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rcflyer wrote on Oct 9, 2009 10:20 PM:
for those of you who don't know,a lot of that area is below sea level and they are put in vaults and above ground.i'm sure you remember when the canel broke N.O. was flooded.
Cmdr wrote on Oct 9, 2009 8:52 AM:
To all of you republican malcontents. Let the past words of the right wing guide you – This is America, love it or leave it.
Gary wrote on Oct 4, 2009 1:06 PM:
No Cmdr, I got it right, the only thing I got wrong was.
Obama lied and the United States died............
Obama lied and the United States died............
Barack Obama wrote on Oct 3, 2009 2:53 PM:
Anyone here ever stop to think that their might be something bigger going on here? How about the Federal Reserve. Whoever controls the money supply in our country basically controls everything. The Federal Reserve is able to print money out of thin air. They can devalue our money and cause endless inflation without anyone being able to know what or where the money is being given to. We need to spread this discussion to bigger issues then petty arguments between Republicans and Democrats. These arguments are not of much consequence. Stop being herded by the mainstream media into a perpetual argument, while the bigger problems are not talked about.
BorderView wrote on Oct 3, 2009 1:20 PM:
Sorry to rain on anyone's parade but facts are facts:
The democratic party died the day LBJ took office and the GOP died the day RMN got re-elected.
The rest of those locked knee goose stepping RINO's or rubbery leg bleating heart liberals are only window dressing for whats coming down the pipe.
The democratic party died the day LBJ took office and the GOP died the day RMN got re-elected.
The rest of those locked knee goose stepping RINO's or rubbery leg bleating heart liberals are only window dressing for whats coming down the pipe.
m00npenny wrote on Oct 3, 2009 11:44 AM:
TIABEAR: When I read your post, I did a search on the Fema Coffins as you suggested. Considering the only source was You Tube, I gave the report as much credence as the broken rubber band in the trash.
Cmdr wrote on Oct 3, 2009 8:01 AM:
tiabear
Their for Republicans
You know, people that are a burden on society.
I’m sure that’s the answer you’re looking for.
Their for Republicans
You know, people that are a burden on society.
I’m sure that’s the answer you’re looking for.
tiabear wrote on Oct 2, 2009 4:41 PM:
Moonpenny-
Thanks for your comments but you havent debunked anything for me. Have we always stockpiled these vaults? And what about the "stackabilty".I noticed you picked and chose which part of my comment to "debunk" and ignored the rest. And what you did address, you only gave me one possible explanation for what they were called and what you deem as their use. Just the sort of misdirecting, and sidestepping response I would expect from someone who either chooses to ignore the signs of our radically changing nation or is intentionally hoping to disuade reasonable questions about unreasonable, and distubing things occurring in our nation at an alarming speed.
Thanks for your comments but you havent debunked anything for me. Have we always stockpiled these vaults? And what about the "stackabilty".I noticed you picked and chose which part of my comment to "debunk" and ignored the rest. And what you did address, you only gave me one possible explanation for what they were called and what you deem as their use. Just the sort of misdirecting, and sidestepping response I would expect from someone who either chooses to ignore the signs of our radically changing nation or is intentionally hoping to disuade reasonable questions about unreasonable, and distubing things occurring in our nation at an alarming speed.
Dragonman wrote on Oct 2, 2009 4:00 PM:
tiabear; Well they must be for the old people that are going to be done away with by the death panels Sarah Palin keeps talking about. OR! They are for the people that the Republicans want to hury up and die. This health debate is getting crazy. LOL
m00npenny wrote on Oct 2, 2009 2:51 PM:
TIABEAR: Well first of all, those are not coffins. They are vaults. It is what goes into the ground after the hole is dug. Then the coffin is placed into the vault and capped with a lid. Hopes are that the vault will keep the coffin from damage so it wont fall apart. If you have even been to a gravesite before they lower the coffin into the ground, you will see it is usually lined with cement. Its a concrete vault. In times of emergencies, such as Louisiana when so many died, its the safest way to bury the victims without their decomposing bodies creating more bacteria. Sorry to debunk your conspiracy theory.
tiabear wrote on Oct 2, 2009 9:42 AM:
By the way, has anyone gone on-line and googled Fema coffins? Check it out and ask yourself at least these three questions: 1) Why is each one so big? 2)Why are there so many premade coffins? and 3) Why are they stackable? Just what is the reason for these coffins? What exactly is being anticipated here? There's a lot going on these days people that we aren't being told about - right here at home.
Jethro wrote on Oct 2, 2009 9:30 AM:
Worker Bee...
This day and age I am seeing more and more people who claim god on one hand but show lack of that faith in their politics. That is hypocrisy. One of the best teachers of humility is to get knocked off one's pedestal, and have to roll around in the dirt with the very same people you used to look down upon.
I used to sneer and proclaim how those in need were all just freeloaders. Then, I lost everything in one week. My job, my home, all of my possessions, and even though it wasn't my fault, there were those who looked down at me, merely because they have never been there.
Most of the 10% unemployed and uninsured in this country are hard working Americans who were loyal to companies who didn't have the same loyalty to them, paid their taxes to a nation that refuses to help them get back on their feet.
This day and age I am seeing more and more people who claim god on one hand but show lack of that faith in their politics. That is hypocrisy. One of the best teachers of humility is to get knocked off one's pedestal, and have to roll around in the dirt with the very same people you used to look down upon.
I used to sneer and proclaim how those in need were all just freeloaders. Then, I lost everything in one week. My job, my home, all of my possessions, and even though it wasn't my fault, there were those who looked down at me, merely because they have never been there.
Most of the 10% unemployed and uninsured in this country are hard working Americans who were loyal to companies who didn't have the same loyalty to them, paid their taxes to a nation that refuses to help them get back on their feet.
tiabear wrote on Oct 2, 2009 9:24 AM:
funny how the left says the right gets it wrong. the left needs to learn how to embrace all of the facts and go from there instead of hiding in the dark from what's really happening. Get your heads out of the sand, left!!!
marymoonbeam wrote on Oct 2, 2009 8:32 AM:
The "lefties" posting on here are so quick to point out others' failings while not accepting that both parties, yes, theirs too, is failing miserably in governing our country. Greed exists on both sides of the aisle today, just as it has in the past, Democrat or Republican. I align myself as a Republican because I believe in self-reliance as opposed to being a member of society looking for government to babysit everyone, and living in the past by blaming others. That's easy, and we could all find plenty of blame both Dem of Re if one cares to look. My formal education is limited, I grew up in a housing project, I didn't like the lifestyle and I "learned to fish." Meaning I learned to fend for myself which has resulted in living a comfortable and self-sustaining lifestyle. I have plenty and don't envy the rich for their success, although I do blame many of the poor for not "learning to fish."
Cmdr wrote on Oct 1, 2009 3:37 PM:
Isn’t the basis of capitalism the freedom of business to do what’s good for them in a free market?
You know, like American companies shipping jobs over seas to maximize profits via cheap labor. So all you out of work Republicans should rejoice, capitalism is alive and well.
Now if you’re serious about American capitalism you’ll need to work for wages equal to or below your over seas competition and then the jobs will come back to the US.
That’s Capitalism!
You know, like American companies shipping jobs over seas to maximize profits via cheap labor. So all you out of work Republicans should rejoice, capitalism is alive and well.
Now if you’re serious about American capitalism you’ll need to work for wages equal to or below your over seas competition and then the jobs will come back to the US.
That’s Capitalism!
Cmdr wrote on Oct 1, 2009 3:17 PM:
Gary
I think you got the saying wrong. Doesn’t it go “ Bush lied and 4,000 died?
I think you got the saying wrong. Doesn’t it go “ Bush lied and 4,000 died?
Worker Bee wrote on Oct 1, 2009 2:51 PM:
Jethro,
Helping people in need is the good Christian thing to do.
Hoping that they lose everything so that they have to come to you for help, not so much. That's just being petty because they don't agree with you.
Helping people in need is the good Christian thing to do.
Hoping that they lose everything so that they have to come to you for help, not so much. That's just being petty because they don't agree with you.
viva la 2010 wrote on Oct 1, 2009 1:10 PM:
It is not disdain to ask people to use the tools already available to them instead of demanding that others buy them new tools!
Jethro wrote on Oct 1, 2009 12:23 PM:
Those of us who were loyal, showed integrity, and busted our backs for years to provide for our families, only to have our jobs shipped to other countries, or have our benefits stripped from us, and losing what we worked for years to build up, thanks to corporate greed, are deadbeats.
Those of you who keep calling the average hardworking American who wants just a little assistance with their health, deadbeats, I really hope you lose everything, and have to come to me for help. I'll give it to you, because that is the Christian thing to do.
Those of you who keep calling the average hardworking American who wants just a little assistance with their health, deadbeats, I really hope you lose everything, and have to come to me for help. I'll give it to you, because that is the Christian thing to do.
dadochipper wrote on Oct 1, 2009 11:05 AM:
Justice....READ my last post. I am for people that are tired of supporting those that WONT do anything to support themselves. How does that equate to "corporations?".
NoGod...It doesnt take much observation to see when someone uses food stamps nor does it take much observation to see the abuses.
The PROBLEM with public assistance programs is not the program but rather the people that abuse it. People seem to think it is ok to sit on their behind and do nothing to improve their lives - just suck off the public's teat. More people would get help if the deadbeats got off of it. Leftists, however, can't seem to acknowledge that...or won't.
Taking money and giving it to people who DO NOT DESERVE it because of their own sloth, laziness, and lack of appliction is wrong. Period.
Personal responsibility...hope that term doesnt confuse you leftists...
NoGod...It doesnt take much observation to see when someone uses food stamps nor does it take much observation to see the abuses.
The PROBLEM with public assistance programs is not the program but rather the people that abuse it. People seem to think it is ok to sit on their behind and do nothing to improve their lives - just suck off the public's teat. More people would get help if the deadbeats got off of it. Leftists, however, can't seem to acknowledge that...or won't.
Taking money and giving it to people who DO NOT DESERVE it because of their own sloth, laziness, and lack of appliction is wrong. Period.
Personal responsibility...hope that term doesnt confuse you leftists...
m00npenny wrote on Oct 1, 2009 9:59 AM:
At my tender age of 48, I have never taken a government dollar to support myself. I raised my children as a single mom (after divorcing their father of 16 years), bought my own house at the same time and drive a decent car. I believed hard work and perseverance would provide. Now they are grown and doing well, it’s my turn. Screw the hard work; I am back in school and I am going to suck every govt. program I can to pay for it and support me! I worked my a** off for years. MY TURN!
Tag Urit wrote on Oct 1, 2009 6:47 AM:
Unless and until every single eligible person in the United States APPLIES for and recieves the benefits that are AVAILABLE like SCHIP/MEDICAID/FOOD STAMPS/WELFARE...I say that the entire system of America's health care should not be restructured.
My point is that there is help available for sick children and adults, but some are just not willing or able to find it!!
My point is that there is help available for sick children and adults, but some are just not willing or able to find it!!
Justice for All wrote on Sep 30, 2009 7:53 PM:
I'm not really sure where the right got the idea that everyone who doesn't have health insurance is a "deadbeat." Far from it, go ask a small business owner how much it costs to get healthcare for him/herself, and ask how much this amount has gone up lately. Go talk to any of the hundreds of thousands of Walmart employees across the U.S. who don't get health insurance. Or maybe check in to how many corporations are choosing to cut health insurance as a benefit due to massive premium increases.
Let's face it, for most people the American dream is dead. The average American worker makes 1/500 what the average American CEO makes. As long as people like DADO continue to buy in to arguments/distractions made by corporations and insurance companies, the richest 1% will continue its success in putting an end to our middle class.
Why do you think the insurance companies fight? The answer is easy, GREED. I just don't understand why so many people (although not the majority of Americans, thankfully) support corporate greed over the health of their neighbors.
Let's face it, for most people the American dream is dead. The average American worker makes 1/500 what the average American CEO makes. As long as people like DADO continue to buy in to arguments/distractions made by corporations and insurance companies, the richest 1% will continue its success in putting an end to our middle class.
Why do you think the insurance companies fight? The answer is easy, GREED. I just don't understand why so many people (although not the majority of Americans, thankfully) support corporate greed over the health of their neighbors.
NoGod wrote on Sep 30, 2009 5:11 PM:
Dadochipper:You need to get a job if you honestly spend anytime looking in people's grocery carts at walmart. And how can you tell that they are on foodstamps? Do you have a specific profile that goes with foodstamp carriers?
And Conservativenotrepublican is dead on.
Our country was founded by a club of Rich White Men and none of you were invited to it. George Washington was a millionaire,Thomas Jefferson,James Madison,John Adams all wealthy merchants/lawyers etc. The original tea parties were thrown by wealthy merchants who along with the ruling class were angry that Britain raised their tea tax. Not one commoner wanted anything to do with it why? BECAUSE THEY WERE TOO POOR TO DRINK TEA and too busy working on farms/raising families. And for that matter no commoner cared why? They couldn't vote, nor could they hold office due to lack of land/property..
Those who forget their history...wind up on Fox News as "journalists"
And Conservativenotrepublican is dead on.
Our country was founded by a club of Rich White Men and none of you were invited to it. George Washington was a millionaire,Thomas Jefferson,James Madison,John Adams all wealthy merchants/lawyers etc. The original tea parties were thrown by wealthy merchants who along with the ruling class were angry that Britain raised their tea tax. Not one commoner wanted anything to do with it why? BECAUSE THEY WERE TOO POOR TO DRINK TEA and too busy working on farms/raising families. And for that matter no commoner cared why? They couldn't vote, nor could they hold office due to lack of land/property..
Those who forget their history...wind up on Fox News as "journalists"
Gary wrote on Sep 30, 2009 3:56 PM:
Conservativenotrepublican, you have it right although it doesn't include all the rich, just a select # of them.
CMDR, better take another look at the Dems, the party is full of socialist and marxists and I am not saying a whole lot better for the Reps.
No Job, just hang around awhile, you will find out how great a President Obama is.
Socialism is great until you run out of other peoples money.
Obama lied and Capitalism died.
CMDR, better take another look at the Dems, the party is full of socialist and marxists and I am not saying a whole lot better for the Reps.
No Job, just hang around awhile, you will find out how great a President Obama is.
Socialism is great until you run out of other peoples money.
Obama lied and Capitalism died.
dadochipper wrote on Sep 30, 2009 2:49 PM:
I am not on the "side" of insurance companies..I am on the "side" of people who are sick and tired of supporting an ever growing class of people in this country that feel they are owed something without EVER doing anything themselves to improve their lot in life. If you think it is cool to enable so many deadbeats to remain deadbeats....well...not really so cool is it?
NOJOB wrote on Sep 30, 2009 11:38 AM:
Yeah, the right people should quit complaining about paying too much taxes!!! Even with the taxes they pay people like me still don't get enough. Those right people seem to expect everyone to pay their own way but that's not fair. Some of us don't want to work that hard so they will just need to pay more. Obama is a great president because he understands that.
It's you right people who don't get it.
It's you right people who don't get it.
Cmdr wrote on Sep 30, 2009 9:58 AM:
It‘s so sad to see a Republican party that was once a serious and valuable contributor to our country turn into the Fox and Rush party with positive value to the country.
conservativenotrepublican wrote on Sep 29, 2009 6:59 PM:
While the left and right (both have mental problems in my opinion)bicker and squabble over any and everything, the rich old men that really run this country are sitting back and enjoying the entertainment. They love the fact that you are all preoccupied with ranting and rallying about things you cant control. They have you ALL exactly where they want you. And they'll stay rich and controlling, and you'll keep playing their games. Wake up, people. This country was bought and sold 100 times before you were ever a twinkle in your parent's eyes. And this is the best we will ever do as long as the right and left continue to mire themselves in the bog of divicive poilitcs. Good work, America.
Gary wrote on Sep 29, 2009 4:54 PM:
Hey Pete, you should really start a comic strip, your funnier than Peanuts. I don't know where you get your info but wow are you ever duped. By the way Clinton had a surplus and balanced the budget because he borrowed the money and it was the socialist Democrats that caused the current rediessin.
Obama lied and capitalism died........
Obama lied and capitalism died........
viva la 2010 wrote on Sep 28, 2009 4:31 PM:
Here is a NYT article written in 1999, before Bush 43 took office.
"Fannie Mae Eases Credit To Aid Mortgage Lending."
(snip)
"...Fannie Mae Corporation is easing the credit requirements on loans that it will purchase from banks and other lenders.
The action will encourage those banks to extend home mortgages to individuals whose credit is generally not good enough to qualify for conventional loans.
Fannie Mae, the nation's biggest underwriter of home mortgages, has been under increasing pressure from the Clinton Administration to expand mortgage loans among low and moderate income people and felt pressure from stock holders to maintain its phenomenal growth in profits. ...
... at least one study indicates that 18 percent of the loans in the subprime market went to black borrowers, compared to 5 per cent of loans in the conventional loan market. ...
Fannie Mae is taking on significantly more risk, which may not pose any difficulties during flush economic times. But the government-subsidized corporation may run into trouble in an economic downturn, prompting a government rescue similar to that of the savings and loan industry in the 1980's."
http://www.americanthinker.com/b...age_crisis.html
"Fannie Mae Eases Credit To Aid Mortgage Lending."
(snip)
"...Fannie Mae Corporation is easing the credit requirements on loans that it will purchase from banks and other lenders.
The action will encourage those banks to extend home mortgages to individuals whose credit is generally not good enough to qualify for conventional loans.
Fannie Mae, the nation's biggest underwriter of home mortgages, has been under increasing pressure from the Clinton Administration to expand mortgage loans among low and moderate income people and felt pressure from stock holders to maintain its phenomenal growth in profits. ...
... at least one study indicates that 18 percent of the loans in the subprime market went to black borrowers, compared to 5 per cent of loans in the conventional loan market. ...
Fannie Mae is taking on significantly more risk, which may not pose any difficulties during flush economic times. But the government-subsidized corporation may run into trouble in an economic downturn, prompting a government rescue similar to that of the savings and loan industry in the 1980's."
http://www.americanthinker.com/b...age_crisis.html
viva la 2010 wrote on Sep 28, 2009 4:25 PM:
Good Sam's Nursery Rhymes
History for Young Americans
_______________________________
Next time you sit with socks to darn
Recall the teller Frank
Who spun a golden blarney yarn
While cleaning out your bank.
-Good Sam
History for Young Americans
_______________________________
Next time you sit with socks to darn
Recall the teller Frank
Who spun a golden blarney yarn
While cleaning out your bank.
-Good Sam
Justice for All wrote on Sep 28, 2009 1:57 PM:
It's funny that Hiram has a problem with President Obama using executive powers in an attempt to cut down on corporate power, but had no problem with the fact that President Bush expanded executive powers to annihilate the 4th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. Due Process anyone? Only for corporations, right Hiram?
And it's also funny that TAG and DADO don't understand that they are on the side of the corporations and insurance companies. Or they don't want to admit it anyway.
And it's also funny that TAG and DADO don't understand that they are on the side of the corporations and insurance companies. Or they don't want to admit it anyway.
Hiram1999 wrote on Sep 28, 2009 8:38 AM:
Anybody who doesn't give pause to the largest increase in executive power since the inception of this great country is clearly just burying their proverbial head in the sand.
Tag Urit wrote on Sep 28, 2009 6:31 AM:
As president of the New York Federal Reserve Bank, Timothy Geithner eased the reins as finacial groups like CitiGroup blew billions on subprime mortgages and other risky deals that ultimately forced the biggest bank rescue in U.S. history.
Read more at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com
Who forced Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to give loans to people who didn't have the ability to pay back the loans, all in the name of political correctness?
Answer: The Democrats.
Blame Barney Frank, Obama and Obama economic advisers like ex Fannie Mae CEO Frank Raines.
When it was pointed out that these federal mortgage outfits were facing financial crises because of loans they were being forced to make to bad credit individuals, Barney Frank had this to say:
’These two entities—Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac—are not facing any kind of financial crisis,’’ said Representative Barney Frank of Massachusetts, the ranking Democrat on the Financial Services Committee. ‘’The more people exaggerate these problems, the more pressure there is on these companies, the less we will see in terms of affordable housing.’’
Read more at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com
Who forced Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to give loans to people who didn't have the ability to pay back the loans, all in the name of political correctness?
Answer: The Democrats.
Blame Barney Frank, Obama and Obama economic advisers like ex Fannie Mae CEO Frank Raines.
When it was pointed out that these federal mortgage outfits were facing financial crises because of loans they were being forced to make to bad credit individuals, Barney Frank had this to say:
’These two entities—Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac—are not facing any kind of financial crisis,’’ said Representative Barney Frank of Massachusetts, the ranking Democrat on the Financial Services Committee. ‘’The more people exaggerate these problems, the more pressure there is on these companies, the less we will see in terms of affordable housing.’’
dadochipper wrote on Sep 26, 2009 1:14 PM:
ridiculous Tea Parties? Since when is it ridiculous to assemble in this country to protest? Or is that right only reserved for leftists?
You dont get it..plain and simple. The right is fed up with people who do not contribute taking and taking and taking. You laugh about highways. The right..and the left..pays for those highways. Even poor people, when they pay gas tax, pay for them. Your point is misguided at best.
And, my friend, it is you who is clueless. People are fed up with supporting those that will not do anything to better themselves. Think I am kidding? Go to WalMart and see what the average food-stamp recipient buys (then turns around and buys booze and cigarettes with the money the "saved"). Talk to any medical office about how many people are not willing to pay a PENNY to get health care. Talk to just about any panhandler and ask them if they will actually work for food.
Your letter is not laughable. Your myopic view is.
You dont get it..plain and simple. The right is fed up with people who do not contribute taking and taking and taking. You laugh about highways. The right..and the left..pays for those highways. Even poor people, when they pay gas tax, pay for them. Your point is misguided at best.
And, my friend, it is you who is clueless. People are fed up with supporting those that will not do anything to better themselves. Think I am kidding? Go to WalMart and see what the average food-stamp recipient buys (then turns around and buys booze and cigarettes with the money the "saved"). Talk to any medical office about how many people are not willing to pay a PENNY to get health care. Talk to just about any panhandler and ask them if they will actually work for food.
Your letter is not laughable. Your myopic view is.
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