Comments on: This Week’s Gem

By: Swing Trading

Swing Trading — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 07:56:49 +0000

Good read. I have made a twitter post about this. Hope others find it as interesting as I did.

By: Katie

Katie — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 13:37:05 +0000

Hi, Matt! Wow, I don’t know quite where to start in response to what you have said. There’s so much to say. I think this debate goes much deeper than Obama and McCain. And it goes even deeper than Republicans and Democrats and their experience. I’ll be honest, I have no polls (which are crap, anyway) or research to prove my point about Obama supporters vs. McCain supporters. I’m fully aware that both sides have supporters that are ignorant as to why they are voting. My “theory” about Obama supporters is based on the many, many interviews I’ve heard on television and the discussions I’ve had with family members and friends who support Obama. I get a general “vibe” that they don’t really know what he stands for…they just like him because he’s different than Bush. Again, this is just my opinion, but I think that reason is foolish. If there are those (you, maybe) who actually do know what they believe about government and who know what Obama stands for, then enlighten me…Without considering specific people (Obama, McCain, etc…), share a short summary of what you think the main functions of government should be in a perfect world? More specifically, what roles should the government/the President play, according to the Constitution? Then, tell me about your support for Obama…based on what you know about him (not what he’s SAID he will do, but what he’s actually DONE), what would his answers to the above questions be? I’m also posting these questions on my blog (www.crazylifeofkate.com) if you want to join that conversation.

By: Katie

Katie — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 13:37:00 +0000

By: tvd

tvd — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 18:20:16 +0000

Hyperbole, my friend…. you know like saying Jesus was a community organizer and Pilate was a governor

The point was community organizing does not necessarily speak to a man’s character.

By: tvd

tvd — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 18:20:00 +0000

Hyperbole, my friend…. you know like saying Jesus was a community organizer and Pilate was a governor

The point was community organizing does not necessarily speak to a man’s character.

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 18:12:46 +0000

when you introduced Osama – you lost all credibility and my interest in engaging with you

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 18:12:00 +0000

when you introduced Osama – you lost all credibility and my interest in engaging with you

By: tvd

tvd — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 18:06:14 +0000

@Matt,

Frankly, I don’t know. I don’t assume it was because He is such a good person. Maybe he couldn’t handle corporate law, maybe he knew that working with his friend Mr. Ayers, in the long run had a better chance of getting him elected to a place in the State of Federal Senate? I don’t presume to know the answer to it. I just don understand why corporate law firms are seen as evil or at least less of a service than community organization. Not to mention, we don’t know really what he did while working in South Chicago, Where are the records?

Again,My point is that what Obama hasn’t done,i.e join a big corporate law firm, doesn’t seem to me like presidential qualifications.

Osama Bin Laden Is a rich man too, yet he does a lot of “community organizing”, does that speak to his character?

Now that’s tongue in cheek of course. I am not comparing Obama and Osama, but being a “community organizer” doesn’t directly relate to the character of a man.