Comments on: Obamas Lived Way Above Their Means

By: Lurkin_no_mo

Lurkin_no_mo — Wed, 20 May 2009 11:03:18 +0000

Sometime in the near future, I hope to spot a deralict on the street with a sign saying “Ex-POTUS, will werk for fud”.

By: proreason

proreason — Tue, 19 May 2009 15:55:45 +0000

And from the Slimes:

“It will be a different business,” said Edward L. Yingling, the chief executive of the American Bankers Association, which has been lobbying Congress for more lenient legislation on behalf of the nation’s biggest banks. “Those that manage their credit well will in some degree subsidize those that have credit problems

Ain’t that great.

I woke up today hoping for a new way to subsize deadbeats. Now my dream is about to come true.

By: proreason

proreason — Tue, 19 May 2009 15:47:01 +0000

Obamy forgives his credit-card lifestyle in arrears. From Townhall:

Credit card reforms up for Senate vote
http://townhall.com/news/polit.....enate_vote

“, the credit card industry would be required within nine months to change the way it does business: Lenders would have to post their credit card agreements on the Internet, let customers pay their bills online or by phone for free and give customers 45 days notice and an explanation before interest rates are increased.

In a key provision addressing a concept called “universal default,” a customer would have to be more than 60 days behind on a payment before seeing his rate on an existing balance increase. Even then, the credit card company would be required to restore the previous, lower rate after six months if the consumer pays the minimum balance on time.”

The net effect of this, of course, is that it will be even harder for people to get credit.

And since the credit card companies costs will increase, they will charge higher interest.

No matter what it is, if The Moron does it, it’s the wrong thing to do.

By: heykev

heykev — Tue, 19 May 2009 14:05:08 +0000

Here’s what I found out about this: “The dog is a gift from Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., who owns several Portuguese water dogs himself.” A bit of irony there with Kennedy owning a water dog.

By: Rmy-mac-was-here

Rmy-mac-was-here — Tue, 19 May 2009 03:51:22 +0000

Catie, I hate to say this but President Reagan also spent our way out of something…. A lot of money went into the military budget, but it worked, and it paid huge dividends later on. Much of the technology we take for granted on the battlefield was developed during the 80s and 90s (I figure Reagan and Bush 41 were the same platform). Since that time we have fought 3 solid wars all succesfully with few casualties (I know casualties sounds blasie but try looking up casualty figures for vietnam and korea: you will soon conclude that these last three wars were extrememly cheap in terms of blood) and had several regional actions of either peacekeeping or humanitarian nature.
However, I dont see how any of this economic stimulous is going to pay ANY dividends. I mean trade is still capitalism, each country wants to do better than the others. I just hope they look at bringing more energy sources on line. The cheaper electricity is the more viable other aspects of electricity usage for the economy. My small town gives breaks to electrical use in the Industrial park and also has learned to lower the tax rates for that area. Keeps the businesses from moving to Mexifornia.

By: Rmy-mac-was-here

Rmy-mac-was-here — Tue, 19 May 2009 03:39:24 +0000

Not only does that raise questions, but several other items in his past cause me concern over his CiC qualifications. What passport did he travel to Pakistan way back in the early 80s (as I recall it was a no US travel zone then), those pakistani friends that he they lived together with in NY, Exactly who and where are they now, he experimented with recreational drugs with with what friends? why did he not release the long form of his birth certificate? And this bozo will send our sons and daughters to some of the worst armpits of the world. This guy learned his political trade from the best democrat President. He has got moves that slick willy is drooling over.

By: Right of the People

Right of the People — Mon, 18 May 2009 18:26:23 +0000

Well, this certainly explains a lot!

By: Reality Bytes

Reality Bytes — Mon, 18 May 2009 18:06:01 +0000

Saw some canine ads in the Dupont Registry. Would you pay 50 grand for a dog? I wonder how much the Obamas paid for theirs. More imporant: I wonder WHO paid for it.

By: 1sttofight

1sttofight — Mon, 18 May 2009 13:31:24 +0000

Funny that Bam went to Occidental College(his first school on the mainland) on a Fulbright Scholarship which is only given to foreign students to study in the USA.
Makes you go Hmmmmmmmm…

By: Liberals Demise

Liberals Demise — Mon, 18 May 2009 13:06:55 +0000

There were never any magic beans at all…………but O’blowmy talks a mean “beanstalk!!”

By: catie

catie — Mon, 18 May 2009 10:59:26 +0000

I can’t add more than what you all already have but I’m not surprised either. Why in the heck does this clown think he knows more than us. This “spending our way out of recession” now makes sense but we don’t have any “magic beans”.

By: ptat

ptat — Mon, 18 May 2009 10:34:34 +0000

Like Bill Clinton, Al Gore, etc. Obama is set for life. There is no doubt he will reap many millions in speeches and books after one or two terms. There is a ready made audience out there for this mindless crap. BTW, does anyone know anyone that actually read Bill Clinton’s memoirs? Many bought, but it appears to me few read it. Symbolism, you know?

By: philipspace

philipspace — Mon, 18 May 2009 09:54:12 +0000

Interesting.

That would be worth looking into…

By: Liberals Make Great Speedbumps

Liberals Make Great Speedbumps — Mon, 18 May 2009 06:36:57 +0000

Hey Rusty,

Ever heard of the term “ni**er rich”? I don’t mean to be crass but it sums up what you’ve described perfectly.

By: canary

canary — Mon, 18 May 2009 04:46:39 +0000

Curvyred, your’re correct. Obama said this many times while running, which is why he wants free school from birth to college. He also mentioned scholarhips which are often given to minorities inspite of grade, also, he got free pelgram granst. I imagine it was Harvard that prehaps he took some loans, as he never has mentioned, or written what kind of grades he made. Apparently, he milked paying the government back, feeling all education should be free, and as far as his compliaining of the cost of the loans being expensive doing to bank interest, if he and his wife had paid the loans off early, intead of stretching them out till a few years ago, maybe he’d have saved on interest.