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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 (139663)	7/30/2012 1:39:41 PM
From: CF Rebel	3 Recommendations Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 224755

Once again, Texans will vote against their own interests. Sez the thread racist. Stay on your plantation. CF Rebel

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (139663)	7/30/2012 1:46:27 PM
From: lorne	1 Recommendation Respond to of 224755

NewsBusted 7/28/12 youtube.com!

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (139663)	7/30/2012 1:47:07 PM
From: lorne	3 Recommendations Respond to of 224755

Schnitt Show "we built this business" You Didn't Build That Business Obama Parody youtube.com

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (139663)	7/30/2012 1:58:15 PM
From: JeffA	2 Recommendations Respond to of 224755

What an idiotic statement. I am sure YOU know what is better for them. LMAO at you.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (139663)	7/30/2012 2:09:43 PM
From: JakeStraw	8 Recommendations Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 224755

Americans Lose Ground Under Obama's Failed Policies news.investors.com Gross Domestic Product: The U.S. economy grew at a slothful 1.5% in the second quarter and way below the level needed to create new jobs. Workers and small businesses are losing hope. Yes, Mr. President, "you built that." Despite our $16 trillion in debt and a bloated federal deficit of $1.2 trillion, Obama and the Democrats keep telling us that we need more spending and intervention in the economy for it to reach "escape velocity," as if the economy were a rocket ship or something. Obama also likes to say the economy "grows from the middle out," and that America needs "bottom-up prosperity" — two nifty little sayings that, as any economist worth his salt will tell you, are utterly bereft of meaning. Economies grow when entrepreneurs start businesses and create jobs. That's what creates "the middle," and also what lets "the bottom" rise up. It's that simple. So let's pause for a minute and consider the reality of this GDP report. In the last six months, the economy has expanded at an annualized 1.7% rate — barely above the 1.4% average since Obama took office in 2009. That's pathetic. The economy needs to grow 3% or more just to sop up the 130,000 new workforce entrants each month. We've done that in exactly two quarters since 2008. Looking back over postwar recessions, GDP is usually 15.1% higher at this point in a recovery than when the recession began. Under Obama, it's up just 1.7%. Today, our economy is roughly $13.56 trillion in size, adjusting for inflation. If we had grown at just the median 15.1% rate, our economy would be $15.34 trillion in size — a $1.78 trillion difference. Does it matter? You bet. Obamanomics has cost Americans a huge piece of their standard of living. By our calculation, that $1.78 trillion in missing growth has cost each American $5,780 in lost output. That's $5,780 less for paying mortgages, investing for retirement, kids' college education — in short, our standard of living has been slashed. The failure of Keynesian stimulus and Obama's socialist meddling in our economy is clear. Unemployment has remained above 8% for 42 straight months. The total number of unemployed, officially 13 million, is really closer to 28 million when you count discouraged workers and those who can find only part-time work. Yet, Obama continues to slam the door on the entrepreneurs who create small businesses and 80% of all new jobs. Rather than help them, Obama and the Democrats threaten to hike their taxes. Small business is in crisis, but help isn't on the way. Obama has some 300 regulations pending, each with a job-killing annual cost topping $100 million. Small businesses today spend more than $10,000 per worker on regulatory costs, and it's only getting worse. Meanwhile, Obama's planned tax hikes will hit 1.2 million small businesses and kill 710,000 jobs, a new study says — even as a report from the U.S. Census shows that from 2008 to 2010, an estimated 200,000 small businesses disappeared, taking millions of jobs with them. No matter how the White House spins it, Friday's disappointing GDP report shows Americans continue to lose ground under Obama — not gain it.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (139663)	7/30/2012 2:11:10 PM
From: lorne	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224755

Mitt Romney should have been brought in to organize the games, You agree kenny? Lots of pictures here for you kenny and some videos... Military brought in to fill empty Olympic seats Tickets sent to foreign VIPs go on black market Ticket touts disgrace: Row upon row of empty seats... as tickets sent to foreign VIPs go on the black market Large areas of empty seats seen in stadia for the second day running London 2012 chairman Lord Coe reveals students and teachers are also being called in at the last minute Every tout arrested had tickets sent to foreign VIPS Organisers Locog have begun an investigation into the ticketing fiasco By Rob Preece, David Williams, Chris Greenwood and Katherine Faulkner PUBLISHED, 29 July 2012 dailymail.co.uk