Posted on 02/19/2009 8:37:47 AM PST by kcvl
Per Drudge:
http://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?video=1039849853
We have. Capitalism is a good system only if it is paired with religious influence and/or family values. If it is decoupled or practiced by an irreligious population or those without family values, then it becomes that cold-hearted, mean-spirited system the liberals claim it is naturally. Of course, really capitalism is just a tool, reflecting the values of the people who practice it.
Our main problem is we have a large segment of the population which is irreligious and estranged from family or never had it in the first place. This leads to a get-it-now mentality where the future and the past are ignored, other men and women are just competitors, and the concept of ultimate justice or a Judgment Day is foreign to so many. What inspired so many heroes of the past is the notion that they were each part of a larger, noble undertaking that will benefit their descendants if not themselves. We have lost that connection to and care for the future.
As far as what we can do: each must decide what he or she can do to fight the trends of today. Preachers should preach family, God and repentance. Teachers should focus on families, Constitution, economics. Workers should concentrate on ways to keep their companies solvent. Writers should write letters to the editor on bedrock American principles. Survivalists should help others prepare to survive in the event of extremis. All of us should be getting out of debt and able to move anytime with as little loss as possible. If we care, we need to use our talents however we can to assure our children and grandchildren have a chance at a decent, free life. Collectively, it could add up to a tremendous resistance to trends of today.
Well, I’m glad it’s not just me then that noticed it. I guess we’d have to keep trying the clip to establish if it changes on its own or at intervals, or whether they really had to change it “manually”...
I wonder if anyone who downloaded the clip earlier caught the ad at the beginning with it, or whether their programs only catch the main part?
Great post in #272. You and Rick can lead the Tea Party this July! :o)
Thank you for posting that quote! It helped!
Unfortunately the greedy CEOs and ivy leaguers who created the complex securities packages ruined things for generations to come. There is also a half million innocent people who worked in the banks and brokerage firms out of work who had nothing to do with the downfall and blame the greedy Wall Street execs just like the rest of us. I don’t think zero has a job plan for them. If obama doesn’t provide incentives to investors to jump back in, we’re done. You can’t grow the economy from the bottom up. I heard one guy on the radio ask: when was the last time you saw a homeless guy give someone a job.
Bingo, jackpot, you hit the nail squarely on it’s head....
Numbers, and exposure of our beliefs, too. They haven’t managed to cut us completely out of the media, yet! :)
I agreed with that in an earlier post. I think someone or some group did coordinate what I called in the earlier post the September Surprise. I think Soros was involved but I doubt he was the only one. I think we have been punked by a cabal, the extent of which will probably surprise us.
If only we could get them to replicate FASTER!!!!!
“I think you will find that more than 95% of people that didn’t buy more house than they can afford don’t want to subsidize some other idiots mistake when they still gotta make their OWN house payment. I bet a very high percentage of concious homeowners vote too.”
Be sure to keep the counter argument in mind because it is a very good argument. It has to be addressed and discredited on a national scale by a prominent Republican.
By stabilizing foreclosures, housing prices and the housing market in general stabilizes. This leads to toxic assets held on Wall Street and banks all over the country becoming less toxic. This improves balance sheets and leads to a credit UNfreeze and money moving again. Improved credit = an improved economy. That is the argument. Is it right? I have absolutely no idea. I just know it is the argument.
So I say for the national Republicans to drop the “I paid my mortgage now you pay yours” line and address the REAL political game being played.
If we can’t counter the argument above, we lose.
The Secret Service regularly reads FR and DU. Petronski is right. Btw, DU calls their guy “Agent Mike”. He’s been banned but always gets back on. And DUers regularly complain about getting pinged by the DoD as soon as they sign on. Since you are fairly new, I guess you wouldn’t know all this. But we do.
> OOOPs, Rush has been freeping again.........
I just heard it on Rush, coming back from lunch. “The FreeRepublic Echo Effect”, I believe.
Rush: Show prep for the MSM
FR: Show prep for Rush.
I bet Roger Ailles is contacting Santelli as we speak extending a long term employment contract with Fox Business News, because his days are DONE at CNBC...Kudos to Santelli...My newest HERO.
The revolution is being televised.
Oh my Gosh....an actual thinker. Well said. I wish we could sit and have coffee......or a handful of caramels.
You are refreshing.....were you a debater by chance?
God Bless......Forward thinkers.. Welcome to the NOGO..squad..Nonreliance on Government only God Squad.
Rush just played Abba Dancing Queen with Barney Frank as the Banking Queen. We were rolling in the aisles at work here!
Btw, Communists are patient people. This has been in the works for sometime. The CRA beef up in Clinton's tenure was one single step. Schumer starting a run on that bank last year was another step. Fannie and Freddie, the September run, they have all been single steps that meet now.
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