weekendwarrior

I updated my sig to something more appropriate...

Im gonna stock pile it in my bathtub and in open buckets around my gas heater.

I'm sure they're getting better with time. "Made in Japan" used to mean "crap," too, funny as that seems now.

Honestly, even if they made great stuff, it's the slave labor stealing American jobs that I'll always object to.

I give ya a double hooah

the attempted repealing of constitutional rights? gun control to be one. Sean can tell you all about that one

c'mon dude the government is getting control over too much its painstakingly obvious to see

ughhhh keeev sooo misinformed you are, the Obama administration has not made any moves towards limiting our 2nd amendment rights, it's not even in their agenda for god's sake. In fact there were pro second amendment rulings in the supreme court to lift the handgun ban's in DC and several other ban areas. It's not the government that constantly tries to restrict our 2nd amendment rights, it's the lobbyist and special interest groups. God daing kev, dude just do a little more research that doesn't involve Fox news. Your parents are a bad news source.

All this talk about socialism, and yet the government hasn't done anything socialist. Plllllease look up the definition of socialism and then site specifically what the administration has done that is socialist. I shall prepare my rebuttal.

holy sh!t kev i know you MUST be joking, do you even know what the definition of communism is? It's definitely not government run healthcare, or anything the administration has done so far or will ever do. If the government even thinks about going towards communism I'll be the first one in the street with a rifle and the good ol star spangled banner.

I know you're not a liberal, I'm just saying you don't use good info and actual events to back up your political stance, It's like my friends and parents are conservative so fuuuuuu it I'll be concervative too, c'mon dude break the chain and realize the GOP doesn't look out for your interests....ever.

Belittle Obama through polls?

He does it to himself

I am...uh...talking to you today about...uhh where did my teleprompter go

If you can't even speak to people without a teleprompter telling you what you say, we might as well have a monkey with a hat as the Commander in Cheif.

At least a monkey can do cool tricks

You disappoint me kev, you're just like the liberal college anti-war stoners, alotta strong opinions but absolutely nothing to back them up. I just really wish you didn't choose sides in politics based on how someone speaks or their color, it's bad for america. The monkey thing is just immature.

But since you were talking about monkeys

two can play that game :)

Increasingly, they 'earn' it by rigging the system to their advantage. In this country, it's usually by shutting out labor. Which is why so much of our manufacturing is now in China. poke you, American worker!

The money that corporations earn under the generous umbrella of protection afforded by our democracy is largely untaxed. They aren't paying their fair share, it's as simple as that. America was a better place when the corporate tax rate was higher. Better schools, better infrastructure, better standard of living for working stiffs. Sorry if that term offends anyone here, but, delusional thinking aside, that's what the majority of us are. Working stiffs. People who trade their labor for money. To your second point, the only people who think we need to rein in spending during an economic downturn of this magnitude are the very people who drove our economy into the ditch to begin with: The Wall Street moneyed elite.

Contrary to popular belief, conservative Presidents in recent history are the ones who have run up big deficits. It's the Democrats who have been more fiscally responsible. The economy is "weak" (what an understatement) right now because the GOP broke it. Now you want to get us out of the mess they created using the same methods that caused this debacle? These aren't "feel good" social programs. Banks aren't lending and business isn't spending. At the very least, we need government confidence expressed thru government spending to get the economy going again. At the worst, we need to do it to avoid the social unrest that will occur if the economy collapses completely.

My friend you said it perrrrrfectly.

Weekend, you use the same rhetoric any other anti-corporation sheep uses to argue against big business. Companies that produce overseas are not small business. Companies that produce overseas do so because the US government provides incentives to do so, such as subsidies and lax trade restrictions. There isn't any data out there to support one way or the other, as most of it is reported by the companies to the government.

We are a part of a global economy, and overseas productions/services are beneficial to business. Saying otherwise is outright ignorant. Raising taxes in an economy where small business is struggling to stay alive will inhibit domestic job growth. Why hire an American for 40k, 50k, 60k when you can do so much cheaper overseas? This not only keeps the business running but also keeps those working for it working. China has even noticed this and is moving towards its own form of capitalism. Makes you think...

Yes, but absolutely not beneficial to the citizen, they exported a tremendous amount of jobs/goods production to china, india, mexico, etc. All for what!? Higher profits?! Do those profits come back to US? no Do they go to the rich investors and CEOs? yes IT IS A SOLID FACT THAT EXPORTING BUSINESS PRODUCTION OUT OF COUNTRY HURTS THE COUNTRY, you can argue all you want but in the end there is less jobs for americans, the country imports more than it exports, and corporations get rich. You're forgetting that there should be a balance between import and export, the more you export the more $$ you make. China has been doing their own form of capitalism for well over 10 years, you're way late there bud. The tax cuts should expire and a new set should be in put place, give tax cuts to businesses producing on us soil to the middle class and to the small business owner, and tax the businesses outsourcing jobs overseas. Like i said to start out the cuts benefit the wealthiest the most, not the small business owners and not the average citizen, its this imbalance that makes me not want to support the renewal. Just saying tax cuts are awsome, but only if they're balanced.

Who do you think employs the middle class? Who are the entrepreneurs and innovators of modern society? Small businesses that make 350k a year (and that IS small) will have their taxes increase. This will stifle economic growth as companies find ways to reduce the impacts of the taxes. Corporations are not bad. A few are bad, but that doesn't provide for impeding entrepreneurship and innovation, which brought the U.S. to its commanding position on the global scale. Unfortunately that position is more fantasy than reality with the tumultuous deficit spending and ever tightening grasp on an economy that grew under a laissez faire approach.

sooooo thats why most large us "born" corporations exported their production overseas huh? makes a lotta sense

All mainstream news has opinion interjected into it, whether it be directly with the newscasters or indirectly with omission of parts of the story.

I had hoped an issue regarding government would have come up but I mistakenly made it about Fox again. So...Obama, Obama...why let tax cuts expire that would potentially affect small businesses, who you apparently are a voice for? Small businesses often put profit as the owner's income, which in turn puts small business owners in the demographic of the "elite" that ought to pay more taxes when Bush's cuts expire.

I believe you have your facts misconstrued here, the bush tax cuts aren't made for you or the SMALL business owner silly, they're for people making well over 350,000 a year. These oh so richeous cuts were disguised and passed in order so all the rich fat republicans sitting in their ranches can keep more of their money. People keep forgetting just how much the government loves helping rich people and constantly f-ing the middle class, they play some hoakie story on fox and cnn to convince us these tax cuts are crucial to our economy and its recovery throw in some out-of-context "facts" and all of a sudden you forget that less than 5% of the population owns more than 80% of the wealth in us and happily nod in agreement. Don't take the media's word for what exactly these tax cuts are, dig a little deeper and I guarantee you opinion will change.

to add: why yes, they do somewhat benefit the lower and middle class, but the gains for the extremely wealthy are just retarded.

I'm not saying NBC or CNN or ABC is any better, all of the mainstream media outlets bash and bash the political affiliation they oppose, sadly it's almost like "fair reporting" and politics are two things that don't mix on the american airwaves anymore makes me very sad :(

I get all my news from reading Drudge and Huffington Post by the way.

so why argue for fox?

I think we're missing the main point here... fox is full of sh!t, and the republican population refuses to watch anything else, so eventually they are bound to be full of sh!t as well

Fox 'News' is poking up American politics on purpose by airing make-believe 'news' stories designed to stir up race-resentment and bigotry.

Yeeeeesssss!!! Thank you Jesus, someone else besides me sees this!

I want SOuth Korean style parliamentary debate, fists fling and chairs being tossed.

Yeeeeeessss!!! Thank you Jesus, someone else besides me thinks of this!

prove it and call them out on it. show me where they lied. dont forget, some of this is personal opinion or point of view. and thats hard to debate.

No one of reputable news organization has or can. I keep waiting but the left just calls names with no facts or info.

You put a uniform on, you should read the Constitution.

And then see what happened.

I suspect the younger generation of the Ipod and 30 second sound bites doesnt take the time to read.

but if you dont see the issues with his personnel choices, and the people Obama trained under or emulated, then you are being naive and dishonest perhaps, to your self.

I've seen my spectrum of 'leaders' and politicos, and will take my chances that people who emulate founding fathers and use their documents as creedo are on the right path.

You can roll the dice with these leftist elites all you want.

Yes, but they never say "this is just opinions", i feel like people who watch fox are led to believe that these opinions are legit solid facts, and as much as i would love to agree with you i can't, fox never went after the bush administration...why? Because it's all partisan media I'm dumb!!!

I was there in 2004 yelling at the top of my lungs "four more years!", i am not a lefty, but i don't agree with how fox does their business. The facts are constantly taken out of context, quotes chop shopped, and just a general lack of any fairness in their reporting. I mean...TERRORIST FIST JAB?! C'mon people!? They just say "We have facts" and everyone goes for it because there's no other republican-tilted news station.

I know, I try to live in the present. I was never a cheer leader for Bush and Co. realize that. No one really represents my position and beliefs.

We're so civil.

But during Bush I never worried about my security. Just the Constitution a bit, but these guys really scare me , no kidding.

Hmm haven't heard much Clinton stuff from him, but his team invented the art of personal destruction.

And Bush ne3vfer hung with Jeremia Wright, or bomber bill ayers, or commie van jones. You should look into who he mentored with, some scary people.

Unless you are a Socialist or progressive, then hes your guy.

1000th post in Obama Nation!

OH noes! wingnut you're like senator palpatine, we thought you were a good guy but you're actually on the dark side Tell me you don't really watch Glen Beck, or at least consider him and O'reilly legitimate sources of political news? I mean what they say is outrageous, some times border line straight out lying.

We can never let military trump civilian rule. Thats what a well maintained civilian militia is for.

Unless some wacko takes over WH, and runs up massive debt, forces socialistic ideals, hires 'progressive' czars that dont have to answer to the congress, debases our values, weakens our borders, destroys our currency, and controls the media to thwart his opponents ideas and opinions...

Wait a minute...

By god, WINGNUT is actually.... GLENN BECK!!! Tum!Tum!Tuuuuuum! :lol:

It wasn't McCrystal's first offense, he was slapped on the wrist the first time it happened.

Beurocratic duechebaggery <_<

Read my first line again. Its insubordination.

He should have known that doosh ( the author) was out to get him. He's in Afghanistan now trying to make US look bad again.

Shoulda taken him out on patrol and left him out there. Prick.

And the Generals staff should know better than to let that little prick hang around.

Exactly, the president is at the very top of the chain of command, and McCrystal was his subordinate. I know the concept of authority is difficult for some civilians to understand, but the military isn't your local domino's, you don't bad mouth the boss in public and get away with it. IN FACT I think Obama should of not let McCrystal keep his four star rank, he should have "retired" as a two star. If I was to say I disagree with my commander's policy to a local news paper I would be fired instantaneously. Also you guys are very very confused about who McCrystal is and what he has done, first off his ROE policy really monkeyed stuff up for the ground troops in the hot zone. You have to go through like 100 people in order to drop one bomb, now imagine yourself ducking behind a rock getting shot at by 30 some dirka dirka's and having to wait and sit on your radio for 20 minutes just to get approval for close air support. In a firefight five minutes can mean the difference between life or death, I'm extremely happy with Obama's decision to put Petraeus in charge, he's already changing the policy to make the ROE more clear so decisions can be made quickly, and save lives/put steel down range.

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first duty should be drill for oil domestically.....

Lol it's safe o say that was a Baaaaaaaaad idea

You know guys, i love my commander in chief, he's doing the right thing.