re: #261 SeafoodGumbo

The loonies on the right, however, do have a basis in truth on which to get their bad ideas - Obama did promise to fund a civilian defense force with as much money as the military currently gets..

No, he made a short throwaway comment during one campaign speech about expanding the government’s investment in communications technology, alternate energy, the Foreign Service, AmeriCorps, and the Peace Corps.. Since all of these civilian organizations are capable of disempowering our real enemies, like the people who fund terrorism in Saudi Arabia and Iran (remember those guys?) this was a viable, yet forgettable idea. No one has taken any coherent action towards expanding AmeriCorps or related organizations.

… he is tripling our deficit, and he has taken over banks and car companies.

Who was in power when the economic tsunami hit our shores in September 2008? Republicans and Democrats were to blame for the greatest economic disaster since the Great Depression, but the Republicans were in charge when it all came crashing down. As Harry Truman said, “The buck stops here.” Obama inherited the worst economy we’ve seen in decades. The fact that we’re not all selling apples and pencils on the street is proof that he’s at least competent.

People see Congressmen and Cabinet members who don’t pay taxes, but want to raise ours to exorbitant levels; similarly, they want to force a socialist health care system on us that they refuse to take part in.

Health care for all citizens is offered by most governments around the world. Even the aforementioned enemy troglodytes in Saudi Arabia have a health care system that covers all citizens. Public healthcare is like the metric system - only the US and maybe some little country in Africa don’t have it.

And, speaking of the rest of the world, these tedious, pointless and endless right/left arguments are proof of why the US should not dominate the rest of the world. We’re so busy arguing about who is more evil, Karl Rove or Nancy Pelosi, Keith Olbmerman or Glenn Beck, - we don’t know or care about what’s going on outside our borders. We discuss the situation in Iran, but we only use the argument to gain points against the red or the blue team.

A country can’t survive when 50% of the leadership is unwilling to work with the other 50%. Our infighting makes us look unreliable and idiotic to the rest of the world.