TakeYouToTasker Posted April 20, 2017 Posted April 20, 2017 I think this fits in here rather nicely: CAMILLE PAGLIA: I am a Bernie Sanders supporter. I voted for Jill Stein. So I want to make that clear.My feeling is that an election occured.It is incumbent upon the defeated party to pull itself together, or else we're going to get the reelection of the present administration. That's what I feel right now.BRUNI: You feel like he is going to get reelected?PAGLIA: Yes. The Democrats have overplayed their hand. And the -- I just can't imagine--BRUNI: You're already betting on his reelection less than 100 days in?PAGLIA: Yes because what the Democrats needed to do-- and the major media, Frank, needed to do was to do some soul-searching.
/dev/null Posted April 20, 2017 Posted April 20, 2017 I think this fits in here rather nicely: I have several philosophical and idealogical differences with Camille Paglia, but have always found her to be reasonable and rational. One of the few remaining Lefties to exhibit either trait.
B-Man Posted April 23, 2017 Posted April 23, 2017 IT’S COME TO THIS: That Time a Professional Football Team Fact-Checked The New York Times: An attempt to re-open the stupidest narrative of 2017 backfires spectacularly. When will the media learn to stop creating fake controversies? It says something about the state of the media today—and something about how certain elements of the media are determined to stir up controversies around President Donald Trump, even where none exist—that a major newspaper found itself on the receiving end of a fact check from a professional football team this week.
Tiberius Posted April 24, 2017 Posted April 24, 2017 Why doesn't the media believe Trump when he says Mexico will pay for th wall after we pay for it? The media is so dishonest for not trusting him. I mean why would he lie about this?
Nanker Posted April 24, 2017 Author Posted April 24, 2017 (edited) Yeah, they sure believed B. O. When he said "if you like your Doctor, you can keep your Doctor period." Edited April 24, 2017 by Nanker
Tiberius Posted April 24, 2017 Posted April 24, 2017 Yeah, they sure believed B. O. When he said "if you like your Doctor, you can keep your Doctor period." But why don't they believe our current President about Mexico paying for the wall? What's not to believe? We pay now and Mexico will pay later
ALF Posted April 24, 2017 Posted April 24, 2017 Trump: I will eliminate U.S. debt in 8 years The Republican presidential front-runner said in a wide-ranging interview with The Washington Post that he’d be able to get rid of the more than $19 trillion debt “over a period of eight years.” http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/275003-trump-i-will-eliminate-us-debt-in-8-years
/dev/null Posted April 24, 2017 Posted April 24, 2017 Trump: I will eliminate U.S. debt in 8 years The Republican presidential front-runner said in a wide-ranging interview with The Washington Post that hed be able to get rid of the more than $19 trillion debt over a period of eight years. http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/275003-trump-i-will-eliminate-us-debt-in-8-years Politicians on both sides of the aisle are guilty of conflating the Debt with the Deficit. The Deficit (the negative balance between revenue and spending) is easily eliminated within 8 years by slowing the growth of Government. The Debt (the accumulated Deficit over time) will take decades, if not over a century to eliminate. The first step in eliminating the Debt is to eliminate the Deficit. The next step is to continuously run a budget surplus over time to pay off the principal of the Debt rather than just paying to service the interest on the existing Debt
row_33 Posted April 24, 2017 Posted April 24, 2017 I think this fits in here rather nicely: Ms. Paglia has been a rare treasure for 3 decades of my lit-crit leisure time readings, and she is usually well placed out with a thinking response for left-lib political views.
Tiberius Posted April 24, 2017 Posted April 24, 2017 Politicians on both sides of the aisle are guilty of conflating the Debt with the Deficit. The Deficit (the negative balance between revenue and spending) is easily eliminated within 8 years by slowing the growth of Government. The Debt (the accumulated Deficit over time) will take decades, if not over a century to eliminate. The first step in eliminating the Debt is to eliminate the Deficit. The next step is to continuously run a budget surplus over time to pay off the principal of the Debt rather than just paying to service the interest on the existing Debt So it's another blatant lie. Darn media!
row_33 Posted April 24, 2017 Posted April 24, 2017 So it's another blatant lie. Darn media! Inflation was the economic problem of the 70s and early 80s. The choice was made to increase the deficit and tame inflation, which was the wiser move, inflation was a true crippling force in real time. You can't get rid of both. The problem is the debt has been removed from the government and put on the individual. I do not see another outlet to kick the can down the road after this stage of debt pushing.
Tiberius Posted April 24, 2017 Posted April 24, 2017 Inflation was the economic problem of the 70s and early 80s. The choice was made to increase the deficit and tame inflation, which was the wiser move, inflation was a true crippling force in real time. You can't get rid of both. The problem is the debt has been removed from the government and put on the individual. I do not see another outlet to kick the can down the road after this stage of debt pushing.
Tiberius Posted April 24, 2017 Posted April 24, 2017 You should read a little more than you do. I do, and what you wrote makes no sense at all. How does the deficit--or debt--influence inflation?
row_33 Posted April 24, 2017 Posted April 24, 2017 I do, and what you wrote makes no sense at all. How does the deficit--or debt--influence inflation? Read a little bit about how it was in the 70s and 80s. Actually you don't have to, you just say whatever you happen to feel based on what you think right now... so don't bother, it's just a football board.
Tiberius Posted April 24, 2017 Posted April 24, 2017 Read a little bit about how it was in the 70s and 80s. Actually you don't have to, you just say whatever you happen to feel based on what you think right now... so don't bother, it's just a football board. So you are just assuming there is a direct relationship between the two--deficits and inflation--and nothing else matters? So Reagan's deficits are what took care of inflation? That's your argument?
ALF Posted April 24, 2017 Posted April 24, 2017 Inflation was the economic problem of the 70s and early 80s. The choice was made to increase the deficit and tame inflation, which was the wiser move, inflation was a true crippling force in real time. You can't get rid of both. The problem is the debt has been removed from the government and put on the individual. I do not see another outlet to kick the can down the road after this stage of debt pushing. Chart of national debt 1950-1999 09/30/1981 $ 997,855,000,000.00 less then $1T then the Reagan tax cuts happen , hmm https://www.treasurydirect.gov/govt/reports/pd/histdebt/histdebt_histo4.htm
B-Man Posted April 24, 2017 Posted April 24, 2017 The death of the free press continues................. DISPATCHES FROM THE NEWSPEAK DICTIONARY: New York Times Refuses To Use Term ‘Female Genital Mutilation’ Because It’s ‘Culturally Loaded.’
DC Tom Posted April 24, 2017 Posted April 24, 2017 The death of the free press continues................. DISPATCHES FROM THE NEWSPEAK DICTIONARY: New York Times Refuses To Use Term ‘Female Genital Mutilation’ Because It’s ‘Culturally Loaded.’ They're not wrong. But, given how they slant their reporting with politically loaded words, they are massive hypocrites.
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