Re: RonPaul

Sorry, was out for a bit...

I was a wee one in the 80s, so I honestly can't say I observed the middle class changes for a long time, as you and others here have. I've observed that we've found ways to replace workers with machines that run more efficiently (computer programming will remain a hot skill for as far as I can see), replace full-time workers with part-timers, and offshore work to countries that pay their workers much more cheaply.

With all this change and job uncertainty, it'd be nice if we had free health care for all, paid for by increased taxes on the top who own a great deal of our citizenry's overall wealth. I'll go as far as saying I'd cut the welfare program that GOP folk tend to dislike if it meant free healthcare for all.

Re: #28 #29 RonPaul

Don't put words in my mouth; I don't think being wealthy is evil. And I'm not poor.

The middle class has disappeared and wealth has trickled up to the top. The wealthy tend to hold onto their money or invest it in places where it doesn't come back to benefit the overall good of the people of our nation (it may improve our GDP, though). It's not evil, it's just human nature. That's why we have taxes and government, and why we need more deductions to incentivize reinvestment in our people.

You paint Obama supporters with a broad brush strawman.

And your point is still invalid.

Koresh!? Oh, Kokesh.

A gun nut with an ego... no way!

Re: #1 KBM

Just look at Bachmann.

Re: #23 RonPaul

If more wealthy people behaved like Arnold, you might have a valid point.

Damn Northern-er Americans trashing our cities.

Always bet on Buddha

I like to put fish sticks in my mouth, too.

Re: #81 ManUesStonedar

Calling for impeachment without any evidence, other than speculation. Let me know how that goes.

Re: #32 Snoofy

Re: #4 Kanrei

I actually enjoy poke-typing on the sideways I-Pad, compared to the dead-flat keys of the Macbook (pinkies always missing the Ps and Qs). A PC Keyboard, with contoured keys, is still the best for me...

Topic of thread: It's sad when people lose their homes, also sad that a lot of these were Habitat for Humanity homes.

And six tornadoes in one night!?!? Maybe G_d does hate Texas.

So the Republicans in this Congress are a bunch of gutless turds, what else is new?

Speaking of "gutless," the President needs to crack down on Holder and Cole for spying on the free press.

Re: #27 Posted by Bogey1355

Re: #28 Posted by SpeakSoftly

Bush will (fingers crossed) go down as the worst President of my lifetime, but that's no excuse for Obama to let all these people working under him act like a bunch of clowns.

Obama needs to axe Cole, and perhaps Holder as well. A serious national security leak does not justify spying on our free press. Ever.

What a great idea!

T & A did something, yeeay!

Re: #37 RonPaul

Apologies, aschmallagies (all right, I'll grant it's a start). Obama's house isn't in order. He needs to identify those responsible and fire them.

The first objective of an elected official is to get reelected. This is what was printed in my American Government textbook back in 2004.

There are already plenty of freely available instructions on how to make things that can be used to inflict massive damage on people. I wonder how many bombs have been made by criminals who consulted the Anarchist's Cookbook?

Also, there are without a doubt people around the world right now working on their own 3-D printer blueprints for non-metal guns.

And even if the government tried to oversee who's printing what, one would just need to steal a 3-D printer, and never connect to the Internet with it when they use it to print their guns and bomb parts.

Re: #8 Sniper

A zip gun is made of metal; it'll be detected more easily.

Re: #13 Rcade

Develops, or doesn't develop, who knows how fast it'll move?

Penalize the states that fail to report the mentally ill to the background check system.

Re: #23 Jak Se Mao

What I was trying to say was:

We've all got problems, but at the same time, we can still get some things right. We can be brilliant and fatally flawed at the same time. And hubris can destroy a person just as depression. It doesn't make sense to throw the baby out with the bath-water.

Re: #25 Jak Se Mao

It takes a specially narrow mind to conflate self-absorption with self-reflection. You failed to consider his audience for the speech: a commencement address to graduating seniors at a liberal-arts college. Educated folk.

God bless anti-intellectualism.