Magox

I seem to remember reading a thread where DC TOM and Simon got into a tiff about how he was temporarily banned and made mention of how he planned on visiting the site less.

He's 22 years old, 22 year olds do stupid and unexplainable things at time.. I'm certainly not gonna brand the kid for the rest of his life because he did something stupid.

That's the main cog of the liberal plank. Gotta hand it to B.O, he's mastered it.

Very solid pickup

It's not that they lie, it's that the variables they use don't depict an accurate picture.

While I agree with this sentiment, now you're conflating one subject with another.

Holy crap, this was an absurdly infantile statement to make.. You sound like a petulant 13 year old. You do know that the vast majority of presidents win when they are the incumbent don't you? All he has done was won re election and here you are boasting this ordinary occurrence as if it were Phil Jackson coaching the Bulls during their Dynasty.

I think the best response from Liberals would be to acknowledge that they are bankrupting this country, and a simple acknowledgement by the party of at least a problem with perception and a restrained but genuine mea culpa and apology. Worse would be an insincere one. What we get is what we expect. A refusal to even see a problem.

Ah, so when politicians say that want "to cut ______ from the budget" it's a form of racism?

And an effective one at that.

One of the things that sickens me the most, are these manufactured "dog whistles" created by leftist race baiters, intended to inflame and create controversy in order to advance their own agenda. I can't stand it, it makes me want to puke.

I just added one more, make that three

Birdog, what say you about this?

Better than 6-10

Lets see here. 1) Powell Endorses Climate Change legislation Cap and Trade 2) Powell Endorses higher taxes on the wealthy 3) Powell Endorsed the ACA 4) Powell Endorses the closing of Guantanamo Bay 5) Powell Endorses further restrictions on Guns 6) Powell Supports socially liberal positions 7) Powell Endorses the Dream Act 8) Powell Endorsed Obama over McCain 9) Powell Endorsed Obama over Romney 10) Powell hears the same "dog whistles" that the MSNBC crew hears 11) Powell shifts his position on Gay Marriage 12) Powell shifts his position on DADT (I also support some of these positions as well, but this is just to illustrate examples of Powell's positions over the past five years) Sorry, but Powell is no Moderate Republican. He's a liberal. Nothing wrong with that, that's just how he views things, but let's not pretend he is a "moderate republican", all he does by claiming to be one is provide cover for the president. Over the past five years, he's made a substantial shift to the left.

Talkin of Tom, where is that curmudgeon?

Almost Crayonz like

Yes, but mine are right.

I agree

Typical, rather than argue the merits of the substance of the points he made, you come out with a non sequitur . I've got news for you, just about everyone has a vested interest in whatever it is that they are doing. And in regards to whats more objective, it's only more objective to you, because it comes from many of the same people who have like-minded views that you espouse.

You and I will never see eye to eye on speculation. We've gone circles with each other on this issue for years and it won't ever change. You somehow believe that speculation is this outside derivative that doesn't warrant the effect that it has had. That the money printing from the Fed shouldn't have caused rising prices in some of the markets, because from your view it's just a "bubble" caused by these nefarious speculators. That's simply not the case. Again, this is a perfect example of you living in a vacuum. You see an ETF and it's creation, prices rise, and voilaaaaa! Speculation caused the prices to rise. Do you really want me to dig up information of tons of ETF's that were created to only see the price of the underlying product drop? Also, you see that prices make a sharp increase after QE, and in your view, you say "It's those stupid neanderthal investors believing that QE is making prices go higher, because of their fallacious view on money printing" . That's what you think. You simply cannot fathom why prices rise when the creation of new money out of thin air could possibly make prices rise. Those trillion dollars of treasury purchases I guess don't filter their way into the economy right? And there many ways that it filters into the economy, one is by driving down rates. You don't believe those lower rates have added price pressure? How about consumer patterns? You don't believe that consumers have adjusted their patterns in how they buy homes as a result of QE? What about Corporate bond issuance? You don't think that QE has had an impact? What about investor behavior? You don't believe that investors have adjusted their portfolios because of QE? Oh, and here is what you really fail to understand.. And for the life of me I cannot see how any rational thinking person is not able to recognize the impact on the value of the dollar. You honestly believe that loose monetary policy through QE shouldn't have an impact on QE, or at least not much of one. That's absurd. A lower monetary value = higher prices. That is basic economics, and you fail to grasp this very basic concept. The only reason why our Dollar hasn't dropped any more is because loose monetary policy is being used in most major advanced economies. It's a race to the bottom. I've always argued from day one, that the only reason why we haven't seen an even higher increase is because of the slack on the economy. On this point we agree. And when the world economy, specially here, begins to pick up, we will see prices rise sharply. And again, you will believe it's a bubble. Of course it isn't a bubble, it's a rational consumer and investor response caused by underlying conditions. Once conditions change, then prices will drop off. That sir, is no bubble. A bubble is irrational overexuberant investor behavior. And not all bubbles are created equally. One sort of bubble is usually a piling on effect to maximize profits due to short-term trends. Those pop fairly quickly. A long-term bubble is a bubble that accumulates over a period of time, caused by outside factors that elicit irrational investor behavior. The devaluation of the US dollar is not an irrational response from investors. It is perfectly logical. Prices haven't ballooned, they've just risen sharply. There is a distinction between the two. But again, you will never see it that way, you will scoff at the suggestion that QE is rationally responsible for the rising prices of everyday commodities and in your mind only accept that investors are buying these commodities only to maximize profits while the rest of us get hosed by these greedy bastards. Who said this? "Since investors aren't stupid" hmmm Oh and me vague? Whenever I do have a "vague" response, it's usually because of one of a few reasons, normally because the person I'm responding made such a moronic comment, that the only response that I believe is appropriate is one of a mocking nature. And two, because I've spoken about the pertaining subject at hand ad nauseum and I don't have any real desire to relitigate the issue again.

That doesn't even come close to addressing any of the points that I made in the previous post. And in regards to inflation, only failed mainstream economists actually believe that the CPI offers an accurate picture of today's inflation. People who consume health insurance, food, gas, clothing, education and etc. etc. understand that rising prices is the most predominant concern in their lives. Now go on, continue to peddle your nonsense. "Conspiracy" so all the rising prices of the things that have been mentioned is a conspiracy? Wow! who knew that we were living in an alternate world? I guess rising prices don't exist in your world. You are one delusional dude. And, the ONLY argument I've made is that you live in a vacuum? Man, no wonder you are having a hard time understanding when people talk to you. You just willfully ignore what you don't want to see. I've made a number of points and just referenced an observation, which was that you have a tendency to cherry pick data that fit your views, and pretend that everything exists in a vacuum. But, yeah, that's the ONLY argument I've made.

Is there ever really a bad time for a bump?

You say that as if it's a bad thing.

I would agree with this. They may "love" the kid and all that, but at the end of the day, they would be staking their future on the pick. If they picked him at the # 8 slot, that would be a serious indictment of what they really think of his potential.