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Wang, At the very least have

vanderleun — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 00:04:02 -0400

Wang,
At the very least have the decency to empty your drool cup before spamming the thread and setting affirmative action back six decades.

Thank you.

Speaking of Barack Obama:

Wang — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 21:24:26 -0400

Speaking of Barack Obama: LONG LIVE PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA!

Obama is a racial-minority individual and does not like racism:

I know it may be hard to believe.

However, it is absolutely true that Ronald Wilson Reagan committed horrible, racist, hate crimes during his presidency.

A lot of people know about Reagan’s infamy.

And a lot of people will know about Reagan’s infamy—even until the end of human existence: they’ll find out.

Numbers 32:23: “Be sure your sins will find you out.”

Respectfully Submitted by Andrew Yu-Jen Wang, J.D. Candidate
B.S., With the Highest Level of Academic Honors at Graduation, 1996
Messiah College, Grantham, PA
Lower Merion High School, Ardmore, PA, 1993

(I can type 90 words per minute, and there are thousands of copies on the Internet indicating the content of this post. And there are thousands of copies in very many countries around the world.)
_________________
‘If only there could be a ban against invention that bottled up memory like scent & it never faded & it never got stale.’ It came from my Lower Merion High School yearbook.

From

David Kuan — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 02:49:23 -0400

From http://www.zogby.com/main.htm

Pollster John Zogby: "Is McCain making a move? The three-day average holds steady, but McCain outpolled Obama today, 48% to 47%. He is beginning to cut into Obama's lead among independents, is now leading among blue collar voters, has strengthened his lead among investors and among men, and is walloping Obama among NASCAR voters. Joe the Plumber may get his license after all. "Obama's lead among women declined, and it looks like it is occurring because McCain is solidifying the support of conservative women, which is something we saw last time McCain picked up in the polls. If McCain has a good day tomorrow, we will eliminate Obama's good day three days ago, and we could really see some tightening in this rolling average. But for now, hold on."

Latest poll shows Obama +3

David Kuan — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 16:26:38 -0400

Latest poll shows Obama +3 only

Poll narrows yet again ...

David Kuan — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 09:37:11 -0400

Poll narrows yet again ... http://www.ibdeditorials.com/Polls.aspx?id=309635713550536

Contrary to all the hype,

David Kuan — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 17:15:58 -0400

Contrary to all the hype, latest AP Presidential Poll on 10/22 shows all even with no statistically significant lead.

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D93VM4PO0&show_article=1
http://www.ibdeditorials.com/Polls.aspx?id=309546869309178

Sarah Palin is related to

Alexis — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 21:40:45 -0400

Sarah Palin is related to who?

http://familyforest.wordpress.com/2008/10/21/sarah-palin-is-related-to-w...

http://www.familyforest.com

Keith, You really did not

Steve — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 15:59:36 -0400

Keith,
You really did not address any of the issues that I brought up, except for Greenspan being appointed under Reagan.

The point was that the sudden drop of interest rates after 9/11, along with lax rules for sub-prime mortgages, greatly increased the number of sub-prime mortgages. Then the quick rate increases helped cause this to crash. If the market had not been so lopsided with too many sub-prime mortgages the effect would not have been any where near this disastrous.

Liberals talk about how deregulation caused the problems but they (and you) can't actually make a direct connection. Just an overgeneralization that it is the fault of deregulation. You need to talk with some substance not just some nebulous idea that deregulation is the problem but not presenting any evidence that ties the crash to deregulation.

You criticize Rush Limbaugh but the reality is he and other conservative talk radio host bring up well documented facts, not just empty rhetoric.
Go to the Mark Levin site and look at the pages and pages of documentation he has.

http://marklevinshow.com/section/notes-of-interest/

@Steven, Your completely

Keith — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 14:01:43 -0400

@Steven,

Your completely partisan view of the last 20+ years is so tiring. It's exactly what is breaking the U.S. apart. To call "research" by watching and listening to Fox news and Rush Limbaugh, you will always be an old, bitter, cynical man.

I find it humorous how you leapfrog from Carter to Clinton to find your sources for the world's ails. Deregulation policies be damned. Alan Greenspan was first appointed Fed chairman by saintly President Ronald Reagan in August 1987. If you want to blame Greenspan, you'll need to go across a lot more presidents than simply the Democratic one you don't like.

The bills signed into law that some want to blame Clinton for are, indeed, a part of the problem. Don't forget that they were written/approved by Phil Gramm (R) of Texas. Wikipedia: "Later in his Senate career, Gramm spearheaded efforts to pass banking deregulation laws, including the landmark Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act in 1999, which removed Depression-era laws separating banking, insurance and brokerage activities. Between 1995 and 2000, Gramm was the chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs." Oh, and Gramm is one of McCain's chief economic advisers.

So, please. Do more than simply repeat GOP talking points and claim you've done your research. Grow up.

Chris 1. The economy started

Steven — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 09:24:00 -0400

Chris
1. The economy started to tank while Clinton was still in office.
The economy of the 90's was not to president Clinton's credit. The boom was inevitable, no matter who was president. Mickey Mouse could have been president and we would have had the boom. It was the Tech Revolution, similar to the industrial revolution. And just as the boom was inevitable, so was the bust.
2. Everyone seems to forget the influence of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on our country. It was devastating in terms of loss of human life but also in terms of the effect on the economy. The solution was to drop interest rates to such a low level so as to kick start the economy.
3. Greenspan (originally from Clinton's era) raised the interest rates far too quickly. He would raise it a quarter point and if there was no immediate improvement that he considered sufficient, he raised them again. This attitude was straight from the 1990's, an instant gratification "Day Trader" mentatlity that did not have the patience to let things work.
4. The finacial collapse is clearly because of the policies of Democrats. Starting with Jimmy Carter there was a push to give loans to people who did not have credit scores that normally would allow them to purchase a home. Therefore the subprime market was created. It was greatly expanded in the 1990s and forced down the throats of banks by Janet "Jackboot" Reno.
5. The drop in interest rates after 9/11 combined with the sub-prime market created by Democrats greatly increased the number of sub-prime mortgages, most of which were A.R.M.s. When Greenspan raised rates quickly, the rates on those mortgages, and therefore the payments, greatly increased also. Thus many people went into foreclosure.
6. Fannie and Freddie's demise was because of mis-managment by DEMOCRATS!!! And Fannie and Freddie's demise was the first domino to fall in the global crisis.

Chris, we need to have an informed electorate. Please do the research and get informed!

And another thing... McCain

Chris — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 18:51:04 -0400

And another thing... McCain will most likely not even live through one term as president, which would in turn leave palin.. i don't think i need to say anything else.

If obama is president we

Chris — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 18:49:14 -0400

If obama is president we need to move to canada?? Get it right bro, if McCain is president and we have 4 more years of republican government we need to move to canada. Look at our economy now and compare it 8-16 years ago... Was the best economy the u.s. had seen in decades. So tell me honestly that you want another republican and his dimwitted sidekick in office.

oh god no obama - or we'll

Danielle klein — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 19:55:07 -0400

oh god no obama - or we'll all have to move to Canada for 4 years. His pastor hates America
and it good obomba too long a time to denounce is pastor. obama can talk - so he's an orator
not a president of the United States of America.

Oh god please do not let oh

Danielle klein — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 19:51:03 -0400

Oh god please do not let oh bamma win the election. pleeeeese.

@Payday, not sure what your

keith — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 11:19:50 -0400

@Payday, not sure what your comment has to do with this prediction, but since you bring up Mrs. Palin, "Alaska Inquiry Concludes Palin Abused Powers" -- Maybe she can share a cell with Mr. Kernell.

Obama to be the next US president?

Eric Hill — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 17:55:27 -0400

Judgment: President Elect Barack Obama has been elected the 44th president of the United States of America in convincing fashion, which the community correctly predicted. -- The Industry Standard

Original prediction:

The daily polls from Gallup reveal that the presidential candidates are currently in a dead-heat. As of this writing, Senators John McCain and Barack Obama are separated by 2 percentage points in the polls, with a margin of sampling error of ±3 percentage points.

Since the Democratic convention, Obama has seen his 8 point boost evaporate in short order as the media focuses on McCain’s surprise VP pick, Governor Sarah Palin.

With less than two months before the election, almost any news cycle could be poised to swing the election one way or the other. The US electorate seems more engaged than ever before, with more TV viewers tuning in to Barack Obama and John McCain’s convention speeches than the Academy Awards, or any “American Idol” finale.

As broadcast TV tries to regain its stature as a first-source medium for political events, the first presidential debate fast approaches on September 26, 2008, with two more to follow, and one debate for the VP candidates.

In the midst of the wars in Iraq and Afganistan, and troubling events in the financial sectors, Senators Obama (1, 2) and McCain (1, 2) have both attempted to explain their policy views on technology. The question remains, whose policies will reign over Silicon Valley in 2009 and beyond?

Prediction: Will Senator Barack Obama become the 44th president of the United States of America? Bets will close on November 3, 2008. Judgment will occur when one of the candidates publicly concedes defeat.

Let the community decide. Place your bets!