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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 (151178)	1/8/2013 6:52:42 PM
From: tonto	3 Recommendations Respond to of 224757

Lolol! Really? What a bogus idea...

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (151178)	1/8/2013 7:28:29 PM
From: lorne	2 Recommendations Respond to of 224757

kenny...Why go through all the trouble of minting a coin? just get obama or little timmy or some other idiot to write out an IOU and pass it back and forth...or just rip it up and make a new one? How do you think world markets would react to something this stupid. How do you think China would feel if obama the stupid sent them a new platinum coin worth 1 trillion american dollars and said...there debt paid in full.... gees you dems come out with some real funny stuff..course you crazies do have the political power...:-( scary!

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (151178)	1/8/2013 7:50:37 PM
From: TideGlider	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224757

One problem Kenneth, as soon as the coin is issued, the currency is devalued by the amount of the coins denomination. Immediate inflation and immediate credit downgrades.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (151178)	1/9/2013 12:22:32 AM
From: ManyMoose	3 Recommendations Respond to of 224757

Why don't they just add nine zeroes to a thousand dollar bill and save the platinum for a legitimate use?

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (151178)	1/9/2013 2:08:35 AM
From: Wayners	2 Recommendations Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 224757

No coin in history, even under the Gold Standard has had a face value in excess of the value of the base metal. It's monopoly money. The Federal Reserve will reject it as a deposit. Sure try it. I think it's a great way to test the Federal Reserve System to see if they are loyal or disloyal. I guarantee the latter. When they don't accept the coin, then you should know immediately that the Federal Reserve isn't a quasi Govt Dept or Agency.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (151178)	1/9/2013 1:49:00 PM
From: longnshort	5 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224757

Current TV Staffers Trash Al Gore Don Irvine — January 9, 2013 No comments \| Printer Friendly Tags: Accuracy in Media, AIM, Al Gore, Al-Jazeera, Current TV, Green, Hypocrite Current TV’s sale to Al Jazeera has sparked a lot of controversy—mostly from conservatives concerned that the Qatar-owned network will now be available in 50 million homes. But according to The New York Post, staffers at the network were not very happy with Al Gore for selling out to “Big Oil.” The Post reported that staffers were gathered together at the network’s San Francisco headquarters, and teleconferenced to their offices in Los Angeles and New York City to meet their new bosses. According to this report, they came away less than impressed. Gore was conspicuous by his absence, which seemed to only rankle the staff even more: “Of course Al didn’t show up,” said one high placed Current staffer. “He has no credibility.” And Gore’s hypocrisy wasn’t lost on at least one employee: “He’s supposed to be the face of clean energy and just sold [the channel] to very big oil, the emir of Qatar! Current never even took big oil advertising—and Al Gore, that bulls***ter sells to the emir?” Another staffer commented on the fact that Current had done stories on the tax code, which liberals feel favor the rich, while Gore desperately tried to close the deal before the end of the year to avoid the higher Obama tax rates now in effect. But what may be the best comment came from an employee about Gore’s commitment to green energy: “Al was always lecturing us about green. He kept his word about green all right—as in cold, hard cash!” I think it’s safe to say that the Current employees feel like they were royally gored by the former vice president.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (151178)	1/9/2013 2:18:20 PM
From: Jack of All Trades	3 Recommendations Respond to of 224757

We are raising a generation of deluded narcissists A new analysis of the American Freshman Survey, which has accumulated data for the past 47 years from 9 million young adults, reveals that college students are more likely than ever to call themselves gifted and driven to succeed, even though their test scores and time spent studying are decreasing. Psychologist Jean Twenge, the lead author of the analysis, is also the author of a study showing that the tendency toward narcissism in students is up 30 percent in the last thirty-odd years. This data is not unexpected. I have been writing a great deal over the past few years about the toxic psychological impact of media and technology on children, adolescents and young adults, particularly as it regards turning them into faux celebrities—the equivalent of lead actors in their own fictionalized life stories. On Facebook, young people can fool themselves into thinking they have hundreds or thousands of “friends.” They can delete unflattering comments. They can block anyone who disagrees with them or pokes holes in their inflated self-esteem. They can choose to show the world only flattering, sexy or funny photographs of themselves (dozens of albums full, by the way), “speak” in pithy short posts and publicly connect to movie stars and professional athletes and musicians they “like.” Read more: foxnews.com