bassani exhaust

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I have an 88 mustang 5.0 and really want this bassani catback exhaust sytem with side exiting pipes infront of the rear tires. I know its a "catback" so technically legal....but what about the pre rear tire tailpipes? Ive heard stuff about he fumes coming in the car making it illegal and some other shenanigans...I need the truth!!! Thanks.


I want a nice loud grumble, like a muscle car sound

Magnaflow Axleback
SLP Powerflo
Pypes 409
Borla Axleback
Bassani
Flowmaster American Thunder


I have a Procharger supercharger installed and a Bassani Exhaust and I am looking for the next step up for horsepower and sound. What would be the best brand and version of headers to get? Dynatech, Hooker, Hedman, etc...?


My truck (93 ford bronco) passes smog fine. however, i think i skrewed myself over by redoing the entire exhaust system. I love the exhaust now, however i am worried the truck will not pass the visual inspection because of the aftermarket cat and bassani y pipe.

Can i find a 50-state legal cat and weld it on? or will the state referees be up in my business because its illegal to take off a working cat (the new aftermarket one i put on)

This isnt a problem till next november, so maybe the laws will change, but i need to get ready to smog it before i run out of money


Please help me!! I have an 04 mustang gt automatic, I got it not too long ago its completely stock and I wanna make it louder..I want to go with a cat back exhaust..I want something that doesnt sound crappy like all the ricer cars I want a nice loud mean roar..please help me out..I cant get a no cat h or x pipe because it wont pass inspection..but what cat back is the most loud and mean? I was looking at flowmaster..mac..slp..borla..bassani....help help help me please!


i own a 2007 shelby and i just bought some bassani long tubes and i want to know if i could still install my cats in the exhaust somewhere... i have a bassani x pipe, bassani catback mufflers


Hey, I got this mustang and it has some kind of exhaust (most likely stock). and it's loud when it hits like 3000 rpm but anyways, I dont know what is it and it's definately not a flowmaster, or slp, bassani, etc. It's driving me crazy so i wanna install some real exhaust system.

My question is, is it easy to install this and how much are we talking?


k so im thinking about getting a Bassani SS Axle-back( $569.95) or a
Bassani SS Street Race Axle-back ($499.95) which should i get? i will also be getting Bassani Long tube headers, and Bassani SS Catalytic X-Pipe to go with one of these axle-backs so help me with my head pounding decision.


Right now im thinking about getting a full Bassani SS Exhaust system [ Bassani SS Axle-back, Bassani SS Catalytic X-Pipe,and Bassani Longtube Headers], i got a quick glimpse on what the SS axle-back will sound like and i like it, but i might be looking for more does anybody have any idea what kind of exaust setup i should get? im looking for something with a deep aggressive sound to them something to get my blood pumping everytime i step on the gas and that will bring some attention to other ppl when i drive by?


I want the one the high flow cats, not the off road one, but i did notice that it comes in aluminum and stainless steel, are they different prices because of the materials or does also affect performance too???


2003 Mustang, what would be the loudest, legal exaust?
Borla, Pypes, Magnaflow,Flowmaster, or Bassani?
im looking for the loudest...


Ive heard of the SCT Livewire, Sniper Forces, SCT Flash tuner, and Diablo Predator flash tuner. Which of these is the best one?
So far i have stainless bassani exhaust all the way through, bassani ceramic headers, catted x-pipe, and catback. I also have a JLT true-cold air intake. Planning on getting a bigger throttle body and new upper plenum. Any help would be greatly appreciated.


I have a '04 Mustang GT convert., 4.6L SOHC. I looking to update my exhaust. I want a very agressive, muscle car sound. I'm think of putting a Bassani O/R X-Pipe and Flowmaster CAT backs. I'll do headers at another time since the labor involved is rediculious. Does anyone have a better combo than the one I'm thinking of?


I want a deep muscle car sound.


I got a bassani exhaust and they offer a aluminized steel and a stainless steel version of it, and I want to know what kind I have, I know a magnet sticks to steel but not to stainless steel but I have no idea about aluminized steel since I know that magnets don't stick to aluminum.


Ok, I have a 2003 Cobra and I want to put a new exhaust system on it to make it sound more "aggressive", but I don't want to overdo it. Also, I'd like to add just a little bit of horsepower as well.

Can you tell me which exhaust would you choose and why? Here are some aftermarket exhausts below. Tell me what you think and if I didn't name one of your favorites you can put that one in your answer as well. Again, what's the best bang for my buck and what's great in performance, sound and quality? Elaborate please.

1. Bassani X pipe

2. Borla Cat-back with Stingers

3. SLP Loudmouths


I want to Put Borla Stinger catback exhaust and a catted Bassani X-Pipe. I need to find good long tube headers that will work with this set up.

How do you think the ground clearance will be with the long tube headers?


well i have an 01 jeep grand cherokee laredo and i've been doing some research on air intakes and exhausts..i'm not very educated on exhaust systems so i've been looking at flowmaster 50 series delta flow, magnaflow, and bassani systems..and as for the intake i'm pretty sure i'm gonna stick with the k&n...i was wondering if you HAVE to get a cat back system for the exhaust systems...and which ones would you reccomend for the jeep (prices would be nice) and what exactly is a cat back system?


I am going to have it Dyno Tuned and the closest guess will win a smile!


I got a really nice setup to put on my 02 mustang gt i want the bassani x pipe with borla stingers muffler. i calld borla and they will not let me purchase the mufflers only i have to purchase the whole dang exhaust system. does anyone know where i can find only the stinger mufflers so i can put them on with bassani x pipe i checked out ebay i couldnt find jack. let me know somethin please! thanks!


I have a 1988 mustang GT 5.0 and I'm thinking about putting a Bassani catback exhaust kit with Bassani long tube headers. But I need to know, whats better to put on it with the catback and the long tubes, an X-pipe or a H-pipe. Why should i go with it. Thank You


whats a pretty fast time for a 1998 mustang gt with bassani exhaust, headers, k and n airfilter and cold air intake and 25 shot of nitrous


hooker exhaust headers with crossover x-pipe to the flowmaster or full length bbk headers w/ bassani x-pipe to the flowmaster? having a hard time deciding? i'm also thinking of slp loudmouth and mac prochamber w/ bbk full length headers?
what do u think?
oh and it's also a 2004 ford mustang mach 1.


my mustang is stock right now with dual exhausts......i have flow master super 40 series mufflers wielded onto my stock gt takeoffs.....i want my car to be VERY loud!!! as loud as possible..like a cobra or something...i want people to hear me coming.!!... do you think a good setup would be MAC LT headers, MAC shorty off-road H pipe running to bassani cat back!!!.....ive heard clips of bassani on you tube and stuff like that and it sounds terrible....my friend had a bassani setup on his v6 mustang and his sounded very loud and deep!!!......dose anyone have suggestions about this or should i stick with the flowmaster!??? thank you for all your help


Whats with civic drivers thinking they drive a porsche because they intake and exhaust and some big rims? I drive a 2003 Ford Lightning with 12psi of boost, chipped, bassani exhaust and it makes about 440hp. I was coming back from work today when i guy in his 20's with a civic starts pacing me on the highway. I gave it a bit of gas so he could hear it wind up a bit and give him a clue but he seriously wanted to race. its not even worth the gas. And its not only civics but neons, preludes, integras, and so on. I know my trucks not the fastest thing out there but i feel like a boxer knocking out a retarded kid with these tuner cars. Anyone else have these honda cars where they live?
did the questions about the baby even seem legit 'ferret'? i dont have a baby you homo or a T/A


Looking to hear from folks who particulary have the Bassani catted x-pipe and axlebacks

magnaflow exhaust

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Some opinions of pretty decent x-pipes, exhaust systems that give an actual horsepower torque gain. I know that a lot of people choose the more expensive types like BBK, SLP, Magnaflow, Pypes. Some which are quite cheaper like Flowtech, Pacesetter. And a couple I just have no idea about like Dynomax and Hedman. I really want to get an exhaust system that will last a lot longer, so I won't go for Pacesetter and Flowtech because I know people say they are crap. Anyone know what brand I can get for cheap price, maybe around 600-800. Figuring most catted x-pipes will go for 300+, and dual exhausts go for 300+ as well. Also let me know how they perform if you know something about it.


Hey, if I buy a catted Magnaflow exhaust can I use it with a BBK X-pipe, does the X-pipe have to be catted if you already have a catted exhaust like the Magnaflow catted exhaust? And the offroad one, that is illegal for road use right? I am going to find some answers soon, please help, thanks!


I wanna draw attention :), but im on a bit of a budget and i want something that will last. i was thinking magnaflow but i didnt really like the sound on the last car i put it on, any ideas?
Well it could have been the car, i did have it on a pontiac sunfire.


I have an '05 Grand Marquis with single exhaust and i have heard there may be some weird pop sounds...I was wondering if I put on a Flowmaster Super 44 Muffler and Magnaflow Catalytic Converter will it make any weird sounds or will it sound perfectly normal. It has glasspack exhaust if that matters.
Also, I was wondering if i had to do anything special to put on the Cat Converter because I was reading some these about laws about the converters and saw restrictions. The car has 120,000 miles so I think it obeys the requirements. Anyone know what I would have to do and if it's legal?
Rick: I found guidelines that said when you are allowed to change cats and one of them said if you car is 95 or newer and had over 50,000 miles then you were free to do any changes you want?

No, I didn't know i had two cats. lol


I have an '05 Grand Marquis with glasspack exhaust system. What would happen if I put a Super Delta 44 Muffler and a Magnaflow/Flowmaster Catalytic Converter on it? It has single, NOT dual exhaust! I want more of a rumble and with just the glasspacks I don't feel like I am getting all the sound I want. Also, it has the 4.6 V8
I did some research and found out removing catalytic converters are illegal unless under certain siutations?
If my converter is working but I do fulfill the requirement that it is over 50,000 miles (it has 120,000) can I legally replace my converter even though it is working correctly?


i want to put dual straight pipe exhausts on my car. the price is not so much a problem, i am looking at Flowmaster or Magnaflow. i have a v8 (Mercedes s430) and i love the sound of a car that has lots of power and roars kinda like a mustang gt. what pipes would give me that kind of sound? and how much the cost of a professional installation?


Is Magnaflow catback exhaust system or factory exhaust better for a 98 Firebird Trans Am?
Will I lose power if i get a magnaflow? Or would it just be better to keep my factory exhaust system?


I have 98 trans am firebird with factory exhaust, would it be better to stick with my factory exhaust or get a magnaflow catback exhaust system? i heard i will actually lose power if i get a magnaflow catback. any suggestions? should i save money and stick with the factory exhaust since i havent had any problems with it and it seems pretty quiet


should i get a MAGNAFLOW Cat-Back EXHAUST or a GReddy Racing Ti-C Axleback Exhaust?

also if u have better suggestions, go for it


I know that Magnaflow and Borla are amongst the best out there, but I was just curious, which exhaust system has been tried and trusted for the WRX or STi? I'm not planning on converting my car into a full-time track car, I just want it to be a weekend racer...
To I <3 my suby:
are you talking about the APEXi GT Spec? I was look at those too, but now I'm just looking around, see what other WRX owners say first, because I've bought some stuff for my car vefore which turned out to be a heart break, right now, I have the Perrin short ram intake, strut bar, and the 22mm front and rear sway bars...


say I have a 1988 IROC Camaro with the original 350 in it. With it I have MAC Headers & y-pipe and a 3" Magnaflow cat-back. Would I be able to put a 383 stroker Crate engine w/ 475 HP in it without changing the headers and exhaust?

And would I have to do any other modifications to put a Blower on the 383?


I have to replace the muffler on my car and i want to put a performance muffler on. I just dont want to get something that will sound like a fart can or like a cheap exhaust. I want to get a fairly deep, beastly sounding muffler. Im looking at a magnaflow performance muffler at advance auto care for $94


Hi,

I own a Dodge Neon sxt 2005 model...and I decided that I wanted an exhaust..but I have no idea of where to start or even what to consider..anyone have any ideas of what exhaust are good such as magnaflow? Is it worth the 502 bucks that it sells for? I need feedback please!! Thanks


does a flow-master of magnaflow sound ok on a 3.8 liter v6. my son wants it for his camaro and i'm afraid it will sound like a pregnant bumble bee. he thinks it will sound like the flow-masters on my truck. i've seen the complete systems for $400 and i have seen the mufflers for about $70.needless to say i'm not getting the $400 system. any help would be appreciated.


i have a 2000 jeep gc 2wd with the 4.0l, my mods are listed as follows...k&n fipk cai,63mm bored throttle body, 63mm throttle body spacer, banks headers, magnaflow hi flow cat converter, and a gibson performance exhaust, just picked up a superchips programmer can any1 give me a realistic estimate in hp/tq for me? my guess is 265hp/300lbs tq is that possible or am i dilussional?





i have a 2000 mustang gt it is lowered, magnaflow exhaust .short throw shifter, cobra brake pads and discs,and a CAI what else could i add to it i wanna get to about 350rwhp natrually aspirated?


I have a 1998 ford mustang cobra that is rated at 305 hp stock but I put a bbk h-pipe,magnaflow exhaust, 373 gears, aluminum drive shaft, aluminum flywheel, and a king cobra clutch.


I have a 2004 eclipse GT it has 205hp stock but ive added short tube headers, cold air intake, underdrive pulley, and a magnaflow exhaust on it.. and soon i'll be putting a ported intake mainifold on it. so about how much horsepower does my car have now and how much will the manifold gain?


I have a 1999 Camaro v6 engine and I want to add a cool air intake and a magnaflow dual exhaust. I am thinking about putting in ethier a super charger or a v8? What mods would be good for this car?


i am thinkin about getting some exhaust put on my 05 dodge stratus sxt but i dont know what to get or anything because the mechanic suggested magnaflow but i looked and there are so many sizes and stuff like that. i just need some help and any suggestions for tips would be good too.
thanks a bunch!!


Is it Greddy or magnaflow? also is stillen a crappy brand cause I heard that from my friend


I want a nice loud grumble, like a muscle car sound

Magnaflow Axleback
SLP Powerflo
Pypes 409
Borla Axleback
Bassani
Flowmaster American Thunder


I have a 2002 Volkswagen GTI.... Mods include:

Greddy blow off vavle

new turbo downpipe

magnaflow exhaust

short shifter

What can i do to REALLY increase horsepower without going over 500$

i was looking into a APR 93 ECU upgrade which is saying that for 499$ it will give me 45 more horsepower and an amazing 80 more foot pounds of torque.

Can anyone think of anything maybe cheaper or ever more powerfull i can do without going above 500$

turbo controller or something maybe.... idk

Thank you


i bought my 1998 grand marquis with about 60,000 miles and put magnaflow dual exhaust on it at about 65,000. now at about 73,000 i want to do headers and delete the cats. the car has an extended warranty for 200,000 miles. i just want to know if the headers will void the warranty. and i would also like to know that if deleting the cats, will i pass emissions or inspection? and would it pass if i had an sct tuner?


I have been researching dual exhaust systems and have found some I am thinking about getting. They are on americanmuscle.com the pypes or the magnaflow conversion kits. Just wondering if anyone else knows of some good ones.


i have basically decided to either go with a gibson or a magnaflow but im open to other suggestions
I hear good things from everyone about flowmaster but i cant find one that will be a custom fit and i dont really want to pay for an install i have a 98 jeep wrangler gibson and magnaflow have custom fits but i dont know how good they are


i was thinking a magnaflow, but im not sure if thats the best i can get for under $1000 help


i have a 2000 jeep g.c its a 2wd with the 4.0l ls, it is lowered and have a k&n fipk c.a.i., bored 63mm throttle body and a bored 1inch spacer to match, banks headers, magnaflow hi-flow cat and a gibson performance exhaust, i also have an manual exhaust cutout(dump) b4 my cat a lil after my down pip from headers, and a superchips programmer, removed my roof rack and am planing to go to the track for the 1st time can any1 give me adecent estimate as to wat i can expect? is a 14 possible?


other exhausts such as magnaflow, flowmaster, jba, borla...





Anyone got any suggestions on mods and upgrades to put in my 97 chevy camaro I am already thinking of putting a Magnaflow Cat-Back Exhaust System and I am trying to find a intake system but I cant find one. Anyone got any suggestions?


I wanting to get rid of the magnaflow muffler off my 2000 civic ex and am wanting to put on the stock Senkei Honda catback exhaust that comes on the 07' si's...I've fitted a catback from a 94-01 integra onto a 96 civic but I dont know if a 07 civic will work on a 00 civic...


Ok, i have a 2002 Chevy Cavalier LS Sport Z24. It has a magnaflow exhaust and i have been keeping it outside in the yard cause the garage is full. Every time i run the car, there is water or something that comes out of the exhaust. sometimes it is clear and sometimes it is grayish to black. when i try reving up the car, more of this liquid comes out. its still not very much at all but some comes out. sometimes if the car has been running for a while, when i turn it off, smoke or exhaust comes out of it too. i have no idea what it is and i dont know if its a problem. plz help.


what would be the con and pros of doing this???

I want the dual exhaust look but want to gain power and performance!!! (such as Magnaflow)

any idea how i may achieve this??


im looking at ghl 2.5 turbo back and the magnaflow 2.5 turbo back. the magnaflow is definitely cheaper but is it quieter or louder? im looking for a "deep quiet idle" thats close to stock but not quite. i think both have a resonator along with muffler and the cat con.

will any of these two systems throw error codes on my dash display? i def need an exhaust with fitments for the 02 sensors.
anyone have an opinion on either exhaust or able to compare them?


i just bought a 1999 volvo s80 T6 with 86k what should i do to my car to make it faster or even for looks ?? windows are tinted and i put a magnaflow exhaust on


I want to install some Magnaflow cat back exhaust to my 2001 Honda accord lx. where could i take my car for this to be done? or do i have to do it myself?
BTW I live in central Georgia


How much horsepower will I get out of some of the stuff i want to do to my truck? I'm going to put a 40 series flowmaster on it running it to a magnaflow dual exhaust system. Put a cold air intake in it and chip it.


What's the difference between Magnaflow and Flowmaster?

Do they both increase the same amount of horsepower?
Save the same amount of fuel?
Which sounds better on a truck?

I got a V8 4.7 quad cab, and can barely hear the engine running, and it feels like the truck's being robbed of its power.
Which exhaust system will give my truck some confidence?


I have a 2009 Chevy Cobalt 2.2 Coupe, is it worth spending 700 dollars for a performance cat back exhaust from magnaflow? Also, is magnaflow a good quality exhaust?


are the magnaflow magnapacks any louder than the regular magnaflow or do they juz have a different tone to them? I found a shop that only has regular magnaflow and they will only charge me 250 and if there isnt a big difference then i will go ahead and get them. I have a 02 GT by the way.


A while back while I was in the market for a new exhaust system I ran across a video on the internet (pretty sure Youtube) that was of a certain company with a motor on a test stand testing different mufflers. They compared the quiet, aggressive, then open headers. I can't find this video. Can someone help me out? I think it was either by Flowmaster, Magnaflow, or maybe even Borla.

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5) Evaluation

a) Explain your own conclusion about what he believes
b) Explain your own conclusion about what he has done
c) Explain your own conclusion about how they have led

6) Conclusion.

Can someone please help me with this outline on Bloomberg. I only need the OUTLINE, not the research paper. Please tell me what to put for parts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.

Any help would be appreciated.


All right, I have a sample outline, that says:

1) Introduction (with thesis statement)

2) Leader's position on:
(these are only suggestions)

a) Health care
b) Economy
c) Foreign wars
d) Energy plan and the environment
e) Education

3) Initiative #1 taken by the leader

a) Explain the initiative and its impact

4) Initiative #2 taken by the leader

a) Explain the initiative and its impact

5) Evaluation

a) Explain your own conclusion about what he believes
b) Explain your own conclusion about what he has done
c) Explain your own conclusion about how they have led

6) Conclusion.

Can someone please help me with this outline on Bloomberg. I only need the OUTLINE, not the research paper. Please tell me what to put for parts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.

Any help would be appreciated.


what initiatives did he take? reforms? additions etc ?


Air Force, 8 years prior service, currently serving in the ANG.


Barrack Obama had to INVITE supporters. How goofy is that? We who oppose his health care initiative go in droves, unINVITED, and he skips town. What a dweeb. Too bad all this is so serious. He's like a little kid playing 'president'. Clueless is bad enough, but arrogant too. wow.
The group of doctors he invited to the Rose Garden wore lab coat 'costumes' he issued to them? How dumb does he think we are?


Mm, mmm, mm!?
Holy S**t?
or
Someting inside is now verking?


Capital Crunch: Obama Confronts Waning Political Capital

October 05, 2009 8:15 AM


ABC News’ Rick Klein reports:

Think the White House may want to work on its vote-counting operation before the health care bill makes it to the Senate floor?


Think the CBO might be just as brutal as the IOC -- with scoring that counts just as much?


Think the public debate over Afghanistan strategy gets any easier as events shape perceptions?


Nobody will much remember a 24-hour trip to Denmark in early fall if, by the start of winter, there's a health care bill in place and a Afghanistan policy everyone in the administration can agree to.


But whether President Obama's focus turns abroad again or stays at home for a stretch, the president is confronting the limits of his political capital -- from an Olympic loss, to the near-certain loss of a public option in a health care bill, and the end of streamlined decision-making on Afghanistan.


This is a time where the president needs to be spending his capital -- in the halls of Congress, and on the world stage. But when he talks, who is listening? (And does the president lose options himself the longer he chooses to keep listening?)


Testing time: "A number of factors have combined to strip him of the camouflage that he once enjoyed when it comes to health-care policy,"David Broder writes in his Sunday Washington Post column. "His main leverage point is the realization among nearly all Democrats that nothing would be as costly to them, in their individual 2010 races, as the failure of this Congress, with its heavy Democratic majorities, to pass a substantive health-reform bill. That may be enough in the end for Obama to succeed. But the task of getting there will really test him -- and expose his core values."

Thirteen months before the mid-term elections: "Obama is trying to prod Congress into passing legislation on health care overhaul, climate change, and financial services regulation by early next year, before election-year political pressures make it harder to persuade wary lawmakers to vote for the dramatic change Obama promised in his campaign," Susan Milligan reports in The Boston Globe. "He must also make difficult decisions on whether to increase troop strength and commit America to a larger, longer mission in Afghanistan. And the economy, while apparently on the road to recovery, is still not producing new jobs and continues to generate anxiety around the country."

Rep. Chris Van Hollen: "I do believe that if we are not successful in passing health care reform, it will make it much more difficult to enact other major initiatives," said Van Hollen, D-Md., the DCCC chairman.

(Ya think?)

The White House is using its Monday to re-set the focus of the debate on health care -- again.


At 11:10 am ET in the Rose Garden, "the President will welcome doctors from across the country to an event in the Rose Garden, where he will deliver remarks on the need for health insurance reform this year." (They're coming from every state, which means plenty of local-media pick-up.)


(And Organizing for America wants letters from doctors -- and others -- to make the case: "You don't have to be a doctor or an expert to write an effective letter -- you just have to have an opinion or a personal story to share. And these letters are short, usually just a paragraph or two, but they can have a huge impact because it shows your representatives and the media what local folks are thinking in the most public way possible.")


Yet even inside the Finance Committee -- a still-uncertain fate? Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., remain on the fence -- along with Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine.


"At least two Democrats on the Senate Finance Committee have refused to pledge support for the health-care reform bill scheduled for a vote this week, underscoring the hard work ahead for President Obama as he tries to enact the most ambitious domestic policy legislation in more than a generation," Ceci Connolly reports in The Washington Post."Committee defeat of the bill is an unlikely scenario, but one that highlights the power every Senate Democrat -- and perhaps a few Republicans -- holds going forward in a process that could stretch beyond Thanksgiving."


Might the public option live? "Senior administration officials have been holding private meetings almost daily at the Capitol with senior Democratic staff to discuss ways to include a version of the public plan in the healthcare bill that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) plans to bring to the Senate floor this month, according to senior Democratic congressional aides," the Los Angeles Times' Noam N. Levey and Janet Hook report.


"It … marks a crucial test of Obama's command of the inside game in Washington in which deals are struck behind closed doors and wavering lawmakers are cajoled a


His health care initiative is less than a fart in the wind.
He has thrown our allies in the eastern block under the bus.
He has single handedly deepened the racial divide with his comments about cops acting stupidly and his ties to the hater reverend white.

Come on how long until people wake up?


How much are you willing to pay for being healthy?

How much of your personal liberties are you willing to give up for health care?

I am talking about "Health Care Mandate"-----The requirement that everyone buy health insurance.
Health care reform depends on the individual mandate, in part because it needs the money and good health of younger people to fund the system and spread the risk.


How can our government try to legislate personal responsibility when they don't show any themselves? What happened to lead by example?
.
Our government is looking to fix health care by providing insurance to people who don't pay into the system, using the money from people who do. If you look at the leading causes of death in the US, they are related to lifestyle choices(diet, weight, smoking...) Nothing in the current legislation will correct these issues. Only personal responsibility will.

Our government is looking to extend the school year to improve student performance. If you look at the countries that have higher performance in education, they have shorter school years. They also have a culture the encourages education (They don't beat their honor students to death). Extending the school year will not correct this problem, only personal responsibility will.

These are both examples of things that require one to take personal responsibility. No legislation will correct these issues. In fact, the legislation being proposed will encourage the bad behavior by rewarding it. Our government(one of the most corrupt and fiscally irresponsible in the world) is trying to push these. It will be at the expense of the people who do take the initiative and do take advantage of the opportunities. How is this supposed to help? How is this supposed to fix any of our problems?
plank... If you own a drive a car, you made a personal decision. If you are caught driving without insurance, you are punished directly for your actions. The proposed health care legislation will punish you for no action. Those 2 situations aren't even comparable.


When I say I am old fashioned, I mean I am conservative. (That is a relative term, also.). I mean
traditional. (according to what group?) . Well, I am American. I like baseball, hotdogs, apple pie and
Chevrolet. I drive a Ford, but hated Henry Ford's activities, alleged activities. The co. has changed. hands.. I was a Baptist for years. Am not now. a church member and most likely will never attend the Baptist Church again. They are not beating my door down.

I think a good reputation is important. I want to be treated with courtesy, kindness, respect. I want to be liked and loved. I want to be able to be myself, within reason. I am on vacation when I am home. I behave more conservatively in public, but I am not a nudist,
sex offender, etc. I cover my body well. That is old fashioned. I wear light makeup, pants, dresses and
color my hair from time to time.

I am 100% heterosexual. Believe in waiting for marriage for sex. Do not chase men. They will need to take the initiative. That is not an issue any more. Age takes care of all things. Say that to say if I go to a church or a group, I am not stalking men. If I go to church it is because I am desperately trying to find a church home in which to worship with believers who believe like me. I am not sure there are any these days.. I am a born again believer, believe in the Holy Spirit, Father, Son. Baptism, etc however, I am not a Salem Witchcraft Christian radical. People make mistakes, they deserve forgiveness when they correct.
However, I think if they did not break the law, and do not live in our home, or are not members of our church we are being a little judgmental/arrogant thinking we have the right to give or withhold forgiveness. Perhaps they have not asked for it. The Bible does not say love thy neighbor as theyself unless his activities do not make you happy. You don't have to sleep with the person, but you must be civil and respect their rights. The old mote and beam thing.. I believe in obeying the law. Doing best to stay sober, clean.. Do not believe in swinging marrieds, or swinging singles either.
I will not be hit,or physically abused by anyone.
I will tolerate no illegal drug use under my roof.

I do not hit on men. No need, never was, for fear of me messing around with someone's husband or boyfriend.
I am too old for this, it is embarrassing. My husband was head of the house. We did not have a dictatorship, but a partnership. I mean if there was a major decision to be made, I did not make it alone if it was at all possible to avoid. I consulted him, we discussed. If we could not agree and it was necessary to make a decision right then, what he said went. If it was not an emergency, we would think about it a couple of days. If we could not agree, then what he said went sometimes, sometimes he said whatever you say. We are talking about business. We had an agreement that if someone asked us something and I did not want to do it, I would say "You will have to ask my husband."

I believe the Bible says the Husband is to honor his wife as the weaker vessel. That means he is not to abuse her, and is to try to guard and protect her reputation. She should guard his also..
Husbands are to love their wives as Christ loved the Church and gave himself for it. I do not want anyone being a martyr for me. I don't intend for that to happen
I don't think I ever was that bad. .I think single people
or unmarried people are just as important, and just as worthwhile as married. If there are no healthy, happy singles they will not be happy and healthy married.
They have a right to live and be happy.

Believe divorce is last resort. Again, this is not a part of my life. What is a part of my life is I believe in privacy,
I lock my doors. Stay out unless I ask you in. Boundaries, keep your hands off me unless I say ok.
Stay out of my personal life, don't meddle. I don't like nosey meddling people. I think that is old fashioned.
I am for open honest direct to the point communication.
Sometimes things are simply no one's business. If I am not living with you, working for you, sleeping with you,taking care of your kids, or trying to kill you, or being killed or robbed blind, most likely it is none of your business. I respect your privacy, you respect mine.

I have health problems, and extreme stress. I always
met my obligations, took them seriously. I believe sometimes we cannot do this, and I think people need
to be cut some slack sometimes, their lives, their health takes precedence over material obligations. Society does not believe this, life is cheap.

I do not believe in abortion for any reason. That is my personal belief, Christian belief. I could not give a morning after pill. I said this is my personal belief and I have a right to it. I do not believe in creating life to destroy it. Stem cell research is great, but don't create embryos to do it. I do not believe in actively taking someone's life. I t
I also do not like cheating songs, or songs that extol getting drunk or high.
So. I am a very very staid boring person to you, right, in addition to my age, and everything else, I am not on the ten most wanted. That is ok.
I also do not like cheating songs, or songs that extol getting drunk or high.
So. I am a very very staid boring person to you, right, in addition to my age, and everything else, I am not on the ten most wanted. That is ok.
I am politically conservative. Politics upset me, make me sick, literally. I am very worriedabout the country and world in general and I have no money with which to go shopping. That is bad.
No. I am not wanting a husband or not wanting a husband. That is one of my points. I am whole and worthy without being attached to someone else. I am a worthwhile person, worthy of privacy and human rights married or not. Had right to career, life, liberty married or not.


Does anyone know what the Immigration Changes is or “Buy American” provision attached to the United States stimulus package is?

Quote GUADALAJARA, Mexico Flanked by his counterparts from Mexico and Canada, President Obama on Monday reiterated his commitment to pursuing comprehensive immigration reform, despite his packed political agenda and the staunch opposition such an initiative is likely to face.


Mr. Obama predicted that he would be successful but acknowledged the challenges, saying, “I’ve got a lot on my plate.” He added that there would almost certainly be “demagogues out there who try to suggest that any form or pathway for legalization for those who are already in the United States is unacceptable.”

But in the most detailed outline yet of his timetable, the president said that he expected Congress, after completing work on health care, energy and financial regulation, to draft immigration bills this year. He said he would begin work on getting the measures passed in 2010. Quote

What Immigration Changes ?

Also what is Quote Ayn Rand author whose tedious books champion rugged individualism and deride cooperative effort and intellectualism. Paleo-conservatives as opposed to GW Bush neoconservatives. the staunch republicans whose economic ideals should have died and been buried in the wall street crash of 1929. Quote

Paleo-conservatives than Bush neoconservatives? Why died and been buried ? What was wrong with individualism and intellectualism?

Is cooperative effort better than individualism ?


Can it be funded by cutting waste fraud and abuse in a government program like Medicare/Medicaid?

Did you know that the Government had an initiative for ALL government employees to be rewarded to seek out and identify sources of waste, fraud and abuse as far back as at least the mid 1980's?

Why hasn't the waste and fraud costing our Seniors been cut by now if we all know it's there? Why does Obama want to only eliminate this waste and fraud as part of his political agenda?

Did you know our Seniors have been screaming about the waste and fraud in Medicare/Medicaid for years?

Do you really believe that those of us who already pay for insurance will get a better deal?

I pay insurance through my employer. My employer pays a large portion of my family coverage, which is huge considering I am on a single income with a family of 5, and a home owner with a mortgage.

Obama keeps saying I can keep my current insurance. Sure I can, but my employer won't be paying for part of it anymore if they don't have to. And why would they want to if there is a Government option for anyone without health care? And why would I want to pay full price if there is a Government option?

So, now I'm pigeon-holed into going with Obamacare, and do you think I'm saving money? Heck no. Why? Well, that's easy.

Now my taxes have gone up to cover the 50% of my insurance my employer used to cover, plus I am paying for everyone who didn't have insurance before, and even more for everyone who doesn't even have a job to pay taxes to begin with.

Where will my savings be?

Do you really think that utopia exists just beyond Obamacare?
Apparently Ms. Minerva isn't familiar with the process of having a job where health care is offered as a benefit. Yes, all employers who offer health care pay for that service for their employees. And, all employees pay a portion of it. My point is, I pay for my insurance, and I don't want to pay for yours. The other point is, I control how much, if anything, I want to pay. The insurance is an OPTION.
And, I am supposed to believe that somewhere along the line, the Government is not going to decide that something I or my family needs is not at the top of the priority list? I just don't have that much trust in Obama's ability to administer this program. He is rushing to pass it while he has a democratic majority, bottom line!


I had a best friend. A rich Italian girl. She first was my Psychology teacher, but we kinda hit it off and once I stopped being her student we sort of became friends. That is, we called each other on the phone and had met several times, and we texted each other almost all the time. Almost always I was the one who showed the initiative to be friends and I always compromised whatever was needed, be it my health (I talked to her (texted her) late at night, despite the fact that it completely ruined my biorhythm), or my time. We always met where she wanted when she wanted, she could make an appointment with me and then cancel it at the last minute despite the fact that I changed all of my plans for that day just to spend time with her... She could do all sorts of things like... ignore me or not call me at the appointed time (usually late at night) and then tell me she was tired and went to bed, never caring to think that I was waiting... that I wanted to sleep, too. I remember I had to go abroad for several months and I pleaded with her to meet because my leaving meant we'd not meet for a long time and she'd been making promises every day for 2 weeks that she would meet with me, and I was waiting and waiting and waiting for her all those days... and she always told me the same thing, "We'll surely meet tomorrow" and then 'tomorrow' she called and gave me a reason why she couldn't meet with me... and I remember crying a lot because I couldn't understand her behavior. She told me it was because of her job... Anyway she did meet with me then, on the last day, on the last evening before my departure and I didn't have anything ready, but I went to see her nevertheless, because I cared so much...

Then when I came back we mainly texted each other, because she couldn't talk or meet with me often, but when I told her about any of my displeasure, she just brushed it off by saying that I talked nonsense and that it's not what a person does that counts... but what a person feels and thinks... and that when I was displeased with her it wasn't of God...

By the way, all she ever learned about God was from me, because she doesn't really read her Bible or go to church, and so... she just gave me her opinions and then, you know, it became harder and harder for me to oppose her, tell her what is right... I started listening to her... I'd spent almost each minute with her, either texting her or whatever...

Then, when her husband suddenly died and she was on the verge of suicide, I was there for her and she told me later it was only because of my messages that she had hope and remembered God...

After she got out of the hospital (she was grieving so much they put her in the hospital), and got home she informed me she couldn't really meet with me often because her family traditions didn't allow that... I couldn't even visit her... She said it was only family she could spend time with... Then her Italian friend came to visit and he stayed with them for a while, it was fine with her family, because, as she put it, her "elders made an exception." Ok, we'd talked about that as well.

At that point it was texting mostly and we'd spent most of the time discussing whether or not we were friends, because we had so many misunderstandings and misconceptions... I started hating text messages...

Then the day before yesterday happened this. See, I really wanted to get a dog. I was thinking a Boxer would be nice. But I live in an apartment. And my friend said one shouldn't own a dog if they don't live in a house with a yard for the dog to run around. I told her that I'd read in a pet owner's manual that you can keep a Boxer in an apartment and she was like, "In a BIG apartment, yeah, you could, but not in a small one, like yours." I told her I was asking people on yahoo answers about it and almost everyone said it was okay, and she was like, "Who were you asking? Americans, who go to bed with their shoes on and don't care about getting dirty." I was offended and naturally I retorted, "Do you think I can't have a dog because my family can't afford a house with a yard? You Italians are all like that... you think you're better than anyone else, well I'm sorry I don't have a huge house or several apartments, maybe you should find a friend of your own level." And then she told me I insulted her deeply and that she doesn't want to be my friend anymore. I've spent the last couple of days texting her and trying to call, telling her I am sorry but she completely ignored my messages and rejected all of my phone calls and when finally I got through, she told me she didn't feel like telling me any of her personal stuff now and that we're still friends but she won't be my best friend anymore and that nothing will ever be the same between us.

I know there are 2 sides to every story, but that's mine, I won't mention how many tears I've shed in these past few months... I won't mention how hard it is for me to accept that she doesn't want to be
her friend anymore


And it came to pass in the Age of Insanity that the people of the land


called America , having lost their morals, their initiative, and their


will to defend their liberties, chose as their Supreme Leader that


person known as "The One."





He emerged from the vapors with a message that had no meaning; but He


hypnotized the people telling them, "I am sent to save you." My lack


of experience, my questionable ethics, my monstrous ego, and my


association with evil doers are of no consequence. I shall save you


with hope and Change. Go, therefore, and proclaim throughout the


land that he who proceeded me is evil, that he has defiled the nation,


and that all he has built must be destroyed. And the people rejoiced,


for even though they knew not what "The One" would do, he had promised


that it was good; and they believed. And "The One" said " We live in


the greatest country in the world. Help me change everything about it!"


And the people said, "Hallelujah! Change is good!"





Then He said, "We are going to tax the rich fat-cats." And the


people said "Sock it to them!" "And redistribute their wealth." And


the people said, "Show us the money!" And then he said, "


redistribution of wealth is good for everybody."





And Joe the plumber asked, " Are you kidding me? You're going to


steal my money and give it to the deadbeats??" And "The One"


ridiculed and taunted him, and Joe's personal records were hacked and publicized.


One lone reporter asked, "Isn't that Marxist policy?" And she was


banished from the kingdom!





Then a citizen asked, "With no foreign relations experience and


having zero military experience or knowledge, how will you deal with


radical terrorists?" And "The One" said, "Simple. I shall sit with


them and talk with them and show them how nice we really are; and they


will forget that they ever wanted to kill us all!" And the people


said, "Hallelujah!! We are safe at last, and we can beat our weapons


into free cars for the people!"





Then "The One" said "I shall give 95% of you lower taxes." And one,


lone voice said, "But 40% of us don't pay ANY taxes." So "The One"


said, "Then I shall give you some of the taxes the fat-cats pay!"


And the people said, "Hallelujah! Show us the money!"


Then "The One" said, "I shall tax your Capital Gains when you sell


your homes!" And the people yawned and the slumping housing market


collapsed. And He said. "I shall mandate employer-funded health care


for every worker and raise the minimum wage. And I shall give every


person unlimited healthcare and medicine and transportation to the


clinics." And the people said, "Give me some of that!"


Then he said, "I shall penalize employers who ship jobs overseas."


And the people said, "Where's my rebate check?"





Then "The One" said, "I shall bankrupt the coal industry and


electricity rates will skyrocket!" And the people said, "Coal is


dirty, coal is evil, no more coal! But we don't care for that part


about higher electric rates." So "The One" said, Not to worry. If


your rebate isn't enough to cover your expenses, we shall bail you out.


Just sign up with the ACORN and you troubles are over!"





Then He said, "Illegal immigrants feel scorned and slighted. Let's


grant them amnesty, Social Security, free education, free lunches,


free medical care, bi-lingual signs and guaranteed housing..." And


the people said, "Hallelujah!" and they made him king!





And so it came to pass that employers, facing spiraling costs and


ever-higher taxes, raised their prices and laid off workers. Others


simply gave up and went out of business and the economy sank like unto


a rock dropped from a cliff.


The bank banking industry was destroyed. Manufacturing slowed to a


crawl. And more of the people were without a means of support.





Then "The One" said, "I am the "the One"- The Messiah - and I'm here


to save you! We shall just print more money so everyone will have


enough!" But our foreign trading partners said unto Him. "Wait a


minute. Your dollar is not worth a pile of camel dung! You will have


to pay more... And "The One" said, "Wait a minute. That is


unfair!!" And the world said, "Neither are these other idiotic


programs you have embraced. Lo, you have become a Socialist state and


a second-rate power. Now you shall play by our rules!"





And the people cried out, "Alas, alas!! What have we done?" But yea


verily, it was too late. The people set upon The One and spat upon


him and stoned him, and his name was dung. And the once mighty nation


was no more; and the once proud people were without sustenance or


shelter or hope. And the Change "The One" had given them was as like


u


The United States of America has come to a significant turning point, and what happens in this president’s term, without any doubt, has the potential to change the very fiber of the land of the free. President Barack Obama’s administration and Congress are stepping up their secular progressive efforts, government-owned corporations, government-owned health care, redistribution of wealth, increased taxes, more social programs, etc. - with the ultimate goal of terminating this capitalist society and establishing a socialistic state. They would like nothing more than to empower the government to coddle each and every one of its citizens from birth to death, taking away innate initiative and incentive to work. Those are definite. The only variable is the people; only you have the power to make sure this crippling end never comes about.
Whether or not you want to believe it, Barack Obama is a SOCIALIST.

Do you understand that under socialism, you no longer own anything? Please look up the definition of Socialism if you're still unsure of what is being discussed here. I'll be here when you get back.

Socialism is one of the greatest threats against our unique American freedoms that exists. Socialism is only one small step away from communism. Go ask any Russian, Venezuelan, or Cuban immigrants that you can what it's like living under communism. After you've asked them then decide for yourself (we get to do that in a free society) if you want us to step in that direction via socialism. Ask yourself what the world will be like under socialism once the last bastion of individual liberty is gone.


Next Tuesday, Obama will speak to a joint session of congress. He is going to try, again, to communicate his plan to 'reform' health care in the United States. Apparently, he believes that we don't understand what he and the congress have been trying to do and that this misunderstanding is the reason for all the resistance to his initiative. When will he finally understand that we DO understand what he is trying to do. The American people have rarely been more or better informed. When will he understand that it is an informed public that is rejecting his take over of the U.S. health care industry? Do we really have to listen to him make the same exaggerated and misleading claims again? Does anyone really expect him to come out and commit to making REAL reforms and reject the current abomination?


How is this going to win over those who currently question their support for Obama?

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In a fiery speech that had her conservative Colorado audience cheering, U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann railed against the dangers of health care reform and other Democratic initiatives, warning the proposals “have the strength to destroy this country forever.”

“You’re either for us or against us on this issue,” she said after deriding U.S. Rep. Betsy Markey, a Fort Collins Democrat, for “[sitting] on the fence” about health care proposals at recent town halls.

Bachmann earlier this month joined former U.S. Rep. Marilyn Musgrave, the Republican ousted from office last year by Markey, in a telephone town hall where she told abortion opponents the health care “battle will be won – on our knees in prayer and fasting.”

“Right now, we are looking at reaching down the throat and ripping the guts out of freedom,” she said. “And we may never be able to restore it if we don’t man up and take this one on.”

Rather than hand over the health care industry’s “18 percent” of the economy to control by the federal government, which Bachmann warned would create “a critical mass [where] you are no longer a free-market economy,” she offered her own set of proposals to fix the system:

• “Erase the boundaries around every single state when it comes to health care,” enabling consumers to purchase insurance across state lines;

• increase the use of health savings accounts and allow everyone to “take full deductibility of all medical expenses,” including insurance premiums;

• and throw in tort reform.

“Do a few other tweaks and you’re there,” Bachmann said. “Your whole crisis is gone.”

Bachmann closed by urging the audience at the nonpartisan group’s fundraiser to defeat Democrats at the ballot box.

“You can win these seats back,” she urged the audience. “Hey, I got elected in Franken country!”


Democrats have more power in Congress than they have had in a long while. They have the White House. Why can't they pass health care, cap and trade, Employee Free Choice Act and the other initiatives they care so strongly about?

Right now it seems that they blame the massive right wing conspiracy for somehow tricking the public into believing falsehoods. In my opinion this is a weak and baseless excuse. I see much more from in support for their agenda than I see against it (ABC, AMA, Pharmaceuticals, etc.).

The election of Obama proved that the democrats were better at Grassroots initiatives, so please don't tell me that somehow the right just figured it out.

The best explanation is that the ideas are just plain bad. Healthcare reform in general is not a bad thing, but Nancy Pelosi's version of it is really bad.

If you disagree with me then why can't the Democrats get anything done?
River - you watch too much Rachel Maddow. Stop believing in Corporate sponsored grassroots events. Look at every sign at every tea party, all homemade. Look at every sign from the left. All the same. These signs are being handed out like candy. Palin's death panels was never debunked like the left likes to claim. In fact, the left decided to retract that entire section from the bill because they agreed that it might be "interpreted" in a matter inconsistent with their intention. In other words, it creates incentive for advising people to reject life extending healthcare in favor of dying gracefully.


In a recent interview, the president was asked about the prospects for health care reform. His response was, “We’re going to get this done one way or another.”

A recent poll showed that 55 percent of Americans oppose his undefined health care initiative. Obama apparently doesn’t care what the people, including those who elected him, want. He will decide what they should have and shove it down their throats if necessary.

During their August break, many of our elected officials held town hall meetings that degenerated into shouting matches when health care came up. One third of the senate seats and all of the house seats will be on the line next year, and many of those who want to side with Obama but keep their seats in Congress are shaking in their boots. If they defy the president, he will no doubt make them pay a price. If they defy their constituents, they will have to leave Washington and go home.

Obama seems to have no concern about the separation of powers in our government. He does not seem to want to work with legislators; he seems to want to direct their activities. Before the August break, he said, “I want a [health care] bill on my desk by the end of the week.”

Joe Lieberman of Connecticut seems unmoved by Obama’s dictatorial attitude. He has said we can’t afford to do a complete overhaul of our health care system right now, but need to take it one step at a time. I think Lieberman’s position will gain a lot of traction as voters become increasingly concerned about our huge deficits and skyrocketing national debt.

Obama seems to have more in common with Venezuela’s soon-to-be dictator Hugo Chavez than with any president in the history of the United States. He should go back home, wherever that may be.


Adding Ted Kennedy's name to the health care could be serving as a guilt trip on the blue dogs who are mourning the passing of a colleague.

Do you think this was a ploy so the initiative would be pushed through and do you agree to such underhanded methods considering they could have waited to see if the congress if agrees with the program 1st and then rename it?


Obamanomics has turned into an unprecedented experiment in runaway government with no plan to pay for it, save, perhaps, for a big future toll on the middle class such as a value-added tax. White House budget director Peter Orszag promises that next year's budget will have a "plan to put the nation on a fiscally sustainable path."
A burst of sustained economic growth, which we'd love to see, would substantially boost tax revenues and reduce future debt. But there's nothing in the Obama budget that nurtures or rewards growth or small business. Most of the major policy initiatives, such as the $1 trillion cap-and-trade energy tax, are a drag on growth. Mr. Obama wants to raise capital gains, dividend and income tax rates, which will reduce risk taking, innovation and investment. The House health-care bill would impose an 8% payroll tax on millions of small business owners, which will destroy jobs.

The White House issued a statement yesterday that the President is "very concerned about these out-year deficits." But apparently not so concerned as to stop pushing for a new $1 trillion health-care entitlement that is conveniently not included in these latest budget forecasts.

The real fiscal crisis in Washington is that neither Congress nor the White House are offering any escape from these trillion-dollar deficits. Mr. Obama has not called for automatic and immediate spending cuts. He has not proposed eliminating hundreds of wasteful programs. To the contrary, the White House still hasn't ruled out another fiscal stimulus, as if a $1.6 trillion deficit isn't Keynesian stimulus enough. The Administration's celebrated scrub through the budget this summer identified $17 billion in agency savings. That's what Uncle Sam is borrowing every three days.Hide the children.
Actually Curious george I am about to go the San Francisco Yacht Club for dinner, but thanks for checking.


Whether it's at the ER or my specialists or my primary care physician, they all seem to be irritated, a bit angry ,and get verbal sometimes when I keep coming back because I really just hate putting up with symptoms which I'd like more of a thorough explanation about, not just, you're in, you're out and that's it.I get fed up with that, and I'm there because I also want them to be more detailed with me, perhaps educate me on a thing or two.I mean I could have cancer and not know it, something else might be going on, yadda yadda,

and they basically just seem to write you off if you don't "look" sick.I mean what are doctors just supposed to be about ...handing really sick people, and that's that?

I'm trying to maintain my health, keep on top of things, have very good medical insurance, and can afford to see my doctors frequently...and in the last year I've gotten sick alot, and have had lots of asthma problems, heart fluttering, anxiet, all sorts of things, and they keep being irritated, when I come back to see them for certain problems, like I'm the bad guy or something.

can't they just realize that I'm taking initiative.


Or perhaps I should really try to back off a bit, so I don't come across as a crazy person?


Obamanomics has turned into an unprecedented experiment in runaway government with no plan to pay for it, save, perhaps, for a big future toll on the middle class such as a value-added tax. White House budget director Peter Orszag promises that next year's budget will have a "plan to put the nation on a fiscally sustainable path." Hide the children.
A burst of sustained economic growth, which we'd love to see, would substantially boost tax revenues and reduce future debt. But there's nothing in the Obama budget that nurtures or rewards growth or small business. Most of the major policy initiatives, such as the $1 trillion cap-and-trade energy tax, are a drag on growth. Mr. Obama wants to raise capital gains, dividend and income tax rates, which will reduce risk taking, innovation and investment. The House health-care bill would impose an 8% payroll tax on millions of small business owners, which will destroy jobs.

The White House issued a statement yesterday that the President is "very concerned about these out-year deficits." But apparently not so concerned as to stop pushing for a new $1 trillion health-care entitlement that is conveniently not included in these latest budget forecasts.

The real fiscal crisis in Washington is that neither Congress nor the White House are offering any escape from these trillion-dollar deficits. Mr. Obama has not called for automatic and immediate spending cuts. He has not proposed eliminating hundreds of wasteful programs. To the contrary, the White House still hasn't ruled out another fiscal stimulus, as if a $1.6 trillion deficit isn't Keynesian stimulus enough. The Administration's celebrated scrub through the budget this summer identified $17 billion in agency savings. That's what Uncle Sam is borrowing every three days.
The source is the Wall Street Journal. Sorry if intelligence offends you.


Wouldn't it be reasonable for the 0bama adminstration to first commit to repairing the current on going government health initiatives? I would respect the big 0 a lot if he said.. first i will show my acumen in correcting the horrible programs my predecessors put in place.

Take a year to do that. THen.. when He is shown how capable he is, sure, then he gets a little more credibility in undertaking this huge horrible health care CRISIS he is marketing.

Is there at least one liberal that can agree? It was fully agreed by all electing him that he would be learning "on the job". WHy try to learn on the biggest possible program ever.

Please... ask your congressperson to approach it this way.

ps.. the reason most programs fail is becuase GOV"T thinks it can fix anything.. it can't


As part of their health care reform initiative that is? To me that would make more sense than importing doctors from other countries and paying them to become US citizens and practice here.
We do import doctors, not only do we import them, we pay them to become US citizens, they get their medical degress in India or China, then we pay them to come here and practice, and upwords of $250,000.00 a pop I might add, they go to school here for 1 year, pass a test, and then they're your doctor, educate yourself, I have better things to do with my life than make up lies!


Only 10% of the cash for clunkers dealer reimbursements have been received. Dealers had to fill out literally pages of documentation and photos to qualify for money back from the government.
If the Obama health care plan is as poorly executed as "cash for clunkers" we are ALL going to be in trouble. Cash for clunkers is a drop in the bucket compared to a national health care initiative. Cmon people! wake up!!


Slipping into Quicksand
His Rise Wasn't Difficult Enough to Prepare Him

By Monica Crowley | Wednesday, August 19, 2009

President Obama, once considered as politically agile and deft as a gazelle, is now looking increasingly like a deer caught in the headlights.

His poll numbers on everything from job approval to his handling of the economy, health care, taxes and bailouts are dropping faster than a cement shoe in the Hudson River. Perhaps even more worrisome, Rasmussen Reports shows that fewer Americans consider him "trustworthy."

His popular support is hemorrhaging because all of his major initiatives are either failing in execution or in the legislative process. According to a new USA Today/Gallup Poll, 57 percent of Americans say the $787 billion economic stimulus is having no effect on the economy or is making it worse.

An even higher percentage -- 60 percent -- doubt the stimulus will improve the economy in the years ahead. A new Fox News/Opinion Dynamics poll shows a whopping 72 percent of Democrats, Republicans and independents would like to see the balance of the unspent stimulus money -- about $600 billion -- returned to taxpayers.

The cap-and-trade legislation cleared the House (barely) but looks to die a timely death in the Senate. A majority of Americans now reject this scheme as they have learned it would be tantamount to the largest tax increase in the history of the world.

And now, Mr. Obama's Orwellian health care vision is going down in a ball of flames, with Americans of every ideological stripe in revolt over some part of what's being proposed, conceded and debated.

The president's agenda is in deep trouble, and now it appears not even the silver-tongued, savvy political Merlin himself can salvage it.

It wasn't supposed to be this hard for the Democrats: With control of the White House and huge majorities in the Congress, they were supposed to blow past whatever token resistance to their plans the Republicans and others might raise and easily implement their full-tilt liberal agenda.

But something funny happened on the way to far-left governance: The American people began to reject what was about to be inflicted on them. The Democrats did not anticipate that their constituents might like a say in how they were being governed. (That whole "government for, by, and of the people" is so 18th-century.)

Mr. Obama has been particularly perplexed by the revolt against his ideas, for two main reasons:

First, he (like the rest of his party) misread November's election results as a mandate to impose a far-left agenda without debate. The American people, however, still believe in the quaint idea of robust discussion before ideas are turned into law. They also make up a country that remains ideologically center-right. This week, Gallup released a poll showing that conservatives now outnumber liberals in all 50 states, and that 40 percent self-identify as conservative versus only 21 percent self-identifying as liberal.

No wonder a radical liberal agenda isn't taking off like the Black Eyed Peas' new CD.

The second reason involves Mr. Obama's lack of political combat experience. He has never been hit before. Until the health care blowup, none of his significant political opponents ever really landed a punch. During his early Chicago political career, he ran opponents off the ballot, but such community-organizing manipulation doesn't translate well nationally. And now he finds himself in the presidency, never having known what it is to take a body blow.

The point of a presidential campaign is to put the candidate through the ringer: to force him to get banged up by his opponents and the press, and to have to answer the difficult and uncomfortable questions, be investigated, and learn the thrust and parry of political swordplay.
By the time he becomes president, he has been roughed up enough to be better prepared for the job.

Mr. Obama never experienced that. His opponents -- particularly Hillary Rodham Clinton -- tried to go after him, but even she used kid gloves. Former President Bill Clinton tried, too, and nearly got booed off the national stage. And Sen. John McCain could muster only the weakest of attacks against his younger rival. The mainstream media, of course, played up to him intently.

The end result is a president who doesn't know how to take a political hit or repel one without resorting to desperate and shameful attacks on the opposition.

This helps no one -- not the president, not the American people, not the country. Having a president react like a child who has been picked on for the first time doesn't telegraph "leadership." If he's flipping his wig about the health care revolt, imagine how he might react if there were another terrorist strike on the homeland or the Iranians moved to nuke New York or the North Koreans sailed a nuclear-tipped missile toward Hawaii or Alaska.

A president is always cosseted by hi


This may have been touched on several times over the last few weeks, but I want to get some real, honest opinions here and not yelling at each other. As part of the health care reform initiatives considered in Congress before they recessed earlier this month, there is a proposal of the "public option," where you could, if you wanted, buy into a plan that is backed by the government, a bit like Medicare/Medicaid. However, if you didn't, you could remain in a private health insurance plan, but the public option would make the private plan cost less or be able to cover you better.

However, the last month has shown that there are those on the right-hand fringe of the debate that equates the "public option" to things like communism, socialism and fascism. Conservatives say the public option would put the private insurance companies out of business while decreasing the quality of care we would get and governmental bureaucrats would come between us and our doctors, and the latest, there would be "death panels" that would determine when our grandparents would be euthanized.

Of course, I think a lot of those arguments by conservatives are bunk, but depending on who you talk to, the "public option" might be out of the health care reform bill. What do you guys think about the public option? Is it a good thing, or is it the slippery slope to socialism? Almost every other industrialized country has "single payer," where the government is the insurance company, and they all have good coverage, better than the U.S.


Health Insurance Profits Soar as Industry Mergers Create Near-Monopoly

by Mike Hall, May 27, 2009


Profits at 10 of the country’s largest publicly traded health insurance companies rose 428 percent from 2000 to 2007, while consumers paid more for less coverage. One of the major reasons, according to a new study, is the growing lack of competition in the private health insurance industry that has led to near monopoly conditions in many markets.

The report says such conditions warrant a Justice Department investigation and, says Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.), provide compelling evidence of the need for a public health insurance plan option as part of the health care reform initiative President Obama and Congress are developing.

Schumer says the report from Health Care for America Now! (HCAN)

is the starkest evidence yet that the private health care insurance market is in bad need of some healthy competition. A public health insurance option is critical to ensure the greatest amount of choice possible for consumers.


According to the recently released HCAN report, “Premiums Soaring in Consolidated Health Insurance Market“:

In the past 13 years, more than 400 corporate mergers have involved health insurers, and a small number of companies now dominate local markets but haven’t delivered on promises of increased efficiency. According to the American Medical Association, 94 percent of insurance markets in the United States are now highly concentrated, and insurers are thriving in the anti-competitive marketplace, raking in enormous profits and paying out huge CEO salaries.

These mergers and consolidations have created a marketplace where a small number of larger companies use their power to raise premiums—an average of 87 percent over the past six years—restrict and reduce benefit packages and control and cut provider payments.

In a letter to the Department of Justice’s Anti-Trust Division, Richard Kirsch, HCAN national campaign manager, and David Balto, former policy director of the Federal Trade Commission and now senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, write:

Simply put, the private insurance companies have secured monopolies or tight oligopolies and exercised that power to put profits ahead of patients….There were no actions taken against anticompetitive conduct by health insurers in the last administration, in spite of the fact that cases by state attorneys general have secured massive fines against these insurers. A lack of antitrust enforcement has enabled insurers to acquire dominant positions in almost every metropolitan market.

They ask for an investigation of the already consummated mergers that “harm competition or create an anticompetitive market structure.” They also urge the Justice Department to conduct investigations of “anticompetitive conduct by dominant insurance companies and challenge that conduct where appropriate.”

Many dominant insurers limit the ability of providers to choose rival insurers or inform patients about more efficient and comprehensive coverage. The DOJ should investigate tools used to stifle competition such as physician gag clauses, most favored nations provisions, all-products clauses, and silent networks, which prevent providers and consumers from having the full range of competitive alternatives.

Schumer last week co-sponsored a Senate resolution urging the creation of a public health plan option and says a public health plan “is critical to ensure the greatest amount of choice possible for consumers.”

We believe that it is fully possible to create a public health insurance plan that delivers all the benefits of increased competition without relying on unfair, built-in advantages. If a level playing field exists, then private insurers will have to compete based on quality of care and pricing, instead of just competing for the healthiest consumers


He sets up an email box and asks Americans to report any opposition their neighbors or others may have directly to his office!

He calls out ACORN and Purple Shirts to harass and physically assault those who have legitimate disagreements and opposition to his initiatives.

He's out spent even the drunken Republicans by a 4 to 1 margin in his efforts and despite the trillion dollar deficit still wants to double it again in order to implement an ill conceived and unnecessary government take over of our nation's health care.

He has openly and unequivocally voiced his support for Castro, Chavez, Amadenijad and Honduran president Zelaya after he was ousted for trying to take over the government.

How can any American support this president? And why? What could their reasons possibly be??
And yet, while you tell me my points are half truths and 'distortions', you provide nothing to refute them. I guess 'Nuh uh!' will have to suffice as your response. Thanks.

national debt initiative program

No More Debt!!!!!! On November 3rd, we are going to be asked to borrow another $400 million to fund the state's Green Acres program. Regardless as to its history, this ballot initiative needs to go down to defeat. The program was created in 1961 – during a building boom that saw 20 percent .... The National Climate. Early in the year, when President Obama enjoyed a strong honeymoon upon Inauguration, it appeared that the new national mood would be a strong wind ... > ...The agencies will pay fees to participate in the program, which officials say will cover its cost. They are still working with the agencies to determine the extent of support needed. Earlier news reports said the initiative could cost ...But Kitzhaber, a Democrat, and others wanted to find a way to avoid having to drop residents from the federal-state health program for the poor and disabled, and they came up with a radical idea. ... That is going to drive the national debt through the ceiling. We are in a trajectory, if nothing happens, to default on our national debt. The implications are staggering. Q. On your Web site you talk about the problem of trapped equity in health care. ...The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which dates to 1994, has approximately 780 employees, spread among offices in Seattle, Washington, Beijing and London, with an initiative in Delhi, India. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Asset ... It just adds to the National Debt. Sorry I don't think borrowing money from China to give to some Third World Country is smart managing of the US debt. We have to stop using the National Credit Card and start digging out of debt. ...It's going to cost the taxpayers and people that have health insurance now, and if it doesn't, it's going to add terribly to our national debt.” Recent Entries Adult Time for Adult Crime: Ashley Jones ... A government run health insurance program would create a new entitlement program designed to do nothing more than force every American into government run health care. This is not a bug of the plan, it is a feature. Just ask proponents of the plan like Michael Moore who ...By Nicola Boden Last updated at 9:48 AM on 19th October 2009 Burden: National debt is claimed to be almost ... ... Author, Tory MP Brooks Newmark, claims the 'hidden liabilities' include Private Finance Initiative projects, the banking bailouts and public sector pensions.His report came as the CBI warned another £120billion needed to be cut from public spending amid fears of a 'VW recession' that will see the economy struggle for years.PFI projects add at least ...Consumers are not spending, there isn't much investment, government is spending and growing like, well, like the national debt. In retrospect, I'm happy it seems to be positive news for the economy, I just pray it is true and the country is emerging from this ... "We the people" must stop the Obamacare Proposals:I am formally asking (pleading) with you to muster up the initiative and enthusiasm to fight the healthcare bill that will emerge in the next couple of weeks. ...Paying Only the Minimum on Your Card- Credit card companies love it when you pay off your debt slowly, but you should loathe it. It won't necessarily affect your credit score, but that doesn't mean it's a good practice. ... Buying On a Card Just For Rewards - If you're paying off your balance on time and in full, using your cards to grab extra rewards isn't necessarily a bad plan, says Gail Cunningham, spokeswoman for the National Foundation for Credit Counseling. ...... director of the banking association, confirmed yesterday that the organisation and other credit providers had established a separate institution called the National Debt Mediation Association (NDMA) to manage the initiative. ..."I cut your pay because you ran up a huge debt... "I cut your pay because you ran up a huge debt... "THE TROUBLE WITH SOCIALISM IS THAT YOU EVENTUALLY RUN OUT OF OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY " MARGARET THATCHER ..... 7. Israel will not abandon the Roadmap, requiring an end to violence and incitement, for the Arab Initiative. For Obama to embrace the Plan, is to prejudge the outcome. 8. The Arab Initiative has no standing in the peace process. It is just an offer. ...
Back in 1980, there was a great battle over the Republican Party and its future. On one side was George Herbert Walker Bush, a liberal Republican from Texas, and the heir to the liberal Rockefeller wing of the Republican Party. He was declared the "frontrunner" by the liberal media. In opposition to him was the elderly former governor of California, Ronald Reagan, who was a prominent Goldwater supporter in 1964 (when the liberal establishment of the party stabbed the party nominee in the back and voted for far-left Democrat Lyndon Baines Johnson) and widely considered the heir to the conservative wing of the Republican Party. As we all know, Reagan won the nomination and the conservatives celebrated. Although at first, Reagan said that Bush would not be his VP, he eventually gave in and made the liberal from Texas his 2nd in command. A few months into his presidency, John Hinckley Jr., from a prominent pro-Bush family, and whose brother Scott had a dinner appointment scheduled with Bush's son Neil (the younger brother of W.) attempted to assassinate President Reagan and put the presidency into the hands of Vice President Bush. After this point, Reagan suspiciously "moderated" his views. After Reagan was term-limited, Bush replaced him as the president. In 1992, Rush Limbaugh and other now famous talk radio hosts first came to fame by supporting Pat Buchanan (who ran against Bush's tax increase and Bush's wars; Buchanan did not emphasize the culture war or "economic nationalism" anywhere near as much as he would later on) against President Bush in the Republican primaries.

However, after the Republican landslide in 1994 and the defeat of liberal Republican Bob Dole in 1996, the media immediately declared George W. Bush, the son of the previous Republican president as the "frontrunner" for the 2000 Republican nomination. In 2000, Bush declared himself a "compassionate conservative" and ran as the "conservative" candidate against "liberal" John McCain (who, of course, is slightly more liberal than Bush). As president, Bush proceeded to govern to the left of every president since LBJ. Although even the Dole campaign had pledged to abolish the Department of Education, Bush doubled its size. Bush also expanded government involvement in medical care more than any president since LBJ with his Medicare Part D (of course, the Clintons pushed HillaryCare, but that never passed). Rather than ending welfare, Bush created the Office of Faith-Based Initiatives to hand over management of welfare programs to churches (apparently, these churches must have forgotten about the commandment "Thou Shalt Not Steal"). Rather than attempting to make participation in Social Security voluntary (which was the Social Security reform that Barry Goldwater supported, although he was forced to backpedal on this during the 1964 campaign), Bush supported a "privatization" of Social Security that would have invested the Social Security "trust fund" in the stock market. Bush pushed an "ownership society" in which the government sought to make sure everybody owned a home (of course, this program was nearly as destructive to the American people as the "Great Society"). Bush handed out billions of tax dollars to the banksters and began the process of nationalizing the car companies (a process which was completed when Obama founded Government Motors). Bush also ran record deficits and caused a skyrocketing of the national debt.

How exactly did many people get the idea that the far-left Bush administration was some kind of "conservative" administration? Yes, he may not have been far enough left for some leftists, but he was significantly to the left of their heroes Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter, so I suspect their dislike of him is mostly due to jealousy (and to dislike of the specific cultural values he wished to use government to impose). Why do many who claim to be on the right still see the need to act as apologists for a far-left president?


Today, it is up to all Mexicans to act with true patriotism, to make better use of our resources for the benefit of all Mexicans.

Mexican men and women, good evening.

I am addressing you at a key point in the history of our nation.

Today, exercising the powers vested in me by the Constitution, I submitted a reform proposal to Congress to make the best use of the potential of our petroleum industry and strengthen Petróleos Mexicanos.

Seventy years ago, General Lázaro Cárdenas' vision gave Mexico a future.

Today, it is up to all Mexicans to act with true patriotism, to make better use of our resources for the benefit of all Mexicans.

Mexico requires lofty goals and a vision of the future.

First of all, I would like to make it quite clear that petroleum is and will continue to belong exclusively to Mexicans. PEMEX will not be privatized. Petroleum is an emblem of national sovereignty and has been vital to the development of Mexico.

The initiative does not seek to privatize but rather to strengthen Petróleos Mexicanos.

Mexico is losing ground vis-à-vis international competition. PEMEX has dropped to 11th position after being one of the world's leading oil companies.

The causes are not only financial but mainly technological and operative. As a result, the country’s oil reserves are declining.

At current production rates, we have proven reserves for just over nine years of production. Production has fallen and we now extract 300,000 fewer barrels than 3 years ago.

This means that we have stopped receiving approximately $100 billion pesos annually, with which we could have quadrupled the Oportunidades Program budget, which supports the country’s poorest families.

Despite being an oil-rich country, four out of every ten liters of the gasoline we use in our cars comes from other countries, since PEMEX lacks the necessary capacity to refine petroleum.

The good news is that it is possible to increase the capacity to find new oil reserves, that it is possible to boost Petróleos Mexicanos’ production capacity for the country's benefit.

Fortunately, we have the capacity and the potential to adjust our course. We have workers who have provided proof of their capacity, responsibility and patriotism.

We have major inland seams and near the coasts but it is estimated that over half our potential reserves are in the deep waters of the Gulf of Mexico. We should take advantage of that wealth.

That is why the aim of the reform is for Mexico to have oil, not only for the next few years, but for future generations of Mexicans and for oil wealth to produce more well-being for all.

The initiative I sent Congress seeks to strengthen PEMEX by guaranteeing its status as a public firm at all times and guaranteeing Mexicans' exclusive ownership of oil and the company's control of exploration, drilling, exploitation and petrochemicals.

The initiative does not seek to modify the Constitution. It will guarantee that the company continues to belong to all Mexicans.

The principles proposed for reinforcing Petróleos Mexicanos are as follows:

First. I propose to give Petróleos Mexicanos the financial and managerial autonomy it requires to cope with new challenges as well as possible.

In particular, we wish to give PEMEX greater freedom as regards the handling of its budget and debt, so that it can re-invest any surplus in improving the firm. This will enable more resources to be allocated to new petroleum and gas exploration and production projects.

Second, and in conjunction with the above, the aim is to create a new administrative structure for Petróleos Mexicanos and give the firm greater powers of decision, administration and hiring so that it can have access to state-of-the-art technology and increase its capacity to implement projects.

In particular, the aim is to establish a special system for hiring, acquisitions and public works that is different from the rest of the government, which would allow the firm to be much more efficient.

Third. In order not to have to import gasoline, diesel and other products from abroad, as we do now, in other words, in order to reduce our dependence on foreign countries for refined petroleum products and to reinforce our energy sovereignty, the aim is to allow PEMEX to contract firms specializing in the construction and running of new refineries for Petróleos Mexicanos.

This will permit the creation of far more jobs, trigger regional development in places where new refineries are built, produce cleaner, environmentally friendly gasoline that will protect our families' health and totally eliminate Imports, in addition to reinforcing the national petrochemical industry.

This will enable much cheaper fertilizer to be produced in the country for people in the countryside.

I should point out that during this process, PEMEX will continue to own the country's oil and all the by-products obtained from it.

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president barack O G.O.A.T has spoken
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i cant believe president fox got my speech


Imagine that last fall, before being elected, Barack Obama had outlined the positions he has embraced since being inaugurated. An honest campaign speech could have gone something like this:

"As we approach Election Day, the American people should not waste the crisis we find ourselves in.

"Consequently, if elected, I promise to get us over the Bush financial meltdown with a stimulus program that will borrow $787 billion - which, of course, will add to the already sizable budget deficit (nearly $500 billion) projected in the Bush administration's last budget.

"By March of next year, my new $3.6 trillion budget will include a spending bill with over 8,500 budget earmarks to target in-need constituents.

"In addition to the stimulus/borrowing plan, I intend to devote $634 billion to fund a new supplementary national health-care system. But that is not all. Unfortunately, the initial Bush bank bailout of some $700 billion also may well have to be augmented by an additional $750 billion.

"Although my new spending proposals may raise the federal deficit in my first year to $1.75 trillion, I promise the American people that by the end of my first term, I will halve the federal deficit - albeit adding another $3 to $5 trillion to the national debt.

"Those savings can be accomplished by upping the federal income tax to about 40 percent on those rich 5 percent of Americans who currently pay only 60 percent of our aggregate income taxes - as well as lifting Social Security caps on their payroll taxes and cutting out many of their tax deductions.

"With state income taxes, federal income tax, and Social Security and payroll taxes, along with new cutbacks in deductions, some of these rich will pay over 60 percent of their incomes in taxes. That is not an unreasonable rate in comparison with past levels - or the fact that well over 40 percent of Americans do not make enough to pay any federal income taxes.

"I expect that Wall Street may react negatively to these proposals. We may see the Dow fall an additional 2,000 to 3,000 points after I'm elected. It may descend to under 7,000 during my first weeks of office. And this may be the moment when the economy continues to cool and unemployment rises.

"But to deal with this reaction of entrenched interests, I promise a fresh team of hard-nosed American professionals - understanding that it is impossible to ensure that none have past insider connections and occasional tax problems.

"From the former Clinton administration, I will select Rahm Emanuel to run my staff. To oversee revenue, Timothy Geithner will assemble a large team at Treasury. Senator Clinton herself will run State, and I will anchor my cabinet with pros like Tom Daschle, Eric Holder, Bill Richardson, and Hilda Solis.

"On matters of protecting civil liberties, I assure the American people that I have examined the Patriot Act, the FISA accords, and renditions - and I have discovered that they, in fact, do not shred our Constitution. I will, however, shut down Guantanamo Bay - but must keep it open another year and appoint a task force to study the issue.

"Our new direction in energy policy will center on cap-and-trade initiatives that promote wind and solar power. While we won't rule out oil, gas, coal, and nuclear development, problems with greenhouse-gas emissions and nuclear waste mean that these ossified 20th-century industries - including new offshore-drilling development - must be discouraged and further taxed or regulated to subsidize our green future.

"Abroad, I promise to give America a new image. My first television interview will be with al Arabiya. Due to both new initiatives and my unique background, I can reassure them that no longer will the United States alienate the Muslim world. Our aim is to return to stable and friendly relations with the Middle East characteristic of 20-30 years ago.

"Indeed, on matters in the Middle East, I will bring back my suspended adviser Samantha Power. I look forward to her input, along with that of Charles Freeman, former ambassador to Saudi Arabia and critic of Israel, as head of the National Intelligence Council, to craft new directions in the region.

"We expect to open new dialogues with Basher al-Assad of Syria and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran without preconditions. And to further the cause of peace in the Middle East, the United States will pledge almost $1 billion to help rebuild the Gaza strip that is governed by Hamas."

Now all that would have been hope and change that we could have voted on.
Thank you, Mr. Victor Davis Hanson for your truthful words you so skillfully put into Hussein Obama's mouth.


Imagine that last fall before being elected, Barack Obama had outlined the positions he has embraced since being inaugurated as president. An honest campaign speech could have gone something like this —

”As we approach Election Day, the American people should not waste the crisis we find ourselves in.

“Consequently, if elected, I promise to get us over the Bush financial meltdown with a stimulus program that will borrow $787 billion - which, of course, will add to the already sizable budget deficit (nearly $500 billion) projected in the Bush administration's last budget.

“By March of next year, my new $3.6 trillion budget will include a spending bill with more than 8,500 budget earmarks to target in-need constituents.

“In addition to the stimulus/borrowing plan, I intend to devote $634 billion to fund a new supplementary national health-care system. But that is not all. Unfortunately, the initial Bush bank bailout of some $700 billion also may well have to be augmented by an additional $750 billion.

“Although my new spending proposals may raise the federal deficit in my first year to $1.75 trillion, I promise the American people that by the end of my first term, I will halve the federal deficit - albeit adding another $3 trillion to $5 trillion to the national debt.

”Those savings can be accomplished by upping the federal income tax to about 40 percent on those rich 5 percent of Americans who currently pay only 60 percent of our aggregate income taxes - as well as lifting Social Security caps on their payroll taxes and cutting out many of their tax deductions.

”With state income taxes, federal income tax, Social Security and payroll taxes, along with new cutbacks in deductions, some of these rich will pay over 60 percent of their incomes in taxes. That is not an unreasonable rate in comparison with past levels - or the fact that well over 40 percent of Americans do not make enough to pay any federal income taxes.

“I expect that Wall Street may react negatively to these proposals. We may see the Dow fall an additional 2,000 to 3,000 points after I'm elected. It may descend to under 7,000 during my first weeks of office. And this may be the moment when the economy continues to cool and unemployment rises.

”But to deal with this reaction of entrenched interests, I promise a fresh team of hard-nosed American professionals - understanding that it is impossible to appoint some without past insider connections and occasional tax problems.

”From the former Clinton administration, I will select Rahm Emanuel to run my staff. To oversee revenue, Timothy Geithner will assemble a large team at Treasury. Sen. Clinton herself will run state, and I will anchor my Cabinet with pros like Tom Daschle, Eric Holder, Bill Richardson and Hilda Solis.

”On matters of protecting civil liberties, I assure the American people that I have examined the Patriot Act, the FISA accords and renditions - and I have discovered that they, in fact, do not shred our Constitution. I will, however, shut down Guantanamo Bay - but must keep it open another year and appoint a task force to study the issue.

“Our new direction in energy policy will center on cap-and-trade initiatives that promote wind and solar power. While we won't rule out oil, gas, coal and nuclear development, problems with greenhouse gas emissions and nuclear waste mean that these ossified 20th-century industries - including new offshore drilling development - must be discouraged and further taxed or regulated to subsidize our green future.

“Abroad, I promise to give America a new image. My first television interview will be with al Arabiya. Due both to new initiatives and my unique background, I can reassure them that no longer will the United States alienate the Muslim world. Our aim is to return to stable and friendly relations with the Middle East characteristic of 20 to 30 years ago.

“Indeed, on matters in the Middle East, I will bring back my suspended adviser Samantha Power. I look forward to her input, along with that of Charles Freeman, former ambassador to Saudi Arabia and critic of Israel, as head of the National Intelligence Council, to craft new directions in the region

“We expect to open new dialogues with Bashar al-Assad of Syria and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran without preconditions. And to further the cause of peace in the Middle East, the United States will pledge almost $1 billion to help rebuild the Gaza strip that is governed by Hamas.”

Now all that would have been hope and change that we could have voted on.
I have no expectations that libs will be able to concentrate long enough to read this.


I read this article today.....
Do you think America should remove anti-American and anti-Jewish political grandstanding from the podium of the General Assembly?

Legislation will seize U.N.
property amid continual anti-American, anti-Jewish sentiment

( WASHINGTON, DC ) – U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-Littleton) introduced legislation today that would effectively move the United Nations headquarters out of the United States. The legislation is being introduced amid incessant anti-American and anti-Jewish political grandstanding from the podium of the General Assembly.


“The U.N. has coddled brutal dictators, anti-Semites, state sponsors of terrorism, and nuclear proliferators – while excluding democratic countries from membership and turning a blind eye to humanitarian tragedies and gross violations of human rights around the globe,” Tancredo said. “The U.N.’s continued presence in the United States is an embarrassment to our nation, and the time has come for this ineffective organization to pack its bags and hit the road.
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The United Nations is hosting dictators from around the world this week, including President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran’s brutal dictator. His speech has drawn thousands of protestors in New York City.


Tancredo’s bill, dubbed the U.N. Eviction Act, would direct Attorney General Michael Mukasey to initiate condemnation proceedings against all United Nations properties within the United States, and sell the property to the highest bidder on the open market. The proceeds will be given to the Treasury Department to pay down the national debt. The bill would also bar the future purchase of property in the United States or U.S. territories by the U.N. or any of its agencies, and revokes the diplomatic privileges and immunities that U.N. officials and representatives currently enjoy.


“I refuse to sit idly by while Americans are forced to host Islamofascist dictators, like Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, so they can spew anti-American rhetoric just blocks from Ground Zero,” Tancredo continued.


The United Nations, an organization known for its bureaucracy and conciliatory actions, has become a showcase for anti-American dictators like Hugo Chavez, Fidel Castro and, of course, Ahmadinejad. The organization has also become little more than a rubber stamp for Chinese and Russian foreign policy initiatives – blocking membership by the democratic nation of Taiwan in the world body, and failing to take any meaningful steps to halt the ongoing genocide in Sudan or the illicit nuclear programs in North Korea and Iran.


“If the U.N. is so keen to accommodate the foreign policy demands of rogue nations and dictatorships, perhaps the world body might be more comfortable relocating to one,” concluded Tancredo. “I’m sure Ban Ki-Moon will have no trouble securing a new location in downtown Pyongyang or Tehran.
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I agree with the first two questions...they seem to be more bad, than good!
I meant, first two answers! Thanks guys..


this is a newspaper article. i was wondering literally HOW education can get you out of poverty:

"It felt like our whole future had been destroyed."

Returning from hiding to her village in Sierra Leone, 15-year-old Mary Smart was stunned to find her classroom burned to the ground by rebels. The rebels ransacked her school and killed her teachers, as they had done countless times across the country, in the hope of keeping the population uneducated. But it didn't work. Now that the country's civil war is over – with largely peaceful elections held last month – Mary and others have begun returning to class, refusing to have their education taken from them.

Mary wants to be a lawyer, she says. That way, she can defend the rights of other children to ensure they also get to go to school.

This is the kind of success story that next Saturday's International Literacy Day is meant to honour.

But while we are celebrating stories like Mary's, we must remember just how low on the world's list of priorities literacy has become. Less than 3 per cent of official development assistance is spent on education, with just a fraction of that going to literacy programs. While it would cost just $7 billion (U.S.) to teach every person to read and write, one in six is illiterate.

By contrast, the U.S. and Europe alone spend upwards of $18 billion every year on makeup products.

That's a discouraging disparity. It means that there are still 120 million children not in primary school and that nearly a billion people cannot read papers like this one.

No one doubts that even a basic education is vital. The UN estimates that earning potential increases by as much as 10 per cent for every year of schooling. Basic literacy vastly improves a family's quality of life: they are better able to find jobs, prevent diseases and protect their rights and dignity.

What's key about education is that it allows people to lift themselves out of poverty. It's not charity, but rather a long-term and sustainable path to development.

Countries in the developing world, from Brazil to Senegal, are becoming aware of these benefits and in recent years have introduced national literacy strategies.

Ethiopia's initiative is called the Education Sector Development Program. It provides alternative learning for children not in school, literacy classes for youth and even basic skills training for adults.

With a literacy rate of only 41 per cent, the program will go a long way in helping ordinary Ethiopians out of poverty. It is expected to reach more then five million people by 2011.

But these countries are struggling to fund their programs. Kenya spends just over $30 per person on education, while China spends about $20. Canada spends nearly $1,500 per person on education.

Part of the problem is that many developing world countries are saddled with debt repayment, diverting billions of dollars a year away from social services. Burkina Faso spends five times more on its debt than it does on education.

That is where the developed world can help. By dropping crippling debt repayments for countries that show good governance, the West can ensure poor nations have more money for education.

And by linking aid and trade deals to education spending, countries can know that their money is being put to good use.

Three per cent of official development assistance is simply not enough. Because, as Stephen Lewis once said, "education is the solution to everything."
what would happen if this problem isn't corrected?