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<DIV>Good to hear from you Lance. You're the kind of guy I could talk politics
with over lunch at a diner and both of us smile even when we disagree. I can't
stand politics, excepts all kinds of decisions that are going to impact our
lives come out of politics, so I can't let go of it either. And anarchism
doesn't look like a promising alternative.</DIV>
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<DIV>You're right, President Obama should blame his own party. The Republicans
are psychopathic, the Democrats are spineless cowards afraid of their own
shadow, and they seem determined to let the Republicans have all the guns. Very
dangerous. Obama should have shaken up the Democratic Party, he should have
broken up the "too big to fail" banks, but he was under pressure to prove he was
"responsible," not a "radical," not a "socialist." He listen to the media
instead of the people.</DIV>
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<DIV>But, I disagree that he hasn't done anything he promised, and there are
some things that can and should be blamed on the Republicans. When George Bush
came into office, the national debt was $5 trillion, and for the first time in
my life, we were beginning to pay the debt down. Paying off a debt requires
a modest budget surplus. Little Boy Bush took one look at the surplus and said
"Let's give it back to the people," which would have been a good idea, if "The
People" were not in debt for $5 trillion. So for six years of relatively
prosperous times, he ran two wars and the promise that "No, Republicans aren't
going to cut social services, where'd you get that idea?" on borrowing another
$5 trillion. Obama came in as the economy crashed -- which is the time to go
into deficit spending. IF we had been paying DOWN the debt in good times, he
could have run it UP to $10 trillion in bad times, or maybe only $8 trillion,
instead of up to $15 trillion.</DIV>
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<DIV>That's what a balanced budget amendment to the federal constitution should
look like: over a period of 20 years, the budget must balance. No, Obama has not
seized that as his own platform, which he should, but neither has the Boehner
gang.</DIV>
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<DIV>Anyway, your thoughts were not a rant. A rant is what the dispatchers at
the company I used to drive for used to go into on the radio, using up precious
air time showing off that they didn't know what they were doing and were mad at
the drivers for putting passengers first.</DIV>
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<DIV>Siarlys</DIV>
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<DIV>On Wed, 4 Jul 2012 18:52:24 -0700 "Discussion of the Good, Clean Funnies
List" <<A href="mailto:gcfl-discuss@gcfl.net">gcfl-discuss@gcfl.net</A>>
writes:</DIV>
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<P>I can't stand politics. Both parties are only interested in themselves.
They honestly need to wear NASCAR suits covered in their funders so we all
know who we're voting for. Obama has not done anything he's promised and has
blaimed everyone but his own party for backstabbing him.<BR>I honestly don't
like either side, but I'm tired of the false claims that OBama's spent nothing
and it's all Bush's fault. In the end if they keep claiming he's spent nothing
that means he's done nothing and has no credit for "saving" the economy...
Which isn't close to being saved.<BR>/end rant<BR>Lance</P>
<DIV class=gmail_quote>On Jul 4, 2012 6:46 PM, "Discussion of the Good, Clean
Funnies List" <<A
href="mailto:gcfl-discuss@gcfl.net">gcfl-discuss@gcfl.net</A>> wrote:<BR
type="attribution">
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style="BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; PADDING-LEFT: 1ex">Well,
in that vein, I voted for Ron Paul in the primary. He would be a<BR>disaster
as president, but he says some things that need to be said, that<BR>nobody
else will say, AND he was by far the best the Republican field had<BR>to
offer. I already knew who was going to win the Democratic primary, and<BR>in
Wisconsin, we can vote in either primary, but we can't cross party<BR>lines
in a primary.<BR><BR>I was thinking way outside the box... Ron Paul
replacing Joe Biden for<BR>vice president on the Democratic ticket. I've
never displayed a button or<BR>sticker with Biden's name. He was a decent
senator, but there are reasons<BR>he never got out of single digits as a
candidate for president... he<BR>keeps putting his foot in his
mouth.<BR><BR>Jeanene, you're not voting for the incumbent, you're not
voting for<BR>Romney... there are other options, but which one appeals to
you?<BR><BR>Siarlys<BR><BR>P.S. I work the polls too, and vote on my lunch
hour. You offered one<BR>half the common wisdom in Chicago: Vote early...
and often.<BR><BR>On Tue, 03 Jul 2012 01:10:39 -0700 "Discussion of the
Good, Clean Funnies<BR>List" <<A
href="mailto:gcfl-discuss@gcfl.net">gcfl-discuss@gcfl.net</A>>
writes:<BR>> I am not a Romney fan, so I won't be voting for him.<BR>>
I am fifty years old and have no idea why I would even want to vote<BR>>
for<BR>> a President this fall. For a decade (at least) I have
voted against<BR>> the<BR>> incumbent in every political race and I
will continue to do so. I<BR>> see<BR>> it as the only way to
make a difference.<BR>> I love working the polls, and I vote early each
election.<BR>> Jeanene<BR>><BR>> On 7/1/2012 1:02 PM, Discussion of
the Good, Clean Funnies List<BR>> wrote:<BR>> > Hey y'all, its an
election year!<BR>> ><BR>> > Let's have some fun kicking each
other around the block!<BR>> ><BR>> > I'll go first:<BR>>
><BR>> ><BR>><BR><A
href="http://siarlysjenkins.blogspot.com/2012/07/why-i-will-vote-to-re-elect-pr"
target=_blank>http://siarlysjenkins.blogspot.com/2012/07/why-i-will-vote-to-re-elect-pr</A><BR>>
> esident.html<BR>> ><BR>> > Your move Jeanene!<BR>>
><BR>> ><BR>> > Siarlys<BR>> >
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