The Annoited One's Acceptance Speech....

[DREDIOCK]

I felt the same way when Dubya was nominated
 I predicted skyrocketing national debt, a debt our grandchildren's grandchildren will be paying off, that Haliburton would get most of the contracts for any work in the middle east - and at enormous no bid contract levels - that we would most likely have a stock market volatility equal to 1929 levels - including bank failures ...


I was right

Boy I hope we can be lucky enough to have 4 more wonderful years of it - heck why not eight -



 

Not hard to be wrong on those predictions.
Your grandfather was probably saying the same thing only out of concern that his grandchildren (the most common form of that claim) would be paying for it.
Tell me. How much of the national debt have you had to pay? How has it effected you?

Haliburton has been used by every administration of both parties dating back to Kennedy.

The volatility of the stock market is the only thing about the stock market that Is predictable.
If Bush is responsible for bank failures. Then Clinton must be held responcable for the market crash of the early 2000s and the Enron type fiasco.

Let ya in on a little secret. shhhh dont tell anyone.
::looking both ways then whispering:: I predict that no matter who is president. The same type things are gonna happen again,and again,and again.

In fact. So confident am I that these things  were so easy to predict. that I predict that no matter who is in office for how long,10 years from now.
Someone else will be making the same complaints and observations

[Nwbie]

Well since Soros bought Halliburton its a liberal problem now. My portfolio is almost triple what it was before Bush. Berkshire A is way down which upsets me but its still 500% above where I bought it. So why are you complaining exactly? You don't actually own stocks right?

?

 your kidding right?

What the h does your portfolio have to do with the economy?
How many of those collapsing bank shares do you own?

And lol - nice try - http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=56177

you don't actually research your "I'm a quick draw McGraw ..walk the party line... do you?

If you think I'm impressed you own A stocks - yes i am... how many ? Too rich for my blood and probably 98% of the Americans who are dealing with dubya's using the national debt like a non refundable credit card -

H - i don't even like Obama - but jeez - auto smacking him down becuz he isn't republican is hilarious - especially after dealing with dubya these last terms

[Chalenge]

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You have to remember where he comes from too. His church his people his family and how he has felt about America and her people all his life. Forgetting all that inside of the pony race for POTUS and taking a speech at face value from any politician is a terrible mistake. This is what politicians do is give speeches. Beyond that he will do as he is and always has been.

I fully expect this mans administration to go off like a madman let lose in the paint store. Thats change for you.

[Mr No Name]

Oh hell, I listened to the speech and thought I was in Germany in 1933... Scary scary stuff... This speech makes me want to paint my whole house and all 3 vehicles into a "Bob Barr '08" campaign mural.  God help us!

[Nwbie]

Not hard to be wrong on those predictions.
Your grandfather was probably saying the same thing only out of concern that his grandchildren (the most common form of that claim) would be paying for it.
Tell me. How much of the national debt have you had to pay? How has it effected you?

Haliburton has been used by every administration of both parties dating back to Kennedy.

The volatility of the stock market is the only thing about the stock market that Is predictable.
If Bush is responsible for bank failures. Then Clinton must be held responcable for the market crash of the early 2000s and the Enron type fiasco.

Let ya in on a little secret. shhhh dont tell anyone.
::looking both ways then whispering:: I predict that no matter who is president. The same type things are gonna happen again,and again,and again.

In fact. So confident am I that these things  were so easy to predict. that I predict that no matter who is in office for how long,10 years from now.
Someone else will be making the same complaints and observations

Pssss < looks around...  >> Dubya was president in early 2000's - actually market dumped when he was nominated ....

How does it affect me?.... well - you tell me what you say to your grandchildren.... hey = your grandkids are gonna pay for our ijot mistakes ... what was the national debt when clinton left office? ... and what is it now?....
Your condensending post was a good laff

[Pooh21]

It will go down in history as the Obamanberg Rally. I was hoping they all would  start chanting

Yes we can!

[Chalenge]

?
 your kidding right?

No Im not. Im surviving just fine despite the company I worked for having let go of 70% of its employees and its because I watch things in the news and from Washington that I was prepared for these events. I had the chance to buy a home cheap in South Florida (one of the hardest hit by the economy) but I also saw it as a bad choice and didnt. The economy isnt going to change because of who becomes the POTUS. In case you havent been paying attention I dont like any of the candidates. McCain was chosen by liberals as their next best option to a liberal winning the white house.

[Hangtime]

The Oratory skills of the Anointed One are great.

The eye-candy and symbolism.. well scripted.

The message... muddled.

Answered... nothing. Repetitions of the Change theme... no new 'whats', no answers to 'how'.

I remain un-enlightened.

But I did get a satisfying dump off at the end of it... at my age, that's something.

Thanks, Mr. 'O'.

BTW, Dred.. I'm not a Republican or a Democrat. I'm an American. Just like you. I'm registered as an Independent, always have been. Proud of that.... in spite of the fact that lately, it's the brand that seems to be in 'style'.

[DREDIOCK]

Pssss < looks around...  >> Dubya was president in early 2000's - actually market dumped when he was nominated ....

How does it affect me?.... well - you tell me what you say to your grandchildren.... hey = your grandkids are gonna pay for our ijot mistakes ... what was the national debt when clinton left office? ... and what is it now?....
Your condensending post was a good laff

The market started to fail while Clinton was in office. It was on his watch through all of the 90s that the Enron type fiascos took place.
It all only came to a head at the end of his term and in the beginning of Bush's first term.
Bush had ZERO to do with the collapse.

I have always maintained that the POTUS is given too much credit when the economy goes well and took much blame when it doesnt.
If either president can be blamed for anything. Its for the lack of oversight when things are going TOO well. such as the runaway economy of the 90s and housing boom of this decade which it seems to tend to lead to these types of bubble bursts.


My point was. Your grandfather(and mine too) probably made the same arguement years and years ago. only saying that his grandchildren were going to have to pay for it. Have you?
Im not saying it isnt a concern. Or that nothing should be done about it. Its just not as huge a concern as the alarmists would make it out to be.

Im glad you enjoyed it.
I do try to be entertaining as well as informative  

[Holden McGroin]

what was the national debt when clinton left office? ... and what is it now?....

Section 8. The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States; but all duties, imposts and excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;

To borrow money on the credit of the United States;

On January 20, 2001, Congress had spent 5.73 trillion more than it had collected since the beginning of the republic. To date Congress has borrowed 9.1 trillion .  So during the Bush Presidency, Congress has spent 3.37 trillion more than Congress collected in taxes.  So Congress had to borrow that additional 3.37 trillion.

[Ripsnort]

Watched the entire thing. Resisted uncounted urges to change the channel. When it was over I just turned the TV off.... the whole experience was like touring a lunatic asylum.

I somehow felt 'dirty'.. Used. Abused. Screwed. Tattooed. And I'm not even a democrat.

So, I wandered off to the head, left a world-class a dump, took a shower, ate a bowl of ice-cream.

Still feel like I've just been raped.

*sigh*

I weep for the species.

\Jimmy Carter think on

Well, then you must be racist!

\Jimmy Carter think off

[DREDIOCK]

<S> for being fair to both sides.

(I don't know if you're being open-minded, but if so, then <S> for that as well  )

Im not part of the "Rah! Rah! GooOOO TEAM!" right or left sheep.

I save that kind of silliness for things that in the greater scheme dont really matter. Football, baseball, Aces High, etc.

I have a problem. Its called individual thought.
I insist on thinking for myself rather then being lead around like a sheep by fear mongering rhetoric from one side or the other.

I cant help it. I guess I was just brought up wrong. LOL

[DREDIOCK]

BTW, Dred.. I'm not a Republican or a Democrat. I'm an American. Just like you. I'm registered as an Independent, always have been. Proud of that.... in spite of the fact that lately, it's the brand that seems to be in 'style'.

My apologies then if I offended

[Sandman]

Oh hell, I listened to the speech and thought I was in Germany in 1933... Scary scary stuff... This speech makes me want to paint my whole house and all 3 vehicles into a "Bob Barr '08" campaign mural.  God help us!

Yeah... me too. Inflation rose 200% today. I spent my entire paycheck on a sack of potatoes.

[Chalenge]

Pssss < looks around...  >> Dubya was president in early 2000's - actually market dumped when he was nominated ....

You know some portions of the market dump while others go up. Knowing where to be and when is not really easy but it is possible to make money on the market when the press is yelling its collective head off that 'the sky is falling' and for obvious reasons the press is not the best place to discover these things. The press actually magnifies difficulties and the government has been known to make things worse be legislating bank regulations and policies as in our latest housing fiasco and you can thank both parties. The one bipartisan policy you can count on is screwing the American people out of their hard earned dollars.