Regular Media finally asks a tought question

The question that asked about resdistributing the wealth and citing the Poll was a fair question, as were the “Will be Tested” and the make the country like “Sweden” question.

The Sweden question was a bit unfair, but even then, it’s a reasonble concern: “how far will the democrats go in regulating the market”.

I think Biden’s answers were good, except the sweden question. I would have wanted him to say “Well first of all while Sweden’s system may be to regulated for Americans, they have a very successful economy.”

i’d like to hear this(because this is the way i look at it), but don’t think it would go over well in the US:
“If the worst thing that ever happened to the US was to become just like Sweden, but to retain our freedom and power/leadership in the world, i could live with that.”

They took a shit? what were you watching? the only nasty response was to her quoting marx, which was about as stupid a question as comes. just because people like you have this notion that there is some left wing conspiracy to turn the country into North Korea, it doesn’t mean it’s true or that the rest of us buy into it.

The reason why “Tax and Spend”, and “Tax Cut” isn’t working for the Republicans this time is that most americans realize 1) They’ll never earn enough to get a taxcut from republicans 2) are worried they might be on the street soon and 3) They hope some of that tax money will help them when they end up homeless.

Be careful Chips, if you keep claiming it’s socialism during these troubled times, you might start convincing people to support the idea. Boy wouldn’t that be poetic justice!

In UK, i’m told when you start a job (maybe only with larger employers) you get a contract for 12-18 months and basically you start a job with of a job guarantee that’s better than American Unions. Hey brits, correct me if i’m wrong.

Now the UK is still considered one just a couple of western european countries to really dump the old style socialism, and it’s still way more socialist than american under obama would be after 20 years, let alone the 8 that presidents are limited to.

I really like watching Rachel. She has a ton of personality and it’s always nice to hear from folks that is more inline with my view on this election. LOL

I’m sure that she won’t please everyone in her interview efforts and folks will bash her, but I”m really looking forward to seeing Obama and her chat about the election. :tongue:

---

MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow will interview Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama Thursday, Oct. 30 on MSNBC’s “The Rachel Maddow Show,” 9-10 p.m. ET.

Source

AllChips, Right on Brother

I’m wondering whyt my wuss newspaper out here wont play that obama tape with him and his p l o, ha mass, etc, buddies, you know there in love with the guy, there must be something he said or agreed with on that tape that’s real bad man of you know they would show it.
I’d love to see it but we wont. If he gets in, it wont be long till he imposes some gag order on freedom of speech on us, hell ya cant say anything now without these people calling us all kind of names for not agreeing with them.

Im home sick today and I timed the news on msnbc and cnn. 7 minutes on Palin getting hanged in California and 27 minuets on Obama getting hang in Kentucky. I thought the Dems love him in Kentucky, you remember that state Chips, don’t you, the one where the Dems stopped online gaming.

That LA Times man, it’s there jop to report, they didnt worry about their source when it came to that Scooter Libby trial, they spilled it all, because we had to know but hey, its the Dems that push Freedom of Speech so why am I surpprised.

LOL, If they had McPalin, either one on tape saying Dame it………………..if would be front page news.

The tax hike that began on ppl making 250K, that Now I heard on knbc in LA he said, well we might have to rethink it in liu of the circumstances and make it 150 k, will soon be 50 K. I guess he’s trying to be the knew Robin Hood, he’ll be robin from us to give to his choosen few.

Other than that I hope Tampa Bay wins tonight and all of us win lotsa of $$

Family, education and career

Khalidi was born in New York. He received a B.A. from Yale University, where he was a member of Wolf’s Head Society,[1] in 1970,[2] and a D. Phil. from Oxford University in 1974[3] and spent many years as a professor and director of both the Center for Middle Eastern Studies and the Center for International Studies at the University of Chicago before joining the Columbia faculty. He has also taught at Georgetown University, Lebanese University, and the American University of Beirut.

Khalidi is married to Mona Khalidi, Assistant Dean, Student Affairs; Assistant Director of Graduate Studies, School of International and Public Affairs[4] He is a member of the National Advisory Committee of the U.S. Interreligious Committee for Peace in the Middle East, which describes itself as “a national organization of Jews, Christians and Muslims dedicated to dialogue, education and advocacy for peace based on the deepest teachings of the three religious traditions.”[5]

He is member of the Board of Sponsors of The Palestine-Israel Journal, a publication founded by Ziad AbuZayyad and Victor Cygielman, prominent Palestinian and Israeli journalists.

He is founding trustee of The Center for Palestine Research and Studies.

Princeton University let it be known that it was considering hiring Khalidi in 2005.[6] However, a controversy developed over Khalidi’s political involvements and no job offer was made.[7]

---

Academic work

Khalidi’s research covers primarily the history of the modern Middle East. He focuses on the countries of the southern and eastern Mediterranean, with an eye to the emergence of various national identities and the role played by external powers in their development. He also researches the impact of the press on forming new senses of community, the role of education in the construction of political identity, and in the way narratives have developed over the past centuries in the region.[3] Michael C. Hudson, director of the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies at Georgetown, describes Khalidi as “preeminent in his field.”[8] He served as President of the Middle East Studies Association of North America in 1994. Khalidi is currently editor of the Journal of Palestine Studies.

source

This Khalidi bullshit is really laughable. It is Mc Cain after all who got an endorsement from Al Qaida not Obama. I guess they know best why they’re rooting for John the Senator….

The tax hike that began on ppl making 250K, that Now I heard on knbc in LA he said, well we might have to rethink it in liu of the circumstances and make it 150 k, will soon be 50 K. I guess he’s trying to be the knew Robin Hood, he’ll be robin from us to give to his choosen few.

You guys really ought to read up on the history of the US income tax, the rates and that it’s always been progressive. Keep either pretending or wrongfully panicking that what obama is talking about is any different than the last 100 years of US tax policy. The income tax was created to get revenue from the rich!

i repost:

The progressive (termed because your tax rate progresses with your income) tax system has been around in the US since the 16th amendment was passed in 1913. In fact it only targeted the wealthy.

Quote:
By 1913, 36 States had ratified the 16th Amendment to the Constitution. In October, Congress passed a new income tax law with rates beginning at 1 percent and rising to 7 percent for taxpayers with income in excess of $500,000. Less than 1 percent of the population paid income tax at the time. Form 1040 was introduced as the standard tax reporting form and, though changed in many ways over the years, remains in use today.

xxxhttp://www.ustreas.gov/education/fact-sheets/taxes/ustax.shtml

Today republicans are complaining that 40% of people in the US end paying no income taxes because they make too little. So today 60 times as many American by percant/per capita pay income taxes than when first enacted.

Does that sound like socialism to anyone else?