- On 17 May 2013
in
IRS drama,
CL said:
And Lois Lerner? Looks like she was appointed in 2005.
http://www.irs.gov/uac/Lois-G.-Lerner-Selected-as-Director-of-IRS-Exempt-Organizations-Division
Must've been Obama and Timmy G running Treasury under Bush!
This all seems a lot like the fake scandals under Clinton. Is it naive to think that there is no "there" there, anywhere?
These "scandals" are all fake?
- On 10 May 2013
in
Left wing nuts versus right wing nuts,
CL said:
Oh yeah. FDR could have prevented Pearl Harbor, but didn't so he could get us into WWII. Also, he didn't help save the economy, he made it worse. The war he made us get into solved the depression. See?!?!? You can be a rightwinger!
- On 10 May 2013
in
Left wing nuts versus right wing nuts,
CL said:
Is there no real looney left?
yes .. lots...
maxine waters...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3I-PVVowFY
cover up against any regulations on Fannie Mae given the cronism and outright fraud commited by their owne members.. far more than Encon could ever be!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQXbT5ZMYaY
....
barney franks... wow... a real nut job given too much power ....
Maxine has a different point of view than you? Who knew?
Yet, that alone doesn't make that looney, ya know. Where are the ridiculous accusations like the right has?
I guess it's as I thought, Only one side is literally crazy.
RE: Benghazi. For the life of me, can't figure out what the accused motivations are even supposed to be.
Obama said act of terror, not terrorism. That would help him how? The voter would make some distinction?
And pressed in the debates, he insists, "I did call it terror!!", because now it is advantageous to call it terrorism? Huh?
And he allegedly somehow told the military to stand down? Why? When mobilizing against attacks, especially terror, only seems to bolster the incumbent's chances of reelection?
Papa Bush's poll numbers were astronomical during Persian Gulf I. Bush got reelected despite failing horribly on Al Qaeda, and got reelected BECAUSE of Al Qaeda.
So, Obama should have gotten a bump if he mobilized. And he would have won be an even bigger margin than he did, which was already the biggest since Ike.
The whole thing is ridiculously stupid.
- On 9 May 2013
in
Left wing nuts versus right wing nuts,
CL said:
Maybe a rightwinger can illuminate this. Because I can't name even one, but I can name a thousand rightwing imaginary conspiracies.
Even the Bilderberg crap seems to come from the right.
Is there no real looney left?
- On 9 May 2013
in
Left wing nuts versus right wing nuts,
CL said:
"It exists and there are examples of it on PatNet, but it's much rarer than on the left"
What's an example? And as you said, certainly nothing elected officials are parroting, much less a consensus of any kind on the left.
- On 9 May 2013
in
Left wing nuts versus right wing nuts,
CL said:
So when I trace the history of silliness, why does it seem like one side has a virtual monopoly on it? Ridiculous, scurrilous accusations?
Am I missing the crazy rhetoric from the left? Or did it not exist?
- On 9 May 2013
in
Left wing nuts versus right wing nuts,
CL said:
Later when more information was known, the White House admitted it was a terrorist attack.
Even the allegation is stupid though. Obama called it an "act of terror" which apparently protected Obama from calling it "terrorism"? Wouldn't it have been smarter to avoid using the word "terror" if that was the aim?
- On 7 May 2013
in
Oye Como Libs,
CL said:
If I'm not mistaken in the UK they shortened the election cycle to something crazy short like 6 weeks? I can't recall. But its worked out great for them.
If you count David Cameron a success!
she is as much of an Indian as someone who has seen a cowboy movie about twice in their lifetime.
Like Ronald Reagan always thought he was a war hero?
- On 6 May 2013
in
Oye Como Libs,
CL said:
Whether anyone wants to admit it or not, both parties need one another. Left to their own devices, either party's idealology would bankrupt the country.
I disagree. What is needed is for a party, sometimes a single party, to capture the base and the middle. I don't ascribe to the notion of independents being a major force.
Since the Republicans have abandoned the middle, the void has been filled by the Democrats who are now representing the acceptable range between left-middle, and even some of the right.
A party can be representative of 60-70% of the population and win for a verrrrryyyy long time.
- On 3 May 2013
in
Study: Tech Worker Shortage a Myth,
CL said:
And closer to the people and resources they manage. It's the same logic applied for the factories. Why build a Caterpillar dirt mover and ship it to China when they Chinese can build it and use it locally? And while we're at it, we might as well hire the Chinese workers to build them.
Perfect. Let's all go to college, if you can afford it.
Seems like some forgot about Jeep and China not to long ago...
While you will certainly see lots of US made Jeeps in Europe, that was not the
case for china which slaps a tax on all imports. But will not tax if Jeeps were made
in USA.
Ring a bell ?
How does it not bode poorly for the US though? All jobs are vulnerable, which I think was Dan's point.
- On 3 May 2013
in
Study: Tech Worker Shortage a Myth,
CL said:
And once the labor has all been outsourced to the third world, management can be too. In fact, it will be necessary. Those managers better be close to retirement
And closer to the people and resources they manage. It's the same logic applied for the factories. Why build a Caterpillar dirt mover and ship it to China when they Chinese can build it and use it locally? And while we're at it, we might as well hire the Chinese workers to build them.
Perfect. Let's all go to college, if you can afford it.
- On 3 May 2013
in
Is Capitalism Killing Our Morals and Economy?,
CL said:
Inflation is caused by too many dollars chasing too few products. It is NOT caused by too many dollars by itself.
This is the old "If you bury the money in a hole in the ground" standard in basic econ, right?
The right question would be, how much of that 10 trillion entered the money supply, right? So, assuming there is a parallel to Fed policy:
There is not "too few goods" because we have slack demand.
The low interest loans are being choked by demand and stricter credit standards.
And the money the Fed is playing with is mostly in buying assets, which have value (and will appreciate) but they are not putting tons of new money into the supply.
Is that right?
- On 3 May 2013
in
Study: Tech Worker Shortage a Myth,
CL said:
What a load of bovine excrement this article is. Sure, bust your butt, major in CS, not exactly the easiest field of study, get a job where you're required to work 50+ hours/week but only paid for 40, have to be on call 24/7, have to keep your skills current mostly on your time and money, then once you get a few gray hairs you're forced to train your Indian replacement then fired. Good luck finding another job at that point.
So, the end result is the American worker, discouraged by this prospect, will resign him/herself to some lowly service job. And that benefits us how?
The other side says, "it's inevitable!", "get with the program!". But the program is low wages and a loss of American competitiveness. A race to the bottom.
- On 2 May 2013
in
Is Capitalism Killing Our Morals and Economy?,
CL said:
I really that fucking stupid?
?
- On 1 May 2013
in
Is Capitalism Killing Our Morals and Economy?,
CL said:
I'm not in favor of extravagant military spending but on the other hand I don't want to see us sodomized as Carter was by the Iranians.
And the hostage crisis was because we didn't spend enough on Defense? Really?
- On 1 May 2013
in
Car purchase,
CL said:
Lots of misinformation going on with leases. Sure, I can get a Lexus for $49/month for a 36 month lease, if only I put down a $16,000 down payment. I'm looking to put no more than $1,000 down. The Leaf is going for $199/month if you put down $1800. Over 36 months, that means it is closer to $250/month, and certainly not $99.
Most of the leases have their advertised prices at 2000-2699 as the down, even more on the luxury vehicles.
- On 1 May 2013
in
Is Capitalism Killing Our Morals and Economy?,
CL said:
The money was spent as it always is by congress ie Tip O'Neil.
I assume you also contend Obama is a big spender, eh? But you'd lay that at Congress' feet?
- On 1 May 2013
in
Car purchase,
CL said:
CL said: I would also get free HOV over the bridge
Define free. Reduced rate is the new free: The Bay Area Toll Authority grants reduced rate passage on the above bridges to inherently-low-emission vehicles with DMV-issued decals, such as electric cars, that use FasTrak® to pay the toll.
Oh yeah! I remember that from when I used to carpool.
"HIGH-OCCUPANCY VEHICLES
The Bay Area Toll Authority grants reduced-rate passage on the above bridges for vehicles classified by it as high-occupancy vehicles that use FasTrak® to pay the toll.
The reduced rate is 50 percent of the regular toll: $2.50. "Isn't the Bay Bridge 6 bucks?
- On 1 May 2013
in
Car purchase,
CL said:
Nissan Leaf S lease is $99/month. Many folks get these and use the money saved on fuel for the lease payments.
I would also get free HOV over the bridge, n'est-ce pas?
- On 1 May 2013
in
Is Capitalism Killing Our Morals and Economy?,
CL said:
And yet the Keynesian s persist in their allegiance to government spending and that debt is meaningless
But isn't that the point? That Reagan was a Keynesian? Isn't that what Cheney meant when he said, "Ronald Reagan proved that deficits don't matter?" He cut taxes and debt skyrocketed.
We are all Keynesian now!
- On 1 May 2013
in
Wal-Mart employee engaged in prostitution in the store,
CL said:
You beat me to it.
Is often heard. Also, "watch for falling prices!!"
- On 1 May 2013
in
Is Capitalism Killing Our Morals and Economy?,
CL said:
Somehow the republican mythology persists though, that it was all about tax cuts.
I can't imagine why that would be.
- On 1 May 2013
in
Study: Tech Worker Shortage a Myth,
CL said:
A car repair job requires 6 mos of training. And believe it or not, cars need fixing and that fixing can't be offshored.
I was a concrete laborer in the 80s and made ~30-40K at the same time I was finishing college, which was at Purdue with 80s State tuition costs. Even then I thought, why pay so much to be a mathematician, get paid the same amount and not accrue 150K of debt?
I'd be up 150K on wages and down 150k on tuition for a loss of 300K.
These retarded libertarian laissez-faire notions would have made certain I'd have stopped my education, and I'd be a even more stupider guy then I turneded out to be.
- On 1 May 2013
in
Car purchase,
CL said:
Zero percent for the life of the loan.
Which manufacturer?
- On 1 May 2013
in
Car purchase,
CL said:
Okay, so here's a question:
I was approached a while back, as I have been in the past, with what I believe to be a "pull-ahead" offer from Toyota. They basically entice you to get out of your current lease (which ends in 3-4 months) and stay in the manufacturer's family.
I thought it was possible that I had some positive equity in the car, and they had the used car mangler appraise it. He calculated that I was underwater by some amount and they began to deduct that amount from the incentives they were giving me.
I walked out of the dealership, since I figured that the amount they were taking away was equivalent to my remaining payments. Why not keep the car and drive the hell out of it for 4 months, since I'm only at 20K miles on a 36K mile lease?
Is this SOP? I would assume that any pull-ahead would expunge any negative equity. Anyone have any experience with this?