Smoothseas

Reply to Thank You Mr. President in War on Terror JoeUser Forums

[quote]Do you ever defend your blanket and unsubstantiated statements?[/quote] Simply go look at the governments list of terrorist organizations and count the number that have been around for more than 5 years. [quote]When pressed for specifics you evade most of the time. What is so complex?[/quote] Not much complexity to most of it Its not evasion, some things you say are so obviously incorrect that they are not worth taking the time to respond to. You question

Reply to You Cannot Fight the World in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote]We have enough defeatists in the US already thank you[/quote] I'm sure there are some defeatists but I bet a lot of those you put in that group might actually be realists. [quote]The US presence across the globe demonstrates our commitment to our friends and Allies[/quote] No it demonstates our commitment to keeping commercial markets open.

Reply to Global warming LIES in The Environment JoeUser Forums

[quote]science that is faulty[/quote] Imprecise.. not faulty [quote]The supposition of man made global climate change is not going through this process, we are expected to accept it as fact[/quote] No Science shows that it is likely and the models continue to be improved upon just as they are with other scientific theory.

Reply to Let The Temple Tumble in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote]Anyway the UAW is putting the finial nail in the US auto market coffin now.[/quote] Do you even realize that Toyota, Isuzu, Mitsubishi, Mazda, and Saab all make cars for the U.S. markets with union workers? The US auto industry is profitable in foreign markets but knows that it can simply lobby the US govt for tax breaks and subsidies if it doesnt make a profit in the US.

Reply to Thank You Mr. President in War on Terror JoeUser Forums

[quote]You seem to be hoping that the war continues in order to give us a chance to lose. The only way to lose at this point is to give up[/quote] I in no way hope such a thing. I do however realize that the solution to the problem is far more complex than some think. [quote]This is why terrorism except in very rare occasions only works in the first five years or not at all.[/quote] Rare occoasions? You must be blind to make such a rediculous statement.

Reply to Let The Temple Tumble in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote]In the 70s, it sure saved Chrysler's ass. And btw the government got back every penny with interest. [/quote] They have been doing it for years. Its called tax breaks. [quote]Yes, but there are so many in need it takes greater infusion of revenue sharing just as Sarah Barracuda came into Title 9, which if left to locals it would never materialize.[/quote] Money doesnt grow on trees. Wait till you see how much the dollar tumbles after the bailout. Better ye

Reply to Extreme Medical Bills in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote]I'm with Smoothseas.[/quote] You might not be with me. I might understand the problem from both sides of the fence, but I dont see the lawn being green for quite a few years. Give it a few more years. As the number of uninsured rises a lot of people will realize that they are paying for the uninsured with their own insurance premiums anyhow. The taxpayer is already paying for those who are in the highest cost group so it won't be long before the only ones fighting it are those

Reply to Let The Temple Tumble in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote]It's not the $700 billion that rasies my hackles, but the distrust that it will only prop-up a house of cards.If it were up to me I would let the thieves of Wall Street fall[/quote] I say let them go down......Just make sure you have enough in gold and oil before they pull the plug. [quote]For starters, revitalizing the auto and energy industries to go green[/quote] Overprotection of the auto industry is why it is failing in the first place so why

Reply to The Record: McCain vs. Obama in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote]No, the government say exactly what was happening. Dont believe me? read the notes from Barney Frank's committee meetings. It will shock you (if you can be)[/quote] Why would it shock me? As Ive said several times before there are members from both sides of the aisle who have their hands dirtied in all this. The lack of transparency/oversight I referred to is not of the GSA's. They were mostly guilty of cooking the books. It is within the institutions that were creating the

Reply to Casino Capitalism in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote]Well the final bill to taxpayers will be far below that[/quote] My bet is that the final bill will be far more than that. They are going to pay much more for the illiquid assets than others were willing to pay. The real estate market has atleast 2 more years to the bottom and all the while the derivatives the govt are going to buy will simply become more and more worthless.The 700 billion is also just an estimate...something tells me this administration is not very good at esti

Reply to Bush Tried to Overhaul Housing Finance Industry in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote]And they (democrats) eventually killed the proposal[/quote] The republicans controlled congress back then. You have to look at the whole history of this to see the back and forth of various bills that have been proposed. Both parties share part of the blame as far as legislation(or lack thereof) is concerned. As far as the Clinton Admin pilot program you have to dig much deeper into the issue to see where all the blame lies. 24 banks in 15 markets is not what has caused

Reply to Global warming LIES in The Environment JoeUser Forums

[quote]we knew almost nothing[/quote] We knew a lot less about climate change but in fact knew quite a bit about climate at that time.

Reply to Global warming LIES in The Environment JoeUser Forums

[quote]The point was that the almanacs were the very best we had at the time and it worked for the most part[/quote] That is not the point you made...in fact you stated that almanacs had it down to a science. Almanacs simply took prior statistics and used them to predict the weather for the year... ie. If on Sept 22 in the previous years it was sunny more than 50% of the time then the almanac would predict sunny for the year in which it was published. Rather simplistic way

Reply to The Record: McCain vs. Obama in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote]Your premise is that the lack of government regulations is the cause of the problem, when the reality is that the over intrusiveness of government regulations is the cause of the problems.[/quote] The cause of the problem was lack of transparency and oversight. Corporations were gaining access to credit by overstating the value of certain asset classes. Take a look at AIG. The insurance part of the business is sound however they failed because they leveraged the risk of the ins

Reply to Thank You Mr. President in War on Terror JoeUser Forums

[quote]I can attest to this being true, I work for DHS.[/quote] A few months ago you said you worked in the real estate industry...You can't even keep your lies straight. [quote]The war in Iraq lasted a few weeks. The war in Afghanistan was mostly over in a few months.[/quote] Neither War is over. You are really delusional. Winning the war means a lot more than toppling an existing government. Nation building is extremely complex. To bring democracy to the region

Reply to Extreme Medical Bills in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote]But that is not a financial disaster, and there is something called Bankruptcy[/quote] Look at some of the states. Some don't provide any exemtion to real estate for bancruptcy or homesteading declarations.

Reply to Global warming LIES in The Environment JoeUser Forums

[quote]carbon-credit scams or Kyoto-like bureaucratic idiocy[/quote] Kyoto was a bad deal for the US in any case....One thing I do know is the free market will not solve this problem because OPEC controls the price of oil so there can be no free market. So you can take your pick....emission trading, carbon tax, or direct regulation. There are already a few state and regional plans gearing up to start various initiatives which have already been put in place so it will be interest

Reply to The Record: McCain vs. Obama in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote]I guess that means McCain saw it coming, oh wait, I don't know how Gov. works.[/quote] They all saw it coming. It is something that needed to be changed as early as 2002. By 2004 the outcome which you are seeing today was irreversible. If the proposed bill was passed what is happening today would have occurred a year or two ago. It is no coincidence that this all unfolded right after the govt took control of the GSA's. Once they could no longer buy the junk mbs's th

Reply to Global warming LIES in The Environment JoeUser Forums

[quote]but the conceipt that doing so will solve the global warming dilemma[/quote] The vast majority of science does not claim this....what is being suggested is that certain steps can likely slow down the problem so that some of the negative consequences will take longer to appear and make managing and planning for the changes easier and more economical to deal with.

Reply to Global warming LIES in The Environment JoeUser Forums

[quote]but the conceipt that doing so will solve the global warming dilemma[/quote] Nobody claims that it will....what is being claimed is that it may help slow the negative affects that are inevitable so that the problems it will cause will be more managable over a longer period of time

Reply to The Record: McCain vs. Obama in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote]So what happened? Joe Biden helped lead the effort to shoot down the GSE reform legislation.[/quote] No what happened is it died in committee during the period when the republicans had control of both congress and the committee chair. Unfortunately it was too late anyhow because the problem was inevitable by that point. To make matters worse now that the GSA's are under the control of government they are now being allowed to buy up more of the bad mbs' that are the root of the

Reply to Extreme Medical Bills in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote]If they chose not to obtain insurance[/quote] Sometimes its not a choice. Medical Insurance is expensive for those who do not get it through their employer and supplementary insurance for those in copay situations can be expensive as well. Im fortunate enough to be able to have full coverage but it costs me twice as much as what my mortgage used to be. If I was young and just starting out in the career path that I followed in the past I would not have been able to afford both a

Reply to Global warming LIES in The Environment JoeUser Forums

[quote]The variable that represents man's impact on global warming is so dwarfed by all the other variables,[/quote] That is incorrect. Why is it that I am sitting here watching a panel of 5 former Sec. of States that range from the Nixon to Clinton admins that all have the same opinion. That it does exist, that it is a problem, and that the US should take the lead on the issue instead of sitting back and throwing up their hands? It amazes me how in step both reps and dems who are in

Reply to Thank You Mr. President in War on Terror JoeUser Forums

I would agree that certain things have been fairly successful in these regards over the past few years but you really need to learn how to get your facts straight. Here are some of what you state that is simply not true: [quote]the only terror organizations out there fighting at all are North Korea, Iran, and the PLO[/quote] [quote]Iran is not helping terrorists anymore[/quote] [quote]North Korea is starting to conform to international requests t

Reply to Global warming LIES in The Environment JoeUser Forums

[quote]Look at the alminacs of the past. they had the general weather down to a science[/quote] Incorrect. Almanacs used long term statistics to predict weather and were very inaccurate compared to todays standards......Now we use modelling. [quote]Climates change and it was not until the 70's did we start to understand the climate[/quote] Incorrect again. We knew a lot about climate before the 70's. Not nearly as much as we know today particualarly in regards to clima