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1. over 13 years ago on Pat Oliphant

   The Repubs don’t give a bleeep about jobs or ordinary working people it’s all about politics. If they can destroy the unions they will remove a big source of donations to the Democratic Party. They tell us it’s all about the jobs but that’s bull. They’re using this economic crisis to go after all the organizations that helped get Obama elected and all the social programs including Acorn, Planned Parenthood, Medicare, Labor Unions and Social Security. The ultimate goal is a permanent Repub majority.

2. over 13 years ago on Pat Oliphant

   What Wall street and the bankers have stolen makes Madoff’s ponzi scheme look like peanuts and not one bastard has had to do the perp walk. They just put out a report by the country’s best economists that took over a year to produce to tell us it was Wall street greed and lack of oversight. Hell, I couid’ve told them that in two sentences but nobody called me.

3. over 13 years ago on Pat Oliphant

   Funny how this melt down of the economy worked out for the “smaller gov’t” crowd. Suddenly all we have to do is dump every social program ‘cause we can’t afford them. How often are we hearing we’ve got to think of the future and our children’s children. How about the kids who are alive now. Anybody read ‘The Shock Doctrine?

4. over 13 years ago on Pat Oliphant

   The Repubs have milked the evangelical vote with empty promises about ending abortions but to actually do something would be counter productive for them. Why would they intentionally lose that huge voting block of all those suckers who vote solely on that one issue. I, personally, would like to see abortions rare, safe and legal. The right is fond of “wedge” issues, like if extended mags for auto weapons are banned then all guns will eventually be banned or if maryjane is decriminilized then we’ll all suddenly turn into heroin addicts. But if the right gets a foot in the door then a women will lose all rights to what happens to her own body. Right now they’re trying to redefine rape! What next? So if a women is raped she must bring the baby to term, even if it’s her brother’s or fathers baby? Also, If she’s not conscious then it’s rape. They want to allow hospitals to turn away a women who requires an emergency abortion to save her life.

5. over 13 years ago on Pat Oliphant

   Dwight D. Eisenhower quote: “In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.” That says it all. The political power the Bush administration gained by conducting a pre-emptive and unnecessary war was huge. They failed to protect us on 9-11 and then politicized the hell out of it. Many, like Guilliani went on to make huge profits based on not doing much at all and in spite of the stupidity of locating the command center inside the twin towers after it was hit the first time.