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Heath Fretters, NY — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 14:25:45 GMT

Obama thought he just had to waltz in and start running the show. Now he's finding out who really is in charge. Spoending hundreds of billions, and even trillions of dollars is not the way to fix the economy Barack. Somehow you got the idea that the US Treasury was your personal piggy bank. At least there are are people in Congress that get it and know that we cannot spend our country out of a recession, especially with money we do not have. So Barack, enjoy your swearing in and all your parties, but let the running of the country to others.

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Marshall P., Atlanta — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 14:28:33 GMT

Guantanamo isn't going anywhere. Obama will issue some phony declarations and talk tough about closing it to appease his liberal base. His base is dumb enough to swallow anything he says anyway. But those terrorists are never leaving Guantanamo.

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Anomaly ;) — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 14:28:50 GMT

I'm underimpressed by the phony republican outrage. Did McConnell and Boehner demand accountability on the FIRST $350 million? Have they ever demanded accountability from the private contractors in Iraq?

No? No surprise. Sit down, gentlemen. We'll call you when we need your expert advice. But don't hold your breath.

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Katherine Kemp — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 14:47:49 GMT

The suggestion to establish a "bad bank" seems to be the answer to fixing the financial system. In exchange for equity, the federal reserve would establish this bank to buy the toxic assets - we would then know how much is around - and slowly sell them with time. The equity given to the banks should be loaned out 1:20 to solid borrowers. It would be a new start. Once things are going again, the equity held could be sold so that the banks become publicly owned again. The toxic assets will be slowly dissolved and the bank bank closed.

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schriendog, colorado springs — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 14:59:14 GMT

"I'm underimpressed by the phony republican outrage. Did McConnell and Boehner demand accountability on the FIRST $350 million? "

Especially when you consider where that first $350 billion has gone -- for acquisition of smaller, cash-strapped banks by larger ones. It's hawk and field mouse time, kids, just like with the Reagan tax cuts of the early 80s. It went something like this: if we cut corporate taxes, they will use the savings to create modernize plants, create jobs, and hire workers. Except THAT THEY DIDN'T -- they bought up other enterprises and actually shrank the competition. That Paulson and his fat cat cronies set this system up with no oversight -- and then threatened Congress by saying that if TARP didn't pass, the blame would fall on them -- is one more symptom of a very corrupt system.

Bonehead Boehner and Lipless McConnell had their days in the sun and brought down the system. Show up, shut up, and wear beige, gentlemen.

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jerry/corpus christi texas — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:07:10 GMT

All you goofy Libeals were so hot about Obama taking over and putting the pedal to the metal...

He's now finding out he is only the General manager..
Congress is the owner of the team....

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C A, Tuscaloosa, AL — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:07:32 GMT

Heath Fretters, NY:

Hey Heath. Got any ideas how to get the U.S. out of this economic crises and to keep it from getting worse? You seem to be able to criticize easily. How about some answers. Or is it all you can do is criticize? You might remember than many if not most top economists (those who know more about economics then you and I) also agree that right now the economy needs a wise spending boost.

Marshall P., Atlanta:

Don't take any bets Marshall. Gitmo will be closed, boarded up and long gone within 6 to 8 months after Obama takes office. You can count on it.

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JOHN CHICAGO — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:08:41 GMT

I SEE THE REPUKE KOOLAID IS FLOWING FREELY THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS. WHEN SHRUB TOOK OFFICE, THE U.S. WAS $3 TRILLION IN DEBT, AND WAS JUST COMING UP WITH A $256 BILLION SURPLUS, WHEN CLINTON LEFT OFFICE. SHRUB'S LEAVING US WITH A COLLAPSED ECONOMY, $10 TRILLION PLUS IN DEBT, BECAUSE HE GAVE THE COUNTRY AWAY TO THE RICH, AND NOW THE KOOLAID DRINKING REPUKES DECIDE TO BE FISCALLY CONSERVATIVE? WHERE WERE THEY FOR THE FIRST 6 YEARS WITH OVER SIGHT? AS FOR THE ARGUEMENT THAT THE DEMS. WERE IN CONTROL FOR THE LAST 2 YEARS, EVERYTHING THEY SENT THROUGH THE CONGRESS WAS FILIBUSTERED BY THE SENATE REPUKES OR VETOED BY SHRUB. I SAY NUKE THE FILIBUSTER, AND LET'S GET DOWN TO DEMOCRATIC MAJORITY RULE.

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Ralphie — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:12:43 GMT

Heath and his ilk seem to have forgotten it was a republican president and his boob appointees that oversaw the financial diaster and the bailouts to date...Barry will have his own problems but spending tax dollars heathy boy don't pay won't be one of them

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Paul — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:24:58 GMT

Obama knows that if a single individual currently incarcerated at Gitmo were to be let free and that terrorist were to resurface in an attack in the US Obama would be a cooked goose. His foolish leftist supporters actually believe their own rhetoric about giving rights to the bad guys in Gitmo but Obama knows that is pure BS! Obama will play the lefties for all he can but will never risk having the US suffer an attack by one of these terrorists that would result in Obama being characterized as either a fool or a traitor. The more that is disclosed to Obama by our intelligence agencies the more he will begin to resemble George Bush. The press will provide cover for him and the very same policies that Bush championed and the press evicerated.... under Obama these policies will magically develop credibility!

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Heath Fretters, NY — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:37:00 GMT

Paul - Obama knows that if a single individual currently incarcerated at Gitmo were to be let free and that terrorist were to resurface in an attack in the US Obama would be a cooked goose.

Exactly. Impeachment hearings would start the very next day if what you say were to happen. Gitmo, or something else that is a reasonable facsimile, isn't going anywhere. Obama will finesse Gitmo, say it's on his "To Do List", the list he'll never get to that is.

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C A, Tuscaloosa, AL — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:39:26 GMT

Paul:

Not likely Paul. Obama will close Gitmo and will insist that those being held be given proper trials. Oh, they have to be charged first don't they. Then as the law demands they will be tried and found guilty or innocent based on the evidence provided. Those found guilty will be punished (perhaps even executed), and those found innocent will be released to their home country. Sounds like a plan to me. Sounds like the proper American justice to me. On the other hand if you disagree I suppose we could ask Obama to suspend the rights of any and all accused, including yours Paul, and if ever arrested you will be held in jail for months or years on end even without having been charged with a crime.

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katiec Pekin IL — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:40:04 GMT

We have to give P.E. Barack Obama, his cabinet, advisors and staff a chance. We face the worst diasters our country has ever encountered and CANNOT survive without the unification of the politicians, parties and mindset. It can no longer be party,egos first. It must be OUR COUNTRY FIRST.

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eagle1776 — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:49:33 GMT

What we need to do is free up money for lending and borrowing. When someone is unable to borrow money they can't continue to run their small business, buy a house, or get a new car. If Obama decides that is how the money should be spend than I am all for it. To just give it to a bunch of greedy bankers without conditions, oversight (true oversight), or regulations isn't and won't work. Giving it to car makers without the ability of the customers of those car makers to borrow money to buy cars is like throwing money down the toilet too. It MUST be made available for people to borrow.

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marty,S.C. — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:53:52 GMT

I was listening to the radio on the way home from work yesterday, Arepublican from a think tank here is S.C. was on, ( think tank in S.C. HaHaHa). He said that Senator Lindsey Graham would be a good man a represent the people of S.C. with thier best intrest at heart, ( we'll see). He also said that Senator Jim Demint would be a strict obstructioist, screw the people of S.C., let the drama on the hill get underway. Both of these Senators have been a GWB rubber stamp from day one, I hope Graham will do what hes there to do, and I know Demint will just take up time and space and air. Although I am not a christian, I will say with all my heart God Bless America.

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Nj — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:56:37 GMT

The GOP

Grumpy, Gastly, Greedy, Graceless
Old
Party

Thats it, lets waste time. The GOp will never learn

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Va Independent — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 16:13:06 GMT

You people are so out of touch with the problems of this economy. Money is available, people can by cars, houses and pretty much everything else they need. The people that can get the money are the 97% of the population that did not live beyond their budgets, the fiscally responsible. The plans being presented by our new administration is to go back to the way things were, give money to people that cannot afford to pay it back. Yea, that should work. Get ready for huge inflation in a few years, same thing happened back in the late 70's. Wait until you have to pay 12% or more on a new mortgage. That should help housing prices.

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Paul — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 16:17:32 GMT

C.A. in Tuscaloosa,

Fine words and thoughts you proffer. Good thing folks like you were not in evidence during WW 2 as I am sure you could have found bogus reasons to defend Nazi's spy actions etc. As the wise man once said our Constitution is not a suicide pact and Obama knows that well.Also I believe that the self righteous such as you would be the first to violate the Constitution if it fit your ends. I never feared once for my rights in the past 8 years because I have not done anything wrong. I think paranoia is contagious and the left always sees the worst in a Republican and that is what fueled the Gitmo craze. Obama will absolutely not be held to the same standard and folks like you will accept whatever he does with very little outcry. Lets see how long it takes Obama to close Gitmo and then revisit the subject. Obama is getting more frightened every day as he is made aware of the "real world" not the utopia that you and your fellow travelers inhabit. The only problem with Gitmo is it is filled with the scum of the earth. People "outside the pale" that would be all too willing to sever your head if they had the chance. Dream on idealists where ever you are!

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mary dale, clinton, iowa — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:08:44 GMT

Anyone who has taken a basic econ class knows you have to spend money in order to keep the economy going. People, businesses and many banks have stopped spending and it shows as the economy continues to stagnate. The government must spend money to make money. McCain wanted to freeze all government spending, that would have put us into a depression within a year had he been elected. Mitch McConnell will do everything in his power to stop any type of recovery because it is the Democrats in power. I have hope that the moderate Republicans will come down on the side of the American people and vote with the Democrats to keep this money moving in our economy. Snowe, Collins come to mind as fair minded Senators. Being from Iowa I would hope Grassley would go along even though he has always marched in lockstep with the republican agenda - sometimes right off the cliff.

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RM, Orlando, FL — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 19:08:39 GMT

Forget about giving the bailout money directly to the banks. The banks will only lend our (the taxpayer's) money back to us at loanshark rates. The banks can't even tell us where the first $350B has gone.

The Fed should give the money directly to the taxpayer, and kill 2 birds with 1 stone. The taxpayer will pay down loans (credit cards, car, mortgages) allowing the taxpayer to have less debt, and more disposable income. The banks get more money flowing in from it's customers. Everyone wins.

The stimulus from last year showed that approximately 80% of the money went to pay off debt.

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C A, Tuscaloosa, AL — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 19:30:35 GMT

Paul (Sent Tuesday, January 13, 2009 11:17 AM) - The only problem with Gitmo is it is filled with the scum of the earth. People "outside the pale" that would be all too willing to sever your head if they had the chance. Dream on idealists where ever you are!

Well Paul, I am so glad you have complete detail and information on every single person held at Gitmo. It's nice to know that someone in this country has all the specific intel and knowledge to rightfully call each of these individuals scum of the earth. We might as well just execute every one of them and then we can go ahead and close Gitmo for sure. We could go even further and execute every single peson being held in U.S. prisons. I'm sure based on your knowledge that not a single person held in our prisons today is innocent or deserves anything less than an execution.

Here's the crux of the matter Paul. This country that you apparently expouse to love so much and want to defend was built on several deeply held beliefs. And one of those beliefs is that a person is considerded innocent of a crime until proven guilty. Yet here you are, the Chief Justice of How America should treat prisoners, duly appointing yourself judge, jury and executioner of all. Hey Paul, even the Nazi spys and war criminals were charged and had a trial before a sentencing was carried out.

I may be an idealist but you fit the bill of a Despot, a paranoid despot at that. And here is a bit of information for you. I could care less what Obama does. But I do care that our country stand by its ideals and principles and that includes charging a person with a crime, giving that person a trial, and dispensing a sentence based on the evidence provided. It does not include holding people in prsion for years without charging them, providing trial and sentencing them. Don't speak of WWII Paul. Even the lowest type of scum on earth who ordered the mass imprisonment, torture and gasing of the Jews were charged, tried and sentenced.

The problem with you Paul is that you don't have an ideal bone in your body. In fact, your thoughts are similar to those Nazis you speak of. Let's as all those folks in Gitmo, what you say Paul?