Obama's first failed appointment - Page 20

classicman · 03-30-2009, 09:31 AM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

The problem is we might end up candidates/nominees that have been raised in a bubble.
... no mutual life experiences?

To some extent, thats what we have now - isn't it?

classicman · 03-26-2009, 05:06 PM

I agree with your reference to parenting. Thats been a difficult one for me on several occasions (ok, more). I still think we need to hold our representatives to a higher standard though. Especially those doing the legislating. I'm still having issues with business or industries "donating" money to certain representatives, especially the representatives who are supposed to be overseeing those same businesses. It makes no logical sense.

classicman · 03-29-2009, 03:09 PM

Not a failed appointment ... yet. But certainly a rather interesting one in light of all the outrage.

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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- One of the people named this week to President Obama's new Task Force on Tax Reform is a member of the AIG board of directors.

Martin Feldstein, a professor of economics at Harvard University, has been on the board of American International Group since 1988. He also was a prominent economic adviser to Presidents Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush.

Asked about the AIG connection - the White House declined to comment on the story.

sugarpop · 03-29-2009, 05:59 PM

uhhh, really? WTF?

sugarpop · 03-29-2009, 08:21 PM

That's a good point Bruce, but the tax issue is just ridiculous. It seems like almost everyone cheats on their taxes. And it's more infuriating when it's someone who has money and can afford to pay them.

xoxoxoBruce · 03-29-2009, 08:38 PM

How do you think they got so rich?

I doubt if any of these people "do" their own taxes. As Lookout well knows, the people that handle that stuff can stick it right up your kazoo.

lookout123 · 03-30-2009, 12:59 PM

No, no, no. Obama is one of us. He organized communities. and smoked rock. and had to get normal loan approval for an appropriately priced house... just like all of us.

TGRR · 03-30-2009, 03:55 PM

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Originally Posted by lookout123

No, no, no. Obama is one of us. He organized communities. and smoked rock. and had to get normal loan approval for an appropriately priced house... just like all of us.

Smoked rock? Really?

You won't have any trouble posting a link to a credible source concerning the president smoking crack, I assume.

Clodfobble · 03-30-2009, 04:01 PM

Obama wrote about it in his own memoirs, genius.

TGRR · 03-30-2009, 04:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Clodfobble

Obama wrote about it in his own memoirs, genius.

Your link says nothing of the kind.

Obama admits to having smoked the reefer back in his youth in his book. In fact, he admits to a little cocaine. Please point out where he talks about smoking crack, which is another order of magnitude as far as drugs go.

Please try to be a little more honest about this sort of thing.

TGRR,
Genius or something.

lookout123 · 03-30-2009, 04:04 PM

I guess that depends on what level of credibility you believe Obama to have, I suppose.

TGRR · 03-30-2009, 04:37 PM

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Originally Posted by lookout123

I guess that depends on what level of credibility you believe Obama to have, I suppose.

Naw. I think it has more to do with your credibility.

TheMercenary · 03-30-2009, 04:40 PM

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Originally Posted by lookout123
I guess that depends on what level of credibility you believe Obama to have, I suppose.

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Originally Posted by TGRR

Naw. I think it has more to do with your credibility.

Why would you question Lookout's credibility?

TGRR · 03-30-2009, 04:41 PM

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Originally Posted by TheMercenary

Why would you question Lookout's credibility?

Because I caught him in a lie.

Why else? (I mean, other than his rabid partisanship.)

lookout123 · 03-30-2009, 04:39 PM

good come back.

03-26-2009, 05:06 PM	#2
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	I agree with your reference to parenting. Thats been a difficult one for me on several occasions (ok, more). I still think we need to hold our representatives to a higher standard though. Especially those doing the legislating. I'm still having issues with business or industries "donating" money to certain representatives, especially the representatives who are supposed to be overseeing those same businesses. It makes no logical sense. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

03-29-2009, 08:38 PM	#6
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	How do you think they got so rich? I doubt if any of these people "do" their own taxes. As Lookout well knows, the people that handle that stuff can stick it right up your kazoo. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

03-30-2009, 12:59 PM	#7
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	No, no, no. Obama is one of us. He organized communities. and smoked rock. and had to get normal loan approval for an appropriately priced house... just like all of us. __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

03-30-2009, 04:01 PM	#9
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Obama wrote about it in his own memoirs, genius. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

03-30-2009, 04:04 PM	#11
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	I guess that depends on what level of credibility you believe Obama to have, I suppose. __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

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sugarpop Professor Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: the edge of the abyss Posts: 1,947	uhhh, really? WTF?

03-29-2009, 08:21 PM	#5
sugarpop Professor Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: the edge of the abyss Posts: 1,947	That's a good point Bruce, but the tax issue is just ridiculous. It seems like almost everyone cheats on their taxes. And it's more infuriating when it's someone who has money and can afford to pay them.

03-30-2009, 04:39 PM	#15
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	good come back. __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

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