700 Billion Buy out plan defeated.....

[Spartan Rex]

I wouldn't say Rex gets it. Thats stretching the truth to the breaking point.

They have the majority. BFD! That doesn't mean if this bill was so great it couldn't have gotten passed. If its as bad as I think it is then we should be glad it didn't.

I'm gonna lay blame at the feet of the Republicans cause they had a majority long enough to help us from getting here.

Holy ^^^^^ Josh.
Do even hear yourself?
You totally gloss over the power and responsibility of the majority party just so you can blame the GOP.
What partisan crap.
Man up and say they blew it.
I did for my party.

 

[Fubeca]

Loans may not have been the best option but we should as a society do what we can to help those who can't help themslevse. Again, there will be those that take advantage but it works for both ends.

Yup! And that is why these companies deserved to go under since they did bad loans. If they follow the rules then better programs can come out for the less fortunate, like school teachers

I'm not going to sit here and say it all lays at the feet of the Republicans. The other side gets its fair share but the Right was in power for a very very long time and in power enough to do these things.

We'll actually over the last 16 years Dems have been in more control...

 

[Mesa]

Yup! And that is why these companies deserved to go under since they did bad loans. If they follow the rules then better programs can come out for the less fortunate, like school teachers


We'll actually over the last 16 years Dems have been in more control...

This was a build up, that's for sure. You don't dig yourselves into this sort of problem in just one or two administrations. It goes back for multiple presidents and a failure of a bi-partisan congress to get anything in place.

 

[Spartan Rex]

Josh,
Tell me your playing Halo 2 tonight you #%& douche

 

[Fubeca]

This was a build up, that's for sure. You don't dig yourselves into this sort of problem in just one or two administrations. It goes back for multiple presidents and a failure of a bi-partisan congress to get anything in place.

I like you Mesa! You think rationally, and that is why threads like this get shut down cuz people can talk politics rationally! Start swearing and all!

 

[The Josh]

Josh,
Tell me your playing Halo 2 tonight you #%& douche

I may play Halo 3.
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Yes, the Dem's have been in power some as well but the immediate stuff right now the blame falls on the right. Having said that there's plenty to go around.

 

[Mesa]

I like you Mesa! You think rationally, and that is why threads like this get shut down cuz people can talk politics rationally! Start swearing and all!

Don't worry, I'll speak some truth later and someone wont be able to refute it, get offended, and then we'll be on our way to a lock.

I listened to this all day. For lunch I watched CNN in the break room. I think I'm actually starting to understand what's going on.

Discussing this issue at work, this is a conclusion I've reached:

Republicans choose to come to a decision based on facts and process information very analytically.

Democrats choose to form their opinions based on emotional responses and issues.

*ducks for cover*

 

[The Josh]

Don't worry, I'll speak some truth later and someone wont be able to refute it, get offended, and then we'll be on our way to a lock.

I listened to this all day. For lunch I watched CNN in the break room. I think I'm actually starting to understand what's going on.

Discussing this issue at work, this is a conclusion I've reached:

Republicans choose to come to a decision based on facts and process information very analytically.

Democrats choose to form their opinions based on emotional responses and issues.

*ducks for cover*

Typical Republican response Mesa. You'll give YOUR truth and the republicans are great while anyone who doesn't is "emotional" or a democrat.

 

[Spartan Rex]

I may play Halo 3.
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Yes, the Dem's have been in power some as well but the immediate stuff right now the blame falls on the right. Having said that there's plenty to go around.

Yeah H3

 

[The Josh]

Yeah H3

I knew what you meant. Is that bad?

Isn't Live down today though?

 

[Spartan Rex]

I knew what you meant. Is that bad?

Isn't Live down today though?

There you dems go again, trying to read my mind again

Yeah Live is down.
Finished Unleashed last night, wasnt wild about the ending.

 

[Mesa]

Typical Republican response Mesa. You'll give YOUR truth and the republicans are great while anyone who doesn't is "emotional" or a democrat.

There's no point in even debating with you Josh. You've offered ZERO factual evidence to support why you feel the way you do and pretty much all of your responses have been emotional and off the cuff. Meanwhile, I've provided facts that are perfectly verifiable online (i've provided links for most of them), but get no meaningful response or counter logic. Some of the stuff you have provided has been flat out wrong, like stating McCain was supporting the Paulson economic bill.

Unless we can discuss in facts, what's the point?


Edit: looking back, links are scattered throughout all the political threads I've been "contributing" to lately, but happy to get they'd actually be considered

 

[Bannister]

I like you Mesa! You think rationally

Not when it comes to Muslims.

 

[Mesa]

Not when it comes to Muslims.

Yeah, I've reconsidered my thought on that. I feel a little bad for being so ignorant on that issue. I realize my mistake in my thought process, painting with such a broad brush. Won't change the way I vote though.

Edit: I think what helped open my eyes just a little was the latest bombing of the Marriot in Islamabad that was targeting the political leaders there. And the response of that country's leaders. There terrorists are a scourge on the planet willing to take anyone and everyone out that doesn't believe in their twisted views.

 

[Bannister]

Yeah, I've reconsidered my thought on that. I feel a little bad for being so ignorant on that issue. I realize my mistake in my thought process, painting with such a broad brush. Won't change the way I vote though.

That's good. I still hate everybody.

 

[Spartan Rex]

There's no point in even debating with you Josh. You've offered ZERO factual evidence to support why you feel the way you do and pretty much all of your responses have been emotional and off the cuff. Meanwhile, I've provided facts that are perfectly verifiable online (i've provided links for most of them), but get no meaningful response or counter logic. Some of the stuff you have provided has been flat out wrong, like stating McCain was supporting the Paulson economic bill.

Unless we can discuss in facts, what's the point?


Edit: looking back, links are scattered throughout all the political threads I've been "contributing" to lately, but happy to get they'd actually be considered

Yeah you suck Josh

 

[drbrad1975]

Pelosi is an idiot. I can say that without any kind of an issue.

WOW..something I can agree with you on!!

 

[Darklord Dave]

I wouldn't call Pelosi an idiot, but her partisanship makes her less effective as a Speaker than she should be.

 

[Kabukiman]

I don't get this whole economy thing, I really don't, so I'm not going to get into the whole pissing match going on.

The thing that angers me, and maybe I'm misunderstanding the whole thing, is this: Why am I being asked to pay the debts of people who have been living beyond their means while I've been shlepping around like a schmuck, paying my bills and only taking loans that I can pay back?

 

[Mesa]

I don't get this whole economy thing, I really don't, so I'm not going to get into the whole pissing match going on.

The thing that angers me, and maybe I'm misunderstanding the whole thing, is this: Why am I being asked to pay the debts of people who have been living beyond their means while I've been shlepping around like a schmuck, paying my bills and only taking loans that I can pay back?

What a FANTASTIC question. You should give yourself more credit, you DO get this whole economy thing.

Shoot, if I had known the government was going to finance my home, I would have bought one 3X as big.