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wilbeer
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Terence Wilson greeneck alleghenys,ny,
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Nov 14, 2014 - 05:54am PT
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"I would also like to see President Obama say HELLNO to the war machine"
I hear you there DMT,but,I don't think he can.
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dirtbag
climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 14, 2014 - 05:56am PT
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I agree Dingus. Let them whine all they want about him not working with Congress. Congress has had plenty of opportunities to work with Obama on this and Climate change. Their response: "F.U. Barry." Despite their claims, Congress is KNOTT interested in working with Obama.
And btw righties: there is nothing inherently with executive orders.
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wilbeer
Mountain climber
Terence Wilson greeneck alleghenys,ny,
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Nov 14, 2014 - 05:59am PT
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The Machine is to big.
Exactly why^^^^.
It is one thing to dislike him,but to deny the fact he has righted the ship,despite complete obstruction and very little help from anyone but his own party,is ,impressive.
It is proven that our ideals work[see progressive].
I know that really pisses you off.
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crankster
Trad climber
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Nov 14, 2014 - 06:27am PT
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Good news for the country...and bad news for Republicans who want health care to fail.
Poll: Good reviews for Obamacare coverage
By LUCY MCCALMONT 11/14/14 6:43 AM EST
A majority of Americans give good reviews for insurance they recently acquired through government exchanges within the past year, a new poll shows.
With the second round of Obamacare enrollment set to begin on Saturday, 71 percent said their coverage through the exchanges was good or excellent, according to a Gallup poll released Friday. Another 19 percent said the coverage was fair, while 9 percent rated it poorly.
The pollster notes that these marks are comparable to all who have health insurance. However, those newly insured through the exchanges are more satisfied with the cost of health care — with 75 percent saying so — versus 61 percent of all insured respondents who said they were satisfied with the cost of health care.
A majority — 68 percent — who received insurance through the exchanges said they plan to renew their policy, while an additional 7 percent said they will look for a new policy, but through the exchanges.
The Gallup poll was conducted Oct. 22-Nov. 12 and surveyed 407 adults who were newly insured through a government health care exchange in 2014. It has a margin of error of plus or minus 6 percentage points.
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crankster
Trad climber
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Nov 14, 2014 - 08:35am PT
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^^^^
Debunked story from 2012
No surprise, Bush leads the way...
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crankster
Trad climber
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Nov 14, 2014 - 08:57am PT
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Soon as you redneck chickenhawks start another war.
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apogee
climber
Technically expert, safe belayer, can lead if easy
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Nov 14, 2014 - 09:00am PT
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Hard to say, Sketch...the economy is doing so much better than it was in 2009. Given what Obama inherited, and the positive trajectory we've been on, he'll probably come out looking pretty good....
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TGT
Social climber
So Cal
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Nov 14, 2014 - 09:04am PT
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Soon as you redneck chickenhawks start another war.
Hasn't Barry already started one?
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apogee
climber
Technically expert, safe belayer, can lead if easy
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Nov 14, 2014 - 09:06am PT
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Not really...just can't seem to get out of the ones that your guys started, TGT.
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Nov 14, 2014 - 10:18am PT
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Cuts to education, arts, infrastructure, healthcare and so on...nothing on military. Big surprise.
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HighDesertDJ
Trad climber
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Nov 14, 2014 - 10:56am PT
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Crack posted Corporate profits are at all time highs because corporations are leveraged to the hilt with cheap money- corporate debt is also at an all time high, and as soon as the cheap money dries up things will go south very quickly. Jobs are finally being created, but we never filled in the gap from the recession - unemployment has only gone down because people have stopped looking for work or taken part time jobs. And there is inflation - at about 2-3% a year (even more for food), which although small is fairly punishing because wages have not gone up, in fact in real terms wages are about 10% below what they were in 2007.
In short, the recovery never really came, which was to be expected. We tried a little socialism, it didn't work. Shocking!
What do you call a post in which every single factual point is demonstrably false? Well, not the wages one, that ones just misplaced.
Let's take the "socialism" one though. Despite the fact that you don't understand what the word means, your point is apparently that government intervention in market liquidity in a time of recession doesn't work. How do square that with the fact that every country that tried austerity has a flagging economy while ours is fairly robust? Also explain how the recovery looked promising up until the stimulus ran out and then we went into year after year of "almost but not quite" solid recovery while state budgets were slashed and the congressional action on the economy was entirely hands off.
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dirtbag
climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 16, 2014 - 10:30am PT
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Great article Bob.
Republicans: smoke 'em while you have 'em. It won't last long.
And btw, Texas will likely be purple in decade.
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bergbryce
climber
East Bay, CA
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Nov 16, 2014 - 10:56am PT
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Wow, that Chron article made me feel a lot better.
It's nice to see someone with some sense on the right.
This is an age built for Republican solutions. The global economy is undergoing a massive, accelerating transformation that promises massive new wealth and staggering challenges. We need heads-up, intelligent adaptations to capitalize on those challenges. Republicans, with their traditional leadership on commercial issues should be at the leading edge of planning to capitalize on this emerging environment.
What are we getting from Republicans? Climate denial, theocracy, thinly veiled racism, paranoia, and Benghazi hearings. Lots and lots of hearings on Benghazi.
It is almost too late for Republicans to participate in shaping the next wave of our economic and political transformation. The opportunities we inherited coming out of the Reagan Era are blinking out of existence one by one while we chase so-called “issues” so stupid, so blindingly disconnected from our emerging needs that our grandchildren will look back on our performance in much the same way that we see the failures of the generation that fought desegregation.
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bergbryce
climber
East Bay, CA
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Nov 16, 2014 - 11:08am PT
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As for those cuts, we've seen that song and dance before.
They look rather impressive on paper and get people all rallied up to reduce some deficits. But then they realize that those cuts effect their districts, and one by one, the list gets whittled down to cutting maybe 50% from NPRs budget because everyone knows only commies listen to NPR.
And lets not forget the bloated, about to explode elephant taking up about 60% of the space in the room, the military. GOP will (try to) nickel and dime their way through spending on science, healthcare, and improving the lives of those less fortunate all while ignoring the obvious.
I for one, hope Obama uses his veto pen freely.
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apogee
climber
Technically expert, safe belayer, can lead if easy
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Nov 16, 2014 - 11:40am PT
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That is a great article, Bob.
Unfortunately, such clear facts will be completely lost on these pathetic old white Repub males who are gloating on the last remaining shred of hope that has just happened to land in their laps.
Agonal respirations in a dying patient are not an optimistic sign of improvement. It means the patient is about to die. Good riddance, GOP....maybe you'll reincarnate as something more accessible & relevant to the American people.
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bergbryce
climber
East Bay, CA
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Nov 16, 2014 - 11:52am PT
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Agonal respirations, a perfect analogy.
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crankster
Trad climber
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Nov 16, 2014 - 12:04pm PT
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What are we getting from Republicans? Climate denial, theocracy, thinly veiled racism, paranoia, and Benghazi hearings. Lots and lots of hearings on Benghazi
And trying to roll back health care reform...
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Jingy
climber
Somewhere out there
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Nov 16, 2014 - 02:40pm PT
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Bob D'A you can't make them go to another website. Especially to read something about reality that they are not completely comfortable with.
I took the time to take a look into the future for them...
I brought a little piece of the message back with me to paint it here.
Few things are as dangerous to a long term strategy as a short-term victory. Republicans this week scored the kind of win that sets one up for spectacular, catastrophic failure and no one is talking about it.
What emerges from the numbers is the continuation of a trend that has been in place for almost two decades. Once again, Republicans are disappearing from the competitive landscape at the national level across the most heavily populated sections of the country while intensifying their hold on a declining electoral bloc of aging, white, rural voters. The 2014 election not only continued that doomed pattern, it doubled down on it. As a result, it became apparent from the numbers last week that no Republican candidate has a credible shot at the White House in 2016, and the chance of the GOP holding the Senate for longer than two years is precisely zero.
The graph made me think of a recent graphic I had seen, but about a totally different subject entirely.
I wasn't thinking that there was a connection...
But then I looked a little closer.
hmmmmmm....
Is there a connection?
I guess we left leaning types will just have to wait for a favored repub to come along, break the republication mold, to change the game at it's core....
Do I think there are any of those repubs out there?
Not
A
One!!
Until the republican superman shows up and brings the entire country together as one nation... we just have to wait while teams of seconds run this place into the ground.
Or we can wait for their water to boil over...
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dee ee
Mountain climber
citizen of planet Earth
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Nov 16, 2014 - 05:14pm PT
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Yea Bob,
It's hard to do(intellectual)battle with idiots.
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