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| Phil Gramm is a corporate scumbag (Part 1) |
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Every time you look around lately, John
McCain and friends are spouting off about
important issues like the economy,
globalization and Social Security. And with
each passing day, they give Americans a
clearer sign of just how out of touch they
really are.
Earlier this week, Senator McCain called the
system that finances Social Security retiree
benefits "an absolute disgrace," even though
the pay-as-you-go system remains successful
for millions of Americans since it was
established during FDR's administration.
Now, the McCain campaign's co-chair, former
Sen. Phil Gramm of Texas, says that America's
economy isn't doing all that badly. In fact,
he told The Washington Times: "We've never
been more dominant; we've never had more
natural advantages than we have today."
Phil Gramm makes a living heading up a Swiss
bank, thus he's insulated from reality. He's
as out of touch as John McCain. The facts
don't register with these multi-millionaires,
just as they didn't register with George W.
Bush.
McCain, Gramm and Bush are the kind of guys
who see "strong fundamentals," when most
Americans see six months of job losses,
declining wages, the highest foreclosure
rates since the Great Depression, and
skyrocketing fuel and food prices.
Now, Phil Gramm tells The Washington Times,
we have "sort of become a nation of whiners.
... You hear this constant whining,
complaining about a loss of competitiveness,
America in decline."
How much more evidence do we need that
Senator McCain's top economic advisor -- the
man McCain says he's considering for
Secretary of the Treasury -- hasn't got a
clue about the real problems facing America's
working families?
In Gramm's America, the current economic
downturn we're living through isn't so bad.
"You've heard of mental depression; this is a
mental recession," he told the Times. "We've
never been more dominant; we've never had
more natural advantages than we have today,"
he went on to say.
Gramm's talk of "mental depression" replays
Senator McCain's assertion in January 2008:
Concerns about our downward spiraling economy
are "psychological." Speaking at a Town Hall,
McCain labeled "the fundamentals of our
economy" as "still strong" and shrugged off
worries by saying "a lot of this is
psychological."
Gramm won't even go that far. He's says the
economic downturn is a fiction created by the
media to boost sales, explaining: "Misery
sells newspapers. ... Thank God the economy
is not as bad as you read in the newspapers
every day." Someone should clue this
multi-millionaire in: Gasoline is going for
more than $4 a gallon, and a lot of Americans
can't afford a daily paper these days.
Americans aren't whining. They are voicing
their justified frustration with policies
that put profits over people. They have had
it with politicians who stand in the way of
change -- like providing health care for all.
Most of all, they are tired of being told
that this country's problems are imaginary.
Those problems are very real to the millions
who have lost their jobs, their homes and the
hopes of a secure retirement. They want
leaders who will fight for them, instead of
leaders who refuse to deal with reality.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/gerald-mcentee/
mccains-out-of-touch-co-c_b_112019.html
Tags : Keith olbermann Phil Gramm UBS Barack Obama john Mccain economy speech interview debate oil gas prices NAFTA tax cuts commentary analysis gotcha! grassroots outreach documentary news |
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Durée : 650 s |
| Phil Gramm is a corporate scumbag (Part 2) |
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Every time you look around lately, John
McCain and friends are spouting off about
important issues like the economy,
globalization and Social Security. And with
each passing day, they give Americans a
clearer sign of just how out of touch they
really are.
Earlier this week, Senator McCain called the
system that finances Social Security retiree
benefits "an absolute disgrace," even though
the pay-as-you-go system remains successful
for millions of Americans since it was
established during FDR's administration.
Now, the McCain campaign's co-chair, former
Sen. Phil Gramm of Texas, says that America's
economy isn't doing all that badly. In fact,
he told The Washington Times: "We've never
been more dominant; we've never had more
natural advantages than we have today."
Phil Gramm makes a living heading up a Swiss
bank, thus he's insulated from reality. He's
as out of touch as John McCain. The facts
don't register with these multi-millionaires,
just as they didn't register with George W.
Bush.
McCain, Gramm and Bush are the kind of guys
who see "strong fundamentals," when most
Americans see six months of job losses,
declining wages, the highest foreclosure
rates since the Great Depression, and
skyrocketing fuel and food prices.
Now, Phil Gramm tells The Washington Times,
we have "sort of become a nation of whiners.
... You hear this constant whining,
complaining about a loss of competitiveness,
America in decline."
How much more evidence do we need that
Senator McCain's top economic advisor -- the
man McCain says he's considering for
Secretary of the Treasury -- hasn't got a
clue about the real problems facing America's
working families?
In Gramm's America, the current economic
downturn we're living through isn't so bad.
"You've heard of mental depression; this is a
mental recession," he told the Times. "We've
never been more dominant; we've never had
more natural advantages than we have today,"
he went on to say.
Gramm's talk of "mental depression" replays
Senator McCain's assertion in January 2008:
Concerns about our downward spiraling economy
are "psychological." Speaking at a Town Hall,
McCain labeled "the fundamentals of our
economy" as "still strong" and shrugged off
worries by saying "a lot of this is
psychological."
Gramm won't even go that far. He's says the
economic downturn is a fiction created by the
media to boost sales, explaining: "Misery
sells newspapers. ... Thank God the economy
is not as bad as you read in the newspapers
every day." Someone should clue this
multi-millionaire in: Gasoline is going for
more than $4 a gallon, and a lot of Americans
can't afford a daily paper these days.
Americans aren't whining. They are voicing
their justified frustration with policies
that put profits over people. They have had
it with politicians who stand in the way of
change -- like providing health care for all.
Most of all, they are tired of being told
that this country's problems are imaginary.
Those problems are very real to the millions
who have lost their jobs, their homes and the
hopes of a secure retirement. They want
leaders who will fight for them, instead of
leaders who refuse to deal with reality.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/gerald-mcentee/
mccains-out-of-touch-co-c_b_112019.html
Tags : Keith olbermann Phil Gramm UBS Barack Obama john Mccain economy speech interview debate oil gas prices NAFTA tax cuts |
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Durée : 336 s |
| #571 Scumbag?! Prick?! NZ politicians are full of class ... |
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Do you prefer "the internet" or "the
Internet"?
Here's the link I was talking about:
http://michaeljennings.blogspot.com/2003/02/d
avid-post-at-volokh-conspiracy-is.html
SN: No cellphone in NZ jails
cws: Is John Key a "rich prick"?
Thank you to everyone who has sent the survey
so far!
If you don't know about the survey yet, watch
this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMo48sSE2_g
The survey is here:
http://thedailyenglishshow.blogspot.com/2007/
11/daily-english-show-survey.html
The survey finishes on Tuesday 11th December.
English script:
http://thedailyenglishshow.blogspot.com/2007/
12/show-571-wednesday-5-december.html
英文スクリプト＋日本語訳＋番組
詳細
http://tdes.blog120.fc2.com/blog-entry-3.html
Show 571 Wednesday 5 December
The Daily English Show
http://www.thedailyenglishshow.com/
Tags : scumbag prick niseko John Key 暴言 ニュージーランド 政治 サラ 英会話 英語 ニセコ |
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