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

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (86241)	6/19/2010 6:03:56 PM
From: longnshort	Respond to of 224749

you have to be kidding me

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (86241)	6/19/2010 6:41:10 PM
From: Hope Praytochange	Respond to of 224749

idiot community thug odumba destroys pension funds--Both the dividend cut and the collapsing share price are causing widespread angst in Britain, where BP stock is widely held by public pension funds. But losses are also being inflicted on this side of the pond. State and local retirement funds from California to New York are feeling the sting, as are pensioners on the gulf coast. A retirement fund for Louisiana’s municipal police officers, for instance, had fully 20 percent of its money invested in BP shares before the disaster. The Florida pension fund has lost $85 million on the 21 million BP shares it held when the offshore rig went down. And the retirement system of Alabama has lost nearly $100 million on paper from its own BP investment.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (86241)	6/19/2010 6:47:52 PM
From: Hope Praytochange	Respond to of 224749

Illinois raised its retirement age to 67, the highest of any state, and capped public pensions at $106,800 a year. Arizona, New York, Missouri and Mississippi will make people work more years to earn pensions. Virginia is requiring employees to pay into the state pension fund for the first time. New Jersey will not give anyone pension credit unless they work at least 32 hours a week. “We can’t afford to deny reality or delay action any longer,” said Gov. Pat Quinn of Illinois, adding that his state’s pension cuts, enacted in March, will save some $300 million in the first year alone. small mind kennyboy supports idiot odumba

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (86241)	6/19/2010 8:35:21 PM
From: Ann Corrigan	2 Recommendations Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 224749

Ken, Americans themselves are the best judge of whether the economy has improved because they feel the effects in their everyday lives. Obama can continue to repeat his mantra that the economy is getting better but a recent poll of Americans resulted in 13% replying yes. 13%...it has grown worse while O's in office...not better. The only thing good to say about O is that he's had more courage than other Democrat Presidents to tell the teachers' unions something has to be done about the abysmal results of public education. He tells the education community their job performance needs to improve and then he grants their unions all sorts of unjust advantages that create more union thugs. Giveth with one hand, taketh away w/the other. WE CAN SEE NOV FROM OUR HOUSE!! Hillary encouraged O to sue AZ because she knows that's the final nail in his re-election coffin. teeheehee...she & Bill can already smell the rose garden.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (86241)	6/19/2010 11:58:21 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Respond to of 224749

Yes, he has improved the economy. Hmm.. like a drug dealer improves his victims condition with a (multi-trillion dollar financial) heroin fix.. But when that fix wears off, what's he going to do for an encore? pragcap.com Oh.. let me guess.. Carbon Credits.. how brilliant!! Must have thought that one up out on the links golfing with GS alumni.. Hawk

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (86241)	6/20/2010 11:08:32 AM
From: Hope Praytochange	Respond to of 224749

In the first weeks after the oil rig exploded on April 20, Mr. Salazar was one of the administration’s chief spokesmen on the disaster. On May 2, he sat for interviews with four Sunday morning TV talk shows. For weeks, he appeared routinely at hearings on Capitol Hill, often saying of BP that “we have our boot on their neck to make sure they get the job done.” But in a May 27 news conference, idiot Odumbama scolded Mr. Salazar for his cowboy rhetoric and acknowledged his impatience with the pace of change at the minerals service. In his address last week, idiot Odumbama singled out Dr. Chu for praise, pointing out that he was a Nobel Prize winner leading a team of scientists and engineers working on the leak. Meanwhile, criticism of the interior secretary by some environmental advocates has mounted since the spill. A group of scientists and conservation organizations wrote to idiot Odumbama last week demanding Mr. Salazar’s resignation, citing what they called his “flawed record on natural resources issues,” including oil drilling, endangered species and coal leasing decisions. Even former Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt, who described himself as a friend of Mr. Salazar, said in an interview that the administration’s response to the disaster had been slow and that its reform proposals too tepid. “The administration took way too long getting its act together and in mounting a coordinated, aggressive response to the spill,” Mr. Babbitt said.