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Some of the oldest advice we might find, when we are looking for someone with a motive for doing something wrong or illegal, is to "follow the money". Who has the most to gain and who has the most to lose?

As far as we know, Edward Snowden has not received any great compensation for blowing the... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/kentuck/481 Sat, 15 Jun 2013 15:24:35 As Republicans stroll along the streets singing about the evils of "big government", it has never been more obvious that we need our "government" to fix the massive problem with unemployment in this country. We do not need that many unemployed. Why should we care?

People need jobs because jobs ca... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/kentuck/480 Sun, 02 Jun 2013 13:11:52 If we were to maintain a workforce of 100 million workers who paid $20 per week in FICA taxes (contributions) out of each paycheck, that would mean $2 billion dollars per week would go into the Social Security Trust Fund. (I am only using this as an example because the numbers are quite a bit higher... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/kentuck/479 Fri, 11 Jan 2013 15:26:13 Wasn't that a royal screwing of the American people?

If we traced our present economic problems back to its roots, we will probably find that they began with the free trade treaties. We were led to believe that getting everything produced overseas would somehow help the workers of this country? W... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/kentuck/478 Fri, 23 Nov 2012 13:56:53 Democrats blame George W Bush and his policies for most of our economic problems that we are enduring today. And he deserves much of the blame.

However, when we dig deeper, we can see the true culprits. Yes, the policies of Ronald Reagan were responsible to a large degree, also.

But the true c... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/kentuck/475 Thu, 11 Oct 2012 12:35:47 The President's comment about Mitt Romney in the last debate.

The President is right. It's "salesmanship".

But if you cannot sell your own program and achievements, you do not deserve another term.

If this campaign wants to get back on the right track, they are going to have to spend less t... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/kentuck/474 Tue, 09 Oct 2012 11:02:55 Republicans were giddy as their guy was widely accepted as the winner of the second debate against the evil and widely-despised Barack Obama. Lost in the celebration was the new agenda of the Republican nominee:

He called for nationalizing the five largest banks.
He wanted health coverage for al... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/kentuck/473 Sat, 06 Oct 2012 11:32:14 But it is time the Republican voters in this country faced the truth.

They say they want a balanced budget and fiscal responsibility. They say they want the Parties to work together. They are dishonest.

Because if they were honest, they would get rid of those Tea Partiers that have vowed to ne... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/kentuck/472 Sat, 06 Oct 2012 09:04:32
I do believe that this world is connected by threads that are beyond our comprehension or understanding. It can be very disturbing and depressing when someone we know takes their own life. This afternoon I went to view the body of a lovely neighbor. She was a teacher of young children. I do not kn... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/kentuck/471 Thu, 16 Aug 2012 23:45:03 Remember when Christine Romer, an Obama economic adviser, said that if we did not pass the stimulus program, the unemployment rate would go to 8%? Soon after the stimulus was passed, however weak, unemployment shot past 8% like a rocket. Soon after that, Ms Romer left the Administration and Republic... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/kentuck/470 Sat, 11 Aug 2012 12:58:39
The right wing is comparing the jobs recovery of Ronald Reagan to the jobs recovery of Barack Obama as a way to show that Reagan's policies were much better. And they say that Reagan's recession was worse than Obama's because unemployment went up to 10.4%. However, they say, at the same time in th... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/kentuck/469 Sat, 04 Aug 2012 08:52:03 Nor should he.

Romney and the Republicans accuse the President and the Democrats of talking about Romney's tax returns because they want to divert people's attention away from the bad economy.

In my opinion, the President should say, "Let's talk about the economy." Do the Rove tactic in revers... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/kentuck/468 Sun, 22 Jul 2012 17:28:29 Going back at least to LBJ, Republicans have inherited better economies than they have left for their predecessors. Nixon had a "secret strategy" to stop the war in Vietnam in 1968 when he was running for President. However, when he was forced from office in 1974, the war was still going on and the ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/kentuck/467 Sat, 16 Jun 2012 22:13:59
It's obvious that the Republican right-wing is at war with this Administration and everything Democratic, including the very word. (Democrat)

With what happened in Wisconsin and what is happening in Florida and elsewhere, their forces are advancing as if it were an actual war. They mean to dest... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/kentuck/466 Tue, 12 Jun 2012 06:59:29

It is the "debt" trap.

Republicans are using it to justify cuts at all levels of government. Scott Walker used it to justify cuts in pensions for teachers and public workers. "We can't afford it" rings loudly with the voting public. The issue of "debt" is a shackle and chain on the Democratic... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/kentuck/465 Wed, 06 Jun 2012 11:06:12

Unfortunately for them, the truth has a liberal bias.

Most news organizations are owned by some large corporation. Therefore, the reporters for these large news organizations are prohibited from telling the truth if it affects the corporation that owns them. For example, tax breaks that are f... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/kentuck/464 Mon, 30 Apr 2012 19:21:55 It seems to me that the two-Party system has evolved to the point where it is nothing more than a way to divide people into camps, without regard to what is best for our country. It doesn't matter if one Party is right and one Party is wrong, the gridlock makes it impossible to accomplish anything f... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/kentuck/463 Tue, 24 Apr 2012 16:01:13

...then you can rationalize almost anything.

Just as John Boehner, in an interview with Leslie Stahl, refused to use the word "compromise". He preferred to say "common ground". After all, if government is evil, then compromise is evil. It is immoral to compromise with evil.

Just as when th... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/kentuck/462 Sun, 22 Apr 2012 18:03:37

Ignorant does not mean they are stupid. It means they do not have the facts with which to make informed decisions.

For whatever reasons, they do not have the time to educate themselves to what is going on in the world. They become suckers that are easily manipulated by partisan division. They... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/kentuck/461 Sun, 22 Apr 2012 10:27:42 We hear the over-weight Governor of New Jersey rant about the American people becoming an "entitlement" society. If that is true, then we must ask why and who is responsible?

When work no longer becomes viable as a means to make a living, people tend to look elsewhere. They look for "entitlements... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/kentuck/460 Mon, 16 Apr 2012 07:50:46
It has become all too apparent that ideas mean very little in today's political world. We have "evolved" to a very unpleasant point.

America has invested its loyalties in a Party name, over principles and ideas. So long as their Party says that they did not run over that skunk in the road, sup... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/kentuck/459 Thu, 12 Apr 2012 16:03:44 So saith Rick Santorum on MTP this morning.

It's too bad that he fails to understand the history behind JFK's remarks in 1960. The American people understood the possibility of some religions working their rituals and religion into the politics of this country. JFK gave his speech to re-assure th... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/kentuck/458 Sun, 26 Feb 2012 18:20:58 We don't have to go back very far. Only to about the 1980's.

It was at that time that they decided government was evil. Never before had they been so bold at stating their long held belief about government.

They took simple economic theories printed on napkins and made them a national policy. ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/kentuck/456 Fri, 13 Jan 2012 15:50:32 He said the famous quote, "Mr Gorbachev, tear down this wall!" It was so inspiring and full of oratory. It was almost as great as Bush Jr's bullhorn moment, "They will hear all of us now!" Abraham Lincoln could not hold a light to these great orators.

And the wall did come down. But not until Geo... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/kentuck/455 Sat, 31 Dec 2011 10:12:23 It was like a scene out of Men in Black. Perry was on a roll. He started to name the 3 programs that he was going to cut and after he had named two of them, he looked over at Ron Paul, just to his left. As soon he looked at Paul, his mind went blank. I didn't notice whether or not Paul was holding u... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/kentuck/454 Thu, 10 Nov 2011 17:19:26