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Most of my family and friends WERE Democrats.. they actually voted for OBAMA .. NOW besides telling me I was right (wish I wasn't).. and this years voting they will voting ANYONE..BUT ..OBAMA.. from what they are saying DAFFY DUCK could run on the REPUBLICAN side and they would vote for him.. and they WON'T vote for any 3d party candidate cause they want to MAKE SURE .. Obama is OUT..
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Now that more countries have them its unlikely we need less now . Originally Posted by older than dirt View Post We see new Grand theft nearly daily . Any one of which would have been a case for a spec investigation in any other Administration Dem or Rep . So many corruption cases it like a covey of quails which makes it hard to target one case of corruption when several more pop up before the first ones are looked into. A lot of people need to be jailed for a long long time . http://campaign2012.washingtonexamin...ays-125/394051 A123 Systems, an electric car battery company once touted as a stimulus "success story" by former Gov. Jennifer Granhom, D-Mich., has laid off 125 employees since receiving $390 million in government subsidies -- but is still handing out big pay raises to company executives. "[T]he company has laid off 125 employees and had a net loss of $172 million through the first three quarters of 2011," the Mackinac Center for Public Policy notes, observing that the company's primary customer, Fisker Automotive, is also struggling financially. "Yet, this month A123’s Compensation Committee approved a $30,000 raise for [Chief Financial Officer David] Prystash just days after Fisker Automotive announced the U.S. Energy Department had cut off what was left of its $528.7 million loan it had previously received." This month has seen significant pay boosts for other A123 executives, as well: Robert Johnson, vice president of the energy solutions group, got a 20.7 percent pay increase going from $331,250 to $400,000, while Jason Forcier, vice president of the automotive solutions group, saw his pay increase from $331,250 to $350,000. Prystash’s raise was 8.5 percent, going from $350,000 to $380,000. "It looks like they are trying to pad their top people’s wallets in case something really bad happens," Paul Chesser, associate fellow for the National Legal & Policy Center, suggested. The Department of Energy gave the battery company $249.1 million in grant money, while the Michigan government provided A123 with another $141 million in tax credits and subsidies, according to the Mackinac Center.
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It feels like a long 327 days....
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Choose Carl Sandburg The single clenched fist lifted and ready, Or the open asking hand held out and waiting. Choose: For we meet by one or the other. Nobody will ever win the Battle of the Sexes. There's just too much fraternizing with the enemy. -Henry Kissinger ![]() |
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but the light at the end of the tunnel gives one hope !
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Unless it turns out to be a train.
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If it is a light or a train light at the end of a tunnel, the way the economy is going, we'll have to turn the light out or shut down the train.
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