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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: TimF who wrote (73530)	10/14/2009 1:28:05 AM
From: MJ	4 Recommendations Respond to of 224826

Obama's famous last words for him and the Democrat party------- "Barack Obama, Sept 12, 2008 And I can make a firm pledge: under my plan, no family making less than $250,000 will see their taxes increase* – not your income taxes, not your payroll taxes, not your capital gains taxes, not any of your taxes. Just remember that when the new taxes on food in restaurants in some localities in Virginia is enacted those taxes are courtesy of Mr. Barrack Hussein Obama's tax and spend party. What is happening in your state? How many new fees and hidden taxes have been or are about to be added during the titular President Obama's administration. Oh I forgot---------people with income under $250,000. don't go to restaurants to eat out-------so only those with income over $250,000. will be taxed. Right? Wrong. mj

To: TimF who wrote (73530)	10/14/2009 11:53:29 AM
From: TimF	Respond to of 224826

Shut Your Mouth If Your Experience Is Not Typical Enough Tim Cavanaugh \| October 5, 2009 The Federal Trade Commission, which has already followed the late Interstate Commerce Commission into glaring uselessness and could safely be abolished like the ICC, published its new endorsement guidelines today. Highlights include but are not limited to a requirement that advertisers provide equal time to people who oppose their products: Under the revised Guides, advertisements that feature a consumer and convey his or her experience with a product or service as typical when that is not the case will be required to clearly disclose the results that consumers can generally expect. In contrast to the 1980 version of the Guides - which allowed advertisers to describe unusual results in a testimonial as long as they included a disclaimer such as "results not typical" - the revised Guides no longer contain this safe harbor.... reason.com Autodidact\|10.5.09 @ 1:58PM\|# "So if a customer tells you, for example, "The people were nice, the product was good and I got my money's worth," you can't use that endorsement unless you provide fairness and balance to any detractor who had a bad experience with an employee or had hoped to haggle down the price." I think the same should hold true for campaign ads: Citizen #1: "Jim Johnson has been a great senator and has helped me personally as well by championing healthcare rights." Citizen #2: "Jim Johnson is a shitty senator who passed regulatory legislation that forced me out of the gas station business, leaving his brother-in-law's company as their only source of gasoline within a 50-mile radius." "I'm Jim Jonson and I approve this ad" This message was paid for by Re-elect Jim Johnson. reason.com