tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-749955731953911627.post3054213865609259151..comments2023-11-02T04:53:05.386-05:00Comments on kc bob: GOP YouCut: Move over American Idolkc bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17440862813109808755noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-749955731953911627.post-11624070738380742202010-05-21T17:42:55.494-05:002010-05-21T17:42:55.494-05:00I remember the Proxmire Golden Fleece awards. Some...I remember the Proxmire Golden Fleece awards. Some programs were probably legitimately bad. However, he also derided some work that lead to Nobel Prizes and great advancements. Likewise Palin made a crack about fruit fly research and Jindahl griped about volcano research: Pretty uninformed opinions. Now, multiply that level of non-comprehension by the US population -- I shudder at the thought.<br /><br />Ed G is right: Entitlements and the military are the only budget items where any significant dent can be made. All the rest is spitting into the wind. Cantor is not serious, the GOP is not serious, Democrats aren't serious and the Tea Partiers aren't serious. Touching any of these areas is the kiss of death for politicians and 'populism' is what help feeds it.Argonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-749955731953911627.post-40282255308086598912010-05-14T12:40:43.472-05:002010-05-14T12:40:43.472-05:00I've seen too many truly talented people get v...I've seen too many truly talented people get voted off of American Idol in favor of a pretty smile for me to trust a system like this.Mike aka MonolithTMAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08385705390882035829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-749955731953911627.post-31632147499501294362010-05-14T12:29:17.474-05:002010-05-14T12:29:17.474-05:00I am too old to be voting on cuts to Social Securi...I am too old to be voting on cuts to Social Security and Medicare Ed.. I may need them in a few years :)kc bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17440862813109808755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-749955731953911627.post-5194911266388526562010-05-14T10:25:20.672-05:002010-05-14T10:25:20.672-05:00If Cantor wanted to make an impact in the deficit,...If Cantor wanted to make an impact in the deficit, he should really only list three programs:<br />- Social Security<br />- Medicare/Medicaid<br />- National DefenseEd G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08870533414070848501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-749955731953911627.post-21471521504850923142010-05-14T06:14:27.633-05:002010-05-14T06:14:27.633-05:00happy birthday!happy birthday!Rygelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12929204861130334663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-749955731953911627.post-56986021014388615782010-05-13T20:05:43.234-05:002010-05-13T20:05:43.234-05:00Joe, I've been following that! It's a gre...Joe, I've been following that! It's a great site. Every bill should have such a foundation. :)Missyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16638784910676212171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-749955731953911627.post-70924115903014661522010-05-13T15:56:48.345-05:002010-05-13T15:56:48.345-05:00Missy,
The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation is a...Missy,<br /><br />The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation is a non-profit, non-partisan organization that provides information and analysis of the health care industry and policy affecting the health care industry. http://healthreform.kff.org/<br /><br />The Kaiser Family Foundation is not associated with Kaiser Permanente or Kaiser Industries.<br /><br />They provided and still provide an analysis of all the health care reform proposals and the final bill.Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11832376808513132553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-749955731953911627.post-22882519556484465132010-05-13T13:49:54.316-05:002010-05-13T13:49:54.316-05:00This is a terrible idea for the reasons you state,...This is a terrible idea for the reasons you state, Bob. However, I like the idea of text/phone/online voting like American Idol for government elections. If we were only able to do so without being tracked. :(<br /><br />What it made me think about though was my expectation of seeing proposed bills prior to Congressional voting on Pres. Obama's website. Of course, I've learned with the few I have seen, that these bills are convoluted non-sensical legal speak. Usually what is posted is a commentary of what Pres. Obama's view is.<br /><br />Is there an unbiased source to help laymen understand the bills going before Congress? If there were, maybe they should take the polls?Missyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16638784910676212171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-749955731953911627.post-78554039447113090772010-05-13T13:44:31.439-05:002010-05-13T13:44:31.439-05:00Short term debt exceeds our strategic reserves. Th...Short term debt exceeds our strategic reserves. This is a major predictor of default. We should just wait until that happens, then we can let our creditors decide what to cut. Like Greece.Mike Snoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-749955731953911627.post-82316683419376192462010-05-13T13:06:21.617-05:002010-05-13T13:06:21.617-05:00Cantor knows that most of the people who will part...Cantor knows that most of the people who will participate in his survey already share his view and the Tea Party's view. Respondents to Cantor's survey will not represent the view of all Americans.<br /><br />Fox News and MSNBC could each host a survey on their websites to determine the percentage of their viewers who agree with the opinions expressed by their respective news/opinion shows. Each is likely to find that 80-90% of the respondents agree. However, Fox and MSNBC do not share the same audience and respondents; most of Fox's viewers are conservative and most of MSNBC's viewers are liberal. And neither audience watches both Fox and MSNBC with few exceptions.<br /><br />Eric Cantor, as usual, will be generating more misinformation.Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11832376808513132553noreply@blogger.com