jerryzflies

I can't say I noticed you complaining a lot when Laura Bush traveled back and forth between DC and Texas on USAF planes. Given that the Speaker is 3rd in succession, it seems to me quite appropriate that he (Hastert) or she (Pelosi) gets to travel on an official plane. If you can't fix it with a hammer, the problem's electrical.

Anyone who paid attention to your previous postings (that would be maybe four of us.) knows full well that you complain about the Dems only, until it is brought to your attention that the GOP does it too, when you become grudgingly bipartisan. If you can't fix it with a hammer, the problem's electrical.

Are you sure you did you math right? That's $5.5Trillion SPENT. Did you mean promised? The bailout had cost around $4T before Jan 20th, thanks be to George. If you can't fix it with a hammer, the problem's electrical.

Right haha. There are management and corporate positions in places like this filled with folks who started as grill cooks/dish washers and worked their way up the ladder. They did so not by kissing ass, bribing cronies, or believing they were entitled, but rather working hard, being punctual, and showing a genuine interest in contributing to the bottom line and getting a piece for themselves. Afterall, they could have just stayed dishwashers and waited for the government to give them a raise Unfortunately most of the higher paid people in the USA would be "B-Ark" cadidates on Golgafrinchan. If you can't fix it with a hammer, the problem's electrical.

Nice to see gun control is working well in Duetchland. And in Alabama too. See today's news. www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/03/11/alabama.shooting.spree/ If you can't fix it with a hammer, the problem's electrical.

How do you know if that combination passes the test if that particular combination hasn't been tested? Your arguments are getting increasingly shrill and increasingly BS. If you can't fix it with a hammer, the problem's electrical.

The DC law is based on the California list. The article and JR are being deceptive by focusing on the "color" of the part in question. The Cali list is a crock of crap - a gun that is safe one year doesn't suddenly become unsafe because the manufacturer didn't pay the $200 / model danegeld. . Thalidomide was safe one year, and then it wasn't. Mercury used to be safe (could even buy it in toy stores), then it wasn't. Hormone replacement therapy was safe until it wasn't. Testing costs money, $200 seems cheap to me. It's a ONE-TIME test. Once it's on the list, it's on the list so long as Cali gets it's palm greased every year. Instead of bullshit arguments, try doing some research. Why did they keep one model on the list and not the other, then? is $200/yr really a lot for a company to pay to keep a whole product line registered? It's not like each gun costs it $200. If you can't fix it with a hammer, the problem's electrical.

Air Force G5s - aren't they the aircraft Speaker Hastert (R- Illinois) used to fly back and forth on? Seems a bit like the pot criticizing the color of the kettle. If you can't fix it with a hammer, the problem's electrical.

The DC law is based on the California list. The article and JR are being deceptive by focusing on the "color" of the part in question. The Cali list is a crock of crap - a gun that is safe one year doesn't suddenly become unsafe because the manufacturer didn't pay the $200 / model danegeld. . Thalidomide was safe one year, and then it wasn't. Mercury used to be safe (could even buy it in toy stores), then it wasn't. Hormone replacement therapy was safe until it wasn't. Testing costs money, $200 seems cheap to me. If you can't fix it with a hammer, the problem's electrical.

Different alloys will deform differently when impacted. Are you saying they don't? No, I'm saying you don't know what you're talking about and your argument is bullshit. If Boeing tested an airliner using one alloy for the wings, and then marketed one with a different alloy instead and didn't submit it for testing, would that be OK? If GE got approval for a nuclear power plant with one alloy for the pressure vessel, and then changed the alloy for a different one without testing, would that be OK? If you can't fix it with a hammer, the problem's electrical.

Answer Wendy's question: How much are you willing to spend to ensure that not a single illegal alien receives benefits? If you can't fix it with a hammer, the problem's electrical.

7% is nearly more than 10% If you can't fix it with a hammer, the problem's electrical.

The flaw in the argument is that the kids actually do something on the farm. Some kids do nothing before inheriting the family fortune (think Paris Hilton). I see no reason that farms should get some special exemption from taxes that the rest of us pay. If you can't fix it with a hammer, the problem's electrical.

True, but Chapter 13 wouldn't be the answer. They need a Chapter 11 so they can get reorganized by the courts. It will allow GM to renegotiate those blood sucking, entitlement vacuum, UAW Union contracts. Between that and the cafe standards, I don't know how they even have a prayer. How do you feel about blood-sucking executives making millions while the company is going down the tubes? Or do you reserve your animosity for workers? Two wrongs don't make a right. The blood sucking executives are just as guilty as the blood sucking UAW. Even if GM had world class leadership and cars that people wanted to buy I still feel the UAW would eventually bankrupt GM. IF GM had world class leadership they would have made world class decisions about building cars people wanted to buy and would have negotiated world class contracts with their workers. Leadership failures led to GM's demise. Failure to make rational choices over product mix, failure to negotiate effectively with their workers. Yet the leaders still think they deserve world class compensation. Or better than world class, since they pay themselves far more than Japanese car execs. If you can't fix it with a hammer, the problem's electrical.

I'm not sure Abraham Lincoln would agree with you. The Republican party was very progressive when it was founded. It's only recently it got bogged down. ~140 years later, the GOP is the conservative party. I'm confident you knew what he meant and are just being argumentative for the sake of increasing your post #s total. You do understand what roots are? Maybe not. If you can't fix it with a hammer, the problem's electrical.

Yes, the Wall Street Journal is definitely a left-leaning organization. PS I'd like some of whatever it is you are smoking. If you can't fix it with a hammer, the problem's electrical.

I'm not sure Abraham Lincoln would agree with you. The Republican party was very progressive when it was founded. It's only recently it got bogged down. If you can't fix it with a hammer, the problem's electrical.

I doubt it was meant to. I don't think the decision was meant to shut down avenues of research (like Bush did), it was to open them up. Except that Bush DIDN'T shut down research, just the creation of NEW stem cell lines. (Bolding mine) Ha ha, very funny. If you can't fix it with a hammer, the problem's electrical.

True, but Chapter 13 wouldn't be the answer. They need a Chapter 11 so they can get reorganized by the courts. It will allow GM to renegotiate those blood sucking, entitlement vacuum, UAW Union contracts. Between that and the cafe standards, I don't know how they even have a prayer. How do you feel about blood-sucking executives making millions while the company is going down the tubes? Or do you reserve your animosity for workers? If you can't fix it with a hammer, the problem's electrical.

it seems pretty obvious to me that an inheritance tax is the fairest of them (the taxed individual is dead so it's not going to affect them much, if at all

Have you cared to look at how his numbers compare to past presidents? You may be surprised........... Have you looked at how the shitty economy he inherited from his predecessor compared to past presidents? YOU may be surprised, but no-one else is. If you can't fix it with a hammer, the problem's electrical.

it seems pretty obvious to me that an inheritance tax is the fairest of them (the taxed individual is dead so it's not going to affect them much, if at all

That is seriously your answer? a nonchalant 'why not?' when speakin in terms of 'fairness' do you find it fair to tax the same dollar twice? That is a very naive comment. Dollars get taxed every time they change hands. I don't believe "fair" has any relevance in taxation. It's purpose is to raise money to run the government and services. If you can't fix it with a hammer, the problem's electrical.

I think you misunderstood my post. If there is only a single interest, no matter what that interest might be, there can be no conflict of interests. You asked me if a single interest constituted a conflict of interests. It cannot. The shareholders' interests are placed ahead of the patients' interests in the current system in the US. If the patients truly had autonomy, they could get whatever treatment they desired, without interference from insurance companies, or even their doctors' better judgement. That certainly is not the situation in the US. Patients do not have autonomy, and there exists conflicts of interest, conflicts in which the patients all too often lose. Until about 5 years ago our company used CIGNA for health insurance. They were absolutely awful. Our family never had a claim correctly handled, and every single error was to CIGNA's benefit. They dragged their feet over any requested procedure that was expensive. Then we got a new VP for Human Resources who has a handicapped child. Within 6 months we dropped CIGNA and got Blue Cross. If you get insurance through your employer, you have zero say in what you get. If you can't fix it with a hammer, the problem's electrical.

FEMA is for disasters. This one in and of itself wasn't a disaster until the government got involved...starting with GWB and the bailouts. Recessions are painful, always have been. A company like GM has been teetering on the precipice for years. This recession will push them off the edge...and rightly so. Same for all the other weak, poorly run companies. News flash: It's gonna hurt. Let's start the healing process and work back to a better economy. Your wanting to place blame on the CEO's is correct. But free market economy's work. They require some regulations and there will always be ups and downs. I wonder why those capitalists are going cap-in-hand to Washington. I prefer the analogy that all red-state presidents are lousy because George Bush was. If you can't fix it with a hammer, the problem's electrical.