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1. usa8888

   Posted January 26, 2013 at 9:47 AM

   For all the right wingers out there, the US economic situation bears NO resemblance to that of Greece, despite what lunatic Glen Beck or slimeball Rush Limbaugh say…

2. Doug Z

   Posted January 26, 2013 at 9:50 AM

   usa8888
   Posted January 26, 2013 at 9:44 AM

   No it’s not, and you DON’T cut spending in a bad recession for reasons I have explained above………….

   You will have 300% inflation. Germany had 3000% . They are very careful about debt today.they are not uneducated and will never get in the shape we are in. It is not real money any more.

3. Doug Z

   Posted January 26, 2013 at 9:51 AM

   usa8888
   Posted January 26, 2013 at 9:47 AM

   For all the right wingers out there, the US economic situation bears NO resemblance to that of Greece, despite what lunatic Glen Beck or slimeball Rush Limbaugh say…

   We will be. you watch

4. Doug Z

   Posted January 26, 2013 at 9:52 AM

   usa8888

   Just keep doing wrong. It will catch up with you. You will see.

5. Doug Z

   Posted January 26, 2013 at 9:53 AM

   usa888

   As a result, he noted the three richest counties and seven of the top ten wealthiest counties in the nation are in the Washington, D.C. region. The District also consumes the most fine wine in the nation. He asserted the business in Washington is now “not politics” but “money.”

6. lbsles

   Posted January 26, 2013 at 9:56 AM

   According to Henry B. Hogue, of the Government and Finance Division of the Congressional Research Service,[1]

   Recent Presidents have made both intersession (between sessions or Congresses) and intrasession (during a recess within a session) recess appointments. Intrasession recess appointments were unusual, however, prior to the 1940s. Intrasession recess appointments have sometimes provoked controversy in the Senate, and there is also an academic literature that has drawn their legitimacy into question.

   It has been argued that as the clause was originally understood, it was expected that if the Senate was in session when an office became vacant, the president would make a standard advice-and-consent appointment at that time.[2] In Federalist No. 67, Alexander Hamilton wrote[3]:

   The ordinary power of appointment is confined to the President and Senate jointly, and can therefore only be exercised during the session of the Senate; but as it would have been improper to oblige this body to be continually in session for the appointment of officers and as vacancies might happen in their recess, which it might be necessary for the public service to fill without delay [ ... ]

   Another argument maintains that recess appointments were only to be made during intersession recesses, which during the early days of the country lasted between six and nine months, and were therefore required to prevent important offices from remaining unfilled for long periods. The current interpretation, this view holds, allows appointments to be made during recesses too brief to justify bypassing the Senate.

   Historically, presidents tended to make recess appointments when the Senate was adjourned for lengthy periods. Since World War II, presidents have sometimes made recess appointments when Senate opposition appeared strong, hoping that the appointee might prove himself or herself in office and allow opposition to dissipate. Most recently, however, as partisanship on Capitol Hill has grown, recess appointments have tended to solidify opposition to the appointee.

7. Doug Z

   Posted January 26, 2013 at 9:59 AM

   lbsles

   Just get rid of all recess appointment and do not blame the other side.

   Do the right thing for once.

8. Doug Z

   Posted January 26, 2013 at 10:03 AM

   usa888

   this is why this country is in big trouble.

   With a median household income of $119,134, the Census Bureau reports that Loudoun County, Virginia now occupies the number one spot for the highest median U.S. income. The number two position belongs to Fairfax County, Virginia at $105,797. Arlington, Virginia comes in third at $100,735.

   In fact, seven of the ten counties with the highest household incomes are in the Washington region

9. usa8888

   Posted January 26, 2013 at 10:05 AM

   Doug–they (the far right) said we would have terrible inflation starting in 2009–never materialized. why? Because the economy was so far down. It’s a blancing act, you want to spend just what you need to get the economy back on track…then when it is back on track, you balance the budget. I don’t know what is so complicated about this, but the far right never grasps this…..

10. Doug Z

    Posted January 26, 2013 at 10:09 AM

    usa888

    I know you do not support this

    said the best and the brightest now come to Washington because they see Washington as a Tammany Hall that will allow them to get rich off of influence peddling. He noted that Washington D.C. runs the equivalent of a $4 trillion private equity fund every year and essentially doles out 25% of the country’s wealth to those who are connected.

    This is what has put us where we are now. Are you a lobbyist in Washington DC

11. Faith3

    Posted January 26, 2013 at 10:16 AM

    Good afternoon all,

    The irony has not been lost on that gun vs ab or %ion argument. There has been research done, peer reviewed and published in the Harvard Journal of Economics and a correlation has been found when looking at legalized ab or %ion and crime rate. Just food for thought for those who read more than Newsbusters or listen to more than shock jocks and blast of hot air (even a publication out there called “Hot Air”) and other such spin.

12. Faith3

    Posted January 26, 2013 at 10:27 AM

    I’ll agree our economy needs to be revamped but in the meantime to allow the majority of citizens to suffer under Austerity while a very few have their massive wealth protected on the backs of everyone else should speak for itself. Who thinks of these policies….ah those who benefit.

13. usa8888

    Posted January 26, 2013 at 10:29 AM

    No, Doug, I am not a lobbysist. I think lobbying should be vastly reduced.

14. Doug Z

    Posted January 26, 2013 at 10:42 AM

    Faith3 usa8888

    Washington as country lawyers and then decide to “turn the business of government into a family business” by having their wives and kids work in lobbying.

    “And this is how they become a permanent political class,

    Washington politicians “kick money back to family, friends, or people that hire them when they retire.”

    And Schweizer concurred. He claimed the permanent political class is bipartisan and those who are a part of this permanent aristocracy either marry or are born into it.

15. Doug Z

    Posted January 26, 2013 at 10:43 AM

    usa888

    Why do you support this if you do not lobby

16. usa8888

    Posted January 26, 2013 at 11:00 AM

    Doug–support what??

17. Doug Z

    Posted January 26, 2013 at 11:10 AM

    usa8888
    Posted January 26, 2013 at 11:00 AM

    Doug–support what??

    Washington politicians “kick money back to family, friends, or people that hire them when they retire.”

    And Schweizer concurred. He claimed the permanent political class is bipartisan and those who are a part of this permanent aristocracy either marry or are born into it.

    “There is no pressure on them to cut. Washington controls the money. They have an industrial logic to the business model,” he explained. “The permanent political class of both political parties are benefiting from it.”

    And you think we can not cut spending. How much do you get.

18. Faith3

    Posted January 26, 2013 at 11:17 AM

    Doug,

    That could be a case that corporate welfare isn’t being cut.

19. Ratboy

    Posted January 26, 2013 at 11:17 AM

    Doug and guys, I warned you with the Idiot Alert!!!

20. usa8888

    Posted January 26, 2013 at 11:18 AM

    If we can get the economy growing like it should be, everything should take care of itself. I don’t agree with too much lobbying–there should be limits…
    Good education is very important to our country’s future well-being…