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Spin Zone / Re: When was the USA at it's peak?
« on: April 13, 2016, 02:00:00 PM »
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Spin Zone / Re: When was the USA at it's peak?
« on: April 12, 2016, 09:58:43 PM »
There is no good way to answer the question as phrased. Economically, maybe post-WWII, 50s-60s, but there were serious shortcomings with civil rights, polio was taking people down, cars were built to last 3 years or 100,000 miles and spewed pollution, lakes were burning from the crap polluting them, we were hiding under our school desks from the Rooskies, women weren't getting paid properly, birth control was illegal in several States.
The 70s gave us wage and price controls, Watergate, Jimmy Carter, stagflation and 15% mortgages, Iran hostages and the Cadillac Seville.
The 80s were good economically and a lot of the other crap had been fixed. The 90s saw huge jumps in tech and computers, airlines were in the second decade of deregulation and the greyhound trade could afford to fly.
I don't think there is any one easy answer.
What I would like to think is that we ain't seen nuthin yet. Put someone in the White House who doesn't think the U.S needs to be brought down a peg, who doesn't think the U.S. is the cause of all the world's problems, who believes in the free market, give him a congress who understands all this, and watch the amazing things that can happen.
The 70s gave us wage and price controls, Watergate, Jimmy Carter, stagflation and 15% mortgages, Iran hostages and the Cadillac Seville.
The 80s were good economically and a lot of the other crap had been fixed. The 90s saw huge jumps in tech and computers, airlines were in the second decade of deregulation and the greyhound trade could afford to fly.
I don't think there is any one easy answer.
What I would like to think is that we ain't seen nuthin yet. Put someone in the White House who doesn't think the U.S needs to be brought down a peg, who doesn't think the U.S. is the cause of all the world's problems, who believes in the free market, give him a congress who understands all this, and watch the amazing things that can happen.
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Spin Zone / Re: Hillary Clinton On Benghazi
« on: April 09, 2016, 10:49:34 PM »
The GOP has done NOTHING BUT compromise with Obama, largely to avoid being accused of "shutting down the government" and this is in fact the reason for all the dissension at the grass roots level. Trump and Cruz are of their own making.
Deal-maker Trump would no doubt compromise if it gets him some of what he wants as President. Cruz, maybe not so much. He seems to stand much more on principle. But to be effective he would certainly bend a little at the margins. That is what politicians do. Even Reagan did, as he smiled and shook hands with Tip. As did both Bushes, as well as Bill Clinton, who eventually came around and signed off on welfare reform, and saw the first balanced budget in years, with the help of Newt.
Either of them would be orders of magnitude better than Hillary, or Bernie.
Deal-maker Trump would no doubt compromise if it gets him some of what he wants as President. Cruz, maybe not so much. He seems to stand much more on principle. But to be effective he would certainly bend a little at the margins. That is what politicians do. Even Reagan did, as he smiled and shook hands with Tip. As did both Bushes, as well as Bill Clinton, who eventually came around and signed off on welfare reform, and saw the first balanced budget in years, with the help of Newt.
Either of them would be orders of magnitude better than Hillary, or Bernie.
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Spin Zone / Re: Mark Levin says it very well
« on: April 09, 2016, 06:16:37 AM »Being violent back to the terrorists is the only way we are going to stop them. I once saw an interview with a pilot that was a Vietnam vet. I forget what he flew, but he really was upset by the rules of engagement prolonging the war, and getting more men on both sides killed. He said we needed to be quick, and VIOLENT to bring the powers that be on the other side to the bargaining table to end the war.
War is hell. The only goal should be the total and complete destruction of the enemy.
Do not go into battle for trivial things. Do not commit lives to "police actions" or nation building. Put lives on the line only for defense of the country, and settle for nothing less than total victory.
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Spin Zone / Interesting Consulting Business
« on: March 29, 2016, 04:17:22 PM »
http://assholeconsulting.com/
"When you're sick and tired of paying people $400 an hour to spare your feelings and make you feel good, and you finally decide you want to start solving your problems, it's time to contact Asshole Consulting. At Asshole Consulting we just plain don't have the patience to kiss your ass and guess what you want us to tell you. Instead, we're going to tell you what we think and don't give a shit if that pisses you off. And yes, we're going to charge you for it."
"When you're sick and tired of paying people $400 an hour to spare your feelings and make you feel good, and you finally decide you want to start solving your problems, it's time to contact Asshole Consulting. At Asshole Consulting we just plain don't have the patience to kiss your ass and guess what you want us to tell you. Instead, we're going to tell you what we think and don't give a shit if that pisses you off. And yes, we're going to charge you for it."
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Spin Zone / Have You Served In The U.S. Military?
« on: March 27, 2016, 07:22:31 PM »
As for me, 4 years USAF. 18 months Stateside, 18 months Philippines, 1 year Vietnam.
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Spin Zone / Re: Another riveting topic on POA
« on: March 24, 2016, 05:04:44 PM »"the front porch of aviation".........LOL
I suppose some folks keep junk on their front porch.
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Spin Zone / Soak The Rich
« on: March 23, 2016, 05:55:19 PM »
Stuart Varney pretty well shuts this guy down:
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Spin Zone / Re: The problem with liberals.
« on: March 22, 2016, 09:00:14 PM »No, it's that way because the law was always set up that way.
In fact, that's the only way it was legal. The only way Social Security was deemed legal was the same reason the ACA was deemed legal: That is, it was a tax on income, coupled with a spending program. It was never designed as a savings account.
That is not the way it was sold, nor the way people were led to expect it would work. Including the annual statements that show what your earnings were, what your projected benefits were. Somebody apparently LIED. Not my problem.
I paid in, you damn well better live up to what you promised.
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Spin Zone / Re: Hillary announces Running Mate
« on: March 22, 2016, 01:47:21 PM »
Who's the blonde on the left running with her?
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Spin Zone / Re: Obama in Cuba
« on: March 22, 2016, 10:18:13 AM »
That photo has been corrected:
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Spin Zone / Re: Only Hiring the Best People
« on: March 20, 2016, 08:49:11 PM »
Anyone who can steal from that idiot anti-gun Bloomberg can't be all bad.
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Spin Zone / Re: The problem with liberals.
« on: March 19, 2016, 09:51:30 AM »When the birth control doesn't work, or some one has a lapse in judgement and they get pregnant and they can't afford it, and the government isn't giving out money anymore and you can't have an abortion, what are they to do?
Get a job or two.
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Spin Zone / Re: Released illegal aliens and crime - a report
« on: March 17, 2016, 08:09:51 AM »dukakis lost more because the rest of the nation was not impressed with a liberal governor from taxachusetts.
Dukakis tanked early.
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Spin Zone / Re: Trump vs. Clinton
« on: March 16, 2016, 12:55:57 PM »
That Judge is on record as being anti-second-amendment. NO Thanks.