The random political thoughts thread (Part Deux)

scaeagles · 02-13-2009, 06:50 AM

I'm getting really tired of being silent.

So much for openness. The dems will not even allow the "stimulus" bill to to be posted online for 48 hours to be read by those who would care to. They don't want the details of the spending to come out because every detail that comes out, well, sucks. They said they would, but now they won't.

Turns out that the tax cuts will result in about $8/week to the average worker! WOW! That's amazing. During the campaign, Michelle Obama was mocking the small size of the Bush stimulus checks as being too small to relaly help.

Obama says the Caterpiller will be able to hire back recently laid off workers if the package passes. Problem is the CEO of Caterpiller said there will be more layoffs even if the so called stimulus passes.

I wish I had more time to keep going. This stimulus bill and the spending in it SUCKS.

OH! And the whole concept of the "fairness doctrine". I know what would be fair - if liberal talk radio could make money, they would have more liberal talk radio on the air. Why don't they try making a profit and see how quickly stations pick up the programming? It is not the place of government to determine what on the airwaves is fair in terms of political speech. It is censorship and there is no other way to describe it.

02-13-2009, 06:50 AM	#11
scaeagles I LIKE! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,819	I'm getting really tired of being silent. So much for openness. The dems will not even allow the "stimulus" bill to to be posted online for 48 hours to be read by those who would care to. They don't want the details of the spending to come out because every detail that comes out, well, sucks. They said they would, but now they won't. Turns out that the tax cuts will result in about $8/week to the average worker! WOW! That's amazing. During the campaign, Michelle Obama was mocking the small size of the Bush stimulus checks as being too small to relaly help. Obama says the Caterpiller will be able to hire back recently laid off workers if the package passes. Problem is the CEO of Caterpiller said there will be more layoffs even if the so called stimulus passes. I wish I had more time to keep going. This stimulus bill and the spending in it SUCKS. OH! And the whole concept of the "fairness doctrine". I know what would be fair - if liberal talk radio could make money, they would have more liberal talk radio on the air. Why don't they try making a profit and see how quickly stations pick up the programming? It is not the place of government to determine what on the airwaves is fair in terms of political speech. It is censorship and there is no other way to describe it. Last edited by scaeagles : 02-13-2009 at 07:06 AM.
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