Gee, who could have expected that would happen. nm

• Child Rapist Gets 60 Day Jail Term - Democrat
  • Thanks, Democrat. - PK
  • This is just unfathomable to me (caution - rant enclosed) - Suzie
    • It is a weird situation, for sure... - MTRE
    • Please see message. - PK
      • I can't begin to imagine what the parents must feel. - Suzie
      • Rush is all over this, too. nm - Brunson
        • Gee, who could have expected that would happen. nm - MTRE
      • It's already happening in my city - vs
        • The victim in a breakin is more likely to serve time than the theif - Democrat
          • Here's the scenario in my city - vs
            • I agree. nm - Democrat
        • To me, that's totally understandable. - PK
          • Yep, that's exactly right. nm - Democrat
  • It's a well known established fact that child molesters cannot be rehabilitated. sm - Brunson

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So I didn't bash the GOP quite enough?  Oh, please.  They (GOP) spent like crazed fools, and they deserved to be punished big-time!    I've read enough of your posts in the past.  You're one of the reasons I quit reading the politics section of this board.  The only thing of interest to me is whatever occurs MQ-wise.  As for the tax and spend reality, I repeat my "tax challenge" to everyone here to keep track as the days, months, and years play out. 

The numbers aren't emotional, and will speak for themselves.  If you can list any taxes that the Dems have lowered or eradicated, go ahead and give it your best shot. 

http://www.foxbusiness.com/story/markets/industries/finance/wall-street-bonuses-expects-come-season-despite-bailout/

Paying bonuses this year is likely to result in a lot of backlash from the average American. After all, even with bonuses down dramatically, they are still higher than the average American, who is losing his or her home, makes. Not to mention the government bailout of financial firms, which seems to change daily, is coming from taxpayer dollars. Concerns abound—rightly or wrongly--that some of the $700 billion bailout could go to pay bonuses this year.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/17/obama.foreclosures/index.html?iref=mpstoryview

I have gas heat, and so does my daughter.

Your mother is fortunate to have you and your sisters to help her.  Makes me worry about all the elderly people barely scraping by on Social Security who have no family.  I guess they and the other poor people are just considered to have no value and are disposable.  I guess someday I'll be disposable, as well.

I totally agree with what Putin said.  Of ALL the places in the world to force change upon, the Middle East is probably the worst one!  Change does have to come from within.  Their culture is so different from ours, and I believe we should respect all cultures that are different from ours.  Sometimes I wonder who would win an election in Iraq if Saddam was suddenly back on the ballot. When Bush debated Gore in 2000, Bush claimed to be against nation building (though he said Cheney was in favor of it, which leads me to believe that Cheney really IS running the administration, as has often been alleged).

I always watch closely when Putin and Bush have press conferences.  Putin should be called Pukin because he's always got this look of disgust on his face, as if he's about to run out of patience with Bush and his idiocy. 

I remember when we first began to brag that the Cold War is over.  I always thought that was a stupid thing to say, because it's never over till it's over.  History will be the judge of that.  I often wondered how a country full of people who were accustomed to having their vital needs met by their government as a RIGHT, rather than a privilege, could possibly survive in the dog-eat-dog, sometimes unscrupulous atmosphere of capitalism.  As far as I know, Putin isn't all that enamored with capitalism, and I'm just waiting for Russia to once again become communistic or maybe socialistic.  I guess time will tell. 

is that she will get elected anyway,  and to many's surprise be one of the most effective president's yet.  What I like about her is that she is energetic, is a workaholic, very very smart, has political clout, and even since her high school and college days has always tried looking out for the underprivileged.  Obama has too always looked out for the underprivileged.  

unless they outlawed the two parties which, we all know, will never happen. People will always vote for one or the other and not give independents a chance.  Heck, one year a long time ago, I even voted for the Libertarian (sp) party cause I didn't like who was running on the dem or pub ticket and there was no indpendent candidate.

I agree, there should not be any "party" (whoever thought of that terminology must have had a great sense of humor). We are not getting anywhere with the 2 parties we have now. Bush had his goofball cabinet and O has his. Some of O's are worse IMHO. They open their mouths and stocks fall. The press secretary doesn't know how to answer a straight question. He looks very uncomfortable when asked a question he doesn't know how to answer. It doesn't help matters.

Why they really don't include the forerunner of every party to debate in public forums isn't fair or right. The "minor" parties don't really get their message out because of financing and a debate would be great for them, but it's always dems and pubs.

I think if things don't turn around in the next 4 years, an independent might have a better chance.

if he is unable to give away enough stuff and make enough concessions.  Or, if like the whole Palestinian conflict, the stated disagreement (we want our own homeland) is not the actualy purpose of the conflict (we all really want to wipe Israel off the map.) 

It's like the schoolyard bully.  He wants your money, so you give it to him.  Now he wants your lunch, so you give him that. Then he likes your jacket, so that becomes his as well.  Pretty soon you've run out of stuff to buy him off with and it dawns on you.....he was only looking for a way to puff himself up and reason to pound on you.  The other stuff he gained was just icing on the cake. 

PHILADELPHIA Even though Hurricane Katrina has moved well north of the city, the waters may still keep rising in New Orleans late on Tuesday. That's because Lake Pontchartrain continues to pour through a two-block-long break in the main levee, near the city's 17th Street Canal. With much of the Crescent City some 10 feet below sea level, the rising tide may not stop until it's level with the massive lake.

New Orleans had long known it was highly vulnerable to flooding and a direct hit from a hurricane. In fact, the federal government has been working with state and local officials in the region since the late 1960s on major hurricane and flood relief efforts. When flooding from a massive rainstorm in May 1995 killed six people, Congress authorized the Southeast Louisiana Urban Flood Control Project, or SELA.

Over the next 10 years, the Army Corps of Engineers, tasked with carrying out SELA, spent $430 million on shoring up levees and building pumping stations, with $50 million in local aid. But at least $250 million in crucial projects remained, even as hurricane activity in the Atlantic Basin increased dramatically and the levees surrounding New Orleans continued to subside.