en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/3893400 Comments by txdave22 http://tv.breitbart.com/morning-joe-daley-departure-shows-dysfunctional-white-house/#IDComment261457507 Finally, and you can easily google this to confirm: if we had elected a pub in 2008 or do so in 2012, the economy and job creation and DJIA IS LIKELY TO LOOK like it did after Hoover's crash, and note the uptick at the end was after FDR'S election==== January 2, 1929 307.01 January 2, 1930 244.20 January 2, 1931 169.84 December 31, 1931 77.90 May 25, 1932 49.10 July 8, 1932 41.22 December 30, 1932 60.26 Pubs simply cannot deny the lack of success of every pub admin. since teddy roosevelt, not one successful, wait, reagan/bush, you might say: 3 recessions, stock market crash, savings/loan debacle and reagan's senior security aides going to jail for iran/contra. Clinton gave us peace, jobs, prosperity and the best 8 year stock market of any prez in history. Since Obama took over from bush/cheney reign of error (86% explosion in national debt and DJIA down from about 11000 to 8000), great wealth has been created under OBAMA: DJIA HAS RISEN FROM 8000 TO OVER 12000. This is an historic creation of wealth, not only for the rich, but also for anyone with 401k, pernsion based on stocks and others. Wed, 11 Jan 2012 16:27:50 +0000 http://tv.breitbart.com/morning-joe-daley-departure-shows-dysfunctional-white-house/#IDComment261457507 http://tv.breitbart.com/paul-claims-victory-for-the-cause-of-liberty/#IDComment261449698 If liberty is the only thing of value, how can pubs deny liberty to gay taxpayers, pregnant women as all of your crazy candidates do. Even though Roe has been settled law for almost 40 years, and gay rights have been on a great roll, more successful all the time with polls showing large numbers of Americans are in favor of liberty and justice for all including gays/lesbians. Wed, 11 Jan 2012 16:16:54 +0000 http://tv.breitbart.com/paul-claims-victory-for-the-cause-of-liberty/#IDComment261449698 http://tv.breitbart.com/paul-claims-victory-for-the-cause-of-liberty/#IDComment261446166 Where is the 'liberty and justice for all' for gay taxpayers denied marriage? Also, pubs wrongly want to deny a pregnant woman the choice of ending a pregnancy. I thought America stood for freedom, even for pregnant women. SCOTUS has affirmed and reaffirmed roe, so no chance of overturn, and republicans on the Court wrote the initial opinion and have been majorities in affirmation and reaffirmation, despite crazies like paul, bachmann, gingrich, romney. Roe is the law in this land, Canada, UK, France, etc. Get real folks. If you deny gay taxpayers full rights and liberties of other Americans, maybe next is jewish taxpayers or black or brown or whoever the crazies turn against. Careful denying jewish taxpayers as nearly half of America's billionaires are jewish. They might move to Canada. Wed, 11 Jan 2012 16:12:25 +0000 http://tv.breitbart.com/paul-claims-victory-for-the-cause-of-liberty/#IDComment261446166 http://tv.breitbart.com/paul-claims-victory-for-the-cause-of-liberty/#IDComment261440832 No chance against Obama: DJIA up over 50% since he took office, which translates into an enormous creation of wealth, not only for the rich, but also anyone who has 401k, pension, anything that invests in stocks. Dramatic, historic rise in equities, very different 2008 and 1929---both stock market crashes. Now we have a Democrat in White House, in 29 pub herbert hoover, THE DJIA AROUND 300-400, and in the next 3 years by 1932 it fell to 45 or so. Great loss of wealth. We have the same pub philosophy today as then, google it. You'll see it's all true. 2008 pubs tried to stop the stimulus with no success, but hoover opposed helping banks in 29 and got kicked out in 32, as will this pub House in 2012. People know the crash/near depression of 08 was gw bush, just like 29 herbie hoover. Pubs have not had a successful presidency since teddy roosevelt. Wait, you say, reagan/bush---nope, 3 recessions, stock market crash, savings/loan scandal and then reagan's senior security advisors went to jail because of iran/contra. pubs can't govern, look at boehner, cantor, mc carthy, hensarling, sessions: what have they accomplished? NOTHING. ANOTHER DO NOTHING 'pub' congress. Wed, 11 Jan 2012 16:04:48 +0000 http://tv.breitbart.com/paul-claims-victory-for-the-cause-of-liberty/#IDComment261440832 http://tv.breitbart.com/breitbart-the-war-for-truth/#IDComment259910069 IF YOU CARE ABOUT YOUR MONEY AND YOUR CHILDREN Obama dramatically better for America. Nothing reflects generally how investors and average Americans who have 401k's have prospered. So, are you better off now than 4 years ago? 50% better, and DJIA up over 50% since Obama came to office, better than any prez first term in history!!! We certainly don't want pub leadership in bad times, look at hoover!!! January 2, 1930 244.20 ---DJIA ON THAT DATE January 2, 1931 169.84 December 31, 1931 77.90 May 25, 1932 49.10 July 8, 1932 41.22 December 30, 1932 60.26 ---DJIA DOWN 75% under GOP rule ---with Hoover in White House and about 30 pub governors THAT WAS THE REPUBLICAN GREAT DEPRESSION AND IT COULD HAPPEN AGAIN WITH PUBS IN CONTROL OF GOVERNMENT! Obama and the 50% increase in the DJIA is unprecedented in history and great for America. Yes, we are better off than 4 years ago under gw bush reign of error, much better!!! Mon, 9 Jan 2012 23:44:48 +0000 http://tv.breitbart.com/breitbart-the-war-for-truth/#IDComment259910069 http://tv.breitbart.com/breitbart-the-war-for-truth/#IDComment259855337 Isn't that like santo-runs, once C- senator, then got beat and went on to make million or so with his senate connections. Not illegal, i suppose, but not presidential, not that he or any pub has a chance against Obama: DJIA up over 50%, which translates into an enormous creation of wealth, not only for the rich, but also anyone who has 401k, pension, anything that invests in stocks. Dramatic, historic rise in equities, very different 2008 and 1929---both stock market crashes. Now we have a Democrat in White House, in 29 pub herbert hoover, THE DJIA AROUND 300-400, and in the next 3 years by 1932 it fell to 45 or so. Great loss of wealth. We have the same pub philosophy today as then, google it. You'll see it's all true. 2008 pubs tried to stop the stimulus with no success, but hoover opposed helping banks in 29 and got kicked out in 32, as will this pub House in 2012. People know the crash/near depression of 08 was gw bush, just like 29 herbie hoover. Pubs have not had a successful presidency since teddy roosevelt. Wait, you say, reagan/bush---3 recessions, stock market crash, savings/load scandal and then reagan's senior security advisors went to jail because of iran/contra. pubs can't govern, look at boehner, cantor, mc carthy, hensarling, sessions: what have they accomplished? NOTHING. ANOTHER DO NOTHING 'pub' congress. Mon, 9 Jan 2012 22:23:05 +0000 http://tv.breitbart.com/breitbart-the-war-for-truth/#IDComment259855337 http://tv.breitbart.com/breitbart-the-war-for-truth/#IDComment259847294 You can google any of this information and you'll see NO LEFT WING LIES, just facts: Obama Is Quick Study in Intelligence Briefings Thursday, 11 Dec 2008 03:54 PM By Ronald Kessler Barack Obama is getting high marks from the intelligence community for the way he responds to daily intelligence briefings. After the election, the president-elect began receiving essentially the same briefings President Bush receives. ---------------------------“Obama is a quick study,” says one intelligence official. “He absorbs a lot of information, digests it, and asks strategic questions.” “He has a way of being reflective about what we give him,” says another intelligence official. The initial briefings after the election were given by Mike Morell, the CIA’s director for intelligence. In that post, he is in charge of analysis. ---------------------------Morell was with President Bush on 9/11 and gave him intelligence briefings then after Air Force One departed from Florida. More recently, Morell has assigned members of his staff to brief Obama. The briefings are given wherever Obama happens to be. Whereas Bush receives briefings six days a week, Obama has requested daily briefings.-----------------Obama has accomplished more in 3 years than bush did in 8, re: intelligence, war on terror, as well as the amazing over 50% move up in DJIA, historic, unprecedented.-------------------------neither gw bush nor boehner bright or leaders, and you only have to look at their few accomplishments to be convinced of that!!! Mon, 9 Jan 2012 22:11:50 +0000 http://tv.breitbart.com/breitbart-the-war-for-truth/#IDComment259847294 http://tv.breitbart.com/breitbart-the-war-for-truth/#IDComment259844173 You can google any of this information and you'll see NO LEFT WING LIES, just facts: Obama Is Quick Study in Intelligence Briefings Thursday, 11 Dec 2008 03:54 PM By Ronald Kessler Barack Obama is getting high marks from the intelligence community for the way he responds to daily intelligence briefings. After the election, the president-elect began receiving essentially the same briefings President Bush receives. ---------------------------“Obama is a quick study,” says one intelligence official. “He absorbs a lot of information, digests it, and asks strategic questions.” “He has a way of being reflective about what we give him,” says another intelligence official. The initial briefings after the election were given by Mike Morell, the CIA’s director for intelligence. In that post, he is in charge of analysis. ---------------------------Morell was with President Bush on 9/11 and gave him intelligence briefings then after Air Force One departed from Florida. More recently, Morell has assigned members of his staff to brief Obama. The briefings are given wherever Obama happens to be. Whereas Bush receives briefings six days a week, Obama has requested daily briefings.-----------------Obama has accomplished more in 3 years than bush did in 8, re: intelligence, war on terror, as well as the amazing over 50% move up in DJIA, historic, unprecedented.-------------------------neither gw bush nor boehner bright or leaders, and you only have to look at their few accomplishments to be convinced of that!!! Mon, 9 Jan 2012 22:06:42 +0000 http://tv.breitbart.com/breitbart-the-war-for-truth/#IDComment259844173 http://tv.breitbart.com/breitbart-the-war-for-truth/#IDComment250246864 Can you give us something specific that we can google and confirm? Yes, Obama killed bin laden, senior aq operatives when gw bush couldn't do it. Yes, Obama has stolen the pubs' thunder and impressed rich and other Americans to donate more money to Obama and the Democrats than all pubs running for prez nom together. Best of all bain capital, romney's old firm had given twice as much to Obama as romney. Rich and smart people are supporting Obama. Judging from what you write, my guess is food stamps/high school dropout. Thu, 29 Dec 2011 20:10:20 +0000 http://tv.breitbart.com/breitbart-the-war-for-truth/#IDComment250246864 http://tv.breitbart.com/breitbart-the-war-for-truth/#IDComment250244282 Stocks Have Actually Done Better Under Democrats IT'S A MATTER OF COMPETENCE AND THE PATTERN IS CLEAR The accompanying chart shows stock returns under each occupant of the White House since the beginning of John Kennedy's presidency. I have calculated the return from the end of the November election, since stocks will react to the policies of the incoming administration when it is elected, not when it takes office. President Party Date Months in Office Annualized Stock Return Kennedy D 11/60-10/63 36 15.15% Johnson D 11/63-10/68 60 10.39% Nixon R 11/68-7/74 69 -1.32% Ford R 8/74-10/76 27 17.21% Carter D 11/76-10/80 48 11.04% Reagan R 11/80-10/88 96 15.18% Bush R 11/88-10/92 48 14.44% Clinton D 11/92-10/00 96 19% Bush, G.W. R 11/00-2/06 63 -0.92%---your money went south with gw bush!!! Average from 1948 to Feb. 2006 Democrat 42.8% 15.26% Republican 57.2% 9.53% Overall 100% 11.95% That calculates into a very great difference in creation of wealth between Dems and pub, history is very clearcut! -- Thu, 29 Dec 2011 20:05:27 +0000 http://tv.breitbart.com/breitbart-the-war-for-truth/#IDComment250244282 http://tv.breitbart.com/breitbart-the-war-for-truth/#IDComment249384157 Obama dramatically better for America. Nothing reflects generally how investors and average Americans who have 401k's and other investments have prospered. So, are you better off now than 4 years ago? 50% better, and DJIA up over 50% since Obama came to office, better than any prez first term in history!!! We certainly don't want pub leadership in bad times, look at hoover!!! January 2, 1930 244.20 ---DJIA ON THAT DATE January 2, 1931 169.84 December 31, 1931 77.90 May 25, 1932 49.10 July 8, 1932 41.22 December 30, 1932 60.26 ---DJIA DOWN 75% under GOP rule ---with Hoover in White House and about 30 pub governors THAT WAS THE REPUBLICAN GREAT DEPRESSION AND IT COULD HAPPEN AGAIN WITH PUBS IN CONTROL OF GOVERNMENT! Obama and the 50% increase in the DJIA is unprecedented in history and great for America. Yes, we are better off than 4 years ago under gw bush reign of error, much better!!! Wed, 28 Dec 2011 17:15:59 +0000 http://tv.breitbart.com/breitbart-the-war-for-truth/#IDComment249384157 http://tv.breitbart.com/breitbart-the-war-for-truth/#IDComment249341280 The Obama administration’s counterterrorism accomplishments are most apparent in what it has been able to dismantle, including CIA prisons and entire tiers of al-Qaeda’s leadership. But what the administration has assembled, hidden from public view, may be equally consequential. In the space of three years, the administration has built an extensive apparatus for using drones to carry out targeted killings of suspected terrorists and stealth surveillance of other adversaries. The apparatus involves dozens of secret facilities, including two operational hubs on the East Coast, virtual Air Force­ ­cockpits in the Southwest and clandestine bases in at least six countries on two continents.  The emergence of hunter-killer and surveillance drones as revolutionary new weapons in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and in counterterrorism operations in places such as Pakistan and Yemen, has spawned a multibillion-dollar industry. Other commanders in chief have presided over wars with far higher casualty counts. But no president has ever relied so extensively on the secret killing of individuals to advance the nation’s security goals. ----------------------------- With a year to go in President Obama’s first term, his administration can point to undeniable results: Osama bin Laden is dead, the core al-Qaeda network is near defeat, and members of its regional affiliates scan the sky for metallic glints. Those results, delivered with unprecedented precision from aircraft that put no American pilots at risk, may help explain why the drone campaign has never attracted as much scrutiny as the detention or interrogation programs of the George W. Bush era. Although human rights advocates and others are increasingly critical of the drone program, the level of public debate remains muted. Senior Democrats barely blink at the idea that a president from their party has assembled such a highly efficient machine for the targeted killing of suspected terrorists. Wed, 28 Dec 2011 16:01:17 +0000 http://tv.breitbart.com/breitbart-the-war-for-truth/#IDComment249341280 http://tv.breitbart.com/breitbart-the-war-for-truth/#IDComment241320299 December 15, 2011 Public discontent with Congress has reached record levels, and the implications for incumbents in next year's elections could be stark, according to the the latest national survey by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press, conducted Dec. 7-11. Two-in-three voters say most members of Congress should be voted out of office in 2012 - the highest on record. And the number who say their own member should be replaced matches the all-time high recorded in 2010, when fully 58 members of Congress lost reelection bids - the most in any election since 1948. The Republican Party is taking more of the blame than the Democrats for a do-nothing Congress. A record-high 50% say that the current Congress has accomplished less than other recent Congresses, and by nearly two-to-one (40% to 23%) more blame Republican leaders than Democratic leaders for this. By wide margins, the GOP is seen as the party that is more extreme in its positions, less willing to work with the other side to get things done, and less honest and ethical in the way it governs. And for the first time in over two years, the Democratic Party has gained the edge as the party better able to manage the federal government. -- Mon, 19 Dec 2011 02:53:05 +0000 http://tv.breitbart.com/breitbart-the-war-for-truth/#IDComment241320299 http://tv.breitbart.com/breitbart-the-war-for-truth/#IDComment241194955 It would have been one thing if the Bush tax cuts had at least bought the country a higher rate of economic growth, even temporarily. They did not. Real G.D.P. growth peaked at just 3.6 percent in 2004 before fading rapidly. Even before the crisis hit, real G.D.P. was growing less than 2 percent a year. By contrast, after the 1982 and 1993 tax increases, growth was much more robust. -------------------these are facts developed by a pub, not opinions, but not what pub politicians want to know, as they are only interested in staying in office... BUT THE CONGRESS MUST LOOK AT HIGHER GDP AFTER CLINTON TAX INCREASE IN 93 THAN AT ANY TIME DURING THE BUSH 2 PRESIDENCY, IF THE ECONOMY IS GOING TO GET MOVING AGAIN PROVIDING JOBS FOR MILLIONS. Sun, 18 Dec 2011 23:36:47 +0000 http://tv.breitbart.com/breitbart-the-war-for-truth/#IDComment241194955 http://tv.breitbart.com/breitbart-the-war-for-truth/#IDComment240198935 shrub budgets 2002-09---inheriting a surplus, ending with 1416 B. deficit, which explains the explosion of national debt: it was under gw bush (where most of our current problems incubated including the residual effect of the 2008 financial crisis and near bank meltdown) 2002 157.8 Billion Dollar Deficit 186.204 Billion Deficit 2003 374 Billion Dollar Deficit 430.1 Billion Deficit 2004 413 Billion Dollar Deficit 462.56 Billion Deficit 2005 319 Billion Dollar Deficit 347.71 Billion Deficit 2006 248 Billion Dollar Deficit 260.4 Billion Deficit 2007 162 Billion Dollar Deficit 165.24 Billion Deficit 2008 455 Billion Dollar Deficit 455 Billion Deficit 2009 1416 Billion Dollar Deficit 1416 Billion Deficit ---bush clearly had worst record on deficits in history !!! thus the huge national debt increase Obama budgets 2010---lower than shrub's last budget deficit 2010 1294 Billion Dollar Deficit 1294 Billion Deficit 2011 1650 Billion Dollar Deficit 1650 Billion Deficit ---why deficit big? the massive financial crisis gw bush got the nation into and the huge tax cuts for the rich !!! --------------------- IT'S A MATTER OF COMPETENCE AND THE PATTERN IS CLEAR Stocks Have Actually Done Better Under Democrats Despite the behavior of the market during the last Presidential election, over longer periods of time, the stock market has done significantly better under Democratic administrations. The accompanying chart shows stock returns under each occupant of the White House since the beginning of Harry Truman's second term. I have calculated the return from the end of the November election, since stocks will react to the policies of the incoming administration when it is elected, not when it takes office. President Party Date Months in Office Annualized Stock Return Truman D 11/48-10/52 48 18.28% Eisenhower R 11/52-10/60 96 14.96% Kennedy D 11/60-10/63 36 15.15% Johnson D 11/63-10/68 60 10.39% Nixon R 11/68-7/74 69 -1.32% Ford R 8/74-10/76 27 17.21% Carter D 11/76-10/80 48 11.04% Reagan R 11/80-10/88 96 15.18% Bush R 11/88-10/92 48 14.44% Clinton D 11/92-10/00 96 19% Bush, G.W. R 11/00-2/06 63 -0.92% Average from 1948 to Feb. 2006 Democrat 42.8% 15.26% Republican 57.2% 9.53% Overall 100% 11.95% That calculates into a very great difference in creation of wealth between when Dems are in the White House versus pubs! Sat, 17 Dec 2011 19:16:02 +0000 http://tv.breitbart.com/breitbart-the-war-for-truth/#IDComment240198935 http://tv.breitbart.com/breitbart-the-war-for-truth/#IDComment239966744 They have money, power and they vote. Also, it's very clear to seniors, the pubs are the enemy, caring only for the rich: it's screw the seniors: Over the last several months, we have received thousands of similar emails and letters from AARP members across the country expressing their frustration, anger and fear over the prospect of Congress cutting Social Security and Medicare benefits in order to reduce the federal budget deficit. We have also collected more than 6.5 million petitions urging members of Congress not to make these cuts. Congress is still wrestling with a deficit reduction plan, but one thing is clear: Older Americans, many of whom live on less than $20,000 a year, cannot afford to have these lifeline programs cut. To do so would create an even greater hardship for the one out of every seven seniors who now lives in poverty and would push millions of older Americans and their families out of the middle class and into poverty. We have also heard from our members and people 50-plus that we as a nation need to strengthen and improve these programs, not treat them as a piggy bank for deficit reduction. Our members are extremely frustrated with the inability of Congress to address these concerns. Sat, 17 Dec 2011 11:44:05 +0000 http://tv.breitbart.com/breitbart-the-war-for-truth/#IDComment239966744 http://tv.breitbart.com/breitbart-the-war-for-truth/#IDComment239374376 This is what is really going on with pubs, tho few will be bright enough even to get it, not that it's easy. A cognitive illusion is a false belief that we intuitively accept as true. The illusion of validity is a false belief in the reliability of our own judgment. The interviewers sincerely believed that they could predict the performance of recruits after talking with them for fifteen minutes. Even after the interviewers had seen the statistical evidence that their belief was an illusion, they still could not help believing it. Kahneman confesses that he himself still experiences the illusion of validity, after fifty years of warning other people against it. He cannot escape the illusion that his own intuitive judgments are trustworthy. Fri, 16 Dec 2011 18:59:24 +0000 http://tv.breitbart.com/breitbart-the-war-for-truth/#IDComment239374376 http://tv.breitbart.com/breitbart-the-war-for-truth/#IDComment238596207 According to the Reuters/Ipsos poll, if the general election were held today, Obama would beat current GOP front-runner Newt Gingrich by a 13-point margin, 51 percent to 38 percent. He would also beat Mitt Romney by an 8-point margin, 48 percent to 40 percent. Both results are well outside the poll's margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points, and they mark a dramatic turnaround from the last Reuters/Ipsos poll, which was conducted from Oct. 31 to Nov. 3 and found Romney leading Obama by 1 point. That poll did not include a matchup between Obama and Gingrich, because Gingrich was at the bottom of the Republican pack at the time. The results challenge the overconfident assertion made by some Republicans that electability shouldn't be a major factor in the primaries because anyone can beat Obama. Not so much. It is true that Obama's approval rating is 47 percent, but anyone who follows politics should know that a low approval rating does not mean an incumbent can't win. This sort of Republican arrogance would be more justified if Obama's numbers were catastrophically low -- but 47 percent, while far from ideal, is not catastrophic. If I recall correctly, it was this very arrogance that cost the Democrats the 2004 election. President George W. Bush was very unpopular at the time, but he was still re-elected, in no small part because the Democratic nominee, John Kerry, was decidedly uninspiring. Thu, 15 Dec 2011 22:46:33 +0000 http://tv.breitbart.com/breitbart-the-war-for-truth/#IDComment238596207 http://tv.breitbart.com/breitbart-the-war-for-truth/#IDComment237424835 fat newt a great candidate for pubs, the late night comics will be thrilled, they won't let him go, much easier than romney to laugh at, try this: "I told my colleagues yesterday a bit of homespun wisdom that I got from an alderman in Chicago some years ago when one of his colleagues wanted to run for higher office and he was really dubious. He said, 'Just remember the higher a monkey climbs on a pole, the more you can see his butt.' So, you know, the Speaker is very high on the pole right now and we'll see how people like the view."—David Axelrod, chief strategist for President Barack Obama, on the increased scrutiny Republican candidate Newt Gingrich will face now that he's the frontrunner. Mr. Gingrich certainly has been showing his ass a lot lately. What's the over/under for how long it'll take Gingrich's staff to demand an apology for comparing their candidate to a monkey and talking about his butt? I hear betting is the newest trend in the GOP race... What, no "butts" tag? I'm calling the Complaint Line! Mr. Gingrich certainly has been showing his ass a lot lately. He can't help it. His ass possesses an eldritch, non-Euclidean geometry that renders it simultaneously visible from all angles. Wed, 14 Dec 2011 14:20:54 +0000 http://tv.breitbart.com/breitbart-the-war-for-truth/#IDComment237424835 http://tv.breitbart.com/breitbart-the-war-for-truth/#IDComment237156338 VOTERS WILL APPROVE THIS VISION FOR AMERICAN IN 2012 * A slim plurality is very or somewhat confident that the American Jobs Act will improve the economy and create jobs, 48-47. * A solid majority, 56-30, favors significantly cutting payroll taxes for working Americans. * A majority, 52-40, favors Federal aid to state governments to avert public employee layoffs. * A huge majority, 80-16, favors spending money on the nation’s infrastructure in order to try to create jobs. * A big majority, 71, favors reducing the deficit through a combination of tax increases and spending cuts; a meager 21 percent favors only spending cuts. * A solid majority, 56-37, favors reducing the deficit with tax hikes on households earning $250,000 a year or more. Wed, 14 Dec 2011 01:02:17 +0000 http://tv.breitbart.com/breitbart-the-war-for-truth/#IDComment237156338