Quote Originally Posted by Psycho4Bud
Recent elections in both Germany and France proves otherwise. Living in the past are we?




A little quote from the Outlaw Josey Walesyin' ain't much of a living boy.
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The only place they're gaining strength is in the underworld.



Not to mention his anti-Columbian and Brazilian stances. The only people he does get along with are the petty dictators from Cuba, Iran and N. Korea.



So do you REALLY believe that you can sit and negotiate with a group that feels the entire world should be under Sharia Law? LOL...only in a Dems dream would that EVER happen.



Obviously you don't understand the relationship between refineries, crude oil, and the price of gas. Iran is oil rich...why is their gas so expensive and being rationed? Lack of refineries!



This is true but if you expect the front runners we have to make the change your living in a dream. Clinton and McCain are a definate part of the current system and if anyone checks out Obama on health care knows that he's as corrupt, if not more, than the others.



It does have an effect but not as much as people overextending their own credit. Earning less than $40,000/year does NOT equate into owning a $200,000 home and also being $5000 in credit card debt.

Have a good one!:s4:
- How do elections in France and Germany prove that America's global image hasn't been tarnished because of the Iraq War? It doesn't ... Sounds like you are in denial.

- If Afghanistan doesn't have a problem with Al Queda ... then why is American pressuring NATO to increase involvement as we sit here debating? Why do government officials continue to warn about the increasing Al Queda presence and the return of Opium production in the country?

I guess everyone else but you is being fooled ...

- Using diplomacy to settle a situation is much better than putting them in the same group as a country you invaded.

- Again, the middle east is PEAKING in its oil production. The United States has ALREADY passed the peak of its oil production. I already stated this. But spending billions-trillions of dollars to build new refineries isn't going to solve anything when the oil runs dry. The money SHOULD be spent to create alternative methods of conventional power. Like I already said ... if the US learned to harness atomic power over 60 years ago, you can't tell me we can't be running machines that run on something other than oil. Heck, with enough time and money ... you could build a car that runs on farts. Heck, France is currently building cars that run on compressed air. 200-300 miles on a tank if I remember right.

- The government lost touch with the people a long time ago ... If you have to be rich to be president ... you can't vouch for the middle class or the poor. There's something wrong when tens of millions of dollars are spent to try and win a job that pays $400,000 a year.

- If people HAVE jobs ... they can continue to pay their debts.
JOBS JOBS JOBS! That's the key. Doesn't matter how much money they owe .. if they have a decent wage job, they can make the payments. What has happened is: Creditors were giving "loose" loans ... those people are seeing their jobs moving over seas, closed, or layoffs ... people no longer have the means to pay their debt and bills. Yes, debt is ultimately bad for America ... but it isn't what is choking the economy. Industry leaving our cities imho is the main culprit in the slowing economy.

In my hometown with a population of 7-10,000 people ... there have been 5 factories in the past few years close alone. That was a massive blow to the community. Not because they owed $5,000 on their credit cards .... but because they saw nearly all of their industry shut down quickly.