http://disqus.com/people/jdc/enFri, 26 Sep 2008 07:27:05 -0000http://www.openmarket.org/2008/09/25/welfare-added-to-bailout-to-appease-liberals/#comment-2639072On this "bail-out" issue, once again, why don't we find the criminals and make them pay? Isn't that what would normally be done to any person who lies,cheats and steals from others? This is what has been done, no denying. The wall street players have had a good run on our dime. Now it's time to pay for the crime. It's all smiles as long as they're making BILLIONS. But don't ask them to "bail-out" their own sinking ship when things get tough like any small business owner would have to do. They have not run things on the up and up, now they should pay up. Pretty simple equation that seems fair to me. And probably we should close the legal loopholes that allowed this theft to go on as well as any other questionable practises like "projecting" income, where when a big company states it will make such and such amount, but when they don't it is claimed as a loss and they don't pay taxes. This adds up folks. Who makes up the difference? It takes alot to run a country, but maybe not a lot to ruin one.jdcFri, 26 Sep 2008 07:27:05 -0000http://www.openmarket.org/2008/07/30/egads-physicists-debate-global-warming-call-al-gore/#comment-2441076I don't understand why there is ANY debate about global warming. Has everyone forgotten about air and water pollution? That burning fosil fuels does (no debate) cause health problems for every living creature on this planet, and let's not leave out nuclear waste either. Things change and thinking must also evolve. Making a profit from energy, or being able to live and breathe? Doesn't seem like a hard choice, so what's the hold-up on making it. QUIT the arguing, drop the leash and get on with LIFE!jdcFri, 19 Sep 2008 10:14:01 -0000http://www.openmarket.org/2008/09/17/more-on-the-energy-bill/#comment-2440741What would happen if the American people kept the oil that is drilled in America for Americans? What if we as a nation started paying attention to what the mega rich oil companies are doing with all our oil? What if we said stop sending it to other countries so you can profit? It 's ours and we need it. If there is to much to keep in reserve, then sell it. Any sensable housewife knows this equation. Keep what you have to care for your own people first.jdcFri, 19 Sep 2008 09:49:23 -0000http://www.openmarket.org/2008/04/04/3102/#comment-2396527I agree that our "leaders" don't seem to do much leading by example. They certainly haven't shown that they have a clue how to manage taxpayers money, just that they know how to weasel it away. Maybe we should rethink and start paying ALL taxes to the state where we live. Then when the fed wants money to bail out their friends or start a war somewhere, they will have go state by state and ask for it with a VOTE. I mean why should we be MADE to pay for something we didn't vote for? Isn't that unconstitutional?jdcWed, 17 Sep 2008 08:08:39 -0000http://www.openmarket.org/2008/09/11/divinity-school-liberals-are-insufferable/#comment-2357758Why right or left? Religion is about faith in God isn't it? Did we not take steps to separate Church and State? Look at what is happening to people in other parts of the world whose governments are ensnared in a tangled mess with no hope in sight of ever sorting it out. Government and politics as for all, choice of religion is for the individual. Let's try hard to remember that.jdcMon, 15 Sep 2008 06:54:56 -0000http://www.openmarket.org/2008/09/09/are-reporters-financially-illiterate-fannie-and-freddie-are-called-government-sponsored-enterprises-for-a-reason/#comment-2299074I have a great idea! How about the IRS seizes the assets of the multi-billion dollar companies, some of the richest this world has ever seen, who have not paid taxes since 1998 and use the revenue from those sales to pay off Freddie and Fannie? I think that would be fair to all the people who pay more than their share of taxes already. Why should we carry the burden when we don't make the bad business decisions? Someone made money on this deal, lets find out who.jdcFri, 12 Sep 2008 06:45:32 -0000http://www.openmarket.org/2008/09/09/are-reporters-financially-illiterate-fannie-and-freddie-are-called-government-sponsored-enterprises-for-a-reason/#comment-2258090The "blackhole" is American politics. Do you really think it matters who is in the Whitehouse or congress, for that matter anywhere in the political arena of this country? They are all playing with the same broken toys in the same sandbox and not a one of them are going to "change" anything about it. Why would they? We Americans keep accepting whatever they do and saying "Oh well, maybe next time". It is so true that common sense is un-common.jdcWed, 10 Sep 2008 07:31:17 -0000