GOP Controls both the House and the Senate!!!

[GmanJoe]

Originally posted by ROL Jamas
Good god you\'re an idiot. That has to be the dumbest thing I have ever heard.

Alright, enough of the insults. There were presidents before Reagan, and they were republicans. Horray for Inflation.

Giving Bush Sr. Credit is just dumb. Tell me, WHAT did Bush do to **** up the economy, then make it great? That\'s insulting to say that Bush was the entire reason as to why the economy was so great. And it\'s just as insulting to say that Clinton was also the man that made it bad. Absolutely insulting.

See Yuz.

That\'s the problem with you - you\'re actually ignorant about economics and how long it takes for an administration to take affect on the economy. It\'s not an overnight affect - duh. From reading your post, I can tell that you\'re either quite young or just not very smart. I\'d wager that you\'re not very smart.

Anyway, Nebraska needs to upgrade their education. Their product of ignorance has reared its ugly head in the name of ROL James. They should have taught you this in high school. Shame. Ask your parents for some information next time. Mmmm-kay?

1. I apologized.

2. I\'m a Junior in High School

3. Nebraska is rated in the Top 5 in Student Education statewise in the United States.

4. I\'m taking an Economics course right now.

You never did tell me what Senior did in order to stimulate the economy. Is there a reason as to why he refused to bring up the economy during his re-election campaign, and basically avoided it altogether? Hell, one of Clinton\'s slogans during the \'92 race was "It\'s the Economy, Stupid". Come on.

Time for School. I wonder why every time I post, I end up hearing about how you boys like to diss Nebraska? Ironic.

See Yuz.

[GmanJoe]

1. No you didn\'t but I could care less.

2. *ding ding* I knew it. But who cares.

3. Top 5 in the US? Okay. But you don\'t give that image at all.

As for stimulating the economy, I admit I can\'t exactly recall the things he did. I was in college then getting drunk. I know his hands were tied by the Democrat majority Congress that caused a lot of grid lock with Bush Sr. I do know that the economic up swing came within a year of Clinton\'s term. That, James, was not from Clinton\'s doing.

Hmm, for all of you who are so, so upset that the Dems lost.

Na-Na-Na-Na, Hey-Hey-Hey, Goodbye!
Na-Na-Na-Na, Hey-Hey-Hey, Goodbye!
Na-Na-Na-Na, Hey-Hey-Hey, Goodbye!

Yes I am being childish, but hey, it\'s Friday and the Republicans beat the Dems.

Ace

You mom.

(haha, don\'t have such a smart comment for that one, do ya?)

Anyway, a president and his administration can do a ton to effect the economy during the short term.  They can change tax rates, which can have immediate effects.  They can change interest rates, which can do the same.  There are endless amounts of things you can do to get the economy flowing, and keep it like that.  That being said, recessions are unavoidable.  They have always happened, and always will.  The thing that should define the presidents is how they react to them, and how they try to minimize their effects.  I think that both Bush (W) and Reagan have not done well during these situations, and only made things worse if anything.

I agree to a point about presidents.

The difference is that I believe presidents have little effect if they can not get their programs passed. A president can not willy nilly (I said willy nilly) lower tax rates or interest rates (The Fed lowers or raises the rates). I agree the economy is cyclical and how a president reacts to the cycle is very important.

The Reagan years were some of the most prosperous we have ever seen in this country.

Ace

That\'s why I said the president and his administration, not just the president.  True, you would get a better sense of how strong a president is, in a sense, if his party is in control and he gets everything passed.  Now is Bush\'s chance, let\'s see how good a president he actually can be.

Ughh...Reganomics.....

Poor idea for the economy, but great weapon against the Soviets.

Today, my Economics teacher came up and defended Reagonomics full-heartedly during class today, preaching Reagan\'s acts as if they were the smartest thing in the god damn world.

He also dissed me for only asking for 10 bucks during one of his fake example lecture things. Told me to get a date.

Yeah, my Economics teacher is an ass.

As for GMan, well, if you\'re going to say it, why can\'t you back it up? If you\'re goona use the age factor as one of the tried and true rules of intelegence, hell, I was 6 when Bush Senior got outsted, so educate me.

I don\'t show it, huh? Nice one. I will have to write that absolutely awesome insult down in my "Notepad o\' horrid and repetative insults". Yes, it\'s a long name, but it gets the point across.

See Yuz.

First off, I am impressed that you have a teacher that understands the Reagan years. Almost every teacher I have ever had has been a left wing, pablum puking, earthy crunchy, sandal wearing, left wing, bleeding heart.

Don\'t diss Reagan because of the trash the left wing media and it\'s sycophantic following have been feeding you.

Ace

The media is NOT left wing at all.  I don\'t know how you people try to classify it as such.  It is incredibly right wing, to the point of making me sick.

I believe the media DOES have a liberal bias. However, I will say that the media isn\'t EXTREMELY left wing (and obviously, Fox News isn\'t a part of this since it is pretty obvious that they are a conservative news channel, and IMO the best). And yes, on a FEW issues, they paint a "conservative" spin on it (after all, bias or not, the news is run by corperations so to an extent, don\'t want to screw themselves with really crazy liberal talk). So yes, the media isn\'t a mouth piece of the extreme leftist (note, I said the extreme leftist).

However, if you take a part some of the stories, and the choice of certain stories, you will find an obvious bias to it. Example, remember the sniper case? All the "experts" the media brought up claimed he was an angry racist white guy going around killing people. People like Donohue, Dan Rather, Katie Curic, and other "unbiased" news reporters were convinced about it that they didn\'t even exercise the possibility that it was someone else. So, what happen when it was discovered that it was a black muslim AND a partner who was an illegal alien? Who, not to mention was caught by a Christian Truck Driver? Did they get back all the experts and say "whoops, we were wrong"? Did they even make light of the truck driver the hero who caught them? Nope. The truck driver was rarely mentioned, and the muslim connection to the story was reduced. Bias? :rolleyes:

Its even worse with local news. Espeically in San Francisco and Los Angeles. All it was here was bash conservatives. Especailly Bill Simon. Yes, Bill Simon made a ton of mistakes, which is why he lost the election. But why didn\'t they report all of the corruption of Gray Davis? And even AFTER all the fundraising schemes, corruption scandals, and so forth was released for Gray Davis, MOST of the major papers ENDORSED him. In fact, these same papers pretty much endorsed Democrats right down the line. Don\'t tell me we have a "conservative" bias here.

P.S. It was fun watching all of those media heads a gloom and doom after the Rupubs began to kick the Dems ass.

The media is not left wing at all?  I\'ll grant you that there has been more level minded media types since Fox News has made an appearance on the scene, but to say the media is not left wing at all is just out there.

Here, I\'ll give you some choices so when you watch TV you will feel right at home.

Lets see, Tom Brokaw, CNN, Peter Jennings, Dan Rather.

Or you could read Bernard Goldberg\'s book about how the big three distorts the news.

Ace

P.S. It was fun watching all of those media heads a gloom and doom after the Rupubs began to kick the Dems ass.

Yeah, just wait. When the Dems are out of power they get really kooky. It\'s going to be a lot of fun.

Ace

There is no mainstream media in the entire country that is left wing.  Not one.  Then again, take in to account that when I say this, I consider the Democrats to be right wing, and the Republicans to be extreme right wing.  No major political party in this nation is left wing either, because they are all run by the rich, for the rich.