Quoted by SecDef:
You should recheck the charts and determine if you REALLY think that they are the result of democratic controlled congress or what the real cause is.
I think you are seeing what you are wanting to see without taking the facts (and timing of the price of these things going up) into account.
Facts? Who set up NAFTA? Here's a hint: It WASN'T the current Administration...
Who controls the current trade tariffs on key countries that are fighting for resources?
The housing market is our own fault directly with some blame going to banks that give $500,000 homes to people with a $23,000 income...
So, what facts and charts do you have? When the Republicans controlled the house, gas was roughly at $1.75 give or take. When has gas accelerated to these prices today abnormally? My guess was.....about 2 years ago....hmmmmm.
Not one peep about how Bush was handed a slowing economy when he first entered the Presidency. He was blamed for it from the get go and it hasn't stopped since. I'm not saying he's right on issues. What I'm saying is that people are so quick to point the finger at him when there are PLENTY of people that are more DIRECTLY respsonsible for issues going downhill in recent years. So, tit for tat. The dems run have run congress for ALMOST TWO YEARS. That's plenty of time to get the ball rolling to "save" the good 'old USA. If this country was ruled under a true dictatorship and
all decisions are made by him and no way to boot him off the throne I would understand the finger pointing. But, contrary to popular
opinion, the fact is that this is a
republic.
So, as you assume that I was wanting to see without taking "facts" into account, you assumed wrong. Tell me where before this post that I said it was all the Dems and not the Reps fault that the situation we are in today. The republican controlled congress was a short lived 6 years. How about the 40 plus years of when the democrats ruled the roost in the last 50? (Numbers are ballparked)
I merely answered you questions as directly as I could. I haven't had it any better in my life as now. I could say before prices of most of items we consume would be better yet....and that was a couple of years ago. But, with the continued lower overall taxes (hmmm....who's responsible for that?) I bring home a bigger paycheck. In the '90's when most everybody else claimed to be rolling in the dough, my situation wasn't as kind.
Quoted byWuchak:
I see your point Tuttle8. I'm not sure I can give them credit for inaction though.
I don't give them much credit, per se. Believe me, it burns my butt to see that they were wimps in correcting our rights. All I'm saying is that the dems
in general are very willing to be active in stripping our 2A rights. One of the saving graces, IMO, was ironically some pro gun democrats were elected to office in the last major election. I think the anti gunners were actually smart enough to lay low until the next congressional election cycle to pursue gun control. They may have the majority now, but it's only by a slim margin.
This administration has shown a much more sinister face than others in regards to their respect for basic human dignity and humane treatment of individuals. They have done everything they can to increase the power of the President to detain, torture, and spy without any oversight.
To respond to your statement might cause a thread drift. The best thing for me to say is I'm an admitted former Patriot Act supporter and leave it at that.
I don't think the Republicans want to take the guns away a little at time. I think they'd rather set the stage to come get them all at once by order of the President under Marshall Law. I've seen a side of the Republican machine that I find terrifying.
Again, to keep from drifting, I disagree with the Marshal law issue. Seriously all due respect, but I think this is a bit far fetched to see this actually happening. I don't think you're an idiot for thinking this. I just don't see it coming to this anytime soon...
Quoted by roy reali:
Wouldn't it be nice for all this hate and blame to be heaped on a democrat for a change?
Actually, I just want the blame to be placed on everybody that's involved no matter the party affiliation...
If we end up in a full blown depression you will see how much shooting you can afford.
Once again, I think you're placing your priorities way out of order. I'm thinking you may believe the gov't controls the economy.
I don't need to afford to go to IDPA matches every week or buy 1000's of rounds of ammo in order to protect myself or my loved one....
Quoted by Danzig
Voting for the Republicans now gives them zero incentive to change.Voting for the Democrats (assuming that they indeed do a worse job of governing the nation than the Republicans have) will give the Republican party much more reason to before the 2012 elections.
Here's an even better idea than voting Dem to wake up Reps....vote Independent....are you listening to me, Sarah Palin?