Comments on: First Amendment, Annulled

By: Blake

Blake — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 16:20:01 +0000

If there was data showing the exact percentage of papers that are liberal, then these papers could no longer claim to be unbiased.
It’s kind of like being a fishmonger- the fish might look good, but you just know when it begins to stink.

By: Blake

Blake — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 15:04:45 +0000

Barney Frank, as lead Democrat on the House Finance committee, told the FMs to lower the requirements for guaranteeing the loans made to risky lenders, thus lowering the bar, or threshhold for these loans to be guaranteed by the FMs. Meanwhile ACORN and other activist groups pressured banks to make riskier loans. But the key was when the FMs guaranteed the loans, and securities firms could bundle and sell them, there was no risk for the banks themselves.
Now, I could load up this answer with links to go here or there, but that would take up too much space, and I believe you are intelligent enough to find the truth if you wish.
I will point to ANY video re; Barney Frank and Fannie Mae- google those and see what comes up- it’s damning to Frank, and to many of the others. Heck google Bill Clinton and Fannie Mae, and you will find him also saying that the Democrats are at fault.

By: Adam

Adam — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 14:56:21 +0000

Can you cite me something to show what you are basing your ideas on?

By: Blake

Blake — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 14:52:52 +0000

The newspapers, a good 90% of them ,already lean left, so the control would not be the oppressive type, “You vill do vat ve say!” but would be more subtle than this.
As to the fairness doctrine, it would be Congress that tried to do this, and Pelosi the meth head has already indicated her willingness to do so. The internet is an extension of this in that it did not exist in the form it is now, the last time the fairness doctrine was in force. If China can do it, well……
The one thing you might not have taken into account is that by the time there are irrefutable facts, the Doctrine could be a law. Now that would be a fact I would not care to see.
“All The News That Obama Sees Fit To Print” is not a good banner for any news organization.
Awareness is kind of like a gun, its better to have it and not need it, than to need it and not have it.

By: Adam

Adam — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 14:45:35 +0000

I hadn’t really seen you say much on any of the numbers yet in the short time that I’ve read your writing. Don’t take it as a broad stroke against conservatives but just a general outline of what I’m hearing conservatives say. I think there are legitimate criticisms of Obama but that I’m not seeing many yet because it seems conservatives are stuck using the same attacks made on Bush for some reason…

By: Blake

Blake — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 14:39:26 +0000

1, I don’t question the election- when I talk about ACORN, i am speaking about an organization that does engage in fraud, although I don’t think they stole the election, they surely padded the numbers, but we will see on that score.
2. I haven’t called Barama a failure- yet. Time will tell on that front.
3. Face it Adam, he DOES like his teleprompter- that way he stays on message. I have heard him “wander”, as he spoke off the cuff, and its not pretty- kinda reminds me of Bush (without the Bushisms).
4. Its not so much that Barama has expanded executive power, but one of his campaign promises was to shrink executive power- the trouble with that, is Barry LIKES it- once you are in the office, you don’t want to give up any power, so he is keeping every bit of what Bush had, and if he can get more, he’ll take it. I would have thought however, even a Democratic Congress, jealous of its own turf, would not have rolled over like a whipped dog to the executive office, but told Barama where he has to stop. So far, that is not the case.
5. I don’t think he is Hitler- I do think that a lot of what he is attempting to do can easily lead that direction, so I am concerned about his mental capacity- I would think that is a direction EVERYBODY would steer clear of.
I do find it amusing that Democrats are begging the people to give Barama a chance, though, when these same beggars said and did the most vile things to and about Bush. While two wrongs do not make a right, it’s kinda like getting sucker- punched, and then the puncher declares that the fight is over. Really? Some might not think so.

By: Adam

Adam — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 14:37:48 +0000

I think I understood your point fine. I just don’t see the evidence to blame it on liberals when you’re talking about a day most people don’t know about or care about compared to a day that is known throughout the United States and Latin America. If you think they are ignoring it to cozy with Hispanics where is your evidence?

Also where is your evidence that Obama supports or will attempt anything like the fairness doctrine, will try and control the internet, and will control news papers? I’m not seeing any evidence cited for that either, just opinion.

By: Adam

Adam — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 14:32:19 +0000

I was looking more for In on it not to outline his or her thoughts but I'll talk about yours too. I haven't really seen Frank blamed for deregulation, just blamed for supposedly blocking the passing of regulation but maybe you can go into that more in depth. What regulations did they loosen? Your time line is a little off I think. The securities actually lead to more bad loans being made, not the other way around. Here is a good video about the credit crisis.

By: Blake

Blake — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 14:13:49 +0000

The oNE thing a government MUST do is provide security for the Nation, and while there was the lapse of 9/11, (due to the “firewalls” that Clinton instituted, prohibiting agencies from sharing info), Bush’s people had kept us safe- you can argue the techniques, but the end result was a secure nation.
As to Katrina, although there is enough blame to go around, the Posse Comitatus act specifically prohibited the federal governmentfrom unilaterally going into a state, and taking charge. The federal government has to be ASKED in by the governor, who took THREE days to do so, despite being asked by Bush.
One can only surmise that Gov. Blanco’s dislike of the Republican president was the reason that she allowed the situation to become as bad as it became.
Then there are the levees- true, they are overseen by U.S. Corps of Engineers, but the money for their upkeep was given to the state, and noone knows where it went. It surely wasn’t used for upkeep.
Now Barama has declassified the memos on “torture”, thus letting the terrorists know what we can now NOT do- they have to be laughing their a$$ off.
Cheney is right- the rest of the memos, telling what intel we got off of these sc**bags, should be made public. It is disingenuous at the least to tell only one side of a story.

By: Blake

Blake — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 13:54:36 +0000

The point I was trying (and apparently failing at) was not that I dislike the Cinco de Mayo holiday- it is when libs decide to minimize the San Jacinto holiday, a recognized holiday in Texas (the same thing was done over March 6- the fall of the Alamo), and attempt to elevate the foreign holiday instead, in a lame attempt to, I guess, cozy up to the Hispanics in a naked try for their vote. They think, I guess, that a holiday that celebrates a victory over the Mexicans is just too politically incorrect, and that hypocrisy ticks me off.
History is what it is- deal with it.