Convention Highlights

[geeker2]

Originally Posted by Riot

Speaking now: Former Bain Capital-owned company employees.

Too bad the GOP missed the opportunity of having former community organizers speak at the convention. Probably most are on unemployment and food stamps due to the poor economy.

[Clip-Clop]

http://nbcpolitics.nbcnews.com/_news...-speeches?lite

They have Hickenlooper on here if anyone wants to see it. Says things that aren't the platform, hence no TV.

[Danzig]

http://thinkprogress.org/economy/201...lan/?mobile=nc


just saw the above, and figured this was as good a place as any to put it. another example of fantasy vs reality.


NORQUIST: You do two things. You reduce spending, and you have stronger economic growth. This is one of the weakest recoveries we’ve had –

ZAKARIA: You can as a practical matter, this is a wish, not a plan. I would like stronger economic growth, too….This is all rhetoric, Grover. You’ve got a plan as a practical matter. As I said, Clinton raised taxes, he got growth. Bush had the biggest tax cuts in a generation, and he got the weakest growth in 30 years. All I’m saying is as a matter of practical planning for the fiscal future of the United States your answer can’t be, well we’ll have stronger growth. Yeah, if we grow at 6%, we don’t need to do anything. Everything is solvent, right? But I can’t wish for that. We’ve got to plan realistically.

[jms62]

Originally Posted by Danzig

http://thinkprogress.org/economy/201...lan/?mobile=nc


just saw the above, and figured this was as good a place as any to put it. another example of fantasy vs reality.


NORQUIST: You do two things. You reduce spending, and you have stronger economic growth. This is one of the weakest recoveries we’ve had –

ZAKARIA: You can as a practical matter, this is a wish, not a plan. I would like stronger economic growth, too….This is all rhetoric, Grover. You’ve got a plan as a practical matter. As I said, Clinton raised taxes, he got growth. Bush had the biggest tax cuts in a generation, and he got the weakest growth in 30 years. All I’m saying is as a matter of practical planning for the fiscal future of the United States your answer can’t be, well we’ll have stronger growth. Yeah, if we grow at 6%, we don’t need to do anything. Everything is solvent, right? But I can’t wish for that. We’ve got to plan realistically.

Just cut taxes and everything will be taken care of. Executives at Corporations will use it to hire US citizens and not continue to stuff their already bloated wallets. Real Estate taxes will remain the same unlike when Bush cut taxes and they went up EVERY ****ING YEAR. If that doesn't work then certainly WWIII will do the trick, it worked in the 40's right?

[Danzig]

from slate, on sandra fluke's speech:

http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor...or_obama_.html

[bigrun]

Originally Posted by Danzig

from slate, on sandra fluke's speech:

http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor...or_obama_.html

Coulter and Malkin..funny stuff..

[Clip-Clop]

Originally Posted by Danzig

from slate, on sandra fluke's speech:

http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor...or_obama_.html

http://www.therightplanet.com/2012/0...rs-role-model/

I thought this was cute.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by Clip-Clop

http://www.therightplanet.com/2012/0...rs-role-model/

I thought this was cute.

it is.
check out my health care thread, the second link is to an article about the growing number of things people want health care to cover.
personally, i'm amazed that bc isn't covered by some health plans. then again, when you read that article, it does make you go hmmmm. because if we keep adding more and more items, what does that do to the cost? we may need to reassess just what health insurance should encompass.

now, i don't care for the hysterical ravings of the roman catholic church on the issue; it shouldn't enter into it at all. especially when you get to the statistic in the article i mention that says 95% of adults use bc. that's a large number, not just a minority group of sex maniacs running around.

[Danzig]

http://news.yahoo.com/steelworker-fe...-politics.html

The Democratic National Convention on Wednesday featured three speakers billed as "former employees of companies controlled by Bain Capital."

They each told compelling stories about jobs lost, allegedly because of the actions of Bain under Romney's leadership.

But it turns out one of those employees never actually worked for a company controlled by Bain Capital.

[Clip-Clop]

Originally Posted by Danzig

http://news.yahoo.com/steelworker-fe...-politics.html

The Democratic National Convention on Wednesday featured three speakers billed as "former employees of companies controlled by Bain Capital."

They each told compelling stories about jobs lost, allegedly because of the actions of Bain under Romney's leadership.

But it turns out one of those employees never actually worked for a company controlled by Bain Capital.

Hard to imagine there would be something less than true in the campaign isn't it?

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by Clip-Clop

Hard to imagine there would be something less than true in the campaign isn't it?

yeah, registering a bit low on the veracity meter. but, can't say i'm surprised.

[Riot]

Rocking and rolling has started for the DNC final night - Mary J Blige singing now. Stadium packed, thousands outside.

Earth Wind and Fire had to be cancelled due to stage size, but other acts will go on.

It's nice to see artists participating and wanting their songs used, and not sending the DNC injunctions to immediately stop using their music, as many send to the RNC and Romney campaign

Democrats are definitely far cooler and more fun than Republicans. Current Republicans are angry all the time.

[Riot]

Originally Posted by Danzig

http://news.yahoo.com/steelworker-fe...-politics.html

The Democratic National Convention on Wednesday featured three speakers billed as "former employees of companies controlled by Bain Capital."

They each told compelling stories about jobs lost, allegedly because of the actions of Bain under Romney's leadership.

But it turns out one of those employees never actually worked for a company controlled by Bain Capital.

Yeah. He was only the union organizer for that workplace, working at that steel plant, with management and employees at GST Steel.

True - Bain didn't pay his salary. The union did. But he worked at GST Steel, didn't he?

Not much of a fib at all, when the point of the story is the jobs and pensions lost by those steelworkers due to Bain Capital. The guy in charge of negotiating that would know all about that. In painful detail, in the suffering of the employees that lost their pensions and jobs. And, in fact, he said he worked for the union when he told the story.

So the problem is ... ?

He was employed by the United Steelworkers of America as their regional union director to represent GST Steel, but was not employed at our facility," according to BC Huselton, who was head of HR at GST. Instead, Foster was a union organizer, who negotiated for workers that did work for the company. Foster explained in his remarks that he was an organizer during his dealings with GST Steel.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvyWvSmvPwE&feature=plcp

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Soh5otmq_tM&feature=plcp

[Rudeboyelvis]

Originally Posted by Coach Pants

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvyWvSmvPwE&feature=plcp

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Soh5otmq_tM&feature=plcp

I wonder when Obama is going to deport himself indefinitely to Guantanamo for violating the NDAA?

http://creepingsharia.wordpress.com/...incl-al-qaeda/

This is the moment at the family reunion where the out of touch drunk degenerate f.ucktard corporate shill that you see once a decade comes in and busts balls and pisses in the pool.

Joe.

[richard]

Pretty clear many are better off now than 4 years ago.

Looks like a fellow Nerdy Trailer possessed this woman...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKux363Dg64

[jms62]

And yet another reason we are doomed

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/liv...ton-tlc-368469

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by Coach Pants

Looks like a fellow Nerdy Trailer possessed this woman...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKux363Dg64

wow.

i wonder what the math will end up being on that situation. a million jobs saved-at what cost? we all know that it will be a losing proposition for the feds (i.e. we the people, since the fed runs on our dough) with stock prices continuing to be too low to get us out at anything other than a big loss.
why is it thought better to throw good money after bad, then to take the hit and then get up, dust off, and move on? same with the ppuca-they're trying to build a large home on a horrible foundation. we'll end up with a crooked house that will eventually be condemned.