Yo Beav, I have to question your objectives here. Was it your intent to provide clarity when the obvious intent of the candidate was to provide ambiguity? Or.... was it your intent to provide a forum where all that "the usual suspects" could do was sputter and posture when faced with the obvious?

Just curious.

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The purpose of fighting is to win. There is no possible victory in defense. The sword is more important than the shield, and skill is more important than either. The final weapon is the brain. All else is supplemental.

I would really like answers to these questions, however I doubt that the lamestream media or anyone else will ever ask them.

Until then, it's fun to get DM's and Hack's blood pressure to go up.

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"The purpose of fighting is to win. There is no possible victory in defense. The sword is more important than the shield, and skill is more important than either. The final weapon is the brain. All else is supplemental."

Major Mike, why do you think the Soviet Union's great big sword did not work in Afghanistan?
What do you suppose is taking our great big sword so long to form political reconsciliations (sp) in Iraq?

Could it be that sometimes a hammer is not the best tool for the job? like putting a fragile vase back together? Could it be that, at times, the pen is mightier than the sword? Some famous dead guy said that once.

Read it again Hack.

The purpose of fighting is to win. There is no possible victory in defense. The sword is more important than the shield, and skill is more important than either. The final weapon is the brain. All else is supplemental.

I think the famous dead guy understood it real well. Ronald Reagan did too. The Soviets screwed up it Afganistan because thier political leadership understood little past the first three sentences. They sure didn't understand the mindset of the religious zealot. Our political leadership is not much better. Obama and Hillary - not a clue.

Oh, and Hack - Thank you for your service.

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John Steinbeck once said:

2. If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck.

Abso freaking lutely correct!

Cheers,

Kevin "Hack" King
(anyone want two dogs???)

Excellent explanation on why the rich are getting richer and the poor - poorer. As income improved - prices exceeded the rise in income. No matter how you parse it - when we go to the pumps or stand in the grocery line, it’s getting harder and harder to stay within a budget and eat! All Americans are going to have to tighten their belts to survive. We need leadership that provides strategies for this belt-tightening experience. Giving us money to go 'shopping' is not the answer. It doesn't take a rocket-scientist to figure this out!

Hope is not a leadership strategy, it's political doublespeak.

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The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public's money.

How you managed to get "why the rich are getting richer and the poor- poorer from his post is just amazing! At least you are off that "deadhorse" of race even if it is another "deadhorse", class envy. I thought we got that "leadership" when Pelosi took over with her energy plan to bring down gas prices? One of the main reasons our food prices are going up so much is the idiotic laws we have on the use of ethanol in our gasoline. Seems to me that a certain earth guru(Algore) had a hand (a tie-breaking vote) in that coming to pass. I'm no rocket scientist but I figured that one out!

Remember - Poverty is behavioral disorder

The rich keep getting richer because they keep doing the things that makes them rich.

Ditto for the poor.

I'm no rocket scientist

We know - we know!

David's Mom - Run out of "ammo" so soon?
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You can always tell when a liberal has lost the debate; they cease trying to wear you down with endless politically correct irrelevancies and resort to sarcasm, insult, and innuendo.”

You can always tell when a neo con has lost the debate; they cease trying to wear you down with endless irrelevancies and resort to sarcasm, insult, and innuendo.”

Let's see what happens in November. Nothing said here will change that outcome. Are you following the 'economic pundits'? It's a mess out there. Americans will vote their pocketbooks. It will be close - but Republicans are in trouble. No sarcasm, insults, or innuendos needed.

David's Mom - Yep - out of "ammo".

Have you checked the Democratic congress's approval ratings lately? It is indeed a mess out there and Americans have pretty much always voted their pocketbooks.

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The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public's money.

LOL--what a response to my post! So "typical" if I may use a favorite word of Obama's!

What are you suggesting, DM, that the government set price controls on everyday items that we purchase?

Is more government the answer to everything for liberals?

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"What are you suggesting, DM, that the government set price controls on everyday items that we purchase?"

Yes, Beaver. We'll call it the Fair Tax.

Kevin "Hack" King
(anyone want two dogs???)

Where did I make that suggestion? More government is not the answer - leadership with the interest of the people rather than the interest of business is the answer. Business can operate without needing the excessive payment to 'management' and ridiculous profit.

Your wealth envy is showing with every comment.

Who decides what is "excessive" payment to management? That should be left to the people that own the company (stockholders).

"ridiculous profit" - No comment necessary on that one. It speaks for itself.

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. . aw come on - make a comment. Need more time?

It's not that I need more time, I'm just afraid that you aren't smart enought to understand the difference between profit and profit margin, and I have neither the time nor the desire to explain them to you.

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If there ever was an article custom made for economically illiterate people that make judements based on feeling rather than reality, this is it.....

Too "Complex"?

"Some people think that the reason the public misunderstands so many issues is that these issues are too "complex" for most voters. But is that really so?"

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DM,

I hope that you can understand this. If not, maybe Hack can explain it to you. He's very intelligent.

Gas Prices and the Blame Game

"With fill-ups routinely costing $60 or more, cost-conscious drivers naturally look for someone to blame. And just as naturally, politicians are happy to blame others.

Enter “Big Oil,” the demagogues’ favorite villain. Gas prices soaring? It’s because oil companies want “excess profits,” as Barack Obama puts it. Right?

Wrong. The truth is more complicated."

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holy cow, beav, everytime I click on one of your links it's to that conservative cyber-rag, Townhall! There are so many pop-ups that invade my screen, I fear I have to run a spyware scan to remove them all - what trash!

That link mentioned the only way to lower prices is with increased production - total economic garbage! We need a strong dollar, decreased market speculation, and stability in the Middle East.

Your link was retarded. Your posts are so FOX NEWS-ish, is that your goal? Give us some hardcore facts to create intelligent dialogue with each other..... sheeeesh!

If you don't like the message, don't read it. No one is forcing you to read my posts. Please, just ignore them and go back to your Liberal nirvana.

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See post above....

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For the past eight years, reading only the 'conservative' view of an issue has not always led to the 'truth'. Broaden your research before pointing to the 'truth'. (If that’s not too complicated for you.)

DM -

I know what the truth is, and I don't need someone like you to tell me to look elsewhere.

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Exactly, it's just too complicated for you to get another opinion. Stay 'safe'.

No, DM, that's not what I said.

Put down the crack pipe and listen just this one time.

It is so simple, even a complete moron like yourself should understand it. The government has no business dictating salaries in private corporations. That's what free markets are for.

Now, if you had a job, would you like it if someone not affiliated with the company that you worked for dictated what your salary would be, without any regard to your contribution to the profit of that company?

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I have wondered for a while just what it was that DM was smoking. I always assumed that all the California whack jobs preferred Mexican grown whacky weed, guess I was wrong. LOL

I really am amazed that DM can put her racist and socialist garbage into print in this venue and then accuse others in here of lying. She has to be on something!

An excellent answer to Obama's blind minions. The only thing is I doubt they'll ever open their eyes to actually see the truth in it.

Beav, we didn't answer because you are boring us to tears with your tunnel vision. I'm only writing this so your dillusion of stumping "us" (whoever "us" is) are put into context. I don't know who's head will explode first; yours or BPRs.

Now, USarmybrat:

What, in your opinion, should Americans who don't like our current economic direction and want to see an end to IRaq occupation have to look forward to from the other presidential candidate, John McCain?

Kevin "Hack" King
(anyone want two dogs???)

that the reason that you didn't answer these very pertinent questions was because you have no clue as to what the answer is.
Neither does Barack.

Trouble is, when you candidate has nothing to offer but empty platitudes in every speech, and when he has accomplished virtually nothing as a senator, then the best you can do is attack the person asking the questions.

We have come to expect nothing less from liberals.

For example, when McCain repeated a fact, that Hamas had endorsed Obama, then what was Barack's response? He attacked McCain, of course.

Barack is such a weak candidate, he can't even handle it when facts are thrown at him. How the heck does he expect to lead the USofA if he can't handle facts?

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Barack brought up the absurd nature of judging a candidate by unsolicited comments, and John McCain responded with "is he calling me old?" How is a man so sensitive about dying on the job going to actually run the US of A? How can a man get so touchy about the word "bearings" when that word does not have a direct link to age?

How can a man who sought and received endorsement by men who feel:

1. "The U.S. was founded to destroy Islam"
2. God destroys cities because of tolerance for gay people.
3. People who don't work should not be able to eat:

How can that man then try to play politics with unsolicited comments from a member of Hamas; comments comparing Barack to a JFK type of uniter?

I love watching conservatives in the throws of death. Very entertaining. BEAV: You told us Barack's campaign was sinking like the titanic! How can I believe anything you say to me?

Want me to play "stump the dummy " (no pun intended)

BONUS QUESTIONS:

1. Why did John McCain lie about not voting for George Bush?
2. Why did John McCain call his wife the "C" word?
3. Why did John McCain tell us "noone said Iraq would be easy" when we have tape after tape of John McCain saying " I think Iraq will be fairly easy?"

Kevin "Hack" King
(anyone want two dogs???)

Ask a lib pertinent questions regarding the issues facing their candidate, and they have no answer.

All they can do is spout out irrelevant questions about the challenger.

Hack, was that boom that I heard in PTC from your head exploding?

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What a dynamic young lad you are. It's nice to finally get Rev. Wright behind us.

Kevin "Hack" King
(anyone want two dogs???)

Only your inane questions are irrelavant as a rebuttal to the issues questions that you have been asking for but now refuse to answer.

Barack's 20+ year association with the BLT, hate filled, racist, church and the "Reverend" Wright will be brought up over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over,
and over, and over until he answers why he joined and continues to belong to it.

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McCain will, at the very least, do no worse than the "expand the involvement of government" guys. I can only hope for better. As for us ending our involvement in Iraq, I think you are just out of luck on that one. I think he realizes we have to have a foothold in that very volatile place, what with Iran and Syria. We have made some bad mistakes there, as in any war, but we have made progress,too. I agree with McCain, on the whole, in this area. If you don't, then you obviously don't have much to look forward to in his presidency on these two subjects.

But if you even think we have the resources (human, financial, and equipment) to indefinitely fight to somehow hold a presence in a country that is at war with itself politically, you, I'm afraid, are in for not only disappointment, but even greater deficits. Do you ever wonder what caused the Soviet Union to collapse under its own weight? Thinking it could do all things militarily without regard to the will of the rest of this planet's occupants. I imagine that was quite humbling for that former super power; and they had conscripts!

As for this expansion of the executive's powers, and roll of government, I don't think conservatives have truly thought how they will feel when those powers are held by a "far left" president. I believe hindsight will be 20/20.

Kevin "Hack" King
(anyone want two dogs???)

Submit questions, answer them yourself to your own satifaction, and then declare yourself undeniably correct. I learn so much from these postings.