"I know a lot of people who will welcome the 250 dollar checks Obama is proposing ."

Then you know a lot of idiots that a)don't understand the cost involved in sending those checks out and b)don't realize that that is NOT Obama's money but belongs to the taxpayers in the first place.

Why is it a surprise that when the dollar gets lower, the cost of things (like oil) gets higher? It takes more dollars to buy the same amount of stuff. Simple math, folks.

This is probably too late for anyone to read but I will post it anyhow. The $250 he wants to give seniors is just to try to bribe them to like his health care plan. He wants to give them maybe $20 or $30 billion with one hand while he plans to take $500 billion out of Medicare and says it won't affect coverage. Frankly he can stick his $250 where the sun don't shine. As far as the people knocking seniors. Most of the people who are drawing SS now worked all their lives and paid into the system besides paying to support other peoples kids and sending them to fine colleges that these people were not eligible for when they were young. I always thought SS was a good thing for old people and I thought the young should be able to take care of themselves. Now all you hear is boo hoo these old people are getting all this free money (not free and certainly not much) and I am having to pay taxes. Well we paid taxes too and I don't think my generation were such pitiful crybabies that thought they were underprivileged because they didn't have a big screen tv, a 10 room house and a Lexus. Put that in your pipe and smoke it. By the way I still work and I don't begrudge what is taken out for SS.

No, Limbaugh does not "run" the Republican Party. He's one of the many voices in it. The Democrats are the ones afraid of Rush. It sucks to have scrutiny turned on them, for a change.

Since your political views won't allow information from Fox, here's the same information from a "reliable" LEFTWING source:
The Seattle PI, via the ASSOCIATED PRESS:
http://www.seattlepi.com/business/1310ap_us_social_security_cola.html

I wouldn't bet on a "replacement". You'd lose.

I know a lot of people who won't welcome the taxpayer burden that usually accompanies the "stimulus" checks.

You mean it's not called the "Bongo Congo" anymore? Just damn

GOOFY............hahahahahah......what are you doin' throwin' cats around?????

do you really hate 'em........bouncing kats hahahahahahahahah

...the United States has a one-party state, cleverly designed to disguise the country’s true class division and to divert the masses from a recognition that unless you are a political insider connected with one of the major parties, you almost certainly will be ripped off on balance. Such exploitation, after all, is precisely what the state and the political parties that operate it are for.

http://www.independent.org/blog/?p=3596

I just hope this 10,000 dow is not another artificially supported bubble like the last one. Let's don't get too excited till we see if it survives a month.

3, you do realize the $250 is only for seniors right? And they are getting it by taking from all of us who DIDN'T get a raise this year. Sorry Seniors, but I don't get that one.

As far as Rush goes, again, the only people I hear talking about him as much as you, are the people on the left. Republicans don't have to criticize him because 1) they don't waste their time worrying about what he has said that day and 2) if they do hear his show they haven't found to criticize!

Everybody better worry more about the declining dollar, ever hear of Rhodesia (I'm sure I didn't spell that right)?

Jack in Dayton...........man get bizzy and clean out those 37 cat litter boxes.........they make your 27' trailer smell real bad.......you moms startin' to have problems and she ain't got no insure ants.....same wit' your mouth breathin' brother......

and where is aunt ruthie???????

3mustbewrong............yo' momma called and left a message.......I'll read it to you.......

baaa baaaaaa baaa baaah baaaaaaaah!!!

so tell me 3...

who do you think is a reliable source? Daily Show and Huffington Post?

And just why is Fox News hardly a reliable source? Do you have information about a car they blew up, or some forged documents they used in a story?

I recently watched Fox and heard opposing views. The same night I watch CNN and only heard one side of the same issue. Well, just asking for your reliable sources.

Indeed, when one considers all the federal socialist and interventionist programs that have come into existence during the past several decades, how many do Republicans oppose? Answer: None. Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, welfare, the drug war, subsidies, education grants, bailouts, SBA loans, and on and on, not to mention the multitudes of federal welfare-state, regulatory departments and agencies. The Departments of Labor, Agriculture, Energy, Education, Homeland Security, Health and Human Services, DEA, SEC, ICE, IRS, and on and on.

i got this from Libertarianism vs. Statism

http://www.fff.org/blog/jghblog2009-05-04.asp

take a close look at those conservative websites, especially their positions on specific issues. You will find something very interesting: They support all the things that violate the principles of the mantra that they hold so dear. And guess what: Those are also the things that liberals hold dear.

Want some examples? Just to mention a few: Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, welfare, income taxation, the drug war, government-business partnerships, education grants, public schooling, farm subsidies, SBA loans, the Federal Reserve, paper money, managed trade and immigration, a foreign military empire, the war on terrorism, the CIA, wars of aggression, foreign occupations, and sanctions and embargoes.

Now, ask yourself: How can any of those things be reconciled with the mantra “free enterprise, private property, and limited government”? They can’t be. As socialist, interventionist, and imperial programs, they violate principles of free enterprise and private property and produce a government of unlimited powers, especially in foreign affairs.

i got this from The Charade of Left and Right

http://www.fff.org/blog/jghblog2009-05-12.asp


Sure, we’re taught to believe that America is a two-party system — the Democrats and the Republicans — but that’s just a façade, given that both parties share the same statist philosophy and are simply competing against each other to determine who is going to control the system.

In other words, there is one political party — let’s call it the Statist Party — that is divided into two wings — the Democrats and the Republicans. The situation is akin to that which exists in the National Football League — one league, divided into two conferences — the NFC and the AFC.


this was from "Protecting the Statist Party"
http://www.fff.org/blog/jghblog2009-07-23.asp

So when the dow falls below 10,000 again will it still be because of Obama?

Merriam-Webster online Dictionary:
Statist Main Entry: stat·ist Pronunciation: \ˈstā-tist\ Function: noun Date: 1946
An advocate of statism

Statism Main Entry: stat·ism Pronunciation: \ˈstā-ˌti-zəm\ Function: noun Date: 1919

“Concentration of economic controls and planning in the hands of a highly centralized government often extending to government ownership of industry.”


Okay, so how does that definition fit into your weird characterization of people from different regions of the country?

"If Rush Limbaugh actually ran the Republican Party there might be some legitimacy to your statement."

Rush does run the Republican party. he may not have an official title or position, but they are all afraid of him.

Name one Republican that has criticized Rush and either did not go back to him groveling with an apology or was shouted down as a RINO.

If Rush Limbaugh actually ran the Republican Party there might be some legitimacy to your statement.

Maybe if Rush was allowed to buy and run an NFL team instead of him trying to run the Republican Party, there might be a few less people leaving it.

Frank, you flaming retard. Have you ever heard of a " dead cat bounce "?

More bad news for the pouters on the right, the DOW is up over 10,000, for an 25% increase since Inguration Day!
Yup, you can't blame this one Bush, Obama owns it,right?

I didn't get a raise this year, why should they?

And besides,Red Statists need to lie like a shark needs to swim.

A shark has to swim constantly to stay alive, just as the Red Statists have to lie constantly to stay alive.

Just as the Red Statists need to always take from the productive and give to the Wall Street Banks, lest they sink to the bottom and die (politically speaking of course).

Hey, this obummer dude is really looking after the old folks, wow, $250 thats great. Meanwhile welfare moochers get $3000 each in Detroit from the stimulus money.

So Russia gets to inspect our Nuke sites and now reveals a first strike policy? Way to go PresBO, you really earned that Nobel.

The dirty little secret is that it has always been the Statists that have harbored the racists.

They just cover it up with nonsensical arguments like certain groups can't be racists because they aren't powerful enough and other BS.

Just look at who constantly judges people based on the color of their skin.

And besides, Statists need to lie like a shark needs to swim.

A shark has to swim constantly to stay alive, just as the Statists have to lie constantly to stay alive.

If a shark stops swimming, water stops flowing over it's gills and it sinks to the bottom and dies.

Just as the Statists need to always take from the productive and give to the moochers, lest they sink to the bottom and die (politically speaking of course).

"The insurance industry had about 2.3 million wage and salary jobs in 2006." from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. So destroying this industry will result in how many unemployed? I suppose they could all go work for the State and suck away wealth rather than create it.

Looks like the Statists are going to dismantle the Constitution by the numbers.

A public flogging is too lenient for this pedophile. Here's another prime example of why parents should NEVER send their child to a government-run school.

Folks, if you haven't read about this guy, you need to: this is the philosophy and behavior the Obama regime wants to institutionalize in government schools. And sadly, I can't say I'm the least bit surprised by this latest outrage.

its fun to read comments on, say, the huffington post about FOX being an arm of the GOP.

I spend all day reading comments.
but I always start w/ the talkmaster.

he never fails to provide good links, and good ideas

If you are going to critize someone's spelling ability, get negativity correct.

And um, hate to point it out but you are here in the Talkmasters small world, so what does that say about you?

The NFL has been trying to clean up its image in recent years under Roger Goodell. The last thing he needs is for an owner of a team to be a pill-popping, racist fatso that does not believe in brain injuries. I am sure Rush would do well in the NFL playing with an all-white team. HAHAHAHAHA

I hope Rush takes on Big Liberal and sues to destroy those people. Big Liberal is poisoning our kids. They're immoral loser sitting in their ivory and ebony towers. Rush need to take them down a notch.

Maybe we should call our dollars the “American Loonie” after our esteemed and insane Demoncrats.

The other term we could use would be evil, but “American Evil” just doesn't have the same ring to it for some reason.

"Ask" them their immigration and citizenship status?

What the hell do you think they are going to say?

If a cop pulls you over and asks you if you were speeding (or drinking) tonight, what are you going to say? Oh, yes sir - absolutely.

Why don't you MAKE them PROVE they are legal citizens or not, especially when they vote.

Don't ask for things that might happen maybe.

Actually DO something - you know, perform.

...and that's the whole idea. It would send the insurance companies into a pricing "death spiral" and destroy them by regulation. That would leave us with nothing but the government option. Then everyone get equally bad service, except for elected officials and liberal celebrities.

Dang, I went and wasted my money on a hurricane stamp for my hunting license.

i hope they've got an extra thick rope. i'm like neal, hang him because he's a blubberbutt

Is Lori Edwards actually a Dem with principles? Is she a REAL Democrat or a progressive? She might be a keeper.

Like I have said, real liberals I don't have too much trouble with, can usually compromise with them, but these progressives are destroying the nation which is their agenda so they can replace our system with their own.

To have our government actually on the attack against businesses, voters and what little media is reporting negative stories about them and their policies? And being so blatant about it. I just don't recognize it anymore.

With the US dollar being devalued and the Canadian dollar on the rise, it would seem that a North American Monitary Unit, (like the EURO), might be in our future. Certainly with this administration.