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Posted: Apr 25, 2012 - 6:35pm

sharkartist wrote:

High time to put America back in the hands and control of those we can feel really confident about

I thought that was how he always looked? Whats different? {#Stupid}

Posted: Apr 25, 2012 - 6:32pm

sharkartist wrote:

High time to put America back in the hands and control of those we can feel really confident about

thanks, Sharky!

Posted: Apr 25, 2012 - 5:47pm

High time to put America back in the hands and control of those we can feel really confident about

Posted: Apr 25, 2012 - 2:39pm

steeler wrote:

Are you?

No, that's why I asked. It would be terrible to assume.

Are there others ?

Posted: Apr 25, 2012 - 2:36pm

kurtster wrote:

Are you sure ?

Are you?

Posted: Apr 25, 2012 - 2:35pm

sirdroseph wrote:

I disagree, I don't think it hurts anything to talk about it and sheds a light on the new class of robber barons.

See below.

Posted: Apr 25, 2012 - 2:35pm

romeotuma wrote:

I disagree... I think those statistics are useful to calculate the root of the problem...

Corporate Taxes And The .01 Percent

More About Corporate Taxes And The .01 Percent

If we are talking about adjusting tax rates and tax reform , then, yes, talking about the .01 percent makes sense.

Expanding to lay the blame for everything upon those within the .01 percent makes less sense.

Posted: Apr 25, 2012 - 2:25pm

steeler wrote:

Le me guess. {#Think}

Obama?

Are you sure ?

Posted: Apr 25, 2012 - 2:23pm

steeler wrote:

Let's not get too hung up on the 99% vs. the 1% slogan. That's all it is — a slogan.

Promoting an us vs. them strategy is not the answer to this particular puzzle.

I disagree, I don't think it hurts anything to talk about it and sheds a light on the new class of robber barons.

Posted: Apr 25, 2012 - 2:17pm

kurtster wrote:

Its the slogan of class warfare.

And who is talking about class and class warfare the most these days ?

Le me guess. {#Think}

Obama?

Posted: Apr 25, 2012 - 2:13pm

steeler wrote:

Let's not get too hung up on the 99% vs. the 1% slogan. That's all it is — a slogan.

Promoting an us vs. them strategy is not the answer to this particular puzzle.

Its the slogan of class warfare.

And who is talking about class and class warfare the most these days ?

Posted: Apr 25, 2012 - 2:11pm

Let's not get too hung up on the 99% vs. the 1% slogan. That's all it is — a slogan.

Promoting an us vs. them strategy is not the answer to this particular puzzle.

Posted: Apr 25, 2012 - 1:46pm

romeotuma wrote:

Do you think everybody who works in the government is in the rich 1%? Do you think the mayor of Clinton, Missouri is a billionaire?

Ah, but you equate the 1% to someone being "rich".

The 1% is about power, privilege and influence, not about dollars owned.

The 1% is about living off of the backs of the productive, while making the rules and shaping the lives for them.

Posted: Apr 25, 2012 - 1:39pm

hippiechick wrote:

who has no idea how the 99% live.

Nor do any of our elected officials*, I'm afraid, so you need to let go of this one and focus on something that may actually be of some interest/use.

*They may have known at one time, but taking office does a great job of erasing one's memory and/or causing one to realize it's a hopeless mess anyway, so why not accept all of the favor$?

Posted: Apr 25, 2012 - 1:03pm

hippiechick wrote:

who has no idea how the 99% live.

Do you think anyone in the govt is part of the 99%?

Posted: Apr 25, 2012 - 8:55am

mitt.

Posted: Apr 25, 2012 - 8:25am

romeotuma wrote:

This article is not about Obama, and not about either dude's childhood... this article is about what an incredible liar Romney is... you should read the whole article... that is just one example... Romney will lie about his position about any issues; he will lie about his opponents; he will do whatever he can to beguile people into voting for him... he is a real snake in the grass...

who has no idea how the 99% live.

Posted: Apr 25, 2012 - 5:44am

kurtster wrote:

While Obama may not have been born with a silver spoon in his mouth, he has had a life and education that rivals anyone 'born' in that condition. He was never bad off in any sense other than the broken marraige of his parents. His life in Indonesia was charmed and when he moved back to Hawaii at age age 10 to live with his grandparents it took on that silver spoon quality. His grandfather was a succesful salesman and his grandmother was the vice president of the Bank of Hawaii. Poor people, eh ?

His education in Hawaii was at one of the most privilaged and exclusive schools in the world. He attended Punahou School, a private college preparatory school, from fifth grade until his graduation from high school in 1979. Then Columbia and Harvard. If that ain't a silver spoon life, I don't know what is.

I laugh my flippen arse off every time I hear Obama say he wasn't born with a silver spoon in his mouth. While, technically, he may be correct, he obviously is shall we say, grossly misrepresenting his life. One might even call him a liar about it.

Obama shared the luck of birth to receive the life and education, just the same as Romney. Because they were both children, they were given what they had as children.

Well, most people are given what they had as children, because they were children.

However, there is no way that you can compare someone who has had servants all his life with someone who has been offered a few benefits, which he would not have had if he wasn't extremely smart.

Besides, the point isn't that Romney has money, no one denies him that. It is that he has absolutely no idea how the real people live, as he has proved over and over again.

Posted: Apr 25, 2012 - 3:57am

romeotuma wrote:

Mitt Romney: Professional Liar
by Robert Parry
Consortium News
April 23, 2012

Take for example, Romney’s response to President Barack Obama’s comment last week at a community college in Elyria, Ohio. Obama noted that he wasn’t from a rich family and needed help from others to get the education that allowed him to make his way in the world.

At Lorain County Community College, Obama said: “Somebody gave me an education. I wasn’t born with a silver spoon in my mouth. Michelle (Obama) wasn’t. But somebody gave us a chance. Just like these folks up here are looking for a chance.”

While Obama may not have been born with a silver spoon in his mouth, he has had a life and education that rivals anyone 'born' in that condition. He was never bad off in any sense other than the broken marraige of his parents. His life in Indonesia was charmed and when he moved back to Hawaii at age age 10 to live with his grandparents it took on that silver spoon quality. His grandfather was a succesful salesman and his grandmother was the vice president of the Bank of Hawaii. Poor people, eh ?

His education in Hawaii was at one of the most privilaged and exclusive schools in the world. He attended Punahou School, a private college preparatory school, from fifth grade until his graduation from high school in 1979. Then Columbia and Harvard. If that ain't a silver spoon life, I don't know what is.

I laugh my flippen arse off every time I hear Obama say he wasn't born with a silver spoon in his mouth. While, technically, he may be correct, he obviously is shall we say, grossly misrepresenting his life. One might even call him a liar about it.

Obama shared the luck of birth to receive the life and education, just the same as Romney. Because they were both children, they were given what they had as children.

Posted: Apr 24, 2012 - 10:59pm

romeotuma wrote:

Mitt Romney: Professional Liar
by Robert Parry
Consortium News
April 23, 2012

I like the article but venturing into the reader comments sucked away part of my soul.