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Old 07-10-2009, 03:48 PM
 
Location: Michigan
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LOL..that is the 64K question on everyone's mind who knows some details about the first stimulus.

Gotta wonder why the government is not mentioning that and is pushing for a 2nd one.

Are there that many sheeple that ONLY watch TV for their news ?
(both sides here..I'm being non-partisan)
It's funny that with the information available, people will listen to opinions of radio and tv blabcasters. (and we must'n forget the many one view blogs and websites)
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Old 07-10-2009, 03:52 PM
 
Location: Imaginary Figment
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Looks like the hypocrite caucus is out in full force, where were you all the last eight years????
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Old 07-10-2009, 03:54 PM
 
Location: OB
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Default A Two Idea Party: Borrow and Spend

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Old 07-10-2009, 03:55 PM
 
Location: Northridge/Porter Ranch, Calif.
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The sheeple were silent for 8 years, and now they start braying
What silence?

Many Republicans, including myself, Rush, Sean, etc, were criticizing Bush's (over) spending.
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Old 07-10-2009, 03:56 PM
 
Location: I currently exist only in a state of mind. one too complex for geographic location.
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Looks like the hypocrite caucus is out in full force, where were you all the last eight years????
I have been several places in the last 8 years. my car, my bathroom, my bedroom. I am well rounded.
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Old 07-10-2009, 03:59 PM
 
Location: Imaginary Figment
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What silence?

Many Republicans, including myself, Rush, Sean, etc, were criticizing Bush's (over) spending.
Please, Sean and Rush were his biggest defenders.
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Old 07-10-2009, 04:21 PM
 
Location: FL/TX Coasts
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Let there be no doubt: Democrats are the party with two ideas: borrow and spend.

White House economic adviser Laura D’Andrea Tyson told an international economic conference:
“We should be planning on a contingency basis for a second round of stimulus.” Team Obama flack Robert Gibbs says the president isn’t “ruling anything out, but at the same time he’s not ruling anything in.”


Porkulus One was a massive payoff to special interests and political constituencies (and dead people!) disguised as a job generator. The Waxman-Markey “cap and trade” bill that passed the House two weeks ago contained bribes galore—including a $50 million hurricane research center for Florida Democrat Alan Grayson and a $3.5 billion economic development “sweetener” package for Ohio Democrat Marcy Kaptur.

CNSNews.com - The Bankrupt Party of Porkulus (http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=50824 - broken link)
a friendly reminder: W took over the office with a SURPLUS, eight ago.
Eight later, the SURPLUS has been transformed into a DEFICIT...

a very simple fact
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Old 07-10-2009, 04:32 PM
 
Location: Great State of Texas
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Looks like the hypocrite caucus is out in full force, where were you all the last eight years????
"Silence" ?

Plenty of outrage brought down the Fed's email system when they voted on the bankster bailout package. It was from both sides too and it was on Bush's watch, ok ?
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Old 07-10-2009, 04:35 PM
 
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With somewhere between 5 and 12 percent of the first package actually being used, shouldn't the question be, why is it just sitting (and is it getting interest).

Why would we need a round 2.
Bingo!
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Old 07-10-2009, 04:38 PM
 
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a friendly reminder: W took over the office with a SURPLUS, eight ago.
Eight later, the SURPLUS has been transformed into a DEFICIT...

a very simple fact
We were going into a recession at the end of Clintons reign.... A very simple fact...
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