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To: i-node who wrote (656170)	5/23/2012 2:54:33 AM
From: Don Hurst	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578820

>>"The bulk of our fiscal crisis comes from Medicare and Social Security..."<< We had a budget surplus in 2000 and we had Medicare and Social Security then... Now we have over a $3 Trillion unfunded growing debt for an invasion of Iraq to get some guy his family's revenge...that's "the bulk of our fiscal crisis".

To: i-node who wrote (656170)	5/23/2012 10:20:39 AM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1578820

Like I keep saying you need better leaders.........another R turning into a national laughing stock as the world watches and grins. Two steps forward, one step back in Arizona By Steve Benen - Wed May 23, 2012 8:00 AM EDT Associated Press Arizona Secretary of State Ken Bennett (R) talking to reporters. Arizona Secretary of State Ken Bennett (R), who oversees the state's elections and serves as the state co-chair of Mitt Romney's presidential campaign, created quite a mess for himself last week. Though he denied being a Birther, Bennett nevertheless threatened to keep President Obama off the Arizona ballot due to imaginary questions about his citizenship. Yesterday, Bennett, the subject of national ridicule, changed course. ...Bennett on Tuesday backed off his threat to keep the president off the ballot in November and apologized to his state. "If I embarrassed the state, I apologize, but that certainly wasn't my intent," Bennett said in an interview with Phoenix radio station KTAR. "He'll be on the ballot as long as he fills out the same paperwork and does the same things that everybody else has." Bennett said he still intends to keep asking Hawaii for verification that Obama's birth certificate is authentic. But he said he only plans to use Hawaii's answer as a way to satisfy demands from constituents who remain unconvinced Obama is a natural born citizen of the United States and so therefore eligible to be president. That's not much of a motivation -- it's generally not the Arizona Secretary of State's job to answer willfully confused people who believe in deranged conspiracy theories -- but late yesterday, Hawaiian officials nevertheless provided additional verification of the president's birth to Bennett, apparently resolving the matter. So, with Bennett chastened and embarrassed over this ridiculous stunt, is it safe to say reason and decency will live to see another day in the Grand Canyon State? Well, almost. While Bennett's nonsense appears to have come to an end, there's still that other Arizona Republican who's even more detached from reality: Maricopa County's unhinged sheriff, Joe Arpaio, who sent a "posse" to Hawaii this week, hoping to uncover documents that have already been released to the public. Both the Arizona Republic and the Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported deputy Brian Mackiewcz traveled with Arpaio’s volunteer posse member Michael Zullo on Monday to try to get an official confirmation that Hawaii has the president’s birth certificate on file. [...] The Star-Advertiser reported that Zullo and Mackiewcz flashed badges on Monday when they showed up at the Hawaii Department of Health. Mackiewcz apparently also handed over a business card showing he is part of the Arizona sheriff's "Threats Management Unit." This is not, by the way, an excerpt from a silly and implausible novel. It actually happened. Indeed, Arpaio's office is spending tens of thousands of Arizona taxpayer dollars on this. And in this matter, Hawaiian officials were reportedly underwhelmed by Zullo's and Mackiewcz's badges, which are about as relevant in Hawaii as the frequent-shopper card I keep in my wallet for trips to the grocery store. Still no word from the Romney camp on his comfort level with all of this.

To: i-node who wrote (656170)	5/23/2012 10:26:45 AM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578820

You can argue about spending and who did what forever. What you cannot argue about is a) The bulk of our fiscal crisis comes from Medicare and Social Security, both of which are huge social programs created under Democrat presidents; and Nonsense. Our fiscal crisis results from an R president starting two wars while cutting taxes.......a move never done during the country's prior 100 years. This move was complicated by the fact that this same president didn't have his eye on the tiller and thought regulation was a bad word. George Bush, and you all are solely responsible for this fiscal mess. b) Obama has seen deficits far beyond a trillion dollars every year of his presidency, and our country had never come CLOSE to a trillion dollar deficit before he took office. You saw the chart...........you know that's BS. So, put that in your pipe and smoke it. And leave the numbers to people who can understand them. That excludes you. Don't you know that smoking is bad for your health.