In fact I can think of some up-sides to a Democratic sweep of Congress and a Democratic president.
1.) A more liberal supreme court - I liked the court of the late 1960's and early 1970's. It was more Civil rights oriented. I want a slightly liberal supreme court because the lower courts across the land tend to be overly invested in serving local governments and less about the people and especially less about the rights of the accused.
2.) The potential for de-criminalizing Marijuana becomes more plausible both at the state and federal levels.
3.) there exists a chance that we could be building better roads, schools, and publicly funded hospitals.
1.) A more liberal supreme court - I liked the court of the late 1960's and early 1970's. It was more Civil rights oriented. I want a slightly liberal supreme court because the lower courts across the land tend to be overly invested in serving local governments and less about the people and especially less about the rights of the accused.
2.) The potential for de-criminalizing Marijuana becomes more plausible both at the state and federal levels.
3.) there exists a chance that we could be building better roads, schools, and publicly funded hospitals.
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Wed, November 5, 2008 - 6:58 AM4.) the democrats are suddenly responsible for all the troubles in the world. It's all No'Bama's fault from now on. -
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Wed, November 5, 2008 - 9:19 AM5. BHO is not a bad man I think, but he is a Socialist, and I think we'll get the fairness doctorin. But here is the good thing the general media weill become more fair. -
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Wed, November 5, 2008 - 9:55 AMLook at minimum what do you want. . .
1) strong support for personal liberties
2) protection for personal property rights
3) security for america and safe neighborhoods
4) the ability to make money and keep a fair share of it
5) choice in the marketplace
Did I leave anything out for your core concerns?? -
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Wed, November 5, 2008 - 12:32 PM*************Did I leave anything out for your core concerns?? ***********
Unfortunately whenever any one on government talks about the money people earn there is always a scheme to take some of it. -
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Fri, November 7, 2008 - 5:26 PMHow to avoid wealth redistribution, i.e., taxes: find a desert island and go live there *by yourself.* -
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Fri, November 7, 2008 - 8:16 PMno decrim and this is why.....money! There is MORE money to be made by criminalizing then prosecuting and incarcerating and fining drug criminals even as regards Marijuana then will EVER be by decriminalizing or even legalizing it. There aRE WHOLE COMMUNITIES THAT BENEFIT from prisons that largely incarcerate drug criminals as well as vast monies generated by many towns in america as regards fines for pot possession. I highly doubt thus that pot will ever be decriminalized it is just TOO much a cash generator for the government.
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Sat, November 8, 2008 - 11:10 AM6. The abundance of euphoric women in a near-state of estress because of their man's victory. -
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Sat, November 8, 2008 - 1:18 PMHe won 51% of the overall vote -- regardless of you opinion of him; he will have to tread lightly on any issue that can inspire those independent voters with a conservative streak... -
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Mon, November 10, 2008 - 5:09 PMvote total is hype and nonsense. . .it is all about controlling the congress and his margin there is not that strong. he will have to gain crossover votes to make major legislative changes. . -
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Mon, November 10, 2008 - 6:58 PM****************it is all about controlling the congress and his margin there is not that strong. he will have to gain crossover votes to make major legislative changes. .************
There's that and he's got the fanatical leftists like Barny Frank he's gotta fight too. If they have their way they'll announce the USA is a the new Soviet Socialist republic. -
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Mon, November 10, 2008 - 7:13 PMoh no, cliff. . .what i hear is they plan on just not mentioning it and hope it slips through. . .
you know, a spoonful of medicine makes the socialism go down! -
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Tue, November 11, 2008 - 6:12 AMYeah huh?
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Tue, November 11, 2008 - 10:49 PM
the composition of the court prevents it from swinging to far to the left. and the fact that the economy is in the crapper means that the Dems can't go apeshit with new spending programs. -
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Wed, November 12, 2008 - 8:04 AM**********the fact that the economy is in the crapper means that the Dems can't go apeshit with new spending programs. *********
I think you are giving them too much credit.
As I recall during the recessions of the Carter years the left went ape shit with spending programs. Many of which were supposedly targeted at creating jobs. Typical of such endeavors, they all failed. I remember the local Woburn Mass CETA office had an occasional opening they recycled every few months driving meals to shut ins. That was about the best the government was able to do. Woburn was in the heart of the famous Route 128 Loop (www.naihunneman.com/Portals/...&DQ2.pdf) which was the Massachusetts answer to CA's silicon Valley.
The left is able to rationalize damn near any social engineering project you can imagine and plenty more no matter how bad times are.
In fact they use the fact of bad times as justification.
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Wed, November 12, 2008 - 8:00 PM
sadly, I think you're right. the fact that they are lobbying the Bush administration to bail out the big three is proof of that.
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Wed, November 12, 2008 - 8:18 PMunfortunately, the republicans have left the economy in a mess and the democrats blindly followed messiah paulson's miracle cure. . .
do you think there is any way out of this mess without government spending? I don't. But the spending has to be well thought out and have concrete goals that conform with the way economics can work best in this country.
so i favor legalization of hemp, establishment of relations with cuba, freeing those incarcerated for victimless crimes, consolidation of the space program, the curtailment of extravagant military expenditures and the launching of the green economy to provide home grown energy sources and thereby cut our bleeding out of dollars in imports, etc etc. .
we need to take radical measures but again, they need to conform to sound economic practice.
voodoo economics! HW didn't know the half of it. . -
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Wed, November 12, 2008 - 8:27 PM
try condensing your slew of generalities into a meaningful statement.
Paulson has no idea what to do because no one really has any idea what to do. as always, everybody is an expert except for the guy running the ship. -
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Wed, November 12, 2008 - 8:44 PMdo you think there is any way out of this mess without government spending?
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Wed, November 12, 2008 - 8:49 PM>> do you think there is any way out of this mess without government spending? <<
yes. but that would mean a financial collapse. the results would probably too much for our society to handle so I do see government spending as a necessity.
>> what do you think is the best course of action? <<
pretty much what Paulson is doing. but throwing money into a mismanaged dinosaur like GM is insane. save the loot for companies with a future.
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Thu, November 13, 2008 - 8:15 AMWell the great depression was distinct from what is possible today in that the US's adherence to the gold standard crippled government's ability to cope. The supply of money was entirely inflexible. The collapse of the banking institutions also was different then. Today the banks are underpinned and there is the FDIC. So the banks which facilitate the flow of money have remained viable and the fed is able to issue more money.
Unfortunately the banks are not loaning money yet. That was right at the heart of the bailout. The fed wanted liquidity and the way to that is VIA lending. Instead the banks took the money and are hoarding it.
The Car makers can not make the same claims about facilitating the flow of money as can the banks. If they go into bankruptcy they can re-org and keep going too. Federal money is just stupid in the automakers cases 'cause the law already has provisions for what ails them.
