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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 (115847)	10/19/2011 9:09:11 AM
From: locogringo	4 Recommendations Respond to of 224748

Herman Cain blames the unemployed for their own problem and the GOP crowd cheers Working people are sick and tired of paying the bills for the freeloader leeches, since certain people are UNWILLING to pay their fair share. Why pay for their food, rent, utilities when they are driving newer cars than the working people, and wearing newer, more expensive clothes, while they are shopping in the malls all decked out. just like they cheered for letting an uninsured person die without medical care. Nice group of people at those GOP debates. Do you know if the estate ever paid that bill, or are we going to get socked with paying that one too? Maybe Kenneth can chime in...............<<gg>>

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (115847)	10/19/2011 11:26:56 AM
From: MJ	2 Recommendations Respond to of 224748

Lies, all lies perpetrated by naysayers. If someone cheered, can you document that it was a Republican, Independent or a disatisfied Democrat who did so--------or was it an infiltrator into the event that did the cheers or booing? Dems who have the guts to do so often will infiltrate a meeting of Republicans---------with no intention of supporting the candidate or candidates debating. Sometimes they even take the floor for questions and pose their essays rather than asking questions.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (115847)	10/19/2011 11:30:42 AM
From: tonto	2 Recommendations Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 224748

What Cain actually said (as compared to Kenneth's inability to post the truth) GOP presidential contender Herman Cain stood by his comments made last week when he blamed the unemployed for their plight, at last night’s GOP Presidential Debate. At Tuesday night’s CNN debate, Cain stood by his comments — to loud cheers from the audience. “I still stand by my statement,” he said. “They might be frustrated with Wall Street and the bankers, but they’re directing their anger at the wrong place,” he added. “Wall Street didn’t put in failed economic policies. Wall Street didn’t spend a trillion dollars that didn’t do any good. Wall Street isn’t going around the country trying to sell another $450 billion. They ought to be over in front of the White House taking out their frustration.” Herman Cain blames the unemployed for their own problem and the GOP crowd cheers...

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (115847)	10/19/2011 11:32:57 AM
From: lorne	3 Recommendations Respond to of 224748

ken...."Herman Cain blames the unemployed for their own problem and the GOP crowd cheers"... ken..I think all here realize you don,t have a real firm grasp on reality, but try to understand what Mr.Cain is saying...... the crowd you refer to understand... Those wall street people are voters.... Voters vote into power a dolt like hussein obama...voters who voted for hussein obama made a terrible mistake... voters should be responsible for their actions/votes. PROTEST AT THE WHITE HOUSE...But i suppose a good portion of those Wall Street protestors don't have a real firm grip on reality as well.. Cain: Occupy Movement Should Be Outside WH, Not On Wall Street Video....http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2011/10/18/cain_occupy_movement_should_be_outside_the_white_house_not_on_wall_street.html Herman Cain stands by his "if you don't have a job, blame yourself" line while talking about the "Occupy" movement. "They might be frustrated with Wall Street and the bankers, but they're directing their anger at the wrong place. Wall Street didn't put in failed economic policies. Wall Street didn't spend a trillion dollars that didn't do any good. Wall Street isn't going around the country trying to sell another $450 billions. They ought to be over in front of the White House taking out their frustration," Cain said at CNN's debate in Las Vegas.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (115847)	10/19/2011 11:37:30 AM
From: lorne	5 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224748

ken...On the lighter here is something you and like minded friend's can ponder for a few months. got to wonder though just how much money was wasted on this? ya think there may be some lib thinking involved here? Defense counsel argues 'spit wads' not actually 'weapons' Student's suspension case moves up to state Supreme Court October 18, 2011 wnd.com Dangerous weapon? Spotsylvania County's photo of the pen and pellets confiscated from Andrew Mikel An attorney with the Rutherford Institute today argued before the Virginia state Supreme Court that a tiny plastic pellet – shot out of a plastic tube – doesn't qualify as a "weapon" and a long-term suspension for a 14-year-old honor student should be reversed. The argument came in the case involving Andrew Mikel II, who was a freshman last school year when he was kicked out of Spotsylvania High School for the remainder of the session under a claim by school officials that the "spitwad" was "violent criminal conduct." Rita Dunaway, a staff attorney with the Rutherford Institute, argued that the penalty should be reversed and that the school determination that Mikel "possessed" a "weapon" was simply reaching too far. "The Little Book of Big Reasons to Homeschool" The penalty had been affirmed by the Spotsylvania County Circuit Court even though the opinion noted it was "incongruous" that a student found with such "spitwads" could be suspended for the rest of a school year while a student who slugged someone in the face, for example, could be suspended for only 10 days under school procedures. "It's absurd that Andrew Mikel was not only suspended for the school year but characterized as a criminal," said John Whitehead, president of the institute. He's been working on Mikel's defense. "In addition to being arbitrary and capricious, the actions of school officials violate fundamental notions of fairness and established principles of due process. I hope the Virginia Supreme Court will bring justice to bear for Andrew Mikel," Whitehead said. There was no immediate word when a ruling would be expected from the court. But the situation was aggravated when the school officials not only punished and suspended Mikel, but also referred the honor student active in Junior ROTC and in his church to the criminal court system, where he was accused of assault. Mikel eventually was placed in a diversion program and took substance abuse and anger management counseling. The arguments to the state Supreme Court challenged whether the school's characterization of the actions as "criminal" and the spitwads as "weapons" was valid. The Rutherford appeal noted that no one was hurt, and there was no indication that there was any desire to injure anyone, so the school's actions "were excessively punitive and violate the constitutional guarantee to due process of law." Mikel has been homeschooled since. Whitehead has characterized schools' "zero-tolerance" policies as a "dangerous, monolithic mindset." "My son realizes what he did was foolish. He knows he shouldn't have done that," Mikel's father said. "It wasn't appropriate, it was horseplay. Some punishment should have occurred, but they went overboard about it. If they gave him a couple of days detention I would understand, but to classify him as a violent criminal bringing weapons to school and using them to harm kids, it's just ridiculous."

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (115847)	10/19/2011 1:12:11 PM
From: JakeStraw	5 Recommendations Respond to of 224748

Nice spin Kenny Troll... Cain's right, the OWS crowd should be in Washington. In fact, it's the sordid relationship between the U.S. government and the big financial institutions that plunged the U.S. economy into turmoil in 2008 and has hampered its recovery ever since.