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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (613672)	5/28/2011 10:06:58 PM
From: bentway	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1576619

"Keynesian economics fell out of favor in the 1970's when stagflation occurred." What a maroon! Paul Volker fixed the economy by raising rates, a Keynesian prescription! The first thing to happen after the Bush Global Economic Collapse? ALL the economists became Keynesians!

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (613672)	5/28/2011 10:19:52 PM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1576619

"That's the problem. You can't resist making this into a partisan issue." Except for the fact I a not, you have a point. "Both Republicans and Democrats were instrumental in making this happen." Yeah. I remember all the Democrats trumpeting tax cuts as the way to boost the economy... Help me out here. Their names escape me at the moment. Borrow and spend is why we got here. Now who was behind those policies again? "Keynesian economics fell out of favor in the 1970's when stagflation occurred." Depends on how you define "fell out of favor". I will grant you that Chicago School was ascendent until they managed to crash the economy by following its policies. And it wasn't just here, it happened every place it was made policy. If any school deserves to be discredited, it is Chicago School. It has failed every time it was tried. And by failed I don't mean it just fell short of some goals. It has led to disaster. Every time. "Even the world banks now want to move away from the dollar as the world's reserve currency." They have been discussing that for decades. But they keep coming back to the dollar. Why is that? It is still the safest. And that will be the case unless the Republicans don't stop holding the economy hostage to fix their political woes. "to give credibility to their tax-n-spend nonsense" Why is borrow and spend so much better? Despite lip service, that is still Republican policy. Did you notice how the spending will actually be a few billion higher than it would have been before they made the "cuts"? You accuse me of playing partisan games? When it was the Republicans who blocked all attempts to fix the economy starting in 2009 and then campaigned on jobs and protecting Medicare from the mean old Democrats? And what happened? Not even proposals to do something about jobs. But an all out push on a social agenda with attempts to shut down Planned Parenthood, NPR and other social goals. Budget cuts and increasing funding for the military that exceed the cuts. Then the attempt to convert Medicare to CouponCare. When that blew up in their face, now they want to trade deep cuts in Medicare before they will raise the debt limit. Thus holding the economy hostage so the Democrats can't use CouponCare as an issue in the 2012 election. "And all they can do in response is blame Bush." They have done more than that. Still, if people don't understand how we got to this God-awful place, we run the risk of doing it all over again. Flushing everything down the memory hole just means the Republicans will just do it all over again. First they need to change tactics. Instead of just trying to repackage the same old crap under a different name. Why should your guys get a pass? They aren't remorseful for screwing the country and almost the world. They haven't changed their approach. They, in fact, show no sign that they learned from the experience. They have blustered, lied, obfuscated, tried to shift the blame and, when given another bite of the apple, did exactly the same things that led to the disaster. All the while refusing to compromise on anything. They either get their way or they shut down the process. The Republicans aren't serious about anything but lining up huge piles of money so they can get elected and making sure the Democrats can't do the same. So it is all about power. They just use veterans and the middle class as props to make that happen, they don't actually do anything for either group except cut their benefits so they can shift it to the Americans who really count. Granted, the Democrats aren't a lot better, but at least every once in a while they do actually do things for others who aren't already wealthy. The Republicans never do.

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (613672)	5/29/2011 4:16:22 PM
From: bentway	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576619

Ten, I stumbled over this site on a liberal news site. Thought you might like it: korean-arts.com

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (613672)	5/30/2011 1:47:09 PM
From: i-node	1 Recommendation Respond to of 1576619

>> Both Republicans and Democrats were instrumental in making this happen. Everyone played along until it all collapsed, then the blame game started. While I agree with this somewhat, Ten, you just can't ignore the bold choice facing us today: Wasserman vs. Ryan. Ryan is laying it out, at least trying to put forth SOMETHING. Wasserman? You see what she's up to. Mediscare. While both parties have some culpability, you can't ignore the fact that the Democrats created these monstrosities (with some help from Republicans). You cannot ignore the fact that Democrats added to the problem last year with Obamacare. And you can't ignore the fact that they're fighting doing anything about it today. I don't see "both parties did it" as a fair analysis of the situation. Both parties are culpable, but one is far more so than the other.

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (613672)	5/31/2011 12:57:37 AM
From: bentway	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1576619

Mom Tells of Killing Toddler Son in 'Exorcism' LATISHA LAWSON SAYS SHE WAS TRYING TO DRIVE OUT THE DEMON 'MARZON' By Mary Papenfuss, Newser Staff Posted May 30, 2011 2:11 PM CDT newser.com (NEWSER) – A mother killed her toddler son as she was trying to "exorcise" a demon from his body, she told Indiana jurors. She accidentally crushed her son's neck as she attempted to stop him from spitting up a concoction of oil and vinegar she hoped would drive out the demon "Marzon," Latisha Lawson explained. "I knew and believe I was interacting with a demon at that time," she said. Lawson and another mother fed the mixture to four children, but the other three immediately spit it up, reports the Telegraph. Lawson hid the body of her son Jeziah for over a year. She said she hoped he would be resurrected. If convicted, Lawson faces up to 45 years in prison. The defense is trying to prove Lawson was delusional. But prosecutors say she knew what she was doing when she killed her son. "Jeziah was an unwanted kid," said an Allen County prosecutor. "This is a simple child abuse case. She still thinks she did the right thing. Scary." Click for more background on the case.