Twilight Flyer said:

Really? Nothing?? I know you think that GM and Chrysler should have just folded. Not TOO many jobs lost there. But, then the domino effect would have wiped out the entire Parts industry, battery industry, extruded rubber industry..... etc. I think the figure was something like FIVE jobs lost for every ONE GM job lost. Don't forget all the dealerships (who I've heard MOST of have been saved and/or reconstituted.)

And should we have just let all of Wall Street collapse? As if ENOUGH citizens didn't already lose their entire life savings!

He increased the DOD budget. You're against that, too I suppose. He sent more troops to Afghanistan. Well.... I'd be with you if you wanted to just flush THEM!

I suppose you really HATE the fact that his concentration on Predator strikes (and negotiations with Pakistan to allow them) have killed more A.Q. leadership in ONE YEAR than Bush did in 7!

:lol2:

Yeah, but if he presented it for a vote, BOTH houses would have to vote NO! Dems, for obvious reasons. And the GOP cuz they're STUCK ON NO and couldn't bring themselves to vote for anything HE suggested! :clap:

Yeah, it's moving very quickly. I can only surmise that this is because there is more they want to cover about our more recent history. I hope to see some real indepth stuff about the Industrial Revolution, post WWII expansion of the middle class, and how the heck we went from Rock N Roll to this HIP HOP crap! :hellno::lol2:

I hate to admit it, but I've already noticed what I THINK is a slight liberal bias. I hope that doesn't become a theme that spoils the show.

 

Hmmm…let me think about that. Um, nope!

You know, we’re going to disagree on this. My problem with everything he and his congress has done is in bailouts and takeovers. I know plenty of small businesses that employ a few people that have gone out of business over the years. Where were their bailouts?

You gotta face it, businesses fail. It’s a normal part of every day life. I absolutely do not agree with “too big to fail” and I think that’s nothing more than enabling behavior. Bottom line, it is not governments place or business to run a business and I think the precedent that it set was absolutely frightening. It’s a business – there are no guarantees in business. If it fails, it fails. Businesses go out of business and people lose their jobs. Been there, done that! But it also makes surviving businesses stronger and encourages others to fill the void. It’s the American way, the spirit of entrepreneurship. And nowhere in the Constitution is there any guarantee of having and keeping a job; of a business remaining in business because they’ve grown “too large to fail.”

Yep. Would have been tough on us, yes, but we would have come out of it better off in the long run. All we did was supply a bunch more golden parachutes, prop up unsustainable business, and simply make the impending crash that much more catastrophic. Because it is definitely coming.

Again, where is it written that once you have your life savings, it’s never going to disappear. It’s a financial option to invest in the stock market. There’s risks in doing so. If someone loses their life savings, that’s part of the game you play. I’ve got money in the market and steer very clear of anything even remotely risky. My gains are small, but so are my losses. That’s the way I chose to play the game. Others play much riskier and their losses were greater, much greater. I have a friend that owned a bowling alley and a few years back, sold it for a tidy sum. Put his millions in the stock market and played the risk game. He ended up losing a good chunk of his money. I hated it for him, but that is part of playing the financial game. There is NO guarantee that if you play it, you’re going to win.

You know, I thought about commenting on this one, but decided against it. I’ve got my own thoughts on this and for now, they will remain my own. But I recognize a smoke-screen when I see it.

Even a blind squirrel finds a nut now and then.

You know, I have to laugh at the whole “Party of No” shpiel. I could say that I’d rather stand on the side of the “Party of No” than the “Party of F**k you and the horse you rode in on”. However, my dislike for the criminal in the White House and his cronies spans both parties and a lot of different people and their enablers.

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Hope so. But I am enjoying it.

I’m with you on that one! OMG!!! Did I just agree with you!?! The world is going to end!!! The moon is blood! People are dying! Dogs and cats, sleeping together! MASS HYSTERIA!



Seriously, I have a bunch of teenagers at home…I want to run their IPods over with my lawnmower many a time and skeet shoot their CDs.

 

You've been "prophesying" this for years now! :zzz:

:thumbsup:

 

Man, I am going to have nightmares tonight. Twilight Flyer and Golfhobo agree on something.

I need to contact IB. Someone must have made it past the firewall and put in a virus that change the dialog. :lol:

 

LMAO!! :lol2:

Probably the Rev! I KNOW it wasn't Hoggie! Ummm.... I kept Adriana a few days too long!

C Y'all!! :moon::lol2::tears:

 

Damn straight! :thumbsup:

You sinner, you.

 

06, 2010
California Students Sent Home for Wearing U.S. Flags on Cinco de Mayo

FOXNews.com

Administrators at a California high school sent five students home on Wednesday after they refused to remove their American flag T-shirts and bandannas -- garments the school officials deemed "incendiary" on Cinco de Mayo.
The five teens were sitting at a table outside Live Oak High School in Morgan Hill, Calif., on Wednesday morning when Assistant Principal Miguel Rodriguez asked two of them to remove their American flag bandannas, the Morgan Hill Times reported. The boys told the newspaper they complied, but were asked to accompany Rodriguez to the principal's office.
The five students -- Daniel Galli, Austin Carvalho, Matt Dariano, Dominic Maciel and Clayton Howard -- were then told they must turn their T-shirts inside-out or be sent home, though it would not be considered a suspension. Rodriguez told the students he did not want any fights to break out between Mexican-American students celebrating their heritage and those wearing American flags.
"They said we were starting a fight," Dariano told the newspaper. "We were fuel to the fire."
The boys told Rodriguez and Principal Nick Boden that turning their shirts inside-out was disrespectful, so their parents decided to take them home, the newspaper reports.

"I just couldn't believe it," Julie ***erstrom, Maciel's mother, told the newspaper. "I'm an open-minded parent, but it's got to be on both sides. It can't be five kids singled out."
Galli told NBC Bay Area, "They said we could wear it on any other day, but today is sensitive to Mexican-Americans because it's supposed to be their holiday so we were not allowed to wear it."
In a statement released on Wednesday, the Morgan Hill Unified School District said it did not agree with the school's actions.
"In an attempt to foster a spirit of cultural awareness and maintain a safe and supportive school environment, the Live Oak High School administration took certain actions earlier today," the statement read. "The district does not concur with the Live Oak High School administration's interpretation of either board or district policy related to these actions."
Attempts to reach school officials early Thursday were not successful. A secretary told the Morgan Hill Times that Boden and Rodriguez were unavailable for comment on Wednesday.
According to its website, Live Oak High School is a 1,300-student institution in the southern part of Santa Clara County, with most students residing in the nearby cities of Morgan Hill and San Jose.
"The student population reflects the rich ethnic and socioeconomic diversity of the community," the website reads.
More than 100 students were spotted wearing the colors of the Mexican flag -- red, white and green -- as they left school, including some who had the flag painted on their faces or arms, the Morgan Hill times reported.
While bandannas of any color are banned at the school, its dress code policy does not contain references to American flags.
"However, any clothing or decoration which detracts from the learning environment is prohibited," the policy reads. "The school has the right to request that any student dressing inappropriately for school will change into other clothes, be sent home to change, and/or be subject to disciplinary action."
Freshman Laura Ponce, who had a Mexican flag painted on her face and chest, told the Morgan Hill Times that Cinco de Mayo is the "only day" Mexican-American students can show their national pride.
"There was a lot of drama going on today," Ponce told the newspaper.
Some other Mexican-American students reportedly said their flags were taken away or asked to be put away, but no other students were sent home on Wednesday.
Lis Wiehl, a former federal prosecutor and a Fox News legal analyst, said the incident appears to a "blatant" violation of the students' First Amendment right to free speech. She noted that inciting violence is an exception to a First Amendment legal defense, but Wiehl said she saw no indications that the students provoked anyone.
"Unless I'm missing something, this seems like a blatant violation of the First Amendment," said Wiehl, adding that uniforms are not required at the public school. "And they're wearing, of all horrific things, the American flag."

 

Cinco de Mayo is a crock! When I was in high school, I refused to take part of the celebration bullcrap at school.
Cinco de Mayo a celebration of a victory that Mexico won over France in a battle. That's it. Doesn't have anything to do with Mexico's independence. Folks here in the US celebrate that stupid thing more than our own Independence Day. Here in town, they usually have live bands that play in parking lots of the mall and everyone is dancing and getting drunk. Myself, I celebrate Texas Independence Day, and San Jacinto Day and I don't mind telling folks. Most people around here wouldn't have the slightest clue what happened on March 2nd or April 21st, or even March 6th but yet, they celebrate that stupid May 5th crap.

 

Sounds like the Canadians that celebrate BASTILLE DAY.

 

The flag should not be used as "wearing apparel, bedding, or drapery", or for covering a speaker's desk, draping a platform, or for any decoration in general (exception for coffins). Bunting of blue, white and red stripes is available for these purposes. The blue stripe of the bunting should be on the top.

~ Us Flag Code, Section 1 of Title 4 of the United States Code