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WARNING: Economy Enlargement Stimulus Package works through the process of economic fossilization. Bi-stimulus package may be required in certain areas of New York and San Francisco. If the economy stays fossilized for more than four years, contact a Republican representative in your area.
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Date: 2009-07-28 03:17 pm (UTC)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troubled_Asset_Relief_Program
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Date: 2009-07-28 03:49 pm (UTC)The package should replace "Republican" with "Conservative" and it would be more accurate.
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Date: 2009-07-28 04:23 pm (UTC)SCOTSMANREPUBLICAN WOOD HAVE VOTED FOR THOASE!!11~no subject
Date: 2009-07-28 04:27 pm (UTC)Did I capture your spelling and grammar mistakes well enough? Is this the troll fashion I need to know to be accepted?
So point me at the Conservative party website.
Date: 2009-07-28 04:29 pm (UTC)You should be used to it by now.
So point me at the Conservative party website.
I'd love to read their platform.
Re: So point me at the Conservative party website.
Date: 2009-07-28 04:37 pm (UTC)And thanks for the reminder that I'm stupid again. I'm sure my undergrad and graduate professors are ashamed. What can I say? I had to start in government-run schools. My kids won't have that handicap.
Well.
Date: 2009-07-28 04:51 pm (UTC)Ironic, then, that so many of those allegedly conservative Republicans voted for TARP and the first round of Stimulus.
As for stupid: I just take you on your own words. Stop spouting bullshit that a fourth grader could disprove and that opinion may change.
Out of curiosity, what are you studying?
Re: Well.
Date: 2009-07-28 05:03 pm (UTC)I've voted for the lesser of two evils. That hasn't been working out so well. I'm trying to find someone better to run in IL-10 to defeat our current RINO.
Since you asked, AS degree in Computer Science, Bachelor's in Communications and Masters in Business and Technology Management. I'm not in school right now but I'm teaching in the corporate world and also managing Lean Six Sigma projects.
HUR HUR LIBRUL MEDIAZ
Date: 2009-07-28 05:27 pm (UTC)A classic example.
"Stupid" in this case is short for "memetically pwned by corporate think tanks".
I'll try to stick to the long-hand for you.
Re: HUR HUR LIBRUL MEDIAZ
Date: 2009-07-28 06:13 pm (UTC)Now, with this handful of information, you don't have to agree with my (or the majority of American's) assessment, but it is not something that can be dismissed out of hand. It is a belief backed by research.
Re: HUR HUR LIBRUL MEDIAZ
Date: 2009-07-28 08:09 pm (UTC)national press: 34% liberal, 54% moderate, 7% conservative -- this hardly represents a "liberal media." If a city was 34% African-American, 54% white, and 7% Asian, would you describe it as a "black" city? Of course not.
"Harvard" (actually UCLA and U Chicago -- do you actually read these?) study conveniently excludes any data sources that may skew their results: "Because of problems in data collection, the list excluded The Wall Street Journal, but it will be added soon. Also excluded is talk radio, which seems to have a conservative bent. Bottom line: The Groseclose-Milyo study shows the media are skewed substantially to the left of the typical member of Congress."
UCLA: see above, it's the same study
Rasmussen: this is a national opinion poll and not a scientific study on actual bias.
Voting records: this shows that reporter tend to vote Democratic. It does not show that they are liberal. It also does not demonstrate that their personal political preferences influence their reporting.
Political contributions: Did you read the fine print? (Probably not.) "Then, with a list of about 300 apparent journalists, we tried to contact them all. The list published here includes only those who either confirmed that they made the donation or did not respond. The final list represents a tiny percentage of the working journalists in the nation."
So, to summarize: Your "facts" fail.
Re: HUR HUR LIBRUL MEDIAZ
Date: 2009-07-28 08:22 pm (UTC)Journalists vote for and donate to Democrats at a much higher rate than Republicans.
Talk Radio is not news. It is opinion. It does not matter unless you now count ALL news outlets as opinion and not fact reporting. The Wall Street Journal was covered in a different study which found that its editorial pages were conservative but its news coverage was liberal.
Did you hit reply too soon? I see your OPINION of the polls and studies but no links backing any of your positions.
Re: HUR HUR LIBRUL MEDIAZ
Date: 2009-07-28 08:59 pm (UTC)These aren't my "positions," these are observations about the links you gave. I don't need links to back up simple logic. This is like me saying the sky is blue and you saying "LINKS PLZ."
Talk radio (and outlets like the Daily Show, etc.) may not fall under the category of traditional journalism, but would you agree that there are lots of people who get the vast majority of their news from these sources? The Pew research organization has certainly found that to be true.
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Date: 2009-07-28 06:35 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-07-28 04:23 pm (UTC)385 ayes, 35 nays, 11 not voting for the first one.
74 ayes, 25 nays for the second one, with 15 Rs and 10 Ds voting no.
So I think that means you be wrong.
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Date: 2009-07-28 04:48 pm (UTC)I know you guys are trying to pretend that you weren't in charge of the country for most of this decade, but let's at least be honest here.
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Date: 2009-07-28 04:54 pm (UTC)Sen. Richard Shelby of Alabama, the top-ranking Republican on the Banking Committee, said he was concerned the Bush bailout plan was "neither workable nor comprehensive" and he opposes "swiftly" approving it without debate.
Bush sent 3 pages, Democrats responded with 44. Who wrote the bill again?
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Date: 2009-07-28 05:19 pm (UTC)This was a Bush/Paulson plan, plain and simple... yes, Congress wrote it, but only because Bush demanded and browbeat them into doing so every step of the way (sidenote: and most of the provisions that Democrats wanted in the bailout never made it to the final version). So if your complaint is that Democrats in Congress far too often acquiesced to Bush's demands and agenda, then we are in 100% agreement.
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Date: 2009-07-28 10:04 pm (UTC)For real. Remember all that talk around 2003-04 about "keeping our powder dry"? Well, one would think the Democrats have so much dry powder stocked up by now it's a wonder static electricity hasn't ignited it and blown D.C. and much of the surrounding area off the face of the planet.
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Date: 2009-07-28 10:23 pm (UTC)why the Dems are afraid of Repuglicans
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Date: 2009-07-28 04:49 pm (UTC)Yes, if only we had had a Republican president at some point in the last 10 years, things would be so much better right now.... oh, wait.
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