We would all like to believe that we are of "independent" thought and affiliation, but that goes against the whole concept of a society. While I claim to be "independent" myself, I know that I tend to run with the democrats, but beyond that I run with America.

It's called being part of a global market, and while I believe that oil prices were being manipulated, I don't believe that the group held all the cards. Oil companies benefited from the huge run up, took billions in profits, and proceeded to argue that "more drilling" is the only answer. Mr. Bush followed suit, and typical ...

LibertyONE misses the big picture by focusing on small meaningless words like "Socialist". The reason people sit by and watch it happen is because we've watched everything that has happened up till now "just happen". Corporations, such as WalMart (just an off the top of my head example), who should have been ...

Well said, and I couldn't agree more with you.

Spending bill... one persons necessities are another persons pork projects. Unfortunately, at this point we must rely on the government to create jobs, temporary or permanent, to keep the economy chugging along. So get a reality check, and be a "real" American and be part of the solution, rather than just another do-nothing ...

Those loans aren't the real problem. The real problem is that lack of government regulation allowed our endeared banks to bundle and package these high-risk loans and sell them as low-risk investments. Now we can't isolate the bad debts from the good debt because it is all bundled together. It's the equivalent of throwing all the books in a ...

Incredible!!!! Rankin-ed just figured out every single politicians MO. Congratulations, we Americans are now safer that you've figured this out. The entire American political system is deeply rooted in "favors", double-talk, and avoidance of any "real" issues. The only task in voting is to figure out who is ...

Someone call the zoo, their mentally retarded gorilla escaped again, and now it has internet access. :-D

I believe this is the most intelligent comment, and also my favorite saying.

Yes, it all makes sense now. China has a 4% unemployment rate. Therefore, we should all dying to be part of some of quasi communist-capitalist form of government. What an idiot!!!