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Old 02-14-2009, 07:19 AM
 
Location: Irvine, CA to Keller, TX
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Wow, finally people are waking up.

When it comes to the nation’s economic issues, 67% of U.S. voters have more confidence in their own judgment than they do in the average member of Congress.

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Old 02-14-2009, 07:30 AM
 
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We've got the most defective and detrimental congress in living memory. The senate, too. And our President is on par with Bush 43, Carter and Nixon so that's about as bad as it gets there. Who couldn't do better?
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Old 02-14-2009, 09:25 AM
 
Location: NE Phoenix!
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It appears that 66% of Americans have an inflated sense of their own ability.
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Old 02-14-2009, 09:29 AM
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Location: NC/SC Border Patrol
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67% would be more interested in helping their nation than in making the president happy.
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Old 02-14-2009, 09:30 AM
 
Location: Fort Worth/Dallas
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It appears that 66% of Americans have an inflated sense of their own ability.
It appears that 66% of Congress is a failure. I'll take the American public's opinion over some over-inflated egos any time of the day. These people think they are the ruling class (Congress) and not our public servants.
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Old 02-14-2009, 09:51 AM
 
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It appears that 66% of Americans have an inflated sense of their own ability.
I think you're going to find out that putting 100% trust in big bloated government and it's trillions $$ of new debt wasn't so wise in the end.

Name one nation that spent trillions of dollars it didn't have to get back to prosperity.

The sad truth is -- that trillions of dollars that Obama wants to throw at the problem is all money that does not exist. It can never be repaid and he is quickly getting us to the point where as a nation, we won't be able to even pay the interest on our quickly increasing national debt.
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Old 02-14-2009, 09:54 AM
 
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Here's some more perspective on a trillion dollars: If you could count one dollar per second, every second of every day, until you'd counted one trillion dollars, it would take you 17 minutes to count $1,000. And counting one dollar per second, every second, you'd have your first billion in just 31.7 years.

But to count one trillion dollars, you'd have to count one dollar per second, every second of every day, for 31,709.8 years.


Keep in mind, Obama is now talking about 2 trillion dollars he wants to spend on whatever.
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Old 02-14-2009, 01:06 PM
 
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It appears that 66% of Americans have an inflated sense of their own ability.


No 66% live in the real world with real problem facing them! Congress is a bunch of inflated egos that think they are above us all! Pelosi and her damn plane that had to be big enough so she would not have to stop for fuel between CA and Washington Give me a friggin break. Why in the world do they think it is our responsibility to pay for her to travel out of state for her job? That should come out of her own damn pocket! And all the rest of them with their out of control perks. They need to be stripped of them all!
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Old 02-14-2009, 01:26 PM
 
Location: Irvine, CA to Keller, TX
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It appears that 66% of Americans have an inflated sense of their own ability.
No it appears that 34% of the people are blind, stupid and ignorant. Or we can just call them little lost sheep. Anyone that really believes that Congress has a clue is truly clueless.
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Old 02-14-2009, 01:28 PM
 
Location: Irvine, CA to Keller, TX
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It appears that 66% of Congress is a failure. I'll take the American public's opinion over some over-inflated egos any time of the day. These people think they are the ruling class (Congress) and not our public servants.
That is so true. Unfortunately they have replaced the royalty our founding fathers tried so hard to leave behind.
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