I'd qualify that by saying no one on the Left wants that and precious few on the right that care, and even fewer that have the balls to force it on their own party, much less the Democrats.Quote:
Originally Posted by ElNono
Cowards.
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I'd qualify that by saying no one on the Left wants that and precious few on the right that care, and even fewer that have the balls to force it on their own party, much less the Democrats.Quote:
Originally Posted by ElNono
Cowards.
Democrats wanted to tax the rich, the repugs said hell no to it, he agreed to a plan with no taxes and increase in revenue.Quote:
Originally Posted by Yonivore
Last time we had that was a Dem President and a GOP Congress. Obviously, the economy was doing (artificially) a lot better than now. With this crop of politicians though, it's not meant to be.Quote:
Originally Posted by Yonivore
doesnt make a difference if its 1 or 2 terms, since he be able to get the pension and personal security provided....fck i wish all these expenses these ex politicians get from the taxpayer should be unfunded....
Not that I'm in any way in favor of it, but I'm beginning to think Perry can and probably will beat Obama.
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Ricky Bobby Perry wouldn't fix shit in DC, because, obvious as hell, he wouldn't ever stand up to the VRWC's tea baggers as they relentlessly demand the destruction of govt (so the UCA can run rampant over Human-Americans and the environment). The military is excluded because many conservatives don't consider the military to be part of govt, and they get paid by the MIC as it vampire-sucks $Ts in wealth out of taxpayers.
How in the world is cutting, capping and balancing the federal budget going to create jobs? Or is it making it against the law to raise taxes what's going to create all these jobs?Quote:
Originally Posted by Yonivore
You may be right judging from the liberals dismissal of Perry as a dumb christian redneck. Remember what happened the last time they misunderestimated a similar opponent.Quote:
Originally Posted by Capt Bringdown
We had a terrible president?Quote:
Originally Posted by SnakeBoy
Talking about Tim Pawlenty, how's he polling these days? Better/worse than GOP boutons?
Patents against prosperityQuote:
Originally Posted by MannyIsGod
http://www.economist.com/blogs/democ...ctual-propertyQuote:
AMERICA is still in denial, but among economists and wonks I think the hard truth is settling in: we're not as rich as we thought we were and our prospects for future high growth rates aren't looking so great. America's last best hope for breaking free from what Tyler Cowen has called "the great stagnation" is the discovery of new "disruptive" technologies that would transform the possibilities of economic production in the way the fossil-fuel-powered engine did. As it stands, growth, such as it is, depends largely on many thousands of small innovations increasing efficiency incrementally along many thousands of margins. Innovation and invention is the key to continuing gains in prosperity
Here is the Market Place money bit that is MUCH longer:
http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2011/...patents-attack
Some of this shit is waaaay creepy/slimy/outrageous
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And, in fact, that's what's happening with Chris Crawford's patent. Intellectual Venures sold it to a company called Oasis research in June of 2010. Less than a month later, Oasis Research used the patent to sue over a dozen different tech companies, including Rackspace, GoDaddy, and AT&T.
We called Oasis several times, but no one ever answered the phone. For a while, the company's voice mail message directed all questions to John Desmarais , a lawyer in New York.
He didn't return our phone calls, but we did track him down at an intellectual property conference in San Francisco.
He cited attorney-client privilege, and wouldn't tell us anything — not even who owns Oasis Research. (He did say he's a big fan of NPR.)
There was hardly any public information about Oasis Research. No way to know who owned it, or how many employees it had.
One of the few details that was available was an address: 104 E. Houston street, suite 190, Marshall, Texas.
So we went to Marshall. The door to Oasis's office was locked, and through the crack under the door we could see there were no lights were on inside.
It's kind of a cliche to knock on the door of the empty office. But we'd flown a long way. So we knocked. No one answered.
The office was in a corridor where all the other doors looked exactly the same —locked, nameplates over the door, no light coming out. It was a corridor of silent, empty offices with names like "Software Rights Archive," and "Bulletproof Technology of Texas."
It turns out a lot of those companies in that corridor, maybe every single one of them, is doing exactly what Oasis Research is doing. They appear to have no employees. They are not coming up with new inventions. The companies are in Marshall, Texas because they are filing lawsuits for patent infringement.
Patent lawsuits are big business in Marshall, which is part of the eastern district of Texas.
Many people say that juries in Marshall are friendly to patent owners trying to get a large verdict. A local lawyer who has argued on both sides of numerous patent cases says it's actually because cases go to trial more quickly in Marshall than in other places.
In any case, thousands of lawsuits are filed there, claiming that there's an inventor whose invention is being used without permission. But there are no inventors in Marshall, just corridors of empty offices.
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We did find one key detail about Oasis Research. It was in a legal document called a Certification of Interested Parties, which lists all the entities with a financial interest in Oasis. Tom Ewing, an intellectual property lawyer who makes a business of tracking IV, brought it to our attention.
The Oasis document lists the usual parties — the plaintiff, the defendants, the attorneys involved. But it also includes one other name: Intellectual Ventures
Definite one term President barring some major good news between now and November 2012.
Seeing as the economy is tanking and only looks to get worse, unless the Republicans put up Bachmann as a candidate, theyre going to win with any of Romney/Huckabee/Old, Bland White Guy in an Expensive Suit.
I don't think so. People aren't fond of Obama right now but it's not like the GOP is winning people over.
Perry has the best shot, imo. I don't think any of the other GOP candidates can win. I think people will still settle for Obama. The most crucial thing for the Dems will be getting voter turnout.
I've learned my lesson regarding long term political predictions. And as of this moment, predicting the 2011 election definitely qualifies as long term.
There is no doubt that Obama has lot most of his luster and that reelection is far from assured. However, there should also be no doubt that as an incumbent, he will remain the favorite and maintain a position of strength even with a very weak economy.
It's way too early to call. We need to see what the economy does over the next 15 months. I'm going to go ahead and assume Perry is the GOP candidate. If we're in a double dip, I can't see Obama beating Perry. If things are clearly on the upswing, I think Obama's safe. And there's a big murky grey area in the middle where you try to balance an economy that's not improving as rapidly as everyone would like it to versus the nation's hesitance to elect another Texas governor as president.
Hey Obama fans, is Hillary looking a lot better now days............just think
you would have gotten two for one......Bill is still hanging around between
sessions with the girls.:lol
What do you think Hillary would have done differently, X?Quote:
Originally Posted by xrayzebra
obama doesn't have a chance in '12 tbh.
I dunno, you tell me. Your the expert. But how's all that hope andQuote:
Originally Posted by ChumpDumper
change treating you? Chump!
Damn sure isn't treating our country very good. Now we have a real
reason to hope for change. The next election.
lol wut?Quote:
Originally Posted by MannyIsGod
I hope so. This country needs to hit rock bottom. Maybe then things will change.
I am rooting for a Bachman/Palin/Perry presidency. :toast
Sad when American Election Strategy basically boils down to "be the party that fucks up the least".