Liberals from the Party of Food Stamps. To continue to receive your allotted portions of your requested entitlements you should vote for Barack Obama. This is the "ONLY" thing he knows what he is talking about!

http://weaselzippers.us/2012/09/04/number-of-americans-on-food-stamps-hits-record-high-46-7-million-people/

And I have a bridge I'd like to sell you Michael. How unaware can you be?

Gary, really, that is your statement. I'm quite aware and I know that their are jobs out there. The switch from manufacturing to service economy has hurt many, but that has nothing to do with the information above. The information above is accurate and helpful to people looking for employment. Instead of following the party line, learn that in this case it isn't about party politics. The economy which has been failing for 12 year (not 4) is an American Problem not a specific parties problem.

I was under the impression that the government doesn't create jobs - that the "job creators" in the private sector create jobs. Was I mistaken? That's what the Republican politicians have told me all these years. They said that if we gave tax cuts to the "job creators," all kinds of new jobs would be created. Is that not correct? We gave them a massive tax cut in 2001-2002. These tax cuts have been extended by the current administration throughout the last four years. We followed your advice on tax cuts for the "job creators." Where are the jobs?

Job statistics show that more jobs were created in the 3+years of President Obama's administration than in the 8 years of Bush II. Gary, your right wing viewing/listening habits (as opposed to a liberal academic background based in reality with tools to understand complicated ideas) are showing.
And, Gary, during which years of the Romney involvement with Bain should we count the jobs? The legal years or the years he took tax breaks for after he "retroactively retired? I know, it is really hard to keep track of all the Bain lies, but keep one point in mind, no one wants our country to be run like a job-killing, outsourcing hedge fund. No one.

Gary, I reread your statement and my questions to you stand.. You asked the following question: "And just how effective/successful has this wrong-headed and ignorant administration been in creating new jobs?" You most certainly did imply that they were to be held accountable for not creating jobs. If they are not job creators, how then can you hold them accountable for not creating jobs?

On your ad hominem comment, I'm very sorry but I will not apologize for being educated. If you choose to adhere to the new Republican philosophy of institutionalized ignorance and hostility to the proper use of the English language, then there is very little I can do to help you.

My question to you stands, Gary. Where are the jobs that were to be created in the wake of the tax cuts for the private sector "job creators?"

Liberals from the Party of Food Stamps. To continue to receive your allotted portions of your requested entitlements you should vote for Barack Obama. This is the "ONLY" thing he knows what he is talking about!

http://weaselzippers.us/2012/09/04/number-of-americans-on-food-stamps-hits-record-high-46-7-million-people/

And the "Romney-created jobs" for clerks at Home Depot and Sports Authority pay so much more than minimum? And Romney had what role in creating those jobs? His investors' (not even his own!) money funded opportunities for people who had good ideas. Just how different is that from government investing in businesses that are too risky or too new to attract private money?
Gary, please cut out the attacks on liberals and people who invest time to learn before they speak/write; it doesn't help you persuade anyone and just shows your ill-will, possibly even your envy. Valuing education is a good community value and shouldn't be used to try to insult people. My "liberal" education not only prepared me for an excellent career, but I benefit every day from what I learned and continue to learn. Try it sometime.

Full control of the Senate was never a possibility since 60 votes are required. Former Senator Coleman's failure to concede an election he clearly had lost kept his seat from being held by a Democrat for several months through expensive court battles. After Senator Kennedy died, his seat was held by a Republican. Cut out the attacks on liberals and education; your ignorance is showing.

Gary, the answer to your question is simple. Obama screwed up. He didn't take the top tax rate back to that which was in force at the end of the Clinton administration and with the economy hemorrhaging jobs under the "positive" regulatory environment created by the Bush administration to which the private sector was responding, he continued Bush's misguided tax and regulatory policies.

Gary, I don't mind your feeble attempts to insult me but I do ask that you not make unwarranted assumptions about me when you do so. First of all, I am most definitely not an academic. I am a retired military officer and business owner. Many people find education useful in many fields other than academia. Secondly, I am a registered Republican and a reality-based conservative who recognizes that we have a mixed economy, neither pure capitalism nor pure socialism.

One other point, in response to one of your lame insults to another commenter, what difference does it make if he has ever sung "God Bless America" or know how many verses it has? When you say God Bless America, is that a request or a demand? Do you believe God has a plan for the world? If he does, what if that plan doesn't involve him blessing America? Who are we to question the Almighty's plan?

I spent much of my career working with Wall Street. Trust me I know the difference. Do you?

Lynda just because you made coffee for the people in charge really does not mean you "worked" on Wall Street.

As to whether Obama screwed up or is in over his head is a question on which we'll just have to agree to disagree.

To me there is little or no difference between a reality-based conservative and a traditional conservative. In my point of view, I don't accept many of the people who claim to be traditional conservatives as traditional conservatives. Many of them are refugees from Trotskyism (the Neo-Cons). Others are southern theocrats who prior to passage of the Civil Rights Act in the 1960s were Democrats who used the Bible to justify Jim Crow laws and prior to the 1860s, slavery.

A reality-based conservative recognizes that the world is what it is and that there is no going back to some imaginary, idyllic Golden Age. The direction is forward, not backward. Change will happen. The role of conservatives is to attempt to regulate the scope and the velocity of that change.

As to which aspects of socialism I would prefer to see expanded, I don't have a general rule but I am willing to consider ideas from any source to include socialism. One thing I would like to see is the separation of health care and employment. This may involve single payer with the private sector providing the delivery of health care and the government the financing of health care. I'm open. If someone has a better idea, I'm all ears. (to be continued)

(continued) I do believe in God but I have no knowledge of the nature of God. Is God a personal being, a force, a disembodied intelligence or simply a collection of everything we do not know about the universe? I have no idea. I've seen no evidence one way or the other. All I've seen is conjecture, i.e., the scriptures of the various religions. In that I currently have stage 4 esophageal cancer with metastases to the liver, lungs, and spine, I will soon be finding the answer to these questions.

I've answered your questions. Now answer my questions to you.

No, Gary, it is clear you don't understand the GOP refused to cooperate with President Obama from Day One of his presidency. The number of minor legislative items that needed 60 votes in the Senate was outrageous. Instead of having the best interests of the whole country in mind, Sen. McConnell devoted his time to obstructing every agenda item even ones previously approved or suggested by the GOP in the hope that this would make President Obama a "one term President". Get your facts straight.

Gary, the problem I have with this whole crossroads is that we have two men that were picked for us that neither are the type of man to lead us out of this mess. In a country of billions of people these are our two frontrunning choices? Politics is no longer about civil service it is a career and the presidency is just a stop to the next corporate job. How can we believe they are out for our best interests?

George is a republican in the same way Jane Fonda is a patriot. (both are highly doubtful)

One of the great things about this country is that each of us has the right to worship or not worship God as he sees fit. Of course there is no scientific proof of who or what God is. I'm looking forward to finding out who's right.

If I'm a Republican in Name Only, I'll wear that moniker with pride if the Neo-Cons, the theocrats, and the plutocrats who seem to have taken control of the party are what you consider real Republicans. I think I'm in good company.

Gary:

Again we'll just have to agree to disagree on whether the environment is benign or hostile.

RINO is the correct acronym.

Thank you and God bless you too. Don't worry. I don't take any of this silly crap seriously. I'll put in a good word for you when I get to the other side. Of course, I do like it warm. You may not want me putting in a good word with he guy who may be greeting me. LOL

Wow! Ordinarily one would have to go a Klan rally to meet someone as profoundly stupid as you, y'all.

George, even the klan isn't that bad.

BTW: Youtube as a source really.... similar to using Wikipedia.

I would say if the FBI, and Secret Service investigations on his birth didn't stop his application to run for President. And he has all the documentation that we all have to be considered a Natural Born Citizen. Then I'm pretty sure that is accurate.
Second, does it really matter, being he already has the Job.
If you want to agrue his Job performance that is a very valid agrument. But I'm sure that the FBI and Secret Service have better resources and knowledge than all of us. The Birther agrument is just as redundant as the American Government was behind 9/11.

Michael D., the Democratic Party is responsible for the vetting, not the FBI and Secret Service. They specifically omitted language about Obama's background that has been in the certification they provided with respect to every other candidate for president that they put up in the past. In other words, they used weasel words in certifying him because even *they* weren't going to stick their necks out.

It was meant to be a reply to Ruthiness on the contradiction of saying the President is not a citizen and then espousing to say his mother and father were. Sorry for the confusion.

Mr. Hankins, yes the initial process is done by the party. But also a verification is done by the FBI and Secret Service. So you are still saying that because of some language you do not trust the people protecting our national with a background check. And some fearmongerer has better resources than them?
I would bett on our FBI and Secret Service.

There is no verification by the FBI and the Secret Service. The Democratic Party's certification is deemed sufficient, regardless of whether it's true or not. They are the only gatekeepers.

Mr. Hankins, I will have to disagree with you on this point, being a member of a Secret Service that did some of the background research in 2008 was at my work place roughly a year ago talking about the process as part of his presentation Idenity Fraud and how best to protect the information from entering in the wrong people's hands.

Hey Paul Revere!Thanks for the warning. Must run in your family. BTW, are they coming by land or sea? Can I ask a personal favor? I have stage 4 esophageal cancer with metastases to the liver, lungs, and spine. Since we're not allowed to use medical marijuana here in Florida, can you turn me on to the drugs you're using. They seem to be quite potent. Thanks.

Well GEORGE:
I must have rode into an already "potent" mental drain.
Did you ever hear of "GOD"?
That is the "drug of Life". It's Free without stealing other people money to support it.
B/T/W There is No such thing as "medical marijuana".

Paul, I noticed that you capitalized my name (GEORGE) and the Almighty's name (GOD). Please don't confuse the two of us. I make no claim to being God.

Yes Paul I have heard of God. I believe in God, just not the petty, vindictive tyrant god in which you believe. The god you reference (I'm assuming you're referring to the god in the Bible) seems to possess all the weaknesses and shortcomings of the men who wrote the book. God created a universe. Do you really think he needed to write a book?

Let me ask you a question. Does your God speak English and does he guide your fingers as you type? I hope not. Perhaps, if one of the two of you would learn to communicate in English, the rest of us might have a clue as to that which you are blathering. Think of all the wonderful things you'll learn: punctuation, singular vs. plural, sentence structure, the correct uses of verb tenses, etc. Your god might like it too.

Hey Jethro. Do you think God loses sleep at night if he's not mentioned in a political party platform? Did you ever think that he might prefer that to having his name taken in vain for partisan political purposes? In the 10 Commandments, he said not to take his name in vain but he didn't say anything about not using his name at all.

God has no place in a socialist society and that what the current administration is shooting for.

Rollo, I'm not afraid to use my own name and show my face. What are you trying to hide? Try typing with both hands. Get your other hand out of your pants while you're thinking your pathetic dirty thoughts.

Rollo, I have no idea who or what you are. For all I know, you may be a Democratic mole sent here to demonstrate that Republican conservatives really are as stupid as the Democrats claim. If that is the case, I want you to know you're doing a splendid job.