Obama's first failed appointment

[TGRR]

Originally Posted by TGRR

Well, that's different. Somehow.

[sugarpop]

Merc just likes to bash democrats. Like republicans are somehow better. NOT.

[TheMercenary]

Originally Posted by sugarpop

Merc just likes to bash democrats. Like republicans are somehow better. NOT.

I don't like Republickins much either. I don't like any of them. I do enjoy watching the Dems fall apart as they try to cover the double standards they have bitch at the Repubs for so many years. I am going to make sure no one gets a pass in the next 4 years.

[tw]

Originally Posted by TheMercenary

I don't like Republickins much either.

Extremists don't learn reasons why. Extremists wait to be told how to think by extremist propagandists (Limbaugh, Hannity, etc) Then speil that out as if knowledge.

Fundamental to being a centrist is a need to first learn facts. This gives extremists an advantage. To maintain their loyal cadre of extremist followers, Limbaugh, et al must tell extremists quickly and first how to think.

It is what my father did. Propaganda. If they are told how to think first, then they will only believe that; aggressively deny any later realized and accurate fact – ie Saddam’s WMDs. They are extremists who cannot bother to first learn facts.

Extremists Republicans being different from patriotic Republicans. A patriot will periodically dispute the (Zieg Heil) party line - to work for America rather than for the wacko extremist party leaders.

How to discover some latest political agenda from an extremist right wing? See UG’s posts.

[sugarpop]

Merc, I have known you for years. I adore you to pieces, but you really do have a double standard when judging democrats against republicans. If you like republicans better, just be honest. Don't claim you judge them equally, because you don't.

[TheMercenary]

Nope, just turning things around and calling the Demoncrats on the same things I have been hearing for the last 8 years.

[sugarpop]

Originally Posted by TheMercenary

Nope, just turning things around and calling the Demoncrats on the same things I have been hearing for the last 8 years.

The fact that you use words like "demonrats" just proves my point.

[TheMercenary]

Originally Posted by sugarpop

The fact that you use words like "demonrats" just proves my point.

I also use Repbulickins, so what is your point? I am an equal opportunity offender.

[sugarpop]

I certainly haven't noticed it. If you do, then I apologize. Wanna come over and I'll make it up to ya?

[TheMercenary]

Another tainted member of the Obama team rises to the surface.

Buildings sprang up as donations rained down on Bronx Borough President Adolfo Carrion

The man who is President Obama's newly minted urban czar pocketed thousands of dollars in campaign cash from city developers whose projects he approved or funded with taxpayers' money, a Daily News probe found.

Bronx Borough President Adolfo Carrion often received contributions just before or after he sponsored money for projects or approved important zoning changes, records show.

http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/...s_rained_.html

[TheMercenary]

And another tainted member as well as a tax dodger from the Obama team. Where the heck is finding all these tax cheats?

Trade nominee Ron Kirk agrees to pay back taxes

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate Finance Committee says President Barack Obama's nominee for trade representative owes roughly $10,000 in back federal taxes and has agreed to pay them. The report said Ron Kirk will file amended returns covering the years 2005, 2006 and 2007.
Kirk becomes the latest nominee of the Obama administration with tax problems, although this one doesn't appear severe enough to jeopardize his confirmation as U.S. Trade Representative. Committee chairman Sen. Max Baucus of Montana calls the former Dallas mayor the right man for the job, adding he will try to move the nomination quickly.

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php...show_article=1

[classicman]

Originally Posted by TheMercenary

And tainted member as well as a tax dodger from the Obama team. Where the heck is finding all these tax cheats?
Trade nominee Ron Kirk agrees to pay back taxes
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php...show_article=1

Too late! NEXT! I'm fuckin sick to death of all the politicians who don't pay their taxes, yet expect us to do so. Fuck that.

[sugarpop]

Originally Posted by classicman

Too late! NEXT! I'm fuckin sick to death of all the politicians who don't pay their taxes, yet expect us to do so. Fuck that.

Me too. I think, though (and this is not an excuse, it's an observation), that in the climate we've had for the past 8 years (more than 8 actually), with all the corruption everywhere, it would be more surprising to me to find anyone in politics who HADN'T cheated on their taxes (or who doesn't owe money).

And just because you have back taxes doesn't necessarily mean you cheated. It just means you didn't pay them. Is that wrong? YES, especially when you work in politics. I'm sick to death of all the greed and corruption in our society. But owing back taxes, there could be a reasonable explanation for that. I'm just saying...

[classicman]

I'm not interested in excuses anymore - These people need to be held to a HIGHER standard than the rest of us.

The IRS should investigate every single one of them. Starting at the top and going through the Senate and then the House, until every elected official has been done. Then they can work on the lobbyists and so on. The IRS needn't bother with the average American. I'm certain they will have more than enough to keep them busy with these guys till the next crop comes in in 2010 and 2012.

[tw]

Originally Posted by classicman

The IRS should investigate every single one of them. Starting at the top and going through the Senate and then the House, until every elected official has been done.

But Senators and Congreemen don't do their own taxes. Another perk. The government does their taxes for them. Tax laws are too complex for Senators and Congressmen to comprehend. Irony and reality.