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The Big Bailout...Ha!
There is no need for a bailout of the bank when we can bail them out through tax payer spending...heres how: America has fought hard to become an independent nation and a leader in innovation, so how can we fix our current economic downtrend efficiently? Some seem to think that throwing money at the corporations who failed us is the answer…we all ...
Posted to Trailhead by Mejamz on September 29, 2008
Re: Is The Media Bias? Here is Evidence of Bias
Media bias is a perceived notion that certain press has and is pushing a viewpoint, instead of reporting news or airing programs in an objective way. That is the way I see it. Such bias often refers to media as a whole, such as a newspaper chain, or a given television or radio network, instead of individual reporters or writers of television ...
Posted to Politics by MiamiVice on August 13, 2008
Is The Media Bias? Here is Evidence of Bias
How the Media Vote. Surveys of journalists’ self-reported voting habits show them backing the Democratic candidate in every presidential election since 1964, including landslide losers George McGovern, Walter Mondale and Michael Dukakis. In 2004, a poll conducted by the University of Connecticut found journalists backed John Kerry over George W. ...
Posted to Politics by MiamiVice on August 13, 2008
McCain's Unhappy Warrior
This piece says one smart thing and one stupid thing. Yes, the gas price ad was dumb, as the writer recognizes. But on this point he was dead wrong: his Surge attack was dumb too, and hence the writer's statement is dumb, because it buys into the fallacious arguments that: 1) The Surge is working, because it lowered our troops' death rate in ...
Posted to Politics by klevenstein on July 22, 2008
Re: The Claim of Sexism
Hilarious Of John McCain video debates himself. http://www.jedreport.com/2008/06/mccain-2005-vs.html
Posted to Politics by Jack12 on June 15, 2008
Economic Liberalism to the Rescue?
Economic liberalism basically calls for: deregulation, privatization, globalization, and reduced governance. While it may appeal to certain ideological purists, the actual application of these concepts have unforeseen, unintended, and negligently estimated consequences. I've spent much of my Sunday morning listening to explanations of the ...
Posted to Politics by Usama2 on June 1, 2008
Clinton
Is this all the media can focus on? The real issue is: Is she the best candidate running for President of the United States? YES! The rest of the field, Democrat and Republican, cannot possibly match her credentials or her vision for peaceful and prosperous World. Come on, get with the best candidate and show the rest of the World that the US ...
Posted to Politics by Kenneth Gardner on November 15, 2007
qualification over honesty and integrity
when are we going to start asking whether or not the candidate can do the job. i'm so tired of hearing about honesty and integrity. in my short 38 years, i have yet to live under a president that wasnt a little short on both subjects. it shouldnt matter about that because none of us is perfect. im more interested in whether on not any particular ...
Posted to Politics by Stiles-13 on November 14, 2007