Comments for Sex & Politics http://sexandpolitics.today.com Because They Go Together Like Peanut Butter and Jelly Sun, 08 Nov 2009 06:24:57 +0000 http://www.today.com/version-2.3.1 Comment on Taking Over the Banks Made the Crisis Worse by dsent http://sexandpolitics.today.com/2009/04/13/taking-over-the-banks-made-the-crisis-worse/#comment-317 dsent Tue, 14 Apr 2009 08:57:28 +0000 http://sexandpolitics.today.com/2009/04/13/taking-over-the-banks-made-the-crisis-worse/#comment-317 Obama is the candidate of the financial institutions, they put up a lot of money to get him elected, don't expect him to not serve their interests, he is their man in the White House, not ours. He ran a brilliant campaign that persuaded Americans that he was the candidate for change, thats what people wanted to hear. It's like daddy Bush when he said "no new taxes" then got elected and immideatly raised taxes. Obama has moved ever so slightly to the center compared to the neo-fascist Bush administration. But very little has really changed and very little will change. The economy may get much worse but neither the Democrats or Republicans are in the business of change. Obama is the candidate of the financial institutions, they put up a lot of money to get him elected, don’t expect him to not serve their interests, he is their man in the White House, not ours. He ran a brilliant campaign that persuaded Americans that he was the candidate for change, thats what people wanted to hear. It’s like daddy Bush when he said “no new taxes” then got elected and immideatly raised taxes. Obama has moved ever so slightly to the center compared to the neo-fascist Bush administration. But very little has really changed and very little will change. The economy may get much worse but neither the Democrats or Republicans are in the business of change.

]]> Comment on False Outrage: Please Stop Pretending Like You Didn’t Know What AIG Was Doing With the Money by dsent http://sexandpolitics.today.com/2009/03/17/false-outrage-please-stop-pretending-like-you-didnt-know-what-aig-was-doing-with-the-money/#comment-147 dsent Wed, 18 Mar 2009 00:52:28 +0000 http://sexandpolitics.today.com/2009/03/17/false-outrage-please-stop-pretending-like-you-didnt-know-what-aig-was-doing-with-the-money/#comment-147 I think we need to open our minds to new ways of thinking about essential industry, nationalization is so unpopular because it’s what people call 'government control'. Well, if we actually had a democracy then what we would be talking about wouldn’t be called nationalization but democratization of a previously privately held corporation to a now publicly owned and democratically operated industry. I know language such as that is not welcome in the American lexicon. But desperate times call for rational measures. I think we need to open our minds to new ways of thinking about essential industry, nationalization is so unpopular because it’s what people call ‘government control’. Well, if we actually had a democracy then what we would be talking about wouldn’t be called nationalization but democratization of a previously privately held corporation to a now publicly owned and democratically operated industry. I know language such as that is not welcome in the American lexicon. But desperate times call for rational measures.

]]> Comment on False Outrage: Please Stop Pretending Like You Didn’t Know What AIG Was Doing With the Money by skwguitar http://sexandpolitics.today.com/2009/03/17/false-outrage-please-stop-pretending-like-you-didnt-know-what-aig-was-doing-with-the-money/#comment-146 skwguitar Tue, 17 Mar 2009 23:18:18 +0000 http://sexandpolitics.today.com/2009/03/17/false-outrage-please-stop-pretending-like-you-didnt-know-what-aig-was-doing-with-the-money/#comment-146 Also, the outrage over these bonuses is good and dandy and all - but what about the talk about how AIG spent our money we gave them. They essentially booked billions of dollars overseas, to bail out other global banks. This was announced the same day as the bonuses were, but we only hear about the bonuses in the MSM. Also, the outrage over these bonuses is good and dandy and all - but what about the talk about how AIG spent our money we gave them. They essentially booked billions of dollars overseas, to bail out other global banks. This was announced the same day as the bonuses were, but we only hear about the bonuses in the MSM.

]]> Comment on Awww, They Fight Over the Stimulus Plan That’s Not Going to Work by ausetkmt http://sexandpolitics.today.com/2009/02/02/awww-they-fight-over-the-stimulus-plan-thats-not-going-to-work/#comment-100 ausetkmt Thu, 12 Feb 2009 06:11:38 +0000 http://sexandpolitics.today.com/2009/02/02/awww-they-fight-over-the-stimulus-plan-thats-not-going-to-work/#comment-100 I like how you think. they are getting on my damn nerves too. Filibusters.. I like how you think.
they are getting on my damn nerves too.

Filibusters..

]]> Comment on Obama Scolds Wall Street - Now What’s He Gonna Do About It? by Z http://sexandpolitics.today.com/2009/01/30/obama-scolds-wall-street-now-whats-he-gonna-do-about-it/#comment-90 Z Fri, 30 Jan 2009 21:41:04 +0000 http://sexandpolitics.today.com/2009/01/30/obama-scolds-wall-street-now-whats-he-gonna-do-about-it/#comment-90 Great post. I tend to agree. While I'm not a fan of the bailouts in general, and I'm not a fan of us telling businesses how they can and can't run (including how much to pay who), I think if we are going to use taxpayer money to bail them out, we should get some say. And if he's really outraged, let's see him do something about it. The same thing with the stimulus package. It's really easy to meet with Congressional Republicans, put out the press release and pretend to work in a bipartisan fashion. But if that had actually happened, wouldn't he have been able to push changes so that at least one Republican voted for it? By the way, I'm adding your sight to both of my blogrolls. Feel free to check out my blogs and link back if you'd like. Thanks! http://thezspot.today.com http://gamingtips.today.com Great post. I tend to agree. While I’m not a fan of the bailouts in general, and I’m not a fan of us telling businesses how they can and can’t run (including how much to pay who), I think if we are going to use taxpayer money to bail them out, we should get some say.

And if he’s really outraged, let’s see him do something about it.

The same thing with the stimulus package. It’s really easy to meet with Congressional Republicans, put out the press release and pretend to work in a bipartisan fashion. But if that had actually happened, wouldn’t he have been able to push changes so that at least one Republican voted for it?

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]]> Comment on Yes, Nationalize the Damn Banks Already by Jason http://sexandpolitics.today.com/2009/01/27/yes-nationalize-the-damn-banks-already/#comment-85 Jason Tue, 27 Jan 2009 23:03:54 +0000 http://sexandpolitics.today.com/2009/01/27/yes-nationalize-the-damn-banks-already/#comment-85 If the government steps in, here's what they need to do: Reign in the goddamned fees! Banks now make the majority of their money by screwing their customers over with fees. They see how much money you've got going in and coming out and they time how things clear so you get zinged, they take your money and you get zinged again. It's criminal, and they get away with it all the time. If the government steps in, here’s what they need to do: Reign in the goddamned fees! Banks now make the majority of their money by screwing their customers over with fees. They see how much money you’ve got going in and coming out and they time how things clear so you get zinged, they take your money and you get zinged again. It’s criminal, and they get away with it all the time.

]]> Comment on Yes, Nationalize the Damn Banks Already by skwguitar http://sexandpolitics.today.com/2009/01/27/yes-nationalize-the-damn-banks-already/#comment-84 skwguitar Tue, 27 Jan 2009 20:50:02 +0000 http://sexandpolitics.today.com/2009/01/27/yes-nationalize-the-damn-banks-already/#comment-84 no no no. buck the federal reserve. In the 96 years they've been in charge of our money it's lost 94% of its value. no no no. buck the federal reserve. In the 96 years they’ve been in charge of our money it’s lost 94% of its value.

]]> Comment on President Obama Lets Everyone Know He’s the H.N.I.C. by mayorofnowhere http://sexandpolitics.today.com/2009/01/21/president-obama-lets-everyone-know-hes-the-hnic/#comment-81 mayorofnowhere Sat, 24 Jan 2009 02:48:12 +0000 http://sexandpolitics.today.com/2009/01/21/president-obama-lets-everyone-know-hes-the-hnic/#comment-81 Yeah, I have to agree with a lot of the comments I've read here. Not the best choice of terms for sure, even if meant somewhat tongue in cheek. Also, count me in as those who see a BIG difference in a word depending on who uses it. Reclamation of offensive words by minority groups is one way to remove the power from the word. It doesn't make if ok for you to use it or cry "no fair". Yeah, I have to agree with a lot of the comments I’ve read here. Not the best choice of terms for sure, even if meant somewhat tongue in cheek. Also, count me in as those who see a BIG difference in a word depending on who uses it. Reclamation of offensive words by minority groups is one way to remove the power from the word. It doesn’t make if ok for you to use it or cry “no fair”.

]]> Comment on President Obama Lets Everyone Know He’s the H.N.I.C. by juliesworld http://sexandpolitics.today.com/2009/01/21/president-obama-lets-everyone-know-hes-the-hnic/#comment-80 juliesworld Sat, 24 Jan 2009 01:45:21 +0000 http://sexandpolitics.today.com/2009/01/21/president-obama-lets-everyone-know-hes-the-hnic/#comment-80 Hmm. Hmm.

]]> Comment on President Obama Lets Everyone Know He’s the H.N.I.C. by tsjohnson5 http://sexandpolitics.today.com/2009/01/21/president-obama-lets-everyone-know-hes-the-hnic/#comment-79 tsjohnson5 Fri, 23 Jan 2009 00:05:58 +0000 http://sexandpolitics.today.com/2009/01/21/president-obama-lets-everyone-know-hes-the-hnic/#comment-79 @politicalanimal I didn't make your point. Because the oppressed choose to take the language of the oppressor and make it their own doesn't mean it's okay for everyone else to. Particularly those in the majority who created the offensive word to begin with. The world isn't fair...and anytime I hear non-black/minority people make the argument "Well, if I can't say it no one can," it just reminds me of a kid having a temper tantrum, "Well she did it why can't I." If you can't understand the difference black folks saying ni--ger and white folks saying it, then you're in need of a real history lesson on this country and its treatment of anyone they considered "other." @politicalanimal

I didn’t make your point.

Because the oppressed choose to take the language of the oppressor and make it their own doesn’t mean it’s okay for everyone else to. Particularly those in the majority who created the offensive word to begin with.

The world isn’t fair…and anytime I hear non-black/minority people make the argument “Well, if I can’t say it no one can,” it just reminds me of a kid having a temper tantrum, “Well she did it why can’t I.”

If you can’t understand the difference black folks saying ni–ger and white folks saying it, then you’re in need of a real history lesson on this country and its treatment of anyone they considered “other.”

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