tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post7626143683542539166..comments2023-10-17T08:19:58.196-04:00Comments on FreeThinke: FreeThinkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-14651663562856895212017-08-10T14:15:13.915-04:002017-08-10T14:15:13.915-04:00I never believed the "happy talk" they p...I never believed the "happy talk" they put out about dwindling unemployment, and I never bought their bold assertion that Obama deported record numbers of illegal aliens. The REALITY did not being to match the NUMBERS.FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-43513173880491467052017-08-07T06:57:34.762-04:002017-08-07T06:57:34.762-04:00Kerosene Maxine is an asswipe. What kind of peopl...Kerosene Maxine is an asswipe. What kind of people elect such ignorant trashmouths and send them to congress?Turd Burglarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-6978655922364669932017-08-06T17:46:04.134-04:002017-08-06T17:46:04.134-04:00How perceptive of you, Filbert! I have NOT been f...How perceptive of you, Filbert! I have NOT been feeling well at all lately. Exhaustyed, achy all over with occasional bouts of nausea. Don't know what it is. Probably nothing, but yes I feel quite ill without having anything specifically wrong that I can determine.<br /><br />I didn't realize it showed. I know Jersey's death has affected me a great deal. A terrible tragedy when someone so vital and charmingly pugnacious is carried off like that –– at age 48! <br /><br />And to be totally honest this absurd-yet-deadly campaign to unseat and dispose of Presicent Trump is beyond depressing. It is both iINFURIATING and FRIGHTENING. I'm not sure that THAT isn't what's makng me sick. FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-87436255124915702792017-08-06T17:34:13.972-04:002017-08-06T17:34:13.972-04:00_________ A TRULY TOXIC NEGRESS _________
Would s...<br /><br /><b>_________ A TRULY TOXIC NEGRESS _________<br /><br /><i>Would sane men want to see their darling daughters<br />Become a psychopath like Maxine Waters?<br /><br />Better they should die in a car crash<br />Than emulate this piece of Afro-Trash.<br /><br />There isn't any adequate excuse<br />For us to have to suffer her abuse.<br /><br />Her right to speak we're forced to leave alone,<br />But must we give this goon a megaphone?</i></b><br /><br />~ Anne AnimusFreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-43400553377856187562017-08-06T17:26:44.924-04:002017-08-06T17:26:44.924-04:00So we do in fact agree. You have just effectively...So we do in fact agree. You have just effectively made the points I was trying to make, myself, with your latest post. <br /><br />Thank you. FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-4650518085211628632017-08-06T16:17:59.804-04:002017-08-06T16:17:59.804-04:00Well, when discussing matters of jobs and economy,...Well, when discussing matters of jobs and economy, we must use some kind of credible and agreed-upon measurement.<br /><br />Did you have some specific stats in mind that the Obama people were fudging?<br /><br />The usual practice of conniving governments is not to rig the calculations, but to front-load the input, most commonly by juicing up government spending, which is a straight line to artificially inflating GDP. That is one thing Obama did do, but other administrations have done the same.Silverfiddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13541652236676260219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-52680070618866938952017-08-06T16:11:35.608-04:002017-08-06T16:11:35.608-04:00FreeThinke,
Are you not feeling well? You seem e...FreeThinke,<br /><br />Are you not feeling well? You seem especially contumacious of late. You have always been the irascible contrarian with the wise wit, but you appear quite disputatious, even with those with whom you usually agree.<br /><br />I hope all is well. Filbert P. Kraepelinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-76026784998628797932017-08-06T16:06:51.901-04:002017-08-06T16:06:51.901-04:00Well, economics is incredibly complicated, as evin...Well, economics is incredibly complicated, as evinced by the fact that macroeconomics is full of much more uncertainty than microeconomics. <br /><br />The bigger/wider/deeper an economic system, the harder it is to quantify it, measure it and control it (which is where Marxian progs fall down, falling for naive fantasies about panels of experts designing and controlling a system superior to a natural free market).<br /><br />Anyway, thanks to the federal government printing money faster than the economy is expanding--which they must do to keep the ever-larger debt wave pushed out ahead of the bow--wages must increase, since each dollar is worth less and less.<br /><br />I do agree with you that a sound dollar in a rational economy would negate the need for ever-increasing wages (which really aren't increases, thanks to money losing its value).<br /><br />The dollar was pretty steady from Lincoln's time up until they started unpegging it from the price of gold. Silverfiddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13541652236676260219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-64747012721602362432017-08-06T15:19:18.447-04:002017-08-06T15:19:18.447-04:00When we turn away from God
Movement slows to a dul...<b><i>When we turn away from God<br />Movement slows to a dull plod.<br />The more Man tries to make life level<br />The closer he gets to the Devil.<br />Leftists daily commit libel<br />Against the truths found in the Bible.<br />The farther we move towards the Left<br />The more we find ourselves bereft<br />Of Love and Joy and Sanity<br />As we are claimed by Vanity.</i></b><br /><br />~ Instant Proverbs-on-the Spot by FTFreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-74287105873859873952017-08-06T15:00:33.219-04:002017-08-06T15:00:33.219-04:00I certainly did, but then I'm nobody, so what ...I certainly did, but then I'm nobody, so what does it matter what I think? <br /><br />We wouldn't trust a fox to give usan honest accunt of how well he guarded the henhouse, would we? Well then, why in Heaven's name would we trust the GOVERNENT to give an honest accounting of the efficacy of its cockamamie policies? <br /><br />The government LIES about everything ELSE, so why woudn't they lie about numbers that supposedly measure the quality of their non-achievements?<br /><br />And HOW MANY BILLIONS of DOLLARS is t that we've been told remain totally unaccounted for? Ot amybe THAT'S a lie too?<br /><br /><b>Does ANYONE tell the truth EVER about the carryings on in that beautiful whited sepulcher we call Washington, DC?<br /><br />I'm not so naive as to believe it's even faintly possible they do.</b>FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-70560111113509549122017-08-06T14:49:37.600-04:002017-08-06T14:49:37.600-04:00I thought I explained it very well using simple co...I thought I explained it very well using simple common sense logic, but if you want to trust EXPERTS who are all wrapped up in their self-styled, self-important, self-aggrandizing, self-congratulatory –– often conflicting –– academic THEORIES I woudn't dream of stopping you.<br /><br />But haven't you noticed how "intellectuals" many of whom are devoid of common sense ALAWAYS seem to want to make thing appear far more complicated than they really ARE? I have, and I see it as a damnable form of self-aggrandizement. <br /><br />The older I grow, the less I trust THEORETICIANS and the more I trust PRACTICAL MEN who can actually PRODUCE useful, sometimes-beautiful things with their hands.<br /><br />Give me a good plumber, carpenter or electrician over a Social Scientist"or an "Economist" any day.<br /><br />The world has been victimized long enough by verbose professional practitioners of MENTAL MASTURBATION. ;-)FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-77105996303792297422017-08-06T14:38:50.022-04:002017-08-06T14:38:50.022-04:00INDEED!INDEED!FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-65753722847550363972017-08-06T13:04:20.746-04:002017-08-06T13:04:20.746-04:00In an inflationary environment, flat wages are bad...In an inflationary environment, flat wages are bad; especially when wages have essentially been flat since the Clinton years, which is the environment we are in.<br /><br />The relationship between wages and inflation is a complex subject--economists have various theories.Silverfiddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13541652236676260219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-20182913204440321382017-08-06T12:15:56.527-04:002017-08-06T12:15:56.527-04:00Toxic subjects are what we get
when wiser prophesi...Toxic subjects are what we get<br />when wiser prophesies we forget<br />love thy neighbor was once the rule<br />he's deemed today an immoral fool<br />-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-27137543829192968582017-08-06T11:43:23.431-04:002017-08-06T11:43:23.431-04:00The rabid left 30 percenters are close to hair-on-...The rabid left 30 percenters are close to hair-on-fire hysteria because they still cannot accept the REALITY that the American people elected Donald J. Trump to be our president. What's hitting them in their wretched, anger-twised faces is that the con artists and lying ass frauds on the left has told them lies about how our electoral process works. Who gives a shit if everybody in California voted for Hillary? They still only get 54 electoral college votes. <br /><br />The Cleveland Indians scored more runs than the Chicago Cubs in the 2016 World Series, but the Cubs are the champs. Are the yapping commies on the left screaming about that?<br /><br />They cannot face the fact that the Democrat Party Progressive Politburo a fking failure and a gigantic supperating red pustule on America and that in 6 months President Donald J. Trump has brought higher rates of Job growth and economic growth to our beautiful nation than Emperor Barack Hussien ever dreamed of. Emperor Barack Hussein, aka Honolulu Barry the Choom Gang President, tried his damnedest to turn this nation into a cesspool--he soiled our beautiful nation and everything we cherish, but President Trump is MAKING AMERICA GREAT AGAIN. Prais the Lord!<br /><br />Go look at that snake pit of hatred progressive blog we all know about. It's all Donald Trump all the time. They are obsessed, like rabid dogs foaming at the mouth and biting their own tails. Tee Hee Hee!!!<br /><br />President Donald J. Trump lives in the leftwing fringe bloggers' heads 24/7/365, rent-free! #Sad!Royal Foster Dicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-65308731664987947972017-08-06T11:21:23.152-04:002017-08-06T11:21:23.152-04:00I don't recall anyone accusing the BLS of fudg...I don't recall anyone accusing the BLS of fudging numbers under Obama. They've used a standard metric for decades. There are disagreements over the bases of the statistical modeling--whether the government is really making an accurate measurement--but the model hasn't changed and I don't recall anyone accusing Obama of messing with BLS numbers.<br /><br />So, in summary, the yardstick may be faulty, but its the same yardstick used over many presidencies. Silverfiddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13541652236676260219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-55711233682991482812017-08-06T10:45:21.764-04:002017-08-06T10:45:21.764-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-61045784952401931902017-08-06T10:24:43.140-04:002017-08-06T10:24:43.140-04:00Hollywood liberals like Martin Sheen don’t really ...Hollywood liberals like Martin Sheen don’t really love America. They just love getting their own way, they love pushing their agenda.<br /><br />And so long as election results enable them to do so, then they love America. But as soon as the American people elect someone they don’t like, folks like Martin Sheen start bad-mouthing this country.<br /><br />If they dislike the real America so much, I know that I for one would happily pitch in to buy Sheen a one-way plane ticket to Canada or any other liberal haven he desires. Never to return.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-9522225347837331192017-08-06T09:44:55.586-04:002017-08-06T09:44:55.586-04:00All that sounds very encouraging, but I HAVE to a...All that sounds very encouraging, but I HAVE to ask: <b>Can we trust THESE statistics any MORE than we trusted those generated dring the Obama Regime?</b><br /><br />Mark Twain's immortal phrase <b>"Lies, God-Damned Lies and STATISTICS!"</b> keeps echoning in my brain every time I read any of these 'Official Reports" from ANY arm of government.<br /><br /><b>I DO NOT TRUST <i>GOVERNMENT</i> NO MATtER <i>WHO</i> IS AT THE HELM. <i>PERIOD!</i></b><br /><br />I take that advice straight from Mr. Jefferson, himself, who said:<br /><br /><b><i>"It would be a dangerous delusion were a confidence in the men of our choice to silence our fears for the safety of our rights: that confidence is everywhere the parent of despotism – free government is founded on jealousy, and not in confidence which prescribes limited constitutions . . . In questions of power then, let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him from mischief by the chains of the Constitution."</i></b><br /><br /><b><i>"In every government on earth is some trace of human weakness, some germ of corruption and degeneracy, which cunning will cultivate, and improve. Every government degenerates when trusted to the rulers of the people alone. The people themselves are its only safe depositories. And to render even them safe their minds must be improved to a certain degree."</i></b> <br /><br />~ Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)<br /><br />I do feel Mr.Jefferson's last sentence too mild, when he said "[the] minds [of the general population] must be improved <i>"somewhat</i>."<br /><br />I don't believe even Mr. Jefferson could foresee the degree of havoc decades of degenerate Cultural Marxist propaganda zealousy disseminated through mass media by fiendish manipulators of Public Opinion could wreak.<br /><br />I'm not sure he realized the potential power of GOING on STRIKE –– a concept not yet in vogue when he was at the helm. Institutionalized insubordination and Insurrection had not yet been defined as an effective tool for underlings to prevail against their bosses in the workaday world.<br /><br />It would take the advent and establishment of "Dark Satanic Mills" to bring that concept to the fore.<br /><br /><br />FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-58029409228342808542017-08-06T09:26:08.032-04:002017-08-06T09:26:08.032-04:00Your jobs created number is inflated. Obama's ...Your jobs created number is inflated. Obama's final number is about 10 million. Our population growth was double that during the same time, which explains how Obama's economy brought us a historic number of people dropping out of the workforce, shriveling it to the size of Jimmy Carters back in the late 70's.<br /><br />You need to do your own research and stop simply cutting and pasting propaganda someone else wrote.<br /><br />Your exertions to throw out the old yardsticks is as form of special pleading and acknowledges Obama's job growth and economic growth were historically anemic, so thank you for destroying your own case, which can now be summed up as:<br /><br />"Obama's economy was great, except for the sub-par job and GDP growth."<br /><br />Yes, under Obama, Corporate welfare mooches like Elon Musk and the Green Gangsters of Silicon Valley did great, but mainstream banks were almost completely wiped out.<br /><br />Just a Bush crashing the economy cannot be defended, Obama's ignorant fumbling of the recovery cannot be defended either. Anyone who tries is barking in the wind.<br /><br />Finally, glad you mentioned famed economist Ken Rogoff. From CNBC:<br /><br /><a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2016/12/14/economist-ken-rogoff-sees-significantly-faster-growth-under-trump.html" rel="nofollow">Economist Ken Rogoff sees 'significantly faster' growth under Trump</a>Silverfiddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13541652236676260219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-72325695319407542692017-08-06T09:20:03.538-04:002017-08-06T09:20:03.538-04:00Thank you, YES! but the White House resembles, as ...Thank you, YES! but the White House resembles, as you say, a "nut house," ONLY because it is still nfested with RATS loyal to the previous administration, and to The Deep State, –– AND becaise the Republican Party is filled with trecherius, entrenched RINO'S like Susan Collins of Maine. and others too umerous to mention. <br /><br />I did not mention Senator John McCain , because he is not exactly a RINO. McCaine is even worse. He is in a class all by himself, and qualifies as a genuine WHACKO.<br /><br />I do think it would have been wiser of Mr. Trump to have done what every proverbial "New Broom" is said to do, and that is SWEPT the WHITE HOUSE CLEAN of ANY and ALL remnants of potential oppositiion before his first full day as president.FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-17989695634373273942017-08-06T09:09:25.978-04:002017-08-06T09:09:25.978-04:00"Flat wages?" Is that neessarily a bad ..."Flat wages?" Is that neessarily a bad thing? <br /><br /><b>Rising wages cause INFLATION.</b> <br /><br />Inflation DEVALUES curreny. <br /><br />Ergo, a steady uncrease in wages and "benefits" –– (the ultimate Wet Dream of Marx-inspired Unionism –– INJURES the overall economy and thus produces a higher "Misery Index" for a greater percentage of the population.<br /><br /><b>It would at least a HUNDRED dollars today to equal the PURCHASING POWER of ONE dollar in my grandfather's day.</b><br /><br />Anyone who wants to call that "progress" is an IMBECILE.<br /><br />The Pennsylvania Dutch have a quaint way of putting it:<br /><br /><b><i>"The farther ahead I go, the behinder I get."</i></b><br /><br />Humorous though that may sound to "sophisticated" ears, it sums up the situation very neatly,FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-18902904942800609862017-08-06T08:54:03.727-04:002017-08-06T08:54:03.727-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-65205688259747725882017-08-06T08:49:07.234-04:002017-08-06T08:49:07.234-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-21182985758283946832017-08-06T07:29:34.036-04:002017-08-06T07:29:34.036-04:00Obama DOJ drops charges against alleged broker of ...Obama DOJ drops charges against alleged broker of Libyan weapons<br />Arms dealer had threatened to expose Hillary Clinton’s talks about arming anti-Qadhafi rebels.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com