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Entry: Confidential To Erin Callan: The Stems Are From Us
posted by DS
Sep 02, 2008 6:50PM
I don't think it's fair to hold a mother accountable for her children's actions. Instead you should look at how she's handling the situation which is by being supportive and encouraging her daughter to be responsible and take care of her family. How is that inconsistent with her values?
Entry: Wall Street & Sarah Palin
posted by DS
Sep 03, 2008 3:50PM
As a woman I find it scary to hear other women speak so casually about abortion. Regardless of the situation there is a human life inside of you and your body is no longer your own. You are sharing it now and it is selfish not to consider the other life involved. And for everyone who thinks that only religious southerner/midwesterners think that way I'm from CT and not religious at all. By having a child with down syndrome Sarah Palin has shown that she values life even when it is difficult or a financial burden as 12 mentioned. I think she's also shown that we have no right to value one person's life over another. Regarding her daughter I think those criticizing her are assuming she's ashamed and would want to keep the child a secret or out of the public eye. I'm sure this wasn't her dream for her kid but it happened and she's showing her that she's still proud of her and loves her. What more could you ask from a parent?
Entry: Wall Street & Sarah Palin
posted by DS
Sep 03, 2008 4:10PM
@117 So you've never done anything your parents told you not to? I don't uphold all of the standards/values my parents taught me, that doesn't mean they didn't teach them to me or suddenly think they're not important because I've done them. The fact remains that she is supporting her daughter even after she did something she knows she disapproves of. That's what makes her a good mom.
Entry: Wall Street & Sarah Palin
posted by DS
Sep 03, 2008 4:26PM
@122 One has nothing to with the other. Abortion is actively choosing to end a life. Not giving an organ donation is passive. Forcing people to help each other is not the same as prohibiting them from hurting each other. Furthermore, the only reason I said a woman's body is not her own when she is pregnant is because she is physically sharing it with her child until she gives birth.
Entry: Wall Street & Sarah Palin
posted by DS
Sep 03, 2008 4:34PM
@127 You think Obama's socialist policies will be better?
Entry: Wall Street & Sarah Palin
posted by DS
Sep 03, 2008 4:50PM
@134 Agreed, but I really like Thomas Jefferson.
Entry: Sarah Palin: Steve Forbes In A Skirt?
posted by DS
Sep 04, 2008 3:27PM
blndebnker - Judging personal decisions of people you do not actually know is stupid and a waste of time.
Entry: Sarah Palin: Steve Forbes In A Skirt?
posted by DS
Sep 04, 2008 3:42PM
blndebnker - "I don't see marrying your high school boyfriend because you got knocked up a necessarily noble thing to do. The conservatives are heralding this as the right family-oriented decision to make. I'd say it's more stupid than anything. Have the child if that's what you believe (or are forced into) and try to complete school and get a college education."
Explain to me how calling her decision to get married "stupid" is not judging. I am confused.
Entry: Sarah Palin: Steve Forbes In A Skirt?
posted by DS
Sep 04, 2008 4:13PM
@ 98 - This is just iditotic now. Don't use words you don't know the meaning of:
judg·ment
Function:
noun
Date:
13th century
1 a: a formal utterance of an authoritative opinion b: an opinion so pronounced2 a: a formal decision given by a court b (1): an obligation (as a debt) created by the decree of a court (2): a certificate evidencing such a decree3 acapitalized : the final judging of humankind by God b: a divine sentence or decision; specifically : a calamity held to be sent by God4 a: the process of forming an opinion or evaluation by discerning and comparing b: an opinion or estimate so formed5 a: the capacity for judging : discernment b: the exercise of this capacity6: a proposition stating something believed or asserted
Entry: Sarah Palin: Steve Forbes In A Skirt?
posted by DS
Sep 04, 2008 5:14PM
@104 It's funny that you're mad now. I would've been impressed if you stuck by what you said in the first place instead of trying to defend it by saying that blatantly calling someone's decision stupid is not a judgment. Note: If someone calls you or something you do stupid they are judging you. Keep this in mind for the future...
Entry: What's This Now?
posted by DS
Sep 09, 2008 1:59PM
86 - very well said. Can I quote your response on the Dealbook website?
Entry: Why We Need An Incoherent Financial Policy
posted by DS
Sep 15, 2008 2:52PM
I thought this was really interesting and well written. Unfortunately, we don't really have a free market though because there's already so much government intervention, so I think it's hard to say what things would look like if that were truly the case.
Entry: Does John McCain Have Any Idea What's Going On?
posted by DS
Sep 18, 2008 9:40AM
@38 - Actually that's not true, all Obama needs to do is let the Bush tax cuts expire to raise taxes. Also, that grand you're talking about is not a cut, it's essentially a handout. Giving $1000 to someone who paid $200 in taxes is not a rebate. @47 is right. When you have kids in private school and college, which I'm sure a lot of people here went to, $250k is not a ton of money.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121910303529751345.html?mod=mostpop
Entry: Does John McCain Have Any Idea What's Going On?
posted by DS
Sep 18, 2008 11:14AM
@105 - Can you seriously defend socialist/democratic policies right now?
http://1-2knockout.typepad.com/12_knockout/2008/09/this-week-in-hu.html#more
Entry: Does John McCain Have Any Idea What's Going On?
posted by DS
Sep 18, 2008 6:40PM
@110 - I never said I supported socialism in any form or by anyone - Republican or Democrat. We didn't have a capitalist economy before the govt started bailing companies out though. The existence of the Fed prevents us from having free markets.
"Since the creation of the Federal Reserve, middle and working-class Americans have been victimized by a boom-and-bust monetary policy. In addition, most Americans have suffered a steadily eroding purchasing power because of the Federal Reserve's inflationary policies. This represents a real, if hidden, tax imposed on the American people.
From the Great Depression, to the stagflation of the seventies, to the burst of the dotcom bubble last year, every economic downturn suffered by the country over the last 80 years can be traced to Federal Reserve policy. The Fed has followed a consistent policy of flooding the economy with easy money, leading to a misallocation of resources and an artificial "boom" followed by a recession or depression when the Fed-created bubble bursts."
http://www.house.gov/paul/congrec/congrec2002/cr091002b.htm
The govt is the reason we're in this mess to begin with.
Entry: You've Sunk Pretty Low When...
posted by DS
Oct 10, 2008 3:16PM
@27: I am particularly concerned about bad policies because significantly higher taxes have been proposed by Barack Obama. His plan would raise the marginal tax rate on the most productive workers more than 10 percentage points -- an increase that would bring us near Western European levels. His plan would also raise capital income taxes, taxing capital gains and dividends at 20%, compared to a 15% rate under Sen. John McCain's plan. A five percentage-point difference might strike you as small, but it is not. I have calculated that a five percentage-point difference in overall capital income taxation over the long haul is equal to a difference in the nation's capital stock of about 18%. This means a 6% difference in GDP and a 6% difference in the average wage rate. This means that real GDP and the average wage would fall, gradually but persistently declining about 6% after 25 years. That's not quite a Great Depression, but a significant step towards one.
Entry: Write-Offs: 09.02.08
posted by DS
Sep 02, 2008 6:30PM
9 is hilarious.