BigMike Loc: yerington nv

Naw. I ain't that good. Just intuition.

Blade_Runner Loc: DARK SIDE OF THE MOON

Neither the did the shutdown under Obama stop the government from functioning. I don't know about you, but I felt absolutely no impact during this. I mean, the sun came up and went down, the wind blew, or not, the city offices, the stores, and gas stations were open, the mail was delivered, my telephone and internet still functioned, my toilet flushed, lights switched on and off, and the church bells rang on Sunday. Oh, and my woman still loves me.

The only impact Americans felt were the Obama manufactured crisises in which he forced the NPS to barricade National Parks and monuments. This was just one more incident in just how disingenuous Obama can be when he plays for some political advantage.

And, let me help you out again. Maybe you should take one of those Common Core math courses.

Read closely now, Wolfe. Only six-- "6" --presidents were in office during the 18 shutdowns I mentioned, 3 were Republicans and 3 were Democrats. I'll break that down even further.
Ford = 1 shutdown
Reagan = 8 shutdowns
GHW Bush = 1 shutdown
Carter = 5 shutdowns
Clinton = 2 shutdowns
Obama = 1 shutdown--so far.

Blade_Runner Loc: DARK SIDE OF THE MOON

Well, Duh! Of course the GOP gets the blame, that's SOP for Obama and his sock puppets. He won't take responsibility for a damned thing.

"It's Bush's fault."

BigMike Loc: yerington nv

Maybe Taft Presided over the first government shutdown! You know it had to be the fault of the Wascally Wepublicans. hahahahahaha. like my Elmer Fudd?

rickdri

This is obviously talking about the Tea Party. They are not as extreme as people say. They only want a responsible government. They only want to stop the insane spending that will bring us to ruin in a few years. They only want the people to have the power as was intended by our constitution. They only want smaller government and less taxes. There is no way anyone can say that there shouldn't be cuts to this huge bloated government we have now. They only want to cut the waste. There is no way anyone can say that everyone on these entitlement programs deserve to be on them. These programs are meant to help the disabled and truly needy. There are many people on these programs that shouldn't be on them. Democrats have even agreed to that. If we don't stop the insanity that is the U.S. government and all of this ridiculous spending, we will suffer an even worse fate than the financial meltdown of 2008. As many times as all of these politicians lie, how can anyone believe them when they say everything is alright? I do not blame one party over the other for our current situation. Both are to blame. The Tea Party only wants to make sure we actually have a bright future instead of the dark path we are on now. Economic forces do not stop at our boarders We are prone to the same economic melee that has happened in Europe. Don't be fooled by these politicians that only have their political ambitions and those of the 1% in mind when they pass legislation. Don't be happy with the crumbs they throw at you to keep you happy. There are many other programs that can either be limited or cut altogether that don't deal with entitlements. There are many duplicate governmental agencies doing the same things. We have agencies in place to take care of any problem we may have. Yet every time we have a crisis, another government agency is created to take care of the problem. Homeland security comes to mind here. We had the FBI, CIA, AFT, and other governmental agencies that were able to deal with terrorist. Why did we need another agency to do the same things? Both parties have created vast new agencies. Another comes to mind. The Department of Education. Education should be handled at the state level. Federal government is not needed. Education was doing just fine until this intrusive agency was created by Carter. I and many others say that our educational problems started when this department was created. You get the picture. Federal government is too entrenched in our lives and needs to be downsized.

bmac32 Loc: West Florida

Thought was 40 billion, so now it's down to 24? I'm willing to bet most of that was on Obama with shutting things down, blocking things and how did he have those signs printed so quickly?

Loki Loc: Georgia

Tip O'Neill shut down the government nine times in eight years during the Reagan Administration. Oh, he was a Liberal Democrat, so it doesn't count. I'm still waiting to see the affordable health care you spoke of. Premiums have mostly gone up, and only about 27,000 have signed up on the government exchange that doesn't work. The government figure of 106,000 is blatant bullshit. That is the number of people who have put a plan "on their cart," if you wish to call it that. That does not mean you have bought it, or even that you are going to buy it, any more than anything else you purchase online.

Constitutional libertarian Loc: St Croix National Scenic River Way

Spoken like a true knuckle dragging Neanderthal, you know how the girls just love those sexy uni brows :-)

Obama shut the government down you know it I know and any American who can above a 6th grade reading level knows it so just stop the BS. It's Obama's way or you get punished its that simple.

Loki Loc: Georgia

You are correct. Bear in mind that the BATFE was a creation of Peanuts, also. Only then it was the BATF. Before the Department of Education was created, we were in third or fourth place educationally among developed countries. Since it's creation, we have dropped to 17th place. Tell you anything? DHS was a creation of Bush, so Republicans are hardly blameless.

Loki Loc: Georgia

You misspelled Reaganite. You remind me of someone I knew, whose mother was his sister. If you must use insults, at least spell them correctly. Anything else is tacky, don't you think?

Donmac Loc: Lincoln, RI

Don't mess up the liberals minds with FACTS, they can't see straight and will blame Bush.

JetJock Loc: Texas

I think I could be "widely popular" if I stood on a corner and handed out $100.00 dollar bills.

The problem is that sooner rather than later, I would run out of bills and then all hell breaks loose.

We have a cost problem in America, not a health care and Rx problem. When the insurance companies can do business across state lines and the sleez lawyers get their hand out of the pocket of America, then maybe we can start to fix the problem.

Will never be fixed by the dumacrats

rickdri

Exactly, both parties share the blame when creating useless governmental agencies!

Floyd Brown Loc: Milwaukee WI

Your the problem. No your the problem.

Okay we all are the problem.

We are the problem because all we do is blame each other.

Wouldn't it be better if we looked back once in a while for a better view of why we have problems?

Who is really behind the problems?

Is it possible that there are people buying votes to get
what they want? That these people may be behind most of our problems?

Isn't most of our problems about where the money goes?

cold iron Loc: White House

There is a missing gene in your make up. Trying to stop America from going over a cliff is bad as far as you can see? lol
I have to wonder if your mama dropped you on your head way back. I bet you think putting American's out of work is a good thing? Printing 4 .5 billion dollars a DAY is a good thing? Maybe if you lay off that Acapulco Gold and your mind may clear up.