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Rusty Shackleford



Joined: 08 May 2008

PostPosted: Mon May 18, 2009 6:30 pm    Post subject: Obama's Budget Reply with quote

Yes, Bush was bad, but get a load of this guy.

People generally have a hard time visualizing large numbers, so here are some handy videos.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWt8hTayupE&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fvolokh.com%2Fposts%2F1242490827.shtml&feature=player_embedded


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5yxFtTwDcc&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fvolokh.com%2Fposts%2F1242490827.shtml&feature=player_embedded

Stolen from here

http://volokh.com/posts/1242490827.shtml
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Kuros



Joined: 27 Apr 2004

PostPosted: Mon May 18, 2009 6:37 pm    Post subject: How some Obamaheads might respond to the OP Reply with quote

/sarcasm Wow. You must really hate Obama. Get a grip. /sarcasm off
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BS.Dos.



Joined: 29 Mar 2007

PostPosted: Mon May 18, 2009 6:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

^^Those links were great!

My kind of maths i.e. for dummies. Obviously, I've know idea if the guy that put them together is speaking absolute tosh or not.
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RufusW



Joined: 14 Jun 2008
Location: Busan

PostPosted: Mon May 18, 2009 7:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I.O.USA is also good on this.

http://www.iousathemovie.com/

When he took off 1/4 of a penny that made me laugh.

You'd have to accept that Bush spending and Obama spending are different, but yea, it's a hell of a lot of debt, and I'm sure China's loving it.
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Rusty Shackleford



Joined: 08 May 2008

PostPosted: Mon May 18, 2009 7:36 pm    Post subject: Re: How some Obamaheads might respond to the OP Reply with quote

Kuros wrote:
/sarcasm Wow. You must really hate Obama. Get a grip. /sarcasm off


Wow, you burned me good! Try to guess if I'm being sarcastic.
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Kuros



Joined: 27 Apr 2004

PostPosted: Mon May 18, 2009 8:14 pm    Post subject: Re: How some Obamaheads might respond to the OP Reply with quote

Rusty Shackleford wrote:
Kuros wrote:
/sarcasm Wow. You must really hate Obama. Get a grip. /sarcasm off


Wow, you burned me good! Try to guess if I'm being sarcastic.


Read the subject line in my post. Its not always about you, gunner.
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Rusty Shackleford



Joined: 08 May 2008

PostPosted: Mon May 18, 2009 8:25 pm    Post subject: Re: How some Obamaheads might respond to the OP Reply with quote

Kuros wrote:
Rusty Shackleford wrote:
Kuros wrote:
/sarcasm Wow. You must really hate Obama. Get a grip. /sarcasm off


Wow, you burned me good! Try to guess if I'm being sarcastic.


Read the subject line in my post. Its not always about you, gunner.


Haha, touche.

Carry on.
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Fox



Joined: 04 Mar 2009

PostPosted: Mon May 18, 2009 10:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Videos like this are good, although it's embarassing that they are necessary. I'm reminded of the poll numbers someone posted a while back wherein the majority of people didn't know how much a trillion really was.
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Rusty Shackleford



Joined: 08 May 2008

PostPosted: Mon May 18, 2009 10:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Fox wrote:
Videos like this are good, although it's embarassing that they are necessary. I'm reminded of the poll numbers someone posted a while back wherein the majority of people didn't know how much a trillion really was.


Interesting blog post on this issue. Havn't read all the links but this guy claims it is rational behavior to be politically ignorant.

http://volokh.com/posts/1242367431.shtml

Quote:
Unfortunately, public ignorance about policy goes far beyond cap and trade. It extends to many other issues. As I have argued in various articles (e.g. here and here), political ignorance is actually rational behavior for most voters. But it is a serious problem for modern democracy, one that will only get worse as government continues to expand in size and complexity.
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Robot_Teacher



Joined: 18 Feb 2009
Location: Robotting Around the World

PostPosted: Mon May 18, 2009 11:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Good one. Go Obama Go! I'll add that Obama's budget continues what Bush started, but is now on steriods. Obama is to drive America to bankruptcy and then shutdown when the creditor calls all the debt due as a result of defaulting from not being able to service the debt load. All this debt requires payments to the creditor every quarter. That's too bad we have to go down this road that didn't have to be taken. Consider China owning the USA itself one day and you, the American, being at the mercy of the new Chinese leadership and administration. Too bad America doesn't take a stand and demand a better country system that works in a sustainable manner that protects our interests in the worlds best piece of scenic real estate rich in ginormous amounts of untapped natural resources everyone wants to get their greedy hands on. Why not yet tapped? We're operating on liberal environmental protectionist principals only saving it for someone else to benefit in the future. Oil in the West? Yikes! The China-ization of the world will happen.
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BS.Dos.



Joined: 29 Mar 2007

PostPosted: Tue May 19, 2009 4:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Quote:
http://www.iousathemovie.com

Watched this last night. It's very good.
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Kuros



Joined: 27 Apr 2004

PostPosted: Tue May 19, 2009 9:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

BS.Dos. wrote:
Quote:
http://www.iousathemovie.com

Watched this last night. It's very good.


Yeah it just opened up on my Netflix Queue and I caught it. And none too soon as I leave the US next week. Great movie.

Cheers.
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