Why do some people need to be told what they should think and say?

That is rather interesting coming from someone who's opinions are typically whatever Obama or left wing blogs say they should be. You supported a bill while admitting you couldn't name one specific thing in it that was good. In another thread you basically said you believed troops were being sent to fight Sadaam Hussein in 2008 in an effort to criticize Sarah Palin. Since I don't think you believe that, the only logical conclusion is that you got it from a left wing blog.

If that's true Annie, then why did you say that Sarah Palin "proved" she thought Sadaam Hussein was behind 9-11 when she said "You'll be there to defend the innocent from the enemies who planned and carried out and rejoiced in the deaths of thousands of Americans," to the troops deploying to fight al Quaeda in Iraq in 2008? The only thing I can gather is that you either believed our troops were being sent to fight Hussein, or that you were repeating what you heard on a blog without thinking of what was actually said or who our troops were fighting. http://www.mylot.com/w/discussions/2226668.aspx?p=1#2_20633771 Please don't try to tell me you don't read blogs. With the possible exception of one other person in politics (whose posts I rarely read)you read and source blogs more than anyone else on mylot.

I agree with you Annie, it is so funny how all of these representatives agree all the time. It is like we have elected Lemmings.

I agree with you Taskr, the reason I started this discussion is because of the right wing talking points about regulation. I have yet to hear one person tell me what needs to be deregulated, but all of these right wingers just scream deregulate, deregulate, and that is it.

Git, didn't the Bush administration do the same thing by selected who could attend rallies, and who got exclusive interviews with the president and key staff members? Bush also tried to control the media by using the department of homeland security as a press tool to distract Americans using the terror threat level. The reason I started this discussion is the right wing talking points about deregulation, yet I have not found one person who knows what we need to deregulate. What do you want to deregulate Git? The BANKS???????

We need to deregulate the lawyers who sue for astronomical amounts so that it drives the cost of everything up. It isn't about Bush using the media to further his agenda, what I think you fail to realize is that we did not have an attack on American soil after 9/11, if that was his agenda I'm still in his corner. Obama and his dolts want to regulate the insurance companies, the banks, the auto industry. Of course there is concern, or do you plan to hand your 401K contents over to this "unqualified to run a Popsicle stand administration"? If so, you can go first.

Git, LAWYERS AREN'T REGULATED!!! How can you deregulate something that isn't regulated in the first place? "It isn't about Bush using the media to further his agenda, what I think you fail to realize is that we did not have an attack on American soil after 9/11, if that was his agenda I'm still in his corner." First off, we didn't have any terrorist attacks on US soil BEFORE Bush either, should we honor all of the other presidents that did this? Second, What do you call the Anthrax attacks? How about the shoe bomber? "Obama and his dolts want to regulate the insurance companies, the banks, the auto industry." First the insurance companies are charging outrageous amounts of money, and in most states are a monopoly. Do you really want to go down the road of the banks? These fools almost sent us all back to the stone age, and still are ignorant to their own actions. Let me remind you that acts that led to the Bush repression were very similar to what happened before the great depression, at that time Congress passed the Glass-Steagall act to stop this from ever happening. In the late 90's the banks spent $200 million plus to have that repealed, and less than ten years later look what happened. And you really want to DEREGULATE THEM MORE????????????????? "Of course there is concern, or do you plan to hand your 401K contents over to this "unqualified to run a Popsicle stand administration"? If so, you can go first." This is the same thing that they said about Clinton. Did you have a 401K under Clinton? I can tell you right now that my 401K had a lot more in it before our former brain donor of a president then when he finally left office. By the way didn't Bush the country in the worse financial shape in 70 years? I wouldn't trust Bush with YOUR MONEY!!!

I have to agree with you Lil, I wish that more people would actually look into what they are told, and think for themselves.