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		<title>By: Bill</title>
		<link>http://www.talesfromthetracks.com/2008/07/17/its-the-economy-stupid/#comment-442</link>
		<dc:creator>Bill</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jul 2008 11:53:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>He certainly is lame. Why can&#039;t he shut up?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>He certainly is lame. Why can&#8217;t he shut up?</p>
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		<title>By: kexbrown</title>
		<link>http://www.talesfromthetracks.com/2008/07/17/its-the-economy-stupid/#comment-436</link>
		<dc:creator>kexbrown</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 11:49:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Yeah, the smart politicians in Chicago and Illinois have it all figured out. When the economy gets bad what do they do? They just tax us at a higher rate. 

God help the country if Obama gets into office. He was a do nothing Illinois congressman.  He has ties to terrorists. Yes, Obama is a friend with someone who has bombed the Pentagon and is not regretful over it. The economy has been going into the crapper ever since Obama became a senator. 

What is the most corrupt state in the Union? Illinois. Who will become the most corrupt President in America? Obama.

I don&#039;t want to say that Obama is too young to be president, but at the recent Chicago 4th of July parade, Obama and his Secret service staff were all riding tricycles. 

I don&#039;t understand how people can believe that Obama is going to bring change to Washington. He is part of Washington. And so is McCain.  Plus, Obama talks tough, but he is afraid of Fox News. He is supposed to bring the world together and he is afraid of Fox News. Ha.Ha.

I am always laughing when politicians in Washington are campaigning and say I have plans to change Washington. Now if they are not US Senators or Congress persons then it is difficult for them to effect change in Washington. But, Obama is already a Washington insider. If Obama has such great ideas then why doesn&#039;t he present them NOW! 

Why should America suffer for another 9 months? Why does Obama not share these great ideas of his to SAVE America? We just blindly follow his great speeches and believe he will change America. He has no great ideas. He has no ideas. He is just another do nothing politician.

Will the economy get better when Obama is in office? Of course. Talk to any economist right now and they will tell you the economy will improve dramatically in the next 12 to 18 months no matter who is in office. 

Are you concerned about the war in Iraq? What have Obama and the Democrats done to stop the war in Iraq? Weren&#039;t we all promised it would all be over by now?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yeah, the smart politicians in Chicago and Illinois have it all figured out. When the economy gets bad what do they do? They just tax us at a higher rate. </p>
<p>God help the country if Obama gets into office. He was a do nothing Illinois congressman.  He has ties to terrorists. Yes, Obama is a friend with someone who has bombed the Pentagon and is not regretful over it. The economy has been going into the crapper ever since Obama became a senator. </p>
<p>What is the most corrupt state in the Union? Illinois. Who will become the most corrupt President in America? Obama.</p>
<p>I don&#8217;t want to say that Obama is too young to be president, but at the recent Chicago 4th of July parade, Obama and his Secret service staff were all riding tricycles. </p>
<p>I don&#8217;t understand how people can believe that Obama is going to bring change to Washington. He is part of Washington. And so is McCain.  Plus, Obama talks tough, but he is afraid of Fox News. He is supposed to bring the world together and he is afraid of Fox News. Ha.Ha.</p>
<p>I am always laughing when politicians in Washington are campaigning and say I have plans to change Washington. Now if they are not US Senators or Congress persons then it is difficult for them to effect change in Washington. But, Obama is already a Washington insider. If Obama has such great ideas then why doesn&#8217;t he present them NOW! </p>
<p>Why should America suffer for another 9 months? Why does Obama not share these great ideas of his to SAVE America? We just blindly follow his great speeches and believe he will change America. He has no great ideas. He has no ideas. He is just another do nothing politician.</p>
<p>Will the economy get better when Obama is in office? Of course. Talk to any economist right now and they will tell you the economy will improve dramatically in the next 12 to 18 months no matter who is in office. </p>
<p>Are you concerned about the war in Iraq? What have Obama and the Democrats done to stop the war in Iraq? Weren&#8217;t we all promised it would all be over by now?</p>
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		<title>By: PolitiGal1</title>
		<link>http://www.talesfromthetracks.com/2008/07/17/its-the-economy-stupid/#comment-434</link>
		<dc:creator>PolitiGal1</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 07:17:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Or not...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Or not&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: PolitiGal1</title>
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		<dc:creator>PolitiGal1</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 07:16:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Let&#039;s try that again...

My favorite moment in the course of this story playing itself out wasn’t anything the president said. It wasn’t really anything spoken at all. It was &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;tthe silent “stupid” hat Nancy Pelosi slipped into the magnificently pregnant pause&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt; between economy and mister, when she said “It’s the economy…Mr. President.”</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Let&#8217;s try that again&#8230;</p>
<p>My favorite moment in the course of this story playing itself out wasn’t anything the president said. It wasn’t really anything spoken at all. It was <b><i>tthe silent “stupid” hat Nancy Pelosi slipped into the magnificently pregnant pause</i></b> between economy and mister, when she said “It’s the economy…Mr. President.”</p>
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		<title>By: PolitiGal1</title>
		<link>http://www.talesfromthetracks.com/2008/07/17/its-the-economy-stupid/#comment-432</link>
		<dc:creator>PolitiGal1</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 07:13:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>My favorite moment in the course of this story playing itself out wasn&#039;t anything the president said.  It wasn&#039;t really anything spoken at all.  It was the silent &quot;stupid&quot;  that pause Nancy Pelosi slipped into the magnificently pregnant between economy and mister, when she said &quot;It&#039;s the economy...Mr. President.&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>My favorite moment in the course of this story playing itself out wasn&#8217;t anything the president said.  It wasn&#8217;t really anything spoken at all.  It was the silent &#8220;stupid&#8221;  that pause Nancy Pelosi slipped into the magnificently pregnant between economy and mister, when she said &#8220;It&#8217;s the economy&#8230;Mr. President.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>By: emzpie</title>
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		<dc:creator>emzpie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 06:24:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>hi,,yes,,difinitely economy stupid,,,but duhh,,still we can overcome sooner or later</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>hi,,yes,,difinitely economy stupid,,,but duhh,,still we can overcome sooner or later</p>
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		<title>By: The BoBo</title>
		<link>http://www.talesfromthetracks.com/2008/07/17/its-the-economy-stupid/#comment-430</link>
		<dc:creator>The BoBo</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 04:24:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ummm...considering that Congress is even more inept than Bush - I shudder to think letting them make any freakin&#039; decisions.  They are more worthless than the president.  They have now taken over the honored bottom position as &quot;The Do Nothing Congress&quot; with a 9% approval rating.  If you want to blame anybody for the woes of our economy, it is those useless nitwits in congress.  Yes, Bush doesn&#039;t get it..but..Congress gets it even less.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ummm&#8230;considering that Congress is even more inept than Bush &#8211; I shudder to think letting them make any freakin&#8217; decisions.  They are more worthless than the president.  They have now taken over the honored bottom position as &#8220;The Do Nothing Congress&#8221; with a 9% approval rating.  If you want to blame anybody for the woes of our economy, it is those useless nitwits in congress.  Yes, Bush doesn&#8217;t get it..but..Congress gets it even less.</p>
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		<title>By: Lindsay</title>
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		<dc:creator>Lindsay</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 03:41:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This was my personal fav from Tuesday&#039;s press conference: 

&quot;I think people ought to conserve and be wise about how they use gasoline and energy. Absolutely. And there&#039;s some easy steps people can take. You know, if they&#039;re not in their home, they don&#039;t keep their air-conditioning running. There&#039;s a lot of things people can do. 

But my point to you, Mark, is that, you know, it&#039;s a little presumptuous on my part to dictate to consumers how they live their lives. The American people are plenty capable and plenty smart people and they&#039;ll make adjustments to their own pocketbooks. That&#039;s why I was so much in favor of letting them keep more of their own money. It&#039;s a philosophical difference: Should the government spend their money, or should they spend their own money? And I&#039;ve got faith in the American people. 

And as much as I regret that the gasoline prices are high -- and they are -- I also understand that people are going to make adjustments to meet their own needs. And I suspect you&#039;ll see, in the whole, Americans using less gasoline. I bet that&#039;s going to happen. And in the meantime, technologies will be coming on the market that will enable them to drive and save money, compared to the automobiles they&#039;re using before. And as you notice, the automobile industry is beginning to adjust here at home as consumer demand changes. And the great thing about our system, it is the consumer that drives our system; it&#039;s the individual American and their collection that end up driving the economy. &quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This was my personal fav from Tuesday&#8217;s press conference: </p>
<p>&#8220;I think people ought to conserve and be wise about how they use gasoline and energy. Absolutely. And there&#8217;s some easy steps people can take. You know, if they&#8217;re not in their home, they don&#8217;t keep their air-conditioning running. There&#8217;s a lot of things people can do. </p>
<p>But my point to you, Mark, is that, you know, it&#8217;s a little presumptuous on my part to dictate to consumers how they live their lives. The American people are plenty capable and plenty smart people and they&#8217;ll make adjustments to their own pocketbooks. That&#8217;s why I was so much in favor of letting them keep more of their own money. It&#8217;s a philosophical difference: Should the government spend their money, or should they spend their own money? And I&#8217;ve got faith in the American people. </p>
<p>And as much as I regret that the gasoline prices are high &#8212; and they are &#8212; I also understand that people are going to make adjustments to meet their own needs. And I suspect you&#8217;ll see, in the whole, Americans using less gasoline. I bet that&#8217;s going to happen. And in the meantime, technologies will be coming on the market that will enable them to drive and save money, compared to the automobiles they&#8217;re using before. And as you notice, the automobile industry is beginning to adjust here at home as consumer demand changes. And the great thing about our system, it is the consumer that drives our system; it&#8217;s the individual American and their collection that end up driving the economy. &#8220;</p>
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		<title>By: Frugal Babe</title>
		<link>http://www.talesfromthetracks.com/2008/07/17/its-the-economy-stupid/#comment-428</link>
		<dc:creator>Frugal Babe</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 02:22:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;m with you on wishing he would just be silent for the next six months.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m with you on wishing he would just be silent for the next six months.</p>
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		<title>By: Rich</title>
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		<dc:creator>Rich</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 22:04:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Don&#039;t blame me, I voted Libertarian.

They founded the economy on Fiat Money quicksand.
They regulated it into paralisis.
They shrunk it with taxes.
They tortured it with torts.
They wasted it with welfare.
They transfixed it with tarrifs.

And now they say &quot;the free market doesn&#039;t work&quot;.  How could they possibly know that, having never seen one?!?!?!?!?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Don&#8217;t blame me, I voted Libertarian.</p>
<p>They founded the economy on Fiat Money quicksand.<br />
They regulated it into paralisis.<br />
They shrunk it with taxes.<br />
They tortured it with torts.<br />
They wasted it with welfare.<br />
They transfixed it with tarrifs.</p>
<p>And now they say &#8220;the free market doesn&#8217;t work&#8221;.  How could they possibly know that, having never seen one?!?!?!?!?</p>
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