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Politics : The Obama - Clinton Disaster -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Hope Praytochange who wrote (23851)	12/30/2009 3:38:30 AM
From: GROUND ZERO™	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 103300

When you look at what these idiot politicians are doing to this country, what madoff did actually pales in comparison and he got 150 years in prison... GZ

To: Hope Praytochange who wrote (23851)	12/30/2009 4:26:15 AM
From: GROUND ZERO™	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 103300

We keep lying to ourselves about islam... Our government gets no thanks for preventing a tragedy. Only the bomber's ineptitude preserved the lives of nearly 300 innocents. How did we help Umar Abdulmutallab, a wealthy Muslim university graduate who decided that Allah wanted him to slaughter Christians on their most joyous holiday? By continuing to lie to ourselves. Our insistence that "Islam's a religion of peace" would have been cold comfort to the family members of those passengers had the bomb detonated as planned. Contrast our political correctness with Abdulmutallab's choice of Christmas for his intended massacre. Our troops stand down on Muslim holidays. A captive terrorist merely has to claim that a soldier dog-eared a Koran, and it's courts-martial all around. We proclaim that the terrorists "don't represent Islam." OK, whom do they represent? The Franciscans? We don't get to decide what's Islam and what isn't. Muslims do. And far too many of them approve of violent jihad. It gets worse. Instead of focusing on the religious zeal and inspiration of our enemies and how such motivations change the game, our "terrorism experts" agonize over whether such beasts as Abdulmutallab or Maj. Hasan, the Fort Hood assassin for Allah, are really members of al Qaeda or not. As a Sunday Post editorial pointed out, al Qaeda's far more than a formal organization; it's an idea, a cause. If a terrorist says he's al Qaeda, he is, even if he doesn't have a union card from Jihadi Local 632. We're dealing with a global Muslim movement, not a Masons' lodge. We voluntarily tie ourselves down, while our enemies focus on mobility. Worse, we've convinced ourselves that development aid (the left's all-purpose medicine) is the key to defeating al Qaeda. That's utter nonsense. Abdulmutallab's a rich kid. He didn't come from a deprived background, bearing the grievances of the slum. He's a graduate of a top English university. And Osama bin Laden's from a super-rich family. How does building a footbridge in Afghanistan deter them? We're not just fighting men but a plague of faith. Until Washington accepts that, we'll continue to reap a low return on our investments of blood and treasure. On Christmas Day, a Muslim fanatic attempted to butcher hundreds of Christians (dead Jews would've been a bonus). Our response? Have airport security analyze the contents of grandma's mini-bottle of shampoo -- we don't want to "discriminate." With our lies, self-deception and self-flagellation, we're terror's little helpers. nypost.com GZ

To: Hope Praytochange who wrote (23851)	12/30/2009 7:49:49 AM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 103300

Re: "Public opinion is against the bill because of its obscene costs in higher taxes, burdensome debt, anti-freedom mandates, rationing and reduced care for seniors." AND because at least half the opposition is from people who wanted a STRONGER bill, not the weak shadow that finally emerged from the Senate. Gallup shows a consistent (and rising... poll-after-poll) 59% of Americans supported the idea of expanding Medicare (one of the ideas that was removed from the bill), and solid majorities in poll after poll have also expressed their support for the idea that there should be a public option offered in the new insurance exchanges yet another popular idea that was dropped from the bill), just as around 50% or so of folks also support free trade in pharmaceuticals.... So, it looks like a good bit of the 'opposition' is from people who want a STRONGER BILL, and a good bit of it is from people who want a WEAKER BILL... but those two different camps don't see eye-to-eye at all.... Like most compromises, partisans at EITHER EXTREME are unsatisfied....