tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12391603.post4259370662305618376..comments2024-03-24T23:41:23.944-07:00Comments on Talk Wisdom: Our Current Financial Situation Was Not Bred Out of Incompetence, But by DesignChristinewjchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18434229284833642438noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12391603.post-2422410363841924602013-04-04T12:58:52.023-07:002013-04-04T12:58:52.023-07:00To say “this all costs taxpayer money” is not exac...To say “this all costs taxpayer money” is not exactly the same as “these vacations cost billions of dollars”. <i>Everything</i> done by the government costs taxpayer money; do you think the traffic light on your street corner grew there? If you can't provide hard numbers (remember, you ARE talking about money here), then what you have is not facts, it's opinion. And we all know what opinions have been compared to.<br />But you (and CFP) are claiming that this is all <i>deliberate</i>; that it's all a plot to crash our (and maybe the world's) economy. If Obama were of a mind to do that, he would've asked Congress to authorize another half-dozen or so aircraft carriers! They now cost about a billion dollars each, and nobody would even notice, since it's all for the sacred cow of national defense.<br /><br />If someone 'refuses to see the truth', then obviously <i>they don't want to know.</i> As for your qualifier “one already may have been exposed to the truth, but still refuses it”, that may be thrown out. Truth is rarer than chicken teeth on this blog. GMpilothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07189308176043748343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12391603.post-78291259556437941722013-04-04T10:19:58.018-07:002013-04-04T10:19:58.018-07:00More hypocrisy from WH:
Daily Caller.com: First C...More hypocrisy from WH:<br /><br /><a href="http://dailycaller.com/2013/04/03/first-couple-hosts-celeb-filled-concert-amid-sequestration/" rel="nofollow">Daily Caller.com: First Couple hosts celeb-filled concert amid sequestration.</a>Christinewjchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18434229284833642438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12391603.post-91332505961696933032013-04-04T10:15:15.557-07:002013-04-04T10:15:15.557-07:00Consider that the Obamas took separate vacations -...Consider that the Obamas took separate vacations - Barack to Fla. to golf with Tiger Woods, and Michele & daughters to Aspen? (I think) to ski. Also, the two daughters went on two "Spring Break" vacations. This all costs taxpayer money. Closing the White House to students was a really bad PR move, but apparently those in charge at the WH are too stupid to see it.<br /><br />I don't think that answers #2 and #3 are the same. <br /><br />"Refusing to see the truth" means that one already may have been exposed to the truth, but still refuses it or even hates it. (Sounds like someone I know...)<br /><br />"Not wanting to know the truth" is more like a person who doesn't know the truth and wants to continue to be like an ostrich with his/her head in the sand, hiding from the inevitable reality of the truth.Christinewjchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18434229284833642438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12391603.post-4970352159992144342013-04-04T10:03:55.744-07:002013-04-04T10:03:55.744-07:00Traditionally, the only person who ever consistent...Traditionally, the only person who ever consistently responds to your 'surveys' is me, and I'd been away the past several days. Wow. I come back and find you've gone into full Bachmann-crazy overdrive! Before I suit up and wade into this latest sludge, maybe you can answer a question or two:<br /><br />Vacations are not taken in round numbers. <b>How many was it, three or four?</b><br /><br /><b>How do you (or Canada Free Press) know these vacations cost 'billions' of dollars?</b> <br />The GAO would know, and I suspect it's much lower. A few years back, Congresswoman Bachmann claimed that Obama's (diplomatic) visit to India was costing the taxpayer '200 million dollars per day', and even went so far as to include a sizable portion of the Navy to accompany the president's staff. The <a href="http://factcheck.org/2010/11/ask-factcheck-trip-to-mumbai/" rel="nofollow"> truth</a> was considerably less. So you'll understand why I'm skeptical about this.<br /><br /><b>How do you (or Canada Free Press) know Joe Biden spent $1 million on hotel rooms in Paris?</b><br />A quick glance shows this being repeated over and over on all the right-wing sites, but none so far have shown book, chapter and verse, as you like to say. If the evidence is really out there, at least one site should have it...but so far, nothing. This one's been making the rounds since last summer, and it certainly would have been a major smackdown on Biden during the campaign <i>if it were true</i>. So far, nothing.<br /><br />Oh yeah: put me down as 'Other' in your so-called list. #2 ('refuse to see the truth') and #3 (don't want to know the truth') are essentially the same thing. So the categories are just as imprecise as the claims.GMpilothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07189308176043748343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12391603.post-88886699140943900932013-04-03T19:45:05.847-07:002013-04-03T19:45:05.847-07:00Oh yeah...it's also listed in the "Republ...Oh yeah...it's also listed in the "Republican" "Hot" category:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/Republican/" rel="nofollow">Reddit.com: Republican</a>Christinewjchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18434229284833642438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12391603.post-77443022778436028642013-04-03T19:41:47.378-07:002013-04-03T19:41:47.378-07:00Well, the crickets are chirping regarding any comm...Well, the crickets are chirping regarding any comments or answers to my survey challenge. However, this post was picked up by Reddit in the "new" category:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/conservatives/new/" rel="nofollow">Reddit.com: Conservatives/new</a>Christinewjchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18434229284833642438noreply@blogger.com