en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/5246554 Comments by bpuharic http://spousebuzz.com/blog/2015/02/coast-guard-shut-down-signals-lack-of-respect-for-america.html#IDComment953064082 During Katrina, the USCG rescued 33,000 people in the affected areas. Tell me again how 'unnecessary' the Coast Guard is. Wed, 25 Feb 2015 19:07:31 +0000 http://spousebuzz.com/blog/2015/02/coast-guard-shut-down-signals-lack-of-respect-for-america.html#IDComment953064082 http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2013/07/23/why-liberals-wont-face-facts-on-detroit-debt/#IDComment687259001 Uh no. I suggest you read up on the history of the Nobel Memorial prize in economics. And the university which has won more Nobels than any other? Chicago. Fri, 26 Jul 2013 00:21:23 +0000 http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2013/07/23/why-liberals-wont-face-facts-on-detroit-debt/#IDComment687259001 http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2013/07/23/why-liberals-wont-face-facts-on-detroit-debt/#IDComment687250908 Coming from a guy who claims Jews murder Christian children to use their blood in Satanic rituals, that's some claim! Fri, 26 Jul 2013 00:01:13 +0000 http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2013/07/23/why-liberals-wont-face-facts-on-detroit-debt/#IDComment687250908 http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2013/07/23/why-liberals-wont-face-facts-on-detroit-debt/#IDComment687248403 And the supply of rich people dropped by 70 which is why their income tripled...a feat not seen in other countries? Amazing!! Who knew the US had so few rich people! It's not supply and demand. It is, as Adam Smith pointed out, market manipulation Thu, 25 Jul 2013 23:54:57 +0000 http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2013/07/23/why-liberals-wont-face-facts-on-detroit-debt/#IDComment687248403 http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2013/07/23/why-liberals-wont-face-facts-on-detroit-debt/#IDComment686547245 Yeah there never was a Bull Connor, right? Wed, 24 Jul 2013 23:41:31 +0000 http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2013/07/23/why-liberals-wont-face-facts-on-detroit-debt/#IDComment686547245 http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2013/07/23/why-liberals-wont-face-facts-on-detroit-debt/#IDComment685955953 And half of America was living at the subsistence level, too poor to buy telephones, cars, radios, etc. Wed, 24 Jul 2013 03:56:00 +0000 http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2013/07/23/why-liberals-wont-face-facts-on-detroit-debt/#IDComment685955953 http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2013/07/23/why-liberals-wont-face-facts-on-detroit-debt/#IDComment685934954 So that was the first time in US history police attacked blacks Who knew! Wed, 24 Jul 2013 03:07:45 +0000 http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2013/07/23/why-liberals-wont-face-facts-on-detroit-debt/#IDComment685934954 http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2013/07/23/why-liberals-wont-face-facts-on-detroit-debt/#IDComment685934496 Uh...Bush had the timetable set after he fired Rumsfeld after the GOP collapse in the midterm elections. Ever hear of Rumsfeld? Obama got us out of a worthless war that Bush lost. And we know he lost it because he fired his SecDef. Wed, 24 Jul 2013 03:06:43 +0000 http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2013/07/23/why-liberals-wont-face-facts-on-detroit-debt/#IDComment685934496 http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2013/07/23/why-liberals-wont-face-facts-on-detroit-debt/#IDComment685933892 How many troops did we lose in Libya? How many in Iraq? What respective financial costs did we pay? Obumble indeed. He didn't kill 4400 US troops and spend 2 trillion on a wasted war. And yes, Bush lied. Wed, 24 Jul 2013 03:05:18 +0000 http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2013/07/23/why-liberals-wont-face-facts-on-detroit-debt/#IDComment685933892 http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2013/07/23/why-liberals-wont-face-facts-on-detroit-debt/#IDComment685933040 Hey I'm not the one making the argument. The right is hysterical about unions. That's why right wing states are right to work states. So the RIGHT seems to think unions are important enough to destroy them. Wed, 24 Jul 2013 03:03:25 +0000 http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2013/07/23/why-liberals-wont-face-facts-on-detroit-debt/#IDComment685933040 http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2013/07/23/why-liberals-wont-face-facts-on-detroit-debt/#IDComment685931640 By the way...the Iraq war became worthless when it was discovered Bush lied about WMD's and there was absolutely no reason for us to be there. Obama got us out That was a success. Wed, 24 Jul 2013 03:00:57 +0000 http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2013/07/23/why-liberals-wont-face-facts-on-detroit-debt/#IDComment685931640 http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2013/07/23/why-liberals-wont-face-facts-on-detroit-debt/#IDComment685930990 Uh...where did you make up that little bizarre truthiness about only federal spending being Keynesian? There are 5 components to total spending P+G+L+E-I Private, Govt, Investment, Exports minus Imports That's it. Govt spending is govt spending. A dollar is fungible and there is no difference between a federal and a state dollar In fact, Krugman made this point last year when he pointed out that local and state spending cuts were trimming GDP growth...a fact now acknowledged even by conservative economists. Moreover, there was a war that had just ended a few years before Coolidge and the US had virtually no defense spending at this time. So state and local spending far outstripped marginal federal tax cuts Coolidge, by the way, also fought against govt regulations on insider trading on Wall Street. This was one of the factors that led to the 29 crash. Wed, 24 Jul 2013 02:59:46 +0000 http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2013/07/23/why-liberals-wont-face-facts-on-detroit-debt/#IDComment685930990 http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2013/07/23/why-liberals-wont-face-facts-on-detroit-debt/#IDComment685901658 The right quotes the doggerl from Lincoln as gospel without realizing the converse is also true. You can not make the rich richer by bankrupting the middle class, as they've tried to to with 30 years of right wing voodoo economics. We're now seeing the results of the right wing class warfare on the middle class....war, tax cuts on the rich...bailouts after they blew out the economy And yet they tell us this is a success because the rich are getting richer. Wed, 24 Jul 2013 01:58:18 +0000 http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2013/07/23/why-liberals-wont-face-facts-on-detroit-debt/#IDComment685901658 http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2013/07/23/why-liberals-wont-face-facts-on-detroit-debt/#IDComment685881805 Uh...the Big O withdrew troops...on Bush's timetable. And perhaps if you can tell us of this success you speak of Was it the robust presence of Iranian Shiite clerics in Iraq? Iraq becoming a satrapy of Iran? terrorists all over the place? Because of that's success...one wonders what failure looks like. Wed, 24 Jul 2013 01:09:54 +0000 http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2013/07/23/why-liberals-wont-face-facts-on-detroit-debt/#IDComment685881805 http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2013/07/23/why-liberals-wont-face-facts-on-detroit-debt/#IDComment685881128 Ah, yes, the mythical Shlaes phenomenon. Of course, at that time STATE and LOCAL spending was much higher as a percentage of the national budget than it is now. And very little was actually cut from the federal budget. Paul Krugman actually wrote an article on this awhile ago. Perhaps if you actually read stuff instead of listening to Fox.... Wed, 24 Jul 2013 01:08:09 +0000 http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2013/07/23/why-liberals-wont-face-facts-on-detroit-debt/#IDComment685881128 http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2013/07/23/why-liberals-wont-face-facts-on-detroit-debt/#IDComment685879889 And private industry...where we have virtually NO unions... we booming? At full employment? Because if we're NOT, the right has some explaining to do. Wed, 24 Jul 2013 01:04:57 +0000 http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2013/07/23/why-liberals-wont-face-facts-on-detroit-debt/#IDComment685879889 http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2013/07/23/why-liberals-wont-face-facts-on-detroit-debt/#IDComment685849707 Hey I agree. The university which has won the most Nobels in Economics in the world? The U of Chicago....home of the right wing "Chicago School". Yeah you're right. The Nobel in Economics proves how worthless it is. Tue, 23 Jul 2013 23:51:32 +0000 http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2013/07/23/why-liberals-wont-face-facts-on-detroit-debt/#IDComment685849707 http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2013/07/23/why-liberals-wont-face-facts-on-detroit-debt/#IDComment685842165 Now wait...you're confusing me. This is all Obama's fault, remember? By gosh he was all of 10 years old or so at this time...some powerful 10 year old! As to race riots...why would blacks riot just because conservatives were lynching them, and the VRA and CRA were barely 3 years old? Wasn't everything perfect in race relations then? Tue, 23 Jul 2013 23:33:15 +0000 http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2013/07/23/why-liberals-wont-face-facts-on-detroit-debt/#IDComment685842165 http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2013/07/23/why-liberals-wont-face-facts-on-detroit-debt/#IDComment685834886 How about saying you can't cut your way out of a recession And why didn't the right pay for the trillions spent in Iraq? They borrowed and spent on a worthless war Tue, 23 Jul 2013 23:16:11 +0000 http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2013/07/23/why-liberals-wont-face-facts-on-detroit-debt/#IDComment685834886 http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2013/07/23/why-liberals-wont-face-facts-on-detroit-debt/#IDComment685834396 Nope. Completely independent. Read up on the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics You saying Milton Friedman was a terrorist, too? Better watch it! His writings, like Hayek's, are Sacred on the right Tue, 23 Jul 2013 23:14:59 +0000 http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2013/07/23/why-liberals-wont-face-facts-on-detroit-debt/#IDComment685834396