…if he was truly ’smarter thanyou’ he would have the awareness to realize that about himself…he would also have made a realization about halfway through his little analogous story, that the load of bullshit he was trying to foist on the dc regulars was just one more little opinionated viewpoint…nothing based on fact, but simple supposition…

…ya know who’s smarter than “smarter than you” ???…barack obama…& that’s why he’ll rely on people like alan greenspan for financial advice, rather than guys like (not so) ’smarter thanyou’…

…just sayin’…

To you, Pirata, sir: Ok, call me Holierthanthou. I’m not really, but if you feel I am, well, ok then.

Obama can’t singlehandedly turn the U.S. into Sweden 2.0, but he can try if given the chance. And if he gets 60 Seats in the Senate and majority in the House, he will be able to turn us into Sweden. Of Poland, or whatever other quasi-democratic-socialist state you’d like to emulate. Seriously — name a country that has prospered by moving away from a low tax, free market economy towards a more socialist state. Anyone? Bueller? Anyone? Just what I thought. Crickets.

Which way did the Far East move? Totalitarian towards capitalism. What happened? Booming economies. What happened in Ireland?

What will happen under Obama’s and OBiden’s redistribution of wealth policies?

As for a wasteful gummint with our dollars, and they are our dollars, just what good has come from the Fed endowing Paulson with $700Billion? Market turn out ok? No. Credit free up? No. Consumer spending up? No. AIG party up? Yes.

Here’s a thought. Don’t cut the poor a check for $2k for them to blow at Walmart on Chinese crap. Let’s build infrastructure — repair bridges, roads, update schools, etc. Put people to work — aren’t there a few construction workers looking for work these days? Build nuclear power plants. Build a few more gasoline refineries. Bring in the natural gas for use in vehicles — plentiful and burns cleaner than liquid dinosaurs. Get the idea?

Here’s an object lesson in Obamanomics: Pardon the cut and paste, but it’s just so fun to do!

“Shrimp ‘n Grits
Income Redistribution – A fulfilling experiment when personally applied!
Lee Walton
Last Thursday while walking to lunch on the corner of Market and East Bay, I passed what appeared to be a homeless man standing on the corner of Wentworth and East Bay holding a hand-made sign that read, “Vote Obama, I need the money.”, I laughed to myself and admired the man for his misplaced, albeit blatant honesty.

Once inside one of my favorite restaurants, I noticed that my waiter was wearing a bright blue ,“Obama 08” tie; again I laughed to myself as he boldly and proudly advertised his political preference for all the world, and his customers, to see — just imagine the odds of encountering two such 1st Amendment harbingers of change in less than 10-minutes.

When the check finally came I decided not to tip my waiter and explained to him that I was going to implement a practical application of Obama’s Redistribution of Wealth concept as my own personal socialistic experiment. He stood there in stoic disbelief as I explained to him that I was going to redistribute his rightfully earned $10 tip to someone who I deemed more in need…a homeless fellow standing a few blocks north in front of the Harris Teeter parking lot. The waiter stammered a few “Why practice on me? I’m just a local college student!” retorts and then angrily stormed away from the table in a steaming huff of progressive self-righteous indignation.
Apparently, after experiencing firsthand the application of such socialistic governance from the perspective of the rightful wage earner, my young liberal-minded waiter was quickly convinced that income redistribution was much easier to support as a noble, magnanimous social policy than when his own hard-earned income was about to be redistributed, against his will, to another I deemed more needy.

I went outside, walked back up to Wentworth, gave the homeless guy a $10 bill, and asked him to walk down to the restaurant on the corner and thank the waiter there who was wearing the “Obama 08” tie as I’ve decided he could use the money more than my waiter who had actually earned the $10. The homeless fellow smiled in grateful disbelief, tossed his sign in the hedge, and promptly bounded for the liquor store across the street.

At the end of this impromptu and rather unscientific income redistribution experiment I realized the homeless fellow was truly grateful for the money that he had not exerted any effort to earn, but my liberal-minded waiter was highly indignant that I would take from him and then give to another the honest wages that he had worked hard to earn even though the homeless recipient needed the money more.

As I walked back to my office, I began thinking about the heavy burden of corporate ownership and the endless frustration from beating my head against the wall of increasing bureaucracy year-after-year. I also thought of the majority of this year’s hard-earned profits that I had planned to reinvest in a few new employees, annual raises to reward loyalty and hard work, Christmas bonuses for extraordinary effort, and year-end corporate donations to the SC Aquarium, Coastal Conservation League, and the Historic Charleston Foundation.

After reconsidering my apparent politically incorrect capitalistic beliefs, the needs of my hard-working, albeit financially struggling, middle-class staff, and the six-figure salaries of the three non-profits’ directors sitting in the big stately, well-maintained buildings that each called home, I decided then and there to give every last penny of this year’s profit directly to Charleston’s Homeless Shelter, layoff all my staff, close our company, retire early, and depend upon the largesse of Obama’s promised Redistribution of Wealth for my every need!
In that brief instance, I too became a practicing socialist!”

And so I close.

Not perfect, not the smartest, but according to Pirata, Holierthanthou.

I’ll settle for Smarter Thanyou

smarter – you should rename yourself – Holier thanthou – that is my suggestion at least.

Remember, one person’s “stupid opinions” is another’s fact. It is an opinion. You can choose to differ, but when it comes to politics you are trying to climb a greased poll to prove any one policy is good or bad. Just like and opinion, policies/platforms are essentially good or bad based on the eye of the beholder.

You do a good job in bringing up fair, relevant points for any given candidate and shrugging off those that don’t support your arguments well. Basically like statistical cherry picking.
Contrary to your insinuations, or I guess flat out accusations that everyone here basically has one had down their pants as they type OBAMA, there are actually many open minds. Unlike yours. You take an excellent lawyerlike approach in proving your points, which is to only point out arugments that support your stance.

You take a statement like “spread the wealth” or “cunt” and apply it broadly. No thanks. I don’t like Palin, but haven’t called her a cunt. I think she is a joke of a VP candidate, and any dismissal of Obama’s leadership abilities is about neutralized by her (lack of)merits. McCain as a leader…what makes him a good choice? Really?

Is ANYONE truly fit to lead a country? Probably a sign of a good leader is their ability to surround themselves with good talent, good advisors who actually know their shit. Does a president really know military tactics? the economy of the former soviet republics? No, they rely on good info from the EXPERTS. Think GW Bush and the Iraq invasion arguments.
So…Obama selected BIDEN as his VP. Not a bad choice really. McCain selected Palin. Horrible choice. Seriously, I have some hardcore Rep. friends who are so dismayed by this choice. They’ll still vote McCain but are hoping like hell Palin stays at snowmobile races if McCain wins. This is a huge statement to me. Will Obama turn this country into a socialist state single handedly? come on, you know better I assume…no president has that much power. Checks and balances it is called, and overall works fairly well I would say.

By the way, when was the last time someone mentioned Bristol on this site? You are trying to make arguments where there doesn’t appear to be one.
And please don’t make up numbers, like 90% this, 10% that…you sound like another cheesy campaign ad. Back them up with facts and I’ll listen. If not then you are just another opinion on some web site.

…well, sir, you don’t lack intelligence & you’ve obviously done some homework but i’d suggest that your views are perhaps not as well rounded or inclusive as you might suppose…as chronicled in another blog on this site, ‘the economist’ has a reasonably fair & well balanced analysis of our ‘gloved opponents’…

…“Olbermann, Maddow,Maher, and Franken, are the epitome of grace, tact, and manners, aren’t they?”…certainly not, but they are pretty fair in their assessment of the national political scene…perhaps it’s the fact that they capable of utilizing a little humor whilst discussing serious matters, that you find offensive…

…just sayin’…

I think what we have now is a facists state. So closely tied to business and so far from caring about the people. It is no wonder these idiot american dug themselves into a hole. It is no wonder why wackos are out shooting places up. Following the examples of our government.

BJ, I meant to give you the last word, but you invited response.

If you’ll re-read my comments, there’s nothing to support the contention that you got what you deserved or could have prevented getting smacked in the ass by the drunk. As much as I disdain your political point of view and lame attack on Todd Palin, I have sympathy for the loss of your cycling ability because of the hit.

Was it your fault? How am I supposed to know?

You’re probably still studying the squibb in the crowd case in torts and haven’t gotten to proximate cause, intervening cause, contributory negligence, etc. re: negligence. If you hadn’t gone on the ride that day, if you had stopped to pee, if you hadn’t rolled through the stop sign somewhere along the way, would you have been hit? Did you have the last clear chance to avoid the hit? Blah, blah, blah. You missed my point entirely. If you can’t figure it out, there’s no helping you.

From what you’ve written, you are permanently disabled to some extent, and that sucks regardless of your stupid political point of view.

As for this whole Obama for president joke, what is utterly missing above is any reason to vote for Obama. Y’all have given reasons or excuses to not vote McCain, but there is no reason to vote for Obama. Why? No executive experience whatsoever. A piddling two years as a Senator. Gross ignorance on foreign policy. Marxist-socialist proclivities. Clinton disdain for U.S. military 2.0. (Obama went to Iraq and then shot hoops instead of hanging with the troops. Enough said) Taxes for all — and if you believe that he’ll reduce taxes for 95% of us, you’re drunk on the Kool-Aid he’s serving. How is he going to reduce taxes for the 25% of the population that doesn’t pay taxes anyway?

Obama’s promise is as stupid as McCain bragging that he knows how to get bin Laden. Right. If he knows, why is he keeping it a secret?

More stupid is Obama bragging that he’s going to create jobs. Pure bullshit. He wouldn’t know how to create a job if his life depended on it. If there is one certain way to create jobs, the Irish model is the way to go. Reduce start up red tape and reduce taxes. What happens next? Boom town economy.

Where is the boom in manufacturing? China and the Far East. Ask yourself why. Stifling start up regs and confiscatory taxes. Just the opposite.

What is Obama going to do? Let him tell you in his own words. “Barack Obama told a tax-burdened plumber over the weekend that his economic philosophy is to “spread the wealth around” — a comment that may only draw fire from riled-up John McCain supporters who have taken to calling Obama a “socialist” at the Republican’s rallies.

“Obama made the remark, caught on camera, after fielding some tough questions from the plumber Sunday in Ohio, where the Democratic candidate canvassed neighborhoods and encouraged residents to vote early.

“Your new tax plan is going to tax me more, isn’t it?” the plumber asked, complaining that he was being taxed “more and more for fulfilling the American dream.”

“It’s not that I want to punish your success. I just want to make sure that everybody who is behind you, that they’ve got a chance for success too,” Obama responded. “My attitude is that if the economy’s good for folks from the bottom up, it’s gonna be good for everybody … I think when you spread the wealth around, it’s good for everybody.”

From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs. Obama will arbitrarily decide I’ve got too much, take it from me, waste 90% in bureaucratic bungling, and dole out 10% to the undeserving slackers

That’s great if you’re a bike wrench working for near minimum. Sucks if you’re as prosperous or more than a manager at KFC.

One of Obama’s lies is that he won’t increase taxes on anyone who makes more than $250k. But he will raise taxes on businesses. If you’re a mom and pop who incorporated or organized as an LLC, you’re screwed even if you’re pulling less than $250k out of the business.

If you’ve never tried to start up a business with employees, you have no idea how hard it is to comply with the regs, ordinances, licensing, and insurances, etc., and then get smacked in the ass with confiscatory taxes. Obama will pile on more layers of regs and taxes and hinder the economy even more, one small business at a time.

So y’all can go back to calling Sarah P the “C” word. Nice grace and tact there. Go after Bristol when media couldn’t even mention Chelsea Clinton without getting banned from the White House. Olbermann, Maddow,Maher, and Franken, are the epitome of grace, tact, and manners, aren’t they?

Here’s a suggested reading list before the November elections:

Civil Rights: Rhetoric or Reality. Thomas Sowell
The Worldly Philosophers. Heilbroner
Atlas Shrugged. Ayn Rand

Open your mind and use it.

Again, last word for you.

STY

Of all of the statements you made, ridiculous as many were, this is perhaps the most. How you tie these two together is beyond my small brain. As with most statements, you pick those that fit your argument and insert.

Arguably, your statement could be correct. BJ was just riding along, obey the law etc. and got taken out. McCain failed to avoid getting shot down while flying over enemy territory. I could say he therefore did not do his job well, and is incompetent, correct?
All else aside, I find this comment lacking any tact.
Want to impress me? Tell me one good reason BJ SHOULD NOT garner any sympathy? Seriously, are you that much of an asshole?

I almost hate to mention it as it is getting pretty run out, but is Obama any worse a Commander than Palin would potentially be? You want a Hockey Mom coaching? I can imagine. “ok boys, we’re down, we need to get things going, send in the goons and start a fight, that will be a great motivator…and we’ll make Christians of them in the process!”

You must just be so pissed because it is starting to look really dark for the Reps.