Comments on: “US global power ‘set to decline’” * Open Thread http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/7128/us-global-power-set-to-decline-open-thread/ Sun, 27 May 2012 12:54:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: watch tv on pc http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/7128/us-global-power-set-to-decline-open-thread/#comment-1083960 watch tv on pc Tue, 09 Dec 2008 08:02:03 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=7128#comment-1083960 <strong>watch tv on pc...</strong> I agree with what you wrote. Good points there.... watch tv on pc…

I agree with what you wrote. Good points there….

]]> By: stodgie http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/7128/us-global-power-set-to-decline-open-thread/#comment-1063549 stodgie Thu, 27 Nov 2008 16:32:03 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=7128#comment-1063549 isn't the "governor" a democrat? our esteemed governor here in texas commonly known as governor goodhair(democrat turned repub) took two months to complain to his good bud bush that texas has been given the backside of fema's hand after ike. i am all for pulling up by our bootstraps but heavens we took in the majority of the katrina evacuees(over 100000) with supplies food, medical care, and housing. they for the most part are still here and many on welfare. so when we need a helping hand especially in cleaning up the beaches and Looking for OUR DEAD/over 400 missing, we are told to get along and don't make scene. isn’t the “governor” a democrat? our esteemed governor here in texas commonly known as governor goodhair(democrat turned repub) took two months to complain to his good bud bush that texas has been given the backside of fema’s hand after ike. i am all for pulling up by our bootstraps but heavens we took in the majority of the katrina evacuees(over 100000) with supplies food, medical care, and housing. they for the most part are still here and many on welfare. so when we need a helping hand especially in cleaning up the beaches and Looking for OUR DEAD/over 400 missing, we are told to get along and don’t make scene.

]]> By: Cubs in 09 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/7128/us-global-power-set-to-decline-open-thread/#comment-1063089 Cubs in 09 Thu, 27 Nov 2008 04:36:38 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=7128#comment-1063089 Linda C. While I like Dick Morris a little more than you do, I completely agree with everything else you said. Linda C.

While I like Dick Morris a little more than you do, I completely agree with everything else you said.

]]> By: Karma http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/7128/us-global-power-set-to-decline-open-thread/#comment-1063042 Karma Thu, 27 Nov 2008 03:56:22 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=7128#comment-1063042 Yesterday, when the softball question that the female reporter asked had just been answered by a rambling Obama. I joked that Obama was just like Bush and spewed all his new talking points in the first answer. Sure enough, Obama/Bush II has reporters lobbing prepared softballs at him. Of course, this isn't news to NQ....it's just news that it actually made it in print somewhere. ;) http://washingtontimes.com/news/2008/nov/26/obama-beats-record-press-conferences/ "In his four press conferences, Mr. Obama has called on 22 reporters, including Lynn Sweet from his hometown paper, the Chicago Sun-Times, who asked four questions and he answered each one. He took six questions Monday, just four questions Tuesday and three on Wednesday. Some are grumbling that Obama transition aides preselected the reporters who would be allowed questions." Yesterday, when the softball question that the female reporter asked had just been answered by a rambling Obama. I joked that Obama was just like Bush and spewed all his new talking points in the first answer.

Sure enough, Obama/Bush II has reporters lobbing prepared softballs at him.

Of course, this isn’t news to NQ….it’s just news that it actually made it in print somewhere. ;)

http://washingtontimes.com/news/2008/nov/26/obama-beats-record-press-conferences/

“In his four press conferences, Mr. Obama has called on 22 reporters, including Lynn Sweet from his hometown paper, the Chicago Sun-Times, who asked four questions and he answered each one. He took six questions Monday, just four questions Tuesday and three on Wednesday.

Some are grumbling that Obama transition aides preselected the reporters who would be allowed questions.”

]]> By: Linda C. http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/7128/us-global-power-set-to-decline-open-thread/#comment-1063032 Linda C. Thu, 27 Nov 2008 03:43:44 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=7128#comment-1063032 Dick Morris is full of it. Obama is going "to cause" the Depression? It is already quickly approaching. It is our attitude that is the problem. We want things without having to pay for them and that includes this war in Iraq. People want to make money by not producing anything. We have borrowed, speculated, and spent our way into oblivion. Everyone wants services and perks, but no one wants to pay the taxes, pay the bill, or do the work. The corporatist have convinced you that to get the best and the brightest you need to pay those multi-million dollar salaries with golden parachutes while they rob the company blind and send it over the cliff. When that doesn't work, they need further subsidies from the tax payers to continue their malfeasance. Our treasury has been raided and now when the government needs to intervene there is nothing there. The corporatist have become the artificial aristocracy that Thomas Jefferson warned us about. We so gladly followed them just to get some stuff we neither need nor can afford. Our kids break something, it is immediately replaced. They loose it .They demand another one. It is five minutes out of style..an upgrade is expected. Dick Morris is full of it. Obama is going “to cause” the Depression? It is already quickly approaching.

It is our attitude that is the problem. We want things without having to pay for them and that includes this war in Iraq. People want to make money by not producing anything. We have borrowed, speculated, and spent our way into oblivion. Everyone wants services and perks, but no one wants to pay the taxes, pay the bill, or do the work.

The corporatist have convinced you that to get the best and the brightest you need to pay those multi-million dollar salaries with golden parachutes while they rob the company blind and send it over the cliff. When that doesn’t work, they need further subsidies from the tax payers to continue their malfeasance. Our treasury has been raided and now when the government needs to intervene there is nothing there.

The corporatist have become the artificial aristocracy that Thomas Jefferson warned us about. We so gladly followed them just to get some stuff we neither need nor can afford. Our kids break something, it is immediately replaced. They loose it .They demand another one. It is five minutes out of style..an upgrade is expected.

]]> By: Cubs in 09 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/7128/us-global-power-set-to-decline-open-thread/#comment-1063017 Cubs in 09 Thu, 27 Nov 2008 03:19:34 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=7128#comment-1063017 Since this is an open thread... Did you notice how I managed to work a little baseball into the conversation? :mrgreen: Since this is an open thread… Did you notice how I managed to work a little baseball into the conversation? :mrgreen:

]]> By: Cubs in 09 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/7128/us-global-power-set-to-decline-open-thread/#comment-1063013 Cubs in 09 Thu, 27 Nov 2008 03:15:11 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=7128#comment-1063013 :oops: <strike>vanished</strike> vanquished What does that Freudian slip mean?! :oops: vanished vanquished

What does that Freudian slip mean?!

]]> By: Cubs in 09 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/7128/us-global-power-set-to-decline-open-thread/#comment-1063011 Cubs in 09 Thu, 27 Nov 2008 03:13:25 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=7128#comment-1063011 <blockquote>...you will find out how bullish I am on the good old USA.</blockquote> [APPLAUSE] :D I think it was after RFK's assassination that Rose Kennedy was quoted as saying, "I shall not be vanished." I think we should all adopt that attitude. We've survived much worse as a nation. USA! USA! USA! BTW... I read or saw a while back that the Iraqi stock market is doing quite well. Good for them!

…you will find out how bullish I am on the good old USA.

[APPLAUSE] :D

I think it was after RFK’s assassination that Rose Kennedy was quoted as saying, “I shall not be vanished.”

I think we should all adopt that attitude. We’ve survived much worse as a nation. USA! USA! USA!

BTW… I read or saw a while back that the Iraqi stock market is doing quite well. Good for them!

]]> By: Cubs in 09 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/7128/us-global-power-set-to-decline-open-thread/#comment-1063006 Cubs in 09 Thu, 27 Nov 2008 03:08:30 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=7128#comment-1063006 Seattle: It was on this website that I read a vague reference to <em>that</em> just this month. I had no idea. When was that? If it came to light any year between Opening Day and the end of the World Series then I was incommunicado. What with XM radio MLB broadcasts and the cable TV MLB package, I miss a lot of regular news during the baseball season. "I'z better off!" :mrgreen: Seattle: It was on this website that I read a vague reference to that just this month. I had no idea. When was that? If it came to light any year between Opening Day and the end of the World Series then I was incommunicado. What with XM radio MLB broadcasts and the cable TV MLB package, I miss a lot of regular news during the baseball season. “I’z better off!” :mrgreen:

]]> By: Seattle Moss http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/7128/us-global-power-set-to-decline-open-thread/#comment-1063001 Seattle Moss Thu, 27 Nov 2008 03:03:29 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=7128#comment-1063001 This is indeed a world problem and much worse in other parts of the world. If you read my post 2nd from the top you will find out how bullish I am on the good old USA. I also plan on buying Iraqi dinar and GM if they can figure out a rescue plan. This is indeed a world problem and much worse in other parts of the world. If you read my post 2nd from the top you will find out how bullish I am on the good old USA.

I also plan on buying Iraqi dinar and GM if they can figure out a rescue plan.

]]> By: Cubs in 09 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/7128/us-global-power-set-to-decline-open-thread/#comment-1062997 Cubs in 09 Thu, 27 Nov 2008 03:00:35 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=7128#comment-1062997 Good article, Seattle. Sobering and informative. <blockquote>The real reason [for the economic crisis] is the massive explosion of debt at all levels and in all forms that has engulfed the world.</blockquote> Ay, there's the rub. I look back on my younger days (1980's) when I owed students loans, had an entry-level job, struggled to pay rent, had to use my credit card to buy groceries, etc. Only now do I realize what a great life lesson that was. Namely, stay out of debt! We must all go back to the philosophy of Franklin. <em>A penny saved is a penny earned.</em> Don't get me wrong. I don't mean to be smug. I've lost 25%-30% from my 401. WHAT to do now? Stay in the market? Buy (US) bonds? CDs? Gold? Keep cash in a lock box buried in the backyard? I don't know. Seattle what say you? Good article, Seattle. Sobering and informative.

The real reason [for the economic crisis] is the massive explosion of debt at all levels and in all forms that has engulfed the world.

Ay, there’s the rub.

I look back on my younger days (1980′s) when I owed students loans, had an entry-level job, struggled to pay rent, had to use my credit card to buy groceries, etc. Only now do I realize what a great life lesson that was. Namely, stay out of debt! We must all go back to the philosophy of Franklin. A penny saved is a penny earned. Don’t get me wrong. I don’t mean to be smug. I’ve lost 25%-30% from my 401. WHAT to do now? Stay in the market? Buy (US) bonds? CDs? Gold? Keep cash in a lock box buried in the backyard? I don’t know. Seattle what say you?

]]> By: Seattle Moss http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/7128/us-global-power-set-to-decline-open-thread/#comment-1062993 Seattle Moss Thu, 27 Nov 2008 03:00:09 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=7128#comment-1062993 I give poor dick alot of latitude. I mean after all what can you say about a guy who likes to suck toes. I give poor dick alot of latitude. I mean after all what can you say about a guy who likes to suck toes.

]]> By: Cubs in 09 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/7128/us-global-power-set-to-decline-open-thread/#comment-1062976 Cubs in 09 Thu, 27 Nov 2008 02:44:36 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=7128#comment-1062976 Thanks, Seattle! I'll go read that right now. I just got back from the drug store, picking up some medicine for my mother. She seems to be coming down with the flu. I've always thought Dick Morris was kind of funny in his own way. I take his opinions with a grain of salt. I only believe half the pundits half the time anyway (if that much!) etc. ;) Thanks, Seattle! I’ll go read that right now. I just got back from the drug store, picking up some medicine for my mother. She seems to be coming down with the flu. I’ve always thought Dick Morris was kind of funny in his own way. I take his opinions with a grain of salt. I only believe half the pundits half the time anyway (if that much!) etc. ;)

]]> By: Seattle Moss http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/7128/us-global-power-set-to-decline-open-thread/#comment-1062965 Seattle Moss Thu, 27 Nov 2008 02:29:15 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=7128#comment-1062965 Hello Cubbie! I listen to Dick Morris only when he is not attacking Hillary or Bill. Much of his incite is relevant. Obama is going to cause a depression. Here is a good article from the dick http://www.newsmax.com/morris/morris_free_market/2008/11/26/155696.html Hello Cubbie!

I listen to Dick Morris only when he is not attacking Hillary or Bill. Much of his incite is relevant.
Obama is going to cause a depression.
Here is a good article from the dick
http://www.newsmax.com/morris/morris_free_market/2008/11/26/155696.html

]]> By: Cubs in 09 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/7128/us-global-power-set-to-decline-open-thread/#comment-1062943 Cubs in 09 Thu, 27 Nov 2008 01:52:41 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=7128#comment-1062943 There has been much criticism of of Dick Morris on this site. HOWEVER... Read this. At the very least it's food for thought. And if Morris is only half right...? <em>Bush's Legacy: European Socialism</em> http://am1280thepatriot.townhall.com/columnists/DickMorrisandEileenMcGann/2008/11/19/bushs_legacy_european_socialism <blockquote>Will Obama govern from the left? He doesn't have to. George W. Bush has done all the heavy lifting for him. </blockquote> There has been much criticism of of Dick Morris on this site. HOWEVER… Read this. At the very least it’s food for thought. And if Morris is only half right…?

Bush’s Legacy: European Socialism

http://am1280thepatriot.townhall.com/columnists/DickMorrisandEileenMcGann/2008/11/19/bushs_legacy_european_socialism

Will Obama govern from the left? He doesn’t have to. George W. Bush has done all the heavy lifting for him.

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