Cable News Ratings for Friday, November 9, 2012

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1. Doug Z

   Posted November 12, 2012 at 7:27 PM

   FBI Agents Reportedly Raid Home of Petraeus’ Alleged Mistress Paula Broadwell

   FBI agents on Monday night raided the home of Paula Broadwell, the alleged mistress of former CIA director David Petraeus, WCNC reporter Dianne Gallagher reported via her official Twitter account.

   Gallagher said “two men with briefcases just showed up to the Broadwell home… ran inside.” The reporter also said later “dozens of people” showed up to the home, carrying bags and boxes inside, possibly to gather evidence.

   “FBI agents have been inside Paula Broadwell’s Dilworth home for about an hour now. About a dozen there, with bags/boxes, taking pics,” Gallagher added.

   She estimated the first two agents arriving at 8:40 p.m. EST. And as of 10 p.m. EST, the agents, which had since multiplied, were reportedly still inside presumably collecting evidence of some sor

2. Doug Z

   Posted November 12, 2012 at 7:29 PM

   Roughly a dozen FBI agents inside Paula Broadwell’s home now. Her neighbours say she’s been emailing from ‘undisclosed location’ w/ family

3. Doug Z

   Posted November 12, 2012 at 7:30 PM

   the FBI is here… I think there might be more than sex involved now.

4. TZCA

   Posted November 12, 2012 at 7:33 PM

   @Sam
   “Relax taxes will only be raised on the rich, unless all of you are bunch of billionaires !”
   We’ll all have to wait and see, though the Congressional Budget Office doesn’t seem to be agreeing with this comment.

   *******

   “To aid the unable and help those who fell behind until they are able to stand on their feet. You can’t be serious and tell me no let those people suffer and die !”

   As one who wants more checks and balances in the system you are calling ‘wale-fare,’ I don’t want anyone to suffer and die. I don’t want it to be a lifestyle. If someone exhausts their benefit and refuses to accept a low-paying job until they can find something better, and die as a consequence, then this is an unfortunate consequence of their own choice. I have too many first hand accounts of the system being gamed (even in my own upbringing) to the point I’m biased to believe there are far too many abuses of the system for it to be considered practical. It needs changed. Seniors should not have to worry about pending doom in the social security system. There are ways to ensure children are fed while able bodied parents are forced to find work, if not driven by their own hunger pains. You won’t sway me with emotional arguments of guilt.

   In regards to the duties of government to provide ‘wale-fare’, this goes way back to the federalist arguments of whether this should be a state or federal function. In other words, should states provide for the common good and welfare and the federal government only acts to ensure that no persons rights, liberties, and pursuits to happiness (pursuit of physical possession) are infringed upon in the process.

   In regards to paying taxes, it took the government 120 years to find a valid argument to rationalize the creation of a federal income tax, so I’m not so sure capitalism requires an income tax.

5. ninja

   Posted November 12, 2012 at 7:33 PM

   @ Sam alot of rich people wouldn’t have as much trouble about paying more if the government showed more responsibility with their money. Giving it to companies that go bankrupt, or people that don’t work and live better than they did when they were younger. Rich republicans give more to charity than dems.

6. TZCA

   Posted November 12, 2012 at 7:34 PM

   Faith3
   Posted November 12, 2012 at 7:19 PM
   Sorry,
   Not buying the “chicken or the egg argument”.

   *******

   OK. I didn’t much expect you would.

7. Doug Z

   Posted November 12, 2012 at 7:35 PM

   Can anyone imagine Monica Lewinsky’s house being raided? Not even Clinton was this psychopathic. The FBI looks like a bunch of keystone cops running around because their boss wants to look like he doing something. What could this homewrecker possibly know?
   Barry called Eric.
   Eric called Panetta.
   Panetta called Hillary.
   And panic has set in again.
   Lie.Cover.Destroy.Deny.
   The General is screwed.
   And here’s the NDAA at work.
   Amerika. Amerika.

8. Mark2

   Posted November 12, 2012 at 7:36 PM

   “How can anyone in their right mind favor cuts to the US military??”

   -How can anybody in their right might actually believe they can balance the budget without cutting our Defense spending. This is the problem with the loons on the right who don’t have a clue how the Federal Budget works.

9. Doug Z

   Posted November 12, 2012 at 7:40 PM

   Sad to see the FBI, being used as a thug blunt force. I hope the FBI can recover some respect after what Obama has done to the agency.

10. TZCA

    Posted November 12, 2012 at 7:41 PM

    Mark2
    Posted November 12, 2012 at 7:36 PM
    “How can anyone in their right mind favor cuts to the US military??”
    -How can anybody in their right might actually believe they can balance the budget without cutting our Defense spending. This is the problem with the loons on the right who don’t have a clue how the Federal Budget works
    *******
    Or the loons on the left who think the government can run indefinately without a budget and want to raise the debt ceiling every year and a half to the point ‘ceiling’ means nothing.

11. 1966

    Posted November 12, 2012 at 7:42 PM

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=_4qPTIwaOAM

12. Doug Z

    Posted November 12, 2012 at 7:44 PM

    This is disgusting. Are they trying to make it look like she actually is some kind of threat to support the convenient story that they didn’t finish investigating the affair until election night? I’m sure they’ll find “something”, however I doubt it was there before they were. This is just pathetic and disgusting. The more lies a person tells to cover up the truth, the more people get hurt. It’s bad enough that four of our finest are dead, now this bs? How dumb do they think we are?

13. ninja

    Posted November 12, 2012 at 7:47 PM

    @Sam my grandmother only spoke french when she started school, in 8th grade she won the state spelling be but she come from a family of of 13 kids and her help on the farm at the time was worth more than a high school education. Through hard work, she did ok.

14. Sam

    Posted November 12, 2012 at 7:48 PM

    @ TZCA,

    “I don’t want it to be a lifestyle. If someone exhausts their benefit and refuses to accept a low-paying job until they can find something better”

    So if a person who hold a college degree can’t find work, are you reasonably expecting the poor to find work ?

    ” I’m biased to believe there are far too many abuses of the system for it to be considered practical. It needs changed.”

    In any wale-fare system there are loopholes that results in abusing the system by people who don’t qualify to be included in that system. This happens all over the world not only in America. Now I’m not fine with that and I wish the government would be more serious about closing the loopholes of the wale-fare system. But the question is, why focusing so much on the loopholes of the wale-fare system rather than on the loopholes that let corporations like Apple pay only 1.9% in taxes and let Mitt Romney to pay less in taxes than a maid in NYC ??

    “In regards to the duties of government to provide ‘wale-fare’, this goes way back to the federalist arguments of whether this should be a state or federal function.”

    No it doesn’t since we already have crazy GOP governors who will be glad to let the poor and disabled suffer in favor to cutting taxes on the rich.

    “In regards to paying taxes, it took the government 120 years to find a valid argument to rationalize the creation of a federal income tax, so I’m not so sure capitalism requires an income tax.”

    Look in oil rich middle eastern countries, there are no income or corporate taxes because the government owns the oil production and therefore has its own means to supply and run the government duties. Who owns oil, insurance, banking …. in the US ? Certain number of individuals and corporations. Therefore, taxation should fall heavily on them because they are the biggest beneficiary of the capitalist system not the bus driver ! And if you’re saying that no one should pay taxes to the government then who is gonna build the roads and bridges ? who’s gonna fund the police, firefighters and the army ? AT&T ??!

15. Sam

    Posted November 12, 2012 at 7:54 PM

    @ ninja ,

    “Rich republicans give more to charity than dems.”

    They only give more to charity so they can pay less to the government, it’s not outta their “warm hearts” (not all of course).

    “my grandmother only spoke french when she started school, in 8th grade she won the state spelling be but she come from a family of of 13 kids and her help on the farm at the time was worth more than a high school education. Through hard work, she did ok.”

    That’s very inspiring. But keep in mind that the world today is different, challenges are getting harder and not everyone is lucky enough to be like your grandmother. A lot of people need a push to reach that level and stand on their own, only the government can provide such a push through the wale-fare system.

16. Mark2

    Posted November 12, 2012 at 7:55 PM

    @TZCA

    I believe that Obama should call the Republicans bluff and just let the Bush tax cuts expire. Then if they want spending cuts the following year, they’ll have to put forth cuts in tax loopholes and other deductions. The Republicans really don’t have much say so in the matter when it comes to raising taxes for the rich.

    However, I think Obama and the GOP will come up with a plan that will:

    1. Raise taxes fro the Rich
    2. Ged rid of many loopholes and deductions
    3. Cut Spending on Welare, Social Security, and Defense.

17. Mark2

    Posted November 12, 2012 at 7:55 PM

    ^for

18. Doug Z

    Posted November 12, 2012 at 7:56 PM

    BREAKING: FBI Is Busting into Paula Broadwell’s Home – Photos!

    If there was a real reason for the FBI to search her home wouldn’t it make more sense for it to have been weeks ago during the actual investigation? I mean, why wait until she’s been all over the news?

19. TZCA

    Posted November 12, 2012 at 7:56 PM

    @Sam
    Posted November 12, 2012 at 7:48 PM
    …….

    You will hear no defense from me for Corporate Welfare. The idea of multimillion or multibillion dollar enterprises scating off paying no corporate revenue tax when I pay nearly 50K in taxes (federal and state), I get angry.

    Simplify the dang tax code.

    In regards to RNC or DNC politicians supporting big business tax breaks in exchange for their precious contributions, there is enough blame for both sides.

20. TZCA

    Posted November 12, 2012 at 8:01 PM

    @Mark2

    I would like to see Social Security left alone, at a minimum modified to a user choice of government sponsored payroll deduction (similar to current system), or a privatized account.

    Keynes made a comment about $250K income limit to the payroll deduction for social security, which I support.