Again, see post #160.
The big reason we got involved is because the policies of Roosevelt weren't working and the depression raged on. IMHO.
Liberals gone wild.
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Again, see post #160.
The big reason we got involved is because the policies of Roosevelt weren't working and the depression raged on. IMHO.
Not sure if this is valid, but I remember my dad telling me in the early 1960s that he served in the US Navy with a fellow that was on a ship (can't remember if it was British or US flagged but most likely British flagged as the US wasn't at war) that helped to sink the Bismark. The US was obviously helping the British out and thank God we did. Whether we got paid for it?????
Let me note that after the 1936 election, Roosevelt moved his politics to the left and caused the second leg of the depression to hit. Actually, Roosevelt's policies before the election were actually putting people back to work.
I believe most of that work was temporary government work. The recovery could not take place until the private sector was able to recover. All the socialist programs just hindered that as B.O.'s policies have stretched out this recession far longer than the historical norm.
Take a look at the entire world economy. I am in no way defending BO's decisions, I am in no place to be doing that, but to think that any president can magically do something to "fix" our economy while the rest of the world struggles seems a bit naive. I truly think our economy would still be struggling right now even with a republican in the white house making what are perceived as all the "right" decisions, simply because all of our domestic economies are far too intertwined, especially the financial / banking sector. Don't forget the HUGE amounts of money we spent invading a country - that in no way was going to do any good for our economy. I'm not bringing that up for any reason except to justifiably include it as a reason for the situation we're in - whether it was right or wrong to go there is a different discussion; the undeniable fact is that is has cost us A LOT of money. You would be appalled to know how much money it is costing us just move fuel around. You would be appalled to know how much it is costing us to keep all those tents and structures cool. You would be appalled to know how much it is costing us to truck water in to drink. And the list goes on...
Everything BO has done and can do pales in comparison to the economic hit we took going into Iraq and having the banking / financial industry make the greedy and selfish choices that humans are known to make.
Good Points, Aero. The wars will end, but the things B.O. is doing will cripple the economy for a very long time, just like Roosevelt's did.
WWII got us out of the Great Depression. Even a racist like you should know that.
"I know I'll probably take flak for this, but........
Veek, there may be another reason all together, rather than blaming the education system that seems to serve most very well, how about this.
As I have stated many times, the main reason America is great is that we have always attracted the best and brightest from around the world. Smart people with risk taking tendancies. The lazy ones are still in Prague, or Mexico City. This has allowed the US to have for the most part a smart hard working population.
This may get me in trouble..... but there is one exception, one group missed out on the natural selection, folks who were brough here as slaves. Choice was not involved, actually we got the ones who got caught. This could help to explain why one group has a harder time being sucessful." posted by jimcraik!
Finally we get to see the inner workings of the Liberal mind.
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Veek, there may be another reason all together, rather than blaming the education system that seems to serve most very well, how about this.
As I have stated many times, the main reason America is great is that we have always attracted the best and brightest from around the world. Smart people with risk taking tendancies. The lazy ones are still in Prague, or Mexico City. This has allowed the US to have for the most part a smart hard working population.
This may get me in trouble..... but there is one exception, one group missed out on the natural selection, folks who were brough here as slaves. Choice was not involved, actually we got the ones who got caught. This could help to explain why one group has a harder time being sucessful." posted by jimcraik!
Finally we get to see the inner workings of the Liberal mind.
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Well I for one, am getting pissed off with all the name-calling on here. Racist???!!!
Take it somewhere else Bob FFS
Do you Bob, all on your lonesome?
Again, last time I checked, there are young men from many different flags dying on the battlefield to keep the "free" world free.
Your Myopia is cripplingly naive.
I've quoted jimcraik on post #170. Read it and tell me it is not a racist statement. I've never said anything racist in any of my posts and have been called racist many times.
" The lazy ones are still in Prague, or Mexico City. This has allowed the US to have for the most part a smart hard working population.
This may get me in trouble..... but there is one exception, one group missed out on the natural selection, folks who were brough here as slaves. Choice was not involved, actually we got the ones who got caught. This could help to explain why one group has a harder time being sucessful." posted by jimcraik!
Being a Liberal seems to get you a pass around here.
Certainly there are soldiers from all over the free world dying on the battlefield. What I should have said is that the United States has supplied the nuclear shield over the Free World for all these years.
I have nothing but admiration for all of our Military Personnel irregardless of where they are from.
Erm along with Britain, France fence sitting India and those mad dog wild card proxy yanks, the Israelis.
I do try Graham, some of it falls on stony ground though...
Bob, is that statement a retreat, a strategic withdrawal or are you merely attacking in a different direction?
I do try Graham, some of it falls on stony ground though...
Bob, is that statement a retreat, a strategic withdrawal or are you merely attacking in a different direction?
Tough to say, KIF. A clarification might be the best way to put it. If Craik can weasel his way out of his statement on "lazy slaves who got caught" without much of a challenge, I think I should be allowed to ease into my statement, no?
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