Hal81 Loc: Bucks County, Pa.

He has already gotten us in to another one. dont you read the news

KW Conch Loc: USA

Hal, you continue to make obscure statements. What mess has he gotten us into that I am unaware of ?
I don't mean to call you out on your spelling, but sometimes it is difficult to understand what you are trying to say because so many words are misspelled.
Try using Spellcheck if you can't spell a word. It is easy.

KW Conch Loc: USA

Please be specific.

rcmrdh

I agree totally with Pepper, the gov't misused our tax money...again! Changes need to be made to SS but it is going to have to be done incrementally. You can't pull the program out from under seniors who depend on it. The gov' t needs to stop growing & wasting funds. Period

Richard94611 Loc: Oakland, CA

Hal, I would leave it to anyone else reading your post and the tone you used about Hispanics and what you said to judge whether or not I am right about you not liking Hispanics. Are you trying to tell us that 1) until you saw Hispanics there were no other ethnic groups other than what you call "Americans" at the SS office ? And 2) Are you trying to tell us that Hispanics are not Americans ? And 3) Other ethnic groups (are they Americans or not [?]) are not Americans ?

You are wrong about the amount of the budget that goes into foreign aid. It is around 1 percent or very close to it, and I don't care what you read. You are simply wrong.

You seem to be unaware of the Constitution and the law about how many terms a president can now serve. A president can now serve a maximum of two terms. Your fears about Obama serving more than this current term are unwarranted. (Actually, he has been rather a good president, despite what you think, and has accomplished quite a bit against total Republican opposition.)

Since he cannot run for another term, he doesn't have to curry favor with anyone to get more votes.

Your idea that it will be China running this country is simply silly. Think about it a bit. Our economies are so entangled that if China made drastic moves against this country they would be shooting themselves in the foot. They own too much of us to want to foul our economy. Your fears on that score are unjustified.

As for Hispanics running the country, Hal, you can argue all you want, but you cannot change demographics. Hispanics will soon be the new majority. Get used to it and salsa. (Actually salsa now outsells catsup, a fact that ought to suggest to you something about population trends.)

BigBear Loc: Northern CT

You won't believe it anyway.
You don't know the truth when it's spoon fed to you.

Richard94611 Loc: Oakland, CA

Your post is unsatisfactory because it has no factual substance.

Richard94611 Loc: Oakland, CA

What I would like to know from Hal is how Obama is dragging this country down. Obama is trying to repair the damage W. Bush did. The country was sinking into a mess before Obama took office, and Bush's damage was so severe it has taken incredible work to try to pull it out of the financial mess, yet the Republicans, in their zeal to prevent Obama from succeeding, reject any positive bill that would out -- example: The jobs bill through which much public infrastructure was to be repaired or rebuilt. This would have helped regain jobs, but no, no, no the Republicans wouldn't have it because it originated with the Obama Administration.

(Not that I expect any of this to make a dent on the thinking of the Republicans in this forum. One cannot argue with a closed or absent mind.)

RustyEire

I know better, Blurryeyed, than to get overly excited. But even your paragraph quoted above gives me a fuzzy feeling of hope, that human beings who strongly disagree about things can still participate in a rational and civil dialogue---even if it leads nowhere . . . or takes a small forever to get there. I was going to reply to some of the substantive remarks you just made, but on second thought I think I will let them go. I'd rather (sincerely) bask in the glow of this mini-detente of ours. I find it strangely encouraging . . . in what has become a most discouraging, disheartening, and depressing atmosphere of bitter vitriole in our national politics. When I get home from the office this evening, I will tip a glass of Jameson in your direction, Blurry, and toast civility, congeniality, and the sometimes-hard-to-locate American spirit of cooperation. Slainte!

Blurryeyed Loc: NC Mountains.

I, much like Bill O'Reilly claims to be, am a very simple man still very much determined by the adventures of my youth.... Simply fill a tumbler with ice and then fill it with Rum, that would be my drink of choice.....

I don't blame Bush or Obama for what has happened to our economy, as you dig into the issues there is plenty of blame to go around and it really falls more to the political process and to both parties than it does to either of these two presidents... I will make no bones about not caring so much about the way this president comports himself and strongly disagree with him on some major issues as the country moves forward, but nor do I care for the oligarchy that has emerged as the ruling class in this country, clearly long before we even knew of the Junior Senator from Illinois...

Cheers!

Hal81 Loc: Bucks County, Pa.

You are still taking everything I said the worng way. Your reading into every thing to your own agenda. Obummer is not a good pres. Lets face it promesing to fix the mess Bush left us with he only made it more worse than ever. He is the man at the top. The buck stops right their. And stop trying to blame me for your hate for hispanics. We love them in our neck of the woods. It you no the left coast that have the proublem. Wrap yourself in your obommer care and take your meds.

KW Conch Loc: USA

Hal, in a battle of wits, you are an unarmed man.

Brucej67 Loc: Cary, NC

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Hal81 Loc: Bucks County, Pa.

Well you a half wit so we shouldn't even bother with you due to the fact that you dont even understand what is going on around you. You think obummer is the end all when he is just bring this country down. Bush did a rotton job but this troll is much worse. But your so blind you cant see it. God help us all. The trouble is there are too many like you that have the wool pulled over their eyes and are being lead down that long dark road. You dont know what unarmed is it seems you are the one that fits that catagatory. Just hang on to your false hopes as you sink slowly under his muck and mire. Good by I have no more time to spend with the likes of you. When ever I see your post Ill just hit delete. I have much better things to do than try to help someone like you understang what is going on all around you and you cant see it. cheers.

Brucej67 Loc: Cary, NC

Hey, we come here for photography anyway and these side issues are just that, side issues. One thing I remember my parents telling me "never start a conversation on Politics, Religion or Taxes if you want everyone to agree with you.". I respect each and everyone of you no matter if we agree or don't agree, we are all entitled to our opinions, for my part I hate American politics for no matter which party is in power it is the citizens who ultimately suffer. If politicians had to live like the average citizen I am sure we would all be better off.