Political Opinion

[Clint]

I'm starting this thread as a place for members of this Forum to express partisan, political opinions.

Everything is fair game --- conservative views --- liberal views --- communist, socialist or anarchist views --- everything, that is, except personal attacks on other Forum members, obscenities, profanity, etc. In other words, Forum rules apply.

It's not my intention to moderate a political debate, and it's not my intention to present both sides of any issue. In other words, I have no intention of being "fair and balanced".

It's my intention to present my conservative views in the most forceful way possible, without regard to whose toes get stepped on.

If your views are opposite of mine, great! Bring it. Express your views as forcefully as you can, and don't worry about my toes.

Very likely, this thread will be heavy on American politics, as opposed to Canadian, British, German, or any other politics. And that's appropriate: America has a critical election coming in early November. The future direction of this country will very likely be determined this year.

If any of this makes you uncomfortable, then stay away from this thread.

[Clint]

Obama has declared war on the Catholic Church. I'm not Catholic, but, in this fight, I support the Catholic Church 100%.

We used to ask, "Who the hell does Obama think he is?" We don't have to ask that question anymore. Obama knows who he is, and now we know who he is, as well. Obama has an agenda, and it is un-American almost beyond comprehension.

We, the stupid electorate in this country, have installed a damned Marxist in the White House. In three years, he has done enormous damage to this country --- damage which will take a decade to repair.

He has almost a year remaining in his first (and last) term; and, between now and next January, he will be relentless in ramming the rest of his agenda down our throats.

We probably can't get rid of Obama, before January. But, if we fail to get rid of him then, kiss this country good-bye.

[Cyco]

Clint, an outsiders view on it is that with both sides of politics unable to control spending it doesn't matter who you elect your country is going good-bye.

The Chinese have their nose out of joint over some of the comments being made by your political leaders, and they have enough issues of their own atm. If the election result installs someone who insists on 'forcing' the Chinese to stop 'currency manipulation' (what the hell do they think QE, QE2, and QE3 are?) the Chinese can dump US Bonds and the USA is bankrupt.

[Blesspips]

It's intersting to see you start this thread, Clint. I'm not in the US and don't know what Obama's done to declare war against the Catholic. Hope you don't mind to elaborate more.

[PaladinFX]

I'm starting this thread as a place for members of this Forum to express partisan, political opinions.
Everything is fair game --- conservative views --- liberal views --- communist, socialist or anarchist views --- everything, that is, except personal attacks on other Forum members, obscenities, profanity, etc. In other words, Forum rules apply.
It's not my intention to moderate a political debate, and it's not my intention to present both sides of any issue. In other words, I have no intention of being "fair and balanced".
It's my intention to present my conservative views in the most forceful way possible, without regard to whose toes get stepped on.
If your views are opposite of mine, great! Bring it. Express your views as forcefully as you can, and don't worry about my toes.

God, I love this idea.

I've always felt a bit guilty about including a political rant in a post about a forex topic.
Now we have a place to vent off steam without having to worry about annoying people who don't want to read about other people's political views on a business forum.

Thanks Clint!!


Cheers,
O.

[Clint]

.....don't know what Obama's done to declare war against the Catholic. Hope you don't mind to elaborate more.

Google "Obama Catholic Church", and you will find a ton of background on this issue.

Here are two articles you might find instructive. The second one is interesting, because it is the Russian perspective on Obama's war against religion (rt.com is an English-language Russian news service).

Obama’s War on the Catholic Church | Texas GOP Vote

Catholic Church ready to declare war on Obama — RT

[Master Tang]

Careful Clint... You may be named as a terrorist

Ter·ror·ist (Noun): Anyone Who Disagrees with the Government

[Cyco]

So from reading the links it sounds like one of the richest, but most 'exclusionist' organisations in the world has to deal with some red tape due to wording in a health care act.

This to most would be considered as 'so what', but to those that see Obama as the worst thing in the world as he is the devil attacking the church personally.

The USA's news services are very right wing compared to the rest of the English speaking world's, even CNN which is considered leftist in the USA is looked at as a rightist service in Europe and Asia. This results in 'fair and balanced' news services looking like a bunch of raving loonies to those watching it from the outside, and reporting like this to be further right than that.

With the lack of secularity in US politics you will always have these issues, and much mirth will be gained from those that watch your would be political leaders complain about the religious beliefs of some Middle Eastern and Asian countries and their influence in local politics whilst they totally miss their own hypocrisy.

I am of the belief that all 'fundamentalist' religious views are an issue that will always cause problems, regardless if they are Islamic, Christian, Hindu, Jewish, etc. Buddhist fundamentalism demanding everyone be kind and tolerant of others may be the only exception to this!

[Clint]

Careful Clint... You may be named as a terrorist

Thanks for the warning, Jay.

But, you're probably too late. Long before Obama fired up his "Attack Watch", his Enemies List was filling up fast.

I think some comments that I emailed directly to the White House probably got me on that Enemies List.



For anyone who isn't aware of Obama's "Attack Watch", here's a link to the site.

Curious folks might want to look into who's really behind "Obama for America".



And, for all you snitches out there ---

--- scroll down to the bottom of that webpage, and you'll find out exactly how to report someone.

[Master Tang]

The USA's news services are very right wing compared to the rest of the English speaking world's, even CNN which is considered leftist in the USA is looked at as a rightist service in Europe and Asia. This results in 'fair and balanced' news services looking like a bunch of raving loonies to those watching it from the outside, and reporting like this to be further right than that.

Don't worry... They look like raving loonies from the inside too.

Thank god for John Stewart, and Stephen Colbert