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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
mammoth lakes ca
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Nov 23, 2010 - 10:23pm PT
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Impeach him and deport ..
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
mammoth lakes ca
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Nov 23, 2010 - 10:24pm PT
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LEB..there you go again trying to agitate DR. F....i thought you said something about ignoring him?..
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Norton
Social climber
the Wastelands
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Nov 23, 2010 - 10:42pm PT
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We want our country back!
Back to the good old days, when the words White House meant exactly that!
Yeah!
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
mammoth lakes ca
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Nov 23, 2010 - 10:45pm PT
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The tea bagger theory of relativity..
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TGT
Social climber
So Cal
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Nov 23, 2010 - 11:29pm PT
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Why won't the Republicans listen to the American people??
The American people spoke earlier this month.
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I guess you were just so busy reading Hufpo and listening to NPR and MSNBC that you just couldn't hear.
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Nov 23, 2010 - 11:38pm PT
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I heard...2006 & 2008 the democrats won big.
...The Democratic Party won a majority of the state governorships[ and the U.S. House and Senate seats each for the first time since 1994, an election-year commonly known as the "Republican Revolution." For the first time in the history of the United States, no Republican captured any House, Senate, or Gubernatorial seat previously held by a Democrat.
Democrats took a 233–202 advantage in the House of Representatives, and achieved a 49–49 tie in the United States Senate. The Senate figure is sometimes quoted in the media as 51-49, which includes two members who ran as independent candidates: Bernie Sanders and Joe Lieberman, who promised to caucus with the Democrats. The final Senate result was decided when Democrat James Webb was declared the winner in Virginia against incumbent George Allen, as reported by the Associated Press. On November 9, 2006, Allen and fellow Republican incumbent Sen. Conrad Burns (Mont.) both conceded defeat, ceding effective control of the Senate to the Democrats.
The democrats won big in 2006 & 2008...your minority party didn't listen. They just obstructed...we can do the same.
You still don't control the senate...so what do you think is going happen...ask you son, with the 190 IQ?
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Jingy
climber
Somewhere out there
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Nov 24, 2010 - 12:35am PT
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if only the rediculous right could ever imagine coming up with the lyric:
Strangers passing in the street
By chance two separate glances meet
And I am you and what I see is me
Pink Floyd - Echoes
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Jingy
climber
Somewhere out there
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Nov 24, 2010 - 11:10am PT
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"Jingy, I will be writing a nice size check for Jailhouse,"
 anyone know if this has happened yet?
Didn't think so... but there is always the chance that people will follow through on their word
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Nov 24, 2010 - 11:54am PT
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LEB wrote: I have absolutely no idea what is on Huffington's site
That is very obvious Lois.
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Norton
Social climber
the Wastelands
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Nov 24, 2010 - 01:08pm PT
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Why, just another regular American.
Well read, informed, capable of superb critical thinking.
And most importantly, votes Republican "religiously".
And, "racism" has got nothing to do with voting Republican.
Just another good old boy doing what comes naturally.
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Norton
Social climber
the Wastelands
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Nov 24, 2010 - 02:11pm PT
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JEleazarian
Trad climber
Fresno CA
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Nov 24, 2010 - 02:11pm PT
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JE wrote: The single biggest factor in employment has always been corporate profits. When they rise, employment rises. When they fall, employment falls.
Maybe 40 years ago. How do you explain the huge profits, the growth of wealth to the upper two percent and the decline of benefits and wages to the average workers?
The relationship remains valid today. Quite frankly, when I got my undergraduate math/econ degree from Berkeley, I was an orthodox liberal economist, thinking corporations were the dangerous enemy. After I started working as an economic forecaster, the strong, persistent and clear link between corporate profitability and employment was so striking it forced me to change my thinking.
There are certain economic statistics that consistently lead, are coincident with, or lag other economic statistics. Corporate profits have been a stable leading indicator of employment for fairly obvious reasons. When profits rise, businesses expand, and when profits decline, businesses contract.
The current record nominal profits will lead to an economic expansion -- unless the government does something to make expansion less profitable, or more uncertain. Sad to say, I have little faith that a Republican House, Democratic Senate, and Democratic President will result in pro-expansive, or even neutral conditions for business. I fear that each group, and particularly my Republicans, will spend more time posturing and less time doing. The Democrats and Republicans are so caught up in their partisanship, they won't react to the danger, but the independents will.
Your comments on the top two percent Bob, have no relevance to corporate profits. The statistics on the percentages of wealth and income refer to individuals only. You also overlook absolutes: If everyone's income rises, but those at the top rise faster, it does not contradict the relationship between profits and employment. Profits rise, and employment rises.
I know, Gary, you see it differently. The rise in the stock market under Reagan also led (again, meaning occurred before) a rise in general economic activity, including employment. The stock market, by the way, is also a leading indicator, although I've found it a less reliable one.
John
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euro-brief-guy
Boulder climber
Auburn, ca
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Nov 24, 2010 - 02:13pm PT
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Skipt,
Don't stop....I love seeing them get worked up.
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Norton
Social climber
the Wastelands
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Nov 24, 2010 - 02:25pm PT
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Norton
Social climber
the Wastelands
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Nov 24, 2010 - 02:38pm PT
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Nov 24, 2010 - 03:13pm PT
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John E,
Thanks for another succinct and balanced post.
Be assured that your efforts are not entirely wasted or unappreciated.
On a side note I am giving thanks this year for the enlightenment this thread
has brought to me into how the mind of Robespierre probably functioned.
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JEleazarian
Trad climber
Fresno CA
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Nov 24, 2010 - 03:25pm PT
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On a side note I am giving thanks this year for the enlightenment this thread
has brought to me into how the mind of Robespierre probably functioned.
Too funny, Reilly! And we shouldn't overlook the fact that he, too, was a lawyer!
John
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