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This video seems okay though... click here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHg5SJYRHA0

But it's the only freaking one!... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/JCMach1/100 Wed, 01 Apr 2009 04:21:29 Seriously, someone talk me down-


Derivatives:
First, within the 600trillion-1.2 quadrillion OTC derivatives market their is a black hole. Even if it only amount to 10% of the conservative market estimate that is 60 trillion dollars. :(

Stimulus:
Along with all the bailouts and stimulus w... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/JCMach1/99 Sat, 31 Jan 2009 02:50:41 Definition: actively supporting something stupid that Obama has done without thinking critically on the subject.

Usage: The OP is just saddlebacking, it's time to separate that from real ideas about policies concerning GLBT communities

It works as vocabulary, i.e. carrying someone's saddle wo... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/JCMach1/98 Sun, 18 Jan 2009 04:47:05 for the signature Penis platter...

...A visit to the Guolizhuang Restaurant in Beijing is not for the faint-hearted. Here the menu consists almost entirely of penis and testicle dishes -- made from the private parts of deer, snakes, yaks, horses, seals and ducks, among others.

The platters hav... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/JCMach1/97 Sun, 21 Dec 2008 12:54:15 Source: [b]Bloomberg per Gulf News[/b]

Bloomberg
Published: December 20, 2008, 22:40

San Francisco: The US economy has a 50 per cent chance of falling into a depression during the next three years, said Roger Farmer, a member of the National Bureau of Economic Research's economic fluctuations a... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/JCMach1/96 Sun, 21 Dec 2008 01:39:25 This one is going to really make you angry. Within the last month, the "federal government agreed Sunday to take unprecedented steps to stabilize Citigroup Inc. by moving to guarantee close to $300 billion in troubled assets weighing on the bank's books, according to people familiar with details of... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/JCMach1/95 Mon, 15 Dec 2008 00:48:11 The 'real' economy has been a slow steady slide since the election of 'W'. During most of that time, the media reports were about how 'great' the economy was doing. We all know that was a lie.

Now, they are taking great glee in reporting the 'hard times'. Obama is the new FDR... Where will the... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/JCMach1/94 Wed, 26 Nov 2008 01:33:51 We're always waiting for the next person (President) who is going to save us and put things right. Of course those in power have mothballed Dr. Dean... he believed in what really needs to be done: organize... organize... organize from the bottom up.

Obama is not going to save us... Hell, he most... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/JCMach1/93 Mon, 24 Nov 2008 10:27:37 Sorry, but if something is TOO BIG to fail it deserves to be broken-up. It's time to end the monopoly that some of these banks have.

Abu Dhabi has been bailing CITI out for over a year now... that's why their equity amount is so large.... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/JCMach1/92 Mon, 24 Nov 2008 06:55:41 Here are my ideas about saving our auto industry:


1. Pass a 5 year moratorium on sales tax for Automobiles MANUFACTURED in the United States.

2. Raise the Federal Gasoline Tax by 6cents per gallon. These would be setup into 3 funds. 2cents would go towards a general bailout fund. Companies ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/JCMach1/91 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:40:26 If you mention the economy to anyone say the Bush Recession. If it slips further... the Bush Depression.

We need to get the ownership thing down right now... before January 20.

If we have any of the Dem leaders on the talking head shows... they need to repeat this ad infinitum.... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/JCMach1/90 Tue, 18 Nov 2008 03:32:37 I am finding that just a bit ironic... NO?

Obama won a mandate from the people and yet some people are already second-guessing and criticizing. You know what? Obama has already proven himself the best American politician of his generation and he has EARNED my support.

I did not come to Obama... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/JCMach1/89 Mon, 17 Nov 2008 13:25:58
I love the weasel wording in the original... why doesn't the article explain the 'fishy'?

I know where some of those library funds came from... the Al Maktoum family and the Al Nahayan family in the UAE.


And, just why did they donate quite a lot to the library?


THEY LIKE AND RESPECT T... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/JCMach1/88 Mon, 17 Nov 2008 13:10:22 Think about it. We are obviously not being given the full story about the Syrian operation on Sunday.

It was not standard operating procedure. In recent years, the main resource used against known terrorist targets inside neighboring countries was Predator Drones.

Why would you risk Special ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/JCMach1/87 Mon, 27 Oct 2008 08:38:05 I am currently reading "The Fall of the House of Bush" by Craig Unger. While reading I had one of those awful light bulb moments concerning the present race for the WH.

The section of the book is the one related to the assassination of Rabin in Israel. Leading up to that assassination, Likud (N... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/JCMach1/86 Fri, 24 Oct 2008 08:36:57 We are witnessing the end-game of Reaganism and Chicago School economics... everything is coming home to roost at the same time.

Maybe it's time to explain to people we must move from a model that gets government 'off your back' to a model where government 'has your back'.

Reagan is dead- grab... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/JCMach1/85 Tue, 23 Sep 2008 05:23:52 a modest question I think given the price tag...

These are the 21st century equivalent of the railroads and Standard Oil in the Gilded Age. One easy way to eliminate risk... beef up anti-trust laws.

Instead what is happening? Just how big is BOA and CITI now? And what about Barclays? We ev... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/JCMach1/84 Tue, 16 Sep 2008 23:26:47 I mean that seriously!

Though I always hated them, there always seemed to be a few people in the opposition who had class, or style, or (at least gravitas).

Thinking about convention past, it is a very seed change in what there once was. It reminded me of seeing video of the Conservative Part... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/JCMach1/83 Thu, 04 Sep 2008 04:01:41 An old bumbling and stumbling older guy going against the maverick outsider after one of the worst Presidents in history (Nixon). Carter was up huge in the Spring and Summer (much more than Obama is now).

By Fall, Ford came within a whisker of pulling the upset. Scintillating campaigner could in... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/JCMach1/82 Thu, 05 Jun 2008 04:57:07 Grandpa's ass... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/JCMach1/81 Thu, 05 Jun 2008 02:58:54 And, what if we throw in all the SD's (i.e. locked-in SD's) for that state on the first ballot?


Obama 1586
Clinton 1928

We still would not have a winner! Most likely in that scenario, it would come down to Puerto Rico, WV, or KY for good or ill.

We would still be where we are!... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/JCMach1/80 Thu, 24 Apr 2008 08:56:53 Also, close and divisive primaries hurt. I specifically recall the 2002 race for Florida Gov. between Reno and McBride. The primary was extremely close with McBride winning by just a few thousand votes. He followed that up by nominating an old white guy for Lt. Gov. Couple that with a Bush in Tall... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/JCMach1/79 Thu, 24 Apr 2008 06:29:13 Obama's bid for the WH had been almost exclusively based on his media presence and the play and spin his story has received in the press over the last 18 months or so. Over much of that time, there haven't been a lot of hard questions asked of the Senator from Illinois.

Instead, the story and de... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/JCMach1/78 Thu, 17 Apr 2008 06:00:37 I visited his website so you don't have to.

Let's take a look at what he says about the issues--


If you are thinking McCain, think again.





Economic Stimulus Plan:

-Cut The Corporate Tax Rate From 35 To 25 Percent.

-Allow First-Year Deduction, Or “Expensing”, Of Equipment And... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/JCMach1/77 Sun, 06 Apr 2008 06:53:58 Who were facing the bad terms on their loans... :wtf:

Not only that, it was profoundly undemocratic... No elected official voted for this. It was carried out in the dark of night by the Unelected Federal Reserve.


They should not be allowed to spend tax-payer money in this fashion without a... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/JCMach1/76 Sat, 29 Mar 2008 02:23:17