Sean Conners aka SConn1

Reply to Hillary: Universal Health Care for Everyone! in Democrat JoeUser Forums

I don't think that universal healthcare is the answer. I really don't think that the entire country should have to go through what we have to as military dependents we are under the federal employee coverage and it rocks. loads of choice, lower cost than most employers hit you for. i wish everyone could have what i married into. i have never had an employer that has ever come close to providing what the fed does for less money.

Reply to I Didn't Have Kids So I Could Beat Them in Blogging JoeUser Forums

As a rule, our kids are RARELY spanked (read: I honestly can't remember the last time they were spanked). It is a punishment we reserve for completely the last resort, when there is no other way to get their attention (which, again, I can't think of an instance to cite, so you'll have to excuse me on that one). That being said, I tend to agree you are being unnecessarily harsh. i agree with gid, and take the same approach with my own ki

Reply to Hillary: Universal Health Care for Everyone! in Democrat JoeUser Forums

Hillary Clinton attended a staged town hall meeting where is any evidence of this? But this is what the 2008 Presidential election will look like for democrats......a clean pass from the media. 1 person doesn't ask the questions you wanted asked to 1 other person and that is your assessment of the entire media's treatment of everyone from the democratic party on everything? Nonsense! looks like you ar

Reply to Al Gore finds it's not so easy being green in Politics JoeUser Forums

and when I saw the 'Great Global Warming Swindle' on google video, my beliefs flipped 180 for the most part. and you were turned 180 degrees by 1 video put out by a guy with a reputation for twisting the facts? here's just a few points on Martin durkin and his "documentary"... ***George Monbiot wrote in The Guardian that the forthcoming programme's thesis was "the same old conspiracy theory that we’ve been hearing from the denial indust

Reply to Private Sector is not Always Better in Politics JoeUser Forums

Again, to my original point, if you lower the taxes of the wealthy a bit, yes, you might not have as much money at the start, and it might seem as if those "needy" people are getting screwed. But now these people have more money to put into things such as creating new markets for jobs, and now those poorer people can find different areas to work and earn money, making them better off. in other words..."trust the rich" they know what's best for you. now

Reply to Al Gore finds it's not so easy being green in Politics JoeUser Forums

If we enacted the Kyoto accords why is it always a choice between the "kyoto accords" and doing nothing? there's a lot of room in between those 2 points of view imho.

Reply to How Many of You Have Actually BEEN Poor? in Misc JoeUser Forums

i've had more than i can spend and i've lived in my truck in my soon to 40 years on the planet. i've "picked myself up by my bootstraps" when i have fallen in my life, and i have accepted help from others and the government.

Reply to Hypocrisy in Politics JoeUser Forums

The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence i.e. the rubber stamp intelligence committee. it was a republican majority committee led by bush lacky kit bond. as far as your other quote, guess you missed this... What about that 500 tons of yellow cake under seal at Al—Tuwaitha? As long as the sanctions were in place, the inspectors would be able to confirm, albeit with great difficulty, that Saddam would not be able to use the material for his

Reply to Private Sector is not Always Better in Politics JoeUser Forums

What is wrong that you are picking out a class of people to pay for it just because you think they can "afford it" without realizing the consequences the perrenial battle cry of the rich...don't impede our wealth building or we'll make you pay. fact of the matter is that most of the rich (that didn't inherit their wealth) are alpha type personalities that thrive on overcoming obstacles. i've writte nmore in depth in the past on this and don't f

Reply to Pelosi Makes 1st Big Mistake As Speaker in Democrat JoeUser Forums

Just another example of how being a criminal is a career enhancer for Democrats. problem is, ya'll keep using the same example here. also interesting that i seem to be the only one interested in getting more than a short 3 day work week out of our employees.

Reply to Hypocrisy in Politics JoeUser Forums

THE WEEKLY STANDARD everyone's favorite neocon rag. cmon...if you are gonna poo poo everyone left of fox news, ya can't expect anyone to take bill kristol's neocon rag at all seriously. They publicly stated that agents from the nation Iraq was trying to buy the yellow cake from them as it is their chief export item. They were turned down out of fear of getting on the wrong side of the UN and the USA. This makes it ha

Reply to Al Gore, Please explain to me....... in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Nevertheless, being slammed by Boxer is akin to being called ugly by the Wicked Witch of the West. i guess this comes from someone who only knows the wizard of oz from 1939 and not familiar with the more indepth "wicked" currently on broadway. smear boxer all ya want, i could care less. but she made an ass out of inhofe.

Reply to Hypocrisy in Politics JoeUser Forums

And it has been widly reported that Mr. Wilson confirmed that report but wrote an article saying it was not true talk about BULLSH*T!!!! THIS IS A LIE PROPOGANDIZED BY THE FAR RIGHT. no one with any actual knowledge has said anything of the kind. unless we have white house officials leaking classified information again... just like when darth cheney stands up and talks about what the new york times reported before the war...turns out they were a

Inhofe Attempts Filibuster, Boxer Says No. in Current Events JoeUser Forums

This week, Senator James Inhofe found his panties in a bundle when he realized he wasn't in charge and couldn't just filibuster former vice president Al Gore in the hearings that Gore was asked to come and testify at. Gore tried to remain cordial as possible while Inhofe, not being able to emotionally deal with the fact that he couldn't just push his opposition around

Reply to Al Gore finds it's not so easy being green in Politics JoeUser Forums

by the way, a show of hands,,,who actually watched the entire hearing? (my hand goes up)... and who got their talking points from the pundits? (my hand goes down)

Reply to Al Gore finds it's not so easy being green in Politics JoeUser Forums

inhofe was made to look like an ass in that hearing and got slammed by barbara boxer. inhofe was trying to filibuster gore and she stopped him. inhofe tried to just get out his infammatory statements and told al he could "only respond in writing" later, so the oly thing anyone ever heard was his rants and al's written reponses would be buried in some obscure record in some vault. but unfortunately for him, he doesn't hold the gavel anymore, lol. so th

Reply to Al Gore, Please explain to me....... in Current Events JoeUser Forums

that article is a crock of crap. inhofe was made to look like an ass in that hearing and got slammed by barbara boxer. inhofe was trying to filibuster gore and she stopped him. inhofe tried to just get out his infammatory statements and told al he could "only respond in writing" later, so the oly thing anyone ever heard was his rants and al's written reponses would be buried in some obscure record in some vault. but unfortunately for him, he doesn't hold the gavel anymore, lol. so the only respo

Reply to What Is A Fair Profit? in Consumer Issues JoeUser Forums

On the other hand, you seem to think that price is somehow tied to the cost of producing something. no i don't. i'm asking questions about that, and in some cases, i believe it is relevant, but certainly not in all. and i think it's relevancy actually has to do with making too little, than too much more often. in both of your examples, in fact, it is relevant to "making too little." you are justifying your prices by pointing out your expenses

Reply to What Is A Fair Profit? in Consumer Issues JoeUser Forums

Assuming that the product is produced in a competitive market, a fair profit is the maximum amount that a consumer is willing to pay for the product or service. so should businesses conspire to jack prices or manipulate supplies to yield greater profits? or should competition, and not prices be enforced in your view?

Reply to As Their Employer, I Demand To Know The Truth!!! in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Just a quick observation of irony here. Isn't it kind of funny that Americans demand to know what's in the Emails and Memos of government because we "are their employer" yet we are outraged if our own employers peek at our emails written on their computers. ;~D in a way, yes it is. but on the other hand, i believe in a transparent government. in other words, it's a condition of employment, or should be, in my view. and companies i have worked for say up

Reply to As Their Employer, I Demand To Know The Truth!!! in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Fortunately for the country, the US Constitution disagrees. show me in the CONSTITUTON, where the words "executive privelege" exist. you can't show anything that says that i say they have no administrative rights whatsoever. your problem, ted, is that you always think that i am a democrat. i'm not, and i am not defending them "per se"...i am defending the rule of law just as some democrats did when clinton was resisting open hearings in the le

Reply to Al Gore, Please explain to me....... in Current Events JoeUser Forums

you had spent as much time watching the film, instead of digging up the latest critique on it, you would be better armed to refute the nay sayers, instead of shooting the messenger. actually, the research was a simple google of his name, and took 5 minutes. i have also watched just about all of it now, and see nothing that changes my mind when tempered with actual counter arguments. apparantly there is going to be a 1 on 1 debate next month in britain o

Reply to As Their Employer, I Demand To Know The Truth!!! in Current Events JoeUser Forums

All it proves is that any president who holds onto members of the previous administration (especially when the party has changed) is setting themselves up for betrayal. these were all republicans who were fired. betrayal? how paranoid are you? and are you telling me that replacing iglasius, who had an outstanding career as a us attorney, and was rated as "excellent"... with a guy who's karl rove's buddy, yet has almost zero experience, esp in l

Reply to As Their Employer, I Demand To Know The Truth!!! in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Which goes to another fact... Being crooked is a career enhancer for a Democrat. as it is for republicans. puhleasse...