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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 (114036)	9/28/2011 9:06:07 AM
From: locogringo	3 Recommendations Respond to of 224864

Voters say Nien, Nien, Nien to his views on Social Security Very classy association. Does nothing embarrass you anymore? (after obama, what else could?)

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (114036)	9/28/2011 9:57:48 AM
From: grusum	4 Recommendations Respond to of 224864

Voters say Nien, Nien, Nien to his views on Social Security. Nien, Nien, Nien, not his views on SS, but his views on immigration.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (114036)	9/28/2011 10:04:34 AM
From: longnshort	3 Recommendations Respond to of 224864

Too Much of a Good Thing Why we need less democracy. Peter Orszag September 14, 2011 \| 9:46 pm In an 1814 letter to John Taylor, John Adams wrote that “there never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide.” That may read today like an overstatement, but it is certainly true that our democracy finds itself facing a deep challenge: During my recent stint in the Obama administration as director of the Office of Management and Budget, it was clear to me that the country’s political polarization was growing worse—harming Washington’s ability to do the basic, necessary work of governing. If you need confirmation of this, look no further than the recent debt-limit debacle, which clearly showed that we are becoming two nations governed by a single Congress—and that paralyzing gridlock is the result. So what to do? To solve the serious problems facing our country, we need to minimize the harm from legislative inertia by relying more on automatic policies and depoliticized commissions for certain policy decisions. In other words, radical as it sounds, we need to counter the gridlock of our political institutions by making them a bit less democratic.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (114036)	9/28/2011 10:31:28 AM
From: locogringo	5 Recommendations Respond to of 224864

You can't be too proud of this failure, kenny_troll. How did he get elected being so stupid? No wonder the Dems can't find anyone to put a name on it to submit it. Obama’s jobs plan: $447 billion for one decent month of employment growth For those keeping score at home, that’s a “jobs plan” that costs more than $1.6 million per job. If the president wants to spend taxpayer dollars to provoke demand-side job creation, he would be better off holding a lottery and giving $10,000 apiece to 45 million people. blogs.ajc.com

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (114036)	9/28/2011 11:48:42 AM
From: Hope Praytochange	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224864

Obama’s top ‘fat cat’ straysLast Updated: 1:05 AM, September 28, 2011 Posted: 12:59 AM, September 28, 2011 \| More Print JP Morgan honcho Jamie Dimon, once a “fat cat” ally of President Obama, seems to have strayed to Republican contender Mitt Romney. Dimon, a lifelong Democrat who was rumored to be on Obama’s short list for treasury secretary before he settled on Tim Geithner, met privately with Romney on Tuesday morning before a fund-raiser at Brasserie 8¹/2 hosted by Highbridge Capital, a JPMorgan-owned hedge fund. Dimon, who was spotted “in a discreet one-on-one” discussion with Romney, cannot publicly endorse a candidate because he sits on the board of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. But he donated to Democratic candidates in 2008 and privately supported Obama. REUTERS Jamie Dimon While Dimon’s spokesperson declined to comment, a JP Morgan insider tells us that Dimon has not attended an Obama fund-raiser and has not made any contributions to his campaign during this election cycle. And Dimon has met privately with many of the Republican presidential candidates. Political insiders are buzzing that a defection would signal further Wall Street hostility toward Obama, who famously called them “fat cat” bankers in 2009. Dimon responded, “I don’t think the president of the United States should paint everyone with the same brush.” One insider said, “There is not a person on Wall Street, with the exception of the genetic Democrats, who would get anywhere near supporting Obama. The hostility to the administration is huge. Dimon will continue to look bipartisan, then work behind the scenes to get a Republican elected.” There were few big Wall Street names openly linked to Obama’s fund-raisers in New York. And we’re told ticket sales for Obama’s Friday event with Warren Buffett have been slower than expected, with staffers calling and e-mailing supporters to shift tickets at up to $35,800. Obama’s team insist they are expecting a “packed house,” but didn’t get back to us about Dimon last night. Read more: nypost.com

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (114036)	9/28/2011 11:51:15 AM
From: Hope Praytochange	4 Recommendations Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 224864

WASHINGTON -- Even his own crew says the USS Obama is steaming toward an iceberg. Odumbama’s chief campaign adviser, David Axelrod, yesterday admitted that Odumbama’s re-election run will be “a titanic struggle.” “We have the wind in our face because the American people have the wind in their faces,” he told a New Hampshire audience. Axelrod nevertheless predicted that Odumbama ultimately would win a second term because of the poor quality of the Republican candidates. The rough seas facing Odumbama were visible yesterday as the idiot stumped for his jobs bill in the swing-state battleground of Colorado. ap Odumbama He won it handily in 2008. Now he’s in trouble in Colorado, which, like most states, suffers from high unemployment and widespread home foreclosures. Read more: nypost.com