Comments on: The way the truth ought to be articulated http://barneyquick.net/blog/2009/11/22/the-way-the-truth-ought-to-be-articulated/ Ruminations on music, culture, America and the world stage Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:23:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Mr. Dings http://barneyquick.net/blog/2009/11/22/the-way-the-truth-ought-to-be-articulated/comment-page-1/#comment-128552 Mr. Dings Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:12:17 +0000 http://barneyquick.net/blog/?p=2308#comment-128552 http://www.cjd.org/paper/surlis.html The Pope made more than fifty public addresses in which he condemned the war in Iraq prior to its inception and he sent a special emissary, Pio Laghi, to the White House to convey his disapproval, but the Bush Ad-ministration was adamant in pushing for war and even forbade Laghi to address the American people from the White House on the occasion of his visit. Most heads of major religions in the United States, including the head of Bush's Methodist Church condemned the war as unjust. http://www.cjd.org/paper/surlis.html

The Pope made more than fifty public addresses in which he condemned the war in Iraq prior to its inception and he sent a special emissary, Pio Laghi, to the White House to convey his disapproval, but the Bush Ad-ministration was adamant in pushing for war and even forbade Laghi to address the American people from the White House on the occasion of his visit. Most heads of major religions in the United States, including the head of Bush’s Methodist Church condemned the war as unjust.

]]> By: Mr. Dings http://barneyquick.net/blog/2009/11/22/the-way-the-truth-ought-to-be-articulated/comment-page-1/#comment-128550 Mr. Dings Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:11:21 +0000 http://barneyquick.net/blog/?p=2308#comment-128550 Public debt in dollars quadrupled during the Reagan and Bush presidencies from 1980 to 1992, and remained at about the same level by the end of the Clinton presidency in 2000. During the administration of President George W. Bush, the debt increased from $5.6 trillion in January 2001 to $10.7 trillion by December 2008,[6] rising from 54% of GDP to 75% of GDP. The debt is projected to continue increasing significantly during President Obama's administration to 100% of GDP, its highest level since World War II. Public debt in dollars quadrupled during the Reagan and Bush presidencies from 1980 to 1992, and remained at about the same level by the end of the Clinton presidency in 2000. During the administration of President George W. Bush, the debt increased from $5.6 trillion in January 2001 to $10.7 trillion by December 2008,[6] rising from 54% of GDP to 75% of GDP. The debt is projected to continue increasing significantly during President Obama’s administration to 100% of GDP, its highest level since World War II.

]]> By: Bentnotesmanhisself http://barneyquick.net/blog/2009/11/22/the-way-the-truth-ought-to-be-articulated/comment-page-1/#comment-128531 Bentnotesmanhisself Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:07:25 +0000 http://barneyquick.net/blog/?p=2308#comment-128531 You have to believe the invasion of Iraq was fraudulent and immoral for your point to hold up, and it just isn't so. There was a whole lot of unnecessary domestic spending that went on during the W years that I do indeed blame for starting us on the path of indebtedness that TCM has made four times worse. You have to believe the invasion of Iraq was fraudulent and immoral for your point to hold up, and it just isn’t so.
There was a whole lot of unnecessary domestic spending that went on during the W years that I do indeed blame for starting us on the path of indebtedness that TCM has made four times worse.

]]> By: Mr. Dings http://barneyquick.net/blog/2009/11/22/the-way-the-truth-ought-to-be-articulated/comment-page-1/#comment-128523 Mr. Dings Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:56:00 +0000 http://barneyquick.net/blog/?p=2308#comment-128523 "Look, the president is in a weaker position than he might have been, not least because his policies have contributed mightily to the immense amount of new borrowing that's being done, much of it from the Chinese," Hume said. "So now you have the Chinese even worried about the size of the health care plan." And that is a real, real pity. Look, you frauds, Obama didn't start this fire at all. You ran us in the hole financing a fraudulant and immoral war while maintaining your alleged freedom-loving "no new taxes" scheme. http://www.americaneconomicalert.org/view_art.asp?Prod_ID=3047 A study released July 30, 2008, by the Economic Policy Institute detailed the impact that the growing U.S. trade deficit with China is having on American jobs, wages and key industries. “Between 2001 and 2007, 2.3 million American jobs were lost due to the China trade gap, including 366,000 last year” reports EPI. Those displaced workers lost an average of $8,146 in wages last year, a total of $19.4 billion, as they were only able to find lower-paying jobs. Economic pressure can be just as unrelenting as militia groups in its ability to dislocate people and destroy communities. Beyond the negative economic effects of the trade deficit with China ($256 billion last year, 2007), the flow of hard currency, investment capital and advanced technology is expanding Chinese industrial capacity and financial clout. Beijing’s new economic strength is used to support a military buildup and diplomatic initiatives aimed at undermining American influence and interests in every corner of the globe. “Look, the president is in a weaker position than he might have been, not least because his policies have contributed mightily to the immense amount of new borrowing that’s being done, much of it from the Chinese,” Hume said. “So now you have the Chinese even worried about the size of the health care plan.”

And that is a real, real pity. Look, you frauds, Obama didn’t start this fire at all. You ran us in the hole financing a fraudulant and immoral war while maintaining your alleged freedom-loving “no new taxes” scheme.

http://www.americaneconomicalert.org/view_art.asp?Prod_ID=3047

A study released July 30, 2008, by the Economic Policy Institute detailed the impact that the growing U.S. trade deficit with China is having on American jobs, wages and key industries. “Between 2001 and 2007, 2.3 million American jobs were lost due to the China trade gap, including 366,000 last year” reports EPI. Those displaced workers lost an average of $8,146 in wages last year, a total of $19.4 billion, as they were only able to find lower-paying jobs. Economic pressure can be just as unrelenting as militia groups in its ability to dislocate people and destroy communities.

Beyond the negative economic effects of the trade deficit with China ($256 billion last year, 2007), the flow of hard currency, investment capital and advanced technology is expanding Chinese industrial capacity and financial clout. Beijing’s new economic strength is used to support a military buildup and diplomatic initiatives aimed at undermining American influence and interests in every corner of the globe.

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