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OhioChick
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Mon Jan-25-10 08:46 PM Original message |
Obama wants to freeze discretionary spending for 3 years |
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Razoor
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Mon Jan-25-10 08:49 PM Response to Original message |
1. interesting |
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fasttense
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Mon Jan-25-10 08:50 PM Response to Original message |
2. If we wanted spending freezes we would have voted for McCain. |
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jgraz
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Mon Jan-25-10 08:55 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. No shit. |
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barb162
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Mon Jan-25-10 09:27 PM Response to Reply #4 |
14. double no shit |
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Smashcut
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Mon Jan-25-10 09:02 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. In fact, McCain proposed the exact same thing! |
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placton
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Mon Jan-25-10 11:14 PM Response to Reply #2 |
48. more and more, not a dime's worth of dif between Obama |
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Mithreal
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Tue Jan-26-10 01:05 AM Response to Reply #2 |
65. +1 |
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DJ13
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Mon Jan-25-10 08:51 PM Response to Original message |
3. face major pushback from liberals in the president's own party |
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mvd
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Mon Jan-25-10 09:30 PM Response to Reply #3 |
16. This sounds hard right |
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Mithreal
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Tue Jan-26-10 01:07 AM Response to Reply #16 |
66. +1 |
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PSPS
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Mon Jan-25-10 08:56 PM Response to Original message |
5. Bush's third term |
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Lorien
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Mon Jan-25-10 09:05 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. So it seems. Every day is just another blow to those of us who worked hard to |
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Freddie Stubbs
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Mon Jan-25-10 11:13 PM Response to Reply #5 |
47. Wrong! Bush kept spending and spending without regard for deficits |
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PSPS
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Mon Jan-25-10 11:51 PM Response to Reply #47 |
55. Um, you do realize that Obama's budget has the largest deficit in history, don't you? |
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wickerwoman
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Tue Jan-26-10 05:41 AM Response to Reply #55 |
92. In part because he finally acknowledged many expenses |
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No Elephants
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Tue Jan-26-10 02:34 AM Response to Reply #47 |
79. That's what happens when you wage wars, spend a ton of money on raising and lowering alerts, |
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Nihil
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Tue Jan-26-10 08:52 AM Response to Reply #5 |
98. No, actually it is his sixth ... |
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slay
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Mon Jan-25-10 08:57 PM Response to Original message |
6. Ugh. Whatever. Until he cuts the WAR budget, we are still wasting money, for the wrong reasons |
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Peregrine Took
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Mon Jan-25-10 08:59 PM Response to Original message |
7. How much do I not like this person? He's learned all the wrong lessons. n/t |
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JonLP24
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Mon Jan-25-10 09:10 PM Response to Original message |
10. "sharpening his credentials on fiscal discipline"? |
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Arctic Dave
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Mon Jan-25-10 09:15 PM Response to Original message |
11. Military gets whatever they want, everyone else gets the middle finger. |
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inna
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Mon Jan-25-10 09:34 PM Response to Reply #11 |
19. Banksters get much more than the military. |
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avaistheone1
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Tue Jan-26-10 02:49 AM Response to Reply #19 |
82. The greatest amount of dollars the banksters received was in the form of guarantees. |
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Dr.Phool
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Mon Jan-25-10 09:17 PM Response to Original message |
12. Stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, ad infinitum..... |
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barb162
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Mon Jan-25-10 09:26 PM Response to Original message |
13. I wonder what this means for job stimulus, which is |
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TheEuclideanOne
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Tue Jan-26-10 01:49 AM Response to Reply #13 |
72. If you have to ask, you already know. |
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Marthe48
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Tue Jan-26-10 07:00 PM Response to Reply #13 |
111. to the point soldiering will be the ONLY job |
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barb162
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Mon Jan-25-10 09:28 PM Response to Original message |
15. k&r |
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inna
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Mon Jan-25-10 09:32 PM Response to Original message |
17. FUCK. This is UNREAL. |
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Exultant Democracy
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Mon Jan-25-10 11:53 PM Response to Reply #17 |
56. I don't even want to think about it. For shame. |
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diamidue
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Tue Jan-26-10 07:14 PM Response to Reply #17 |
112. don't forget "foreign aid". |
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Generator
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Mon Jan-25-10 09:32 PM Response to Original message |
18. My stomach used to drop with a sickening feeling |
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DeadEyeDyck
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Mon Jan-25-10 09:34 PM Response to Original message |
20. This is the Scott Brown win reaction n/t |
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SanchoPanza
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Mon Jan-25-10 09:36 PM Response to Original message |
21. See it here. |
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t0dd
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Mon Jan-25-10 09:38 PM Response to Original message |
22. It just keeps getting better. Freeze the military budget instead. End the wars. |
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patrice
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Mon Jan-25-10 09:39 PM Response to Original message |
23. The only half-way decent thing I can think about this is that America will MAYBE learn the error of |
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Cleita
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Mon Jan-25-10 09:41 PM Response to Original message |
24. That worked so well for Hoover and later Roosevelt when he tried it briefly. |
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barb162
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Mon Jan-25-10 09:55 PM Response to Reply #24 |
32. They're recycled because those who believe in small government |
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Dr.Phool
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Tue Jan-26-10 12:46 AM Response to Reply #24 |
62. B-E-R-N-A-N-K-E |
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No Elephants
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Tue Jan-26-10 02:43 AM Response to Reply #62 |
81. Well, then he knows tthat cutting spending was Hoover's error and trying to quiet |
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krabigirl
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Mon Jan-25-10 09:43 PM Response to Original message |
25. end the goddamn wars! |
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Mon Jan-25-10 09:44 PM Response to Original message |
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mvd
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Mon Jan-25-10 09:52 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. Agree completely |
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malakai2
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Mon Jan-25-10 09:47 PM Response to Original message |
27. I got it! |
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Nihil
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Tue Jan-26-10 08:46 AM Response to Reply #27 |
97. Ouch! |
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DeltaLitProf
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Mon Jan-25-10 09:49 PM Response to Original message |
28. Sad to say, but $83 billion a year is a pittance |
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Kurt_and_Hunter
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Mon Jan-25-10 10:08 PM Response to Reply #28 |
35. The point is that it's way more than $83 billion/year |
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Marthe48
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Tue Jan-26-10 06:57 PM Response to Reply #28 |
110. not a lot compared to whole budget but |
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hay rick
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Mon Jan-25-10 09:52 PM Response to Original message |
30. Tough guy posturing. |
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scarabus
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Mon Jan-25-10 09:53 PM Response to Original message |
31. 2012 |
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lakercub
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Mon Jan-25-10 09:59 PM Response to Original message |
33. sigh |
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Iowa
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Mon Jan-25-10 10:07 PM Response to Original message |
34. Bush/Cheney/Obama... a 12 year national nightmare. |
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hay rick
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Mon Jan-25-10 10:08 PM Response to Original message |
36. It's almost like a "Democratic" budget. |
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tularetom
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Mon Jan-25-10 10:11 PM Response to Original message |
37. Who is giving him this lousy advice and why the fuck is he listening to them |
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Lost4words
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Tue Jan-26-10 09:40 AM Response to Reply #37 |
101. I totally agree RE Has got to go! |
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Doctor_J
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Mon Jan-25-10 10:14 PM Response to Original message |
38. Ahh, the good old Bill Clinton days |
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Odin2005
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Mon Jan-25-10 10:16 PM Response to Original message |
39. Oh sure, money for the MIC doesn't get affected. FUCK THAT |
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CountAllVotes
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Mon Jan-25-10 10:26 PM Response to Original message |
40. and the DNC called wanting $$$ to "further his agenda" |
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earthside
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Mon Jan-25-10 10:31 PM Response to Original message |
41. What a bunch of crap. |
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Wardoc
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Mon Jan-25-10 10:34 PM Response to Original message |
42. Fuuuuuuuuuuuuckking dammit, again. It is like the bullshit is accelerating. (nt) |
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unkachuck
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Mon Jan-25-10 10:42 PM Response to Original message |
43. I'm having.... |
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Patchuli
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Mon Jan-25-10 10:46 PM Response to Original message |
44. Oh yes! Let's freeze spending |
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AzDar
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Mon Jan-25-10 11:07 PM Response to Original message |
45. Is he really this stupid? |
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SlingBlade
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Mon Jan-25-10 11:19 PM Response to Reply #45 |
49. Yep, Though we normally call this really REPUBLICAN |
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EFerrari
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Tue Jan-26-10 04:03 AM Response to Reply #45 |
88. He was the president of the Harvard Law Review. |
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AlphaCentauri
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Tue Jan-26-10 11:29 AM Response to Reply #88 |
105. Ronald Reagan was a great actor |
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EFerrari
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Tue Jan-26-10 03:05 PM Response to Reply #105 |
106. Ronald Raygun was a great sellout. He was a charming gangster. |
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Strelnikov_
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Mon Jan-25-10 11:13 PM Response to Original message |
46. Sounds like China pulled our credit line n/t |
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Mojorabbit
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Tue Jan-26-10 02:37 AM Response to Reply #46 |
80. That was my first thought too. |
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4dsc
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Mon Jan-25-10 11:24 PM Response to Original message |
50. And raise taxes on the rich?? |
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donheld
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Mon Jan-25-10 11:35 PM Response to Original message |
51. Is there any way of getting Obama's attention? |
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TheEuclideanOne
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Tue Jan-26-10 01:48 AM Response to Reply #51 |
71. There is. It is called the Scott Brown Election. |
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Frank Booth
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Mon Jan-25-10 11:36 PM Response to Original message |
52. I'm coming to the conclusion that Obama's not just horribly naive, but also plain |
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DeadEyeDyck
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Tue Jan-26-10 01:03 AM Response to Reply #52 |
64. he might be many things but |
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Zoeisright
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Mon Jan-25-10 11:37 PM Response to Original message |
53. That's stupid. |
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ShortnFiery
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Mon Jan-25-10 11:39 PM Response to Original message |
54. Start with the mega-corporations comprising the Military Industrial Complex. eom |
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pezDispenser
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Mon Jan-25-10 11:55 PM Response to Original message |
57. President Romney |
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JCMach1
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Tue Jan-26-10 12:40 AM Response to Reply #57 |
60. at this point, we can only hope Romney would be more progressive |
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pezDispenser
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Tue Jan-26-10 01:18 AM Response to Reply #60 |
68. With all this talk about the perfect not being the enemy of the good |
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JCMach1
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Tue Jan-26-10 07:40 AM Response to Reply #68 |
95. I was actually being sarcastic... |
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TomCADem
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Tue Jan-26-10 12:15 AM Response to Original message |
58. Well, If He Is Interested In Reducing The Deficit, Then Its A Polar Opposite Of Bush |
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mvd
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Tue Jan-26-10 02:23 AM Response to Reply #58 |
76. We need to wait until after the recession |
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JCMach1
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Tue Jan-26-10 12:38 AM Response to Original message |
59. Fucking hell, if I had wanted McCain in office! |
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ProgressIn2008
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Tue Jan-26-10 12:42 AM Response to Original message |
61. Lost me with the boogyman, cheesefest, ""We are at war." nt |
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avaistheone1
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Tue Jan-26-10 02:52 AM Response to Reply #61 |
83. Jeeeez, it sounds like Bush is still running the place. |
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Tue Jan-26-10 12:51 AM Response to Original message |
63. OK, now he's embarrassing himself. I'm torn between anger and pity. n/t |
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FrenchieCat
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Tue Jan-26-10 01:12 AM Response to Original message |
67. Y'all funny! |
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tomm2thumbs
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Tue Jan-26-10 01:20 AM Response to Reply #67 |
69. thanks for the info - facts on the table are always a good thing |
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pezDispenser
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Tue Jan-26-10 01:29 AM Response to Reply #67 |
70. So your point is |
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FrenchieCat
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Tue Jan-26-10 02:20 AM Response to Reply #70 |
74. No, it is a freeze, after upping spending by 8%. |
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U4ikLefty
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Tue Jan-26-10 02:53 AM Response to Reply #74 |
84. What is the three year total for 2 unecessary wars? n/t |
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FrenchieCat
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Tue Jan-26-10 03:17 AM Response to Reply #84 |
86. Well, I know that Obama said he would end both wars after being in office 12 months. |
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mvd
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Tue Jan-26-10 02:10 AM Response to Reply #67 |
73. I understand what you are saying, but.. |
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FrenchieCat
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Tue Jan-26-10 02:23 AM Response to Reply #73 |
75. But spending went up 8% in 2010 from 2009....with Obama's budget, |
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mvd
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Tue Jan-26-10 02:24 AM Response to Reply #75 |
77. Understood, but that still doesn't change my opinion |
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FrenchieCat
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Tue Jan-26-10 02:31 AM Response to Reply #77 |
78. But this is a flexible freeze, as is my understanding..... |
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mvd
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Tue Jan-26-10 02:55 AM Response to Reply #78 |
85. We'll see what he says in the speech |
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EFerrari
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Tue Jan-26-10 04:09 AM Response to Reply #78 |
90. What is a "flexible freeze"? |
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FrenchieCat
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Tue Jan-26-10 06:23 AM Response to Reply #90 |
94. lol! |
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EFerrari
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Tue Jan-26-10 04:08 AM Response to Reply #67 |
89. Right. Some of us just like to be mad and everyone else doesn't notice. |
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Raineyb
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Tue Jan-26-10 04:14 PM Response to Reply #67 |
108. The freeze is set to start in 2011. So using 2010 budget numbers does not |
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FrenchieCat
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Tue Jan-26-10 06:40 PM Response to Reply #108 |
109. The Freeze in 2011 will be based on the 2010 numbers...... |
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defendandprotect
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Tue Jan-26-10 03:56 AM Response to Original message |
87. Obama . . how about taking military spending back about 30 years and FREEZE it??? |
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Tue Jan-26-10 09:59 AM Response to Reply #87 |
102. BOOM goes the dynamite! |
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democracy1st
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Tue Jan-26-10 04:45 AM Response to Original message |
91. Just another corporatist helping destroy the democratic party |
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diamidue
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Tue Jan-26-10 07:16 PM Response to Reply #91 |
113. and the American middle class. n/t |
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democracy1st
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Wed Jan-27-10 12:46 AM Response to Reply #113 |
115. thats true from the very start this admin has been fixated on heading in the wrong direction |
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Babel_17
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Tue Jan-26-10 06:05 AM Response to Original message |
93. A possibly important quote |
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harun
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Tue Jan-26-10 08:20 AM Response to Original message |
96. Congress hasn't declared war on anyone. Cut military spending in 1/2. Then |
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Hubert Flottz
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Tue Jan-26-10 08:53 AM Response to Original message |
99. How about cutting out the Bush tax cuts instead of America's throat |
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Mari333
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Tue Jan-26-10 09:03 AM Response to Original message |
100. oh the WARS and MILITARY SPENDING DOESNT GET TOUCHED |
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mike_c
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Tue Jan-26-10 11:02 AM Response to Original message |
103. Obama/Cheney/Bush are rolling up the middle class right on schedule.... |
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AlphaCentauri
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Tue Jan-26-10 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
104. Let Exxon Mobil finance the war on Iraq |
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Tue Jan-26-10 04:02 PM Response to Original message |
107. "We're at war..." |
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Tue Jan-26-10 07:21 PM Response to Original message |
114. I keep searching for the Congressional declaration of war and |
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