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• Barney Frank Delivers ‘Feisty’ Interview on CNBC: This Isn‘t ’Worth Getting up Early For’

  May 3, 2011 at 3:14pm

  In reply to let us prey.

  Was his role bigger than the CEO’s of all the investment banks that created the derivatives that put this toxic waste on all the private and public balance sheets, including the US Treasury’s?? I don’t think so. You want justice against the jaywalker while ignoring those committing capital crimes. Why?

• Did Sarah Palin Really Snub Obama in Speech Yesterday?

  May 3, 2011 at 3:08pm

  In reply to myfamily04.

  Considering that many of Palin’s fans do not consider Obama our legitimate President–hence all the birther questions–it is really debatable, that “our President” referred to Obama and not to Bush… C’mon, Palin. How hard is it to put “credit” and “Obama” in a single sentence or in two adjoining ones??

• Barney Frank Delivers ‘Feisty’ Interview on CNBC: This Isn‘t ’Worth Getting up Early For’

  May 3, 2011 at 3:03pm

  Joe Kernan is one of the guys who laughed Peter Schiff off the program when he warned in ‘07 that the US was heading for a financial crisis. No wonder he wants to make fireworks rather than focus on substance. While I think that Bush deserves credit and should be acknowledged, the fact remains that Obama DID credit him and called to thank him. Meanwhile, many Republicans (e.g., Palin) and right wing pundits (e.g., Limbaugh) have witheld any credit to Obama who ordered the strike and whose team gathered a good bit of the intel to make it happen. But the really sad thing is that we no longer can discover, analyze or present news without the right-left polemic. I think the whole exchange highlights how much the press and politicians both fail to talk meaningful substance anymore. How about a serious analysis from REAL experts on what the death of OBL means for al-Qaeda, our wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and our policies towards the middle east and Pakistan? That substantive discussion would be a good start. And the partisan jousting and fake outrage on both sides of the political spectrum should be dropped, so that such a substantive discussion can occur. We no longer have the luxury of this nonsense. China will be a far tougher rival and threat than al-Qaeda ever was.

• More Details Emerge Describing the Incredible, Covert OBL Operation

  May 2, 2011 at 4:08pm

  In reply to momprayn.

  Rush was being sarcastic. Get a clue.

• More Details Emerge Describing the Incredible, Covert OBL Operation

  May 2, 2011 at 4:06pm

  In reply to poverty.sucks.

  48, I’m confused. Bush‘s Iraq War didn’t help us get bin Laden, nor end the War on Terror. And anyone would have put together a bolstered intelligence and black ops capability after 9/11, so what credit, exactly, should Bush take credit for? Liberals argued that the Iraq War was a distraction and a drain of resources that shoudl have gone toward the kind of ops that landed OBL. And conservatives disagreed, choosing instead to not let a crisis (9/11) go to waste when the real goal was getting Saddam Hussein and his oil. No wonder Obama succeeded where Bush failed. He obviously reallocated resources where they belonged, and he didn’t need a full scale invasion to get the job done. Kudos to Obama.

• Glenn Reacts to OBL News: Why Did We Give Him a Dignified Burial at Sea?

  May 2, 2011 at 1:55pm

  In reply to abc.

  Lion, so you believe that we should act like terrorists? That appears to be the logical conclusion of your comment… I hold the US to a higher standard. And I thought that Beck fans, who wear their own religion and piety on their sleeve, would do so as well, if nothing else, just to avoid appearing horribly hypocritical.

• Glenn Reacts to OBL News: Why Did We Give Him a Dignified Burial at Sea?

  May 2, 2011 at 1:32pm

  Because we do not want to offend Muslims. Because even the most horrific monster alive today should be buried according to his religious customs, NOT out of respect toward that monster, but out of respect toward that religion that demands it. Unless Beck knows of a Muslim rule that calls for a non-Muslim burial for such a monster, and he ought to name it if he does, then the US was prudent and respectful and consistent in giving a proper Muslim burial. To do otherwise, would make Obama’s comments about this not being a war on Islam appear hypocritical and suspect.

• More Details Emerge Describing the Incredible, Covert OBL Operation

  May 2, 2011 at 12:58pm

  In reply to momprayn.

  Obama could cure the world of all suffering, and Rush would find fault in it. During a moment of unequivocal good news, that Rush cannot find ANYTHING nice to say about Obama is very revealing. He never can and never will–no matter what the facts are. How he has any credibility is beyond. And if his rabid fans and listeners stay tuned despite his lack of credibility, then they reflect a sickness and should seek the counsel of more professional (and medical) help.

• More Details Emerge Describing the Incredible, Covert OBL Operation

  May 2, 2011 at 12:55pm

  In reply to poverty.sucks.

  Thank you Obama. Now get us out of Afghanistan and Iraq. Getting OBL makes the former a win. And since the latter had NOTHING to do with fighting terrorism, we should have been out of there already…

• Exxon Earns Huge Profits, But Also Pays Huge Taxes

  April 29, 2011 at 6:26pm

  In reply to The_Almighty_Creestof.

  Cork, the cigarette taxes are supposed to be covering the costs to society from first and second hand smoke, and those receipts are supposed to pay for health care, anti-smoking education and other costs associated with the product that are not captured in the price. What conservatives should complain about is not that there is a tax, but that its funds are being used for purposes wholly unrelated to cigarettes. To say that the government is merely trying to profit from the tax might be true in this case, but that doesn‘t mean that the government doesn’t have a proper role. This is a mirror image of the argument that because lawyers can abuse the system, we ought to construct a society without laws. It makes not sense because it overreaches way too far. The same is true of the anti-government types complaining about taxes targeting economic externalities. Go read an introductory Economics textbook to understand this issue better. It would serve you well.