[ExI] Warren Buffett is worried too and thinks Republicans are "asinine"

[Kelly Anderson]

On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 4:51 PM, spike <spike66 at att.net> wrote:

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> >…I see NOTHING wrong with the NSA spying on Angela Merkel. The only
> thing they did wrong was allowing themselves to get caught…
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> Ja, I do see something wrong with the NSA spying on me however.  If I were
> Merkel, I suppose I would feel likewise.
>

The constitution only protects the privacy of US citizens, and possibly
visitors to the USA. Ms. Merkel is a foreign national who is not protected
by the constitution.


> A problem I have had with the current bunch is they don’t seem to know the
> difference between our friends and our enemies.  They alienate exactly the
> kinds who we should be working hard to strengthen alliances, the Brits, the
> French, the commies, the Italians, DEFINITELY the krauts, all our natural
> allies as the world realigns after retiring the old capitalism/communism
> divide, these having merged into one nearly indistinguishable mass.  The
> government should somehow farm out the task of surveillance to private
> companies and industries, for none of the above list are likely to be
> military adversaries.  But our companies will compete against each other,
> and it looks like China will be home to the most of the strongest of those
> companies.
>

Which is why they shouldn't have gotten caught. Don't we have the
obligation to make sure our "friends" are really our friends, even behind
closed doors?


> We see the current bunch are saying the Tea Party patriots are terrorists
> and coming very close to identifying them as national enemies.  OK then
> what happens if they get a bunch of seats in congress next fall, more than
> they already have?
>

History is not with them on gaining seats during the second term of a lame
duck president.


> >…I thought of something else. All this time and oxygen spent on
> Obamacare guarantees that we aren't doing anything to reform Social
> Security, Medicare and Medicaid.  Since those are the REAL problem areas
> in the federal budget, Obamacare is like the magician making us look away
> from where the real action is. I can't believe I didn't see the trick
> before now! Even talk radio is ignoring that stuff for the moment. –Kelly
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> I have heard a closely related theory, is that this O-care is a
> sacrificial lamb, an intentional failure intended to distract us from
> immigration reform or a path to single payer.
>

Oh, I totally believe we're on the path to single payer. O-care is just the
first step down a long road. As for immigration reform, I don't think the
house is going to let that happen.


> The reason I don’t find the theory compelling is that health care reform
> is the cornerstone of liberal thought, a huge expansion of government
> power, and something liberals have really wanted for a really long time.
>

Sorry, I didn't say it was intentional. It is just a happy side effect for
the socialists in government that O-care is taking all the lead. If it
weren't there on the front line though, maybe we could have some kind of
reform of Social Security, Medicare or Medicaid. Just saying.

But Obamacare failing is exactly what will lead to a single payer system.
It's too big to fail, remember?


> To fail this badly would need to call into question the whole notion of
> big government being trusted with anything, never mind our entire
> healthcare system, along with our medical records.  I can’t imagine Obama
> and his people wanting to decrease the power of central government.
>

They can't help but fail. It is the government we're talking about. They
never really succeed at anything really important. Yes, they occasionally
build a bridge to somewhere. Yes, they did defend us against Hitler. But
generally speaking if you want something screwed up badly enough you give
it to the government and you are assured it will be.


> I can imagine a younger generation coming up which is scarcely
> recognizable as a younger generation.  They may wake up and see that the
> government came up with all these healthcare reforms and then sent them the
> bill.  Then it will be the sixties all over again with many of the roles
> reversed in a sense.  Instead of burning draft cards, that generation might
> burn their W2 forms.  Then we have a whole new set of headaches.
>

I would love to see the youth of America revolt against this. It is them
who are getting the biggest shaft from O-care. Paying for insurance that
THEY DON'T NEED. It is redistribution of health. Only it is from the
poorest youth of America who can't get a job coming out of college, to the
richest, the older folk in America, who are the most well off demographic.
I thought socialism was supposed to help the poor.


> > I'll opt out unless I have an employer providing insurance by then…
> Kelly
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> Me too.  In any election the guy with the simplest shortest bumper
> sticker gets a big advantage.  This was known even before there were
> bumpers, back in 1840 with Tippecanoe and Tyler too, which could be even
> further shortened to Tip and Ty.  Later, it was: I Like Ike.
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> In the coming election I can imagine the bumper stickers:
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> Obama Lied, HealthCare Died
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Obama lied, grandma died


> Hillary Failed to Answer the 3am Call
>

While Obama slept through it.


> HealthCare.gov is why the Republicans Just Said No
>

LOL


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> My favorite I have thought of so far:
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> Tune In, Turn On, Opt Out
>

LOL. That will work for a few years, until the penalties are so large that
you have to pay attention to them.


>  I can imagine a counterpart to that, perhaps a T-shirt worn by drunken
> cheerleaders at a frat party, emblazoned with the words:
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>                         OPT IN!  or no pussy for YOU!
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> Or a related meme, also appropriate on a young attractive female body:
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>                         Opt in, shell out or fuck off.
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> Or
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>                         You no opt in, I no put out.
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> {8^D  Kelly we could make a ton of money selling those shirts.
>

I have already failed at selling T-Shirts, remember Caucasians for Mitt
Romney?

Of course, I haven't learned my lesson, I'm now working on a T-Shirt deal
for http://www.itanimulli.com (Note that is illuminati.com spelled
backwards. You should see what happens when you type that into a web
browser.


> Inviting creative minds in ExI-chat for T-shirt or bumper sticker
> suggestions, with no particular political view preferred.  I am far more
> interested in making money than spreading any particular meme.
>

I've always liked:
You can keep the Change, but I want my Hope back.

-Kelly
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