Comments on: Understanding Narcissism is Understanding Obama

By: StephC

StephC — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 12:28:46 +0000

Sam, if I missed your point, perhaps you should rephrase what you said. As written I don’t believe I did.

By: StephC

StephC — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 12:27:35 +0000

As long as they stick to what they know, BB, that’s okay. The ones who are trouble are those who brandish their Ph.D.s as if it makes them experts on whatever they declare they’re experts on.

By: Sam Dallas

Sam Dallas — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 01:01:15 +0000

Steph maybe you missed my point. Eisenhower was no great student. He was a great man. The 4.0 club is for the birds. He is exhibit A for common sense trumping education.

By: BB-Idaho

BB-Idaho — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 15:11:55 +0000

“Besides, I’ve met Ph.D.s who are dumb as a box of rocks.” Me too. But one of my girls has a PhD in Analytical Chemistry and the other is a PhD in Microbiology.
They are OK in the ‘rocks’ department.

By: StephC

StephC — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 12:48:43 +0000

Obama was no “top stucent.” Besides, I’ve met Ph.D.s who are dumb as a box of rocks.

And you’re a snob who thinks education replaces common sense and allows people a free pass because they’re “better.”

And I’m not even going to try to tell you anything about your talking points, most of which have been blown out of the water but you obviously have been living under a rock.

The R’s never had you. I’m not enamored of Bush. I think he did a lot of things wrong but what you bring up is the stupidest talking points of the left.

Otherwise, sorry to hear about your mother and hope she is doing well.

By: Sam Dallas

Sam Dallas — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 03:07:24 +0000

Hey Steph sorry for ignoring your comments. My mother went into the hospital for thanksgiving with pneumonia. She just got out.

Obama– top student in ivy league but a LAWYER. How can anybody be a big fan jeez!????

Palin– took 6 years and several colleges to get a friggin lame degree that you don’t even need to be sober for?!!!!!!

Eisenhower– 5 star general that got Patton and Montgomery to work together. Cut back the conventional military in favor of nukes against intense pressure.

For the Rs to get me back, they need to find their Eisenhower streak. I will accept Nixon as well– his “crimes” pale in comparison to Bush/Blackwater or Obama/Acorn and he was a smart man with America’s interests at heart.

By: StephC

StephC — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 14:05:28 +0000

I don’t think James would want to move to Idaho.

By: BB-Idaho

BB-Idaho — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 22:14:57 +0000

“Would that Idaho still had those tons of gold. I think most of them are owned by the Chinese now.” Yep. And they send us LEAD in their stuff!! Whatta deal..
Regarding causes of the Civil War, there were quite a few, including as you note,
the interpetation of Article VII vis a vis secession. IMO, the main problem was that new states were coming into the union, and the southern interests were losing clout to support their ’special institution’. Thus the newly formed GOP motto was ‘free labor, free land, free men’, referring to payed vs slave, the status of slavery in the new states and slave ownership respectively. You are right about per capita income bearing on state tax ratios, as well as “Other factors include whether states have powerful Members of Congress, the number of federal employees present in a state, and the number of residents receiving Social Security, Medicare and other federal entitlements.” , based on info at
http://www.taxfoundation.org/taxdata/topic/92.html ..so yes TVA, military bases, etc draw Fed funds. Tennessee and Idaho are almost identical at $1.27
and $1.21 per dollar paid in; we have a big air base and most of the place is one National Forest after the other. Now, then “Trust me, you wouldn’t want me as President, or even a mayor.” Given our mayor, we’ll give you a try..c’mon out!

By: StephC

StephC — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 19:15:10 +0000

When it comes to Lincoln, etc. I usually turned to an expert on the subject. Contrary to your information, the war of secession was fought over secession which the states didn’t have the right of under the Constitution.

On Fed dollars, it’s a matter of matching funds. Any Fed dollar has to be matched with a like or a percentage of the funds available for the state. The current health legislation is no different. Each of the respective states will have to match federal funds and a whole lot of states aren’t buying it.

I remember having this conversation before. I also remember asking if those states are also places where the federal government owns something, such as the TVA in TN and if those dollars were counted per capita. The TVA services more than one state. I don’t recall if you had an answer for that.

As far as your three solutions, I advocate neither. The states can and should regulate themselves in order to not have to lower to a common level. The founders thought of the states as separate social experiments where they could test ideas and throw out bad ones. Unfortunately, the bad ideas seem to persist because nobody has the will to give up some of their own power for the common good of those they govern.

Would that Idaho still had those tons of gold. I think most of them are owned by the Chinese now.

By: BB-Idaho

BB-Idaho — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 17:58:42 +0000

” Pick out any state and you’ll find something wrong with it that would not be applicable to the rest of the states.” Right, we did that in 1861: birth of the GOP,
Lincoln, states rights, secession, slavery etc & etc. ‘Weakened states’, as I’ve gone over prior, are the red states: they get more back in Fed dollars than the blue states, which pay more than they get back. Most peculiar, they continue to vote against their financial interests, although I admit perhaps they stand on principle. (both red & blue) It is also true that some states possess mineral wealth (Idaho has dug and shipped 165.7 tons of pure gold over the years; Mississipi offers very cheap labor; Nevada, well what can I say?) So, in some ways, the discussion involves shall we lower the states to some common level, raise them to some common level, or leave them as is. The first is thriftiest,
the second expensive and the third, I think is where you are coming from?