Nofreakingway, I suggest you seek therapy. You seem delusional and angry. Counseling will help you cope with the rest of the Obama presidency and the follow on Hillary administration. Unless the GOP dumps the crazies from their party then it could be decades before another republican in the white house. Works for me......... Tman61, I read the article and understood your reference. However I disagree with you on the current state of affairs in the middle east. You Wrote: As far as my Israel comment being jibberish. Obama has stood on the sidelines on Iran. They are moving full speed ahead on Nukes. Israel will handle them and the middle east will implode due to a lack of leadership. I reply: Iran may or may not someday get a nuke. Sanctions are certainly making that increasingly difficult. However until they do then sanctions should continue. What exactly do you recommend? Invading Iran? I would think that the disaster that is Iraq and Afghanistan would dissuade that recklessness. You Wrote: You stated the deficit is decreasing at a record rate. If I gain 200 lbs and then lose 30 lbs am I in good shape now. I reply: Even the most right wing economists that the current deficit is not hurting the economy. In fact countries that have abandoned "Austerity" are experiencing solid growth and economic recovery. Those countries still using Austerity" are either in recession or on the edge of it. The Reinhart and Rogoff study referenced by the GOP as a reason for their policies has been completely debunked. The Deficit argument was simply more politically correct to moderates and gave cover to the mouth breathers than yelling the N word. If you think I am wrong I give you Lee Atwater Begin Quote "You start out in 1954 by saying, "Nigger, nigger, nigger." By 1968 you can't say "nigger" — that hurts you. Backfires. So you say stuff like forced busing, states' rights and all that stuff. You're getting so abstract now [that] you're talking about cutting taxes, and all these things you're talking about are totally economic things and a byproduct of them is [that] blacks get hurt worse than whites. And subconsciously maybe that is part of it. I'm not saying that. But I'm saying that if it is getting that abstract, and that coded, that we are doing away with the racial problem one way or the other. You follow me — because obviously sitting around saying, "We want to cut this," is much more abstract than even the busing thing, and a hell of a lot more abstract than "Nigger, nigger" End Quote This is completely vile and yet is the very basis for the GOP/TP southern strategy. Don't believe me..... Let's see. Today the GOP/TP wants drug testing for welfare recipients, food stamp cuts and rail about immigration. All policies with a punitive end for non white folk. Tell me what's changed? You Wrote:Im no big fan of Bush either. None of these powerful men are for the middle class. They are for the wealthy and powerful only. Yet we stand on the sidelines and cheer for our side like we are at a high school football game. We are stupid. I reply: We live in a democratic republic. Of course the leader we elect as president is not going to be middle class. That does not mean they truly do not care and want to make America better. The difference is that the GOP wants to help the wealthy, The Tea Party Taliban want to help white folk and some not but all but some democrats want to help everyone. However some do. My argument is that we need more of the latter. So with that in mind 2014 is my focus. FormerRomanJr. Cash for Clunkers? Really..... Sad....Just Sad. Rhuidean