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		<title>Comment on Crude oil tops $140, predicted higher this summer by SaulOhio</title>
		<link>http://solutionshere.wordpress.com/2008/06/26/crude-oil-tops-140-predicted-higher-this-summer/#comment-80</link>
		<dc:creator>SaulOhio</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 19:51:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thats WITHOUT all this monkeying with interest rates...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thats WITHOUT all this monkeying with interest rates&#8230;</p>
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		<title>Comment on Crude oil tops $140, predicted higher this summer by SaulOhio</title>
		<link>http://solutionshere.wordpress.com/2008/06/26/crude-oil-tops-140-predicted-higher-this-summer/#comment-79</link>
		<dc:creator>SaulOhio</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 19:50:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I suspect that a lot of the rise in oil prices is caused by inflation. I watch the commodity prices on Bloomberg.com, and the price of oil and the price of gold tend to rise and fall together. I&#039;ve always thought gold was a good indicator of inflation. We wouldn&#039;t be in this mess if we were still on a gold standard with all this monkeying with inflation and interest rates by the Fed.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I suspect that a lot of the rise in oil prices is caused by inflation. I watch the commodity prices on Bloomberg.com, and the price of oil and the price of gold tend to rise and fall together. I&#8217;ve always thought gold was a good indicator of inflation. We wouldn&#8217;t be in this mess if we were still on a gold standard with all this monkeying with inflation and interest rates by the Fed.</p>
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		<title>Comment on The rich get richer and the poor get poorer. Is this a coincidence? by SaulOhio</title>
		<link>http://solutionshere.wordpress.com/2008/06/09/the-rich-get-richer-and-the-poor-get-poorer-is-this-a-coincidence/#comment-78</link>
		<dc:creator>SaulOhio</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 19:47:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Another reason small businesses fail so often is government regulation. They have to pay unemployment insurance, social security taxes, keep very detailed records for tax reasons (much more detailed than they would have to without income tax forms), and deal with libraries of regulatory codes which large businesses are easily able to hire lawyers to deal with.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Another reason small businesses fail so often is government regulation. They have to pay unemployment insurance, social security taxes, keep very detailed records for tax reasons (much more detailed than they would have to without income tax forms), and deal with libraries of regulatory codes which large businesses are easily able to hire lawyers to deal with.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Think you&#8217;re liberal? by SaulOhio</title>
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		<dc:creator>SaulOhio</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 18:02:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>There could be another problem causing the inequality: Liberal policies like minimum wage, high taxes, regulation of the economy, exclude many of the poorest from participating in the market as fully as they could, so they are unable to earn the money to buy meat. This is, indeed, a moral problem. Those who seem to want the most to help the poor actually cause more problems for them. To understand why, read Henry Hazlitt&#039;s &quot;Economic in One Lesson&quot;. You are never going to have equality, but it doesn&#039;t have to be as bad as government intervention makes it.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There could be another problem causing the inequality: Liberal policies like minimum wage, high taxes, regulation of the economy, exclude many of the poorest from participating in the market as fully as they could, so they are unable to earn the money to buy meat. This is, indeed, a moral problem. Those who seem to want the most to help the poor actually cause more problems for them. To understand why, read Henry Hazlitt&#8217;s &#8220;Economic in One Lesson&#8221;. You are never going to have equality, but it doesn&#8217;t have to be as bad as government intervention makes it.</p>
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		<title>Comment on A hungry man is not a free man by cedarwood redesign</title>
		<link>http://solutionshere.wordpress.com/2008/06/19/a-hungry-man-is-not-a-free-man/#comment-76</link>
		<dc:creator>cedarwood redesign</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 04:05:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;i&gt;Well your link to disprove that liberals are generous - didn&#039;t pan out&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;I&#039;ve read that ..... &lt;br/&gt;Ok - I found it --&lt;br/&gt;Cost of Illegal Immigration Equals Cost of California Budget Deficit&lt;br/&gt;http://www.capsweb.org&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;I appreciate your looking things up - information is so much more persuasive than rhetoric!  I have NO personal stake in seeing my opinions upheld by inaccurate statistics, in spite of what you imply.  I didn&#039;t have the time to go through all of the hits I got, and I&#039;m glad that others did the legwork for me and shared their results.  And speaking of rhetoric.....&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;i&gt;...that is just the same ole tired liberal stupid BS you folks who really have no idea how to be an adult (ie take ANY responsibility) spout&lt;br/&gt;like most things that would disprove or be an anathema to the lib MSM - you (the public) wont hear about it.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;You are making a lot of assumptions .  Personal responsibility is not yet another value that the conservatives have cornered the market on.  If we are going to make uninformed sweeping generalizations, we might as well talk only with people we know agree with us!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>Well your link to disprove that liberals are generous &#8211; didn&#8217;t pan out</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve read that &#8230;.. <br />Ok &#8211; I found it &#8211;<br />Cost of Illegal Immigration Equals Cost of California Budget Deficit<br /><a href="http://www.capsweb.org" rel="nofollow">http://www.capsweb.org</a></i></p>
<p>I appreciate your looking things up &#8211; information is so much more persuasive than rhetoric!  I have NO personal stake in seeing my opinions upheld by inaccurate statistics, in spite of what you imply.  I didn&#8217;t have the time to go through all of the hits I got, and I&#8217;m glad that others did the legwork for me and shared their results.  And speaking of rhetoric&#8230;..</p>
<p><i>&#8230;that is just the same ole tired liberal stupid BS you folks who really have no idea how to be an adult (ie take ANY responsibility) spout<br />like most things that would disprove or be an anathema to the lib MSM &#8211; you (the public) wont hear about it.</i></p>
<p>You are making a lot of assumptions .  Personal responsibility is not yet another value that the conservatives have cornered the market on.  If we are going to make uninformed sweeping generalizations, we might as well talk only with people we know agree with us!</p>
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		<title>Comment on A hungry man is not a free man by Hersey</title>
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		<dc:creator>Hersey</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 21:49:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Well your link to disprove that liberals are generous - didn&#039;t pan out, but here&#039;s one that does and is by a long time lib.&lt;br/&gt;http://www.beliefnet.com/story/204/story_20419_1.html&lt;br/&gt; &lt;i&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&quot;Little known fact right here. They cause 180 billion dollars in crime per year. That does not even include legal fees.&quot;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Fact? Proof? &lt;/i&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;I&#039;ve read that particularly in the california state budget - the cost just for already incarcerated illegals is an unbelievable figure. But like most things that would disprove or be an anathema to the lib MSM - you (the public) wont hear about it.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Ok - I found it -- &lt;br/&gt;Cost of Illegal Immigration Equals Cost of California Budget Deficit &lt;br/&gt;http://www.capsweb.org/content.php?id=308&amp;menu_id=8&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Liberals are the one&#039;s in possession of both logic and compassion, two things that don&#039;t function well with greed (capitalism).&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;I first responded pleasantly to point out the fallacies in that statement, but now just have to say - that is just the same ole tired liberal stupid BS you folks who really have no idea how to be an adult (ie take ANY responsibility) spout !!   whew -- sorry..</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well your link to disprove that liberals are generous &#8211; didn&#8217;t pan out, but here&#8217;s one that does and is by a long time lib.<br /><a href="http://www.beliefnet.com/story/204/story_20419_1.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.beliefnet.com/story/204/story_20419_1.html</a><br /> <i><br />&#8220;Little known fact right here. They cause 180 billion dollars in crime per year. That does not even include legal fees.&#8221;</p>
<p>Fact? Proof? </i></p>
<p>I&#8217;ve read that particularly in the california state budget &#8211; the cost just for already incarcerated illegals is an unbelievable figure. But like most things that would disprove or be an anathema to the lib MSM &#8211; you (the public) wont hear about it.</p>
<p>Ok &#8211; I found it &#8212; <br />Cost of Illegal Immigration Equals Cost of California Budget Deficit <br /><a href="http://www.capsweb.org/content.php?id=308&#038;menu_id=8" rel="nofollow">http://www.capsweb.org/content.php?id=308&#038;menu_id=8</a></p>
<p><i><br />Liberals are the one&#8217;s in possession of both logic and compassion, two things that don&#8217;t function well with greed (capitalism).</i></p>
<p>I first responded pleasantly to point out the fallacies in that statement, but now just have to say &#8211; that is just the same ole tired liberal stupid BS you folks who really have no idea how to be an adult (ie take ANY responsibility) spout !!   whew &#8212; sorry..</p>
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		<title>Comment on A hungry man is not a free man by Servius</title>
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		<dc:creator>Servius</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 21:48:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Speaking of Google. A search on conservatives more generous yields the following.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;http://www.google.com/search?q=conservatives+more+generous&amp;ie=utf-8&amp;oe=utf-8&amp;aq=t&amp;rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&amp;client=firefox-a</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Speaking of Google. A search on conservatives more generous yields the following.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=conservatives+more+generous&#038;ie=utf-8&#038;oe=utf-8&#038;aq=t&#038;rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&#038;client=firefox-a" rel="nofollow">http://www.google.com/search?q=conservatives+more+generous&#038;ie=utf-8&#038;oe=utf-8&#038;aq=t&#038;rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&#038;client=firefox-a</a></p>
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		<title>Comment on A hungry man is not a free man by Anonymous</title>
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		<dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 21:04:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;i&gt;&quot;Getting addicted to drugs is a CHOICE. If you are mentally ill, I would return you to the state run institutions that once cared for you&quot;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Substance abuse and mental illness often go hand-in-hand.  NO ONE would voluntarily admit themselves, or anyone they love, into a state-run institution if there were any other options.  For many, living on the street is preferable to the kind of &quot;care&quot; they receive from the government.  These people are not all ignorant slackers!&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;i&gt;&quot;Little known fact right here. They cause 180 billion dollars in crime per year. That does not even include legal fees.&quot;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Fact?  Proof?&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;i&gt;&quot;Liberals are the one&#039;s in possession of both logic and compassion,&quot;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Would you happen to be one of the people who complain about the polarization of America, and how conservatives refuse to cooperate with liberals?  Because I know people on both extremes of the spectrum, and logic doesn&#039;t seem to  be a quality one side can claim as their own.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;i&gt;&quot;Of course, your only solution is to tax conservatives (oops, I mean the wealthy who got that way from their own accord, many of them first-generationers) at an ever increasing rate. If liberals truely cared for the poor, they would at least match what conservatives give to charity, despite what you say our motives are (or unfounded accusations of hand-selecting recipients). But liberals don&#039;t give as much, because they normally don&#039;t have as much, and liberalism is largely founded in an entitlement viewpoint of the world.&quot;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Where to begin?  Again, where is the proof?  For information on philanthropic giving demographics (a google search the poster could have done before asserting that conservatives are more generous than liberals) yielded this site:&lt;br/&gt;http://www.generousgiving.org/page.asp?sec=4&amp;page=451&lt;br/&gt;There are other sites with similar information.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>&#8220;Getting addicted to drugs is a CHOICE. If you are mentally ill, I would return you to the state run institutions that once cared for you&#8221;</i></p>
<p>Substance abuse and mental illness often go hand-in-hand.  NO ONE would voluntarily admit themselves, or anyone they love, into a state-run institution if there were any other options.  For many, living on the street is preferable to the kind of &#8220;care&#8221; they receive from the government.  These people are not all ignorant slackers!</p>
<p><i>&#8220;Little known fact right here. They cause 180 billion dollars in crime per year. That does not even include legal fees.&#8221;</i></p>
<p>Fact?  Proof?</p>
<p><i>&#8220;Liberals are the one&#8217;s in possession of both logic and compassion,&#8221;</i></p>
<p>Would you happen to be one of the people who complain about the polarization of America, and how conservatives refuse to cooperate with liberals?  Because I know people on both extremes of the spectrum, and logic doesn&#8217;t seem to  be a quality one side can claim as their own.</p>
<p><i>&#8220;Of course, your only solution is to tax conservatives (oops, I mean the wealthy who got that way from their own accord, many of them first-generationers) at an ever increasing rate. If liberals truely cared for the poor, they would at least match what conservatives give to charity, despite what you say our motives are (or unfounded accusations of hand-selecting recipients). But liberals don&#8217;t give as much, because they normally don&#8217;t have as much, and liberalism is largely founded in an entitlement viewpoint of the world.&#8221;</i></p>
<p>Where to begin?  Again, where is the proof?  For information on philanthropic giving demographics (a google search the poster could have done before asserting that conservatives are more generous than liberals) yielded this site:<br /><a href="http://www.generousgiving.org/page.asp?sec=4&#038;page=451" rel="nofollow">http://www.generousgiving.org/page.asp?sec=4&#038;page=451</a><br />There are other sites with similar information.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Think you&#8217;re liberal? by Joe</title>
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		<dc:creator>Joe</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 20:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Jack: Waste is offensive, as is want. But how does deregulation &quot;allow&quot; the rich to pay the poor? When has government ever said &quot;you are rich, and you are paying that poor man too much?&quot; Big or small, our government has never said that... what is has said is &quot;You are not paying that poor man enough.&quot; That is called regulation, and without it you&#039;d probably be the poor man.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Jack: Waste is offensive, as is want. But how does deregulation &#8220;allow&#8221; the rich to pay the poor? When has government ever said &#8220;you are rich, and you are paying that poor man too much?&#8221; Big or small, our government has never said that&#8230; what is has said is &#8220;You are not paying that poor man enough.&#8221; That is called regulation, and without it you&#8217;d probably be the poor man.</p>
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		<title>Comment on A hungry man is not a free man by Joe</title>
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		<dc:creator>Joe</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 20:40:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>To Mr. Teddy-Roosevelt-can-save-us:  You cross a line when you attempt to emphasize that most immigrants entered the country through legal channels. You seem to ignore the fact that former US policy was to just show up and sign in. Comparing today&#039;s illegal immigrants to that precedent, they&#039;re in parity. So while you&#039;re technically right in that the former influxes were &quot;legal,&quot; you&#039;re ignoring the fact that it was the law that changed, not the actions of the people.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>To Mr. Teddy-Roosevelt-can-save-us:  You cross a line when you attempt to emphasize that most immigrants entered the country through legal channels. You seem to ignore the fact that former US policy was to just show up and sign in. Comparing today&#8217;s illegal immigrants to that precedent, they&#8217;re in parity. So while you&#8217;re technically right in that the former influxes were &#8220;legal,&#8221; you&#8217;re ignoring the fact that it was the law that changed, not the actions of the people.</p>
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