Denver
Huffman, Forrest E.
Professor of Real Estate and Finance
Temple University
Hughen, J. Christopher
Associate Professor of Finance
University of Denver
Irvine, Owen
Associate Professor of Economics
Michigan State University
Jahan-Parvar, Mohammad R.
Assistant Professor of Economics
East Carolina University
Jarrell, Sherry L.
Professor of Finance and Economics
Wake Forest University
Jay, Nancy
Associate Professor of Finance
Mercer University
Jennings, William
Economist
Los Angeles, CA
Jensen, Gerald R.
Professor of Finance
Northern Illinois University
Jensen, Mike
Jesse Isidor Straus Professor of Business
Administration, Emeritus
Harvard University
Johnson, Shane A.
Professor of Finance
Texas A&M University
Kaplan, Steven
Neubauer Family Professor of Entrepreneurship
and Finance
University of Chicago
Kendall, David L.
Chair, Department of Business & Economics
University of Virginia’s College at Wise
Krol, Robert
Professor of Economics
California State University, Northridge
Krupp, Cory
Associate Professor of the Practice of Public
Policy
Duke University
La Near, Richard
Emeritus Kuhn Chair of Finance/Economics
Missouri Southern State University
Laffer Sr., Arthur
Chairman
Laffer Associates
Landau, Daniel L.
Associate Professor of Economics
University of Connecticut
Leet, Don R.
Professor of Economics
California State University, Fresno
Lefton, Norman B.
Adjunct Associate Professor of Economics
Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville
Lehman, Tom
Professor of Economics
Indiana Wesleyan University
Levy, Phil
Resident Scholar
American Enterprise Institute
Lewis, W. Cris
Professor Emeritus
Utah State University
Ley, Robert D.
Professor of Economics
Bemidji State University
Liebowitz, Stan
Professor of Economics
University of Texas at Dallas
Lillydahl, Jane
Professor Emerita
University of Colorado at Boulder
Lipford, Jody W.
Professor of Economics
Presbyterian College
Lo Sasso, Anthony T.
Professor, Division of Health Policy and
Administration
University of Illinois at Chicago
Lovik, Lawrence W.
Senior Fellow
Alabama Policy Institute
Lyman, R. Ashley
Professor Emeritus of Economics and Statistics
University of Idaho
Maltsev, Yuri N.
Professor of Economics
Carthage College
Marcus, Richard D.
Associate Professor of Managerial Economics
and Finance
University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee
Marlow, Michael
Professor of Economics
California Polytechnic State University
Mathews, Timothy
Assistant Professor of Economics
Kennesaw State University
McGuire, Martin C.
Emeritus Professor of Economics
University of California-Ivine
McQuillan, Lawrence
Director, Business and Economic Studies
Pacific Research Institute for Public Policy
Meltzer, Allan
Professor of Political Economy
Carnegie Mellon University
Merkel, Edward T.
Professor of Economics
Troy University
Merrifield, John
Professor of Economics
University of Texas at San Antonio
Mietus, Jim
Economist
Office of Management and Budget (retired)
Miller, James
Senior Fellow
Hoover Institution, Stanford University
Miller, Robert
Professor of Finance
Northern Illinois University
Miseta, Ed
Lecturer In Economics
Penn State Erie, The Behrend College
Moulin, Herve
Professor of Economics
Rice University
Murphy, Kevin
Kenneth L. Trefftzs Chair in Finance
University of Southern California
Murray, John E.
Professor of Economics
University of Toledo
Nelson, James
Associate Professor of Finance
East Carolina University
Newman, Robert J.
Professor and Chairman, Department of
Economics
Louisiana State University
Niehaus, Robert D.
President
Robert D. Niehaus, Inc. (Economic Consultants)
O'Neill, James
Professor of Economics
University of Delaware
Parente, Steve
Associate Professor, Finance
University of Minnesota
Patton, Judd W.
Professor of Economics
Bellevue University
Philipson, Tomas
Daniel Levin Professor of Public Policy Studies
University of Chicago
Phillips, G. Michael
Professor of Finance, Real Estate, and Insurance
California State University, Northridge
Pingle, Mark
Professor of Economics
University of Nevada, Reno
Pongracic, Ivan
Associate Professor of Economics
Hillsdale College
Poulson, Barry
Professor of Economics
University of Colorado Boulder
Promboin, R. L.
Adjunct Professor
University of Maryland University College
Pruitt, Stephen W.
Professor of Finance
University of Missouri, Kansas City
Ramey, Valerie
Professor of Economics
University of California, San Diego
Ramirez, Octavio A.
Professor and Head, Department of Agricultural
and Applied Economics
University of Georgia
Ranson, R. David
President and Director of Research
H. C. Wainwright & Co. Economics Inc.
Rhee, Thomas A.
Professor of Finance
California State University, Long Beach
Romero, Philip J.
Dean, College of Business and Economics
California State University, Los Angeles
Ross, Larry L.
Professor of Economics
University of Alaska, Anchorage
Rossana, Robert
Professor of Economics
Wayne State University
Rubin, Paul H.
Professor of Economics
Emory University
Ruffin, Roy
M.D. Anderson Professor of Economics
University of Houston
Rustici, Thomas
Assistant Professor of Economics
George Mason University
Sandy, Jonathan
Professor of Economics
University of San Diego
Santoni, Gary J.
Emeritus Professor
Ball State University
Saving, Tom
Professor of Economics
Texas A&M University
Schadler, Frederick P.
Associate Professor, Department of Finance
East Carolina University
Schuyler, Mike
Economist
Institute for Research on the Economics of
Taxation
Scott, Loren C.
Professor Emeritus – Economics
Louisiana State University
Seater, John
Professor of Economics
North Carolina State University
Shelton, Judy
Economist and Author, Money Meltdown
Shughart II, William F.
F.A.P. Barnard Distinguished Professor
The University of Mississippi
Shumaker, George A.
Professor Emeritus, Ag & Applied Economics
University of Georgia
Siebert, Jerome
Cooperative Extension Economist Emeritus
University of California, Berkeley
Silvia, John
Chief Economist
Wells Fargo
Simpson, Marc W.
Chairman, Department of Finance
Northern Illinois University
Skipton, Chuck
Assistant Professor of Economics
University of Tampa
Smith, James F.
Chief Economist
EconForecaster, LLC
Smith, Richard L.
Professor of Finance
University of California, Riverside
Snaith, Sean M.
Director, Institute for Economic
Competitiveness
University of Central Florida
Soule, Pete
Professor of Economics
Park University
Southwick, Lawrence
Assoc. Prof. of Management Science Emeritus
University of Buffalo
Spencer, David
Professor of Economics
Brigham Young University
Stimel, Derek
Assistant Professor of Economics
Menlo College
Stone, Courtenay C.
Professor of Economics
Ball State University
Subrahmanyam, Avanidhar "Subra"
Professor of Finance
UCLA
Suchanek, Gerry L.
Professor of Finance
University of Iowa
Tamura, Robert
Professor of Economics
Clemson University
Tatom, John A.
Associate Professor of Finance
Indiana State University
Taylor, Jason E.
Professor of Economics
Central Michigan University
Thies, Clifford F.
Professor of Economics and Finance
Shenandoah University
Thompson, Henry
Professor, Department of Agricultural
Economics
Auburn University
Tolbert Jr., Stephen A.
Economics Professor
Harrisburg Area Community College
Tollison, Robert D.
Professor of Economics
Clemson University
Troy, Leo
Professor of Economics
Rutgers University
Upadhyaya, Kamal
Professor of Economics
University of New Haven
VanHoose, David
Professor of Economics
Baylor University
Vedder, Richard
Distinguished Professor of Economics
Ohio University
Viksnins, George J.
Professor of Economics Emeritus
Georgetown University
Wenzel, Nikolai
Assistant Professor of Economics
Hillsdale College
Wesbury, Brian
Chief Economist
First Trust Portfolios, LP
Whaples, Robert
Professor of Economics
Wake Forest University
Whittaker, J. Gregg
Associate Professor of Economics
William Jewell College
Wicks, John
Professor Emeritus
University of Montana
Williams, Gary W.
Professor of Agricultural Economics
Texas A&M University
Wilson, Glenn
Associate Professor of Economics
Odessa College
Winegarden, Wayne H.
Managing Director
Laffer Associates
Wolfram, Gary
William Simon Professor of Economics and
Public PolicyHillsdale College
Wykoff, Frank
Eldon Smith Professor of Economics, Emeritus
Pomona College
Yoho, DeVon
Associate Professor of Economics
Ball State University
Zaki, Mokhlis Y.
Professor of Economics, Emeritus
Northern Michigan University
Zdanowicz, John S.
Professor of Finance
Florida International University

I thought this was a list of men you found attractive...

But then again, it's just a patchwork of meaningless bullshit. I would guess that at least one quarter of that list actually believes the Stimulus HAS helped given the track record of lying right wing fuckwits Brian masturbates too...

[Nickdfresh]

I loooooove this shit... :rolleyes:

So, this is helping the economy?

...

Oh look, MaxiPad is resorting to chain email spam made up by idiots, and featuring quotes and "facts" deeply out of context...

[MAX]

Oh look, MaxiPad is resorting to chain email spam made up by idiots, and featuring quotes and "facts" deeply out of context...

Incorrect dipshit.

I don't do "chain emails." I googled the Costa Rica shit that I'd heard on the news last night and WOWIE!!! This list resulted.

Other people can post facts (even if you don't like them) NickyD.

[MAX]

And just how the fuck do you know this?

:gulp:

Oh because he said it's ended during his speechyesterday, it has? :confused:

I guess time will tell.

[Nickdfresh]

From cbs.com and c'mon, y'all like that source, no? :confused: I mean it's not "FAUX" news and it's the network that employs Couric (completely unbiased journalist :rolleyes: ) who let Palin have it, no?

Maybe Palin would have simply given out national Welfare like the she did to the people in her state...

Because, it's really funny when Republicans who preside over one of the highest welfare doling states in the union (per capita) talks shit about taxes and deficits...



94 percent of respondents to a recent CBS/New York Times poll who don't believe the stimulus has created a substantial number of new jobs.


But four out of five dentists preferred the Stimulus to nicotine! Four out of five!


K, so that 94% leaves approximately 6% (most of whom currently reside within this forum, I presume? :p ) who honestly believe what OBAMA stated yesterday regarding the stimulus, job creation and the overall success of the economy, no?

Um, supergenius who apparently never actually reads a newspaper, the "stimulus" was about stabilizing the collapsing banking system and PREVENTING further losses, and hastening a recovery (which is when people get hired). It wasn't a giant NPA-like job creation thingy...


I read this doozy at your democraticunderground.com (one of my many lefty, lib friends, yeah, I'm friends with some of you. lol emailed it to me.) just incase y'all wanna look it up? lol. That site of yours states that 11% of Americans believe Elvis Presley's still alive, 20% believe the Earth does not orbit the sun and that 6% believe the Apollo moon landing was a hoax. So and as some of you have stated prior, those are simple numbers. However and in all fairness to you folks, I'm kind of stabbing you with your own dagger. lol Cos the numbers I lifted from your lefty site were used to compare the stats amongst Americans who believed in such crap compared to the people who approved of W. just two years ago.

Regardless...

Looooooooooooooocccccyyyyyyyyy........ You got some splainin' to do!!!!!!!!!

http://www.sunshinelookalikes.com/look-a-likes/celebrity%20photos/Ricky%20Ricardo.jpg

Dude, I don't speak ADATS. WTF are you talking about?

[MAX]

With all due respect anyone that voted for Bush a second time is a simpleton- a political fuckwit.

It's amazing to me that you would have the fucking nerve to make any comment on any political matter at all here or anywhere.

You have proved yourself to be completely stupid on political matters. Cut your losses. Move on.

You should shut the fuck up for at least 10 years on anything to do with politics and impose a voting ban on yourself for at least 20 years.

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_S4vBC-4dYZs/SF0yjL9cnGI/AAAAAAAAA5s/E7mJsSZ-UFI/s400/FrankBurns.jpg

Have you no shame?

Cheers!

:gulp:


LMAO @ Frank cos I don't care who you are, that's funny. :lmao:

As for the rest... Feeehhh...

Sticks and stones. :)

[MAX]

Dude, I don't speak ADATS. WTF are you talking about?

Cool, since you don't speak English either that makes you the anti-bilingual. :lmao:

[Nickdfresh]

Incorrect dipshit.

I don't do "chain emails." I googled the Costa Rica shit that I'd heard on the news last night and WOWIE!!! This list resulted.

Other people can post facts (even if you don't like them) NickyD.

Right. I forgot you're a gullible fuckwit cuckholded and manipulated into voting for assholes...

[Unchainme]

Oh look, MaxiPad is resorting to chain email spam made up by idiots, and featuring quotes and "facts" deeply out of context...

I need to work harder on forming better opinions so I can earn an insulting nickname.:(

also, damnit, Nick, Max, you shouldn't be wasting your game on each other. Save it for the trolls. Two of my personal favorites all-time in that category.

[LoungeMachine]

Oh because he said it's ended during his speechyesterday, it has? :confused:

I guess time will tell.

Really?

Link please

:rolleyes:

[MAX]

Really?

Link please

:rolleyes:

:rolleyes:

Ok, sorry...

EXACT WORDS...


"a second depression is no longer a possibility" and ""Our work is far from over but we have rescued this economy from the worst of this crisis,"

Do you need a link or you can just read his transcript on any of 'em? He said it, I didn't.

:rolleyes:

[MAX]

Right. I forgot you're a gullible fuckwit cuckholded and manipulated into voting for assholes...

LMAO @ your current and acute case of crybabyitis. :lmao:

Cuntdown to Nicky's next meltdown in five... four... three... two...

[LoungeMachine]

:rolleyes:

Ok, sorry...

:

You're forgiven.

Try arguing with your facts straight next time, Champ....

:gulp:

[Nitro Express]

Yep. At least Bill Clinton inspired people by jogging to McDonald's.

Obama is boring and full of himself. I miss Bill. I like a president that eats a double quarter pounder with cheese and gets a blowjob.

[knuckleboner]

Oh because he said it's ended during his speechyesterday, it has? :confused:

I guess time will tell.

yes, it has. the economy has grown for the past 2 quarters. and last quarter, it had it's largest growth in 6 years. that means that the recession is over.

the question is how fast the recovery is. don't confuse the fact that the unemployment is still too high (though it has dropped from 10.2% to 9.7%) with a recession.

a recession means that your economy is contracting. everything bad will happen when your economy is shinking.

when your economy is expanding, is when the conditions for job growth occur. now we have to see how quickly we can grow those jobs.

but make no mistake, the technical recession has ended.

[binnie]

My dad is bigger than your dad.......

[bueno bob]

Obama is boring and full of himself. I miss Bill. I like a president that eats a double quarter pounder with cheese and gets a blowjob.

I think America made the mistake of electing a President you could sit down and have a beer with already...once, anyway, the first time around he was awarded it...that worked out well...

[Guitar Shark]

As usual and as I've also stated many times prior, I was less than thrilled with W's performance during his second term.

The most disturbing thing about this comment is that it implies you were satisfied with his first term.

ALL of the things kb and I mentioned (getting us into a war with the wrong country, the unfunded prescription entitlement program, and the tax cuts) occurred during Bush's first term.

So if your argument is that Bush's fiscal irresponsibility is limited to his second term, you are sorely misinformed.

[MAX]

Right. I forgot you're a gullible fuckwit cuckholded and manipulated into voting for assholes...

Oh, ok... :rolleyes:

I guess I was a "gullible fuckwit cuckholded and manipulated into voting for assholes..." when I voted for Gore in 2000? See, just assuming when you don't know shit, sometimes you miss out. ;)

Nick, I love how you get so bent out of shape, cannot offer a decent debate so all you can do is resort to repeated meltdowns and endless namecalling. At least with FORD, I can respect his opinion and even though I don't agree there are zero punches thrown either way. Fuck, even the same can be said with Lounge cos I think there's somewhat of a mutual respect between the both of us. Even when we call each other names, we laugh cos we're both thick fucking skinned. Plus, at least Lounge has a great sense of humor which and unfortunately, you're extremely lacking. :(

As for you on the other hand, I don't even think you fully read anyone else's posts of which you disagree. Let alone, even digest them. Just like Seshy's (at least his was humerous though, I'll give him that!) little tirade earlier, when all you have to offer is resorting to angry name calling, you truly have nothing.

Hope you have a nice weekend and can cheer up.

:cheers:

[MAX]

The most disturbing thing about this comment is that it implies you were satisfied with his first term.

ALL of the things kb and I mentioned (getting us into a war with the wrong country, the unfunded prescription entitlement program, and the tax cuts) occurred during Bush's first term.

So if your argument is that Bush's fiscal irresponsibility is limited to his second term, you are sorely misinformed.

Sharky,

Once again, we completely disagree. I don't agree with you and that's the way it is. You say I'm "misinformed" and I disagree.

Nonetheless, you know I truly respect your opinion and you as a pal.

[Guitar Shark]

Sharky,

Once again, we completely disagree. I don't agree with you and that's the way it is. You say I'm "misinformed" and I disagree.

Nonetheless, you know I truly respect your opinion and you as a pal.

What exactly do you disagree with? The points I made are fact.

[MAX]

You're forgiven.

Try arguing with your facts straight next time, Champ....

:gulp:

Thanks, that's mighty kind of you. :)

I guess I also fucked up the words by saying "sorry" when I should've said "please excuse me?"

Similar but not prcise nor exact. lol

:gulp:

[Nickdfresh]

LMAO @ your current and acute case of crybabyitis. :lmao:

Cuntdown to Nicky's next meltdown in five... four... three... two...

Sorry Maxi, I didn't mean to go down to your level...

[Nickdfresh]

Oh, ok... :rolleyes:

I guess I was a "gullible fuckwit cuckholded and manipulated into voting for assholes..." when I voted for Gore in 2000? See, just assuming when you don't know shit, sometimes you miss out. ;)

Nick, I love how you get so bent out of shape, cannot offer a decent debate so all you can do is resort to repeated meltdowns and endless namecalling...


Oh please. I recall specifically pointing out who resorted to the "name calling" in the couple of threads we've been flaming in.

Tell me all about "meltdown's" kiddo, I'm not the one that took it personal...

[DEMON CUNT]

I love how these conservative dummies transformed themselves into deficit hawks after the black guy became President. It's as though the "economy" came into existence the day Obama was sworn in.

[bueno bob]

I love how these conservative dummies transformed themselves into deficit hawks after the black guy became President. It's as though the "economy" came into existence the day Obama was sworn in.

It's just the fact that Republicans are so embarassed by the last eight years of George W. Bush that they've given up on the concepts of fair play, intelligence, and bi-partisanship in an effort to make anybody look worse than what they voted into office.

Unfortunately, they've also given up common sense when it comes to issues like, oh, what Obama's done in his first year and want to insist he's sat on his hands and done nothing at all, essentially, which couldn't be further from the truth.

They've also linked hands with tinfoil hat conspiracy theorists and endorse ideas such as the President being a sleeper cell terrorist, born in Kenya, a terminator sent back from the future and fuck knows what all to boot...all for a chance to enjoy some tea.

It's just stupid. Luckily enough this is STILL the fringe element and they're not thinking for the rest of America.

Hopefully these nutjobs form their own "Tea Party" with Sarah as their newly elected messiah and they can further split the Republicans down the middle, enabling the SENSIBLE Republicans to run their organization properly while the new "party" languishes in obscurity with the rest of the third party tinfoil hat wearers...