The 112th Congress: Debt ceiling edition

[Priceless]

Re: The 112th Congress: Debt ceiling edition

Life isn't always fair or equal. Can't say I know much about Vitter, so can't help you.

You could always do something radical, like click the link and learn more.

 

[ScoobyDoo]

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Life isn't always fair or equal. Can't say I know much about Vitter, so can't help you.

I gave you enough detail.

Weiner - broke no laws.
Vitter - broke the law.

It's pretty cut and dried.

 

[busterman62]

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I'd like an explanation as to why David Vitter was not pressured, and why he receives money from his Republican colleagues for his reelection efforts? He in fact broke the law.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/09/david-vitter-anthony-weiner-_n_873393.html

I'm shocked, shocked to find that there's hypocrisy in DC

 

[Handyman]

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Life isn't always fair or equal. Can't say I know much about Vitter, so can't help you.

He was caught being a customer of the D.C. madam. To be more vulgar...he was paying for whores while in Washington.

So here is what we know thanks to our GOP friends: teachers make too much money, $150k is barely enough for people to live on, sending naked pictures is deserving of losing your job but paying for sex is not. Some people like to joke that the world of the GOP is backwards, well apparently being rich is being poor, being poor means you make too much, doing something illegal is ok but if you dont break the law you are screwed.

God I love politics...I wish the Dems were this creative As it is they just suck

 

[Bob Gray]

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You could always do something radical, like click the link and learn more.

Some of us aren't into reading up on every D.C. scandal, as there is more to life. That said, if he's guilty of such things, he should also go, no question. There, happy?

 

[ScoobyDoo]

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I don't know why anybody (of either party) resigns from the House after stuff like this. The voters decide every two years -- they can fire him if they want.

The press conference was entertaining. Shouts out from New Yorkers about him being a pervert, member length, etc. etc.

 

[Kepler]

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The press conference was entertaining. Shouts out from New Yorkers about him being a pervert, member length, etc. etc.

Give it 5 years. He'll be mayor. It's not "a dead girl or a live boy."

 

[walrus]

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The press conference was entertaining. Shouts out from New Yorkers about him being a pervert, member length, etc. etc.

It was Howard Stern show doing the heckling and it was quite funny. Nice showing by his wife

 

[Priceless]

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I'm shocked, shocked to find that there's hypocrisy in DC

Odd that prominent Democrats called for his resignation, yet when Vitter admitted to breaking the law so many prominent Republicans not only supported him, but gave him money. Seems the hypocrisy exists on one side of the aisle here, not a DC-thing like you suggest.

 

[busterman62]

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Odd that prominent Democrats called for his resignation, yet when Vitter admitted to breaking the law so many prominent Republicans not only supported him, but gave him money. Seems the hypocrisy exists on one side of the aisle here, not a DC-thing like you suggest.

I'm shocked, shocked to find that you see only the Repubs as hypocrites.

 

[Priceless]

Re: The 112th Congress: Debt ceiling edition

I'm shocked, shocked to find that you see only the Repubs as hypocrites.

You want to explain how the Democrats are being hypocrites about this?

Republican gets in trouble (after campaigning on "family values") = GOP support and money; Democrats call for him to resign = he doesn't resign
Democrat gets in trouble (after NOT campaigning on "family values") = Democrats and Republicans calling for him to resign = he resigns

Show me where the Democrats are displaying hypocrisy there.

 

[Wol4ine]

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He was caught being a customer of the D.C. madam. To be more vulgar...he was paying for whores while in Washington.

So here is what we know thanks to our GOP friends: teachers make too much money, $150k is barely enough for people to live on, sending naked pictures is deserving of losing your job but paying for sex is not. Some people like to joke that the world of the GOP is backwards, well apparently being rich is being poor, being poor means you make too much, doing something illegal is ok but if you dont break the law you are screwed.

God I love politics...I wish the Dems were this creative As it is they just suck

Mary Jo Kopechne FTW.

I do think teachers are overpaid.

The National Institute for Literacy estimates that 47% of adults (more than 200,000 individuals) in the City of Detroit are functionally illiterate,..

Detroit spends over $15,000 per pupil. That's more than 50% above the national average. So how are we Nationally?

The results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress revealed that U.S. schoolchildren have made little progress since 2006 in their understanding of key historical themes, including the basic principles of democracy and America's role in the world.

Only 20% of U.S. fourth-graders and 17% of eighth-graders who took the 2010 history exam were "proficient" or "advanced," unchanged since the test was last administered in 2006. Proficient means students have a solid understanding of the material.

The news was even more dire in high school, where 12% of 12th-graders were proficient, unchanged since 2006. More than half of all seniors posted scores at the lowest achievement level, "below basic."

I don't care if they are volunteers, if you hit below the Mendoza Line, you're overpaid. For those of you that think Sarah Palin is too stupid to be elected POTUS, consider that by your definition, she represents 88% of 12th graders. So next time you mention how ignorant she is, throw a little criticism toward her teachers.

 

[Foxton]

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I don't care if they are volunteers, if you hit below the Mendoza Line, you're overpaid. For those of you that think Sarah Palin is too stupid to be elected POTUS, consider that by your definition, she represents 88% of 12th graders. So next time you mention how ignorant she is, throw a little criticism toward her teachers.

HAHAHAHA AHA AHAHAHAHAHAHAHa

 

[Wol4ine]

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HAHAHAHA AHA AHAHAHAHAHAHAHa

Laughs the guy that thinks working in a 19th century factory is unfavorable to being a slave.

 

[leswp1]

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He was caught being a customer of the D.C. madam. To be more vulgar...he was paying for whores while in Washington.

So here is what we know thanks to our GOP friends: teachers make too much money, $150k is barely enough for people to live on, sending naked pictures is deserving of losing your job but paying for sex is not. Some people like to joke that the world of the GOP is backwards, well apparently being rich is being poor, being poor means you make too much, doing something illegal is ok but if you dont break the law you are screwed.

God I love politics...I wish the Dems were this creative As it is they just suck

I read this as OK if you break the law and are screwed- as in if you think about the deed not OK, do the deed OK / It has been a long day.....

 

[Foxton]

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Laughs the guy that thinks working in a 19th century factory is unfavorable to being a slave.

Lol, there are a whole lot of children who want their body parts back.

Oh and I said they could be compared unfavorably to slavery.

 

[joecct]

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You want to explain how the Democrats are being hypocrites about this?

Republican gets in trouble (after campaigning on "family values") = GOP support and money; Democrats call for him to resign = he doesn't resign
Democrat gets in trouble (after NOT campaigning on "family values") = Democrats and Republicans calling for him to resign = he resigns

Show me where the Democrats are displaying hypocrisy there.

Good points, and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a fine example of absolute power corrupting absolutely. The party in power does not seem to think it is a problem. Until the voters disagree with that assessment, they have the right to behave badly.

 

[leswp1]

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Good points, and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a fine example of absolute power corrupting absolutely. The party in power does not seem to think it is a problem. Until the voters disagree with that assessment, they have the right to behave badly.

Of course you have to have someone else who isn't an idiot to vote for. Choices in my neck of the woods are bad and worse.

 

[Slap Shot]

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What's there to refute. He doesn't even try to make any serious economic arguments to support his opinion even though the whole purpose of his submission is to divert any blame for the economy away from Obama. His whole premise is wrong. It's nothing but a liberal rant to blame Bush and the conservatives for all our economic woes. He's just like Obama. The private sector is evil and the government is here to save us. He says the private sector caused this economic recession. Give me a break. Even if you accept the premise that all lenders are greedy, we never could have had the housing bubble and all the issues with derivatives, CDOs, etc. unless government policy was creating the environment for those problems to grow in, including the Fed making credit so cheap with artificially low interest rates.

Dear Parise - there were so many factors that contributed to housing collapse alone that they nearly render the government's participation moot. You like so many toadies forget to mention large inflows of foreign funds during this time frame, the bursting of the United States housing bubble, the increase in loan incentives that encouraged borrowers (whom never should have bought in the first place) to believe they would be able to quickly refinance at more favorable terms later on, automated underwriting practices which didn't adequately analyze the ability of borrowers to repay, the inability of buyers to make their mortgage payments (due primarily to adjustable-rate mortgages resetting, borrowers overextending to mortgages more than 4x their annual income, the jobs market, predatory lending, and speculation), overbuilding during the boom period, risky mortgage products, self-regulating by banks, high personal and corporate debt levels (Americans were saving less than ever before in hour history during this time period and household debt skyrocketed), financial products that distributed and perhaps concealed the risk of mortgage default, bad monetary and housing policies, international trade imbalances, and inadequate government regulation. Facts are lenders made loans that they knew borrowers could not afford. Never mind Wall Street's involvement on the financial side.

 

[Bakunin]

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Lol, there are a whole lot of children who want their body parts back.

...but enough about China.