July 1, 2009 by right is right
Jr. Senator from Minnesota
Al Franken was declared the winner of the contested Minnesota U.S. Senate seat on Tuesday, June 30, 2009 by the Minnesota State Supreme Court. Although behind on the first count of the November election returns, selective counting, ballots found hidden in a car trunk and other anomalies gave Franken a razor thin lead of 225 votes.
Ending one of the longest Senate races ever, the Minnesota Supreme Court unanimously rejected each of Republican Norm Coleman’s five legal arguments that an earlier recount of the November 4 vote had been unfair. (yahoo news)
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April 6, 2009 by right is right
Obama's refusal to accept repayment of TARP funds insures that government keeps a active voice in the business of banking. (AP Photo by Chris Carlson)
The “Troubled Asset Relief Program” (TARP) program was created as a means to limit the effects of the recession on the credit markets. However, the Obama administration has now found a new use for it. The executive branch has found it to be useful as a tool to apply pressure on the banks.
If the banks are forced to keep TARP cash — which was often forced on them in the first place — the Obama team can work its will on the financial system to unprecedented degree. That’s what’s happening right now. (the Wall Street Journal)
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April 6, 2009 by right is right
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Conservative #1: wonders why the government would fire the CEO of GM but none of the Bank CEOs that got far more money.
Conservative #3: at 10:36am April 2
I also wonder how it is that Congress and the Senate can approve pay raises for themselves and still limit how the private sector handles their employees…hmmm. Hypocrisy, and a complete double standard…don’t do as I do, rather do as I tell you.
High School Friend #1: at 10:45am April 2
Most of the banks didn’t want the money. It was forced upon them by the Treasury. Paulson looked at the TARP and realized that buying the bad debt would burn through the money too quickly. He realized it would be better to recapitalize the balance sheets to offset the mark to market losses that were on the books of the banks. Also, most of the CEOs weren’t in place when the decisions to buy the toxic assets started. That being said I don’t think gov’t should get involved with the running of private sector companies since they do such a crap job running what they’ve already got.
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April 6, 2009 by right is right
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ROUND 4
Conservative #3: Court cases like this should be deemed Unconstitutional! When the voice of the people is overruled by the courts and/or government then it is no longer a democracy. Who is defending the constitution anymore? Certainly not the courts.
Unanimous ruling: Iowa marriage no longer limited to one man, one woman | DesMoinesRegister.com |
Source: www.desmoinesregister.com
The decision makes Iowa the third U.S. state, and the first in the Midwest, to allow same-sex marriages
Unknown #1: at 1:09pm April 3
Everyone needs to get on this and vote no!
Conservative #1 : at 2:40pm April 3
I think that this will help to make people aware that elections have consequences.
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April 6, 2009 by right is right
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Liberal #1: seems about right!
Liberal #1 completed the quiz “The Political Idealogy Quiz” with the result Moderately Liberal.
You’re right around the middle, but you are leaning to the left. The donkey would be proud of you.. (FB inserted a picture of JFK)
Liberal #1: at 12:15pm March 31
or left for that matter 
Conservative #1: at 12:46pm March 31
guess where I fell
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March 19, 2009 by right is right
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Facebook is turning into a fertile ground. It is always fun to have a spirited debate with someone from the other side.
Liberal #3: doesn’t understand what the big deal is about the AIG bonuses
Conservative #1: at 9:24am March 18
Neither does Chris Dodd
Conservative #1: at 9:25am March 18
BTW tell Liberal #3’s wife that I say hi. I don’t know that she will remember me, but tell her anyway.
Thanks
Unknown Person #1: at 10:52am March 18
The big deal is that the tax payers saved the company’s butt by giving them a lot of money so they would not go bankrupt, then they give out $165 million dollars worth of bonuses to upper management who already make too much money while the rest of the people in this country are losing their jobs and homes. Who is their to save our butts when we lose our jobs? Pretty much every big corporation needs to be held accountable for how they spend there money. Individuals do not get away with mismanaging their money and neither should these corps.
Not to get on my soapbox but that is the jist of the issue with the AIG bonuses.
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March 17, 2009 by right is right
Obama wants to make the vets pay for treatment
I could not believe my eyes when I read this one. Many of my liberal friends speak to me about sacrifice and compassion. I feel that if this is not an issue that raises both points in a light that we can both agree on there may not be any more common ground. President Obama’s new plan to save money comes at an unacceptable price. In order to save $540 million the president wants to require that a veteran’s private health insurance carrier bear the burden of the costs to treat the wounds that solider acquired during his/her service to this nation.
The leader of the nation’s largest veterans organization says he is “deeply disappointed and concerned” after a meeting with President Obama today to discuss a proposal to force private insurance companies to pay for the treatment of military veterans who have suffered service-connected disabilities and injuries. (Yahoo News)
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