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Re: NC goes blue!!!
Posted by Mikey777 on 11/12/08
Don't forget- Democrats have been in charge of the congress since 2006 and
did no better than the GOP.
On 11/12/08, to wordwitch wrote:
> AMEN to that! and to have the nerve to go on a retreat right after WE
> bail them out!!!
>
> To Mikey777:
> all my life I have been Republican. This is the very first time I
> voted Democrat. Why? Because it is time to get this country back in
> line with the middle class. I also don't believe in handouts; however,
> when it is the "regular" middle class, or even UPPER middle class
> suffering from layoffs, not being able to afford child care, not being
> able to keep their homes, trying to decide if they will buy groceries or
> heating oil (I'm still in the north, moving down soon - because I can't
> afford to heat anymore!) while companies like AIG and their CEOs are
> living high on the hog, something just is NOT right. Trickle down
> economics just isn't trickling down anymore.
> (not finding fault, so please don't be offended!)
> just for the record, Obama is only 1st generation African-American -
> his ancestors weren't slaves. However, one of his ancestors was a
> Supreme Court Justice
> Obama's distant cousin, Gabriel Duvall, was a member of the US House of
> Representatives, from the second district of Maryland. In 1811, he was
> appointed to the Supreme Court, where he sat until 1834. He was also a
> friend of Thomas Jefferson and the owner of 37 slaves.
>
> Interesting Obama Family Tree posted today by TIME:
>
> http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1834628_1754174,00.html
>
>
>
> On 11/10/08, wordwitch wrote:
>> I'm not especially thrilled that some of the taxes I paid to the
>> federal govt are being used to bailout the likes of AIG where
>> corporate fatcats have bloated salaries far in excess of anything
>> I'll ever make.
>>
>> On 11/09/08, Mikey777 wrote:
>>> "Economic Justice" is a euphemism for "spreading the wealth",
>>> Communism, Socialism, etc. Is it my fault that all the trailer park
>>> mommies w/ 4 kids by three different fathers have no money? No. Is
>>> it my fault that drug addicts are homeless w/ no money? No. Is it
>>> my fault that the high school dropout has no money? No. I worked
>>> my tush off, got an education, didn't have an "out-of wedlock"
>>> child, spent years scrimping, saving, and sacrificing so my children
>>> can have a better life. Why should any of the aforementioned have
>>> one dime of my salary??? When we have such huge safety nets
>>> (welfare, Ch. 8 housing, food stamps, Medicaid, etc.), and we don't
>>> allow people to suffer the consequences of their own stupid
>>> decisions, the behavior persists. Remember: What we subsidize, we
>>> get more of.
>>>
>>> And don't even go into reparations for slavery. Obama would be in a
>>> real bind being bi-racial. What would he do? Pay himself?????
>>>
>>> I say cut the size of government in half, and every man for
>> himself!!!
>>>
>>>
>>> On 11/07/08, to Mikey wrote:
>>>> On 11/06/08, Mikey777 wrote:
>>>>> Wonderful! Higher taxes, more government, more regulation,
>>>>> more political corectness and obsession about race and
>>>>> economic justice. I might as well pack my bags and go back to
>>>>> New York.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Yes, economic justice is a terrible thing. Perhaps, we should
>>>> go back to serfdom. That way everyone would know his place.
>>>> Please don't go back to New York because I have friends and
>>>> relatives there.
Posts on this thread, including this one
- NC goes blue!!!, 11/06/08, by NCdem.
- Re: NC goes blue!!!, 11/06/08, by Obama voter.
- Re: NC goes blue!!!, 11/06/08, by just a thought.
- Re: NC goes blue!!!, 11/06/08, by Mikey777.
- Re: NC goes blue!!!, 11/07/08, by Where I live.
- Re: NC goes blue!!!, 11/07/08, by to Mikey.
- Re: NC goes blue!!!, 11/09/08, by Mikey777.
- Re: NC goes blue!!!, 11/10/08, by Bill t 6 NC.
- Re: NC goes blue!!!, 11/10/08, by wordwitch.
- Re: NC goes blue!!!, 11/12/08, by to wordwitch.
- Re: NC goes blue!!!, 11/12/08, by Mikey777.
- Re: NC goes blue!!!, 11/13/08, by Searcher.
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